endless city

Xu Ziming's case will be heard in court three days later. An Luo needs to testify in court, and An Ze is going to watch the court. As a member of An's family, An Yan naturally goes to the court with them.

The middle-aged man standing on the dock wore a pair of silver-rimmed glasses, his eyes were as cold as a poisonous snake.

He Xu Shaoqian looks somewhat similar, with such a face, An Yan didn't even dare to take a closer look, so he could only clenched his fists tightly and bowed his head in silence.This case involved a wide range of issues, and the trial lasted for several hours. Finally, the judge read out the verdict. Xu Ziming was sentenced to life imprisonment and all his property was confiscated.

He must spend the rest of his life in prison, which is the punishment he deserves.However, An Yan didn't feel any joy at the moment when he was escorted to the court. Instead, he felt as if a heavy stone was pressing on his heart, which made him almost out of breath.

After coming out of the court, An Ze and An Luo went home together, An Yan was depressed, and drove to the cemetery alone.

Looking down at the portraits of his parents on the tombstone, after a long silence, An Yan bent down and put down the bouquet he bought, and said softly: "Mom, the person who killed you has been sentenced today, you can rest assured. Brother and Anze is fine, grandpa's health is gradually improving, and I'm fine too... The filming finished smoothly, and I will visit you often in the future."

Speaking of this, An Yan suddenly stopped, staring blankly at the portrait on the tombstone, not knowing what to say next.

Yes, everything is fine with Anjia.

An Luo and An Ze are both talented in business, and An's company is managed by the two of them, and the business will definitely get better and better.Grandpa's health is gradually improving, and he will be able to go home from the nursing home soon.Everything is going well for me in the show business circle, Endless City is finished, and Chang Lin has also started to discuss the contract for the next film. If there is no accident, the next film will be a suspense film with the theme of the Republic of China, and filming will start at the beginning of next year.

Everything is fine, except for the pain in my heart.

A day as lovers with Xu Shaoqian was as short as a flash in the pan, but An Yan couldn't help but think of that day.He and Shaoqian walked hand in hand on the way home, hugged each other reluctantly when saying goodbye, looked at the projection of himself in the other's eyes, and his heart was filled with happiness.

He had never experienced that kind of happiness before, but unfortunately he would never experience it again in the future.

An Yan suddenly understood the ending of Endless City [-]. Before he died, Dr. Ke En hugged Xiao Qi tightly, with a smile on his lips... because he was finally freed from the pain and suffering.

But at this moment, An Yan fell into the same situation as Dr. Cohen in the script.The person I deeply love is obviously there, but there is no way to be together... These three days are like years, and I even feel that every minute is a kind of suffering.

It is impossible to fall in love with others again in this life, the pain of losing Shaoqian can only be hidden deep in my heart, and let it slowly settle down over time.

In order not to think too much about Shaoqian, An Yan asked Chang Lin to answer many announcements that he was too lazy to answer, various variety shows, and various interviews. As long as he was invited, he would smile and agree with a good temper.

As a result, a little heavenly king who was spinning around like a spinning top suddenly appeared in the entertainment industry.

On Monday, I went to the guest interview of the entertainment channel, on Tuesday, I went to an interview with a certain TV station, and on Wednesday, I went to a variety show...

An Yan was busy during the day, but he really put aside matters related to Xu Shaoqian for the time being, but every night, he couldn't help but think of Xu Shaoqian, his gentle kiss, his tight hug, He looked into his own eyes and said seriously: "I love you."

When thinking of Xu Shaoqian's name, the position of the heart is so uncomfortable that it almost convulses.

An Yan, who had not had enough sleep for several consecutive nights, despite his tired dark circles, still put on a smiling face and faced the reporter's interview very professionally.

With such high-intensity work pressure, he didn't complain at all.Chang Lin was very happy at first, thinking that An Yan had finally gotten the hang of it and understood the benefits of more advertising and publicity, but then he was suddenly shocked to find that An Yan was just squeezing his time to the maximum, deliberately making himself become Get busy and don't even want to be idle for a day.

Chang Lai couldn't help being a little worried, so he reported An Yan's situation directly to An Ze.

This morning, An Yan received a call from An Ze asking him to go back to the company. When he walked to the office door, he happened to see the new assistant.The girl obviously just graduated from university and looked very young. When she saw An Yan, she took the initiative to step forward and said, "An Yan, the boss is dealing with some things. He asked you to wait in the lounge next door for 10 minutes."

An Yan joked: "Got it, our boss is really busy."

The girl also smiled, took him to the next door, poured him a cup of coffee and said, "Wait a minute, I'll call you later."

"Okay." An Yan waited boredly in the lounge alone. After a while, the assistant knocked on the door and came in again, saying, "Boss An told you to go to his office."

An Yan got up and went out with her, jokingly said, "Is your assistant's job to be the boss's microphone?"

The girl blinked mischievously and said, "It's the microphone, the printer, the errand boy, and the maid who brings tea and water."

An Yan was amused by her, and just as he was smiling, he suddenly saw a familiar person walking out of the office. The tall man had a very calm expression on his face. An Yan met his eyes, and the smile on his face immediately froze. .

