Until he got on the plane, Shan Cen was still a little overwhelmed. He never expected that the place Lin Lu mentioned was in City Z, which is more than 1000 kilometers away from City A.

He hesitated to speak several times but stopped asking about the situation, but Lin Lu calmed him down by saying, "I'll know when I get there."

It was already nine o'clock in the evening when he landed in City A.

Looking at the rapidly receding scenery outside the car window, Lin Lu was stunned for a moment.

After more than ten years of development, the small third-tier cities in those days have already been promoted to the first-tier cities.

Even the small bay that he doesn't want to set foot on has been developed into a well-known resort hotel.

Shan Cen followed his line of sight and saw only the shadowy coconut grove by the side of the road. He asked, "Shall we go to the place you said now?"

Lin Lu shook his head, "No. Let's meet someone first."

"Who?" Shan Cen was curious.

Lin Lu's eyes suddenly became a little distant, and he said after a while, "A person, I have been afraid to meet for many years."

Shan Cen was a little confused, "Why?"

Lin Lu smiled and didn't answer him, but turned around and asked, "Do you still remember that one time when you were going to get a picture frame, you met that perverted Liu Peng who came to make trouble for you, and then came out to rescue you?" Two people?"

Shan Cen thought about it for a while, he nodded, "I remember."

He has no impression of the looks of those two people, but he only remembers that they have been wearing masks, one black and one white, very memorable.

Lin Lu stroked his hair and said slowly, "They are the adopted sons of my savior."

Shan Cen's eyes widened slightly, "Savior?"

"Hmm." Lin Lu lowered his eyes, as if he was thinking about something.

Shan Cen didn't urge him, but just quietly waited for the next sentence.

Sure enough, Lin Lu spoke slowly after a while, "Many years ago, when I was about six or seven years old, my dad brought me here on a business trip to discuss a development project for a small bay."

Shan Cen felt that it would not be a good thing, he subconsciously took Lin Lu's hand.

Lin Lu was startled, and then squeezed his fingertips in relief, "Don't worry."

Then he continued: "At that time I was very naughty, and I always thought I was extremely smart, so I didn't like being disciplined and followed. One day, I pretended to be sick and stayed in the hotel room to rest instead of going out to talk to my father. Then, while the bodyguards were not paying attention, he sneaked to that small bay to play alone."

At that time, the small bay was undeveloped, and it was desolate everywhere, and there was no one around.

He is very satisfied with the expedition site he found.

And how did he know that he, who followed his father in and out all day, was already being watched.

"Not long after I got there, I was stopped by two people."

A six or seven-year-old child, who had no ability to resist at all, was quickly caught by the kidnappers.

Shan Cen's heart tightened when he heard that.

"And then?" he asked.

Lin Lu squeezed his fingertips reassuringly, telling him not to be nervous, "Later, when the kidnappers took me to transfer, I was seen by a fisherman who was about to go fishing. In order to save me, he blocked the kidnappers and killed me. He was stabbed, but he was not rescued. He left behind a disabled wife and two adopted children."

After listening, Shan Cen felt a little suffocated.

He has a lot to say, but in front of life, those words seem too superficial.

Lin Lu was rescued, but the price was his life.

This incident was like a thorn, forever growing in Lin Lu's heart.

Lin Lu turned his head and looked over. His eyes, which were always bright, seemed to be covered with a layer of fog at this moment, and they were dark.

"I killed him," he said.

Shan Cen's heart skipped a beat, and he said anxiously, "No, it's not your fault."

"I know," Lin Lu turned his gaze away, leaving Shan Cen with a sharp side face. He laughed at himself and said, "It's all the kidnapper's fault."

I don't know how many people have said this to him.

but……

Lin Lu's eyes darkened a bit, he looked at a point in the void, and murmured, "But, is it really irrelevant?" If he hadn't thrown away the bodyguards for no reason and ran out to play by himself, how could he have given the kidnappers a chance? can take?Why do you need someone to block the knife for him?

As the saying goes, I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.

Where there is a cause, there is an effect, and he is the cause.

"That's not how it works, Lin Lu." Shan Cen said with mixed thoughts, but still said firmly.

