Chapter 52#
The meeting place was Wuhu Second-hand Car Dealership.
Lin Fengzhi drove over, slowing down to find a parking spot. Before long, he saw Yan Heqing standing on the sidewalk ahead.
Yan Heqing was wearing a simple single-breasted black coat and a thick jujube-red woolen scarf.
Nothing exaggerated.
Yan Heqing just stood there, doing nothing, yet passersby would glance at him.
Very dazzling.
It wasn’t just Yan Heqing’s superior appearance, but the key was his clear, faint, and distant temperament, which attracted people to look at him involuntarily.
A depressing thought suddenly popped into Lin Fengzhi’s mind.
If Uncle Lu met Yan Heqing, would he like Yan Heqing just like everyone else?
Just imagining it made Lin Fengzhi breathless.
Anyone else was fine; he could tolerate everyone favoring Yan Heqing, except Lu Lin.
Lu Lin belonged only to him!
Lin Fengzhi shook his head vigorously to get rid of the messy thoughts. Just as he came back to his senses, he glimpsed Yan Heqing waving in his direction.
At the same time, his phone rang.
Incoming call from Yan Heqing.
Lin Fengzhi was stunned for a moment, then answered the call. Yan Heqing’s voice rang in the car, “Follow me, there’s a parking spot ahead.”
Once he started comparing himself to Yan Heqing, Lin Fengzhi cared about even the smallest details. Even his eyesight was better… He had looked for a long time but couldn’t find a parking spot…
Lin Fengzhi followed Yan Heqing’s guidance sourly and slid into a parking spot.
Lin Fengzhi was stunned.
It was a narrow parking spot between two cars. He was very bad at reversing. In the past, when encountering this, he would call either Lu Muchi or Lin Fengyi.
Today there was only Yan Heqing. Yan Heqing hadn’t gotten his driver’s license yet. Lin Fengzhi gritted his teeth and tried to reverse a few times, but failed every time.
Sweat broke out on Lin Fengzhi’s palms, and he was secretly anxious.
He especially didn’t want to lose face in front of Yan Heqing.
But Yan Heqing’s voice sounded again: “Can’t park in?”
“…” Lin Fengzhi gripped the steering wheel tightly and said in a fit of pique, “I can!”
However, it became more and more crooked, and once he almost scraped the rear of another car. Lin Fengzhi gave up. Forget it, find someone who knows how to reverse. At this time, Yan Heqing put away his phone, walked to the driver’s seat, and knocked on the window.
Lin Fengzhi lowered the window with a flushed face, “I’ll reverse—”
“Get out, let me try.” Yan Heqing said at the same time.
Lin Fengzhi’s throat felt as if it was being squeezed hard, tight and dry. “You, you learned to drive so quickly?”
It had only been a little over two months since Yan Heqing said he would take the driving test. In between, Yan Heqing had part-time jobs, final exams, and the Spring Festival…
Lin Fengzhi felt inferior again.
He learned to drive with Lin Fengyi when he was 15, and took the driving test when he turned 18, but it still took him more than 50 days to get it.
Yan Heqing, in such a short time…
Yan Heqing was so talented in all fields. He got into Jing University, knew how to plant flowers, play chess, cook, and now even learned to drive so quickly.
Could it be that in their biological mother’s womb, Yan Heqing absorbed all the nutrients?
Did any research mention that this situation would cause the other fetus to develop slowly?
Lin Fengzhi’s thoughts were clearly written on his face. Yan Heqing saw through it at a glance and said lightly, “During the time I worked part-time at the flower nursery, I often drove with the boss to deliver goods. I learned it in high school, just didn’t take the license test.”
Lin Fengzhi finally felt a little better.
He opened the door to give up his seat, but witnessing Yan Heqing smoothly park into the spot, he still felt an indescribable sourness.
He also knew how to drive in high school, so why wasn’t he as good at parking as Yan Heqing…
Lin Fengzhi continued to feel sour, staring blankly at Yan Heqing walking towards him.
Just now, without formally meeting Yan Heqing, Lin Fengzhi didn’t feel anything. Now face to face, he felt so uncomfortable that he clenched his hands, quickly looked away, and dared not look directly at Yan Heqing.
