Chapter 12#

Lu Muchi stopped moving, his whole body stiff.

Yan Heqing’s few light words had an effect comparable to an atomic bomb, blasting his mind into nothingness.

Yan Heqing found him!

He found Lin Fengzhi!

How did he find Lin Fengzhi?

Lu Muchi was dumbfounded, his lips moved several times, but he couldn’t utter a single syllable.

Lu Muchi’s reaction was similar to what Yan Heqing had guessed. In the original text, Lu Muchi imprisoned him for a year just to prevent him from recognizing Lin Fengzhi.

Yan Heqing reached out, tapped Lu Muchi’s right shoulder with his index finger, and pushed gently. Lu Muchi took a few steps back.

Then, Yan Heqing turned on the light.

With the sudden brightness, Lu Muchi instinctively closed his eyes. When he opened them, he saw Yan Heqing looking at him.

“Have you heard this name?” Yan Heqing said word by word. “He seems to study at T University.”

“I’ll go find him tomorrow.”

Every word of Yan Heqing made Lu Muchi’s brain buzz. His face turned pale, and he couldn’t refute a single word.

Escape.

Lu Muchi’s first reaction was to flee. He had never been so embarrassed. He pushed Yan Heqing away, opened the door, and fled in panic.

The hurried footsteps woke up the sensor lights, lighting up one floor after another, then dimming one after another.

Yan Heqing took out the broom and dustpan again and carefully swept the doorway clean.

Then he closed the door calmly.

After dumping the cigarette butts into the trash can, he took off his coat and walked into the bathroom.

In the small mirror, there were two fresh bruises on his neck.

Turning on the faucet, it took some time for the hot water to come from the kitchen. It was still freezing cold now, but Yan Heqing didn’t care. He lowered his head, took a handful of water, and rubbed his neck repeatedly.

The water gradually became hot. Yan Heqing pulled down the towel, dried his face and neck, turned off the faucet, and looked up again.

The mirror was blurred by the steam, and his face couldn’t be seen clearly.

Yan Heqing extended his index finger and gently drew a checkmark on the misty surface.

Plan, success.

…

Lu Muchi sped all the way to an unmanned street, slammed on the brakes, and stopped in the middle of the road.

He had calmed down a lot now, but it was useless. Yan Heqing finding Lin Fengzhi was something he had never thought of.

As early as the day he discovered the relationship between Yan Heqing and Lin Fengzhi, he had greeted the orphanage. No matter who it was, they were not allowed to check the adoption records of that year.

Could it be that they met by chance and Yan Heqing recognized Lin Fengzhi?

Their facial features were indeed similar.

Tomorrow—

Lu Muchi frowned uglily. Tomorrow Yan Heqing would go to find Lin Fengzhi.

Once they recognized each other, he…

Bang.

Lu Muchi smashed the steering wheel heavily.

It was temporarily inconvenient for him to see Yan Heqing again!

Lu Muchi felt a sense of annoyance that he didn’t even understand.

After finishing the housework, Yan Heqing routinely studied the biology courses in advance.

At 11 o’clock, he drank a cup of hot milk and went to bed.

Yan Heqing’s sleep had always been poor. In the past, at the Yan family, Yan Feng often wet the bed at night, and it was still the same now. He was often woken up to change and wash the sheets.

When Yan Heqing was still young, he didn’t dare to fall asleep.

Once he slept too deeply and didn’t hear Yan Feng crying in the middle of the night. He was dragged out of the quilt by Yan Shengbing and beaten severely.

“Are your ears just for decoration? Can’t even hear your brother crying! Don’t want them then!” Yan Shengbing slapped Yan Heqing’s ears.

Buzzing, and a bit sticky, Yan Heqing couldn’t hear anything clearly.

After that time, Yan Heqing’s ears were blurry for a month, unable to hear sounds clearly.

The fear of hearing loss caused Yan Heqing to be afraid to sleep during that time, and his eyes often had two large dark circles.

After moving out, Yan Heqing’s sleep quality gradually improved. Although he occasionally had insomnia, most of the time he could sleep until dawn.

This night, Yan Heqing slept particularly well. When he opened his eyes, spots of sunlight shone in from outside the window. The sun was actually out.

This was the first time since the beginning of winter.

Yan Heqing got up and weighed himself first, 109. He had gained some weight during this period, 7 pounds.

Still terribly thin.

He cooked a large bowl of noodles for breakfast, and Yan Heqing specially added two poached eggs.

Forcing himself to finish eating, Yan Heqing packed the garbage and carried it downstairs.

Throwing the garbage into the trash can, Yan Heqing walked to the guard room to pick up the vase and succulents.

Thanking the guard, Yan Heqing carried the things home, moved the revived winter sweets into the vase, and placed it on the coffee table.

A few pots of succulents were placed on the small windowsill in the kitchen so that he could see a few touches of green when cooking.

After doing these, it was study time again.

Seeing that it was almost one o’clock, he went into the kitchen and made a simple meal with one meat and one vegetable dish.

After lunch, he cleaned up the kitchen and went out at two o’clock sharp.

Lin Fengzhi had three classes on Wednesday afternoon, ending at 5:10.

The Photography Department of T University had a separate building. Yan Heqing didn’t go in but waited quietly at the entrance and exit of the teaching building.

Students went in and out from time to time. Yan Heqing had a straight posture and outstanding temperament, causing students to look sideways occasionally.

A boy holding a football ran over, glanced at Yan Heqing two or three times, and tentatively called out, “Fengzhi?”

Yan Heqing didn’t react. The boy scratched his head in confusion, muttered, and entered the teaching building.

