It's a bodyguard, not a cowherd

Chapter 13 Chapter 13

"Brother, don't look, even the shadow is gone." Primo really couldn't bear to see Aldrich standing at the door like a watchman.

Aldrich looked at the dark courtyard where Song Shunhua was no longer there, sighed, and turned back to the brightly lit villa.

Primo picked up the jewelry magazine, shook his head and said: "I really don't know how you fell in love with him, brother, you will blow up at one point, you have no life for the young master, but you still want to show the young master."

Aldrich snatched the magazine from Primo's hand, sat on the sofa on the other side and said, "How do you know that he is not killed by the young master, his family used to be the top jewelry designer in country C."

"Huh?" Primo looked in disbelief.

"Bisheng, you should be familiar with this name."

"Of course, I quite like his design style." Primo was taken aback after speaking, his eyes widened suddenly and he said, "Song Shunhua is a creature?!"

Aldrich nodded calmly.

"He's actually a creature!" Primo was so shocked that his facial features were distorted, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "He looks like a hot-tempered little pepper, how could he have such a delicate style?"

Aldrich smiled and said, "So none of you know the real him."

Primo looked at the proud Aldrich coldly, snorted coldly and said, "So what if you know him well? Didn't he leave you alone and go to have a New Year's Eve dinner with his colleagues?"

Aldrich raised his eyebrows strategically, and looked at Primo, who thought he had made a comeback, from a bird's-eye view, and said, "Tomorrow's study time will be extended by two hours."

"Ah! Why! Now is the Chinese New Year time, a legal holiday!" Primo immediately protested loudly.

"Because I'm your guardian." Aldrich turned the page calmly and said, "And country M doesn't celebrate the New Year at this time."

Primo's facial features were distorted again, but he didn't refute any more, but threw his ass on the sofa indignantly - he wanted me to give you another chance to add time, no way!

Seeing that Primo was cleverly keeping silent, Aldrich didn't bother him anymore.

I don't know if the little squirrel arrived at Huai Baizhou's house safely?

……

"Happy New Year, Aunt Xin!"

"The pine nuts are here, come in quickly, it's cold outside."

Song Shunhua followed Xin Zeyi into the living room, and saw Bian Xunwen sitting on the sofa drinking tea, while Jian Meixi was lying on the sofa bed, but the owner Huai Baizhou could not be seen.

"Where's Uncle Huai?"

Xin Zeyi put the fruit gift brought by Song Shunhua on the cabinet and said, "He's preparing the New Year's Eve dinner inside."

"Oh." Song Shunhua nodded, walked to the sofa and sat next to Bian Xunwen, looked at Jian Meixi and asked, "How is your recovery?"

There was a slight smile on Jian Meixi's pale face, and she said, "It's okay, the doctor said to rest well, I should be able to catch up with the new start of work."

"That's good. Don't force it. The most important thing is to rest well. Anyway, Mommy Sang will arrange everything."

Bian Xunwen paused while drinking tea, then slapped Song Shunhua on the back of the head with his other hand, and said, "You should respect your teacher, you know? Or do you want to be the 'first hit'?"

Song Shunhua clutched the back of his head and slowly turned his head, gave Bian Xunwen a hard look, and said, "I don't want to do anything on New Year's Eve today, I'll talk about it after work starts!"

"Hmph! Scoundrel!" Bian Xunwen hurriedly drank tea to calm his breath.

Looking at the interaction between Song Shunhua and Bian Xunwen, Jian Meixi couldn't help chuckling—it's really a strange master and apprentice.

"The fish are coming—"

Song Shunhua's surprised eyes followed Gu Yan who walked quickly from the kitchen to the dining table with the dishes, and asked, "Who is he?"

"By the way, you haven't met Gu Yu before." Bian Xunwen turned to look at Gu Yu and said, "Gu Zi, come here and get to know each other."

Upon hearing this, Gu Yan came over while wiping his hands on the apron.

"Hi, I'm Gu Yu, I just started working a while ago." Gu Yu bowed to Song Shunhua.

"Oh, you are another newcomer." Song Shunhua stretched out his right hand and said, "Hello, Song Shunhua."

Gu Zhen quickly reached out and shook Song Shunhua's hand.

After exchanging names, Song Shunhua sat down on the sofa again. He followed Gu Peng who was going to the kitchen to help him, and when he couldn't see anyone, he asked Bian Xunwen, "Why is he spending New Year's Eve here too? Are you alone too?"

