Lost [Transmigration Book]

Zhao Rong didn't stay at Lu Xingping's house for long.

But this time getting along was more enjoyable than last time. Although Lu Xingping was still unforgiving in his words, it didn't really make him overwhelmed.

Zhao Rong quietly discovered that he and Lu Xingping were actually completely different people, both in terms of life experiences and personalities.But if you cut it open, he and Lu Xingping are actually somewhat similar.

Lu Xingping does whatever he wants, and he will follow through on the ideas or ideas he believes in. He doesn't have a high pursuit of material things, but he is more obedient to his own ideas.There are two large characters of casualness written all over his body.If Qiao Nanqi's life is the kind of sharpness that Zhao Rong wants to have, Lu Xingping's life is the best kind of gentleness that Zhao Rong can live without this identity in the plot and without falling in love with Qiao Nanqi.

He didn't know if Lu Xingping had also discovered this, so he gradually let go of his guard against him.

It's a pity that Lu Xingping has something to do tonight, the two didn't say a few words, and Zhao Rong left before the warm water in the cup bottomed out.

Zhao Rong thought for a while, and then remembered that today Qiao Nanqi seemed to have a celebration party with some close friends.

He and Qiao Nanqi's office are not on the same floor, but they have been in contact with Xiao Wu in the past few days, and Xiao Wu mentioned it to him.He knew all those people. After he was admitted to the Chen family, he kept in touch with these people in order to get close to Qiao Nanqi, but he didn't go there again after being with Qiao Nanqi.

Now he has nothing to do with this kind of occasion, he just finished listening to it, and only remembered it now when he saw Lu Xingping going to the appointment.

The plot in the original book stops at this finale.

Qiao Nanqi got his wish and reached a reconciliation with the last villain—his cousin Qiao Ruo, without any obstacles.

Qiao Nanqi has been deliberating for so many years, and he has really reached the desired end, but it seems that he has taken a road back to his youth, erasing all the suffering of these years.While there seemed to be people coming and going around him, but there was no one who could really get close enough to talk about everything, and he didn't know where to go.This is a pun on "The Return".

Zhao Rong was stunned for a moment.

While he was managing his small future world, Qiao Nanqi, as the leading hero, had reached the end of the peak all the way.

The appearance of the 12-year-old boy in the hospital corridor 16 years ago is very far away.

He can be regarded as watching Qiao Nanqi until today. As a party of original works, Zhao Rong is a little relieved to see the stories he knew step by step in front of him, and he was able to retire unscathed.

When he came out of Lu Xingping's house, the rain just started to lighten up.

Instead of coming home, he drove to a nursing home.

Zhao Ming has been sober these days.

When Zhao Rong arrived, she was standing behind the low fence of the small courtyard in a daze with a calm expression.

What happened to the Chen family, Zhao Rong never told her.She left her hometown back then and raised Zhao Rong alone in Yangcheng, and now there are not many people around who are talkative.She didn't know anything about the ups and downs that happened outside, and she probably didn't want to know, so she was naturally quiet.

Before Zhao Rong could speak, Zhao Ming turned to look at him and smiled at him.Although she was not stupid when she was sober, after so many years of illness, it was somewhat affected.

"Why are you standing?"

She saw Zhao Rong always smiling, and now she has closed her eyes.

"I used to sit every day," she said, "I want to stand up."

"It's cold outside, put on another coat."

Zhao Rong wanted to find a coat as she spoke, but as soon as she turned around, the phone rang.

It's Qiao Nanqi.

At this time, shouldn't this person celebrate with Lu Xingping, Xia Yuantu and others?

Zhao Rong didn't plan to press it either.

Judging from the company's affairs, Mr. Qiao is more humane than described in the original book. He neither embarrasses him because of the Chen family's affairs, nor regrets that he wants to take back the shares that were given to him when he signed the marriage agreement.A decent ex-boyfriend.

It's better to get together and relax than to be targeted by the protagonist.

And he still wants to "pursue" Lu Xingping. Now Qiao Nanqi's anger value is a little lower, and his thoughts on Lu Xingping can be buffered if his ex-boyfriend's "current rival" knows.

He picked it up: "...you—"

Before he could say a word, the man's deep voice came first: "Where is it?"

"what?"

"Where do you live now?" Qiao Nanqi paused, then said slowly, "I... have something to do."

Something?

What could happen between him and Qiao Nanqi?At most, it is just a company or a family.

"I'm not at home now, and I've moved back to where I used to live. I'm in the urban area, not too close to your home. If there's anything to do, I'll find you in your office tomorrow. Don't bother you to come here."

