Mahjong

Chapter 166

At around [-]:[-], Chen Shen knocked on the door of Xu Bicheng's apartment with the injured Li Xiaonan.Xu Bicheng was ironing Tang Shanhai's clothes at home, and he was shocked when he saw Li Xiaonan was injured, so he hurried to Li Xiaonan's house with gauze and medical medicine.

She didn't expect that it was Li Xiaonan who helped them deliver the letter this time.This made Xu Bicheng feel very guilty, especially when he saw Li Xiaonan's painful face and cold sweat dripping from his forehead.Li Xiaonan said: "You are my best friend, and Chen Shen is my favorite man. You are safe, Chen Shen is safe, as long as Chen Shen is safe, I can do anything."

Li Xiaonan's words moved Xu Bicheng.She stayed for a while, and asked Li Xiaonan tentatively: "If... I mean, if Chen Shen still can't be with you in the end, what will you do?"

Li Xiaonan's tears just flowed down his face, crystal clear and silent.Xu Bicheng didn't expect her reaction to be so strong, so he quickly took out his handkerchief and wiped away Li Xiaonan's tears.

Li Xiaonan said with tears: "Bicheng, do you remember? I told you when he left last time, if he doesn't come back for a day, I won't get married for a day, and I will fight with him for the rest of my life. But he If I never come back again, what is the meaning of my life?"

Xu Bicheng stared blankly at Li Xiaonan, the momentary pain in his chest was really hard to describe.

Not long after, Xu Bicheng came out of the bedroom with a basin in hand.Chen Shen came forward anxiously, and was finally relieved to hear that Li Xiaonan had taken the medicine and fell asleep.The atmosphere in the room became silent for a while, and the two looked at each other without any further conversation.

Chen Shen took the basin from Xu Bicheng's hand, turned around and went to the kitchen.Xu Bicheng looked at Chen Shen's back, and suddenly said: "You should marry her."

Chen Shen stood still in a daze, and looked back at her in bewilderment, "You...what did you say?" Chen Shen is a person who is very good at concealing, but this time he did not conceal anything at all. His astonished and sad eyes were like autumn's mist.Xu Bicheng could see clearly, with tears in his eyes, he stepped forward and hugged Chen Shen from behind, tremblingly said: "The little man is so good, how can you bear to let her down?"

Chen Shen was painfully silent, and the long-term guilt and helplessness almost overwhelmed him.He asked Xu Bicheng: "What about you? Can you be let down?"

Xu Bicheng's tears almost soaked Chen Shen's shirt, "I only know that I can still see you, and that you have never forgotten me all these years, and I am already satisfied."

"It's hard to escape, I don't want this result."

Xu Bicheng shook his head, "I only know that if you let her down, I will never feel at ease for the rest of my life. Shan Hai is right, if you don't even have to die for one person, what else can I not bear? We all owe her too much."

Chen Shen held the water basin and could not move.At this moment, all he can say is: "It's all my fault."

Xu Bicheng put his face on Chen Shen's back and hugged him tighter, "You are not wrong, you are all for me. I know that is enough. If you still love me, I beg you to promise me one thing." thing."

Chen Shen had already guessed what Xu Bicheng was going to say, and growled like a young animal in his throat: "Don't say it!"

Xu Bicheng cried and said, "Marry her."

"I told you not to say it!" Chen Shen's voice was hoarse and firm.

Xu Bicheng let go of Chen Shen, looked directly at him and said, "Chen Shen, the man I love cannot be an asshole." After saying that, she almost stumbled open the door and left Li Xiaonan's house.

Chen Shen was the only one left in the empty living room. He still held the basin of water in his hand and squatted down feebly.Without Xu Bicheng's embrace, his back looks extremely thin, as if immersed in boundless pain and unable to extricate himself.The water basin was shaking slightly, and the color of blood bloomed gently in the water, like a very sad flower.

The wound on Chen Shen's left arm also seemed to be ruptured because of his grief, and blood seeped into his clothes.At that moment, Chen Shen was helpless, helpless like never before. He had asked himself a question countless times.

Is there something you're really looking for?When you think you can never find it again, it is like a seed sleeping in winter, sleeping in your heart forever...

Then one day someone tells you that it is still there, it has been waiting for you.This seed sprouted suddenly and grew like crazy, making your heart unable to hold it any longer.would you be happy

But when you wait for it to bloom and bear fruit, and water it for a lifetime, it tells you that you should pull it out forever.What are you going to do?
What should I do?
Su Sansheng's in-team action did not escape Bi Zhongliang's eyes.When Liu Erbao reported to Bi Zhongliang, Bi Zhongliang was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed and rested. He only raised his eyelids after hearing the result.Liu Erbao asked him if he needed someone to come over and ask, Bi Zhongliang closed his eyes and shook his head.

