Fengqi Nancheng

Two years later.

"dong dong dong dong dong-"

A series of irregular knocks on the door forced Lin Heng to look up from the mountain of documents.He rubbed his eyebrows: "Come in."

As soon as the voice fell, a head popped out of the door.Ah Che was lying on the door with a smile, and looked at Lin Heng who was working: "Little brother, shall we go out for dinner tonight?"

Lin Heng put down his pen, glanced at the time, and then raised his eyelids to glance at Ah Che who was in high spirits: "It's barbecue again?"

A Che's eyes were bright, and he nodded his head like pounding garlic.

Lin Heng sighed: "Okay. You go outside and wait a while, I will come out right away."

"Okay!" Ache went out happily.

Lin Heng looked at the documents in front of him that he seemed to never finish reading, sighed again, and used the phone on the desk to dial the number of the internal assistant: "Judy, help me tidy up the contract, the meeting tomorrow morning will be postponed to the afternoon, I'm leaving first. You get off work when the time comes."

The assistant's steady voice came from the phone: "Okay, Mr. Lin."

Lin Heng put the important documents in the cabinet first and locked it, put on his coat, looked around again, made sure that he had brought everything he should bring, then straightened his collar, opened the door and went out.

Ah Che was lying on the sofa outside the door and teasing the goldfish in the fish tank. When he saw Lin Heng coming out, he immediately stood up with a smile: "I called Gu Gu, let's eat at another restaurant this time, the restaurant last time The vegetables here are not very fresh, I found this one online, and there is a discount for group buying."

Lin Heng: "...you are quite researched."

"Yeah, yeah." Ah Che dragged Lin Heng to the elevator: "I find it's nice to be a human being. I missed a lot of delicious food when I was a devil! Every time I see you eating, I feel very envious, so now I must make up for what I didn't eat before!" As he spoke, he clenched his fists hard and made a gesture of victory.

Lin Heng was silent.

Two years ago, Ah Che blocked a fatal blow for Nan Yucheng, and then disappeared in the ruins together with Nan Yucheng.

A month later, Ah Che appeared in the Nan family's old house alone, and happened to run into Lin Heng who was looking for Nanyu City at that time.Ah Che has no memory of what happened after the injury. After he returned, Lin Heng was surprised to find that Ah Che was no longer a spirit body condensed by resentment like a devil, but a real human boy.Although Ah Che can still change naturally between the doll and human forms, but in other respects he is completely no different from ordinary people.

Ah Che's return surprised and delighted Lin Heng.At the same time, because of Ah Che's appearance, Lin Heng also expressed great expectations for Nan Yucheng's return.With this expectation, Lin Heng lived in Nan's old house for nearly three months, but until he finally left Nan's house, he still hadn't received any news about Nanyu City.

Nan Yucheng seemed to have completely disappeared.

Lin Heng tried to find his trace through various means, but in the end he returned without success.He didn't know where Nan Yucheng was, or even if he was still alive.After such a long time, without any news, Lin Heng gradually became desperate.

He returned to his home and began to slowly readjust to his life.After leaving Nanyu City, life in the police station became difficult for Lin Heng.In addition, Lin Zecheng's health was getting worse day by day, and the Lin family's huge property was left unattended. Under Lin Zecheng's repeated requests, Lin Heng finally quit his job in the police station and took over the Lin family.

After experiencing those things, Lin Heng has changed a lot from the young man who just graduated from university.Especially after Nan Yucheng left, Lin Heng's character changed greatly.He became not talkative, and there was always a kind of depressive and deep pain in his eyes. He did not participate in parties, did not communicate with friends, and was immersed in work all day long. He was often so busy that he forgot to eat. a whole night.

He didn't grieve or cry, he quietly accepted the fact that Nan Yucheng might never come back, and buried all his emotions deep in his heart.He has become mature and rational, and he no longer fusses like he used to. It is difficult to get around when he encounters setbacks. He is decisive and sharp in his work, and manages the company in an orderly manner. At the same time, everyone around Realized that Lin Heng... seemed to be completely deserted.

His heart is like a wasteland full of weeds, empty and endless - he locked himself in the world without Nanyu City.

This kind of life lasted for a whole year. The people around him persuaded him many times, but Lin Heng responded lightly every time, and turned around and continued to do his own thing. Later, Lin Heng's body was the first to be unable to bear it. Stay, have a serious illness.

Hearing the news of Lin Heng's illness, Ah Che, who was sent abroad by Gu Qiyuan for a long-term examination, rushed back quickly.

After learning about Lin Heng's situation, Ah Che began to go to Lin Heng's company frequently - his purpose was very simple, to find ways to make Lin Heng happy.Lin Heng didn't like to go out, so Ah Che kept pestering Lin Heng until Lin Heng had no choice but to follow him; Lin Heng didn't eat on time, Ah Che didn't force him, and every day he made excuses for himself. Greedy, he took Lin Heng all over the city looking for delicious food... Ah Che has a cheerful personality, and after becoming a human, he has endless curiosity about the world around him-I have to say that his company really made Lin Heng feel better many.

Lin Heng was deep in thought, not noticing that the two of them had already arrived at the restaurant that Ah Che had reserved.

A Che parked the car, stretched out his hand and waved in front of Lin Heng who was in a daze: "Little brother, are you sleepy?"

"Just now I was thinking about things in the company." Lin Heng lowered his eyes in a concealed manner, rubbed the bridge of his nose: "Let's go."

