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Chapter 15

Finding Sun Chen's plan was much more difficult than Liu Cheng imagined.The entrusted professionals quickly found out the entry and exit information of Sun Chen going to Germany, but it is unknown where Sun Chen will go next and where exactly.The people Liu Cheng hired could only find a needle in a haystack in Germany, and Liu Cheng simply couldn't wait.In the end, really desperate, Liu Cheng tried to visit his friend He Zaifeng.

At the beginning, Sun Chen and Lin Dun often chatted in "garbled codes" on WeChat, and they had a good relationship. Liu Cheng was not in a hurry to go to the doctor at the moment, and he hoped that Lin Dun would know about Sun Chen's news.

When Liu Cheng came to He Zaifeng's residence and saw Lin Dun, he immediately knew that he had found the right person.Lin Dun, who was usually friendly to him—or to everyone—was obviously showing an unwelcome indifference.

"So, Xiaochen told you what happened?" Liu Cheng asked Lin Dun.

The person being questioned does not answer and asks instead: "What if it is yes, and what if it is no?"

Facing Lin Dun's undisguised provocative attitude, Liu Cheng just told the truth calmly: "If it is true, it means that Xiaochen at least has friends who can talk to each other, and I can feel much more at ease."

His sincerity made Lin Dun's expression soften a little, but he didn't let Liu Cheng go: "Then you can continue to worry about it, Sun Chen didn't tell me what happened."

"But you know?" Liu Cheng couldn't help asking.

Lin Dun was silent for a moment. "Sun Chen won't lie, and he didn't hide me specifically." He looked Liu Cheng up and down, and finally gave in slightly, "The only thing you can rest assured is that I will keep in touch with Sun Chen. Besides, you'd better give up. I won't tell you anything about Sun Chen."

Liu Cheng rarely faced such a rude attitude, but at this moment he didn't feel offended at all, "Thank you." On the contrary, he unconsciously said gratefully.There are still people who really think about Sun Chen, are filled with righteous indignation for Sun Chen, and will keep in touch with Sun Chen. This is probably the only good thing that happened to Liu Cheng in the many days since Sun Chen left.

Facing Liu Cheng's thanks, Lin Dun fell silent again.After a while, he shrugged and replied nonchalantly, "Don't be so polite, I'm not here for you."

Knowing that he couldn't get Lin Dun to speak, and at the same time, his friend He Zaifeng just stayed out of the matter with a look of helplessness, so Liu Cheng could only say goodbye and leave on this day.

The detectives in Germany never brought any news about Sun Chen, so Liu Cheng had no choice but to visit Lin Dun again and again.

It's not that he didn't know that Lin Ton would keep his mouth shut, but, just like he explained to Lin Ton——

"This is the closest place to Xiaochen. I just want to come and have a rest."

Lin Dun calmly expressed his generosity: "You can sit if you like. Anyway, He Zaifeng and I have always wanted to raise a puppy or something, and we feel lonely just the two of us."

Liu Cheng didn't mind the implication of this sentence at all, but when he left after sitting for two hours, He Zaifeng, who sent him out, clarified to him, "Actually, we are not lonely at all, you'd better not come here at night."

Afterwards, Liu Cheng began to pay attention to the time. He usually visited before dinner in a sensible manner, and left after dinner.Lin Dun would sometimes ask him if he wanted to go out and have some fun next time, for him, this wasn't even a test.Going to a bar or something, it would be better for him to study a map of Europe at home to calm his mind.

Of course, apart from looking at the map of Europe, Liu Cheng also found another thing to distract him.

When Sun Chen left Liucheng's residence, he took nothing with him, including the notebook that Liucheng bought for Sun Chen.Sun Chen didn't set any password for the notebook - even if he did, Liu Cheng could find a lot of people to help crack the password - so Liu Cheng easily saw the story about the rainy night convenience store that Sun Chen was writing.

Sun Chen almost finished the plot where he was introduced to Liucheng, a story about a mentally disturbed convenience store clerk who used the story to kill those customers who were deliberately gathered together.However, the story stops where the truth is revealed.Before Sun Chen had time to finish writing the convenience store clerk's motive for killing, he recovered his memory and left.

After reading this story repeatedly, Liu Cheng personally charged the convenience store clerk with love.When he finished the script, he unconsciously substituted the convenience store clerk, so the girl whom the convenience store clerk loved didn't know the convenience store clerk at all.All of this is the convenience store clerk's own fantasy, and he regards the person he loves as his partner.

At the beginning, the convenience store clerk just pretended that the object of his crush was his girlfriend.But he fell into it unknowingly, and he began to think it was real, and he couldn't extricate himself...

After finishing the script, Liu Cheng even opened a small film production company for the script.The first confirmed candidate for this movie is the actor who is the protagonist of the convenience store clerk, because this is the only one that Sun Chen has ever chosen.For the layman Liu Cheng, all the rest is left to other people.His only concern is whether the film will be released in Europe, especially Germany.These days, Liu Cheng travels to Germany almost every two weeks.It should be said that he was not blindly optimistic enough to expect that he would meet Sun Chen when he walked casually in Germany, but every time he was on the road, he always subconsciously looked for the oriental figure in the crowd.Then after returning to China, they will go to He Zaifeng and Lin Dun's house to sit for two hours.

