Chapter 131#

Lu Lin walked slowly.

He observed the environment. The building was old, and the stairs were narrow and steep. It was difficult for adults, let alone a five-year-old child.

Reaching the top floor, the evening glow was bright, but the light was tightly blocked by the rusty protective net. The dark passage was filled with the smell of abandonment.

Lu Lin walked to the left and stopped in front of the second door.

The door, whose color was indistinguishable, was closed. Lu Lin raised his hand and knocked on the door.

Thump.

The sudden sound seemed like an auditory hallucination. Lin Fengzhi hugged his knees and shrank in the corner, slowly raising his head.

He was wearing a pair of temporarily fitted myopia glasses, but they were useless now.

He could hardly see clearly.

It must be an auditory hallucination, right?

Who would come to this place that was about to be demolished?

Lin Fengzhi thought so, but his heart beat faster with expectation.

This storage room…

Only Yan Heqing knew.

13 years ago, Yan Heqing hid here.

A light of expectation burst out from Lin Fengzhi’s dried-up pupils.

He was tortured by the fire day and night. He really wanted to hear Yan Heqing tell him that he forgave him, that it was an accident.

Thump thump.

Two more light knocks completely lit up Lin Fengzhi’s pupils. He supported himself against the wall to get up, but because he had been sitting for too long, his legs were numb. As soon as he stood straight, he cramped and couldn’t move. He looked anxiously at the door, and the door opened first.

The room was dim, with only fragmented light shining in.

The door opened. Although Lin Fengzhi was almost blind, he recognized him at a glance.

Lu Lin!

Lin Fengzhi was dumbfounded. His brain was exploding like popcorn, crackling non-stop, unable to react. The person he once wanted to see the most was now the person he least wanted to see.

He was afraid that Lu Lin would see his current wretched appearance.

The moment Lu Lin came in, Lin Fengzhi forced himself to squat down. He turned sideways and pressed tightly against the wall, covering his face with both hands.

Lu Lin only saw a blurry shadow. Confirming that Lin Fengzhi was still there, Lu Lin stopped. He looked around this storage room where Yan Heqing had stayed for a day and a night again.

More than ten years had passed, and it was no longer what it looked like back then, but one could still get a glimpse.

Lu Lin frowned.

How terrified must the 5-year-old Yan Heqing have been staying here alone at night.

Lu Lin didn’t make a sound. Lin Fengzhi peeked quietly, but he really couldn’t see clearly. He could only rely on feeling to determine that Lu Lin was two or three meters in front of him.

Lin Fengzhi’s heartbeat gradually amplified.

Lu Lin was looking at him.

This realization made his face burn rapidly. He finally spoke in a low voice, “Lu—”

“Uncle” stuck in his throat. He saw the wedding ring on Lu Lin’s hand.

It was clearly so dark, and he clearly couldn’t see anything, but that gleam of light dazzled him so much that he couldn’t help but recognize it.

Lu Lin and Yan Heqing were getting married.

The light in Lin Fengzhi’s eyes went out. He lowered his eyes and stared at the ground. “Did Yan Heqing ask you to come find me?”

Only then did Lu Lin look at Lin Fengzhi, his voice very deep. “I have a question for you.”

Lin Fengzhi let out a hoarse laugh from his throat. “It’s about Yan Heqing again.”

His body was numb. “Ask. As long as you want to know, as long as I know.”

“Was the Yan family fire 13 years ago related to you?”

Lin Fengzhi’s heart was stabbed fiercely. Even his breathing hurt. The first person to ask him was actually Lu Lin…

He subconsciously wanted to deny it.

The words came to his mouth, swallowed several times, but he still admitted it. “Yes.” The grievance he had suppressed in his heart during this time erupted instantly. “I set it! I set it on purpose! I’m just that bad. Are you going to seek justice for Yan Heqing?”

He whimpered and cried, burying his face in his knees, crying loudly. “Anyway, no one loves me, no one cares about me anymore, and you will never fall in love with me. I…”

Lin Fengzhi looked up crying. In his blurred vision, it was empty.

He looked towards the door in fear, seeing nothing clearly, only hearing the fading footsteps.

Really, he just came to ask him one question.