Going up to the third floor, the boy bumped into Lin Fengzhi. He stepped forward excitedly, “Fengzhi! I just met…”

Lin Fengzhi was absent-minded, and the usual bright smile was gone from his face. He didn’t notice the boy at all and walked straight past him.

The boy stopped in confusion, his face full of puzzlement. What happened today?

First, he met someone who looked very much like Lin Fengzhi, and then the always energetic Lin Fengzhi looked dejected as if he had lost millions…

The boy wore a jacket on his upper body, but still wore shorts on his lower body. The wind blew and he shivered from the cold. He shook his hair and stopped thinking about it, running towards the classroom holding the football.

Lin Fengzhi’s mind was full of Lu Lin not remembering him.

Clearly, he had been to the Lu family several times…

At Grandpa Lu’s birthday banquet that time, he ran too fast and fell, and Lu Lin even helped him up…

How could he not remember him?

Was it because he was 15 at that time, and now his features had changed? Or—

Lu Lin had someone he liked?

Ah!

So annoying!

Thinking that Lu Lin might like someone else, Lin Fengzhi was depressed and uncomfortable. There were some small stones on the road, and he kicked one flying heavily.

“Brother.”

Suddenly, a clean and clear male voice, like the first snow falling in early winter, three parts cool, seven parts gentle.

His two brothers didn’t have such nice voices.

Lin Fengzhi was distracted for a moment and continued walking forward.

This time, it was his name.

“Lin Fengzhi.”

Lin Fengzhi’s steps gradually stopped. He looked back in confusion, his black pupils instantly dilating.

A few steps away from him, under the plum blossom tree that seemed about to bloom but hadn’t yet, stood a young man smiling at him.

A classic pure black coat, a dark red woolen scarf, a very small face, very white skin, slightly long bangs, couldn’t hide his beautiful and spiritual fox eyes.

Lin Fengzhi was dumbfounded.

This person… looked so familiar…

Yan Heqing walked towards Lin Fengzhi. The distance of a few steps was not far. He stopped in front of Lin Fengzhi, a few centimeters taller than him.

This time, he finally saw himself in Lin Fengzhi’s pupils.

The corners of Yan Heqing’s lips raised slightly, his eyes curving slightly with a smile, and then he reached out his hand. “Hello, I am your brother, Yan Heqing.”

There was a dessert shop at the gate of T University.

Yan Heqing ordered a strawberry bomb and a cup of hot cocoa for Lin Fengzhi.

“You liked strawberries and chocolate the most when you were a child.” Yan Heqing pushed the strawberry bomb in front of Lin Fengzhi. “Do you still like them now?”

Lin Fengzhi’s heart beat fast. It wasn’t completely dark yet, but the lights in the shop were already on.

The orange light fell on the eyebrows and eyes opposite. Lin Fengzhi remembered.

Why he looked familiar was because he looked very much like him. Only the eye color was slightly different; his was light brown, and the person opposite had an even lighter brown.

And… his face had a bit more flesh than the other person.

Lin Fengzhi looked down. The strawberries on the cake were large and red, exuding a creamy strawberry scent. The hot cocoa was steaming, also smelling sweet.

Indeed, they were his two favorite foods.

But how could it be…

Lin Fengzhi found it difficult to speak. “I don’t understand what you mean. My surname is Lin, and I have two biological brothers…”

Yan Heqing ordered a Black Forest for himself. With a silver spoon, he dug out a lump of rich chocolate cream. He spoke unhurriedly, “Lin is your surname after adoption. Before the age of 5, your name was Yan Mingsong.”

Lin Fengzhi clenched his fists. “I don’t believe it.” His nose felt sour. “I am a child of the Lin family. My parents and brothers never said I was an adopted child.”

He was suddenly very angry and glared at Yan Heqing indignantly. “Do you have evidence? If not, please don’t talk nonsense!”

He was acting unreasonably like a child at this moment, faintly knowing in his heart that this was possible.

He had joked before, asking his parents why he didn’t look like them or his two brothers, and if they had picked him up from somewhere.

And the person in front of him looked very, very much like him, and… when he heard the name Yan Mingsong, he felt an inexplicable palpitation.

All kinds of signs…

Lin Fengzhi refused to think further. No, he couldn’t be someone else. Mom, Dad, and brothers, everyone loved him so much. How could they not be a family? He was just a child of the Lin family!

A few sighs flashed across Yan Heqing’s eyes. He put down the spoon and actually stood up. “Sorry to disturb you, I was abrupt. Sorry, finish eating before you leave, and then forget what I said. I won’t appear again.”

Yan Heqing really left.

In the wind brought up by the corner of his clothes, there was a faint scent of plum blossoms. Lin Fengzhi’s hands trembled, and he closed his eyes.

Go.

He was a child of the Lin family, not some Yan Mingsong, and only had two brothers, one named Lin Fengxian and one named Lin Fengyi, not some Yan Heqing!

By his ear was the sound of wind chimes.

It was the decoration on the door of the dessert shop, making a pleasant ringing sound whenever the door opened or closed.

Yan Heqing, left.

Lin Fengzhi’s heart beat even harder, thumping like a machine gun.

He took several deep breaths, but finally opened his eyes, got up, and chased after him.

The sky was almost completely dark, and the street lights on both sides were on. Fine snowflakes fell from the sky, floating lightly in the light and shadow.

Yan Heqing walked slowly. The hurried footsteps behind him caught up, and then circled in front of him.

Lin Fengzhi stopped him, took out his phone from his pocket, and handed it over. “Let’s exchange contact information.”