his substitute

Since Chi Yu became a clerk in the coffee bookstore, Xun Musheng has become a frequent visitor to Shengxi Plaza.

The bookstore is moderately sized and uniquely decorated. It sells books as well as handicrafts. There is also a special area for beverage consumption, and it follows the petty bourgeoisie line of the Mori family.

In line with the overall style of the bookstore, the clerks also dress tastefully. Both men and women wear loose cotton and linen long-sleeved thin tops and cropped wide-leg pants. When doing things, they wear aprons on their chests, making them look comfortable and cool.

Chi Yu is tall, with particularly long legs, and her shoulders are always straight. Wearing this work outfit, she is much taller and more energetic than others—of course, this may just be Xun Musheng's subjective opinion with colored glasses.

He likes to see Chi Yu dressed like this.

When I was at Zhongcan Media, no matter how hot the weather was, Chi Yu had to wear a shirt, trousers or a dark T-shirt to work.

Chi Yu doesn't have a car, and often needs to go out to work. It's okay when she takes the subway, but if she takes the bus, after a few stops, her shirt and T-shirt will inevitably be wet with sweat.

Wearing shirts in summer is the most uncomfortable, Xun Musheng has a deep understanding.If he could wear loose and light cotton and linen pants to hold meetings, discuss business and sign contracts, he would like to do so too.

Now Chi Yu doesn't have to run around the city in a shirt, the bookstore is well air-conditioned, people hardly sweat in it, and there aren't many things to do in the store, even if they climb up and down the tall bookshelves, they will get dirty at most An apron, never covered in sweat.

Not long after Chi Yu joined the company, he was arranged by the foreman at the best-selling booth near the store door.The bookstore is on the first floor, facing the atrium, with an excellent location, diagonally above is a high-end dessert shop, where Xun Musheng watched Chi Yu work.

Thanks to the special-shaped decoration of the bookstore, looking down from the dessert shop, you can see almost all locations except the beverage consumption area, not to mention the best-selling booth near the gate.Looking up from the bookstore, you can only see the dark floor-to-ceiling windows of the dessert shop, and you can't see the people inside.What's more, ordinary people are affected by habit, they will involuntarily look down when they are in a high place, but they rarely look up when they are in a low place.

When Xun Musheng was not too busy, he stayed in the dessert shop, his mind was empty, and his eyes followed Chi Yu's figure, watching him walking up and down behind the foreman with a bunch of books in his arms, watching him frantically helping customers find the books they wanted, Seeing him standing motionless by the bookshelf in a daze, watching him leaning against the wooden ladder with a book when no one is there, reading quietly...

I've been restless lately, and only when I see Chi Yu will my turbulent mood calm down.

To him, Chi Yu is like a tranquilizer.

But sometimes, it's like a shot of stimulant.

Chi Yu used to be a sniper, and his sensitivity was not comparable to that of others. Sometimes, when he was walking around the booth, he would suddenly turn and look up, looking in the direction of the dessert shop with some feeling.

The two eyes met through the floor-to-ceiling windows, Xun Musheng could see the doubt in Chi Yu's eyes, but Chi Yu couldn't touch his fiery eyes.

Every time Chi Yu looked at him like this, he could experience a sudden acceleration of his heartbeat, but Chi Yu would not look at him for too long, and would withdraw his gaze in a few seconds, then stand there for a while, and then return to normal.

He didn't know what Chi Yu was thinking.

Ye Fenglin was the only person who knew his whereabouts. Once he asked: "Aren't you afraid that he will come up suddenly? The bookstore and the dessert shop are so close, you don't even have time to hide."

He shook his head, "I want him to come up."

"You..." Ye Fenglin carefully chose his words, "You just plan to watch from above? The last time we went out for a drink, didn't you say..."

Xun Musheng coughed lightly and smiled bitterly, "You don't understand."

Ye Fenglin stopped talking, did not continue, only patted him on the shoulder.

Brothers are heart-to-heart, but things like love are hard to empathize with.

Ye Fenglin couldn't control it, so he sat with Xun Musheng for a while and asked, "What's going on with Ke Jin?"

