Chapter 133#

In the city center apartment, movers were efficiently packing the things Lu Lin wanted to move to the Beijing University family area.

There wasn’t much else, just some books and daily necessities, mainly the flowers on the terrace.

Since he would be living in the family area permanently in the future, the flowers definitely had to be moved there to be taken care of.

The moving company packed everything and sent it downstairs. Lu Lin then went back to the house Yan Heqing rented with him.

Yan Heqing would go abroad to study in early August and return at the end of October. The lease was about to expire, and it was just right to move into the new home, so he simply moved out today.

Yan Heqing’s books had all been moved over, leaving only some odds and ends.

The most important thing was the radiator.

The house in the family area had floor heating and central air conditioning, but Yan Heqing still brought it along. Lu Lin noticed and his eyes darkened slightly. “Why bring it?”

Yan Heqing wasn’t sure who gave the radiator either.

But whether it was the year-end bonus from the coffee shop or a gift from Lu Lin, it was equally precious to him.

“This is a gift received during the coldest time.” Yan Heqing squatted down and dragged a cardboard box from under the bed. It was the original packaging, he hadn’t thrown it away. “I want to keep it.”

Lu Lin watched Yan Heqing patiently wipe the dust off the box. He also squatted down, looking at his long and thick eyelashes. He had many words to say, but when they reached his lips, they were reduced to one sentence, “Bring everything you want to bring.”

Actually, there wasn’t much else, only a rice cooker left, which was a prize redeemed with points when he went to the arcade with Chu Ziyu last time.

Yan Heqing packed the radiator. He packed the remaining odds and ends into two cardboard boxes. He would put them next to the trash can later, so anyone who needed them could take them.

After cleaning up, Yan Heqing took a few photos and posted a sublease notice on the school forum.

There were still more than three months left on the lease, and the rent was close to 5000, so he listed it for 4000 for three months.

After posting, Yan Heqing put away his phone and looked up to find Lu Lin looking at him. He smiled. “What’s wrong?”

Lu Lin chuckled and rubbed the top of his head. “Nothing, leaving now?”

Yan Heqing nodded. “Okay.”

He carried two boxes of old items, and Lu Lin carried the rice cooker and radiator. They closed the door and went downstairs.

The two chatted about the design of the invitation while walking. Just out of the unit building, Lu Lin looked diagonally ahead first, his eyes turning cold.

Yan Heqing followed his gaze strangely and saw a somewhat unfamiliar young man holding a bouquet of flowers staring at them blankly.

Yan Heqing thought for a few seconds and had an impression.

Feng Zhixian.

Feng Zhixian’s appearance surprised Yan Heqing. Feng Zhixian was even more surprised to see him coming out of the building with Lu Lin.

Feng Zhixian had met Lu Lin once at Oxygen Bar and knew Lu Lin’s identity.

It was hard to connect him with the man in front of him carrying a rice cooker in his left hand and a cardboard box in his right.

Is Yan Heqing dating Lu Lin now?

Feng Zhixian’s mood was incredibly complicated for a moment. He liked Yan Heqing, and still liked him now.

On New Year’s Eve, he even anonymously sent a blessing text message to Yan Heqing, but Yan Heqing didn’t reply.

After enduring for a few months, Feng Zhixian couldn’t help but come to find Yan Heqing. What if they broke up?

Unfortunately, he didn’t meet Yan Heqing after coming several times.

Today he bought a bouquet of flowers to try his luck again.

This time he did meet him, but it would have been better not to.

Lu Lin was even more unprovokable than the rich young master last time… and he was even less comparable to Lu Lin.

Feng Zhixian was completely disheartened. Under Lu Lin’s increasingly cold gaze, he didn’t even have the courage to say goodbye to Yan Heqing. Hugging the flowers tightly, he turned and walked away quickly like a passerby.

Lu Lin withdrew his gaze and said to Yan Heqing as if nothing had happened, “Let’s go.”

Yan Heqing didn’t know if Lu Lin had any impression of Feng Zhixian, but he still took the initiative to say, “His name is Feng Zhixian, a regular at Oxygen Bar.”

