Chapter 86: The peace and quiet being laid out in front of you is none other than that Peaceful Blessing of the Five-Colored Horse.

At 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Shen Ke's black Barbos appeared in front of Lin Jian's neighborhood.

Under the acacia tree next to the property post, Lin Jian has already waited there in advance.

As for why we're still meeting with the Big Boss on Saturday, the origins of the matter go back to last week - the

Last week, Chairman Shen's ingenious and unique way of "returning favors" with more than 400 yuan really surprised Lin Jian, who felt that Shen Ke did not have to make a special trip and definitely would not accept the money, but Shen Ke listened to his refusal and did not insist on it. However, Shen Ke did not insist on his refusal.

After learning that Lin Jian was going to the supermarket, Shen Ke thought for a moment and, as if suddenly interested, asked if it would be convenient for him to go along.

Lin Jian immediately felt that his worldview had received a second shock.

After all, given Shen Ke's wealth and busy schedule, this is not the kind of person who would go to a supermarket.

But since he offered, Lin Jian naturally wouldn't refuse him.

So the two of them went to the supermarket for a long time, and when Lin Jian was picking up the goods in front of the shelves, Shen Ke even pushed the shopping cart for him in a very considerate way.

By the time he got to the checkout counter with a bunch of scattered purchases, Shen Ke was ahead of the game and paid again.

On Sundays, there are long queues at the cash registers, Lin Jian could not do anything to steal the bill from him in front of so many people, besides, Shen Ke seemed to know what he was thinking, he did not scan the code or use the card when he paid, but just handed out the 400 bills with a natural look.

Lin Jian: "......"

That's fine.

Shopping at the supermarket with a big boss on a weekend is already a mysterious enough thing, but what Lin Jian did not expect is that after leaving the supermarket, Shen Ke even offered to ask Lin Jian to accompany him again next week if he has time, giving the reason that the stock of ingredients in his refrigerator will basically run out next week, but he is not good at shopping alone. But I am not good at shopping alone, and Lin Jian seems to be very experienced, so I would like to ask him to come with me one more time.

Lin Jian was so surprised that he went into a trance and agreed to do so in a confused manner.

And in the course of the week, after calming down, Assistant Lin Ri's powerful reviewing mind finally rebooted on line, which revealed a hint of unusual end.

How could someone like Shen Ke, who leaves basically all of his personal life to the various home services he contracts with, need to go to the grocery store to buy groceries on his own?

Moreover, even if he wanted to experience life on a whim, those two were right in front of the supermarket, how come when Lin Jian was picking something, he kept quiet and had to make this trip next week?

Can't figure out--

The ask is that you don't guess what the capitalists are thinking.

But as the saying goes, come what may.

Saturday's supermarket horror than Sunday has been worse, coincidentally, this day to catch the store celebration activities, supermarket outlets all 25% off, so that scene can almost be described as crowded people.

Shen Ke pushed the shopping cart and walked beside Lin Jian, obviously he came to buy something, but he didn't decide what to buy, he preferred Lin Jian to take whatever he wanted, as if Lin Jian bought what his refrigerator lacked.

It's too hard to get.

At first, Lin Jian would turn his head to ask Shen Ke's opinion when he picks up a product, but then he simply stopped asking because it was useless to do so. No matter what Lin Jian picks up, Shen Ke will nod his head, say yes, and put it in the car.

However, Shen Ke didn't go all the way with her "hands-off" attitude, and when the two of them had finished picking, Shen Ke took the initiative to add a few more items to the shopping cart.

Lin Jian stood silently on the side, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that his heart jumped when he actually took down his favorite foods one by one on the rows and rows of shelves with precision.

But throughout, Shen Ke's demeanor was too natural and open, so open that Lin Jian wondered for a moment if he was being a bit self-centered because he had been thinking too much in private.

When they came out of the supermarket, they walked to the parking lot. Shen Ke was carrying the three largest shopping bags in his hand, and Lin Jian tried to help him carry them, but he dodged them.

Just as he reached the parking space, Shen Ke lifted his chin toward his car and said, "It's inconvenient to carry something in your hand, open the door for me."

And Lin Jian stared at him blankly, not moving for several seconds.