Bian Xunwen just nodded and didn't say much.

Seeing this, Song Shunhua just nodded his head clearly, and didn't go into it further - he didn't like to expose people's scars.

Just in time for the start of the Spring Festival Gala, the reunion dinner, which was not related to each other except Xin Zeyi and Jian Meixi, officially started.

In order to take care of Jian Meixi, there is only warm water in the cups on the dining table.

Song Shunhua got up and raised the water glass towards Huai Baizhou, saying: "First of all, I would like to thank Uncle Huai for taking me in. This is my seventh year to disturb me." But the reddish eye sockets couldn't hide it.

Huai Baizhou also drank the warm water in the glass in one gulp, and said with a smile: "I should thank you for choosing to believe in me. At that time, I signed a ten-year contract without thinking about it, and I was not afraid that I would harm you."

Song Shunhua chuckled and said: "How can I think so much at the age of 15, anyway, I only thought about paying off my father's gambling debts so as to keep my mother."

"Well, so in order to thank me, please let me squeeze out the surplus value." Huai Baizhou made a rare joke.

"Definitely!" Song Shunhua made an oath gesture to assure.

"Brother Huai, you are at a loss. The remaining value of this kid has been squeezed out in two years." Bian Xun said softly.

"What did you say, 'Mother Bian'!" Song Shunhua immediately shot back.

"Please call me teacher." Bian Xunwen said with raised eyebrows.

"Hmph! Don't even think about it!" Song Shunhua put his hands on his chest.

"Sinister!" Bian Xunwen reprimanded in a low voice, then put on a warm smile again and said to Xin Zeyi, "Master, I respect you, thank you and the teacher for taking care of me for more than ten years."

Xin Zeyi picked up the water glass and gently touched Bian Xunwen, and said with a smile: "Zhuzhi and I are very glad to have met you. Zhuzhi has always praised you in front of me before. You are a model child of other people. He is proud to have you as a student."

"The teacher has always been my role model." Bian Xun said with a smile, then looked at Huai Baizhou and said, "I also want to thank Brother Huai, thank you for your generosity, for me and for other children in the orphanage."

Huai Baizhou waved his hands and said with a smile: "You have brought me much more wealth than I have given you. I am just a cunning investment businessman."

Song Shunhua saw Xin Zeyi who was already silently wiping away tears, put a piece of steamed fish on Jian Meixi's plate, and said, "Everyone, hurry up and eat, the food is going to be cold."

Huai Baizhou also quickly picked up his chopsticks, calling for everyone to move them quickly.

Bian Xunwen picked up a piece of beef and was about to put it in his mouth when he heard whimpering sound from the side.

"Ah—" Bian Xun sighed warmly, put down his chopsticks, turned his head to look at Gu Peng and said helplessly, "A man doesn't shed tears lightly."

"I, I know, but, but..." Gu Peng wiped his eyes with his hands, and said with a whimper, "But I can't help it, since my brother died, I, I haven't eaten New Year's Eve anymore. It's dinner time, I, I, I—— woo—"

Bian Xunwen's frowning brows relaxed, and he turned to look for a tissue.

But Xin Zeyi was already wiping Gu Peng's tears with a tissue, she frowned and said distressedly: "Good boy, I will come here every year from now on, and Auntie will make delicious food for you."

"Xin, Aunt Xin—" Gu Peng hugged Xin Zeyi, crying even louder.

Song Shunhua had one eyebrow raised and the other lowered, and looked at Gu Peng who was crying in Xin Zeyi's arms in disbelief—how could there be such a bold way of crying?If it weren't for seeing Gu Peng so sad, he would have thought that he was deliberately trying to take advantage of Aunt Xin.

Bian Xunwen squinted at Song Shunhua, and said, "You cried a lot more than this when you were taken in by Brother Huai."

Song Shunhua turned his head and stared back, saying, "Don't spread rumors! I have never cried in my life!"

Bian Xunwen didn't say much, but gave Song Shunhua an inscrutable look for himself to understand.

"Mom! Mom! San!"

Jian Meixi, who was caught between the two, quickly reached out and pressed Song Shunhua, who was gnashing his teeth, and said, "Don't make trouble, Uncle Zhou doesn't look very good."

Song Shunhua glanced at Huai Baizhou, whose face was as black as a pan, and finally gave Bian Xunwen a look, and said silently, "See you back at the training ground!"