Lu Lin smiled. “No need to explain, the past is not important.”

Yan Heqing felt that there was a hidden meaning in Lu Lin’s words, but he couldn’t figure it out for a moment, so he didn’t say anything more. He put down the cardboard boxes at the trash can and got in the car to go to the family area.

They arrived for a while before the moving company arrived.

After moving everything, Lu Lin and Yan Heqing were arranging flower pots on the balcony when Chu Ziyu called. “Heqing, are you with Old Boss Lu?”

Since having Yan Heqing’s number, Chu Ziyu always contacted Yan Heqing first when looking for someone.

Chu Ziyu had a loud voice, and Lu Lin heard it too, answering him directly, “What is it.”

“Hehe.” Chu Ziyu laughed a few times. “Didn’t I make money? It’s all thanks to Boss Lu’s generosity. I should express my gratitude somehow. Come, come, come out quickly. Whatever you want to eat or play, I’ll pay!”

Lu Lin really thought of a place. “Skip the meal, Oxygen at nine tonight.”

“Eh, are you guys having a bachelor party too?” Chu Ziyu felt something was wrong after saying it. “Wait, what bachelor party are you two having together?”

Xie Yunjie was right next to Chu Ziyu. Hearing that Lu Lin wanted to go to Oxygen, his brain turned fast and he understood quickly. He shouted at the phone, “It’s a deal, see you at nine!” and hung up directly.

Chu Ziyu complained, “I haven’t asked clearly yet, why did you hang up!”

Xie Yunjie shook his head in disgust. “You being dumped 100 times is really not unjust at all.”

“Don’t make personal attacks, and don’t report false data.” Chu Ziyu corrected him. “From elementary school to now, a total of 99 times.”

Xie Yunjie was too lazy to argue with him. “Hungry, find a place to fill our stomachs quickly. Don’t think about saving money on this meal.”

“Who wants to save money, brother has money.” Chu Ziyu opened the car door to get in, but felt uncomfortable in his heart. He turned back and asked, “You are smart, tell me why Ah Lin wants to go to Oxygen? To save me money?”

Xie Yunjie was convinced by him. “I’m really happy for your dad. Without your brother, the Chu family would have suffered a great disaster. Don’t you think about where Ah Lin and Heqing met.”

Chu Ziyu thought for a while, and after a long time spat out a “Damn”.

…

On the other side, Lu Lin and Yan Heqing didn’t cook. They ordered takeout.

Lu Lin ordered from the Black Pearl three-diamond restaurant where he treated Yan Heqing for the first time. The shredded pork with sweet bean sauce there was on the sweet side, and Yan Heqing didn’t like it, so he ordered three signature dishes: pineapple black pepper beef cubes, and hand-beaten beef ball fresh soup.

The fruits were blueberries and fragrant pineapples.

It was delivered quickly. The two didn’t stand on ceremony, didn’t go to the dining room, sat on the floor, and set up the coffee table to eat.

The TV was on, and the background sound was today’s local news, talking about Cheng’s Corporation declaring bankruptcy.

It was only six o’clock after eating. It took about 40 minutes to drive to the bar, so the two went for a walk at Beijing University first.

During the holiday, the school was very quiet. The century-old campus environment was good. The evening breeze was refreshing, without the heat of the day. It was quite pleasant for the two to walk and chat. Walking along, they arrived at the auditorium.

Yan Heqing suddenly pulled Lu Lin up the steps.

Lu Lin followed him up the steps. “What for?”

“There is a Hall of Fame in the auditorium lobby.” Entering the lobby, Yan Heqing pulled Lu Lin to the photo wall. Arriving in front of the wall, Yan Heqing stopped, turned back and smiled at him. “Look who’s there.”

Lu Lin chuckled. He knew as early as the time he came for the lecture that there were photos of 18-year-old him and Yan Heqing on the wall.

But he didn’t point it out, cooperating to find Yan Heqing’s photo first.

“This photo of yours is average.” Lu Lin commented.

