Chapter 135#
The day-long wedding ended, and Lu Lin personally sent the guests back to their accommodations one by one.
This showed his high regard for them.
When he returned to the room, Yan Heqing was already packed and ready to go.
Fishing equipment was available on the yacht, but Yan Heqing still carried a suitcase.
Lu Lin unbuttoned his suit as he walked over and glanced at the suitcase. “What did you bring?”
Yan Heqing raised the corners of his mouth. “It’s a secret.”
Lu Lin chuckled and didn’t ask further. He changed into casual, loose clothes and left the villa with Yan Heqing to go out to sea.
The yacht was bought together with the island. It was slightly smaller than Lu Lin’s private yacht in the country, but just right for two people to go out to sea.
A not-too-big, not-too-small suite, with very luxurious interior decoration.
Lu Lin taught Yan Heqing how to drive the boat. Before long, they were far away from the island. There was no light around, and on the whole sea, except for the moonlight in the sky, only the yacht was like a moving light source, drawing a sparkling light band on the sea surface.
Arriving at the location, the yacht stopped. It was Yan Heqing’s first time driving a boat, and at night, so his attention was highly concentrated, and fine sweat broke out on his forehead.
Lu Lin smiled and said, “Not dizzy this time, right?”
Yan Heqing exhaled and soon revealed a smile. “En, driving the boat won’t make me dizzy.”
“Sweating so much.” Lu Lin’s thumb brushed across Yan Heqing’s forehead. “Go wash your face.”
Yan Heqing’s eyes shifted. Going to the bathroom, he sent Lu Lin away. “You go fish first, I’ll take a shower.”
Lu Lin glanced at the suitcase against the wall out of the corner of his eye, rubbed the top of Yan Heqing’s head, and went out.
Lu Lin cast the net and sat down to bait the hook, but he was somewhat absent-minded, his gaze drifting towards the stairs from time to time.
Before long, Yan Heqing came out.
He had changed into another set of clothes. The moonlight fell on the white suit. The young man looked clean and refreshing, more moving than the moonlight.
Lu Lin’s throat was terribly dry. He hooked the bait and threw it into the sea.
When Yan Heqing came over, he pulled him into his arms, his lips touching the slightly cool earlobe, kissing it seemingly inadvertently. “Wearing formal attire for fishing, who do you want to catch?”
Yan Heqing’s eyes were clear. He generously took the initiative to kiss Lu Lin’s face. “Lu Lin, happy wedding.”
This time Lu Lin bit his earlobe punitively. “Do you still want to fish?”
Yan Heqing had planned this wedding night as early as yesterday. He also leaned close to Lu Lin’s earlobe and whispered, “I am fishing.”
Lu Lin’s reason collapsed completely. He kicked away the fishing rod, picked up Yan Heqing, and walked quickly back to the room.
The bedroom light wasn’t on, only the moonlight outside shone in. The young man’s skin was as white as snow.
Lu Lin completely abandoned the plan to return to the island tomorrow morning. When the moonlight turned into pale golden light, he carried Yan Heqing, who was so tired that he fell asleep in seconds, to the bathroom to clean up. After cleaning the young man dry and applying medicine, he returned to the bedroom to change the new bedding before putting him into the quilt.
He picked up the clothes scattered on the carpet before going to bed to rest.
Time passed gradually, and the pale light turned into bright sunlight. Yan Heqing was still sleeping soundly. Lu Lin got out of bed quietly and went to collect the net first. The harvest of one night was quite abundant: two buckets of fish, one bucket of crabs, scallops, and sea shrimp.
Lu Lin called his assistant, asking him to arrange for the guests to return to the country after lunch, and then carried several buckets of seafood to the kitchen to make lunch.
The ingredients were fresh, so Lu Lin didn’t make overly complicated dishes. He cooked crab porridge, salt and pepper mantis shrimp, mixed seafood soup, and a vegetable and fruit salad.
Then he went back to the bedroom to wake Yan Heqing up.
Yan Heqing rarely hadn’t woken up yet, breathing evenly and steadily. Lu Lin couldn’t bear to wake him up, so he lifted the quilt, got into bed, hugged him, and continued to sleep.
Yan Heqing was woken up by the heat.
He opened his eyes and first saw the bright light outside the window. His consciousness hadn’t fully returned yet. Hearing the sound of waves, he remembered that he and Lu Lin had gone out to sea.
He was held firmly by Lu Lin. He turned his head and met Lu Lin’s eyes. Seeing him awake, Lu Lin lowered his head to kiss him. Yan Heqing raised his hand to cover his mouth. “Haven’t brushed teeth yet.”
Lu Lin’s mouth was covered by him, but he didn’t remove it. The hot breath he exhaled made Yan Heqing’s palm hot. “I brushed.”
Yan Heqing turned his head to get his phone from the bedside. Seeing the time, he was stunned for a second.
