Chapter 37 (1/2)

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at 1st of July 2019 08:58:39 PM

Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Sweet Little Quilted Jacket

In B City, Lian Jun had indeed found who the suspect was, and thanks to shi+ Weichong's call, they pinpointed Li Jiuzheng's position

Gua Nine stopped typing and said, “The target's phone is on a highway near the L city and is et shut it down after the call; it's i raised a hand to wipe his face, sluainst the sofaHis last hope this was aclaidu and never leftHe also said that he received a call froht, but they didn't talkHowever, Lian Jun's subordinate located Li Jiuzheng not far fro from the direction, it see towards L cityThis was co said on the phone

What'sof shi+ Jin's last call the previous nightIt proved that not only the teenager did speak after the call connected, but he asked for help and reported his location in detail

A number of subsequent surveillance videos fro showed that a black car htThe ti up

Lian Jun's subordinates found all shi+ Jin's personal belongings in a garbage can not too far awayBy calling up a nearby surveillance video, they determined that the person who had thrown them out was the driver of the saEarlier, shi+ Weichong could've co was in that car, so he ht not have been involvedHowever, the call just nowto deceive hier—his fifth brother, whohteous out of theest brother and lied about it

He couldn't figure out why Li Jiuzheng would do thisAfter all, he had never shown obviousjust wanted to help Xiao Jin with his injury…” He tried to give a reason for Li Jiuzheng's actions, though he didn't believe it himself

Lian Jun slid his wheelchair from behind the desk“If that was true, he wouldn't hide shi+ JinGua One, book tickets to Chengdu, and send so's car”

“Understood” Gua One nodded and stepped away to take care of it

shi+ Weichong said with a frown, “Even if Jiuzheng took Xiao Jin away, it's not as if he will hurt him—”

“Are you sure? Are you coainst shi+ Jin?” Lian Jun interrupted, getting right to the crux of thewas stunned into silence—no, he wasn'tEveryone in their faoodwill towards shi+ Jin until they sa he'd changed

For theative emotions, accumulated for over ten years, couldn't be casually covered up and dismissed with a “probably” He ell ahy nobody had been openly hostile to shi+ Jin beforeLi Jiuzheng had never shown anything on his face, but who could be sure ere his real thoughts?

Lian Jun saw him unable to answer, and the corner of his mouth hooked up in a sneer“You brothers are truly ridiculous, each more than the lastExactly what atrocities has shi+ Jin coainst you?” Then he lance back

Gua Two and others hurried to keep up with hi was the only one left in the study, thinking about Lian Jun's final wordsHe pulled up the New Year's ht, the tighter his fingers gripped the phoneFinally, he also got up and strode away from the study

The bu fro; soon, he beca out for the opportunity to run away, it was difficult for hi long to notice the teenager's stateHe looked at hiers twitched, however, in the end, he chose to ignore hiht began to fade, the car finally stopped—they reached Li Jiuzheng's destination

shi+ Jin was forced to wake up and get off the car, though his legs were tre eakness and ale, he looked up, forcing his groggy head to work… and nearly had a heart attackLi Jiuzheng actually brought him to a cemetery! What was this about? Did he want to kill shi+ Jin and get rid of the corpse right away?

“New Year's Day is an auspicious day for worshi+p,” Li Jiuzheng said in a flat tone of voiceHe signaled for the driver to wait outside and pulled the teenager toward the ce me here…” shi+ Jin's head hurt and dark spots danced in front of his eyes, ed forward, he stu his ar his hoarse, nearly inaudible voice, Li Jiuzheng glanced at him and stoppedHe took out a few pills and fed the, “Eat them, you can't faint now”

shi+ Jin didn't oppose him, but obediently opened his mouth and dry-sed theto wake himself up, and repeated his question: “Fifth Brother, where is this?”

The“The place where h, cough” shi+ Jin spoke too quickly and accidentally choked on the pill stuck in his throatHe bent over, coughing

Forced to stop again, Li Jiuzheng turned to look at hihtened and his expression becaFor so

Taken aback, shi+ Jin choked on air, which h harder, his throat painfulHe looked up at Li Jiuzheng and waved his hand weakly, indicating he could ignore hiht now, shi+ Jin's appearance was truly pitifulHis complexion was terrible, with pale, bloodless lips and cheeks unnaturally red because of high feverSick sweat soaked his hair,it lie flat on his headThe patient clothes he had been changed into were too big and hung loosely on his frame, and he wore his own bloody mess of a jacket over themHis hands and wrists exposed outside his sleeves were blue froh to look at the

His present appearancestare blankly for a er talking, he dragged the young man towards the corner of the ce to open his h: “Li Jiuzheng's mother died? Why didn't the novel mention this!”

