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At the end of 2006, Zhou Jingtang started his own business and established Hengyi Group with the savings he had accumulated in Australia. He started contracting construction projects, and when he became more stable, he began to take over old buildings for real estate development.He never relied on Zhou Yanwu, and Mr. Zhou helped him a few times along the way, but he never asked Zhou Yanwu.

During Zhou Jingtang's four years abroad, the Zhou family kept news of him very tightly. Except for his family, no one knew where he went or what he went there for.But then Zhou Jingtang returned to China, and after more than two years of development, the company has improved, and gradually returned to the social circle of Jincheng's upper class.He didn't shy away from it, when someone asked, he joked that he liked men and was forced to go abroad.

During that whole year, the whole circle of Jincheng was buzzing, and the enthusiasm remained high all year round, and everyone knew it.When the news reached Zhou Yanwu's ears, he was so angry that he almost lost his breath. After a serious illness, his health was not as good as before, and then he gradually retreated from his high position.

Zhou Yanwu always felt that he was a tough guy, but later he found out that his son was born rebellious, and all his fame and status were thrown away. Looking at the whole Jincheng, who can be more tolerant than him?

Zhou Jingtang has always been the most outrageous one among the rich second-generation circles in Jincheng. When he was six or seven years old, he dared to steal guns in the military compound. Playing with cars, gambled and dared to crash into the cliff.He disappeared many years ago, and when he came back, he dared to come out of the closet alone, not caring at all about the identity of the heir in Gaomenli.

After Hengyi gradually stabilized, Zhou Jingtang left a lot of work to the vice president, and went to many places by himself to find someone.

He went to Liucheng, searched all the streets and alleys, went to Tangqin Town, and crossed mountains and mountains.He even put up missing person notices on the streets of Liucheng, and was tricked into an alley by a scammer, beaten by a group of people and robbed of all his belongings.

Zhou Jingtang goes to Liucheng every month, and has searched almost every corner of Liucheng for more than a year.

It has also been spread in Jincheng, saying that the master of the Zhou family is a stubborn one, and he has not given up after years of tossing around.

There was once a rich second generation who had had an enmity with Zhou Jingtang, and after listening to other people telling these true and false stories, he was out of breath from laughing. He immediately lit a cigarette and said with a sneer: "It's really true!" Interesting, Dajin City, a place that eats people and doesn't spit out their bones, has raised such a lover like Zhou Jingtang."

The last time Zhou Jingtang went to Liucheng was in the winter of 2009. On the third night of his arrival in Liucheng, it snowed all night. It was a rare snow disaster in Liucheng for decades. Almost all traffic was paralyzed, and he was trapped In the hotel, the supply in the hotel is also on the red light.

At that time, he heard that there was a young and fair support teacher in a small village in the deep mountains of Liucheng, who was described by others as similar to Shen Qi.After hearing this, he rented a car regardless and was about to enter the village. When he went, the urban management team sprinkled salt on the road. After entering the village, he was happy again, and when he was about to leave, the snow began to fall again.

The way out of the village was already besieged. Zhou Jingtang was trapped for more than a week, and his mobile phone did not even have a signal.

Later, it was Lin Yuan and Ning Zhe who came. They paid a lot of money for a master driver who had been driving for many years, and led the traffic police brigade to pave the way with crushed cinders and salt before entering the village.After finding Zhou Jingtang, the two of them didn't have the energy to scold anymore, so they wrapped him in a down jacket and took him back.

"Don't look for him anymore, okay?" Ning Zhe said, "I beg you, we won't look for him anymore. If we are destined, we will definitely see him again."

Zhou Jingtang was very tired, and it took a long time before he had the strength to return to him. He said, "Ah, I won't look for it anymore."

He was afraid that if he continued to search, it would be in vain.

Later Zhou Jingtang started to concentrate on his career, Lin Yuan said that he should earn a lot of money and become the best and best Zhou Jingtang, so that when he meets Shen Qi one day, he can tell him, I can protect you now.

Zhou Jingtang stood in front of the mirror, turned slightly sideways, and could see a little branch of the tree on the back of his neck.

That was the home he promised to give Shen Qi.

Time is a very uncertain thing. When you look forward, you feel that the future is bleak, but when you look back, you feel that so many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the turbulent crowd, the boy changed his appearance as he walked, his figure was tall and straight, and his eyes became more determined. After all, that school uniform could not be worn for a lifetime, and he finally turned into the suit and leather shoes he hated most in the past. look.

