Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Truth

On Monday, regardless of Cheng Zhiyuan's objection, Yan Xiaochen insisted on going to work.Cheng Zhiyuan asked her: "The body is more important, or the work? Can't you take another day off?" Yan Xiaochen asked Cheng Zhiyuan: "If you are not my boss, can I ask for leave? Besides, my current situation, my mother is lying in the hospital, I must make more money!" Cheng Zhiyuan thought about it, although he was worried that she would not be able to bear it, but it was better to go to work in the company than to think wildly at home, so he agreed with her to go to work.

Cheng Zhiyuan knew that Yan Xiaochen was worried about his mother, so at 11:30, he called her to go downstairs to have lunch, and instead of taking her to the restaurant immediately, he went to the hospital first.Yan Xiaochen didn't dare to go in directly to see her mother anymore, only dared to peek outside the ward. In the ward, it was Cheng Zhiyuan's mother who accompanied Yan's mother.While eating lunch with Yan's mother, she was talking softly.Mother Cheng was born in a scholarly family, a senior intellectual of the older generation, and a heart surgeon. She faced life and death all her life. She has a very gentle but powerful aura that can make people close and convincing unconsciously.When Mama Yan was with her, she became much more peaceful.

Yan Xiaochen secretly watched for a while, completely relieved. Cheng Zhiyuan said in a low voice: "Mom's attending doctor is my mother's student. My mother learned more about the condition from the doctor's point of view this morning, and said that there is no major problem. From now on, just pay attention to diet and maintenance. You don't have to worry about mom anymore." body." Yan Xiaochen nodded vigorously and said gratefully, "Thank you..." Cheng Zhiyuan stretched out his index finger, put it in front of her lips, and made a silent gesture, preventing her from speaking.Yan Xiaochen remembered what he said, never say thank you to him.

The two found a restaurant for dinner on the way back to the company. Yan Xiaochen knew that Cheng Zhiyuan had been worrying about her body, so in order to reassure him, she tried her best to eat more. Cheng Zhiyuan saw that she had almost finished eating, and asked, "Two days ago, I mentioned to you about going abroad, how did you think about it?" Yan Xiaochen was taken aback for a moment, and said: "Now that something about mother has happened, don't think about it at all!" "Don't you think it's because of your mother that you should seriously consider it?" Yan Xiaochen looked at Cheng Zhiyuan puzzled.

"Mom doesn't want to see you. If you insist on staying with your mother, all you have done is your guilt, which is of no benefit to your mother. After the child is born, your mother may feel pity and love, gradually accept it, and may be even more stimulated. , do more radical things, and then it will be bad for the child and mother! Instead of this, why not leave temporarily? Sometimes, people need some ostrich mentality. If they don’t see it, they can pretend it didn’t happen. Mom has a chance to be an ostrich." Cheng Zhiyuan looked at the wound on Yan Xiaochen's forehead and his own hand, and smiled wryly, "There's no need to force mom to be a fighter who faces cruel life!"

Yan Xiaochen thought silently. She used to think that going abroad was a very unthinkable proposal, but now she actually thinks what Cheng Zhiyuan said is very reasonable. When the conflict cannot be resolved, avoidance is also a way.It's better than intensifying the conflict and blowing up everyone's blood. Cheng Zhiyuan said: "As for mother, you really don't have to worry. My parents are in the provincial capital, very close to your home. There are many relatives and friends in my hometown. Your mother met them at the wedding. In one place, walk around often, and you will get to know each other quickly. You also have aunts, cousins, and cousins, and I will make arrangements for them to help take care of my mother."

Yan Xiaochen asked hesitantly, "Is it really okay for us to leave?" "Why not? We're just leaving temporarily. The traffic is so developed now. As long as you want to come back, get on the plane and fly back to Shanghai in ten hours." "What am I going to do abroad?" "You can work or study. I see that your grades in advanced mathematics are very good. I seriously suggest that you consider taking another master's degree in quantitative analysis. You can finish it in one and a half years or one year. After graduation, your salary is low. It will double. Now in the past, enroll in September, give birth to the child, and when the child is older, you will get your degree."

Yan Xiaochen remained silent. Cheng Zhiyuan's hand gently covered hers, "As for what you owe me, anyway, you already owe a lot, and you won't be able to pay it back in a while, I'm not in a hurry, I have enough time for you to pay it back, You don’t have to worry, you can spend your whole life paying it back slowly.” Since the wedding ceremony, both of them have been wearing wedding rings. Yan Xiaochen used it as a prop and never looked at it seriously, but at this moment, the hands of the two wearing wedding rings were stacked one after the other, and the two wedding rings were next to each other. At the same time, she couldn't help but look at it carefully, and felt a strange feeling in her heart.

Sensing her gaze, Cheng Zhiyuan quickly withdrew his hand, "You have to agree, I'll ask someone to prepare the documents and apply for a visa for you." Yan Xiaochen nodded, "Okay!" Cheng Zhiyuan showed a smile of relief. When the two returned to the company, the elevator arrived at Yan Xiaochen's office floor first. As soon as she stepped out of the elevator, Cheng Zhiyuan held her hand and said softly, "Smile, you haven't smiled for three days." "Really?" Yan Xiaochen squeezed a perfunctory smile and wanted to leave. "I'm serious, think about happy things, and have a good laugh. Otherwise, I won't let go!"

Cheng Zhiyuan blocked the elevator door and signaled Yan Xiaochen with his eyes that the colleagues who came and went had their radars fully activated, paying attention to the situation of Boss Cheng beside the elevator door. Yan Xiaochen had no choice but to brew up his emotions and smiled seriously. Cheng Zhiyuan shook his head, "Unqualified!" Yan Xiaochen smiled again. Cheng Zhiyuan still shook his head. Some colleagues already made an excuse to pour coffee, and walked over to watch the show with a cup that was obviously still half a cup of coffee.Yan Xiaochen said in embarrassment: "Do you like office gossip? Let me go!"

