Gentle to the Bone

In the Spring Festival of 2016, Shen Yansheng originally thought that there would be no chance to reunite with her father. She and her mother discussed going to Nanshan Temple to burn incense in the early morning of New Year’s Eve, praying to Buddha to bless their family of three to reunite as soon as possible.

Unexpectedly, just the day before New Year’s Eve, when she was drying clothes on the balcony with her mother in the morning, she suddenly received a call from Gu Xu.

Shen Yansheng didn’t know Gu Xu’s phone number. He was a stern and selfless prosecutor, and he wouldn’t even give her a chance to meet her when she came to ask for help. She was somewhat surprised to receive call suddenly on the eve of the Spring Festival.

In just a few minutes, she held the phone tightly, feeling the string in her heart break tightly, as if she was waiting for the verdict to be pronounced.

The moment Gu Xu finally said that she was asked to go to the detention center to pick up her father, she suddenly felt her nose sore, as if the boulder that had been pressing on her for several months had finally been lifted, and she was so weak that she almost slumped to the ground.

Gu Xu said on the phone: “Come here now. Originally, this case will not be dealt with until next year, but someone forced me to handle it properly a year ago. I, who worked overtime, finally finished the procedure.”

Of course Shen Yansheng knew what Gu Xu said Who is this person. Holding back her tears, she nodded and said, “I’m coming, I’ll be right away.”

After hanging up the phone, she went back to her room and hurriedly changed her clothes. When she went out, Zhou Xiuyun handed her an umbrella with trembling hands, and learned that her husband coming home soon, Zhou Xiuyun was so excited that she was shaking all over, she told her daughter, “Be careful, it’s raining heavily.”

Shen Yansheng nodded, told her mother to take good care of herself at home, opened the umbrella and hurried out the door.

It rained heavily in Beicheng on this day, and because it was approaching New Year’s Eve, many people rushed home to celebrate the New Year, so the traffic was congested along the way, and the usual half-hour drive distance was abruptly driven by an hour.

Shen Yansheng was anxious to see his father, and finally couldn’t bear it when she arrived at Yanghuai Road, and paid in advance to get out of the car.

The driver said to her through the car window: “Miss, it’s still far from the detention center.”

Shen Yansheng opened her umbrella and said, “It’s okay, I’ll walk over there.”

The traffic behind her was blocked. Shen Yansheng was wearing a black coat and walking on the side of the road holding an umbrella. She walked faster and faster, and finally started to run. The rain splashed the hem of her coat, but she also gradually left the traffic behind.

When Gu Xu saw Shen Yansheng, what he saw was that she was almost drenched by the rain, her fair cheeks were flushed, it was obviously a cold winter day, and there were fine beads of sweat on her forehead.

He was a little surprised, and asked in surprise: “You came running? It’s raining so much.”

Shen Yansheng said, “There’s a traffic jam on the road. I’m coming from Yanghuai Road, and it’s not too far away.”

She put away her umbrella, stood on the steps, Looking at the bright smile on Gu Xu’s face that he hadn’t seen for a long time, his eyes were also very bright, and asked: “Mr. Gu, where is my father?”

” Sit inside for a while.”

Behind Gu Xu was the office hall of the detention center, Shen Yansheng was anxious to see her father, and couldn’t even care about etiquette at the moment, she passed Gu Xu and walked straight to the inner hall.

Perhaps because of the upcoming holiday, there were not many staff members in the office hall. When Shen Yansheng walked in, she could see his father sitting on the empty bench from a distance. Even though they were still so far apart, Shen Yansheng still felt that his father had lost a lot of weight, and his originally black hair had almost turned gray in just a few months. Her heart seemed to be filled with lead, and it was so heavy that she didn’t dare to go any further. Perhaps it was the telepathy between father and daughter. Shen Haihua, who had his head down, seemed to feel the presence of his daughter. He raised his head, and from a distance, he saw his daughter standing in the distance, tears bursting from eyes. Seeing his daughter crying, he suddenly couldn’t control the tears. He stood up and walked towards his daughter. It was only at this time that Shen Yansheng realized that her father not only had gray hair, but even his originally straight back had become bent.

At that moment, she suddenly felt very, very sad. Fate is so unpredictable, her father has worked hard all his life, but in the end he still has nothing.

But she also felt that after going through so many things, the fact that the family of three can still be reunited now is because God has shown mercy to them.