"It's certainly wrong for you to hide from the bodyguards and go out to play, but you were only six or seven years old at the time, an immature child who couldn't tell right from wrong, so it doesn't mean that the fishermen's death was your problem."

"The whole thing is obviously wrong with those kidnappers, they are the murderers. You don't need to blame yourself for this."

Lin Lu suddenly turned his head to look at him, his eyes became a little meaningful.

Shan Cen was blinded, so he blinked and asked, "What's wrong? Am I wrong?"

"Yes." Lin Lu touched his face, a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help muttering, "Since I can see it so clearly, why did it get on me instead of getting into the horns?"

Lin Lu lowered his voice very low, and Shan Cen couldn't hear the second half of it clearly. He asked blankly, "What did you say?"

Lin Lu shook his head, "Nothing."

After thinking about it, he took another vaccination, "You may hear some nasty words later, so don't worry about it."

Shan Cen didn't know what he meant, but still nodded, "Okay."

An hour later, the car stopped at the intersection.

"arrive."

Shan Cen turned his head and looked out the window, and found that it was a somewhat old street, and the dim light of the street lamps projected on the old houses by the road, giving a heavy feeling of time.

In the surrounding residential buildings, there were occasionally one or two dogs barking.

It seemed quiet and alive.

On the whole street, only a small grocery store at the entrance of the alley was still open.

The signboard on the top of the door has been in disrepair for a long time, and only the word "shop" is lit up.

But at this time close to midnight, it seemed extremely warm.

At the door of the shop, a woman who looked about 50 years old was sitting on a small bench, shaking a cattail fan, listening to the babbling singing on the radio.

Before Shan Cen could ask anything, Lin Lu had already opened the door and got off the car first.

"Come down," he said.

"Okay." Shan Cen followed closely.

Seeing someone coming, the woman's eyes lit up, and she raised her voice and asked, "What do you two want to buy? I have melon seeds and drinks."

"Two bottles of water." Lin Lu said.

"Ice or room temperature?" The woman didn't pay much attention to the appearance of the visitor, she got up and walked to the store, as if the business would be gone if she walked too slowly.

Lin Lu: "Normal temperature."

"Okay, wait."

Shan Cen's eyes fell on the woman who was getting water from the shelf, and when she came out, he realized that when she was walking, only the toe of her right foot touched the ground, so she bumped when she walked.

He turned his head to look at Lin Lu, and found that his gaze fell directly on the woman.

The light at the door of the store shone on his face, making his line of sight extremely far away, as if he was looking at something that others couldn't see through it.

Shan Cen probably already guessed who this woman is.

Two bottles of normal temperature mineral water were quickly handed over, "Three yuan, scan code or cash?"

"Scan the code." Lin Lu said.

The woman pointed to the payment code on the desktop, "Scan here."

Lin Lu took out his mobile phone to scan the QR code, and soon there was a reminder that the payment was successfully received.

"Okay." The woman ignored them, sat back on the small bench and picked up the cattail fan.

Shan Cen took the water bottle that Lin Lu handed over, unscrewed it and took a sip.

Lin Lu only held the bottle, lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, and said after a while, "Let's go."

Shan Cen was startled and left?He subconsciously turned his head to look at the woman, and found that she was listening to the radio earnestly, shaking her palm fan, as if they didn't exist.

He nodded, "OK."

The two left side by side in silence.

After walking a few steps, someone suddenly stopped him, "Wait."

They stopped, and Shan Cen could feel the tension in Lin Lu's body from a distance.

Seeing that he hadn't moved for a long time, Shan Cen could only look back, but found that the woman's narrowed gaze fell on Lin Lu's back.

"Is something wrong?" he asked.

The woman shook her head, "It's okay, I'm surprised."

Shan Cen took a look at Lin Lu, and found that he pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, his deep eyes seemed to have melted into the night, making it hard to see the contents inside.

Shan Cen sighed silently, said "goodbye" to the woman, and then pulled Lin Lu to continue walking towards the car.

At this moment, a somewhat hoarse voice suddenly came from behind, "It's been so long, don't worry about it anymore."