"If you don't cooperate, what can I do? I am your creditor, and you are unwilling to pay such a simple request?" Cheng Zhiyuan covered Yan Xiaochen's eyes with his other hand, "Forget everything for now. , think about something that makes you happy, think about..." Warm palms, covered eyes, Yan Xiaochen remembered, in the small winter courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River, Shen Hou covered her eyes and asked her to guess who he was; She stuffed her hand into his warm neck; he was holding a hot water bottle, standing by the laundry tub, adding hot water for her... She smiled slightly. Cheng Zhiyuan let her go, and said flatly: "Although your smile has nothing to do with me, at least for this minute, you are truly happy!" Yan Xiaochen was taken aback, Cheng Zhiyuan no longer used his body to block the elevator door, he retreated into the elevator, and said with a smile: "We are a legal couple, what happened, it's not a scandal, it's an affair!" The elevator door closed, His person disappeared, but his words remained outside the elevator door, making the eavesdroppers uncontrollably chuckle. Amidst the good-natured ridicule of her colleagues, Yan Xiaochen went to the desk and sat down. Maybe it was the sincere smile just now, maybe it was because she knew that she could escape temporarily, Yan Xiaochen felt a little more relaxed than in the morning.She touched her belly and asked in a low voice, "baby, do you want to see the new world?" The child seemed to know that she was in danger, and had been very quiet. The doctor said that she could feel fetal movement in four months, but she hadn't felt it yet.If Zhao B hadn't seen him with his own eyes, Yan Xiaochen would have doubted his existence. Yan Xiaochen picked up the phone. After changing to a new mobile phone, she didn't install WeChat, but his phone number should be saved in the SIM card. She opened the address book, and she saw Shen Hou's name. Yan Xiaochen stared at Shen Hou's name for a moment, then put down the phone.She didn't ask Cheng Zhiyuan where they were going, because she believed that he would arrange everything, but she really didn't want to know, if even she didn't know where she was going, Shen Hou definitely couldn't know either.From then on, they will be far away from each other and never see each other again. This is good for both of them! Maybe, when she leaves Shanghai, she will send him a text message telling him that she is gone, forever and ever, before the plane takes off, asking him to forget everything and start over. Li Zheng put a stack of documents in front of Yan Xiaochen, pointed upstairs, "Send it up." Although he didn't say who it was, he knew who it was. Yan Xiaochen asked reluctantly, "Why me?" Li Zheng said with a hippie smile: "Pregnant women should not sit all the time, and exercise more." Yan Xiaochen picked up the documents, walked up the stairs, and arrived at Cheng Zhiyuan's office. Xin Li smiled and said, "Mr. Cheng is not here, he left about 20 minutes ago." Yan Xiaochen handed her the document and asked casually, "Meet a client?" "did not say." Yan Xiaochen looked at Cheng Zhiyuan's office hesitantly, and Xin Li asked empathetically, "Do you want to go in?" While talking, she got up and wanted to open the door. "No need!" Yan Xiaochen smiled, turned and left. He still went down the stairs, but when he reached the floor where his office was located, he didn't go in, but continued to walk downstairs, intending to buy something to eat.Because she was hungry quickly after pregnancy, she usually carried some healthy snacks such as graham crackers and nuts with her, but something happened to her mother in the past few days, she was a little dizzy, and she forgot to bring them. There is only a convenience store downstairs in the office. Although there are biscuits and other foods, they are not healthy. Yan Xiaochen decided to take a longer walk and go to a nearby supermarket. It happened that he hadn’t exercised for the past two days, so he thought it was an earlier exercise time at night. , She has decided to take the work home and continue to do it at night. Yan Xiaochen walked quickly to the supermarket, and accidentally saw Shen Hou in the crowd.I thought he was following her, but found that he didn't see her at all.He should have just parked the car and was striding forward with the car keys in his trouser pocket and a file bag in his other hand. If Shen Hou saw her, she would definitely run away immediately, but at this moment, in the corner where he couldn't see her, she looked at him fixedly like an idiot. Yan Xiaochen didn't know what to think, but unexpectedly followed behind him, maybe because she knew that they would really separate eventually, everything was like a god-given opportunity for her to take another look at him.There is a small park with good greenery near the company, and Shen Hou walked into the park.On weekday afternoons, there were very few people in the park, Yan Xiaochen began to wonder what Shen Hou was doing here, such a place is only suitable for lovers' trysts, not for business