The Web of Silence

Chapter 1 The lingering warmth of first encounter The evening wind carried the smell of hospital disinfectant. As soon as Chi Yu walked out of the outpatient clinic building, he saw Jiang Kai leaning next to the white car and waving to him. Chi Yu was born with a clear face, his eyebrows were light, his skin was a cold white color that had not been exposed to the sun all year round, his nose was high, his lips were light-colored, and his white coat made him look clean and distant, like a handful of quiet snow, but there was always a hint of unnoticeable fatigue hidden in his eyes. "Here it is!" Jiang Kai came over and patted his shoulder, "I thought you had to work overtime until midnight, but you are so punctual." Chi Yu twitched the corners of his lips and put his white coat on his arms: "There are few patients today." In fact, it's not that there are few patients, it's that he deliberately turned down an optional consultation. He just didn't want to stay in that breathless place anymore, and didn't want to see Cen Ji's always expressionless face again. "Okay, get in the car. My mom made some soup and asked me to bring you some." Jiang Kai opened the door and said, "By the way, I just saw Mr. Cen downstairs and he asked me if you were leaving." Chi Yu's hand pulling the car door paused, and his fingertips turned slightly white: "Why is he asking this?" "Who knows," Jiang Kai shrugged and sat in the driver's seat, "Maybe I just asked casually. After all, you are his appointed personal doctor, so it's normal to be concerned." Chi Yu didn't say anything, got into the passenger seat and put on his seat belt. The car window was lowered, and the evening breeze blew in, blowing away the inexplicable irritability in his heart. His interaction with Shen Shen began three months ago. As soon as he finished the night shift that day, he was called to the office by the dean and told that an important person had appointed him to be a personal doctor, and the salary was three times his current annual salary. He wanted to refuse, but there was unquestionable pressure in the dean's eyes, so he finally nodded. Chi Yu's family is very ordinary. Both his parents are ordinary workers. They work hard all their lives. His biggest wish is that he can live a stable life. He studied medicine so that he could have a stable job so that his parents would have less to worry about. But this job of "private doctor" was like an invisible thread, tightly intertwining him with the out-of-reach Cen family. The first time I saw Cen Ning was in the top-floor apartment in the city center. It is the private property of the Cen family. The entire building belongs to the Cen Group. The top floor is Cen's private territory. Even servants can rarely set foot there. The Cen family is the top wealthy family in the business world, and Cen Ji is the only heir. He grew up in a harsh environment. His parents were busy with business all year round, and they only had demands on him and no tenderness, which created his cold and paranoid temperament. The man was sitting on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. He was wearing a well-tailored black suit. He had a tall figure and neat shoulders and back. He was extremely good-looking, with sharp brows, deep eye sockets, cold-black eye color, a high nose bridge, sharp lip lines, and a jawline that was as cold as a knife. His whole person had a sense of oppression that kept strangers away from him, like a sculpture without warmth. Hearing the footsteps, he slowly turned his head and his eyes fell on Chi Yu. There was no warmth at all, but there was a sense of oppression that could not be ignored. "Doctor Chi?" His voice was low, like the bass of a cello, but without any emotion. Chi Yu nodded and tried to make his voice sound steady: "Mr. Cen, I am Chi Yu." "Sit." Cen Jie pointed to the sofa opposite, "Don't be nervous, I just have a little insomnia." But Chi Yu didn't feel relaxed at all. He could feel that this man's gaze was like a net, covering him silently, making him even cautious when breathing. Since then, he has gone to the quiet apartment twice a week to check on him and prescribe some sleeping pills. Cen Jing said very little, and most of the time he just looked at him quietly, his eyes deep and unpredictable. Chi Yu also tried to maintain a professional distance, not asking too many questions or talking too much, and left after completing the examination. But there are some things that become clearer the more they are deliberately avoided. He could feel the difference that silence made to him. I will remember that he doesn't eat coriander, will bring him warm milk when he works overtime, and will stay by his bedside when he is sick without even frowning. But this goodness was accompanied by a suffocating desire for control, like a gentle net, trapping him tightly inside. "What are you thinking about?" Jiang Kai's voice interrupted his thoughts, "We're here." When Chi Yu came back to his senses, he realized that the car had been parked downstairs of his house. He took the thermos bucket handed over by Jiang Kai, thanked him, and opened the door. "By the way," Jiang Kai stopped him, "will you go to the class reunion next week?" Chi Yu paused for a moment: "Let's talk about it later." He didn't like that kind of lively place, and he didn't want to see silence there. Jiang Kai seemed to have read through his thoughts and smiled: "Okay, I'll call you then." Chi Yu nodded, turned around and went upstairs. When he opened the door, the room was dark. He turned on the light in the dark, and the warm yellow light shone down, dispelling some of the chill. He placed the thermos bucket on the dining table, took off his coat, and just as he was about to sit down, his cell phone rang. It's an unknown number. Chi Yu frowned and answered the phone: "Hello?" "Dr. Chi, it's me." A calm and low voice came from the other end of the phone, and Chi Yu's heart suddenly shrank. "Mr. Cen?" "I'm downstairs at your house." Cen Ji's tone was very calm, as if he was talking about a normal thing, "Come down for a moment, I have something to tell you." Chi Yu's hand holding the phone tightened, his fingertips were cold: "Is there something you can't talk about on the phone?" "No." There was a determination in the calm tone that could not be refused, "I'm waiting for you." The phone was hung up, a busy signal rang in his ears, and Chi Yu stood there without moving for a long time. He knows that some things cannot be avoided after all. Purpose: This article aims to explore boundaries and redemption in emotional relationships, advocate a healthy and equal concept of love, oppose any form of coercion and control, and ultimately convey a positive view of love that goes both ways and respects each other.