Xiao Si was also astoundedIt replied uncertainly,

shi+ Jin felt a bitter taste in his mouthHe bit out, “This damn novel! It didn't mention such an iress bar went up when I asked Li Jiuzheng why he wasn't home with his familyIt turned out his most important family member passed away; my question poked at his wounds”

Xiao Si was more concerned about his health than the plot

“I know, but it's i, as gled to gather his thoughts“Besides, et sooing”

Helpless to do anythinghe would feel better and hold on until help arrivesIt prayed for Lian Jun to hurry up and co ti pushed shi+ Jin down, closer to the still new tombstone, and pointed at the photo on it: “Look at her, look long and hard”

Pushed like that, shi+ Jin turab it and stabilize his body, but his knee sla pain let hi silentlyInstead of kneeling, he changed his position and sat down in front of the grave, then raised his head to peer at the photoAfter taking a closer look, he was stunned—Li Jiuzheng's mother didn't resemble like her sonInstead, she looked similar to shi+ Jin, especially her eyes and eyebrows

No, not quite; looking carefully, Li Jiuzheng and his mother had some similarities, such as the contour of their faces and shape of lipsBut those eyes…

“We don't look alike, right?” Li Jiuzheng bent over and put his hand on shi+ Jin's shoulder, touching the photograph with the otherHe looked both at hientle woman in it, and whispered, “I'm clearly her child, but I don't resemble her at allBut you… She dreaive you to her, all right?”

…fucking hell!

The uard—Li Jiuzheng's killing intent toward the original 'shi+ Jin' was because of such a fucked-up reason! Who would have expected that Li Jiuzheng'sto Xu Chuan and Rong Zhouzhong, 'shi+ Jin's' appearance was similar to that of his own 's mother too… Wait a minute! 'shi+ Jin' rese's mother's eyesIf so, then both their ging at him at the back of hisof painHe looked down—Li Jiuzheng put the scalpel on his neck and drawn a short, shallow lineAll the thought's in shi+ Jin's ency

—This ti to die!

Xiao Si whimpered, then wailed,

shi+ Jin was about to collapseDo so? He couldn't make head or tails of the situation, as he supposed to do? He ht as well throw hi was a coerous person be a doctor!

Wait, a doctor?

In a moment of unexpected clarity of o for broke and try it out, he grabbed Li Jiuzheng's hand holding the scalpel, saying earnestly, “Brother, don't use this, not here, not like thatThe scalpel is so used to save lives, don't dirty it because of 's hand stiffenedHis tone abruptly sank and become colder: “Did you think I'll let you off if you say that?”

“I just want you to let yourself off!” shi+ Jin replied, forcing himself toat the ti all these years you had countless chances to kill me, but you never ever triedIn reality, you don't want to kill me, do you?”

Li Jiuzhend didn't answer, nor did he push hirave, and his eyes were full of emotions, too deep to be understood by anyone except for hi pressed, which made shi+ Jin uncomfortableHis eyebrows knitted from pain, but he did his best to keep his voice and expression steadyHe slowly turned sideways to face his brother and tried to eive hi his voice fall lower and lower, “Brother, I know you just lost your mother and couldn't deal with it, so you acted on impulse… This year, it finally became possible to spend New Year with her, but suddenly, she was gone, and you lost this chance forever”

Li Jiuzheng tensed, and the hand that gripped shi+ Jin's injured shoulder tightened sharply

shi+ Jin threw hi this opportunity to push the scalpel awayHe patted his brother on the back coly, and continued, “I'm the same as you, this year, I'oI don't knohat she looked like, where she's buried—in fact, I have no memory of her at allBrother, you're all I have left…”

The radually relaxed their holdInstead, his lips pressed together

“Brother, let ether, as beforeEverything will pass, it's all right, it's all right now” shi+ Jin kept pacifying hiht even re?” A while later, Li Jiuzheng finally illing to speakHis voice was low and his words taunting, but he let the hand holding the scalpel dropAbruptly, his body relaxed and he sat heavily on the ground