talks. While walking, Shen Hou made a phone call. He turned a corner and continued walking along the boulevard.Beside a modern copper sculpture, Yan Xiaochen saw Cheng Zhiyuan, who was sitting on a marble platform under the sculpture, drinking coffee and watching the news on his mobile phone. Because the sculpture is surrounded by lawns without any shelter, Yan Xiaochen didn't dare to follow, so he could only stop behind the nearest big tree and couldn't hear them talking, but with sufficient light and a wide view, their actions could be seen Clearly. Seeing Shen Hou, Cheng Zhiyuan stood up, threw the coffee into the trash can, pointed to the watch on his wrist and said, "You're thirty minutes late." Shen Hou didn't apologize for his lateness at all, and said coldly: "Traffic jam." Cheng Zhiyuan didn't care about his attitude, he smiled and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to see me?" Shen Hou handed over the document bag in his hand, Cheng Zhiyuan opened the document bag, and took out the contents, there were two photos, he just glanced at it, his expression immediately changed, there was no smile on his face anymore.Cheng Zhiyuan asked calmly, "What do you mean?" Shen Hou sneered: "When I was looking back at the wedding video, I accidentally found that old photo. At first, I didn't know what it meant, but I just thought it was too coincidental. So I asked someone to report your whereabouts over the years I checked it carefully. If people don’t know, unless they did nothing, although many years have passed, there are not no clues. Shall I explain it from the beginning? Five years ago..." Cheng Zhiyuan's face was pale, and he shouted angrily: "Enough!" Shen Hou said coldly: "Enough? Not enough! My wife and my children are in your hands. If necessary, I will do more!" Cheng Zhiyuan stuffed the photo back into his file bag and stared at Shen Hou, pleading hidden under his seemingly calm expression.Shen Hou also looked at him with a cold and serious expression, but also with compassion. The two confronted each other calmly, finally Cheng Zhiyuan didn't hold back, and spoke first, "What are you going to do?" "You ask me what I plan to do? Have you ever thought about what to do? Are you planning to lie to Xiaochen for the rest of your life?" "I'm planning to lie to her forever!" Shen Hou punched him angrily. Cheng Zhiyuan turned sideways, dodged it, and grabbed Shen Hou's wrist, "Since your parents told you everything, they should have told you too. When I first learned about your parents' secret, I suggested to your mother , Don’t object to Xiaochen being with you because of the past, bury everything, only look at the present and the future. However, your luck is very bad, Xiaochen unexpectedly appeared inexplicably and heard everything.” With the other hand, Shen Hou pressed Cheng Zhiyuan's shoulder, lifted his foot, and pushed Cheng Zhiyuan's abdomen hard with his knee, and said with a sneer, "I'm out of luck? How do I know you didn't arrange it on purpose?" ? From the first time you appeared, I thought you had a problem, but it turns out that you really have a problem. From the first time you appeared, you have a purpose." Cheng Zhiyuan endured the pain and said: "I admit that I approached Xiaochen with a purpose, but my purpose was just to take care of her and give her some help within my ability. It was because from the very beginning, I knew that I was not qualified , So, I never took the initiative to win her over, and even tried my best to help you be with her. You said, I deliberately arranged it, and compare my heart with my heart, do you really think I will do this? " Cheng Zhiyuan twisted Shen Hou's hand, forced him in front of Shen Hou's face, looked straight into Shen Hou's eyes and asked: "I don't mind hurting you at all, but I will never hurt Xiaochen! You will be like this when you are in a different place. Do it?" Shen Hou was speechless, he couldn't do it, so after knowing the truth, he was so angry that he wanted to kill Cheng Zhiyuan, but he forced himself to calmly ask him out, trying to find a solution that would not hurt Xiaochen. Shen Hou pushed Cheng Zhiyuan, and Cheng Zhiyuan let him go. The two people who had been wrestling with each other just now seemed to be sitting back at the negotiating table, and they regained their composure in an instant. Cheng Zhiyuan said: "I once endured great pain and sincerely wanted to help you hide everything so that you and Xiaochen could be together happily and start your new life. Now, I want to ask you to give me such a chance !" Shen Hou seemed to have heard the funniest joke, and couldn't help but sneered, "Why should I give you this chance?" "What's the situation now, you know very well, Xiaochen is pregnant with an unwelcome child, Xiaochen's mother is lying in the hospital, besides me, do you think you can find another person to take care of them wholeheartedly?" Shen Hou squinted his eyes and said coldly: "You threatened me with Xiaochen?" Cheng Zhiyuan said bitterly: "It's not a threat, but a request. We are actually two sides of the same coin. I