"Lin Jian?" Shen Ke's eyebrows rose lightly in puzzlement.

After a long while, Lin Jian pursed his lips for a moment, then suddenly moved closer to him.

There was a momentary flash of surprise in Shen Ke's eyes.

With that, he slightly lowered his eyes, and saw his little assistant stretch out both hands, his body slightly leaning forward, and each of his hands fumbled for the location of his jacket pocket.

And at this point the pose is very much like an active hug happening.

Shen Ke didn't move and let him find it, until his drooping gaze saw Lin Jian's ears getting redder and redder behind his ears, and then he softly called out to him, "Lin Jian."

"Hm?" Lin Jian motioned, maintaining this position with his hands pressed against the side of Shen Ke's waist, tilting his head slightly, "...... What's wrong?"

Eyes met up and down, very lightly, but knocking one's heart suddenly palpitating.

The winds of the late summer quietly brushed by the side, the air seems to be wrapped in a very light fragrance, Lin Jian at first thought it was a floral scent, but gently smelled, and then realized that it seems to be the fragrance of Shen Ke's body.

A light fragrance with aquatic woody notes, like a remote and cool cedar.

For several seconds, neither spoke.

After a few moments, Shen Ke still looked at the pair of clear and cold eyes that were close at hand, before he whispered, "The car is keyless intervention, just open the door directly."

"......"

Lin Jian was stunned, reacted, quickly stood up straight, "Oh" immediately went to pull the car door.

"Lin Jian." Shen Ke called out behind him.

"...... And what." Lin Jian stood beside the driver's side of the drawn door, slowing to turn back to the thin blush that had just crept behind her ear and spread to the side of her neck.

Shen Ke looked at him and smiled very softly, gesturing toward him with a slight raise of her hand carrying the shopping bag, her voice low and deep like the warm, heavy winds of this late summer season: "Shouldn't we open the trunk door?"

Lin Jian: "......"

Otherwise--

I'll ride in the trunk with the shopping bags too.

On the way back to Lin Jian, the co-driver was silent the whole time.

Shen Ke glanced at him in the interval of waiting for the red light, only to see the youth who has always been cool and calm sitting there, the expression management is still in place, the face can not see any unnecessary emotions, only the scarlet behind the ear, just burned all the way.

When he arrived at the entrance of Lin Jian neighborhood, he opened the door of the car almost twice as fast as usual, only left a sentence of "You drive carefully, goodbye", got out of the car and walked into the neighborhood.

Shen Ke's invitation to meet for lunch was instantly stifled.

The sun is not arrogant, Lin Jian tense lips into the neighborhood, he knows Shen Ke's car is still parked there, but he does not dare to look back no matter what.

The results drifted all the way to the corner of the unit building, and then turned a corner Shen Ke will not be able to see the position, suddenly a hoarse voice from the left side of the flower bed side.

"Lin Jian!"

Lin Jian stopped his footsteps, subconsciously looked over, and when he saw the person who slowly sat up from the stone steps of the flower bed, he first suspiciously surveyed for a moment, and then his gaze abruptly condensed.

How many years has it been?

He Zhou had a very short hairy inch hair, wearing a washed and faded work jacket and black jeans, walked up to Lin Jian and said with a smile, "What's the matter, don't you recognize it - little cousin?"

Lin Jian, with a stern gaze, called out his name with unerring accuracy, "He Zhou." Seeing the grin spreading across the other man's mouth, he asked again, "How did you find me, and what are you doing here?"

"Aigoo, this is a really hurtful question." He Zhou purred a handful of hair on the head just grew out millimeters, looked askance and laughed, "As the saying goes, the dragon has a dragon road, the snake has a snake road ah, and at least we are also considered cousins ah, cousin squatting for twenty years out of the number, you as a cousin also do not say that to me to set up a two-table receive the wind and wash the dust, how come up to be disliked, how, afraid of and my kind of people stained relationship, let people Look down ah, or ...... is you look down on me as a cousin?"

When He Zhou was sentenced to twenty years for robbery with violence and assault, Lin Jian's great aunt and uncle jumped into the river and drowned themselves, counting the days, it is indeed the day of the man's release from prison.