Lin Lu suddenly stopped and turned around, his eyes filled with disbelief, "Auntie, you..."

But the woman waved her hand, as if she didn't want to say more, "Let's go, don't come here again, and don't let people bring things over. My two sons are paid a lot, and they can support me as an old woman. You Live your life in peace."

The woman's words are like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples.

Lin Lu's heart was already in turmoil.

At that time, his father brought him to thank him, and the young woman at that time slapped him in the face and told him to roll.

Later, he came several times, but was chased away by the woman every time, until the last time, the woman told him not to come again hysterically, and even knelt down and begged him to never come to City Z again, she didn't want to come again see him.

After that time, he never came again.

So he didn't expect that the woman could recognize him.

After a long silence, Lin Lu said, "Okay."

When the car turned out of the intersection, Lin Lu turned his head and glanced at the lamp and the people under the lamp, his emotions were surging, but he suppressed them forcibly.

He brought Shan Cen over just to tell him that as long as he dares to take that step, all the confinement can be opened.

But I didn't expect that there would be such a surprise.

The stone that had been pressed in my heart for many years finally dissipated with the phrase "you can live your life with peace of mind".

He took Shan Cen's hand to hold it, and said, "Accompany me to see uncle tomorrow?"

Of course, Shan Cen had no objection when he went to meet the brave hero, he readily agreed, "Okay."

·

Early the next morning, when they arrived at the cemetery, they met two unexpected but reasonable people.

The two are still dressed in that outfit, with one black and one white iconic masks on their faces.

"Boss, what a coincidence!" The black mask waved to Lin Lu with a smile, and then said to Shan Cen, "Hello Shan Shao, the meeting was too sudden last time, so I didn't have time to say hello."

The white mask also nodded to him.

Shan Cen and the two nodded their greetings, "Hello."

Lin Lu glanced at the two of them and asked, "Aren't you on vacation?"

"Hey!" The black mask smiled, and the voice was full of gloating, "I heard that you are here, and I am afraid that you are in danger, so my brother and I rushed to rescue you? But I didn't expect that my mother didn't touch her iron broom."

It sounds very regrettable.

Lin Lu looked at him unkindly and asked, "You seem disappointed?"

"No, no, no!" The black mask denied it three times, and waved his hands, "You think too much."

Shan Cen looked at the two thoughtfully for a while, especially the black masks. Judging from their attitudes, they didn't seem to have any complaints about Lin Lu, and they seemed to be very familiar with each other.

Last night Lin Lu only said that Father Lin sponsored the two brothers to grow up, but did not mention the relationship between them.

It now appears that the relationship between them is not just what it seems on the surface, the relationship between bodyguards and employers.

"Stop making trouble." The white mask, who had been silent all this time, couldn't stand it any longer, so he directly pulled the black mask back with his hands, and then said to Lin Lu, "We just came back to take a look, since you are fine, we will leave first. "

They still have tasks to do, and the time is urgent.

If they didn't know that their mother recognized Lin Lu and reconciled with him, they would come back to have a look because they were worried about something wrong, otherwise they wouldn't have rushed back overnight.

"Call if necessary."

Lin Lu nodded.

After the two left, Lin Lu took Shan Cen to the southeast corner of the cemetery.

The person in the photo looks about 35 or six years old, with a silly smile, but very clear eyes.

Lin Lu bent down, put the bought flowers in front of the tombstone, and then stood silently.

Shan Cen didn't say anything, just quietly accompanied him.

After ten minutes, the two left.

On the plane back, Lin Lu was silent all the way.

It wasn't until he got off the plane and got in the car that Lin Lu opened his mouth, "Come with me, is there anything you want to say?"

Shan Cen was a little confused at this time, of course he wanted to say something, but, "Did you go to Z City because of me?" he asked.

Lin Lu did not deny, "Yes." "But no matter what the original intention is, the result is good."

Shan Cen pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Shan Cen." Lin Lu stretched out his arms to hug him, kissed his forehead, and said, "I want to tell you, it's not that difficult to go out and break the prison, maybe it will keep you awake at night Things, in fact, are not things at all.”

"The world is big, don't lock yourself up."

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