know exactly how you feel. Because you love her, I love her too, because we all owe her and hope that she Can be happy! I know you will back down, just like I once backed down!" Shen Hou stared fixedly at Cheng Zhiyuan, his chest heaved violently, his face was very ugly, but he couldn't say a word.Cheng Zhiyuan was also silent, looking at Shen Hou sadly with prayers. In this confrontation, Cheng Zhiyuan seemed to be the winner, but his complexion was not at all prettier than Shen Hou's. Yan Xiaochen, who was hiding behind the tree, became more and more curious as he looked at it. He wanted to rush over to listen to what they had to say, but they probably paid attention to it. Not only was the meeting place decided temporarily, but they also deliberately chose a place where it was absolutely impossible for anyone to approach and eavesdrop. In the open land, Yan Xiaochen could only work impatiently. Shen Hou suddenly turned around and walked over quickly, Yan Xiaochen was so frightened that he hurriedly stood against the tree, Shen Hou got closer and closer, like a camera that was gradually zooming in, his expression became more and more clear, and there was a faint flicker in his eyes Tears, lips tightly pressed, so sad, painful, hopeless and helpless, it seems that he is about to collapse, but he restrains it with all his will. Yan Xiaochen felt that she was also infected by his sadness and despair, a corner of her heart throbbed with pain, and she was almost out of breath. Shen Hou walked away, Cheng Zhiyuan walked over slowly.Maybe because there was no one around, he didn't have to use a mask to disguise himself. His expression was very blank, his eyes were full of sadness, and his steps were heavy as if he couldn't bear all the pain anymore. Yan Xiaochen became even more strange. Shen Hou and Cheng Zhiyuan had no business dealings, nor did they have any intersecting lives. The only connection between the two of them was her.What was it that caused them both such pain?Is it about her? Yan Xiaochen quietly followed behind Cheng Zhiyuan, watching his back from afar.When entering the park, the document bag that Shen Hou held in his hand was firmly held by Cheng Zhiyuan at this moment. After leaving the park, Cheng Zhiyuan seemed to have forgotten that there is another means of transportation called "car" in the world, and he was still walking.Yan Xiaochen waved for a taxi and returned to the company at the starting price. Yan Xiaochen felt that voyeurism was not good and she shouldn't care about it anymore, but the sad expressions of Shen Hou and Cheng Zhiyuan always appeared in front of her eyes. She sat at the desk for a while, then suddenly stood up, and hurried upstairs, at least to check on Cheng Zhiyuan, he was in a very bad state. When she walked out of the stairs, Yan Xiaochen slowed down, letting herself go as usual, she walked outside Cheng Zhiyuan's office, Xin Li smiled and said, "President Cheng hasn't come back yet." Yan Xiaochen was thinking about how to speak when the elevator ding-dong sounded, and someone came out of the elevator.Yan Xiaochen immediately turned around and saw Cheng Zhiyuan walking into the office area. Seeing Yan Xiaochen, he smiled and asked, "Why are you here? Li Zheng sent you to run errands again?" Yan Xiaochen stared at him with no flaws in his expression, eyes, or smile, except for the file bag in his hand. "I was sent to run errands by him, but it's not business to come to see you now. I'm hungry, and I didn't bring any food in my bag. Do you have any in your office?" Yan Xiaochen followed him into the office, "Yes, wait a minute .” Cheng Zhiyuan put the file bag in his hand on the table like an ordinary file.He walked to the sofa, opened the cabinet, took a can of organic almonds from the United States and a bag of graham crackers, and put them on the coffee table. "Would you like some water?" "Ok." Yan Xiaochen took advantage of him to pour water, looked around, walked to the table, picked up the document as if unintentionally, and was about to open it, Cheng Zhiyuan took the document bag from her hand, and handed her the water glass , "Sit on the sofa and eat!" Yan Xiaochen could only go to the sofa and sit down, half pretending, half real, devouring the biscuits. Cheng Zhiyuan said with a smile, "Eat slowly, and be careful not to choke." While talking, he walked to the shredder and pressed the open button. Yan Xiaochen wanted to stop it, but there was no reason. He didn't even open the file bag, and directly put the file bag into the shredder. Yan Xiaochen could only watch helplessly as the shredder devoured the files bit by bit.The paper shredder in Cheng Zhiyuan's office is classified as Level 6. It can shred documents into powder. Even the most patient spies cannot put the pieces back together. Cheng Zhiyuan waited until the shredder stopped working before raising his head. Seeing Yan Xiaochen staring at him with burning eyes, he couldn't help avoiding her gaze, and explained: "Some business documents contain important information about customers. , must be destroyed.” Yan Xiaochen