But--

Since Lin Jian was sent to the orphanage when he was four years old, he has not had any connection or movement with the He family for twenty years, and I don't know how this person probed and searched for his trace from the big world, but right now, just after being released from prison, he came to the door, so he must be coming from a bad place.

"There is no need to climb up the ladder, I don't have any relationship with you." Lin Jian said, "Be direct, what do you want from me?"

"Get get get, cousin you are now developed, can't look at my poor relatives, also not to blame you, people go to the high place is not." He Zhou careless grin, rogue said, "but even if the roadside saw a beggar, can not survive, but also have to give two cents pity pity right? Not to mention that we are related to each other, aren't we?"

"Your brother I'm no good ah, inside squatting for twenty years, out of the two eyes a black, do what what will not, find a security job are disliked, this is not, desperate, remember that there is such a brother as you to come?"

Lin Jian: "So?"

"Hey." He Zhou playfully smiled and said, "There is nothing, just want to dip with you, you see - I am now this group situation, eat the top without the bottom, or ...... you will first accept to stay with me for a period of time? Or you want to be too much trouble, that what - directly give me some money also line, take the money I own ideas to go, absolutely not bother you to cause suspicion, how?"

Lin Jian didn't make a sound when he heard this, but he couldn't help but sneer at the bottom of his heart.

In fact, from the moment he saw this man, he guessed that this would be the outcome.

However, for this kind of rogue vampire, the so-called mercy and charity can only be exchanged for the other party to intensify the bottomless demand, there will be one, there will be two, there will be two will be endless later, can not get rid of the trouble.

Lin Jian, on the other hand, was born with a weak sense of kinship, and even less of that nebulous flood of sympathy.

"Sorry." Lin Jian looked at He Zhou and said flatly, word by word, "Taking in, impossible, giving money, even more impossible, but I can help you contact the district police station, and now the Justice Bureau has employment assistance specifically for people who have been released from prison after serving their sentence, so you can try."

Who would have thought that when he heard him say this, He Zhou, who had a bright smile on his face just now, suddenly changed his face, "What do you mean, you don't care about me?"

Lin Jian asked coldly, "Why should I care about you?"

"Don't forget, it was our family that took you in when your father died! If not, you would have starved to death long ago, how could you have this good life now?"

But the actual situation is, when Lin Jian's father Lin Jianghe is still alive, He Zhou family living in that old house, is Lin Jianghe, and so many years, because Lin Jian has always been the great aunt family "care", so Lin Jianghe Monthly salary, are also handed over to the sister brother-in-law's family, in that case, and how to "stay" a word?

Lin Jian fixedly looked at He Zhou for a few seconds, the youth's face was expressionless, his eyes were cold, He Zhou was stared at and shivered for no reason.

Lin Jian didn't want to bother with him much because this was not someone who could be reasoned with at all, and after a few moments, he straightened up and lifted his foot to walk around him and forward.

"Hey, you're really turning your back on me!" He Zhou dog anxious to jump over the wall, turned around and chased up, to Lin Jian in front of a block, threatened, "Since you do not speak of mercy, do not blame me to do things absolutely, so to say, or today you give me 50,000, we two clear, the future I will not look for your bad luck, or ...... " He Zhou lowered his voice, "What is the name of your company ...... Oh, 'Wanqian' is it... ...You don't want the whole company to know that you have a cousin who has been in jail for twenty years, right?"

He thought that people like Lin Jian, who has come to this day step by step, will certainly cherish everything he has now, work, reputation, social status, are all things that can be used to hold him hostage, but who knows that after saying this, Lin Jian just looked at him flatly for a few seconds, and then took out his cell phone from his pocket and called the property to notify the evictions.

This action, for a new recidivist, is no less than a blow to the head, He Zhou creeped out, thought Lin Jian was calling the police, reacted to the whole person suddenly crazy, violently towards Lin Jian jumped up!

He Zhou was so angry that Lin Jian's cell phone fell to the ground, and the number of the property duty was still displayed on the top of the screen, but the caller hung up after repeated inquiries were not answered.