Yan Heqing didn’t believe Lu Lin didn’t see himself. He took out his phone, adjusted the front camera, his eyes bright. “Let’s take a photo together here.”

Yan Heqing found an angle where the background could capture the entire photo wall.

Lu Lin was in the first photo on the top right, and he was in the last photo on the bottom left. The two photos were separated by the farthest distance. At this moment in the lens, the two were at the most intimate distance. Just as Yan Heqing pressed the shutter, Lu Lin suddenly turned his face and kissed him on the cheek.

Click.

The photo froze.

*

At nine o’clock, Lu Lin and Yan Heqing arrived at Oxygen Bar on time.

The greeters had changed a few waves and didn’t know the two, but they knew at a glance that they were distinguished guests, welcoming them in respectfully.

The manager received the news and trotted to welcome them. Just arriving at the gate, he still had a smile on his face, which turned into surprise when he saw Yan Heqing. “Xiao Yan!”

Just as he was about to go over to catch up, the manager suddenly realized something was wrong. The wedding rings on the two were too dazzling, no one could ignore them.

This is—

Married!

The manager reacted super fast. “Mr. Lu, Mr. Yan, please come inside.”

His voice was heard by the waiters who had noticed the movement here early on, as well as the regular customers of the bar.

They all still remembered Yan Heqing, the bartender who was popular in the bar for a while.

“Show off, just show off…” In the private room on the second floor, Chu Ziyu stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window watching Lu Lin and Yan Heqing go upstairs.

Xie Yunjie laughed loudly. “Envious, right? Even Old Lu has a family, and you still have no one.”

Chu Ziyu retorted, “There are plenty of people chasing me, I just didn’t like them.”

Xie Yunjie squinted. “That’s true. Although you were dumped every time, the ones chasing people were never you.”

“Exactly.”

At this time, the door opened. Chu Ziyu opened his arms to welcome them. “Heqing, long time no see!”

He knew Lu Lin would block him, but he didn’t expect Lu Lin to be wearing a wedding ring. Looking again, Yan Heqing also had one on his hand. Chu Ziyu was dumbfounded. “When did you get the certificate?”

Yan Heqing answered him.

Chu Ziyu immediately poured two full glasses of wine. “This is not cool, didn’t even tell us. One glass each, must be punished!”

Actually, in the past, Chu Ziyu wouldn’t dare to punish Lu Lin with wine. Now it was different. With Yan Heqing, he didn’t believe Lu Lin would refuse!

Sure enough, Lu Lin didn’t refuse. He took the wine and drank it. But he also drank Yan Heqing’s glass.

Seeing the opportunity, Chu Ziyu tried hard to persuade Yan Heqing to drink. For the first time, his plan worked, and Lu Lin drank it all for him.

However, Chu Ziyu was drunk, but Lu Lin was still like a normal person. Chu Ziyu slurred, “Lu Lin, you’re not human… Why aren’t you drunk yet!”

Lu Lin looked at him indifferently. “You’re too weak.”

Xie Yunjie watched the fun from the side, almost laughing internally. “Hahahahaha, Chu Ziyu, you idiot. Boss Lu drinks baijiu at the wine table. Your little red wine doesn’t even count as a younger brother.”

“Then let Heqing drink…” Chu Ziyu carried the wine to find Yan Heqing. He wasn’t speaking very smoothly anymore. “Little Master Yan, I respectfully call you Master. You finally took away our Old Boss Lu. I thank you! You let him not die alone! You are an angel! You must drink this glass of wine. If you don’t drink, it’s…”

He couldn’t say why for a long time, so he simply stuffed it into Yan Heqing’s hand. “Just drink it!”

Just as Lu Lin was about to take it away, Yan Heqing held his hand down, his eyes curving. “I’ll drink this glass.”

Lu Lin looked at him for a while, leaned close, and lowered his head to his ear. “You can drink it, but I have a condition.”

Yan Heqing nodded. “Okay.”

“That group photo.” In the warm breath exhaled, there was a faint smell of alcohol. “You also set it as your lock screen.”