She didn’t want the family reunion to become so sad, so she tried her best to smile, held back her tears, walked up to her father, and shouted happily, “Dad.”

Shen Haihua looked at the thin daughter in front of her, his vicissitudes eyes were filled with tears, and voice was choked up when he spoke, “Shengsheng, you’ve lost weight.”

Shen Yansheng smiled and said, “How come, you haven’t seen me for a long time.”

While talking, she helped her father to go out, and said: “Let’s go home, Dad. Mom is waiting for us at home.”

When mentioning his wife, Shen Haihua asked worriedly: “How is your mother’s healthy? Is the operation went well? “

Shen Yansheng nodded and said: “It went well. She was discharged from the hospital a while ago and went home. You can see mother when you get home.”

Walking to the door, Shen Yansheng first took an umbrella and went to the roadside to take a taxi, and then helped her father to the side of the road. In the car, she turned around and said to Gu Xu who sent them out: “Mr.Gu , thank you.”

Gu Xu smiled and said meaningfully: “The person you want to thank is not me, I just listened to the above. Instructions, followed the rules.”

Of course, Shen Yansheng knew that how her father could be released so quickly, and who came forward to make things right behind her. But she still smiled at Gu Xu and said, “Anyway, I still want to thank you.”

That night, in the small house of the Minghua Road textile factory, the family of three finally reunited. Zhou Xiuyun cooked a large table of her husband’s favorite dishes, but during the meal, Shen Haihua, who never shed tears easily, couldn’t help crying in front of his wife and daughter.

He sat on the sofa, crying in pain. Seeing this, Shen Yansheng quickly put down the bowl and chopsticks and sat over, holding Dad’s hand, “Dad? What’s wrong?”

Shen Haihua raised his head, his eyes were full of tears, and seeing his daughter’s eyes full of guilt, he blamed himself extremely, and said in pain: “Shengsheng, it’s father who dragged you down.”

In the afternoon, Shen Haihua and his wife talked for a long time in the room only then did he know that after the accident at home, Fu Shiyu unilaterally abandoned his daughter as if he had suddenly evaporated from the world.

Zhou Xiuyun couldn’t stop crying when she said, “Not long after your accident happened, I also fell ill. In those days, Shengsheng had to take care of me while running around for your affairs, but those who were friends with you in the past,and all my friends avoided seeing Shengsheng, even the Fu family refused to help.”

“Although Shengsheng always reported good news to me but not bad ones, I was heartbroken watching her lose weight day by day.”

Seeing her father blaming herself like this, Shen Yansheng also felt sad. She held her father’s hands tightly and said, “Dad, don’t think so. I don’t know how happy I am to be your daughter. Since childhood, I have always grown up under the protection of you and mother, and have not suffered a little. Although our family is in trouble now, the most important thing is that the three of us are still together. Nothing is more important than this.”

Speaking of this, she after a pause, she continued, “As for Fu Shiyu, I don’t think it’s a loss to lose him. After going through this accident, I can see things that I can’t see clearly.” She understand that there is no sincere love in this world. It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so there is a saying: Husband and wife are like birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes. Instead, she would like to thank this accident, which made her understand that people should never place their feelings on others. Without emotions, you can be indestructible. That night, the family of three chatted in the living room for a long time, and they didn’t go back to their rooms until early morning to rest. Back in the room, Shen Yansheng sat by the bed, picked up her mobile phone and sent Lu Jingce a WeChat message, a few short words, but with her most sincere thanks.


She was too aware of how much she owed Lu Jingce. If Lu Jingce hadn’t come forward to help, she might still be being chased by loan sharks, or she might have been thrown into the vast sea on the day she was kidnapped to Heifengya, so how could she still have the chance to spend the New Year with her parents alive? .

So the wechat she sent to Lu Jingce, although a few words, was extremely sincere.

And when Lu Jingce received the WeChat message from Shen Yansheng, he was still in a friend’s game. He was very unlucky that night, he didn’t play card right all night, and he was leaning against the window smoking a cigarette.

The phone vibrated in his trouser pocket, and he took it out, just to see Shen Yansheng send him a WeChat message to say thank you.

He stared at it, a smile unconsciously curled up on the corner of his lips, and then directly dialed the phone.

On the other end of the phone, Shen Yansheng saw that Lu Jingce had called her directly, and quickly picked it up, lowered his voice, and said softly: “Hello.”