Lin Jian didn't take the initiative to entangle with him, but only tried to restrain the mad man while forcing He Zhou to use his vicious moves. A few moments later, a footstep suddenly sounded behind him, Lin Jian inclined his head to look at the confusion, only to see Shen Ke's face like water, running over with big steps.

Lin Jian heart violently knocked, and at this time was forced to rush He Zhou finally exposed the ferocity of the bones, this is the outlaw of the people quickly from his pocket to touch a folding knife, snow bright blade across the bottom of the eyes of the moment, Lin Jian breathing suddenly stopped for a moment.

Time seemed to have been pressed into slow play in this moment.

As if a long time had passed, or as if it was just a matter of one or two seconds, Lin Jian's eyes turned red as he looked at the person who was kicked to the ground by Shen Ke, groaning and unable to get up, and then turned his head to look at Shen Ke's arm that had been cut by the blade of the knife in order to protect him, and was now bleeding, and then the strings of his brain suddenly snapped.

Lin Jian leaned over and picked up the folding knife that had fallen on the ground and stabbed it directly at He Zhou!

"Lin Jian!" a low cry came from behind him, but Lin Jian acted as if he hadn't heard it, all he could think about was Shen Ke's arm drenched in crimson blood, a deep red that mirrored the blood that covered the bottom of his eyes at that moment.

He Zhou covered his chest and lay on the ground, unable to move, and watched as Lin Jian furiously held the knife and fended himself off, and just before the tip of the knife was about to stab him in the heart, the youth in front of him was wrapped up in his arms from behind!

The snowy blade that could have killed He Zhou missed by a hair's breadth on his chin.

"It's okay, I'm okay ......" Shen Ke completely embraced Lin Jian in his arms, whispering to calm down the man who had almost lost his mind while smoothing his palm down his spine one by one, "It's okay Lin Jian, take a deep breath, don't get excited, I'm here, it's okay ......"

Lin Jian fell to the ground, breathing hot and rapid as if to gasp for air, still clutching the folding knife, eyes unblinking glaring at the opposite side of the already stupid He Zhou, gaze cold as if to eat people alive.

After a long time, with Shen Ke's gentle soothing strokes, his disconnected thoughts and consciousness finally returned slowly, and his lips trembled as he struggled to let out a few raspy syllables, "...... your arm."

"It's fine, just a small injury." Shen Ke noticed that the shoulders and back of the person in his arms were finally no longer as stiff as they had been a moment ago, and he let out a deep and imperceptible sigh before slowly turning Lin Jian around.

At the moment when they met, Lin Jian finally came to his senses in that warm and deep gaze.

--just now, just a little bit closer, he was about to do something that he would regret for the rest of his life.

But Shen Ke held him back.

And this side of the commotion also completely alarmed the post duty property, a few staff wearing work uniforms rushed to the news, Shen Ke briefly explain the situation, the property reported to the police.

The precinct police rushed to the scene with the fastest speed, and He Zhou was originally a registered recidivist, after checking the information on the spot, this just out of prison and then armed with a knife to extort injuries to the dregs of the public security departments were once again taken away.

According to reason, Shen Ke and Lin Jian should also cooperate with the investigation to make a statement, but Shen Ke arm injury, need to go to the hospital immediately, so the police only carried out a simple on-the-spot questioning, leaving the contact information of the two men, He Zhou will be the first step to carry on the police car.

When the drama broke up, Lin Jian did not wait for Shen Ke to say anything else, and with a pale face, he picked him up and took him straight to the hospital.

Lin Jian drove the car on the way to the hospital, and the young man was silent the whole time, the corners of his mouth taut, except when his eyes occasionally fell on Shen Ke's left arm, which was still bleeding, and his face turned pale again.

This gave Shen Ke the illusion that the blood was coming out of him.

"Lin Jian." Shen Ke softly soothed the person whose face was hard to see, "I'm fine, you drive slowly."

"Shut up."

Shen Ke: "......"

Copy that.

To the hospital emergency, the doctor examined Shen Ke's wound, so it is folding knife, wound injury is not deep, but still after tetanus, and then in the emergency surgery stitches eight stitches.

The original doctor's advice was that it would be best to stay overnight for observation and infusion of some anti-inflammatory medication, but Shen Ke blandly refused and left the hospital after only getting the medication from the pharmacy.