Since the clues were broken, Su Sansheng would naturally not recognize anything.If there is a traitor, he will be frightened now, and he will not act rashly for the time being, so there is no need for him to take this trouble again.Bi Zhongliang's eyes still fell on Tang Shanhai and Xu Bicheng.He knew that Secretary Qian was just a scapegoat for "Rehmannia glutinosa", and he needed some patience to find out who the real "Rehmannia glutinosa" was.

Tao Dachun successfully evacuated from Shanghai and arrived in Chongqing.Tang Shanhai came to Chen Shen's office with the newly bought tea, and the two sat on the sofa to brew a pot, but their expressions were not relaxed.Xu Bicheng told Tang Shanhai about her and Chen Shen, and told him that he decided to let go.

Tang Shanhai had mixed feelings in his heart, seeing Xu Bicheng getting thinner and thinner, his heart ached.He said to Chen Shen: "I hate you like this. You were not like this before!" In his heart, Chen Shen has always been courageous, and he shouldn't have agreed to Xu Bicheng's decision so easily.

Chen Shen stared at the teacup in front of him in a daze, and said for a long time, "I despise a man who has no choice but to watch a woman get hurt." After a moment of silence, Chen Shen said, "I used to be very confident, I think that as long as you are persistent enough, everything can be done. But then I found out that this is not the case, there are always some things that are not black and white, or you have to do it even though you know it is black.”

What kept flashing back in his mind was the image of Shen Qiuxia sacrificing in front of him.

Chen Shen said to Tang Shanhai: "Bicheng made such a decision because she understands me. She is also like me. She would rather be sad than hurt others. Brother, only we are strong enough to protect our own women. Protect our compatriots. Only those who persevere until dawn are worthy of love. So it’s not that I can’t choose now, but it’s not time for me to choose.”

Tang Shanhai shook his head, "I don't think so. No one knows whether we can live until dawn, so I want to seize the present."

This might be the difference between him and Chen Shen.If Chen Shen is destined to disappoint Xu Bicheng, then he is willing to be the one who can protect her.

Chen Shen smiled, and the corners of his mouth showed a bit of bitterness, "If we are all lucky enough to wait until dawn, I will choose to fight with you to determine the winner. Let Bicheng be the referee."

Tang Shanhai also smiled, and patted him on the shoulder, "Then practice hard, and I hope you won't lose too badly."

At noon, Chen Shen knocked on Xu Bicheng's office and took her to Mengjiangtang Orphanage.The ginkgo trees beside the road are full of greenery, and the sunlight casts a mottled shadow on the ground through the green leaves.Chen Shen and Xu Bicheng walked side by side on the boulevard, with a dense tree crown above their heads, like a pair of propped up green umbrellas.Chen Shen said that in a few months, we will be able to see the ginkgo rain in Shanghai.

Xu Bicheng looked at Chen Shen blankly.Such a scene could not help but remind her of the late autumn of the year when they parted, she was walking not far behind him carrying a suitcase, and Chen Shen in a neat military uniform looked serious and heroic.He was playing the harmonica, and the sound of the piano was melodious. It was the song "Tricycle".The golden ginkgo leaves were blown by the wind, falling down sporadically, and one piece just fell on his shoulder.

She just stared at his back like that, walked slowly towards him with the box in one hand, and then hugged Chen Shen from behind with her free hand.

At this time, Chen Shen also took out the harmonica from his pocket, and played the song "Tricycle" again.Xu Bicheng just looked at him from afar, with tears in his eyes, but he couldn't take a step closer to him.

After Chen Shen played the song, he looked at Xu Bicheng affectionately, and suddenly squinted his eyes and smiled.He said to Xu Bicheng: "I have one thing to ask you. You don't have to encourage me to marry Li Xiaonan anymore. I will use my own way to repay the love owed to her. Now I just ask you to protect yourself well and wait for the day of victory. I will tell Li Xiaonan that the only woman I, Chen Shen, ever loved in my life is Xu Bicheng."

Xu Bicheng burst into tears, Chen Shen strode forward and embraced her in his arms.

The wind blew, the leaves fell, and the two hugged each other for a long time on the tree-lined road, as beautiful as a painting.

(End of this chapter)