Lima syndrome

Ji Chengxun only asked him the question politely, but Bai Zhiyan's heart was beating like a drum. Looking at his calm and distant face, it took a lot of tugging at his rationality to make him nod and admit it.

"No, we don't."

Chi Chengxun nodded without comment and said nothing more.

But Bai Zhiyan did not give up. If he did not seize the opportunity this time, he would not know how to meet him again next time. So he slowly approached Ji Chengxun without leaving any trace, and then whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "I can help you, please believe me."

After saying this, he stood up straight and relaxed naturally, because he knew that Ji Seung-hoon had heard it.

Chi Chengxun's face flashed with surprise. He was sure that he had heard correctly. What did the boy in front of him know? He was obviously Bai Zhengren's son. Why would he say he wanted to help him?

He turned his head to look at the boy. This was the first time he truly looked at the child. His slightly red cheeks revealed a morbid beauty against his fair skin. His fluffy hair looked like a furry dandelion under the light and shadow. His thin body seemed to be malnourished, and the butterfly bones on his back fluttered with his breathing. It seemed that he had noticed his gaze, and there was an ambiguous light in his eyes when he looked at him.

He had never seen such a passionate and undisguised gaze before. For a moment, he seemed to be possessed by a demon. Without thinking, he opened and closed his mouth and asked, "What did you say?"

When the young man in front of him smiled and shook his head, he realized what he had done. He coughed lightly a few times to cover up his distraction.

"Inspector Chi, we have searched this place inside and out, and found nothing."

The voice of his colleague pulled him back from his distracted state. His expression changed slightly but he didn't show it. In fact, he had already thought that he would fail before coming here. He suppressed all his emotions and turned to face his companions who had finished the search and stood in line. "Everyone has worked hard. You can leave now."

Chi Chengxun walked up to Bai Zhengren and bowed slightly to apologize, "I am sorry to bother you, President Bai. I am also honored to personally certify your innocence. I hope I didn't make you unhappy."

His words were flawless, and even if Bai Zhengren was angry and wanted to lose his temper, he didn't know where to start. In the end, he just waved his hands impatiently like chasing away mosquitoes, asking them to leave quickly.

Only after everyone had left did Bai Zhiyan reluctantly withdraw his gaze.

"Jitae, go find out who did this. Once you find out, just deal with it. Don't tell me."

"Yes, father."

"And you." Bai Zhengren stood up and walked in front of Bai Zhiyan, looking down at him, "Stop embarrassing yourself in front of outsiders, and put away your thoughts that you shouldn't have. I don't want to raise an ungrateful person who will betray you."

"I'm sorry, father. I understand."

Seeing Bai Zhiyan's submissive look, he didn't want to continue getting angry, so he snorted coldly and went upstairs.

Bai Zhiyan also wanted to go back to the room, but Bai Jitai stopped him again, "Do you know that prosecutor?"

"do not know."

Bai Zhiyan's expression remained indifferent and he didn't seem to be lying, but Bai Jitai always felt that things were not that simple.

"Your eyes are almost growing on him. You told me you don't know him, then why are you looking at him like that?" Bai Jitai remembered that he had just looked at the other person with such a passionate, burning and longing look, but now he was looking at him with such a cold, unhappy and even disgusted face. The contrast made him so angry that his teeth itched.

"Is it okay that I just admire the profession of prosecutor?" Bai Zhiyan didn't want to continue to dwell on this issue, and for the first time ever, he explained his question.

"What's so good about being a prosecutor? How much money can he make in a year? He's not even worthy of carrying shoes for our Bai family."

Hearing him insult the prosecutor like this, Bai Zhiyan's face showed even more disgust, "That's a thousand times better than a scum like you." After saying that, without even looking at Bai Jitai's reaction, he pushed him away with his body and went upstairs.

"Damn it, who the hell is he to compete with me!"

This was the last sentence Bai Zhiyan heard when he entered the room.

After all the trouble, Bai Zhiyan didn't have the energy to continue reading and studying. After taking the medicine, he lay on the bed and Ji Chengxun's face unconsciously appeared in his mind.

In his previous life, he and Ji Seung-hoon had only met once. After staying at Bai Zhiyan's house for a few days that night, he took Bai Zhiyan to the police station to report the case. He insisted that the injuries on Bai Zhiyan's body were caused by abuse and beating. What he said was indeed true, but Bai Zhiyan could not go to the police. No one in Seoul dared to interfere in the Bai family's affairs. Once this scandal was spread, not only him but also Ji Seung-hoon would be killed by him.

