Chapter 22#

Lu Lin appearing at the company carrying a paper bag quickly spread through various small groups in the company.

[The paper bag President Lu was carrying is from the coffee shop downstairs?]

[President Lu bought coffee himself?]

[And cake! Someone caught a glimpse!]

[Oh my god, I’ve really lived long enough to see this…]

…

This gossip caused the coffee shop’s business to explode at noon.

Especially the cream cake squares.

After a busy day, Yan Heqing got off work and went home. It was already dark in the evening. The Lu Corporation headquarters next door was majestic and bright, and the top floor overlooked the entire city center, as if hidden in the dark clouds, unattainable.

Yan Heqing withdrew his gaze.

He couldn’t be sure of Lu Lin’s attitude towards him, but at least it wasn’t too bad, and he had made an impression.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have come to the coffee shop to buy a cream cake he didn’t like.

In the original novel, Lin Fengzhi’s first kiss with Lu Muchi happened on Lu Lin’s birthday. Lin Fengzhi made a strawberry cream cake tower himself and dressed up as a delivery person to send his regards to the Lu Corporation.

The result—

The receptionist smiled politely, “Sorry, our President Lu doesn’t know this Mr. Lin.”

Lin Fengzhi pushed up the brim of his hat, his tone urgent, “No, I know… Mr. Lin really knows President Lu. Can you call again to confirm? This is a birthday gift from Mr. Lin to President Lu!”

The receptionist showed an apologetic smile, “I’ve already confirmed with the secretariat, President Lu really doesn’t know him. Please leave.”

Lin Fengzhi bit his lower lip and suddenly buried his head and rushed inside. Just as he reached the elevator, he was stopped by several security guards who carried him and threw him out of the Lu Corporation.

Lin Fengzhi was furious, “I want to go in, let go of me!”

The security guards threw him out the door and warned him, “If you cause trouble again, we’ll call the police.”

Of course, Lin Fengzhi wouldn’t listen. He had specially made the strawberry cream tower and had to give it to Lu Lin. Just as he was about to break in again, his arm was grabbed. “Uncle doesn’t eat cream cake, don’t waste your effort.”

Hearing the familiar voice, Lin Fengzhi was dumbfounded. Turning back to meet Lu Muchi’s gaze, his face flushed red, and he stammered, “You, how come you…”

Lu Muchi’s expression was uglier than crying, “I’m not lying to you. Since I was little, I haven’t seen my uncle eat cream cake.”

Hearing this, Lin Fengzhi didn’t care that Lu Muchi knew about his secret crush. He angrily pushed away Lu Muchi’s hand, “Just because he didn’t eat it before doesn’t mean he won’t love it in the future. As long as he tastes it, he will definitely like it!”

Lu Muchi stared at him, “Are you talking about the cake, or yourself?”

Lin Fengzhi’s face turned even redder. He puffed up his cheeks and angrily didn’t reply.

Lu Muchi’s anger increased greatly. He directly snatched the strawberry tower, “Fine, I’ll help you deliver it.” He pulled Lin Fengzhi into the Lu Corporation.

With Lu Muchi, no one stopped them this time.

Taking the elevator all the way to the top floor, Lu Muchi said coolly, “Follow behind me, don’t say a word.”

About to see Lu Lin, Lin Fengzhi’s heart beat violently. He nodded obediently, “I know.”

Seeing this appearance in Lu Muchi’s eyes, he was almost crazy with jealousy. Ignoring the secretary’s greeting, he walked to the president’s office and knocked on the door, “Uncle, it’s me.”

“Come in.”

Hearing Lu Lin’s voice, Lin Fengzhi’s legs began to go weak. He especially liked Lu Lin’s voice, deep and magnetic. He really wanted to hear Lu Lin call his name! Lin Fengzhi thought with a blushing face.

Pushing the door open, it was a spacious and minimalist office.

Lu Lin was handling work at his desk, typing on the keyboard without looking up, “What is it?”

Lu Muchi stepped forward and put down the strawberry tower, forcing a smile, “Uncle, it’s your birthday today. It’s boring not to go home or hold a birthday party. I made a cream cake for you.”

Lin Fengzhi quietly raised his eyes and stole a glance at the unsmiling man not far away.

Seeing Lu Lin’s jawline sharp as a blade, he began to fangirl again.

So handsome from any angle!

“If you have nothing to do, go back and see your dad.” Lu Lin didn’t look at the strawberry tower.