Hearing that name, Xun Musheng's expression turned cold, and he drank the wine in his glass, "Following Chi Yu all day long, the ghost knows what's on his mind."

The kid from the Ke family often went to the bookstore, pestering Chi Yu as soon as he came, chatting nonsense, otherwise he would go to the drink consumption area, and it took a while before he came out.Xun Musheng couldn't see that part, as long as Chi Yu was out of his sight, he couldn't restrain his irritability.

Sometimes the Chinese-Japanese mixed-race makeup artist would also come, and the two abducted Chi Yu away together, sometimes wandering casually in Shengxi Square, and sometimes taking photos for styling.

Xun Musheng didn't have that much time to follow Chi Yu. When Chi Yu was a model, he was probably too busy at the company and only happened to see her once.

The shooting location happened to be in the dessert shop he often goes to.

Ke Jin probably regarded the entire Shengxi Square as his own territory, and whenever he saw a store, he went to take pictures after saying hello.That day Xun Musheng drove to Shengxi after get off work. As soon as he walked to the door of the dessert shop, he heard an unusual noise. When he got closer, he immediately dodged and hid outside the door.

Chi Yu didn't change her outfit, she was still dressed as a bookstore clerk, standing in the gathered lights, holding a delicate tray in both hands, smiling at the camera.The dessert shop adopts a minimalist and modern style, which is incompatible with the cotton and linen work clothes of the bookstore, but the appearance of Chi Yu seems to build a bridge between the two. The contrast is obvious, but there is a wonderful sense of harmony visually.

Xun Musheng watched outside the door for a long time. Before leaving, he took out his mobile phone and took three photos secretly. One of them was set as the desktop of the mobile phone, and it appeared in front of Ye Fenglin majestically.

Ye Fenglin thought helplessly, you also said that Ke Jin followed Chi Yu all day long, didn't you?

But Ye Fenglin didn't say that.No one else has the position to interfere with what Xun Musheng wants to do, and he doesn't even have the right to urge him.

Some things take time to straighten out and figure out.

And figured it out, it takes time to polish.

Time is a good thing.

Ye Fenglin sighed, thinking - but time is also very tricky, not everyone has the time to waste it.

Each depends on good fortune.

Xun Musheng occasionally thought of Zhou Chenzhong's words, "He has you in his heart".

These words are like honey and poison, tasted carefully, it is so spicy that it makes people's eyes burn.

At the beginning, he didn't know how serious Chi Yu's mental illness was, so he thought that Chi Yu had lied to him, so he imprisoned Chi Yu, who was almost desperate, for three days, almost killing Chi Yu.Later, Chi Yu couldn't get out, and all kinds of treatments were ineffective. Zhou Chenzhong was at his wit's end, so he sought his help.

He hardened his heart and refused.

Chi Yu gradually got better after he acted bravely, and he didn't give a single effort. Now thinking about the words "he has you in his heart", he feels his internal organs are burning.

There was then, and probably not now.

What's more, Zhou Chenzhong said "yes", but did not say how much weight it has.

Undoubtedly, the most important thing in Chi Yu's heart is Wen Yun.

Xun Musheng had never been a soldier, but he grew up in an army compound, and there were many brothers in military uniforms around him, so he could imagine how close Chi Yu and Wen Yun were back then.

To Chi Yu, Wen Yun is the most important person, so important that he would rather erase his traces and live under Wen Yun's name.

Xun Musheng thought that compared with Wen Yun's, his own weight was probably negligible.

He suddenly felt very ridiculous.

Before this feeling broke out, how could he have thought that one day he would be jealous of Wen Yun?

And the truth was staring him in the face—he was mad with jealousy.

He wanted to see Chi Yu, wanted to guard Chi Yu, wanted to tell Chi Yu——I must be you.But he didn't know what identity and attitude he should appear in front of Chi Yu.

For this man who has suffered too much, he is timid, regrets what he did back then, and is afraid of being rejected indifferently.

Wen Yun is gone, but it stands between the two of them like a majestic mountain.

It is not easy to cross this mountain.

