Chapter 83#
Gu Xingye walked around to Yan Heqing in a few steps.
He was 186cm tall, a bit taller than Yan Heqing. He lowered his eyes slightly, “About your brother.”
Yan Heqing’s brow was calm, “What.”
“You should have discovered it after interacting with him for a few days.” Gu Xingye walked to Yan Heqing’s left side with a book under his arm, “He is just a spoiled child. His temper is a bit big, can’t stand any grievance, and his personality is also reckless.”
He stated Lin Fengzhi’s shortcomings sentence by sentence, but his words were defensive. Yan Heqing waited quietly for the follow-up.
Sure enough, Gu Xingye changed the subject, “But it is this straightforward nature that makes him guileless.”
Gu Xingye paused, observing Yan Heqing’s expression.
No expression.
Like Yan Heqing at any time, comprehensive and watertight.
Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness were all areas he couldn’t touch.
A strong sense of frustration surged in Gu Xingye, so he had to continue, “Otherwise, he wouldn’t have immediately sought an explanation from you upon misunderstanding. I have already clarified with him that I guessed your relationship myself.”
Yan Heqing’s tone was light, “Did he ask you to explain to me?”
Of course not. Lin Fengzhi was currently faking hospitalization, his mind full of ways to get Lu Lin to visit him, with no time to care about anything else.
Yan Heqing knew, but he still asked.
Gu Xingye was obviously stunned. He braced himself, “Yes, he couldn’t come due to something, so I’m doing it for him.”
Yan Heqing’s gaze fell on Gu Xingye. This was the first time he looked at Gu Xingye formally.
Gu Xingye’s throat tightened, and he stood a bit straighter.
“You are not good at lying.” Yan Heqing withdrew his gaze and said calmly, “When you see him, tell him I won’t be angry over such a small matter. Not replying was unnecessary.”
Gu Xingye looked at Yan Heqing with more scrutiny, “Does the small matter you refer to mean his misunderstanding of you, or him taking his anger out on you because of me?”
Just as Yan Heqing was about to speak, a call came in.
Lu Muchi waited for a long time without a reply and couldn’t wait any longer. However, his mouth was injured, and his speech was leaky and slurred. Yan Heqing didn’t understand at first.
Seeing he had a call, Gu Xingye gestured to wait for him nearby and proactively walked to the other side.
Yan Heqing listened quietly for a while and clarified Lu Muchi’s meaning.
Lu Muchi had a free fight with someone last night, broke a leg and an arm, and his lips were also broken. He needed to be hospitalized for a long time to recuperate.
Yan Heqing had no interest in how Lu Muchi got injured. He just realized that this was a good opportunity.
He remained composed, “How long?”
Lu Muchi moved his lips with difficulty, “A hundred days for bone injuries?”
Yan Heqing naturally led the topic to the part he cared about, “So long, what about your company?”
On the hospital bed, Lu Muchi’s face was also wrapped in gauze. Hearing Yan Heqing ask about the company, the corners of his mouth hurt terribly, but he couldn’t help pulling the wound to smile.
Yan Heqing was indeed hoping for his early success in starting a business and being with him sooner!
Lu Muchi was annoyed again that Lu Lin hit too hard, knocking out half of his tooth. It hurt him to death just after fixing it. He wanted to talk on the phone with Yan Heqing gently, but his voice was damn rough and unpleasant!
He pulled his mouth with difficulty, “Just one project, two months left, related to your previous major. Will you come to the hospital to help me?”
The drunkard’s intention is not the wine. He wanted to see Yan Heqing, preferably every minute and every second, Yan Heqing was within his sight.
Yan Heqing agreed, “When I have time.”
Lu Muchi almost blurted out when he would have time, but then thought that his relationship with Yan Heqing had just eased a bit, and rushing it would be counterproductive.
He was unhappy, but had to be generous, “You are busy, come when you have time.”
Hanging up the phone, Gu Xingye walked back at the right time. He didn’t continue the previous topic, but said instead: “Fengzhi is hospitalized.”