Lu Muchi knew the result long ago, “I made it myself…” He glanced at Lin Fengzhi out of the corner of his eye, “Uncle, just do me a favor and eat a few bites.”

Lu Lin pressed the internal line, “Come in.”

The secretary came in immediately, “What are your instructions?”

“The cake is for afternoon tea.” Lu Lin looked intently at the document, “Take it away and share it.”

Lin Fengzhi instantly felt cold all over. His eyes followed the secretary, watching helplessly as the loving strawberry tower he spent a day making went away.

That night, Lin Fengzhi got drunk all night, mistook Lu Muchi for Lu Lin, kissed passionately for half an hour, and almost went to bed.

…

The sky was snowing again, mixed with cold rain. Yan Heqing calmly opened his umbrella and walked towards the subway station.

At this time, hidden on the top floor of the Lu Corporation, Lu Lin heard the sound of rain and looked sideways at the floor-to-ceiling window.

It was a chaotic darkness outside, extremely dark.

Lu Lin withdrew his gaze and looked to the left of the computer, where a cream cake square waited quietly.

Thinking of the discussion he heard when passing the pantry at noon.

“The square tastes average, but there’s a waiter who is so handsome! If he wasn’t too young, I would definitely go for him!”

“Yes, yes, the tall, fair-skinned, and beautiful one. Ah, a spirited and transparent beauty. If I had money, I would marry him home and worship him! Admire him quietly alone!”

“I’m different. I like tender grass. But when I asked him for WeChat, the younger brother rejected me! Boohoo, how good is a sister-brother relationship, older sisters know how to care for people…”

Lu Lin took the cream cake square. After sitting for a day, the cream had collapsed a bit. Lu Lin opened the box and took a spoon to scoop a spoonful.

Putting it in his mouth, a faint cream taste lingered on the tip of his tongue, not as sweet as yesterday.

18 years old, indeed very young.

On Friday morning, Yan Heqing went for a haircut. It had been too long since he cut it, and his hair was slightly long.

No styling, just trimmed a few centimeters shorter.

The shop at the entrance of the community was run by a middle-aged woman with a particularly prosperous smile. She only charged 10 yuan for washing, cutting, and blow-drying. She smiled and said, “I’ve been running this shop for more than 30 years, and this is the first time I’ve seen such a good head shape. Is it natural or did your parents help you sleep on it?”

The QR code for payment required a fee, so the owner didn’t activate it and only accepted cash. Yan Heqing took out a 50 yuan note from his pocket and handed it over, “I’m not sure either.”

The owner put it away and looked down for change, “Go back and ask your parents. I also want my granddaughter to sleep on a beautiful round head.”

Yan Heqing couldn’t remember his parents’ appearance very well.

In his vague memory, it seemed that his mother was an extremely gentle woman who spoke softly, could cook delicious sweet soup, and wrote beautiful calligraphy.

Yan Heqing’s beautiful handwriting was probably the foundation laid by his mother.

He had no impression of his father, only remembering a sentence he said.

“It was a long and painful process for Mom to give birth to you. Thank Mom for bringing you into this world. So you and your brother take Mom’s surname Yan, and always remember Mom.”

Yan Heqing was afraid that as time passed, even he would forget his parents. In that case, no one in the world would remember them, which would be too pitiful.

Therefore, when he learned that the person who adopted him was named Yan Shengbing and had the same surname as him, Yan Heqing agreed.

Loneliness flashed in his eyes, and Yan Heqing smiled and replied, “Sleep on the side for the first month after birth, turn over every two hours. Until six months, turn over every time waking up. After six months, change the side sleeping direction every other day. Around one year old, a round head should be formed.”

The owner found the change and gave it back to Yan Heqing, smiling and noting it down, “So young and know so much. If my granddaughter can sleep into a round head, you can come for a haircut for free in the future!”

Yan Heqing smiled faintly and didn’t reply. He put away the change, walked out of the barbershop, and headed for the subway station.

It didn’t snow in the evening. It was rare that the subway was empty. Yan Heqing still stood at the old place, listening to Russian words with earphones.

He used this time to teach himself Russian. There were many biological literatures that needed to be read in the original version.

And he planned to go to graduate school after graduating from his undergraduate degree.

Two hours passed quickly in the rolling tongue words. Arriving at the station, Yan Heqing put away his earphones and got off with the flow of people.

It was past seven when he arrived at the bar, and he could still catch the free dinner. Today Xie Yunjie booked the venue, and the dinner was richer than usual.

Yan Heqing filled a plate with seafood fried rice and ate alone in the corner.