But Ah Che refused to let him go, leaned in front of him and said with a smile: "Don't lie to me. My driving skills are very good, right? There is no bump at all, right! I just saw that you were so comfortable that you almost fell asleep."

Since Ah Che got his driver's license last month, he can't help showing off his driving skills on various occasions.

Lin Heng: "..."

How on earth did he see the word "comfortable" from his face?

No, how can he bump on this smooth road?

Despite numerous slanders, Lin Heng chose rationally and did not argue with Ah Che, but just smiled and opened the car door: "Let's go, Qi Yuan should be waiting for us."

Ah Che was a little dissatisfied with Lin Heng's perfunctory, but when he thought of the delicious barbecue waiting for him, he immediately felt less depressed.

Happily locked the car, entered the restaurant and soon found Gu Qiyuan in the private room.

To be honest, the two terms "barbecue" and "Gu Qiyuan" don't match up no matter from which angle.But helplessly, Ah Che just likes this rather "vulgar" food.The more ordinary and bad street, the more he likes it.If Ah Che was really asked to go to a high-end French restaurant, he would be annoyed by the rules and regulations so that he would leave the table and leave within five minutes.

So when Lin Heng and Ah Che walked in, they saw Gu Qiyuan sitting at the dining table, fiddled with the... barbecue in front of him.

Lin Heng closed his eyes, feeling a little complicated.

Ah Che ran over heartlessly: "Gu Gu, you've finished everything? You're so virtuous!" After speaking, he naturally leaned over to rub against Gu Qiyuan's side, seeing Gu Qiyuan's expressionless face, He dared to poke him on the cheek again.

Uh... so soft.

Seeing Gu Qiyuan's cold eyes, Ah Che consciously withdrew his fingers.

"How are you doing recently?" Gu Qiyuan ignored Ah Che, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Lin Heng: "I heard that your company is planning to launch a new product?"

"Still in the preparation stage." Lin Heng rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.During this period of time, he has not had a good rest for a month in a row in order to be busy with this matter.Although I came to have dinner with Ah Che today, I still wanted to take the opportunity to relax myself—it was so exhausting that even Lin Heng, who had been used to high-intensity work in the past two years, felt a little unbearable.

"Your body is important." Gu Qiyuan poured another glass of juice for Ah Che, seeing Ah Che desperately stuffing meat into his mouth while the two were chatting, his mind was stuck for a while, and he almost forgot what he wanted to say.

He put some vegetables into Ah Che's bowl, then gave Ah Che another look, warning him not to eat meat all the time.Then he turned his head and continued to Lin Heng: "I received a message a few days ago that it was said that someone in the coastal area had seen Nanyu City. Although I am not sure if it is the person I saw, but I have asked someone to confirm it Well, there will be news in about two days."

Lin Heng's hand under the table trembled and slowly clenched into a fist: "...Really."

"Yeah." Seeing Lin Heng's desperately trying to hide his expression, Gu Qiyuan sighed in his heart, and said softly: "But don't expect too much, there have been a lot of such false news in the past two years. I just heard If there is any movement, let someone go and see. You..."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Heng nodded clearly: "I know. I didn't expect anything." After a pause, he added: "Thank you, Qi Yuan."

In the past two years, Lin Heng and Gu Qiyuan didn't meet much.Because of Gu Yi's affairs, and what Lin Heng learned later about the Gu family's history for many years, Lin Heng developed an almost instinctive dislike for the Gu family.

Although Gu Qiyuan has been Lin Heng's playmate since he was a child, and they have a deep relationship with each other, but whenever Lin Heng faces Gu Qiyuan, he will always unconsciously think of the family behind him, and the love that Gu Yi once had. do those things.Lin Heng clearly knew that Gu Qiyuan was thinking of himself from the beginning to the end of this matter, and everything he did and planned was also for his own sake—but even so, Lin Heng was still unwilling to see him.

Gu Qiyuan has a keen mind, and Lin Heng's changes naturally cannot escape his eyes.After knowing Lin Heng's thoughts, although Gu Qiyuan felt lost, he still chose to respect Lin Heng and fade out of Lin Heng's life - his feelings for Lin Heng have not been completely wiped out.But it must be admitted that Gu Qiyuan's attitude towards feelings is much more mature than the stubbornness that he had to get in the past.

After knowing everything Nanyucheng had done and the initial entanglement between Lin Heng and Nanyucheng, Gu Qiyuan knew that he had lost this relationship to Nanyucheng as early as a thousand years ago—no His feelings are not deep enough, and it is not that he is not good enough to Lin Heng, but that he has been late for too long - the entanglement between Lin Heng and Nan Yucheng is a world that a later person like him can't get involved in. While realizing this, he also clearly knew that there would never be any possibility between himself and Lin Heng.

Even if Nan Yucheng never came back, Lin Heng would not accept him.

After figuring this out, although Gu Qiyuan was in pain, he gradually accepted this fact.After a long time, those who once thought it was impossible to overcome the hurdle, and those who could not let go, unexpectedly slowly crossed and let go.

Up to now, although Gu Qiyuan still has affection for Lin Heng, it is no longer the same as before.In contrast, the relationship between the two is now more like pure friends than before.

Hearing Lin Heng's thanks, Gu Qiyuan gave a rare smile: "Growing up so much, I have heard you thank me several times for this matter. Don't worry, I will tell you as soon as I have news. you."