Quick Wear: An honest man is always criticized for forced love

Gu Jingzhou worked overtime until midnight and came back without sleeping all night. He went to the company the next day still in high spirits. However, Shen Jun had dark circles under his eyes and couldn't even open his eyes.

Is this the difference between Alpha and Beta? Shen Jun thought, God is really unfair, it was Gu Jingzhou who worked harder last night, why is he the one who is tired?

Shen Jun lay in bed and took a nap. When he woke up, it was almost eight o'clock.

Thinking that he still had to prepare a gift for Gu Jingzhou today, Shen Jun simply asked the coffee shop owner for half a day off.

The boss's reply came just after the message was sent, telling him to go ahead and not to worry about anything else.

Shen Jun felt a little guilty about asking for leave so frequently. He thought that he would go back immediately after buying the things and would not be delayed for too long.

After leaving the apartment, Shen Jun got on a bus bound for the suburbs. He swayed against the rising sun for more than an hour before he had traveled half the distance.

The high-rise buildings in the city gradually disappeared from sight, replaced by low but orderly self-built houses in the countryside. On both sides of the road were planted trees that Shen Jun could not name, growing lushly and vigorously.

After walking along the tree-lined avenue for nearly half an hour, the cement road turned into a dirt road, and Shen Jun still did not see the destination. It was not until the sun was high above his head that Shen Jun saw a building built halfway up the mountain.

More than half an hour later, Shen Jun finally climbed up the mountainside. The quaint door was open and a cool breeze blew out from inside. When Shen Jun walked into the yard, he saw an old man with white hair lying under the grape trellis in the middle of the yard, resting with his eyes closed.

Hearing the noise, the old man opened his eyes and looked at Shen Jun, "What are you doing?" The old man asked him in a bad tone. Shen Jun immediately smiled and answered obediently, "Excuse me, is this Uncle Lin? I came here to see you..."

Before Shen Jun could finish his words, he was interrupted by Shen Jun: "If you want to buy something, go to the city and find my land. I only make it here and don't sell it." After the old man said this, he turned his head and closed his eyes, and put the palm-leaf fan in his hand on his face to block out the light, as if he didn't want to pay attention to Shen Jun.

Shen Jun was not annoyed when he saw this. He walked to the old man, bent down, and explained: "No, Uncle Lin, I want you to help me carve a small object, not big, and it will be done quickly."

The old man took the fan off his face, opened his eyes slightly, glanced at Shen Jun, and said with some impatience: "No, no, I just carved a few jade Buddhas yesterday, and my hands hurt. I can't do it."

After the old man finished speaking, he turned to the other side, closed his eyes and fanned himself. Shen Jun was silent for a few seconds before he spoke: "Uncle Lin, have you forgotten that I am Shen Jun?"

After hearing him say that, the old man finally opened his eyes. He sat up from the recliner. With shining eyes, the old man grabbed Shen Jun's shoulders on both sides and looked up and down at Shen Jun.

Seeing a familiar feeling between Shen Jun's eyebrows and eyes, he said happily: "Oh my! Xiaojun! Haha, it's really you! You have grown so big, I didn't recognize you just now! Where is your dad? Why didn't that stinky old man Shen An come! I haven't seen him for more than ten years!"

"My dad is... in the hospital. He just had an operation recently and he hasn't woken up yet."

When he heard that Shen An was hospitalized, the old man's smiling expression froze for a moment, "Hospitalized? He had the best physical fitness when he was a child, how come he is hospitalized..."

When talking about Shen An, the old man seemed to have endless things to say. He took Shen Jun to sit under the grape trellis and asked about Shen An's current situation. Shen Jun told him everything. When he heard about Shen An's condition, Lin Ping immediately took Shen Jun to the hospital to visit Shen An.

The old man's name is Lin Ping. He is a good friend of Shen An who grew up together. The two were so close when they were young that they could even wear the same pants.

Later, due to their different career plans, the two parted ways. Lin Ping followed his master to the mountains to learn the craft of jade carving, while Shen An chose to go to the city to work hard. Although they were not far away, they were both very busy and had almost no time to meet on weekdays.

It was only when Shen Jun sat and chatted with Shen An last time that he realized that Shen An had such a friend who was always on his mind. On the one hand, this trip was to prepare a birthday gift for Gu Jingzhou, and on the other hand, he also wanted to give Shen An a peace locket.