*

Seeing Lu Lin come out, the driver quickly got out of the car to open the rear door. Lu Lin stopped him. “Report my itinerary to Lu Han immediately.”

The driver swallowed. “How to report?”

Lu Lin’s expression remained unchanged. “Report truthfully.”

Although he didn’t know the reason, the driver was somewhat relieved. Although Lu Han wasn’t the head of the family, pinching a small character like him was no different from pinching an ant. He was worried about offending both sides just now.

The driver nodded repeatedly in gratitude, taking out his phone to send a message. “Yes, yes, I’ll send it right away.”

Lu Lin got into the driver’s seat. “Go process your resignation tomorrow.”

He drove away by himself.

The driver stood there, sighing.

At the same time, Lu Han received the news and ran quickly to the ward.

Lu Changcheng couldn’t bear to give Lu Muchi another sedative injection. He let two caregivers hold down the frantic Lu Muchi to prevent him from hitting his head. Lu Changcheng’s eyes were red from watching. Lu Han’s nose also soured. After calming down for a while, he went over and whispered to Lu Changcheng, “Ah Lin went to Rainbow Bridge Welfare Institute to see Lin Fengzhi.”

Lu Changcheng’s eyeballs changed from red with heartache to red with resentment. He asked, “Is he still there?”

He was asking about Lin Fengzhi. Lu Han nodded. Hearing Lu Muchi’s pain beside him, Lu Changcheng’s face was gloomy. “Send someone there immediately, must catch him!”

On the other side, Lu Lin left the welfare institute. He checked the time. There were still more than forty minutes left before the one hour he told Yan Heqing. If he drove faster, he could arrive in half an hour. So he took a detour to a flower shop.

Lu Lin looked like a big customer at first glance. The flower shop owner personally welcomed him. “What do you need?”

Lu Lin walked to the roses. He rarely bought flowers personally. After choosing for a while, he asked for a bouquet of white roses.

Holding a large bouquet of white roses out of the flower shop, Lu Lin put the flowers in the passenger seat first before returning to the driver’s seat to go home.

Arriving home, it was near dusk, with only faint light. The garden wasn’t that bright, and the street lamps weren’t turned on. Lu Lin walked into the yard from the small door and saw Yan Heqing playing fetch with the two dogs.

Yan Heqing noticed Lu Lin was back. He threw the colorful ball, and it rolled to Lu Lin’s feet. The two dogs scrambled to chase it.

Yan Heqing stood up and saw Lu Lin walking towards him holding a bouquet of flowers. Only when he got closer did he see they were white roses. He was somewhat surprised. “For me?”

They had been dating for so long and even registered, but this seemed to be the first time Lu Lin gave him roses.

Lu Lin handed them over, a smile on his lips. “Will you accept them?”

“Accept.” Yan Heqing took the flowers, lowered his head and leaned close to sniff them.

Unexpectedly, Lu Lin also leaned close and commented, “Not as fragrant as plum blossoms.”

Their faces were extremely close. Yan Heqing could clearly see the smile in Lu Lin’s eyes. It was self-evident who the plum blossom he referred to was. Yan Heqing’s eyes were clear. He suddenly looked around, didn’t see the old butler or the nanny. He leaned forward and kissed Lu Lin on the cheek. “Let’s eat.” He hugged the roses and went back to the house first.

Lu Lin was surprised by Yan Heqing’s action.

A few seconds later, he rubbed his Adam’s apple. Just as he was about to follow in, a call came.

The assistant received news that Lu Changcheng sent people to take Lin Fengzhi away.

“Taken to Young Mr. Lu’s mid-level villa.” The assistant paused for a second and said euphemistically, “Locked in a room with all windows sealed.”

Lu Changcheng’s meaning was clear: lock Lin Fengzhi in a dark room to miss the surgery time.

Wait until he goes blind before releasing him.

Lu Lin didn’t say anything, put away his phone, and went back to the room.

The old butler insisted on waiting for Lu Lin to come back for dinner. At the dinner table, he talked a lot about Lu Lin’s school days. Once he started recalling, his eyes were full of light, talking until 9 o’clock before he was willing to go back to his room to rest.

After the old butler returned to his room, Yan Heqing went to get the roses, planning to put them upstairs. There was a vase with dried flowers in the small living room, which could be temporarily replaced with fresh flowers for a few days. However, just as he picked up the flowers, Lu Lin pulled him upstairs, returned to the room, closed the door, and pressed Yan Heqing against the door to kiss.