He actually slept until past three in the afternoon…
There was also a text message from Chu Ziyu—
“We’re going back first, you guys take your time being sweet!”
Yan Heqing withdrew his hand and got out of bed. “You didn’t wake me up.”
His tone was somewhat complaining. Lu Lin chuckled, followed him out of bed, followed him all the way into the bathroom, leaned against the door watching Yan Heqing wash up, a smile always on his lips. “Don’t worry, I said we went on a honeymoon.”
Yan Heqing wrung out the towel, wiped off the toothpaste foam at the corner of his mouth, turned his head and saw Lu Lin still smiling. A slight blush appeared on his face. “Why don’t you keep your word…”
Last night Lu Lin said several “last time”…
Lu Lin stepped forward and encircled him from behind, took the towel to help him rinse, and kissed his temple finely. “Warned you long ago, I’m good at lying in negotiations.”
Yan Heqing couldn’t refute. He took the towel to wipe his face and decided to skip this question.
“What to eat?”
Only then did Lu Lin remember the lunch he made.
The two arrived at the dining room. The food on the table was all cold. Lu Lin wanted to cook again. Yan Heqing scooped a spoonful of crab porridge, clear, sweet, and soft. He stopped Lu Lin. “Don’t cook anymore, it doesn’t matter if it’s cold.”
Usually Lu Lin wouldn’t mind, but Yan Heqing was overworked today. Eating cold food again, he was afraid his stomach couldn’t take it. Lu Lin still took it away. “I’ll finish this portion, and make a new one for you.”
Yan Heqing often ate cold rice and cold soup when he was sick before. He knew his body could bear it, but looking at Lu Lin’s busy back, he didn’t refuse this care anymore, the corners of his mouth curling up. “I’ll go fish for a while.”
Lu Lin peeled shrimp without looking back. “If you’re hungry, eat some snacks first to pad your stomach.”
Yan Heqing responded and went downstairs.
Lu Lin cooked new hot food, and Yan Heqing also caught two salmon, enough for him and Lu Lin to eat for a few meals.
While eating, Lu Lin asked Yan Heqing where he wanted to go for their honeymoon. There was still half a month until August, and he wanted to take Yan Heqing for a trip first.
The two were eating on the terrace, with cool sea breeze blowing from three sides. Yan Heqing put down his bowl and said seriously, “Here is quite good. Stay a few more days then return to the island, accompany Mom until the end of the month.”
Since Yan Heqing had decided, Lu Lin naturally agreed.
For the next few days, the two changed several sea areas for fishing, returned to the island with a boat full of seafood, and accompanied Lu Ruchan until the end of the month, returning to the capital on August 1st.
The plane landed at night. As soon as Yan Heqing got in the car and turned on his phone, a call came in.
The call was from the new tenant who subleased the house.
It was a senior student from Beijing University, a girl. Yan Heqing answered the phone and heard the girl breathe a sigh of relief. “You finally answered the phone. Someone is looking for you, waited at the door for an afternoon.”
Yan Heqing’s eyelid twitched slightly. “Did he say his name?”
“He only said his surname is Lin.” The girl hesitated. “There seems to be something wrong with his eyes, he can’t see people.”
Yan Heqing knew, it was Lin Fengzhi.
“Sorry to bother you. Tell him to wait for me downstairs, I’ll arrive in about an hour.”
The girl laughed heartily. “Since he’s your friend, I’ll invite him in to sit!”
Yan Heqing politely declined. “He won’t be willing.”
The girl didn’t insist. “Okay, then I’ll tell him.”
At this time, Lu Lin finished putting the luggage in the car. Yan Heqing put away his phone, thought for a moment, and said, “Something about the sublease, I’ll go over for a bit.”
Lu Lin actually received the news. Lin Fengzhi could hardly see yesterday, only blurry light and shadows. Not completely blind, but almost. Lu Changcheng also found out that he and Yan Heqing returned to the country today and sent people to send Lin Fengzhi to Yan Heqing’s residence.
This was Lu Changcheng’s plan—
Let Yan Heqing take care of the blind Lin Fengzhi for a lifetime, face the only biological brother implicated by him every day, feel guilty forever, and carry this heavy burden forever.
It was just that he didn’t know yet that Yan Heqing’s house was subleased.
Lu Lin guessed that the new tenant notified Yan Heqing. He sent Yan Heqing to the entrance of the community and didn’t go in, smiling and saying, “I’m a bit sleepy, so I won’t wait for you. Come back early after you finish your business.”
Yan Heqing nodded. “Okay.”
Watching Lu Lin drive away, Yan Heqing walked into the community.
The community security guard knew he had moved away. Seeing him return, he called him in surprise. Yan Heqing responded with a smile and chatted briefly with the security guard.
It was almost 8 o’clock. The lights in the community were broken and hadn’t been replaced. Only a few were on, and the low wattage couldn’t illuminate much. Yan Heqing didn’t turn on his phone flashlight either, walking in the dark.