Yan Heqing pretended not to see, raised his hand, brushed his fingers over the top of Lin Fengzhi’s head, and smiled, “It’s a bit messy.”
Lin Fengzhi was stunned, the tips of his ears quickly turning red.
He had a habit of tilting his head when spacing out, pressing on his hair without knowing it.
Could it be that Yan Heqing discovered that he was actually fine, just spacing out, so he deliberately mentioned his messy hair?
Lin Fengzhi quietly observed Yan Heqing. Yan Heqing withdrew his hand, his face showing no other expression, only a warm smile. “Let’s go.” He walked towards the car dealership.
Lin Fengzhi scratched his coat with his fingertips, looking at Yan Heqing’s tall and handsome back. Even his back was so good-looking…
He lifted his feet and trotted to catch up with Yan Heqing.
He must perform excellently when buying the car later!
Wuhu Second-hand Car Dealership was very large. Hearing that Yan Heqing’s budget was within 50,000, the clerk’s smile dropped a few degrees, becoming less enthusiastic as there wasn’t much commission.
He pointed to the side door. “Out there is the parking lot. If you see anything you like, call me, and I’ll get the keys for you to test drive.”
It was the first time Lin Fengzhi encountered such service attitude. Just as he was about to ask the boss for another receptionist, Yan Heqing was already walking towards the side door. He had to follow, his entire face expressing dissatisfaction. “The attitude is too bad. I’ll complain about him later!”
Yan Heqing was calm and breezy. “No need, he didn’t do anything.”
Lin Fengzhi’s pupils dilated. “He looks down on you for not having money to buy a good car!”
“That’s a fact.” Yan Heqing’s eyes curved slightly. “If I had money, I wouldn’t be looking at second-hand cars.”
Lin Fengzhi stopped and quietly bit his lip. Yan Heqing’s temper was so stable.
Out the side door was a huge parking lot covered with a rain shed, full of second-hand cars of all brands.
Price cards and vehicle condition introductions were placed on the windshields.
Yan Heqing only looked at those under 50,000.
There were a few pure electric domestic four-seaters, around 30,000. Yan Heqing stopped to observe them one by one.
Lin Fengzhi was discouraged.
He hadn’t even heard of these brands. How could he advise Yan Heqing…
Rolling his eyes, he took out his phone, quietly took a photo, and sent it to Lin Fengyi on WeChat. “Quick, quick, quick! Which of these cars is good?”
Lin Fengyi replied quickly, “???? All trash, why ask this?”
Lin Fengzhi, “…Of course I know they’re not good, but the budget is this small. Don’t ask, just pick one from these!”
Lin Fengyi replied after a while, “Yan Heqing?”
Lin Fengzhi’s eyelid twitched. He said one sentence, and Lin Fengyi guessed it… He replied with a “Mm…”
About a minute later, Lin Fengyi replied, “The white one is passable.”
Lin Fengzhi then said to Yan Heqing, “That white one.”
Yan Heqing didn’t have high requirements for the car. As long as it hadn’t been in an accident and was fuel-efficient, it was fine. He smiled, “Then let’s try it.”
Calling the clerk from before, he got the car key. Yan Heqing took it and handed it to Lin Fengzhi. “You try it. If there’s no problem, we’ll take this one.”
Lin Fengzhi was surprised. “Me?”
Yan Heqing raised his hand to touch his neck, frowning slightly. “My cervical spine is uncomfortable again. I have to trouble you.”
Noticing the word “again”, Lin Fengzhi was dumbfounded.
Cervical spine?
Cervical spondylosis?
This disease was very far from him. He didn’t understand it, only knowing it was very uncomfortable.
His high school teacher had cervical pain in class so bad he couldn’t straighten up.
But that teacher was over 50…
Lin Fengzhi took the key and test drove in the passage of the parking lot. His daily car was an Audi (four rings). He couldn’t feel much from this domestic pure electric second-hand car. Just one feeling: it could barely run.
After a lap, finding no problems, he drove back to the original spot.
During this time, Yan Heqing had bargained with the clerk. The original price was 32,000, bargained down by 1,000 to 31,000. The clerk walked aside to call the boss.
He came back with the answer that if they confirmed, they would give a new customer price of 31,000.
Lin Fengzhi got out of the car and told Yan Heqing his test drive experience.