Yan Heqing didn’t put down the flowers in his arms. Lu Lin pressed down, and petals fell rustlingly. Only when Yan Heqing was kissed until his breathing was rapid did Lu Lin let go of him, lightly pressing against his forehead, their breaths intertwining. “You sleep first, I’ll go to the study to deal with something.”

Yan Heqing nodded.

Lu Lin went to the study, and Yan Heqing also went to the small living room. He unpacked the bouquet, trimmed the flower branches, put the flowers in the vase, and then returned to the bedroom.

After completing the daily 15 minutes of standing against the wall and taking a shower, Lu Lin still hadn’t returned, so Yan Heqing went to bed first.

He guessed that the matter Lu Lin had to deal with was to wrap things up for him.

Lu Lin’s attitude this time was very firm, wanting him to return to a normal life.

Just like today.

Without considering anything, he rode a bicycle through the bustling streets to buy groceries. When he got home, two puppies were waiting for him, and then they waited for Lu Lin to come back together.

This was the life he once longed for but couldn’t reach.

Yan Heqing suddenly felt very light in his heart. Those heavy things pressing on him were finally collapsing rapidly.

No longer alone.

Really good.

Yan Heqing turned over. He looked at the pillow left for Lu Lin next to him, his eyelids drooped, and he fell into a dream before long.

…

In the study opposite, Lu Lin finished a proposal and sent it to Chu Ziyu.

“A thank-you gift for you.”

Chu Ziyu was playing games, biting a watermelon leisurely. He exited the game and opened the proposal, replying after a long time.

“What is this? Can’t understand.”

Lu Lin took the initiative to call him. “A proposal to short Cheng’s Corporation. Not a big company. I calculated it, it can earn you about 10 billion.”

Chu Ziyu almost choked on the watermelon pulp. He swallowed it with difficulty and said, “Why are you suddenly so good to me? What do you want?”

Lu Lin replied indifferently, “Didn’t I say, a thank-you gift.”

Chu Ziyu racked his brains to recall what favor worth 10 billion he had done for Lu Lin.

“No.” Chu Ziyu doubted. “When did I do a good deed? No impression!”

Lu Lin didn’t answer him directly. “Sleeping.”

Hung up the phone.

Chu Ziyu was full of doubts, but since Lu Lin said it could make money, it definitely could.

Chu Ziyu quickly sent the proposal to his brother.

Then he started thinking again, what great deed did he do to deserve 10 billion!

Finally, after eating another piece of watermelon, Chu Ziyu spat out the seeds and said incredulously, “Damn, he’s not thanking me for inviting him to Oxygen, is he!”

Back then at Oxygen Bar, he was amazed by the cocktail Yan Heqing mixed. Thinking that Lu Lin also liked cocktails, he invited him to the bar for a drink.

Chu Ziyu was convinced.

“Is it necessary, Old Boss Lu?” Chu Ziyu sent a voice message indignantly in the group. “Look at your smug look like an old house on fire. Is it amazing to have a wife!”

Lu Lin didn’t reply, whether he was asleep or couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to him.

Instead, Xie Yunjie replied in the early morning, “It is quite amazing.”

…

The next day, news suddenly broke online that Cheng Jian was arrested and taken to the police station.

The hashtag #Cheng’s Corporation hired murderer# also hung directly on the high-ranking hot search. With thousands of marketing accounts under the Chu family, the heat couldn’t be withdrawn at all.

As soon as the stock market opened, Cheng’s stock plummeted all the way. Retail investors scrambled to sell, and the Chu family acquired a large amount in Chu Ziyu’s name.

Shorting a listed company required a huge cash flow. The Chu family couldn’t come up with so much in a short time. Naturally, Lu Lin was behind it.

Lu Lin’s goal was simple: bring down Cheng Qingyi within a day and root out the problem.

He told Yan Heqing that if it were him, his methods would only be more ruthless.

Receiving Chu Ziyu’s message, Lu Lin put down his phone and turned to Yan Heqing who was reading a book.

“When will you finish reading? The tailor is arriving.”

Today they were going to order wedding suits.