Almost finished eating, the manager sat down next to him, cheerfully saying, “Xiao Yan, the bar is booked today. It’s an old customer, getting married next week, holding a bachelor party tonight.”

“Mn.”

Yan Heqing looked indifferent, so the manager simply spoke frankly, “I’ll lay my cards on the table. President Xie likes the cocktails you make. No matter what tonight, you have to go to the private room to mix drinks the whole time, as a congratulation for his marriage.”

The manager lowered his voice, “I know the workload is heavy and hard. I talked to the boss, and I’ll give you a bonus of 10,000 tonight.”

Yan Heqing didn’t make a sound.

Seeing that he didn’t agree, the manager continued to raise the stakes, “The salary is also triple.”

Yan Heqing’s hourly wage was 100, working two nights a week, 7 hours a night, 700 yuan a day.

Triple salary plus a 10,000 yuan bonus, one night was 12,100.

Yan Heqing finished eating, picked up the plate and stood up, “Okay.”

The manager breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, he received a call and immediately stood up to answer, “President Xie, hey hey, don’t worry, Xiao Yan will mix for the whole venue tonight. Yes yes yes, I’ll call him upstairs right away.”

Yan Heqing had just put away the dinner plate when he was pulled by the manager to the private room.

The private room was livelier than usual, and the long table was full of expensive wine.

The sofas on three sides were full of men and women, many of whom were faces often seen on TV.

They played very openly at the party tonight, playing cards and stripping, and a few people were left with only underwear.

Yan Heqing pushed the wine cart in, and the noisy private room was briefly quiet for a moment.

Countless eyes looked at Yan Heqing.

There was no shortage of beauties of all kinds in the private room, but they were all tainted with vulgar charm. Yan Heqing was different, with a sense of tranquility and coldness that could not be profaned.

Yan Heqing pushed the wine cart to the only empty space, quietly took out wine glasses to mix drinks, distinctly separated from this world of drunken stupor.

Chu Ziyu squeezed his hand out of the crowd, speaking with a slur, “Master Xiao Yan! You’re finally here, I want a Godfather!”

He was already quite drunk.

Yan Heqing nodded slightly and mixed a Godfather first.

On the innermost sofa, a pair of black eyes stared closely at Yan Heqing.

Lin Fengyi didn’t expect to run into Yan Heqing at the bar, and as a bartender.

Last time at the Lin family, Yan Heqing was planting flowers and playing chess, and was a top student at Peking University. He thought he was so noble, but it turned out he was just a piece of goods hanging out in night venues.

He didn’t deserve to be his precious brother’s biological brother at all!

The man holding his waist followed his gaze, squeezing into his arms jealously, “Second Young Master Lin also has his eyes on Xiao Yan?”

Lin Fengyi turned his head and stole a kiss on the man’s mouth, raising his eyebrows, “You know him?”

The man was quite jealous, “Of course, he’s a popular person in the bar recently, and many people covet him. You, don’t get any ideas about him. He only mixes drinks, he’s a decent person.” He rubbed his toe against Lin Fengyi’s calf, “Second Young Master, it’s too noisy here, change a place to catch up?”

Lin Fengyi ignored him, casting his gaze on Yan Heqing, suddenly laughing loudly, “New bartender, just mixing drinks is so boring, come play dice with us.”

As soon as these words came out, various different gazes stared at Yan Heqing again. The chips for all games today were not money, but people.

Does this cold beauty dare to play?

Xie Yunjie didn’t notice the commotion here, walking out of the private room while talking on the phone, “Old Lu, where are you…”

Yan Heqing saw Lin Fengyi as soon as he came in. He capped the wine bottle and calmly raised his eyes.

“Play what?”

Lin Fengyi raised his eyebrows, “The simplest, shake dice to compare size. The loser picks a random person present to kiss passionately for five minutes. If the other party refuses, perform a striptease on the spot.”

Lin Fengyi’s proposal received unanimous applause. Those eyes lingering on Yan Heqing had long wished to strip off his troublesome work uniform.

Lin Fengyi was full of calculations. He was an expert at shaking dice. Afraid that Yan Heqing wouldn’t dare to play, he specially added a precondition.

Anyway, he had a way to make everyone present refuse Yan Heqing’s kiss request.

He wanted to take a video of Yan Heqing making a fool of himself and send it to his precious brother for fun.

Yan Heqing’s eyelashes drooped slightly, hiding the emotions in his eyes.

“Okay.”

He said calmly.

…

At the same time, at the entrance of the bar, a black Bugatti slowly stopped.