Approaching the unit building where he used to live, he stopped.
Ahead, the old clothes recycling bin damaged by Lu Muchi last time had been replaced with a new one. There was a slightly brighter light bulb on top. Lin Fengzhi stood beside it. Not seen for many days, Lin Fengzhi had lost weight. His eyes looked vacantly in his direction, but he didn’t even notice he had approached.
It was only when Yan Heqing stopped and the footsteps ceased that Lin Fengzhi suddenly shook. His nose twitched, smelling the familiar cedar scent. His hand quietly clutched the corner of his clothes. His dry lips touched a few times before he whispered, “You finally came.”
Yan Heqing saw himself through the dark night.
In the original text, it was also such a night. His corneas had just been taken, and he was immediately sent next door.
Lin Fengzhi lay next door, waiting for his conjunctiva for surgery.
Even during the recovery period, they were only separated by that thin wall. He could hear Lu Muchi and Lin Fengzhi talking and laughing every day.
As soon as the doctor said he could leave, Lu Muchi condescendingly bestowed upon him, “Since you gave Zhizhi your corneas, I’ll set you free.”
His world was pitch black. He was full of fear, begging Lu Muchi not to abandon him. He panicked and wanted to grab Lu Muchi’s hand, but was immediately pushed away by Lu Muchi.
He fell to the ground, unable to see Lu Muchi’s face, only hearing the disgusted voice, “I will give you a sum of money to send you abroad. Never appear in front of Zhizhi again, understand?”
His blood froze. Just because he didn’t answer for a second or two, Lu Muchi impatiently kicked the table. “I’m asking you, did you hear clearly?”
He didn’t take Lu Muchi’s money and promised to stay away from their world.
The bodyguard sent him to the hospital entrance. Darkness was before his eyes, and he could never see the light again. He stood there for a while, groped his way to the bus stop alone, and went to the cemetery.
…
Yan Heqing withdrew his thoughts. “I’ve moved away. Don’t disturb others in the future.”
Lin Fengzhi didn’t expect Yan Heqing to say such heartless words at this moment. His lips trembled. “Didn’t you see? I’m blind.”
“I saw.” Yan Heqing’s tone was calm. “So what.”
Tears burst from Lin Fengzhi’s eyes. He actually regretted not having the surgery. His vision declined day by day. One day he opened his eyes to a foggy expanse. He cried in fear, banging on the door to get out, but no one paid attention to him.
Just like that, time passed, and he finally couldn’t see clearly at all.
“I know you hate me for causing you to lose Mom and Dad.” Salty and bitter tears kept flowing into Lin Fengzhi’s mouth. “I also know I brought this on myself. I didn’t come to you to sell pity. I just thought…” He swallowed several times and said with difficulty, “Can you, for the sake of me being blind… I only beg you this last time, say you forgive me, on behalf of Mom and Dad.”
This way, he would at least feel better in his heart.
Yan Heqing’s hanging hand clenched suddenly, but soon loosened again. He called softly, “Lin Fengzhi.”
There was only a blurry light in Lin Fengzhi’s eyes. He wasn’t sure if that was Yan Heqing. He tried hard to widen his eyes. “You forgive me?”
“Listen carefully.” Yan Heqing approached him and said slowly word by word in his ear, “I will never forgive you.”
Lin Fengzhi was stunned. At this time, he heard footsteps and realized Yan Heqing was leaving. He anxiously wanted to grab him, but couldn’t see, grabbing two handfuls of air. He shouted in fear, “Come back, you come back! Yan Heqing, come back… Brother…”
Responding to him was only the increasingly noisy wind of the night.
Yan Heqing walked to the entrance of the community and finally couldn’t hear Lin Fengzhi’s crying and shouting. He suddenly wanted to hear Lu Lin’s voice very much. He took out his phone, but before he could dial, Lu Changcheng called first.
Yan Heqing paused for two seconds and swiped to answer.
“How is it, Xiao Yan? Are you satisfied with this wedding gift I sent you?” Lu Changcheng sneered triumphantly. “No need to thank me, this is a return gift for you.”
Yan Heqing suddenly laughed, like the coldest metal.
Lu Changcheng thought Yan Heqing would wail in pain, but now hearing him still able to laugh, his triumph disappeared instantly. He asked through gritted teeth, “What are you laughing at!”
“I’m thanking you. You probably don’t know, my relationship with Lin Fengzhi is even worse than yours with Lu Lin.” Yan Heqing smiled. “I’m afraid you’re going to be disappointed. I won’t feel guilty, let alone carry this burden. Instead, I want to thank you for helping me cut ties with him more thoroughly. So, wish you good health, good night.”
Just as he finished speaking, he heard an urgent cry from the other side.
“Dad!”
Then came the sound of the phone falling to the ground, followed immediately by a busy tone.
The red light on the crosswalk turned green at this moment. Yan Heqing put away his phone, took a deep breath, and stepped firmly on the way home.