It is also the only bright spot in his heart.

"What are you thinking?"

Tang Tang suddenly spoke up, looked at Chi Ningbei and said, "Don't say a word."

City A is so prosperous today that the nights are even more gorgeous and luxurious than the days.

In City A, there are too many people, locals and outsiders.

Therefore, the two tried to go to places with fewer people, but they could not avoid the bright lights and other people.

They walked hand in hand on the street like any other ordinary couple.

It’s just that the two of them are so good-looking and have such noble temperaments that they attracted many people to look at them.

But both of them are used to being in high positions, so naturally they don't care about these eyes.

Chi Ningbei heard Tang Tang's question and said softly, "I think I get lucky sometimes."

He held Tang Tang's hand tightly, lowered his eyes and smiled at her, "Luckily I met Miss Tang."

Tang Tang paused and looked at him sideways.

The light was not dim, and Chi Ningbei's profile still looked good in the night.

Tang Tang said, "If there is anything you can't handle, you can come to me."

She held Chi Ningbei's hand and shook it, chuckling, "I am the only one who can bully my people, understand?"

Chi Ningbei was not embarrassed at all. Listening to Tang Tang's overbearing words, he nodded slowly, with a smile in his voice, "Then I, Chi, would like to thank Director Tang for being willing to protect me."

Tang Tang snorted and laughed, "Stop pretending to be pitiful."

The cool breeze blew away the drunkenness, and the two of them wandered around and finally came to a back street with few people.

"Where is this?"

Tang Tang was stunned. "I've never been here before."

There are two rows of tall ginkgo trees along the street. It is late autumn now, and the leaves of the ginkgo trees are full of golden yellow. In the dim light of the night, they look like endless golden clouds at first glance.

"It's behind a scenic spot," Chi Ningbei said with a chuckle as he led the person along. "There's construction going on in front of the scenic spot, and the road leading from the main entrance is blocked."

He looked at Tang Tang and said, "Didn't you notice that we just passed through an alley?"

Tang Tang laughed, "I thought you were just taking me for a walk."

Now it seems that this street is only separated from the busy city center by a row of alleys, and one can even hear faint voices outside.

Chi Ningbei led her forward. There was a layer of ginkgo leaves on the ground. City A was dry, and the ginkgo leaves made only crisp sounds when they were stepped on.

Chi Ningbei said, "There was also a ginkgo tree where I used to live."

Tang Tang looked at him. Chi Ningbei's voice was very low and so gentle that it seemed like it would disappear with the wind.

She didn't interrupt and just listened to Chi Ningbei talk.

"That was a ginkgo tree that was bigger and taller than the ones now," he led Tang Tang to walk on the ginkgo leaves, and the smell of wormwood on his body always lingered in Tang Tang's nostrils.

"My mother is a little superstitious," Chi Ningbei pulled Tang Tang and stopped in front of a wooden chair.

He took off his coat, folded it and put it on the chair, motioning Tang Tang to sit down, isolating Tang Tang from the dust and coldness on the chair.

Tang Tang didn't refuse and pulled him to sit down.

It has been a long time since I have had such a relaxing time.

She listened quietly to Chi Ningbei confessing his feelings to her. She did not refuse, nor did she express any opinion. She just remained silent, like a rational spectator.

But the audience and the performers are holding hands at this moment.

Chi Ningbei looked at Tang Tang and smiled, "Have you ever heard of worshipping a godmother?"

"Godmother?"

Tang Tang looked up at him and shook his head, "What do you mean?"

Chi Ningbei said, "My mother is a bit superstitious. She is very ill and is dying."

When he talked about his deceased mother at this moment, he no longer felt too sad, and his face was calm, as if he was talking about a fact he had already accepted.

A long time has passed, but Chi Ningbei can still remember the original scene.

He held Tang Tang's hand, looked at the lush ginkgo trees in front of him and said, "When a child is in poor health, parents will ask the child to worship some objects as godmothers, hoping to ask for blessings from living spirits."

"When I was very young, my mother took me to worship the ginkgo tree next to our house as her godmother."

Tang Tang looked at Chi Ningbei, and after a while said, "You look like a sieve now, maybe your godmother was successful."

Chi Ningbei laughed, "Then I should ask Lian Peng to be my godmother."

He said, "After my mother passed away, I didn't have a good life in the Chi family. I was fighting every day, but my health didn't really get any worse."

Chi Ningbei himself knew that in the beginning he would work all night long for a project and also had to be wary of plots from his "brothers".

He had just lost his mother, was young and immature, and his methods were crude, so he suffered a lot of losses.

That's right, he actually has such a healthy body now, which is really rare.

He lowered his eyes slightly, looked at Tang Tang and said, "Do you know where my godmother is now?"

Tang Tang could see that Chi Ningbei was not actually sad anymore. After all, he had openly and covertly settled accounts with many members of the Chi family over the years. He was used to separations and deaths, and his emotions had become much more indifferent.

"where?"

Tang Tang tilted his head and said, "You are the head of the Chi family now, shouldn't you move your godmother to your own courtyard?"

Chi Ningbei sighed slightly, "My godmother is in the National Botanical Garden in City A."

"?"

Tang Tang hesitated for a rare moment and asked, "Ah?"

Chi Ningbei smiled and looked at Tang Tang and said, "I didn't have any power in the Chi family at first. When I got another chance, I found that the tree was gone."

He naturally began to look for it. After all, the ginkgo tree was a relic left to him by his mother, and it was also the witness of his only happy time before he met Tang Tang.

It was a little funny when he said this, "It turned out to be sold privately by someone, but fortunately it was sold to the National Botanical Garden, and because it was too old, it was well preserved."

Tang Tang looked at him and tilted his head slightly, "With your ability, it shouldn't be impossible to get it back, right?"

Chi Ningbei nodded and said, "There are many people in the botanical garden. I asked a master to take a look. The master said that the botanical garden has good feng shui and is very popular. From a superstitious point of view, it may be good for my godmother."

Chi Ningbei said so much tonight, and it was also the first time he said this to other people.

He wasn't trying to be pitiful, he just suddenly wanted to say this to Tang Tang.

Saying this was the only thing that made him happy.

"The National Botanical Gardens. I haven't been there yet."

Tang Tang stood up and looked at Chi Ningbei and asked, "Do you go there often?"

Chi Ningbei looked at Tang Tang standing in front of him and shook his head gently, "Not very often, maybe once every one or two months."

He went just to see the ginkgo tree and see the countless ginkgo leaves growing luxuriantly on it, like a canopy covering all shadows, shrouding the very small him.

“I haven’t been there yet.”

Chi Ningbei's eyes were gentle, and he said, "Then let me go with you next time, okay?"

The wind just happened to blow, and countless ginkgo leaves fell down, scattering one after another. The golden leaves intertwined like rain and landed on the two of them, like butterflies that had been perched there for a long time and were reluctant to fly away.

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