Difficult to heal

Seeing the familiar house in his memory, Xu Qinjiang paused, deep and shallow memories flooded his mind.

Lu Shu turned his head in front of him, and noticed the hesitation and hesitation under his pretended calm appearance.

Lu Shu walked back, and took his hand naturally, feeling the thin sweat from his palm.

"I was good at pretending when I met me," Lu Shu deliberately teased him, "Why don't you pretend now?"

Xuan Qinjiang smiled: "Auntie and uncle won't throw me out, will they?"

"Don't worry, I won't go away," Lu Shu led him to the apartment building, "I'll block it for you."

Both of them carried a lot of gift boxes in their hands, and they let go of them after a while.

Lu Shu still didn't press the password and knocked on the door directly.

After a while, the voice of admonishing came with the opening of the door.

"Little brat who doesn't have a long memory, next time I'll simply engrave the password on you—"

The voice of speaking stopped abruptly, Shen Han stared at the two people at the door, his expression suddenly fixed on his face.

"Mom, we bought something for you two." Lu Shu took the gift from Xiu Qinjiang and carried it by himself, and pulled him in by the way, "Put it in the kitchen, remember to eat."

With no resistance, the door closed automatically and slowly, and the sound of the combination lock closing the door sounded.

Shen Han still stood there without moving.

Xuan Qinjiang turned to face her, and after a long while, said: "Auntie, I'm back."

After an unknown time, only the sound of the TV in the living room was left in the surroundings, and Shen Han walked slowly to Xiu Qinjiang.

She looked up and down, and looked over and over again uncertainly: "...Qin Jiang?"

As soon as the words came out, he choked up uncontrollably.

"It's me, Auntie," Xiu Qinjiang supported her and repeated, "I'm back."

Tears fell down unexpectedly, Shen Han frowned, feeling overwhelmed with sadness: "Why did you just come back, it's been so long..."

She was extremely sad, but she also had a kind of belated joy: "You child, you didn't say anything in advance when you came back."

Xiu Qinjiang stretched out his arms to hug her, patted her back lightly, and said in a low voice, "I haven't been able to see you for a long time, I'm sorry."

Shen Han shook his head, wanted to speak, but couldn't make a sound.

Lu Mingheng heard movement in the living room, came out of the room, and was stunned for a long time after seeing the person coming.

While comforting Shen Han, Xiu Qinjiang looked at Lu Mingheng and called out, "Uncle."

Lu Mingheng and Shen Han had completely different reactions.

After calming down for a while, he walked up to Xiu Qinjiang, patted him on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "I'm back...it's good to be back."

Just a few words, time seems to be pulled back ten years ago.

It seems that Xiu Qinjiang just went out for a trip, and the delay was a little longer.

Age is just an inconspicuous number, none of them has changed, they are still a family of four, and it is the home that can open the door to take him back at any time.

Xiu Qinjiang's throat seemed to be blocked by a foreign object, and it was very difficult for him to answer the word "um".

"Sit down, go sit in the living room," Lu Mingheng took Shen Han who was crying into his arms, and greeted him, "Don't stand here."

Lu Shu put away the things in the kitchen, and pulled Xuan Qinjiang in a daze: "Brother, relax, it's okay."

Xiu Qinjiang hummed again, and went to the living room together.

"Let Auntie take a good look at you." Shen Han wiped away tears, and after a while, she fell down again. She leaned next to Xiu Qinjiang and looked at you carefully from head to toe. "You still don't gain weight, but you're not so thin."

She was full of concern: "Qin Jiang, how are you doing abroad?"

"It's fine," Xiu Qinjiang pulled back her hair, "I just miss you a little bit, everything else is fine."

"How about your health? Is your health good?" Shen Han asked again.

"Health is also good," said Qin Qinjiang, who answered every question, "I practiced boxing, and I didn't get sick much later."

Seeing his calm expression, Lu Shu remembered the box of fluoxetine in the bedside table.

From anxiety to depression, Xiu Qinjiang didn't mention a word in front of him, and I'm afraid it was just such an understatement to deceive him.

Shen Han worried: "Boxing? Isn't that very dangerous."

"It's not dangerous, I just practiced by myself," said Chu Qinjiang, "I didn't fight anyone else."

Hearing this, Lu Shu sneered.

Shen Han glanced at him: "What are you laughing at?"

Lu Shu said calmly, "No, I just think someone is very good at talking."

Su Qinjiang: "..."