The distance between the two gradually approached, two meters, one meter, passed each other, and then slowly moved away.

Xu Shaoqian didn't say hello to An Yan, An Yan stopped, looked back at Xu Shaoqian's back, opened his mouth but couldn't speak, he could only watch him disappear at the end of the corridor in a daze.

The bottom of my heart suddenly feels uncomfortable like a needle prick.Xu Shaoqian obviously didn't want to talk to him, he even omitted the polite way of saying hello...

Seeing An Yan staring blankly at the empty corridor, the assistant asked in confusion, "An Yan? What's wrong with you?"

An Yan came back to his senses and coughed awkwardly, "Cough, it's nothing."

The assistant smiled and said, "Let's go, Mr. An is waiting for you."

"Okay." An Yan walked to Anze's office with his assistant, knocked lightly on the door, and heard Anze's voice from inside: "Come in."

An Ze was looking down at some documents, when he saw An Yan, he pointed to the seat opposite, "Sit down."

An Yan sat down opposite, pretending to be relaxed and joking: "Mr. An, call me urgently, what's your order?"

An Ze handed the document in his hand to An Yan, "Look at this first."

An Yan looked down, and the smile suddenly froze on his face, "Shaoqian... terminated the contract with Hua An?"

Anze nodded: "He just came to talk to me about the termination of the contract."

An Yan tightly clutched the document in his hand.

Anze said in a low voice: "When my mother was alive, I had already discussed the contract with Shaoqian, and this contract was drawn up long ago. Shaoqian will announce his retirement after filming Endless City. According to the information I got , Next week, the position of the Emerald Family will be handed over, Fourth Uncle Xu intends to abdicate, and Shaoqian will go back to take over all the business of the Xu family."

After quickly reading the termination contract, An Yan's fingers holding the document were a little unnaturally stiff. He raised his head to look at An Ze, and asked in a low voice, "Did he say he was going to America and never come back?"

An Ze replied: "After he takes over the Emerald Family, he will definitely go to the branch in the United States to greet the management staff there. As for whether he will come back, I don't know, and he didn't tell me. "

"..." An Yan put the termination contract back on the table, lowered his head and said, "You came to me for this?"

Anze was silent for a while, "I heard from Chang Lin that you are not in a good state recently. You have answered so many notifications in one go and have been busy all day. It is really not like you."

An Yan smiled and said, "Isn't that good? I'll do more publicity and make more money for the company..."

"Do you think you can hide your concerns from my own brother?" Anze interrupted him in a low voice, "You have loved to play since you were a child, and you used to always look forward to traveling when you have a holiday, but recently you have become a model of hard work for no reason. , if there is no serious problem, how could it be possible to change so much suddenly?"

"..."

"A makeup artist can cover your dark circles, but they can't hide your fatigue. You are like a string that is extremely tight, and it may break at any time."

"..."

"What's the matter?" Seeing An Yan's pale face, An Ze's voice couldn't help but soften, "Did the truth I told you affect the relationship between you and Xu Shaoqian? Are you actually...together? "

An Yan was silent for a moment, then whispered: "If I were with him, I would be too sorry for the innocent sacrificed mother. I can't completely let go of all this."

"...This is really hard to accept. However, Xu Shaoqian is innocent after all. Since Xu Ziming has already received the punishment he deserves, we don't need to blame other people." Anze sighed softly and said in a low voice, "If you really I love him and want to be with him, my brother and I will not interfere."

An Yan clenched his fist lightly, he knew what An Ze said, rationally speaking, Xu Shaoqian had nothing to do with this matter.However, if the two families have a blood debt that is difficult to ignore, can you really continue to be with him?Even if she loves him very much...it's impossible to stay by his side without any grudges.

When leaving the company headquarters, An Yan suddenly found that it was snowing outside.

The first snow this winter came a little early, the fine snowflakes fell and were blown in the air by the cold wind, probably because of wearing too little clothes, An Yan suddenly felt very cold, and was hit by the cold wind Sneezing heavily, he quickly wrapped his coat tightly around his body and walked quickly to the company's parking lot.

When I walked to my car and took out the keys from my pocket, I realized that my keys had disappeared. Thinking about it carefully, it probably landed in Anze's office.

Somewhat frustrated, An Yan picked up his cell phone and dialed An Ze's number.

Xu Shaoqian drove out of the parking lot and saw An Yan standing next to the car tightly wrapped in his coat.His hair was disheveled by the cold wind, and he was only wearing a thin cotton shirt under his jacket. He obviously didn't read the weather forecast that the temperature would drop today.His face was pale by the cold wind, and his lips lost all color.

He seemed to have seen Xu Shaoqian's car, met Xu Shaoqian's gaze through the car window, was startled for a moment, then lowered his head with a stiff face.

Even though he felt a tight pain in his chest from the guy's remorse after confessing, and was also very sad by his conclusion that "I just got into the drama too deeply"... But seeing his pale face, Xu Shaoqian couldn't help it A burst of distress, really hopeless...