Bian Xunwen slightly raised his head and glanced at the provocative Song Shunhua, then got up and walked to the opposite side, cleverly separated Gu Yu who was still hugging Xin Zeyi, took the tissue to wipe his tears, and said: "Can you still eat?" ?”

Gu Yan choked up and nodded.

"That's good." After finishing speaking, Bian Xunwen stuffed the tissue into Gu Hen's paw, sat back and said, "Hurry up and eat, it's fine if the child can still eat, right?"

Seeing Bian Xun's smiling expression, Gu Peng hiccupped in fright.

After a mess, everyone was finally able to officially start eating.

Raise your glass——

happy New Year!

After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone moved to the living room and turned on the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Although they didn't watch it, they wanted to enjoy the atmosphere.

After chatting and laughing for a while, Xin Zeyi and Huai Baizhou first helped the patient Jian Meixi to rest in the room on the second floor.

After covering Jian Meixi with a quilt, Xin Zeyi was also about to turn around and leave.

"Mom." Jian Meixi called to stop Xin Zeyi.

Xin Zeyi turned around, walked back to the bed and asked, "What's the matter, is the wound so painful that you can't sleep?"

Jian Meixi glanced at the door, and outside the half-opened door was a shadow cast by Huai Baizhou.

Jian Meixi pursed her lips and said, "Mom, what's the relationship between Brother Xunwen and Dad?"

"Oh, this." Xin Zeyi said with a smile, "When Xunwen was ten years old, he entered the Dun'an Training Base to study as a reserve member, and your father was assigned to be his teacher."

The small Bian Xunwen flashed in Xin Zeyi's mind, with a bright smile in his eyes, he said half of memory and half of nostalgia: "Bian Xunwen, who just came out of the orphanage, was frightened by the tall and strong bodyguards. The base sent your father to be his teacher."

Jian Meixi tilted her head and tried to imagine the little Bian Xunwen trembling surrounded by bodyguards like a wall of flesh, and she couldn't help laughing at the picture in her mind.

"Then why haven't I seen him?"

Xin Zeyi patted Jian Meixi's head and said, "You have met before. Your father took you to the training base when you were very young, but after you started kindergarten, you didn't have time to go there."

"Oh I got it."

"Okay, let's rest quickly." Xin Zeyi checked the surroundings for Jian Meixi again, and after making sure that there was no gap, he turned off the bedside lamp.

"Good night, Meizi."

"Good night, Mom."

Walking out of the room, closing the door softly, Xin Zeyi turned to look at Huai Baizhou who had been guarding the door, and his smile faded away.

"Let's talk."

Huai Baizhou looked at Xin Zeyi and nodded silently.

The two walked to the third-floor rooftop together.

Looking at the night sky in silence for a long time, Xin Zeyi still maintained his posture of looking into the distance, and said: "If you don't put your heart away, I will leave with Meizi." Although the voice was soft, the words were clear.

Huai Baizhou chuckled, looked down at the ground not far away and said, "Zeyi, I don't have the kind of affection you think for Meizi."

Xin Zeyi took a deep breath, and said while exhaling: "I know if it wasn't for Zhuzhi and Meizi, you would want to kill me."

"I……"

"Don't rush to deny it." Xin Zeyi said in a trembling voice, "The authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear. Zhuzhi can't see what is in your eyes, but I can see it."

Huai Baizhou stared at the void, neither admitting nor denying it.

"I know how unwilling you are to be with Zhuzhi." Xin Zeyi paused for a moment, then continued, "After all, we didn't get together because of love, but since I lived with him, I'm in love with him, I love him."

Huai Baizhou laughed at himself, shook his head and said, "I'm not reconciled, but what I'm not reconciled to is that I failed to protect him well, your time was... and the last time."

Xin Zeyi sucked his nose, exhaled a long breath, calmed down and said: "The deceased is gone. I don't want to care about the past, and I can't care about it. I just want to protect my future and his. Therefore, Li Meizi Stay away, he is not Takezhi."

Scenes of Jian Zhuzhi's frowns and smiles flashed in my mind, and the pictures kept switching like a montage. Gradually, the blurred face of that person became more and more like Jian Meixi.

Huai Baizhou closed his eyes in pain, trying to recall the man's real face with trembling hands.

But—the voice is still there, but the face is gone.

I can’t remember——

I know I can't, just because I miss it too much.

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