Shen Han frowned: "Qin Jiang, you won't lie to Auntie, will you?"

"How come, I won't lie to you." Xuan Qinjiang said.

Lu Shu didn't really want to worry his own mother, so he chimed in and said, "It's similar to my practice of Taekwondo. Be careful, you won't get hurt."

Shen Han: "But you suffered fractures and strains when you were young, and you were hospitalized."

Lu Shu: "..."

It's endless, Lu Mingheng deliberately avoided the topic: "Qin Jiang, Du... your mother, does she know you're back?"

"I know," Xiu Qinjiang said calmly, "She doesn't care about me now, I will stay in the country from now on and won't go out again."

Shen Han sighed slightly, and asked, "Then what university did you go to?"

"University of London, she was strict with me at the beginning, and took classes at home for a period of time."

"London University is very good," Lu Mingheng said, "We can rest assured knowing that you have had a good life these past few years."

Chu Qinjiang asked, "How are you and Auntie doing?"

"We are in good health. We haven't had any illnesses in recent years, except for some minor colds."

Lu Shu said to Xiu Qinjiang: "Your aunt calls for a self-driving tour every day."

Xiu Qinjiang smiled: "You are very energetic, little old lady."

Shen Han glared at him half angry and half smiling: "Where is the little old lady? When I go out, people ask me if I am forty."

"Okay," Xiu Qinjiang said in a long voice, coaxing out of shape, "beautiful sister."

"It's not big or small," Shen Han hit him, and then patted his head as he did when he was a child, "You can't eat home-cooked food abroad, so Auntie will cook some more for you today."

Xiu Qinjiang immediately said, "I knew I would skip breakfast."

Shen Han was amused and said, "Sit down, I'll wash some fruit."

Lu Shu also got up and followed her to the kitchen.

Shen Han glanced at him and said freshly, "Are you hungry?"

"Help you." Lu Shu took out the fruit basin and helped her.

After a while, he said, "Mom, I and Xiu Qinjiang...reconciled."

Shen Han stopped washing the fruit, and after a while, continued to rinse as if nothing had happened.

"Come back with Qin Jiang and sit down. I know you are busy with work, but don't burn yourself out."

She put the lychees, peaches and cherries on plates separately, and said: "Don't quarrel, you two, there is only one family, and mom will not help anyone."

Lu Shu's eyes were a little hot, he smiled, hugged her and said, "Old lady, don't worry too much, it's easy to get wrinkles."

"Go, go," Shen Han pushed him away, "Take out the fruit, don't get in the way here."

Lu Shu rolled away obediently, and walked back to the living room, where the fruit plate was placed on the coffee table.

Xiu Qinjiang, who was chatting with Lu Mingheng, took a cherry and habitually fed it to Lu Shu's mouth.

Lu Mingheng: "..."

Lu Shu: "..."

Su Qinjiang reacted: "..."

Lu Mingheng coughed, pretending that he was blind, and said to him from left to right: "Then what, I'll go to the kitchen to have a look."

He propped himself on the armrest of the sofa and wanted to get up, but he failed to stand up and fell back again.

Lu Shu moved quickly to help him, subconsciously said: "Why didn't you call me?"

Xiu Qinjiang's eyes narrowed slightly, sensing something was wrong, he supported Lu Mingheng's other hand: "Are you all right?"

"It's all right," Lu Mingheng motioned for the two of them to let go, and said indifferently, "Everyone has this problem when they get old, so don't make a fuss."

Seeing Xiu Qinjiang's suspicious expression, Lu Shu also realized that he had said something wrong, so he changed the topic: "You just sit here, don't go."

"What's wrong?" Chu Qinjiang asked, "Have you been to the hospital?"

"I've seen it several times. My lumbar muscles are strained," Lu Mingheng said helplessly. "It's an old problem. I used to stay in the office too much, but now I can't get up easily after sitting for a long time. You two should pay attention to it yourself. Exercise more if you have nothing to do." Exercise, don't be like me."

Lu Mingheng's tone was natural, while Lu Shu's face was calm, neither of them could see any signs of it, and Xiu Qinjiang suppressed the unfounded doubts in his heart.

Shen Han was busy in the kitchen, while Xiu Qinjiang chatted with the father and son for a while, then turned to help in the kitchen.

At first, Shen Han didn't believe that he could cook and wanted to chase people away, but after seeing Xiu Qinjiang's proficient knife skills, his eyes lit up.