When he was young, he thought he was the most free, and those people in the office buildings were all packed in shells.After many years, he finally understood that the truly free person is the most fearless person, the person who can be invincible for a certain person.

When Xu Dongcheng came to visit in the ward, Zhou Jingtang was about to be discharged from the hospital, but the visitor was a guest, so he asked his assistant to go out to go through the formalities, and he chatted with Xu Dongcheng about some work matters.

The little girl next to Xu Dongcheng's eyes were particularly bright, she looked at him brightly, obviously they were two unrelated people, but he felt for no reason that this little girl was somewhat similar to Shen Qi.

Perhaps the little girl's eyes were too unrestrained, Xu Dongcheng wanted to send people out, he said: "Xiaoxiao, you are here, go to Dr. Zhang's ward."

The little girl muttered dissatisfaction: "My brother is here."

"You go too," Xu Dongcheng said.

After the little girl left, Zhou Jingtang asked casually, "Is this Mr. Xu's daughter?"

Xu Dongcheng said: "The little girl is not sensible, so she insisted on visiting Mr. Zhou with me."

After finishing speaking, Xu Dongcheng made another tentative sentence: "This girl, I guess her heart has sprouted."

Zhou Jingtang smiled, spread his hands, and said pretending to be regretful: "Such a cute little girl is no longer with me, what a pity?"

Xu Dongcheng was puzzled: "How do you say that?"

Zhou Jingtang pretended to be surprised: "Don't Mr. Xu know? I'm gay. I thought there was no one in Jincheng who didn't know."

Xu Dongcheng was very surprised. Seeing Zhou Jingtang's generous appearance, it seemed that this matter was really no secret.He almost made a joke and wanted to introduce Xiaoxiao to him.

Xu Dongcheng felt very sorry, he really admired Zhou Jingtang, otherwise Xu Xiaoxiao was still young, he would not have such thoughts.

The topic turned back to work, and after a short chat, the assistant came back after completing the discharge procedures. Xu Dongcheng offered to send Zhou Jingtang home, and the three of them left the ward together.

Not long after Zhou Jingtang recovered from his illness, he walked a little slower than usual, responding to Xu Dongcheng's words intermittently.

He suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes swept across the corridor, and a figure came into view.

He stopped suddenly, and his gaze fell on the back in front of him as if frozen.

Xu Dongcheng followed him and stopped, followed his line of sight, and suddenly shouted: "Qiqi!"

"Qiqi!"

At that moment, Zhou Jingtang's mind went blank, he didn't even dare to think about it, he was afraid that if he thought about it too much, he would be disappointed again, he was really afraid of being disappointed all these years.

Xu Dongcheng took a few steps forward and called out again: "Qiqi."

The person in front turned his head, but Xu Dongcheng stood in front of him, and Zhou Jingtang couldn't see his face clearly.He seemed to be fixed in place, with roots growing under his feet, and he couldn't look away.

Xu Dongcheng took a step back, his eyes suddenly opened up, and the eyes of the two collided in vain, as if many years had passed in the blink of an eye.

The former teenagers, in their lifetime, finally meet again.

"Why shouldn't you be called? You child, come here, let me introduce you," Xu Dongcheng said, "Hengyi's Mr. Zhou is about the same age as you."

Shen Xi's face turned pale in an instant, and if he looked closely, he could see his lips trembling slightly, and his knuckles under the long sleeves were also trembling.

Zhou Jingtang regained his reason first, and stretched and stretched his hands behind his back several times to ensure that his hands would not be stiff, then he let himself stretch out his hand to Shen Qi with the best smile, and said to him: "Qi Qi, long time no see. "

Xiqi, long time no see.

These six words made Shen Qi think that he was still in a dream.

Zhou Jingtang's back was stiff, he kept building his mind in his heart, imagining countless kinds of generous and natural conversations, but in the end it couldn't match the nostalgia in his heart.He felt a longing from the bottom of his heart, he wanted to hug Shen Qi.

He took a step forward and opened his arms, but Shen Xi backed away with a pale face like seeing a ghost in daylight.

Zhou Jingtang froze in place. He considered his vocabulary and said slowly, "Qiqi, I'm Zhou Jingtang."