It's one thing to get together and hang out, but it's another to have the intersection of private life.

On the other end of the phone, Qiao Nanqi didn't know if he had heard what he said, so he said "Yes" and hung up.

Just after hanging up, the screen of the phone froze for a moment, and then went completely black—the battery was out.

He can't use his mobile phone now, and he doesn't want to charge it.

Zhao Rong put down the phone, thought of the brief call record on the screen just now, and vaguely remembered that Qiao Nanqi's end was very quiet just now.Apart from the patter of rain, there was no other noise.

But he only had a flash of thought, and he was not interested in thinking about where Qiao Nanqi was.

He walked into the bedroom in the small courtyard of the nursing home, found a coat and came out.

When putting it on for Zhao Ming, Zhao Ming suddenly asked him, "Nanqi's phone number?"

Qiao Nanqi generally doesn't like being called by his name, except for Lu Xingping, except for the elders he doesn't hate.

When they were together, Zhao Rong finally brought Qiao Nanqi to meet Zhao Ming.Perhaps Qiao Nanqi's pain since he was a child was due to his mother. On the contrary, Qiao Nanqi had some patience with Zhao Rong's mother. Zhao Ming called his name, but he didn't refute.

After they returned home, Qiao Nanqi even told him for the first time, "Your mother is fine."

It's just that Qiao Nanqi came only once.Although Zhao Ming knew that they were together all the time, he never saw Qiao Nanqi again.

Zhao Rong didn't want to mention this matter at first.

He sighed silently.

He felt that he had to learn to restrain his expression, otherwise Lu Xingping could easily see what he was thinking, and his mother could also see his state at a glance.

He nodded: "Yes."

"He is looking for you, you go back. How boring I am here."

Zhao Rong smiled: "No, it shouldn't be something urgent."

He thought for a moment and said, "We broke up. Mom, I'm alone now."

Zhao Ming was slightly surprised.

But maybe she really didn't like to think about many things, or maybe she was used to living with Zhao Rong in the past, and she didn't interfere with Zhao Rong's decision for a long time.She just raised her hand, stood on tiptoe, touched Zhao Rong's head, and said, "Got it."

She said: "When you were young, you suffered a lot with me. Now that you are so big, you can do whatever you want. Go after whoever you like. If you don't like it, you will break up. Stick to one person and one thing. A lifetime... very tiring." She looked a little dazed, wondering if she thought of Chen Fengnian.

"Mom, you are spoiling like this."

"I have some regrets. I didn't have the ability to spoil you back then, but now I don't have the ability to see you as outstanding."

Zhao Rong paused.

He staggered Zhao Ming's gaze, lowered his head slightly, and buried half of his face in the shadow.The slightly fluttering eyelashes trembled slightly, hanging the light and shadow.

He smiled.

"Only you say I am excellent."

It was rare for Zhao Rong to meet her in such good spirits, so he chatted with her about other things.

The rain outside would be heavy for a while, occasionally thunder would roar, and finally it would slowly turn into drizzle.

Before we knew it, it was ten o'clock. Zhao Rong watched Zhao Ming fall asleep, turned off the lights and left.He gave the nursing aunt an extra sum of money as a thank you, and then went home.

This day was full of things from morning to night. He was not in good health at first, but when he got home, he was already a little drowsy.

But as soon as he walked through the path with an umbrella, he lowered his head, and saw a long shadow drawn by the street lamp at the door of his house, which was extremely lonely in the rain.Looking along the long shadow, the man was standing under the not-so-wide eaves, wearing a dark windbreaker coat with a darker hem, obviously blown by a lot of rain.

He froze in place, barely grasping the handle of the umbrella.The umbrella was blown a little by the wind, and at the moment of shaking, Qiao Nanqi walked into the rain curtain, crossed the path, walked up to him in a few steps, and held the umbrella handle for him.

A tall figure covered him, and the moment this person held the handle of the umbrella, his hand was wrapped under his palm, bringing a slightly warm touch.

Zhao Rong hurriedly pulled back the handle of the umbrella, and took a step back after a while.

Qiao Nanqi was half in the rain, but he didn't move.

He just lowered his eyes slightly to stare at Zhao Rong under the umbrella, his eyes reflected Zhao Rong's figure and the street lights beside him, like a bottomless dark galaxy.

Zhao Rong's drowsiness was slightly dispelled, and he was uncomfortable being looked at like this: "You...why are you here?"