After cooking a meal, I don't know how many times I praised it.

When I boast, I feel distressed. This is because I am not used to eating foreign food, so I can practice such a cooking skill.

The family of four sat happily at the dining table, just like ten years ago, without any discomfort or grievances with each other, eating, drinking and chatting casually and intimately.

The only difference is that Chu Qinjiang is more talkative than before.

He specially picked out some interesting things abroad, and told them to the two elders. Shen Han and Lu Mingheng were very happy to hear them, and their faces were full of joy.

A bottle of wine was opened in the middle, and the two sons drank a few glasses with their father.

Lu Mingheng drank his body and mind comfortably, sweated a little, rolled up the sleeves of his home clothes and said with a smile: "This wine is good, it won't cause heartburn after drinking, and you can still sweat."

Lu Shu said, "I'll prepare a few more bottles for you next time."

Shen Han immediately cleared his throat, and said without giving in: "Are you going to teach your father badly? Just drink a couple of glasses once in a while, and prepare a few more bottles and I'll throw them out with the wine."

Lu Mingheng responded, "Listen to your mother."

Lu Shu nodded with a smile: "Okay."

"Uncle," Xiu Qinjiang, who was silent for a long time, stared at the inside of Lu Mingheng's arm, his expression gradually serious, "What's wrong with your hand?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at the same place.

Lu Mingheng himself was also a little stunned, and looked down.

After the sleeves were rolled up, a scar a few inches long was exposed on the inside of the arm. There were stitches on it. Judging by the color and condition of the scar, it was at least several years old.

At that moment, except for Xiu Qinjiang, the three of them were dumbfounded.

After being quiet for a while, Shen Han took the lead to react, waving his hands jokingly: "Your uncle is too embarrassed to say it himself, it happened several years ago, he promised to cook me a delicious meal, and he said something to reward me , but within 5 minutes of entering the kitchen, the kitchen knife swung my hand, and I was so scared to death that the blood flowed."

Lu Mingheng also quickly said: "Yeah, I forgot if I didn't tell you, since then your aunt won't let me into the kitchen."

"Are you still in the kitchen?" Shen Han said angrily, "If you don't have a heart attack, you will have a heart attack."

Lu Mingheng nodded in agreement.

The scar is located on the inside of the right elbow. If it was indeed accidentally scratched by a kitchen knife, it really needs some skills.

Xiu Qinjiang shifted his gaze to Lu Shu, with an incomprehensible emotion in his eyes.

Lu Shu's tone was steady: "It probably took five or six stitches, and the wound wasn't that deep."

"Be careful from now on, don't get hurt again." Chu Qinjiang smiled, and touched Lu Mingheng's wine glass, "Uncle, I'll drink with you again."

Lu Mingheng: "Hey, good."

A few people drank and joked, and exposed the matter in a few words.

After dinner, Lu Shu and Xiu Qinjiang went back to work in the company.

Before going out, Shen Han took some homemade food in a hurry, and let Lu Shu carry it down first.

Then he grabbed Xiu Qinjiang and patted his hand: "Qin Jiang, have you been staying here forever?"

"Yes," said Qin Qinjiang, "I will visit you and uncle often."

Shen Han said a few good times repeatedly, and after a while, she smiled and said: "Next time you come, it's time to call mom, call aunt and don't open the door."

Xu Qinjiang was startled.

Shen Han said, "You don't want to?"

Xiu Qinjiang closed his eyes and lowered his eyes to hide his restless expression.

He leaned over and hugged her, trying to raise the corners of his mouth, but felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

"Thank you."

Shen Han's eyes were wet: "Stinky boy, tell mom what to thank."

—

After arriving at the company, Xiu Qinjiang called Fang Qian into the office.

He explained succinctly: "You find someone to go to Yining City. Starting ten years ago, check whether there is a male patient named Lu Mingheng who was hospitalized or diagnosed in the major hospitals in the past five years. He is 42 years old. Mainly in the direction of orthopedics or surgery, I want specific medical records.”

Fang Qian didn't understand what his boss was going to do, but he didn't question it, so he responded quickly and went to make a call.

Sitting in the office chair, Xiu Qinjiang's face gradually became serious.

Regarding the scar and Lu Mingheng's problematic leg, Shen Han's reaction was obviously unnatural.

And Lu Shu's behavior is more like knowing that he will doubt it, but he is determined to hide it.