Back in the car, Lin Jian was still sullen, with extra coldness in the face of extreme worry: "Why don't you listen to the doctor and stay in the hospital, even if it's just for one night!"

"No need." Shen Ke said, "I have a number in my heart, it's not that serious, and ......" He looked at Lin Jian's always pale and bloodless face and smiled a little, "I have a family doctor, and any problems can be home at any time, even if you need an infusion, it's always more convenient at home than in the hospital."

Lin Jian gripped the steering wheel and stared at him for a moment, moving his lips, but ultimately said nothing and started the car straight away to take him home.

When he arrived at Shen Ke's place, Lin Jian settled him down and personally watched over him to contact his family doctor, and only then did his face ease a little.

The center hall is very quiet, Shen Ke is sitting on the sofa, his injured arm with stitches is wrapped in medical gauze, and Lin Jian is standing on the seat beside him, not making or speaking, just staring at his injury with downcast eyes, not knowing what he is thinking.

This twist and turn came out of nowhere, Shen Ke thought he must have been in shock, and thinking of his crazy cousin, he slowed down and suddenly called out to him, "Lin Jian."

As if suddenly awakened from a deep dream, Lin Jian's shoulders stiffened for a moment before he slowly panned his eyes from Shen Ke's arms to his face and asked slowly, "...... What's wrong?"

Shen Ke thought for a moment and suggested, "Don't go home for a while, it's not safe, stay here with me first."

Lin Jian looked at him fixedly, Shen Ke thought his suggestion was a bit abrupt, just wanted to explain to make up for it, then saw Lin Jian's gaze gradually changed some meaning.

"...... Why?" Lin Jian asked, his voice soft as he stared in awe.

"What for?"

Lin Jian said, "Why would you care if I am safe and would want me to stay with you?"

Shen Ke didn't expect him to speak so bluntly, and paused for a moment before saying, "I'm your boss, and caring about the personal safety of my employees is supposed to-"

"What about this?" Lin Jian interrupted him straight away, pointing to his freshly stitched wound, and asked, "You blocked the knife for me, is it also because you're my boss?"

Shen Ke was speechless.

In this short interval of silence, Shen Ke also finally realized what was so unusual about Lin Jian from the time of the accident until now.

He was not only in alarm, he ...... was in guilt.

"Lin Jian ......"

"Say it." Lin Jian's muzzle was so light, but the tone of his voice was dark and obscure, like he was stifling some kind of emotion that he couldn't let out, "Why did you block this for me?"

The afternoon sunlight poured into the room through the floor-to-ceiling windows in the center hall, and the room was silent and quiet. The two of them stood and sat together, their shadows falling on the floor like a tangled and entangled fog.

It was like a piecemeal cover-up of some crying out for affection.

"What about you." After a long time, Shen Ke sighed deeply, his voice steady and deep like a wind wrapped in late summer, "When you saw I was hurt, why did you go and grab a knife and stab someone?"

Shen Ke's deep eyes fell on Lin Jian's brow, Lin Jian only felt that the line of sight was like substance, the temperature through the brow straight into the bottom of his heart, and could not help but be shaken.

Lin Jian pursed her lips, lusting, "...... Because you got hurt for me."

"Yeah?" Shen Ke looked straight at him, warm and sternly revealing, "Then your first instinct should have been to call the police or 120, not to take a knife and fight for your life."

Lin Jian's eyes flickered.

"I was in a mad rush to lose my mind, that's why I was impulsive."

"Rushed mad, lost his mind, impulsive ......" Shen Ke dropped his eyes and repeated these few sayings in a very slow speech, as if savoring the almost zero credibility in it, and after a long time, he finally sighed in a deep voice.

"Well, what about this?"

Shen Ke took his money clip out of his pocket and produced an object from the deepest part of the compartment and set it on the coffee table between the two men.

"Did you keep this thing around for twenty years and lose your mind because of impulse too?"

In an instant, Lin Jian paused for breath and abruptly opened his eyes wide.

Don't break the wire, don't move the cutter, make sure you're blessed for a long time--

Peacefully placed in front of you is none other than that Peaceful Blessing of the Five-Colored Horse.