When Zhou Jingtang left Liucheng, Shen Qi once thought that when he came back, he would definitely make delicious food for him again, and he would never intentionally fry chili to choke him again.But he thought that Zhou Jingtang would come back when he was 17 years old, instead of nine years later, things are nothing but people.

When Shen Qi heard the phrase "Qi Qi", his nose was sore, he almost lost control and wanted to run away.But after all, nine years have passed, no matter how much he collapsed, he can still calm himself down by thinking about all the pain in the past nine years.

He laughed with the corners of his mouth pulled, and said in a friendly way: "Zhou Jingtang... is from Liucheng No. [-] Middle School, right? I haven't seen him for many years, and I almost don't recognize him anymore."

He shook his hand politely, smiled slightly, and said, "Old classmate, long time no see."

Zhou Jingtang was a little unbelievable, what Shen Xi meant...was he not recognizing him at first?Shen Qi's "old classmate" almost made him think that all the companionship he had when he was young was like a dream of his own.

"Do you know each other?" Xu Dongcheng said in surprise, then he thought that both of them went to high school in Liucheng.

Shen Qi took the initiative to explain: "I haven't seen my classmates in high school for many years."

He looked at Zhou Jingtang, smiled, and asked, "Have we not seen each other for nine years? Almost ten years?"

Zhou Jingtang was hoarse and unable to speak.

Xu Dongcheng said with a smile: "That's a coincidence, Mr. Zhou didn't know, Shen Qi is my son, I was negligent in those years, and made him suffer a lot in Liucheng."

"Uncle Xu, I have something to do, I want to go home first," Shen Qi didn't dare to look Zhou Jingtang in the eyes, he didn't even have the courage to take a good look at Zhou Jingtang's changes over the years, he just wanted to escape.

Xu Dongcheng said: "I have to go home soon, let's send Mr. Zhou back first, and we will go home together later."

Shen Xi wanted to say it was bad, but when he raised his eyes and saw Zhou Jingtang staring at him intently, he was speechless all of a sudden.

Zhou Jingtang said: "Since I'm an old classmate, why don't you give me a ride and catch up with each other, okay?"

Shen Qi still wanted to refuse, but Xu Dongcheng had already agreed with a smile, so he had no choice but to follow them downstairs.He didn't dare to walk side by side with them, he was afraid that he would walk with them.

When getting in the car, Xu Dongcheng took the initiative to get into the co-pilot, leaving the back seat free, and said with a smile: "You young people sit in the back."

Zhou Jingtang and Shen Qi looked at each other, and in the end Zhou Jingtang got into the car first, and Shen Qi bit the bullet and sat on the other side.

He deliberately leaned against the car window, not daring to touch Zhou Jingtang in the slightest.

Zhou Jingtang never took his eyes off Shen Qi.

Shen Qi suddenly said: "Back then, I'm sorry."

Zhou Jingtang froze for a moment, he didn't understand what Shen Qi was talking about.

Shen Xi clasped his hands together and rested them on his knees. His hands were too hard, and his knuckles were already turning white.He felt those memories came back again, and he couldn't breathe smoothly.He took a deep breath, smiled and said to Zhou Jingtang: "Back then, I made you ashamed."

Shen Qi has never been able to forget, Lin Yuan said that Zhou Jingtang hung up the phone after hearing that he was a boy, and the call was never connected afterwards.How proud he was at that time, the proud son of heaven, such a dazzling person, because of him, when others mentioned him later, they always couldn't get around the fact that they mistook fish eyes for pearls.

Zhou Jingtang was a little puzzled, and asked, "I didn't...do I lose anyone."

Shen Qi chuckled, and said: "It's true, so many years have passed, you may not remember it anymore. Anyway, it's all passed."

"I'm the one who should say I'm sorry," Zhou Jingtang said, "I was not by your side when you needed me the most. I'm sorry, I hope you can forgive me."

Shen Qi's eyes turned red, he turned his face away and rubbed his eyes, then turned his head and smiled at Zhou Jingtang and shook his head.

The atmosphere in the back was very strange. Xu Dongcheng in the front seat pricked up his ears and listened to such endless words, and he had a bunch of messy guesses in his heart.

Zhou Jingtang is gay, Shen Qi liked a boy in high school, Xu Dongcheng felt that the more he thought about it, the closer he was to the truth.He pretended to be asleep, silently paying attention to every move behind him.

But then the car quieted down, and no more words were spoken along the way.