Lin Fengzhi didn’t want Gu Xingye to visit him at the hospital, in case he ran into Lu Lin, it would be troublesome. But he let slip that he was hospitalized. Gu Xingye wanted to come, and he had no reason to stop him, so they agreed to meet at the milk tea shop opposite the hospital.
Lin Fengzhi changed into casual clothes and entered the milk tea shop. His features were delicate, attracting a wave of attention as he entered. He found a table inside and sat down, ordering a pudding milk tea for himself and an original pearl milk tea for Gu Xingye.
While waiting, he scrolled through his phone boredly.
He was still looking for cedar-scented shampoo.
He was extremely patient. If he couldn’t find domestic brands, he looked for big foreign brands. If big brands didn’t have it, he searched for niche brands. He didn’t believe he couldn’t find it!
Just as he was searching seriously, the girls at the next table suddenly whispered, “So handsome!”
Lin Fengzhi put away his phone. It must be Gu Xingye. He was used to it; Gu Xingye was popular with girls wherever he went.
“His eyes are super beautiful!” Another girl whispered, “I can’t even achieve that with makeup.”
Lin Fengzhi suddenly realized something. He looked up and saw Gu Xingye and Yan Heqing walking into the shop talking.
“…” Lin Fengzhi stared straight at Yan Heqing.
At this time, Yan Heqing also noticed him. Their eyes met, and Lin Fengzhi lowered his head guiltily to avoid it first, cursing Gu Xingye in his heart. How did this idiot call Yan Heqing over!
Not long after, Gu Xingye came over and sat next to Lin Fengzhi, and Yan Heqing sat opposite.
The waiter brought two cups of milk tea over. Seeing three people, she didn’t know who to give them to for a moment. Yan Heqing helped her out, “I want a glass of water.”
The waiter breathed a sigh of relief, put down the two cups of milk tea in front of Lin Fengzhi and Gu Xingye, and soon brought a glass of water to Yan Heqing, with a slice of perfume lemon on the rim.
“Are you sick?” Yan Heqing asked Lin Fengzhi first.
Lin Fengzhi stepped hard on Gu Xingye’s sneaker under the table before looking up with an awkward smile, “Not serious, a little problem with my eyes.”
Gu Xingye endured the pain, picked up the milk tea and teased him, “Don’t you claim to have pilot-standard vision? What problem can there be.”
Lin Fengzhi made up an excuse to stay in the hospital casually. That day his eyes felt a bit foreign body sensation, so he casually said his eyes were uncomfortable.
The examination result was of course no problem, but he insisted his eyes were uncomfortable, so the doctor hospitalized him.
“Just uncomfortable!” Lin Fengzhi made many small movements, nudging Gu Xingye with his hand.
Gu Xingye was too familiar with Lin Fengzhi and saw through his lie at a glance, just didn’t know the reason for his feigning illness.
Cheating Yan Heqing’s sympathy?
Gu Xingye wasn’t sure, deciding to mediate for them depending on the situation.
Yan Heqing smiled faintly, “Eyes are very important, you must protect them well.”
Lin Fengzhi couldn’t say he made it up, nodding, “Oh.”
He withdrew his hand, drank a few mouthfuls of milk tea, and stepped heavily on the tip of Gu Xingye’s shoe again, talking to him with his eyes, “Tired of living, bringing him here!”
Gu Xingye also raised his eyebrows at him, “I’m helping you apologize.”
Lin Fengzhi pursed his lips. It wasn’t all his fault. Gu Xingye, Yan Heqing and him, the responsibility should be split three ways. He stirred the milk tea, “Are you free this afternoon? I’m not staying in the hospital today. I’ll treat you to ice hockey.”
This counts as an apology, right? He poked the straw.
Gu Xingye replied: “Two classes. You come with us to audit. We’ll leave directly after class. I know a newly opened ice hockey rink with a good environment.”
“Us?” Lin Fengzhi was a bit uncomfortable, stepping on Gu Xingye hard again under the table, “Relationship so good now.”
