The evening breeze was blowing gently, and two people were sitting on wooden chairs under the dim light.
Shen Qingmiao was eating popsicles and felt helpless when she recalled how she came to sit by the river.
"I didn't expect that the drunk villain actually has the character of a child." 008 sighed.
Yes, she made an excuse for her blushing because it was too hot. In the end, Lin Baisen went to the convenience store next to her without looking back, bought two popsicles, and gave them to herself with a silly smile.
Then he put on an aggrieved expression and wanted Shen Qingmiao to accompany him for a walk by the river.
At night, the waves on the river sparkle under the moonlight, and the sultry weather is relieved by the cold ice cream.
Shen Qingmiao narrowed her eyes comfortably. She did not expect that Lin Baisen would be so cute after being drunk.
Lin Baisen, who had been silent all the time, pointed to an open space not far away with the finished popsicle stick, and said in a hoarse voice, "There was an aquarium there before."
Shen Qingmiao was a little surprised: "Really?"
"The old aquarium in this city was established 25 years ago. Because the location was too remote, another larger and more beautiful aquarium was built in the city center. The old aquarium was demolished two years ago," Lin Baisen said.
It was very slow, as if telling a story.
Shen Qingmiao was also very interested in this story because it was never mentioned in the original work. It turns out that places in this world that are not written about also have their own lives.
Lin Baisen held the stick in his mouth and was a little vague: "When I was a child, I really wanted to play here once, but before I came back, it had already been demolished."
"Is it because I don't have time?" Shen Qingmiao asked.
"It's because I have no money." Lin Berson's drunken eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.
Shen Qingmiao's heartbeat quickened as she watched, "I'm sorry..."
"I know, it's hard to imagine that I didn't have money to go to the aquarium when I was a child." Lin Berson smiled bitterly, and kept rolling the packaging bag with his fingers, layer after layer, and then unfolding layer after layer.
"At that time, I had not been taken back to the Lin family, and the price of the parent-child ticket was my parents' two days' salary."
Lin Baisen seemed to choke up when he said this. He raised his eyes and looked into Shen Qingmiao's eyes, with a tear falling from the corner of his eye.
Shen Qingmiao quickly took out the napkin from the hotel from his pocket and handed it to Lin Baisen.
He clutched the piece of paper tightly, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly: "After my parents died, I never experienced what it is called family. I often thought that it would be better if I was not a child of the Lin family."
Perhaps due to the paralysis of alcohol, Lin Berson talked a lot about the past. His eyes were red, and there was no longer the cruelty and determination in his eyes. Instead, there was some confusion and entanglement that did not belong to him.
"Miaomiao, do you think what I am doing now is right?" Lin Baisen lowered his head, like a child who has done something wrong.
Shen Qingmiao knew that he was referring to returning to China to take revenge on the Lin family, so she sighed softly, raised her hand and patted his head, rubbing it hard.
Lin Baisen's body stiffened slightly.
"It's still the same sentence, tit for tat." Shen Qingmiao said, "No matter what the result is, they deserve it, but you can't abandon your bottom line for this kind of person, and you can't do anything that violates laws and disciplines."
She was really worried that Lin Berson had escaped the point of death and would be sent to prison by these relatives who could eat people without spitting out their bones.
Lin Baisen gently rubbed the palm of Shen Qingmiao's hand, teasing the soft hair. She felt a little itchy and couldn't help but tighten her fingers. There was black hair between her fingers.
He said: "Miaomiao, are you afraid of losing me?"
"Yeah." Shen Qingmiao agreed softly.
After all, Lin Berson was the one who saved her, and no matter what, she didn't want Lin Berson to die the way in the original text.
Lin Baisen smiled and raised his head. Shen Qingmiao was sitting under the dim street lamp. The warm light shone on her body, making it impossible to look away.
The warmth on his head slipped away, and Lin Baisen squinted his eyes to hide his emotions.
I really want to enjoy this kind of warmth and this kind of light for a moment longer.
But he was even more afraid of being too hasty and scaring Shen Qingmiao away.
Lin Berson's voice was low, "Go back."
The two of them walked side by side along the bridge back to the hotel.
Lin Baisen couldn't help but slow down. Looking at Shen Qingmiao's back, he raised the corners of his lips: "Miaomiao."
Shen Qingmiao turned back to look at him with doubtful eyes, "What's wrong?"
"My agent will pick me up later, let's say goodbye here," Lin Berson said.
Shen Qingmiao didn't think much. Julie was already waiting in the underground parking lot. She nodded: "Okay, then be careful when you go back. I'll leave first."
Lin Berson nodded.
After Shen Qingmiao walked a few steps, she turned around and waved to Lin Baisen: "Next time we have a chance, let's go and see the aquarium over there!"
Lin Baisen hesitated for a moment and nodded.
After receiving the response, Shen Qingmiao hummed and left.
Her back disappeared into the shadows.
Lin Baisen withdrew his gaze, and his originally cloudy eyes gradually became clear, and he walked slowly towards the car not far away. He lazily leaned on the back of the chair, looked at the assistant and said, "Go home."
The assistant's heart trembled when she saw Lin Baisen's reddish eyes.
Why did the boss cry when he went out with Miss Shen? Could it be that he was talking about what happened at the Lin family?
No, no, no, the point is, how could the boss cry because of these things?
These are crocodile tears!
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Shen Qingmiao was sitting in the car, thinking back on what Lin Baisen told her, feeling increasingly uncomfortable.
She recalled the days when she stayed at a relative's house. As Lin Berson said: "They only care about eating and drinking, and only care about life and death."
But this is good, at least I can have a full meal and not go hungry.
Shen Qingmiao leaned against the window and simply closed her eyes, forcing herself not to recall those things.
008 said with some worry: "Host, do you need me to tell you some jokes to adjust your mood?"
"Okay." Shen Qingmiao said.
008 found a collection of jokes from the data, and after analyzing which joke was funnier, he said: "Host, do you know what a unicorn became when it ran to the North Pole?"
Shen Qingmiao replied instantly: "Ice cream."
008 refused to give up: "Douzi wanted to fight with Baozi, but he was blocked by a river. Guess what kind of snack this is?"
Shen Qingmiao replied instantly: "Snow peas."
Feeling that 008 was doing it again, she quickly said: "Where did you find this joke? I have heard it since elementary school, and is this a joke?"
008 re-checked the joke collection he had downloaded, and there was another word in front of it, cold.
It's closed.
Shen Qingmiao refused to admit defeat and was amused by 008. Her phone dinged and she glanced at it. It was a message from Lin Baisen.
Lin Baisen: Worrying that it will affect your mood, I ordered the cake to be delivered to Shen’s house tomorrow morning. I heard others say that girls’ mood will improve after eating sweets.
Shen Qingmiao sent a thank you emoticon: Thank you, Brother Sen, for your thoughtfulness.
Lin Baisen took a screenshot and sent it to Su Yi: She calls me brother, but she used to call me Lin Baisen.
Su Yi: How many years have I called you Brother Sen, but I have never seen you show off. Besides, what people are saying is Brother Sen, not Brother.
Su Yi: Wait, are you the type who can hand out dog food? What did you do today? How far have you progressed? Haven't you confessed your feelings yet?
Su Yi:Reply!
Lin Baisen closed the phone and threw it aside, with a smile on his lips.
Let us say it loudly, Brother Sen is really scheming!!