So he ran away. Before entering the police station, he took one last look at Chi Chengxun and fled back to the Bai family without looking back. He couldn't harm this person who was willing to show warmth to him, even though he knew that he would still live a life worse than death after returning.

The next day, Bai Zhiyan woke up with a splitting headache. Although he didn't have nightmares and his fever had subsided, his mental state was still very bad. He didn't want to push himself too hard. He wanted to take care of his body now. He called his class teacher to explain the situation and asked for a day off to rest at home.

After learning about his situation and showing some concern, the head teacher agreed to his application.

So Bai Zhiyan had a rare good sleep that day. When he opened his eyes again, it was already noon. He muted his cell phone during his sleep. After he got up, he rubbed his eyes and checked the messages on his cell phone.

Liu Zhimin had 1 missed call and 3 unread messages, and Xu Shiyuan had 15 missed calls and 20 unread messages.

Bai Zhiyan opened his phone and looked at Liu Zhimin's messages, which were several words of concern for him, so he called back.

After a while, the person on the other end picked up the phone. "Hello - Brother Zhiyan, are you still not feeling well? Why didn't you come to school today?"

When Liu Zhimin on the opposite side just received a call from Bai Zhiyan and called out his name, Xu Shiyuan immediately looked up at her.

Hearing the girl's sweet and gentle concern, Bai Zhiyan smiled slightly, "I'm fine, Zhimin, I just had a headache after having a fever yesterday, but I'm much better now."

"Really? Then can you come to school tomorrow?"

"of course can."

"That's great, brother Zhiyan, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Bai Zhiyan went downstairs and took some ingredients from the refrigerator. He cooked a very light bowl of ramen and added an egg. After a simple lunch, he regained a lot of strength. After taking the medicine, he went to the bathroom, took a shower, changed his clothes and prepared to go out.

Five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour, one hour. Just after Bai Zhiyan and Liu Zhimin hung up the phone, Xu Shiyuan stared at his phone. He thought Bai Zhiyan would call him or reply to his message, but no, two hours had passed and his phone still hadn't received any message. He even suspected that his phone was broken.

Finally, he couldn't help but call Bai Zhiyan again after class, but the other party still didn't answer. Xu Shiyuan looked at the phone with only a busy tone and his eyes were bloodshot. If he didn't see the message or hear the call, why would he call Liu Zhimin alone? He couldn't find a reasonable explanation to deceive himself, so he began to wonder if he had done something wrong.

He racked his brains but couldn't figure out why. Was it because he suddenly touched his face in the infirmary yesterday? But when Liu Zhimin held his arm and chattered, he didn't seem impatient. Or did he just not like his touch?

Bai Zhiyan's cell phone was still in silent mode after he went out. He was now on his way to St. Ann's Church. His handkerchief was snatched away by Che Jingcan when he was wiping the blood in front of the confessional that day. The embroidery on it was embroidered by his mother. Many of his exclusive items were marked by his mother, which also reflected his mother's exclusive love for him.

But his mind was so confused that day that he forgot to snatch it back. He knew that Che Jingcan would definitely treat his things as garbage and throw them away. A lot of things happened yesterday and he was unable to go to church, so he planned to go to the church today to try his luck and see if he could find it.

There was almost no one in the church today, and Bai Zhiyan ran smoothly to the confessional, but was stopped by two unknown men in black as soon as he approached there.

"Student, please stop here."

The two men in black stretched out their arms in a well-trained manner to block Bai Zhiyan's way. When Bai Zhiyan saw the other persons' appearance, he instantly thought of the two bodyguards at the gate of his home, and he guessed that these two men were also like that.

"I lost something and need to look for it. I'll be out soon." Every day he spent looking for his handkerchief wasted, and he had already wasted a day yesterday.

"No, no one is allowed to pass through here today." The man in black spoke coldly and did not give in.

"The thing I lost is very important to me. Please move it aside." Bai Zhiyan was not the kind of person who would pester others, but that was something his deceased mother left him, and he didn't want to give it up easily.

"I've already told you no. If you continue to make trouble, don't blame us for taking action." The man in black didn't want to say any more to him and wanted to scare him away.