Gu Xingye smiled and didn’t explain.
Yan Heqing watched the interaction between the two without any fluctuation.
After finishing the milk tea, they took a taxi back to Peking University. Lin Fengzhi had a lively personality. During the break, he mingled with the boys in Bio-Science Class 2 and actively invited them to play ice hockey together.
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At the same time, a Maybach stopped downstairs at Zhao Huilin’s home.
The assistant got out of the car to confirm the house number and returned to report, “The address Zhao Qiang mentioned is 202 on the right side of this building.”
Lu Lin opened the door and got out.
His appearance and temperament were out of place in this old, dirty and messy community. Passers-by looked at him quietly.
Lu Lin looked up slightly at the small balcony on the second floor on the right. The exterior wall paint had been washed by rain for years and had long faded from its original color. Now it was gray with mottled white, and those old-fashioned windows with a sense of age.
Lu Lin withdrew his gaze and strode his long legs into the apartment building.
The stairs were narrow and steep, with a damp musty smell.
In the rainy season of spring, moss would even grow on the wall skin of such old houses.
Arriving at 202, the door was open. A round-faced man with glasses and a haggard-looking woman were waiting inside.
The woman was Zhao Huilin.
Yan Shengbing mortgaged the house and borrowed 100,000 yuan from loan sharks. Now the interest rolled over and he couldn’t repay it. They came to make trouble every day, scaring Yan Feng from occasional urinary incontinence to urinary incontinence anytime and anywhere. He didn’t want to go to school and dared not stay at home. She was really tortured and exhausted, determined to sell the house to repay the debt. Renting a house was better than living in fear now.
Lu Lin came in. Zhao Huilin couldn’t help staring at him. He looked like a rich man at first glance. Would he… fancy this house? Zhao Huilin was uncertain and poked the agent timidly.
In just a few months, she was no longer as shrewish as before, becoming shrinking and timid.
The agent moved a step away with disgust. Zhao Huilin took care of Yan Feng every day and smelled all over.
The assistant couldn’t help covering his nose as soon as he entered the room. This room not only had a musty smell but also a smell of… urine? He wasn’t sure, but seeing Lu Lin’s expression as usual, the assistant put his hand down.
The round-faced man was a veteran real estate agent for twenty years. He had seen too many people and knew Lu Lin was not an ordinary person. He smiled like a flower and stepped forward enthusiastically to promote, “Although this house is old…”
Zhao Huilin also followed, wanting to find a chance to promote to Lu Lin. She was too eager to sell this house!
The assistant quickly took the agent and Zhao Huilin away to another room to talk.
The living room was dirty and messy, with instant noodle bags and used tissues all over the floor.
Lu Lin stood in the living room, looking around. An old-style two-bedroom apartment. The Yan-Zhao couple, their biological son, the third room… Lu Lin’s gaze fell on the balcony.
He walked to the balcony.
In the narrow space, there was a wooden board that could barely be called a bed, now piled with dirty clothes. Two blue curtains hung on the window.
Lu Lin went over, squatted down and measured the wooden board with his hand span, about one meter wide.
Squatting down closer to the wall, the damp musty smell became clearer and thicker.
Lu Lin didn’t move again until the assistant finished talking and came to find him on the balcony, “President Lu, asking price 1.26 million.”
At this time, the sky darkened, and a large black cloud floated over.
Lu Lin got up, “Tell the agent that he can’t sell this house, and no agent in the city can sell it.”
The assistant’s brain turned fast and instantly understood Lu Lin’s meaning. If the house couldn’t be sold, the money Yan and Zhao owed the loan sharks would never be repaid. He nodded, “Understood, I will handle it well.”
Lu Lin went downstairs and left.
Before getting in the car, he looked at the sky, covered with dark clouds, and raised his hand to check the time. Less than 4 o’clock. Yan Heqing had two classes this afternoon.
Opening the door and getting in, he said to the driver: “Go to Peking University.”