As he spoke, his eyes glanced at the water stains on the hem of this man's clothes and trouser legs.At this moment, there is only a drizzle, which is not enough to drench people like this - Qiao Nanqi has obviously been here for a long time.This was not something Qiao Nanqi would do in his impression, and he didn't want to delve into the reasons for it. He just felt that Qiao Nanqi's stopping him at his door was a bit out of bounds.

"If there's anything else, it's better for us to meet at the company," he said indifferently, and even added a little force in his tone, "This is in front of my house, so it's not suitable for talking about business matters—we probably have nothing private to talk about."

"...I'll find you in your office tomorrow."

After Zhao Rong finished speaking, she looked away and walked around Qiao Nanqi holding an umbrella.

Qiao Nanqi saw that Zhao Rong's eyes fell on him only when he first saw him from the beginning to the end, and then he didn't look at him again, and even walked around him very quickly at this moment.Qiao Nanqi kept watching.

Before that, Zhao Rong's gaze had been on him all the time.

Now I don't know where the rain falls on this drizzle.

But Qiao Nanqi kept looking at Zhao Rong.

He watched Zhao Rong get out of the car, watched the slender figure of the young man slowly approaching under the warm yellow light and the fine rain curtain, and frowned after seeing Zhao Rong's surprised expression.Zhao Rong always couldn't hide his emotions, only this frown made Qiao Nanqi see that Zhao Rong didn't want to see him.

This time, it was he who took the initiative to see Zhao Rong.

Although Qiao Nanqi and Zhao Rong were both at the company these few days, they hadn't seen each other again.

After he finished the phone call with Zhao Rong, he found out the address that Zhao Rong had sent him from the news a long time ago, and rushed over without changing his coat.Knowing that Zhao Rong was not at home, he called Zhao Rong, but there was no answer.

While waiting at the door for Zhao Rong to come back, it was still raining heavily outside, and the rain was blowing in with the slanting wind, and the damp wind came in through the neckline, cooling to the bones.

Qiao Nanqi still stretched out his hand, and his palm felt cold from the rain.

It was only at that moment that he suddenly remembered that in the past ten springs and autumns, Zhao Rong had also stood under the eaves, waiting for him in the scorching heat or heavy snow.He has never really taken it seriously, and he has never waited for someone.

But it wasn't until he counted the minutes and couldn't help but look around every few minutes that he realized how hard it was to wait unilaterally.Just not knowing when the waiting person will show up is enough to wear down the patience of the waiting person.

Standing here waiting, Qiao Nanqi remembered the time when Zhao Rong had just moved into his house.

He didn't plan to go out that day, but he went to find Lu Xingping temporarily that day, and saw Zhao Rong when he and Lu Xingping went back to his house, and then remembered that Zhao Rong was going to move into his house.Zhao Rong didn't know when she came here, her cheeks were already stiff from the cold, the coat on her body was covered with snow, and the gaps in the suitcase were also filled with snow.Zhao Rong fell ill the next day, but Qiao Nanqi didn't know how sick he was, because he hadn't asked.

He always felt that no matter what happened, as long as he didn't give up on Zhao Rong, Zhao Rong would stay by his side silently.

So he never paid attention to other things, and never cared about those minutiae.

Looking back at this moment, Qiao Nanqi felt like a blunt stone rolled down from his heart, and he couldn't tell what it was like.

This feeling can't be explained, but it can't be dispelled.

Qiao Nanqi could have taken an umbrella from the car and propped it up instead of standing under the narrow eaves that couldn't cover much wind and rain.But he just wanted to let the wind and rain blow, to blow away this unpleasant feeling.

After waiting like this for several hours, Zhao Rong finally arrived.

But Zhao Rong didn't seem to expect to see him at all.

As Qiao Nanqi's thoughts flashed, Zhao Rong walked around him and walked to the door, pressing his fingers on the sensor of the door lock.

He turned around and chased after him, raised his hand, and immediately grabbed Zhao Rong's hand that was about to turn the doorknob, his Adam's apple rolled slightly, and said, "I'll take you home."

The young man paused, then turned to look at him, his eyes flashed with a trace of bewilderment.

In the moment of silence, they looked at each other.

Afterwards, Zhao Rong actually laughed.

His peach-blossom eyes, which were born with a bit of a smile, were slightly curved, but his gentle brows revealed a helplessness that could not laugh or cry.That's not really a smile.

His voice was very soft, as if blown into the wind and melted into the rain.

"Qiao Nanqi, don't be like this," he paused, then continued, "If you really feel bad about face, or because I didn't thank you for applying to leave with you, it makes you feel unhappy, I will tell Xia Yuantu and the others . . . you dumped me—I told you that."

"Let me go home with you, and you will kick me out..."

"It's really unnecessary."