lowered his head in a concealed manner, and ate the biscuits vigorously, but he thought in his heart: You and Shen Hou, one is in finance and the other is in clothing. If you can't get along with each other, what kind of business secrets can you have?Cheng Zhiyuan walked to the sofa and sat down, said with a smile, "Eat less starch." Yan Xiaochen put down the biscuits, picked up the almonds, and chewed slowly one by one. She told herself that the document had been destroyed, so don't think about it anymore. Cheng Zhiyuan was very kind to her, and everything he did must be for her good. But my heart was up and down, and there was a kind of confusion and uneasiness that had nowhere to go. Cheng Zhiyuan also saw that something was wrong with her, and asked worriedly: "What's wrong with you?" Yan Xiaochen asked softly, "When shall we leave?" Cheng Zhiyuan looked at her and said tentatively, "It takes two weeks for the visa to be issued. Once the visa is approved, we will leave, is that okay?" Holding the jar of almonds, Yan Xiaochen thought for a while and said, "Yes! Since we have decided to leave, the sooner the better!" Cheng Zhiyuan smiled relievedly, "Xiaochen, I promise, your new life will not let you down." Yan Xiaochen smiled and said: "I know, since I met you, you have never let me down. According to Western mythology, every kind person is accompanied by an invisible guardian angel. You are like God A guardian angel assigned to me, only I can see you." Cheng Zhiyuan's smile froze on his face. Yan Xiaochen made a face and asked, "Why do you have that expression? Am I wrong?" Cheng Zhiyuan smiled, and said in a low voice, "Even if I am an angel, I am also a fallen angel." Someone knocked heavily on the office door, and pushed open the door without waiting for Cheng Zhiyuan's consent.Cheng Zhiyuan and Yan Xiaochen knew it was Qiao Yu without looking. Qiao Yu glanced at Yan Xiaochen with a smile, and said to Cheng Zhiyuan, "I didn't bother you, did I?" Cheng Zhiyuan said helplessly, "Say something quickly!" "I have an important client coming over later, you can help me suppress the situation!" "it is good!" Qiao Yu took a look at Cheng Zhiyuan's shirt, and pointed to his neat suit and tie, "Formal suit, please!" He smiled ambiguously at Yan Xiaochen, and said flirtatiously, "You still have ten minutes to do whatever you want." After finishing speaking , closed the door. "Ignore Qiao Yu, eat slowly." Cheng Zhiyuan got up, walked to the closet by the wall, opened the closet door, took out two suits and two ties, and asked Yan Xiaochen's opinion, "Which one?" Yan Xiaochen looked at it and pointed to the one on his left hand, Cheng Zhiyuan hung the suit on his right back in the closet.He carried his suit and walked into the bathroom, ready to change. Yan Xiaochen was also full, so she sealed the almonds and biscuits, put them in the cabinet, and said, "Zhiyuan, I'm full, I'm off to work." Cheng Zhiyuan opened the door of the bathroom, and while putting on his tie, he said, "Next time you're hungry, just come in and get it. You don't have to wait for me to come back. I told Xin Li that you can come in and out of my office at any time." Yan Xiaochen picked up the bag, smiled and said, "I'm going down, see you tonight!" "Don't work too hard, see you tonight!" When he got off work, Cheng Zhiyuan was waiting for Yan Xiaochen outside the office building. When he saw her carrying a laptop, he quickly reached out to take it, "Going back to work overtime?" "Well, I took a break during the day today." Cheng Zhiyuan knew her temper, so he didn't try to persuade her anymore, he just said with a smile: "Considering that you take up our family time, I won't pay overtime." Yan Xiaochen pouted and said with a smile, "I'll go apply with Qiao Yu." Cheng Zhiyuan opened the car door and let Yan Xiaochen get in the car first. He closed the door and prepared to get in the car from the other side.But Yan Xiaochen waited for a while, but did not see Cheng Zhiyuan getting into the car.Yan Xiaochen looked out the window curiously and saw Cheng Zhiyuan standing by the car door, she knocked on the window, Cheng Zhiyuan opened the door and got into the car. "What's wrong?" Yan Xiaochen looked out the window, but saw nothing. Cheng Zhiyuan smiled covertly and said, "It's nothing, I suddenly thought of something." Yan Xiaochen was the same as before, she wouldn't ask too much about what Cheng Zhiyuan didn't want to say, but she immediately subconsciously thought, Shen Hou, Shen Hou must be nearby!What happened between the two of them?Back home, the two of them had dinner, Cheng Zhiyuan called his mother and asked about Yan's mother's condition. Hearing that the dinner was good and there was no crying, Yan Xiaochen was relieved. Cheng Zhiyuan sat in the conference room all afternoon, inhaled a lot of second-hand smoke, and felt that his hair smelled of smoke. He saw that Yan Xiaochen was resting while watching TV, and he didn't need him for the time being. "I'll go upstairs to take a shower, and I will open the bathroom door. Now, if you need something, call me