"What? Are you going to beat me up again?" Bai Zhiyan was also getting angry at this time. This group of people kept blocking him and didn't tell him why he couldn't go in. "This is a church, not anyone's private property. Please give me a reasonable reason, and I will leave on my own initiative after I understand."

"This……"

Bai Zhiyan's question put the two people in front of him in a dilemma. They were just following their master's orders and didn't know whether they should tell outsiders about their master's orders.

"Let him in."

At this time, a soft and refreshing female voice came from inside. The two men in black were stunned at first, and then reluctantly moved aside.

After hearing the voice, Bai Zhiyan felt like retreating. After taking a breath, he stepped in.

After entering, he saw the owner of the voice. A woman in a black long dress was standing in front of the confessional door. She was like a noble and elegant black swan. Her thin figure almost blended into the dark door panel. Just from a distance, he could feel the woman's aloof and independent coldness.

"excuse me……"

After hearing Bai Zhiyan's voice, the woman turned her head slightly and revealed a small part of her profile, but just from this single profile Bai Zhiyan could imagine what a stunning beauty she was.

"I heard you say you were looking for something." The woman spoke again, her cold voice making people feel cold all over.

"Yes, very important things."

The woman turned around at this time, and Bai Zhiyan finally saw her face. She had a blank expression, was cold and distant, and her skin was so white that it had a morbid beauty, just like him who had lived in the basement and could not see the sun, and the morbid color caused by the lack of sunlight.

"How important is it?"

Bai Zhiyan didn't expect her to ask this, or he didn't expect her to be curious about him. He didn't want to tell a stranger about his own affairs, but looking at the woman's deep and quiet eyes, Bai Zhiyan couldn't think of a reason to be perfunctory.

"These are things left by my deceased mother," he told the truth.

After hearing his answer, a trace of astonishment appeared on the woman's silent face, but it quickly disappeared. But when she spoke again, her tone was not so cold.

"Then go look for it, kid. I hope you can find it successfully."

"Thank you."

Bai Zhiyan bowed to her and began to search around according to his memory of that day. The woman just stood there quietly without helping or saying anything. Bai Zhiyan searched through the grass, flower pots and nearby trash cans with sweat on his forehead but still found nothing. He was so tired that he didn't care about his manners and sat down on the steps to catch his breath.

He thought he must be late. Even if Che Jingcan threw it into the trash can, it has been two days now, and the trash can must have been changed. Bai Zhiyan was a little discouraged. He was thinking about whether he should contact the person in charge of the church to ask where the trash cans here would be sent to in the end.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhiyan stood up and prepared to take action.

"I'll take my leave first." After saying hello to the woman, Bai Zhiyan walked towards the door.

The woman saw Bai Zhiyan looking for something, and also saw his embarrassed look with empty hands. She asked, "Child, aren't you going to look for it anymore?"

"No, I will keep looking."

"Should we keep looking even if we can't find it?"

Bai Zhiyan thought her question was strange, but he still stopped and turned to face the woman and answered her seriously, "I haven't tried my best yet so I can't easily say I can't find it. I just didn't find it today. I still have tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and many days in the future. I will keep looking until I find it."

The wind blew past. Bai Zhiyan paused for a moment and then said, "Even if I really can't find it, I have tried my best."

When the woman heard Bai Zhiyan's words, her face suddenly turned ugly. She trembled as if she wanted to say something else, but she didn't speak again. She just slowly walked to Bai Zhiyan and looked at him lovingly.

"My child looks about your age, but he would never say something like that."

Bai Zhiyan was a little surprised, because he thought the woman in front of him was only a few years older than him, "Husband, Madam, you... already have a child... I thought you were only a few years older than me..."

"Pfft——" His words made the woman in front of him laugh. When the woman laughed, her slightly upturned eyes narrowed into two crescent moons, and her pale face had a hint of redness. She was no longer as distant as before, but had a bit more energy and vitality.

"Good boy, I like you very much."

Although Bai Zhiyan knew that this was the love from the elders for the younger generation, his ears still blushed when facing such a beautiful and elegant lady.

"Thank you ma'am."

"Although I don't know what you lost, I sincerely hope you can find it." The woman took off a black hand-woven bracelet from her wrist, which had a small white fluorite embedded on it. "This is my lucky charm. I hope it can bring you good luck."