Xu Shaoqian stopped the car with some helplessness, rolled down the window and was about to speak when he saw An Ze not far away hurried over, holding the key and a coat in his hand, and handed it to An Yan.

Anze also saw Xu Shaoqian, and took the initiative to greet him, "Shaoqian, do you want to go back to Xu's house?"

Xu Shaoqian nodded: "I made an appointment with my fourth uncle to have dinner together."

Anze said: "Well, let me know when the press conference is scheduled."

"I know." Xu Shaoqian glanced at An Yan, lowered the window, and drove away.

An Yan, who was standing behind Anze, kept silent, just lowered his head, tightly clutching the jacket brought by his younger brother, and his eyes were slightly red when Xu Shaoqian's car drove away in the dust.

Xu Shaoqian drove to the place that Xu Zizheng had reserved for dinner. The private room was filled with the core members of the Emerald Family, as well as many senior figures. Because the handover was about to take place soon, Xu Zizheng invited these people out to have dinner with Shaoqian in advance. meal.

During the time when Xu Zizheng was in a coma, Xu Shaoqian temporarily took over his position and took care of the Jade family well. Xu Shaoqian's ability had already been recognized by these people, so the meal was very enjoyable.

Xu Shaoqian took the initiative to swipe his card to pay. After the meal, the father and son drove back to Xu's house.Shaobai is currently abroad, and there is no one at home, so Xu Zizheng chatted with Xu Shaoqian directly in the living room.

Xu Zizheng said, "You already know about the sentencing of that person, right?"

Xu Shaoqian nodded, "I heard from Xiao Rang that the sentence is life."

"For someone so proud of him, life imprisonment may be more sad than the death penalty. He will spend many years in prison in the future, and he will probably die." Xu Zizheng sighed softly and said in a low voice, "Although he is my Brother, but I can't forgive what he did, especially when he killed your mother..."

Xu Zizheng said: "Now, he deserves what he deserved, and he paid the price for everything he did."

Xu Shaoqian didn't speak. For Xu Ziming, he only had a little bit of a vague impression before he was six years old. He once called that person Dad, but after 20 years, he couldn't remember what that person looked like.

The father and son were silent for a moment, and Xu Zizheng said, "How are you and An Yan?"

Xu Shaoqian said: "Together for one day, we broke up again."

"...What's the reason?"

Xu Shaoqian thought for a while and said: "It probably has something to do with the sentence of the third master. The timing of An Yan's breaking up with me was just after he came home... Maybe it was An Luo who recovered his memory and told him everything. Xiao Letting testify in court that day, and seeing all the An family brothers present, it is obvious that An Yan already knew about it."

Xu Zizheng frowned and said, "Did you never explain your biological father to him? Do you need me to come forward?"

Xu Shaoqian shook his head: "That's not necessary. I will explain it clearly to him when the time is right. This time he didn't confess to me, and even made up excuses like 'too deeply into the drama' to break up with me. I actually... a little disappointment."

Xu Zizheng said seriously: "He doesn't confess to you, it just means that he doesn't trust you completely enough, and you are not qualified to let him share all his thoughts frankly."

Xu Shaoqian nodded: "This is also my failure. He was originally a straight man, but I forced him into this path. We haven't established complete trust between us. He wasn't sure whether we could be together. He broke up with me when he encountered problems this time, if next time his grandpa has a heart attack and says that we are not allowed to be together, I'm sure he will break up with me again."

Xu Shaoqian said helplessly: "In his heart, the weight of his family is too heavy."

Xu Zizheng smiled and said, "Although An Yan is a bit mischievous, he is a very filial boy. I always disliked him before, but I think, since you like him, he must have many unique features."

"Yes. To me, he is indeed very special." Xu Shaoqian smiled, "He broke up with me this time, and made me understand the problems between us. I plan to solve all future troubles at once. His brother , his grandfather, and even the future children's problems... After I figure out a solution and establish a relationship with him, I will bring him home to see you. "

His son fell in love with An Yan, and Xu Zizheng had no choice but to nod his head and say, "As long as you like it."

After the two finished chatting, Xu Shaoqian went back to the bedroom, lying on the bed but not feeling sleepy at all.

——I miss him a little bit.

Seeing him sad in the parking lot today, Xu Shaoqian felt very distressed and wanted to drag him into the car to explain clearly, but there is still a huge problem between him and An Yan, and An Yan's dissatisfaction with this relationship Determination and mistrust, the problem of making decisions without consulting with the other party when encountering problems... must be completely eliminated, and future troubles will never be avoided.

This time, fortunately, Xiao Rang called Xu Shaoqian immediately after returning from court testimony, and Xu Shaoqian himself found out in time, so he didn't misunderstand An Yan.If there is any conflict between the two next time, An Yan refuses to tell the truth, Xu Shaoqian can't afford to break up again and again.

Xu Shaoqian thought helplessly: An Yan, should you be thankful that Xu Shaoqian will never be able to be cruel to you.

Even if you reject him twice in a row, as long as you are willing to turn around, he will always be waiting for you in place and never leave.