This kind of life, Liu Cheng has passed without knowing it for more than a year.

During the period, occasionally He Zaifeng would sneakily tell Liu Cheng something, it seemed that Sun Chen had a good life recently.These vague words can't represent anything, but they still make Liu Cheng extremely satisfied.

During the New Year, He Zaifeng gave Liucheng a surprise New Year's gift - when he received a call from Liucheng, he hid in the bathroom and told Liucheng that Sun Chen had sent a Christmas card to Lin Dun before. "Unfortunately, if I tell you the address I saw above, I will be worse than you." In the end, He Zaifeng ended the topic apologetically.However, this is still good news for Liu Cheng, because this news is enough for him to digest it over and over for several days.

By the time of the second Spring Festival after Sun Chen left, Liucheng really had "Chinese New Year".This time it was revealed by Lin Dun himself - this man who seems to be very easy-going, unprincipled and likes to talk has spent the past year proving to Liu Cheng how good he is at keeping his mouth shut.On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he suddenly said to Liu Cheng, who was a New Year's greeting, but actually just came to sit for two hours on a regular basis: "Sun Chen probably didn't celebrate the New Year very much since he was a child. He obviously went back to China, but he didn't know how to catch a good day. He passed the New Year's Eve Come back at five."

Liu Cheng didn't understand why Lin Dun told himself that suddenly, and he didn't have time to figure it out. After hearing such a sentence, he got up and walked out the door.

Although Lin Dun didn't mention it, Liu Cheng knew that Lin Dun had been helping Sun Chen take care of Sun Chen's house. At that time, Liu Cheng kept reassuring himself that Sun Chen would come back, but he didn't dare to think that maybe one day Lin Dun would help buy that apartment. .

——Fortunately, Sun Chen really came back before selling the house.

After driving to Sun Chen's residence, Liu Cheng once again stood at the door of the building.He has never been to this place a few times.The first time I came here was when Sun Chen lost his job. When I rang the doorbell, I was actually very worried that Sun Chen would not let me in.The second time, he was exposed by Sun Chen, and when he came to ring the doorbell, he couldn't imagine that the other party would be willing to open the door.Now this is the third time, and he still doesn't have the slightest confidence in being able to knock on the other party's door.

Liu Cheng's fingers stuck to the button that he had become familiar with because he had pressed it countless times even though he had only been there twice, but he still couldn't find the courage to press it.

He didn't notice anyone approaching the building from behind him.

"If you don't go in, don't get in the way." Someone said to Liu Cheng like that.His voice was so familiar that Liu Cheng heard it in his dreams almost every night.

Liu Cheng suddenly turned around.

He was inexplicably aware of the difference between real life and the movies.If this is a movie, there must be some effect to render this moment, because this is the most meaningful moment for him, and he has been waiting for this moment for more than a year.But in fact, all this happened so suddenly, Sun Chen didn't change at all. He was standing behind him and looking at him with the items he bought from the supermarket.

Liu Cheng stared at Sun Chen in a daze, until the other party repeated impatiently: "Excuse me."

"Sorry!" Liu Cheng instinctively got out of the way immediately, so as not to make Sun Chen angry, and then he realized, "Let me help you get the things! Otherwise, it's not convenient for you to press the password." Actually, he hoped that he would have the opportunity to follow Sun Chen Go into the building.

He didn't expect to be so lucky, because Sun Chen really handed the bag in his right hand to Liu Cheng.Then, Sun Chen opened the iron door and walked in.

Liu Cheng followed closely, his palms began to sweat inexplicably, and it was probably only at this time that he realized that he was not ready to say anything at all.

——This is ridiculous. He spent more than a year searching and waiting, and in the end, he didn't even think about what to say to the other party.

All the way upstairs, Sun Chen opened the door without saying a word, then took back the purchases from Liu Cheng, and put them on the shoe cabinet at the door.He always stood in front of the door and did not let Liu Cheng into the house, but he did not lock Liu Cheng out of the house either. "If you come to me, we'll talk here."

"I'm sorry, Xiaochen." Liu Cheng blurted out.He knew how many times he said "I'm sorry" was not enough, but he said countless times in his dream, which almost became a conditioned reflex.

Sun Chen observed Liucheng silently for a while, and finally asked, "Are you finished?"

"Of course not!" Liu Cheng didn't know what was going on with him. Sun Chen's random question made him choke up for no reason. He thought that he would have endless words to Sun Chen for a lifetime, but he didn't notice that he was silent for a long time. .Sun Chen unconsciously frowned slightly: "You can continue talking now, or leave. Don't just stand there, the neighbors won't see it well."

Liu Cheng was stunned, he didn't expect that Sun Chen could say such a line that reflected the world's sophistication.

"... When did you know that the neighbors saw the bad influence or something?"

"About three months ago."

Liu Cheng blinked, he was already annoyed that he asked such an inappropriate question, but he didn't expect Sun Chen to answer him seriously.

"Sorry, Xiaochen..." The apology was like a mantra, Liu Cheng unconsciously licked his lower lip nervously, "I have a lot to say, can I go in and sit down? I promise to leave after I finish talking."

Sun Chen thought for a while, and seemed reluctant, but after a while, he turned his body sideways and let Liu Cheng enter the room.