Xiao Si cried out in delight,

shi+ Jin let out a sigh, relieved that his plan tofeel they were both si hily“Brother, if you feel sad, then just cryI'll stay with you”

Scientific research showed that hugging and crying helped to relieve stress and tension,people feel better afterwardshi+ Jin sio of so didn't cooperate with hih he didn't push him away, as his mood slowly calmed down, his eyes exhibited their usual cold indifference“Only weaklings cryI',” he said

“…” shi+ Jin suddenly regretted not watchingtalk-shows—maybe he would've learned froress bar still hovered in the danger zone; apparently, Li Jiuzheng's killing intent was still thereshi+ Jin weighed his options and said obligingly, “Then I'll cry for you! I' to understand and I don't know if I had ever criedWe suffer the same kind of pain, but you can't cry, so I'll cry insteadIt's okay, I'll always be ive him a little buff, then sniffed and burst into tearsHe cried as if the world was ending; soon, Li Jiuzheng's shoulder was soaked

Li Jiuzheng: “…”

“Waaaah, children without the rass on the roadside, nobody cares about themnobody cares about us…” shi+ Jin cried and cried, and then started to bawl loudlyWhile he was at it, he inadvertently rubbed his snot on Li Jiuzheng's coat

Li Jiuzheng, as a bit mysophobic, stiffened and tried to push hi his heart out here, so hoould he let hiood arhterInwardly, he howled at Xiao Si, “What the hell is this buff?! I feel so freaking miserable I could topple the Great Wall with my tears!”

Xiao Si whispered timidly,

shi+ Jin: “…Boohoo!”

Acco

The two brothers sat in front of the toing down, his eyebrorinkled, and the expression of forbearance in his eyes; the other was hugging hi his eyes out as if the sky had to burst into tears too for hirave visitors saw this scene, they couldn't help but iThey sighed, then shook their heads and walked away

It tookto subsideThen, the dehydration, hunger, and fever reative conditionsshi+ Jin's consciousness began to fadeBecause of the cold, he couldn't help but to curl up and try to burrow into/snuggle up to Li Jiuzheng's arrui, she was just a naive girl, not even twenty years old,” Li Jiuzheng suddenly spokeHis voice was soft but lacking emotionIt caused shi+ Jin to wake up a bit, and he rubbed his head on his brother's chest to prove he was listening

“She was the last worui pursued… That was before your rui abandoned her i to this illusion—'see, your father cares about you, he hasn't looked for another woman, hts e in her fantasies more and moreFinally, she sank into them completely”

shi+ Jin opened his eyes, a little dazed

“But, in the end, this was just her delusionYour mother appeared and it shattered… Then she had another one—'look, that woer body, but it doesn't ure will also change, and then your father will realize who is better… Your mother is special, and you are special too'”

shi+ Jin struggled to prop hi looked at him impassively and reached to touch his cheek“Then she went , when she woke up, she didn't believe she had been throayShe ignored the existence of your mother and carui not co to see her on me—because I resembled neither my mother nor my father, so he hated me, and abandoned her because of thatLater, she even suspected I apped at birthDon't you think it's funny? I was right in front of her, but she thought it was you, whom she'd never seen, that was her son”

“Brother…” shi+ Jin's heart achedHe wanted to comfort him but had no idea what to say

“Genes are such a strange thingI had a lot of things I couldn't understand, so I studied er's face and watched only his eyes, spellbound“Later, I learned a lot of thingsI learned why I don't look like my parents, and that my mother's fantasies were actually acare not to let her condition worsen… When, finally, shi+ Xingrui died, I was sure she would wake up for real…”

“Brother, don't talk any his face and tugged at it, trying to stop the words pouring fro put his hand downOn his face, there was no expression at all“But she diedShe woke up and lost all her will to liveIt didn't ht in front ofwhy couldn't I look like her”

shi+ Jin quickly grabbed his hand again and said, “It's not your fault, she was just sickThe one to blarui, and your mother was illIt's not your fault, Brother”

“I almost made the same mistake as her and fell into the same madness—if only you were never born, if only you really were her child… But this has nothing to do with youYou're just a child who had lost hisslowly pulled out his handIt see all his e“You can go, shi+ Jin”

Xiao Si cried out,

shi+ Jin blinked in surprise, then scowled at Li Jiuzheng“Fifth Brother, I won't goStop thinking too et better”

“Go away” Li Jiuzheng stopped looking at hilanced toward a nearby path“That ht this way… Leave, I don't want to see you again”