When the other party brought up the breakup back then, Xiu Qinjiang suspected that there was some ulterior reason from the beginning to the end, it was too abrupt, and there was no warning at all.

It's a pity that at that time, people could not come back from abroad, so there was no way to find out.

However, Lu Mingheng's body went wrong a few times today, which made Xiu Qinjiang have some bad associations. They would not react in that way if there was a simple problem.

Unless the inside story behind it is related to myself.

The people Fang Qian found were extremely efficient, and some patients who did not meet the requirements were excluded. Within three days, the detailed case information was uploaded to the computer of Su Qinjiang, and a surveillance video was attached.

The case that Xiu Qinjiang looked at first fully recorded the process of Lu Mingheng from the first admission to the last reexamination.

The reason for hospitalization was traffic accident trauma, multiple fractures of ribs and hips, and multiple traumas to the limbs and trunk. A major operation was performed on the day of admission.

I was hospitalized for three months after the operation, and then I had several follow-up visits in this hospital intermittently.

After reading the case, Xu Qinjiang turned on the surveillance video.

On the spacious street, when the car almost smashed Lu Mingheng's car into pieces, his pupils constricted suddenly.

The case shows the same time as the surveillance video, June 2017, 6.

And the next day, it was the day when he ran back to Yining after all the hardships, only to find out that his watch was equipped with a tracker, and the day when Lu Shu proposed to break up.

......

Lu Shu has been a little restless recently, and Xiu Qinjiang said that he works overtime and hasn't been home for several days.

He went to the company several times to look for him, and the other party was indeed busy, and behaved normally, and it didn't seem like there was any problem.

Lu Shu felt that he might be too concerned about gains and losses, which caused him to be suspicious.

Leaving aside the messy thoughts, he stayed alone for several days, Shen Han called and asked them to go home for dinner on the weekend, Lu Shu passed it on to Xuan Qinjiang, who knew that the other party refused.

The uneasiness and suspicion in recent days immediately climbed to the top.

Without saying a word, Lu Shu went to the door to block people, but unexpectedly he was caught empty.

Xiu Qinjiang was not in the company, he went to the villa again, but he was not there.

What is even more strange is that the other party's mobile phone has been turned off.

Lu Shu was completely panicked, and the panic and fear from ten years ago returned.

He didn't know if Xiu Qinjiang would disappear again without making a sound.

Losing his mind, he drove around on the street, making phone calls one after another, and sending messages one after another, but they all disappeared.

Finally, he accidentally turned to his own door.

Lu Shu walked up and unexpectedly saw a figure.

In the dark corridor, the man leaned his back against the wall, his tall body motionless.

Lu Shu's heart jumped to his throat in an instant, and then fell down suddenly, heaving a sigh of relief.

He rushed over, grabbed Xiu Qinjiang's collar and punched him, shouting, "Why is your phone turned off?!"

Xiu Qinjiang didn't fight back and didn't hide, he received the punch.

Lu Shu was about to explode with rage: "Isn't it fun to disappear? Just say it if you want to play!"

Xuan Qinjiang raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression was extremely gloomy.

Only then did Lu Shu realize that the other party's hair was disheveled, his face was pale and lifeless, and his clothes were disheveled, as if he hadn't slept for several days and nights.

Xiu Qinjiang couldn't help but hug him into his arms.

Lu Shu struggled hard: "Where did you go! Do you fucking know how anxious I am? Do you know?!"

"I'm sorry." In just a few days, Xiu Qinjiang's voice was completely hoarse, "I'm sorry..."

Hearing his voice, Lu froze for a moment, trying to retreat, but was hugged tightly by the other party.

He smelled a mixture of several smells on his body, the smell of cigarettes, alcohol and the faint smell of disinfectant.

"Where have you been?" Lu Shu gritted his teeth, suppressing his anger.

Xiu Qinjiang didn't answer, but said instead: "I'm going to London, tonight's plane, something happened to Zhong Wenzhu, it may take a long time."

Lu Shu said coldly, "I don't agree?"

Su Qinjiang buried her face in his neck and took a deep breath.

"Yan," said Qin Qinjiang, "when I come back, this is the last time."

Without waiting for the other party to speak, he let go of his hand and walked out step by step.

In the past few seconds, his back, which was always straight, seemed to have been delusional, looking down and out.

He didn't look back at the person behind him.

After Xiu Qinjiang left, Lu Shu called Lin Jing.

"Book a ticket to London. If you don't have it tonight, book it tomorrow morning."