loudly." Yan Xiaochen smiled angrily, "What can I do? Got it! Take your bath with peace of mind!" Cheng Zhiyuan put a cup of warm water by Yan Xiaochen's hand, and went upstairs with a smile. While watching TV, Yan Xiaochen couldn't help thinking about the scene she saw this afternoon. The expressions of Shen Hou and Cheng Zhiyuan were so strange. The documents in the document bag must not be business documents, but no matter what they were, she couldn't possibly know. Suddenly, the phone rang, it was an unfamiliar number, Yan Xiaochen answered the phone, it turned out to be a courier, Yan Xiaochen said that he was at home and asked him to come up. After a while, the doorbell rang, Yan Xiaochen opened the door, and the courier handed her a package.Yan Xiaochen checked and found that the recipient was indeed her, but Wu Qianqian was actually written in the sender's name column. "Thank you!" Yan Xiaochen signed for the delivery full of wonder. What documents does Wu Qianqian need to express to her?Yan Xiaochen sat on the sofa, stared blankly for a while, and then opened the courier. A piece of A4 printing paper folded in half contained two photos, and a few simple words were written on the printing paper, in Wu Qianqian's handwriting. After reading it, Yan Xiaochen understood what Shen Hou said about relief. Although the forgiven person is freed from an unbearable memory, isn't the forgiven person also a kind of relief?Although she always thought that she didn't care about Wu Qianqian, at this moment she knew that no one would care about betrayal and hurt, especially that person was a friend who had lived in the same house for four years. Although it was only three words "I'm sorry", but in her heart The pimple that had been deliberately suppressed was suddenly untied.It's not that she and Qianqian can be friends again, but at least she won't avoid recalling their college life. Yan Xiaochen put down the printing paper and looked at the photos that Qianqian said she should know. The photo secretly taken with the mobile phone is not very clear, Yan Xiaochen turned on the light next to the sofa and looked carefully under the light. A photo should be a remake of an old photo. The people in it are wearing clothes that were popular more than ten years ago. When school is over, there are many students around.A car was parked beside the tree-lined road, and a thin young man was sitting in the driver's seat, waiting quietly.Several teenagers, wearing school uniforms and carrying schoolbags, stood in front of the car, lovingly hooked my shoulders and I put your back on your back, facing the camera, grinning. Yan Xiaochen remembered seeing this photo at the wedding, it was a group photo of Cheng Zhiyuan's classmates in junior high school, but she didn't look at it carefully at the time, but now she took a closer look, and she recognized Cheng Zhiyuan, Qiao Yu, and the other four Boys don't know who it is. Yan Xiaochen couldn't see anything strange about this photo. She picked up the second photo and was stunned. It turned out to be Zheng Jianguo's headshot. This photo is obviously a remake of a passport photo. Zheng Jianguo is facing the camera, with a straight back and eyes looking straight up. He has a standard ID photo expression, and there is a seal in the corner of the photo. Yan Xiaochen was puzzled, why did the photo of the driver who killed her father appear here? She could understand why Shen Hou had Zheng Jianguo's ID photo. With Shen Hou's temper, after knowing everything, he would definitely not be able to resist turning the events of the year upside down.Zheng Jianguo was an important part of her father's death. It was normal for Shen Hou to have his information. Yan Xiaochen even suspected that this ID photo was Zheng Jianguo's driver's license photo.But why is Zheng Jianguo's photo and Cheng Zhiyuan's photo together? Yan Xiaochen sat blankly for a while, then picked up the first photo.Her eyes swept across the teenagers who were smiling brightly in the middle of the photo, and finally landed on the corner of the photo that she had been ignoring.The man sitting quietly in the driver's seat like a prop has a young side face, but if you look carefully, you can still recognize Zheng Jianguo before he got fat and old. With a bang, Yan Xiaochen finally understood why Zheng Jianguo's photo was with Cheng Zhiyuan's. Her hands and feet were cold and her heart was in a mess. Cheng Zhiyuan knew Zheng Jianguo? ! From the time of this old photo, it should be said that it is definitely not just acquaintance! Almost no evidence is needed, Yan Xiaochen can be sure that these two photos are in the file bag Shen Hou gave Cheng Zhiyuan, he must have discovered the secret of Cheng Zhiyuan's acquaintance with Zheng Jianguo, but for some reason, Shen Hou agreed Cheng Zhiyuan, help him keep the secret.However, Cheng Zhiyuan never imagined that fate is so powerful that the documents he destroyed would appear in front of her in another way. Why did Cheng Zhiyuan want to lie to her? Why was Cheng Zhiyuan so afraid that she would know that he knew Zheng Jianguo? Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar room in front of her, Yan Xiaochen felt palpitations and fear, feeling like a huge spider web, she seemed to be a butterfly that fell into the spider web, she suddenly felt that she could not stay in the room for a moment, picked up the bag, Suddenly rushed out of the room. She went downstairs in a daze, and walked out of the community unsteadily, constantly thinking about why Cheng Zhiyuan concealed the fact that he knew Zheng Jianguo?It was true that Zheng Jianguo had done something wrong to their family, but this was not ancient times, and there was no system of consecutive sittings. It was impossible for her to take anger at Cheng Zhiyuan just because Zheng Jianguo was a friend of Cheng Zhiyuan's family. Maybe Cheng Zhiyuan deliberately concealed it because he was afraid that she and her mother would get angry.But if it was only because of this, why would Shen Hou be so mysterious?Why did Cheng Zhiyuan suffer so much after giving these things to him? To know the truth of everything, you must ask the person concerned! Yan Xiaochen took out her mobile phone, hesitated for a moment, and dialed Shen Hou's number. After the phone rang a few times, it was connected, and Shen Hou's voice came. He was so surprised that he couldn't believe it, and the voice was so soft that he didn't want to scare her. "Xiaochen? Is it you?" "I want to see you!" "when?" "Now, right now, as soon as possible! Tell me where you are, and I'll come right over!" Yan Xiaochen kept waving and hailing a taxi as he spoke. A taxi stopped, and Yan Xiaochen opened the door. Just as she was about to get in the car, she heard Shen Hou say on the phone: "Turn around and look behind you." She turned around and saw Shen Hou standing under the neon lights not far away with his mobile phone.The scent of carved BMW cars filled the road, and when I looked back suddenly, the man was in a dimly lit place. Yan Xiaochen was dumbfounded, and looked at Shen Hou fixedly. Shen Hou walked up to her, and after apologizing to the driver, he helped her close the taxi door and let the taxi leave. Yan Xiaochen finally came back to his senses and asked, "You followed me just now? Did you go to our community again?" Shen Hou stared at Yan Xiaochen's new phone, and instead of answering Yan Xiaochen's question, he asked her, "Why did you change the phone?" "It's not changed, it's thrown away!" Yan Xiaochen stuffed the new phone back into the bag. Shen Hou's expression darkened, "Have you received the WeChat message I sent you?" "No!" Yan Xiaochen said coldly, "I came to you because I wanted to ask you something." "What's up?" Yan Xiaochen took out two photos and handed them to Shen Hou. Shen Hou glanced at it, his expression changed suddenly, and he asked in surprise, "You, you...where did you come from?" "Don't worry about it, you just need to tell me, what is the relationship between Cheng Zhiyuan and Zheng Jianguo?" Shen Hou was silent for a moment, and said: "Zheng Jianguo used to be the driver of Cheng Zhiyuan's family, and he was responsible for taking Cheng Zhiyuan to and from school. Zhiyuan's father worked in the company for a period of time. Later, he borrowed some money, resigned, and opened a 4S shop by himself. He has always maintained a good relationship with Cheng Zhiyuan's family. Cheng Zhiyuan was probably afraid that your mother would anger him, I have never dared to tell you this.” "Shen Hou, you are deceiving me! There must be more than that!" Shen Hou lowered his eyes and said: "That's all, otherwise, what else do you want to know?" Yan Xiaochen was very sad all of a sudden, and tears welled up in his eyes, "I didn't ask Cheng Zhiyuan, but I came to ask you, because I thought that as long as I opened my mouth, you would definitely tell me! I didn't expect that you, like him, would also Deceive me for a fool! I was wrong! I'm leaving!" Yan Xiaochen turned around and wanted to leave. Shen Hou grabbed her hand, "I never wanted to deceive you!" "Let me go!" Yan Xiaochen struggled hard, trying to shake off his hand, but Shen Hou was reluctant to let go, and simply held her hand with both hands, holding her firmly. "Shen Hou, let me go! Let go..." The two were wrestling, when suddenly, Yan Xiaochen stopped all movements, with his mouth half-opened, his expression dull, as if he was concentrating on feeling something. Shen Hou was terrified, "Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, what's wrong with you?" Yan Xiaochen stared blankly at Shen Hou, "He, he moved!" "Who? What moved?" The fetal movement, which had not come for a long time, came suddenly. Yan Xiaochen was nervous and excited, and couldn't explain it clearly. She directly grabbed Shen Hou's hand and placed it on her stomach.Shen Hou clearly felt that a little guy kicked him hard through his belly, and he was so startled that he almost cried out. "How could he move? Did I hurt you just now? Let's go to the hospital..." Shen Hou looked flustered and spoke incoherently. Yan Xiaochen saw that someone was more nervous than her, but calmed down, "It's fetal movement, it's normal." Shen Hou remembered the words in the book, relieved, and was immediately overwhelmed by ecstasy, "He can move! He can move! !" "It's been five months, of course he can move! It's not normal if he can't move! Before he didn't move, I was still worried, but I didn't expect him to see you..." Yan Xiaochen's words were broken in his mouth. 