Lu Jingce’s voice came, low, with a smile like that of a pet , and said: “Shen Yansheng, I have spent so much trouble, but I don’t want to hear you say thank you.”

Of course Shen Yansheng knew what Lu Jingce wanted, she unconsciously pursed her lower lip, and said softly: “I know.”

Lu Jingce seemed to be addicted to teasing her, the smile in his voice deepened, and asked her back, “What do you know?”

“…” Shen Yansheng felt a little embarrassed for a moment, she pursed her lips tightly, and stopped talking.

Her shameful reaction seemed to please Lu Jingce, he chuckled a few times, and could feel his joy through the receiver.

When he had laughed enough, he suddenly asked her inexplicably, “Can you play Cantonese mahjong?”

Lu Jingce’s topic jumped up so fast, Shen Yansheng couldn’t help being stunned, and it took her a while to answer, “Yes, what’s the matter?”

Shen Yansheng never dreamed of it, early morning, on the eve of the Spring Festival in 2016, she would ride to Fengming Villa in the middle of the night to help Lu Jingce play cards.

The one who came to pick her up was Uncle Chen, Lu Jingce’s driver, a person with more than 30 years of accident-free driving experience. “All night, Mr.Lu didn’t play a single card right.”

Shen Yansheng couldn’t help smiling when she heard the words, she couldn’t believe it, but someone played cards and couldn’t play a single card right.
It was already one o’clock in the morning when she arrived at Fengming Villa, and the temperature in the mountains was lower than that in the urban area. When got off the car, a gust of cold wind howled, making Shen Yansheng shiver subconsciously.

Uncle Chen helped her lead the way, and said, “Boss Lu and the others are inside.”

Shen Yansheng nodded, subconsciously wrapped the scarf tighter, and followed Uncle Chen into the villa. She had also been to Fengming Villa before. It was with Fu Shiyu at that time. It was a friend of Fu Shiyu’s birthday, and he booked a few rooms here.

It’s just that the wing room was in the outer courtyard at that time. Fu Shiyu also told her that his friend originally wanted to book a few rooms in the inner courtyard, but he didn’t. He said that the rooms in the inner courtyard were not open to the public, and they were specially used for the boring entertainment of a few important people.

When she followed Uncle Chen to the inner courtyard, Shen Yansheng realized that the big men in the legend were Lu Jingce and his group.

She followed Uncle Chen through the courtyard, and finally came to a long corridor.

This corridor has turns and turns, like going through a maze. After going around for a long time, they finally came to Lu Jingce’s base.

Before entering the box, dhe saw Lu Jingce from a distance.

He leaned against the door of the box to smoke, he didn’t know if he was waiting for her, or if he was bored and came out to get some fresh air. Seeing her appear, a smile curled up on the corner of his lips, still pocketing with one hand, with a cigarette between the fingers of the other hand, leaning against the door and waiting for her to pass.

Shen Yansheng walked up to Lu Jingce, and Lu Jingce glanced at her before asking her, “Why took so long?”

Shen Yansheng explained, “I have to wait until my parents are asleep before I dare go out.”

Lu Jingce looked at Shen Yansheng with a smile in his eyes, and teased her, “What? Are you out to be a thief? Don’t you dare to let the adults know?” Shen Yansheng unconsciously pursed her lips. She looked at Lu Jingce, thinking , what is the difference between her and being a thief.

Lu Jingce glanced at her, as if he could see what she was thinking, the smile in his eyes deepened, he stretched out his hand to hook her cheek, and said, “You’re scolding me?”

Shen Yansheng said, “How dare I.”

Lu Jingce let out a sneer.

At this time, a friend inside shouted: “Is my sister-in-law here? Come in quickly, one of three is missing!”

Shen Yansheng looked at Lu Jingce, waiting for him to speak.

Before he finished smoking the cigarette in Lu Jingce’s hand, he took out his wallet from his trouser pocket and gave it to Shen Yansheng, saying, “Go and play, if you lose it’s mine, if you win it’s yours.” Shen Yansheng took the wallet, she was a little apprehensive, and looked at Lu Jingce , carefully asked: “What if I lose too much?”

Lu Jingce looked at her, and was amused by Shen Yansheng’s cautious and well-behaved appearance, and said: “If you lose, you lose. Are you afraid that I don’t have money?”

With Lu Jingce’s assurance,Shen Yansheng took his wallet and went in to help him play cards. Fortunately, she was lucky. She fought all night, not only did she not lose, but she also won a lot.