What's more difficult is that there is still the hurdle of being a substitute for each other.

It's like a stick in the throat.

So he didn't dare to appear rashly, he could only quietly look at Chi Yu, and lie to himself numbly—wait a little longer, as long as he is doing well now.

But people are not grass and trees, how can we wait until death in one posture.What's more, the kid from the Ke family appeared more and more frequently. When Chi Yu met that Ke family, the smile on his face would be brighter.

Xun Musheng's bones seemed to be being ground by a small file, and he couldn't bear it any longer.

Just say what Chiyu is doing well.

where?

Chi Yu smiled more than before. He was free at work and didn't worry about his livelihood. He didn't have treacherous colleagues like Zhao Yu around. Zhou Chenzhong said that his mental state was also gradually improving, and some medicines that should have been taken off had already been taken off.

Are you having a good time?

But watching Ke Jin and Chi Yu getting closer, Xun Musheng became angry and couldn't hold it back anymore.

So where does it mean "as long as he is living well now", it is clear that he is worried about gains and losses, but he insists on finding a high-sounding reason.

A batch of new books arrived at the bookstore, and Chi Yu was busy all afternoon putting them on the shelves by category, bending over for a while, and moving the wooden ladder for a while.Xun Musheng was watching from the dessert shop, feeling itchy and painful at the tip of his heart. When he realized it, he had already called Wang Ke and asked Wang Ke to make an appointment for a massage.

Chi Yu's injury has already healed, the book is not heavy, and there is a cart to support it, so it will not affect the recovery.But Xun Musheng still felt uncomfortable looking at it. After making an appointment for a massage, he didn't know how to speak. After a long time, he finally made up his mind to see Chi Yu.

If Chi Yu is willing to go with him for a massage, that would be great.If Chi Yu is unwilling, then think of other ways in the future.

When it was close to 5 o'clock, he left the dessert shop. When he went downstairs, he was uneasy, feeling that he hadn't been so nervous for a long time.

Walking to the door of the bookstore, Chi Yu was no longer near the best-selling booth, probably going to the staff room to change clothes and get ready to get off work.

Xun Musheng subconsciously clenched his fingers, his Adam's apple slid up and down, and stared intently at the direction of the staff room.

Suddenly, a smiling and hostile "Mr. Xun" came from beside him.

He turned around and saw Ke Jin standing beside him.

"Young Master Ke." His face darkened, his cold gaze suppressed all his emotions.

Ke Jin usually looks like a sunny and free-spirited big boy, but now his aura is clouded.The two looked into each other's eyes without avoiding it, calmly, but tit for tat.

After a while, Xun Musheng smiled and said, "I'll pick him up."

Ke Jin also smiled, "What a coincidence, I'll come pick him up too."

Xun Musheng's eyes turned cold, and his lips were stretched into a sharp line.

At this moment, a familiar figure appeared not far away.The two turned sideways at the same time, the moment they saw Chi Yu, Xun Musheng's eyes narrowed, and Ke Jin waved: "Brother, it's almost time, let's go."

Chi Yu came over and smiled awkwardly, "Mr. Xun, long time no see."

Xun Musheng's indifference and sharpness when facing Ke Jin just now disappeared, and his eyes became extremely complicated. He wanted to take Chi Yu's hand, pull him into the car, and take him to the massage club, but his eyelids twitched, "You... "

"Brother, don't you want to buy a gift for KIME?" Ke Jin said, "Let's go."

Chi Yu glanced at Xun Musheng in embarrassment, and was about to nod his head to leave when Xun Musheng said, "I've made an appointment for a massage, can you come with me?"

Chi Yu's eyelids trembled, and a light flashed across his eyes.

But it is fleeting.

Ke Jin urged again: "Brother, KIME will lose his temper if he waits for a long time."

Chi Yu came back to her senses, and forced the corners of her lips to Xun Musheng, "Thank you for your concern, but my injury is already healed."

Xun Musheng's throat seemed to be choked.

Chi Yu took a step back, "I have something to do tonight, so I'll leave first."

"Mr. Xun, goodbye."