沈侯还没察觉，犹自沉浸在喜悦激动中，弯着身子，手搭在颜晓晨的肚子上，很认真地说：“小家伙，来，再踢爸爸一脚！” 肚子里的小家伙竟然真的很配合，又是一脚，沈侯狂喜地说：“小小，他听到了，他听到了……” 颜晓晨默默后退了两步，拉开了和沈侯的距离。沈侯看到她的表情，也终于意识到他们不是普通的小夫妻。事实上，他和她压根儿不是夫妻，法律上，她是另一个男人的妻子。现在，他们隔着两步的距离，却犹如天堑，沈侯完全不知道该如何才能跨越这段距离，刚才有多少激动喜悦，这会儿就有多少痛苦悲伤。 颜晓晨手搭在肚子上，看着远处的霓虹灯，轻声说：“程致远想带我离开上海，去国外定居。” “什么？”沈侯失声惊叫。 “他已经在帮我办签证，两个星期后我们就会离开。” 沈侯急切地说：“不行，绝对不行！” “去哪里定居生活，是我自己的事，和你无关！但我不想和一个藏着秘密的人朝夕相对，尤其他的秘密还和我有关，就算你现在不告诉我，我也会设法去查清楚。你不要以为你们有钱，我没钱，就查不出来！你们不可能欺骗我一辈子！” “晓晨，你听我说，不是我想欺骗你，而是……”沈侯说不下去。“而是什么？” 沈侯不吭声，颜晓晨转身就走，沈侯急忙抓住她的手腕，“你让我想一下。”沈侯急速地思索着，晓晨不是傻子，事情到这一步，肯定是瞒不住了，只是或迟或早让她知道而已，但是…… 颜晓晨的手机突然响了，她拿出手机，来电显示是程致远，这个曾代表着温暖和依靠的名字，现在却显得阴影重重。颜晓晨苦涩地笑了笑，按了拒绝接听。 手机安静了一瞬，又急切地响了起来，颜晓晨直接把手机关了。 没过一会儿，沈侯的手机响了，他拿出手机，看了眼来电显示的“程致远”，接了电话。他一手拿着手机，一手牢牢地抓着颜晓晨，防止她逃跑。 沈侯看着颜晓晨说：“我知道她不在家，因为她现在正在我眼前。” "..." “你今天下午说我运气很不好，看来你的运气也很不好，再精明的人都必须相信，人算不如天算！” "..." “晓晨已经看到照片了。” "..." “你想让我告诉她真相，还是你自己来告诉她真相？” "..." 沈侯挂了电话，对颜晓晨说：“去见程致远，他会亲口告诉你一切。”沈侯按了下门铃，程致远打开了门，他脸色晦暗、死气沉沉，像是被判了死刑的囚犯，再看不到往日的一丝从容镇定。 三个人沉默地走进客厅，各自坐在了沙发一边，无意中形成了一个三角形，谁都只能坐在自己的一边，没有人能相伴。 程致远问颜晓晨：“你知道我和郑建国认识了？” 颜晓晨点点头，从包里拿出两张照片，放在了茶几上。 程致远看着照片，晦暗的脸上浮起悲伤无奈的苦笑，“原来终究是谁也逃不过！” “逃不过什么？”颜晓晨盯着程致远，等待着他告诉她一切。 程致远深吸了口气，从头开始讲述——故事并不复杂，郑建国是程致远家的司机，兼做一些跑腿打杂的工作。那时程致远爸爸的生意蒸蒸日上，妈妈也在医院忙得昏天黑地，顾不上家，郑建国无形中承担了照顾程致远的责任，程致远和郑建国相处得十分好。高中毕业后，程致远去了国外读书，郑建国结婚生子，家庭负担越来越重，程致远的爸妈出于感激，出资找关系帮郑建国开了一家宝马4S店，郑建国靠着吃苦耐劳和对汽车的了解热爱，将4S店经营得有声有色，也算是发家致富了。 而程致远和乔羽一时玩笑成立的基金公司也做得很好，乔羽催逼程致远回国。五年前的夏天，程致远从国外回到他的第二故乡省城，打算留在国内发展。他去看望亦兄亦友的郑建国，正好郑建国的店里来了一辆新款宝马SUV，郑建国想送他一辆车，就让他试试车。程致远开着车，带着郑建国在城里兜风，为了开得尽兴，程致远专找人少的僻静路段，一路畅通无阻。两人一边体验着车里的各种配置、一边笑着聊天，谁都没有想到，一个男人为了省钱，特意住在城郊的偏僻旅馆里，他刚结完账，正背着行李，在路边给女儿打电话。打完电话，兴奋疲惫的他，没等红灯车停，就横穿马路。当程致远看到那个男人时，一切都晚了，就像是电影的慢镜头，一个人的身体像是玩具娃娃一般轻飘飘地飞起，又轻飘飘地落下。 他们停下车，冲了出去，一边手忙脚乱地想要替他止血，一边打电话叫120。男人的伤势太重，为了能及时抢救，两人决定不等120，立即赶去医院。程致远的手一直在抖，根本开不了车，只能郑建国开车，程致远蹲在车后座前，守在男子身边，祈求着他坚持住。 到医院后，因为有程致远妈妈的关系在，医院尽了最大的努力抢救，可是抢救无效，男人很快就死了。警察问话时，程致远看着自己满手满身的血，沉浸在他刚刚杀死了一个人的惊骇中，根本无法回答。郑建国镇定地说是他开的车，交出了自己的驾照，把出事前后的经过详细讲述了一遍。那是条偏僻的马路，没有交通录像，只找到了几个人证，人证所说的事发经过和郑建国说的一模一样。他们当时只顾着盯着撞飞的人看，没有人留意是谁开的车，等看到程致远和郑建国冲过来时，同时记住的是两张脸。就算有人留意到了什么，可那个时候场面很混乱，人的记忆也都是混乱的，当郑建国肯定地说自己是司机时，没有一个人怀疑。 等警察录完口供，尘埃落定后，程致远才清醒了，质问郑建国为什么要欺骗警察。郑建国说，我们没有喝酒、没有超速、没有违反交通规则，是对方不等红灯车停、不走人行横道，突然横穿马路，这只能算交通意外，不能算交通事故。但你没有中国驾照，虽然你在国外已经开了很多年的车，是个老司机了，可按照中国法律，你在中国还不能开车，是无照驾驶。他们都清楚无照驾驶的罪责，程致远沉默了，在郑建国的安排下，他是司机的真相被掩藏了起来，甚至连他的父母都不知道，但是，他骗不了自己。他放弃了回国的计划，逃到了国外，可是，那个男人临死前的眼神一直纠缠着他，他看了整整三年多的心理医生，都没有用。终于，一个深夜，当他再次从噩梦中惊醒后，他决定回国，去面对他的噩梦。 在程致远讲述一切的时候，颜晓晨像是完全不认识他一样看着他，身子一直在轻轻地颤抖。 程致远低声说：“……我又一次满身冷汗地从噩梦里惊醒时，我决定，我必须回国去面对我的噩梦。” 颜晓晨喃喃说：“因为你不想再做噩梦了，所以，你就让我们做噩梦吗？”她脸色煞白，双眼无神，像是梦游一般，站了起来，朝着门外走去。 程致远急忙站起，抓住了她的手，“晓晨……” 颜晓晨像是触电一般，猛地惊跳了起来，一巴掌打到了程致远脸上，厉声尖叫：“不要碰我！” 程致远哀求地叫：“晓晨！” 颜晓晨含着泪问：“你从一开始，就是带着目的认识我的？” 程致远不敢看颜晓晨的眼睛，微不可见地点了下头，几乎是从齿缝里挤出了个字：“是！” 颜晓晨觉得她正在做梦，而且是最荒谬、最恐怖的噩梦，“你知道自己撞死了我爸，居然还向我求婚？你居然叫我妈'妈妈'？你知不知道，我妈宁可打死我，都不允许我收郑建国的钱，你却让我嫁给你，变成了我妈的女婿？” 程致远脸色青白，一句话都说不出，握着颜晓晨的手，无力地松开了。 “你陪着我和妈妈给我爸上过香，叫他爸爸？”颜晓晨一边泪如雨落，一边哈哈大笑了起来，太荒谬了！too crazy! “程致远，你是个疯子！你想赎罪，想自己良心好过，就逼着我和我妈做罪人！你只考虑你自己的良心，那我和我妈的良心呢？我爸如果地下有灵，看着我们把你当恩人一样感激着，情何以堪？程致远，你、你……居然敢娶我！” 颜晓晨哭得泣不成声，恨不得撕了那个因为一时软弱，答应嫁给程致远的自己，她推搡捶打着程致远，“你怎么可以这么残忍？你让我爸死不瞑目，让我们罪不可恕啊！如果我妈知道了，你是想活活逼死她吗？”程致远低垂着头，“对不起！” “对不起？对不起能挽回什么？我爸的命？还是我妈对你的信赖喜欢？还是我和你结婚，让你叫了他无数声'爸爸'的事实？程致远，只因为你不想做噩梦了，你就要让我们活在噩梦中吗？我以为我这辈子最恨的人会是侯月珍，没想到竟然会是你！” 颜晓晨冲出了门，程致远着急地跟了几步，却被沈侯拉住了。两人对视了一眼，程致远停住了脚步，只能看着沈侯急急忙忙地追了出去。 靠着电梯壁，颜晓晨泪如泉涌，她恨自己，为什么当年会因为一时软弱，接受了程致远的帮助？这个世界，不会有无缘无故的恨，更不会有无缘无故的好，为什么她就像是傻子一样，从来没有怀疑过程致远？ 妈妈说爸爸死不瞑目，原来是真的！ 如果妈妈知道了真相，真的会活活把她逼死！ 这些年，她究竟做了什么？难道她逼死了爸爸之后，还要再一步步逼死妈妈吗？ 妈妈骂她是来讨债的，一点没有错！ 颜晓晨头抵在电梯壁上，失声痛哭。 沈侯看着她痛苦，却没有一丝一毫的办法劝慰她。他用什么立场去安慰她？他说出的任何话，都会像是刀子，再次****她心口。 甚至，他连伸手轻轻碰一下她都不敢，生怕再刺激到她。他只能看着她悲伤绝望地痛哭、无助孤独地挣扎，但凡现在有一点办法能帮到她，他一定会不惜一切代价去做。 在这一刻，他突然真正理解了程致远，如果隐藏起真相，就能陪着她去熬过所有痛苦，他也会毫不犹豫地这么选择，即使代价是自己夜夜做噩梦，日日被良心折磨。 电梯门开了，颜晓晨摇摇晃晃地走出电梯。 出了小区，她竟然看都不看车，就直直地往前走，似乎压根儿没意识到她眼前是一条马路，沈侯被吓出了一身冷汗，抓住她问：“你想去哪里？”颜晓晨甩开他的手，招手拦出租车。她进了出租车，告诉司机去妈妈住院的医院。 沈侯跟着坐进了出租车的前座，想着即使她赶他走，他也得赖着一起去。颜晓晨哭着说：“求求你，不要跟着我了，我爸爸会看见的！”一下子，沈侯所有的坚定都碎成了粉末，他默默地下了出租车，看着出租车扬长而去。 颜晓晨到了医院，从病房门口悄悄看着妈妈，妈妈静静躺在病床上，正在沉睡。她不敢走进病房，坐在了楼道里。 刚才沈侯问她“你想去哪里”，沈侯问了句傻话，他应该问“你还能去哪里”，这个城市，已经没有了她能去的地方，她唯一能去的地方，就是妈妈的身边。可是，她该如何面对妈妈？一个沈侯，已经把妈妈气进了医院，再加上一个程致远，要逼着妈妈去地下找爸爸吗？ 颜晓晨坐在椅子上，抱着头，一直在默默落泪。 沈侯站在楼道拐角处，看着她瑟缩成一团，坐在病房外。他却连靠近都做不到，那是颜晓晨妈妈的病房，不仅颜妈妈绝不想见到他，现在的晓晨也绝不愿见到他。 十一点多了，晓晨依旧缩坐在椅子上，丝毫没有离去的打算。 今夜，不但程致远努力给晓晨的家被打碎了，晓晨赖以生存的工作也丢掉了。在这个城市，她已经一无所有，除了病房里，那个恨着她，想要她打掉孩子的妈妈。 沈侯盯着她，心如刀绞。如果早知道是现在的结果，他是不是压根儿不该去追查程致远？ 沈侯给魏彤打电话，请她立即来医院一趟。 魏彤匆匆赶到医院，惊讶地问：“我真的只是两天没见晓晨吗？星期六下午去晓晨家吃晚饭，一切都很好，现在才星期一，到底发生什么事了？”沈侯把一沓现金递给魏彤，“我刚打电话用你的名字订好了酒店，你陪晓晨去酒店休息，她之前已经熬过一个晚上，身体还没缓过来，不能再熬了！” 魏彤一头雾水地问：“晓晨为什么不能回自己家休息？程致远呢？为什么是你在这里？” “程致远不能出现，我……我也没比他好多少！不要提程致远，不要提我，不要让晓晨知道是我安排的，拜托你了！” 魏彤看看憔悴的沈侯，再看看远处缩成一团坐在椅子上的晓晨，意识到事情的严重复杂，没有再多问。她接过钱，说：“我知道了。晓晨要是不愿去酒店，我就带她去我的宿舍，我舍友搬出去和男朋友同居了，现在宿舍里就我一个人住，除了没有热水洗澡，别的都挺方便。” “还是你想得周到，谢谢！” “别客气，我走了，你脸色很难看，也赶紧休息一下。” 沈侯看着魏彤走到颜晓晨身边，蹲下和她说了一会儿话，把她强拖着拽起，走向电梯。 有魏彤照顾晓晨，沈侯终于暂时松了口气，拿出手机，给程致远打电话，让他也暂时放心。