CH 106

Chapter 106: Sheng-Xian Doomed Relationship

Zhou Muxian rushed to the hospital from the airport. When he arrived at the hospital, it was already after ten o’clock at night. His heart was gripped tightly, afraid that something had happened to his father.

He asked about the ward and, without taking a break, hurriedly went up the stairs and pushed open the door…

Zhou Qingwen was chatting and laughing with a beautiful policewoman. What happened to being stabbed and almost dying? What happened to being an upstanding person and everything before was just confusing the enemy?

How can you, an old scoundrel, still be holding the girl’s hand and acting like nothing happened?

Zhou Muxian was a bit disoriented. He had rushed all the way here without stopping, and as a grown man, he had cried on the plane, making a fool of himself. Now, he sees his dad lying in bed flirting with a girl…

“Ahem, Muxian, you’re here. I forgot to call you and tell you not to come. The doctor said I don’t have a major illness and just need to rest for a couple of months.”

Zhou Muxian nodded vaguely. He was still wearing his work suit, and he hadn’t even had time to take off his work badge.

“Well, then…you should rest for a bit. I’ll go home and pack up the things you need for your hospital stay.”

Zhou Qingwen was a bit uneasy: “Um, no need. Everything has been sorted out. Mushi just left. You should go home and rest too. You must be tired after sitting on the plane for hours.”

He stumbled out of the hospital. He had run too fast on the way there and now his calves were trembling uncontrollably. It was summertime and the night breeze was no longer as cool. He walked along the sidewalk towards home, but his turbulent emotions couldn’t be stopped.

He subconsciously took out his phone and wanted to dial Chen Sheng’s number, but he hung up after just one second, and the other party didn’t even hear the dial tone.

What reason did he have to call Chen Sheng now?

They were originally just friends with benefits, and now they’re not even that. The person he’s been thinking about has come out, so where does Zhou Muxian stand anymore?

The air in the city wasn’t very good, and the night sky was hazy, making it hard to see anything clearly.

Zhou Muxian went into a convenience store and bought some food to eat. He was a person who took responsibility for his own well-being.

No matter how bad one’s mood is, one should not degrade oneself.

In today’s society, maintaining one’s physical health is also a form of respect for one’s family and friends.

Nowadays, everyone’s time is valuable, and the pressure is high. It’s not good to trouble others by getting sick.

People are often a contradiction. The more they work hard in life, the more they think they can gain more and better things. Zhou Muxian has always been very hardworking since he was young.

To truly establish one’s own reputation in the industry is actually a difficult thing for so-called “rich kids” who want to break away from their parents’ shadow.

Your parents may pave the way for you in the early stages, but at the same time, they also label you as “so-and-so’s son.”

If others can’t do it well, it’s just that they themselves can’t do it well. In Zhou Muxian’s case, if the children of the Zhou family cannot do it well then the entire Zhou family is not good.

Zhou Muxian is not smarter than anyone else; he had to put in twice the effort in many things. Therefore, the final result appears better than others.

But what’s going on now?

Apart from money, he seems to have nothing left. But even if he doesn’t work hard, he should still have money.

When Chen Sheng called, he was dragging his sore feet halfway down the road.

The low “hello” on the phone immediately caused a surge of emotional grievances in his heart.

“Have you returned to the country?” Chen Sheng asked.

The ticket booking app on their phones was connected. When he purchased a plane ticket on his end, Chen Sheng would also receive a notification on his end.

“Yeah,” Zhou Muxian stopped his steps and leaned against the telephone pole.

“I’ll come pick you up.”

Zhou Muxian desperately held back his tears, not wanting to lose control. He looked around his surroundings and said to Chen Sheng, “I’m now at the intersection of XX Road and XX Road, next to a XX supermarket.”

“Wait for me, I’ll be there in 20 minutes,” Chen Sheng said and hung up the phone.

Zhou Muxian felt both warmth and self-hatred, and he also felt like the heavens were playing a joke on him. Every time he decided to completely give up on Chen Sheng, this person always appeared in front of him when he needed him the most…

He was very tired and didn’t have much strength to push away the hand reaching out to him. It was like a thirsty person in the desert who was about to die. Even though he knew that the water in front of him was mixed with poison, he couldn’t help but want to drink a few sips. Even if he died from poisoning, it wouldn’t be worse than now.

“Muxian.”

As he said, it was exactly twenty minutes later when Chen Sheng’s car steadily stopped in front of him.

Zhou Muxian got into the car and reclined the passenger seat, closed his eyes.

Chen Sheng didn’t ask much and drove straight to his own house.

When they arrived, he woke Zhou Muxian up.

As soon as the person who had fallen asleep with great difficulty opened his eyes, he realized that he was not at his own home. Their relationship had ended that day, so why did Chen Sheng bring him to his home now?

Inside the room, Chen Sheng took off his coat and hung it on the hanger. Zhou Muxian noticed that he seemed to have lost a little weight since he left the country, although it was only a small amount, he could tell.

Chen Sheng poured him some alcohol, which helped to relax his tense nerves.

“I didn’t hear that you were coming back recently. What was so urgent?” Chen Sheng asked.

Zhou Muxian nestled into the sofa and said lightly, “My dad was hospitalized. I thought it was a life-threatening situation, but it turned out to be not that serious when I came back.”

“Okay, as long as everything’s alright.” Chen Sheng replied simply. He took his glass and walked to the corner of the room by the window balcony, where the lighting was dim and the lamp was not turned on. The dimly lit corner seemed to be hiding a secret that nobody knew.

The light that leaked out of the living room created an indistinct outline of Chen Sheng’s figure.

He lifted his arm, took out a cigarette and a lighter from his pocket, put it near his mouth and lit it up. There was a faint glow of fire on his fingertips, and a circle of white smoke swirled between his lips.

Zhou Muxian stared blankly. Chen Sheng didn’t smoke often, and the first time he saw him smoke, he was only in his teens.

Chen Sheng seemed to have eyes behind his head, sensing someone watching him. When he turned around, the corners of his mouth quietly hooked up.

His movements were light, but they were as clear as if they were carved with a knife in Zhou Muxian’s eyes.

Chen Sheng smiled at him, and Zhou Muxian always felt a hint of seduction in the haze, whether it was from alcohol or tobacco, which made people’s souls sucked away at a glance.