Peace lockets are easy to make. Lin Ping has no idea how many he has carved in his life. But there is another thing that makes Lin Ping curious. He asked Shen Jun mysteriously if it was a gift for his lover. Shen Jun felt embarrassed and had to nod with a red face.

After listening to Shen Jun's explanation of his purpose, Lin Ping immediately took out paper and pen to draw a sketch for Shen Jun. Shen Jun told him his ideas. Lin Ping nodded after listening. After thinking for a moment, he picked up the pen and started drawing on the paper.

Half an hour later, a vivid gardenia appeared on the paper. Shen Jun held the painting in his hands and looked at it for a few seconds. He felt that Lin Ping was really amazing and had painted it exactly as he had wanted.

"Uncle Lin, your painting is so beautiful!" Shen Jun praised generously. Lin Ping raised his head proudly, looking like he was saying, "Don't you see who I am?"

Originally, Lin Ping planned to let Shen Jun choose a piece of material to carve by himself, but Shen Jun didn't know anything about this, so he left it to Lin Ping. Lin Ping picked out a piece of jadeite with excellent quality for Shen Jun, the kind that looked very expensive at first glance. Although Shen Jun felt a pain in his heart, he really liked that piece of jade.

So he gritted his teeth and nodded. The material was good, but when it came to cutting, Lin Ping was in trouble. Several cracks running across the center of the jade seriously affected the appearance of the finished carving.

Lin Ping looked at the jade for a long time and didn't know where to start. Shen Jun saw him staring at the jade in his hand with a frown and didn't know what to say for a moment.

But when Lin Ping turned the jade to a certain angle, Shen Jun suddenly discovered that carving a small circle around them could perfectly avoid these cracks, so he hesitantly put forward his own ideas to Lin Ping.

After he finished speaking, Lin Ping just glanced at him indifferently, then lowered his head, picked up the carving knife and began to concentrate on carving.

The dough Shen Jun wanted was not complicated. Lin Ping was already a master. The carving knife seemed to come alive in his hands. After a few strokes, a gardenia took shape. And those places with cracks were cleverly avoided and cut off by Lin Ping.

Although the shape was not very good-looking, the scrap was surprisingly pretty. Shen Jun felt it was a bit of a waste to just throw it aside. Lin Ping saw his little thoughts and said without raising his head, "I don't carve this kind of scrap. If you want to carve it, do it yourself."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jun only asked him if he could borrow the tools in the room. Lin Ping said it was up to him and asked him not to disturb his creation.

So the two of them sat in the carving room and were silently busy with their work.

The sun was setting, and when Shen Jun looked up again, Lin Ping's carving was almost finished. Shen Jun stared at the crude little thing in his hand, which was incomparable to the one in Lin Ping's hand.

I checked the time and the bus back to the city was probably about to stop, but it seemed like Lin Ping still had a long way to go...

"You can stay here tonight. There is a guest room on the right. The peace locket will be ready tomorrow." Lin Ping was busy with his hands but he was speaking to Shen Jun. Shen Jun's eyes lit up instantly when he heard the words, but dimmed again the next second.

How was he going to explain to Gu Jingzhou why he didn't come home all night?

As expected, Gu Jingzhou's phone call came in. Shen Jun was afraid of disturbing Lin Ping, so he took his phone and moved to the yard and answered the call just before it was hung up.

"Where are you?" Gu Jingzhou's deep voice reached Shen Jun's ears through the receiver.

"I..." Shen Jun hadn't even finished the word "I" when he was interrupted by Gu Jingzhou: "You disappeared for the whole day, neither going to the store nor at home. Don't tell me you're doing some damn part-time job again."

Shen Jun also sensed Gu Jingzhou's anger through the screen. He hesitated for a moment and had to explain: "No... I... I came to see an old friend of my father. My father told me before that he wanted to meet him if there was a chance..."

"Where? What friend? What's his name? When did you leave? When will you be back?" Gu Jingzhou asked a lot of questions in a row.

Shen Jun answered one by one, and Gu Jingzhou said calmly: "I know, wait." Then he hung up the phone.

Shen Jun was a little confused when he looked at the phone screen which had gone out. What did he mean by this? He was coming?

Gu Jingzhou is coming to see him! Shen Jun's heart suddenly started to alarm!