Yan Heqing nodded, decisively settled on this car, and followed the clerk to sign the contract.
Yan Heqing read the contract very carefully. He sat on the sofa, head slightly lowered, wrapped in several loops of jujube-red scarf, still revealing a small section of slender, cold-white back of the neck.
Lin Fengzhi stared fixedly.
Still thinking about Yan Heqing’s cervical spine.
He was only 18, how could he have cervical spondylosis?
While Yan Heqing was signing the contract, Lin Fengzhi took out his phone and searched for the causes of cervical spondylosis.
Being in a certain posture for a long time at work.
Driving for a long time.
Looking down at the phone for a long time.
Congenital cervical spine problems.
2 and 3 were ruled out, 1 and 4…
Lin Fengzhi muttered. He had always been very healthy, never getting sick except for minor colds. Congenital… Yan Heqing should be as healthy as him, right?
Just then, WeChat suddenly popped up.
A friend invited him to play ice hockey in the afternoon.
He was in no mood to play now. Lin Fengzhi clicked into WeChat and typed a few words, “No mood, not going.”
About to exit, he glimpsed new content in Moments.
He clicked in casually.
It was Lu Muchi.
The last time Lu Muchi posted on Moments was a few months ago. They didn’t chat on WeChat, always calling, so he forgot to block him.
After returning Lu Muchi’s things a while ago, Lu Muchi didn’t contact him actively either.
Lin Fengzhi’s mood was slightly complicated.
After piercing that layer of paper, he confirmed that Lu Muchi liked him. Clearly, they were such good childhood friends, yet Lu Muchi actually called him cheap!
Even more infuriating, saying he wasn’t worthy of Lu Lin! He was mainly angry about this point.
Calming down now, he didn’t really want to fall out with Lu Muchi.
Lin Fengzhi looked at the content.
It was a corridor with high-end classical decoration. The caption was—Guarded the old man all night… still have to guard.
Lu Changcheng was hospitalized again?
Lin Fengzhi heard Lu Muchi mention that Lu Changcheng had an old problem with high blood pressure. Then… would Uncle Lu go??
Lu Muchi posted the Moment a minute ago.
Lin Fengzhi’s heartbeat accelerated. He saved the picture and exited to image search.
Refreshing, several pages of results appeared. Lin Fengzhi looked through them carefully, and there was indeed a hospital.
Qikang Hospital!
Lin Fengzhi knew this hospital. Mother Lin was in poor health, and the hospital she went to for regular checkups was Qikang.
Lin Fengzhi searched for Qikang on the map. His eyes lit up. 900 meters! So close!
An idea that killed two birds with one stone popped into his mind.
Yan Heqing hadn’t mentioned a New Year gift to him yet. He would accompany him to Qikang Hospital to treat his cervical spine as a New Year gift for him, and then… Lin Fengzhi’s heartbeat grew louder and louder. Bump into Uncle Lu!
The mood that had hit rock bottom vanished at the thought of seeing Lu Lin soon.
Since delivering the gift to Lu Corporation headquarters last time, he hadn’t seen Lu Lin for a long time. He only heard his voice on New Year’s Eve. He missed him, missed him so much, super wanted to see him!
A cool voice suddenly came to his ears.
“Done, let’s go.”
Lin Fengzhi looked up from the map, his eyes surprisingly bright. “Brother, let me accompany you to the hospital to check your cervical spine. I’ll pay! Cervical spondylosis shouldn’t be taken lightly. I have a teacher who has cervical spondylosis, and when it flares up, it’s so uncomfortable that it affects work and daily life!”
This was slightly different from Yan Heqing’s plan.
Before he could set another trap, Lin Fengzhi took the initiative to propose going to the hospital.
Saved the trouble of being deliberate, quite good.
Yan Heqing smiled. “Then let’s find a nearby hospital and just take a look.”
Exactly what Lin Fengzhi wanted. The corners of his lips flew up. “There is a Qikang Hospital nearby, with the best doctors in the capital!” He paused. “Cervical spine is under orthopedics, right?” His eyes shining, he took out his phone. “My dad sprained his ankle and saw an orthopedic doctor. I’ll call and ask him!”
Yan Heqing smiled faintly. “Okay.”