Chapter 92#
Returning to his residence, Yan Heqing first leaned against the wall for 15 minutes.
This method taught by the doctor couldn’t be said to have completely cured his cervical spine, but he had indeed rarely felt discomfort during this period.
Yan Heqing closed his eyes, recalling Lu Lin’s phone call in his mind, precise to every word.
[I make decisions only for the interests of the Lu Group.]
[It’s useless no matter who Lu Muchi is.]
These two sentences connected were talking about the same thing.
Yan Heqing pondered the connection between the two. Literally speaking, Lu Lin made a decision that would harm Lu Muchi’s interests.
Lu Muchi’s company mainly developed and produced laser crystals and optical communication devices, which was completely different from the Lu Group’s business scope.
Unless—
Lu Lin’s new decision conflicted with the project that Lu Muchi and Cheng Jian were about to start.
So both Lu Muchi and Cheng Jian were anxious to negotiate cooperation and couldn’t wait for two months, setting up a dinner next week to sign the contract.
Yan Heqing opened his eyes. He couldn’t be sure for the time being if it was really as he guessed, and what Lu Lin’s move represented…
Yan Heqing didn’t think deeply anymore. Fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. The 15 minutes were up.
He didn’t wipe the sweat and went straight into the bathroom to take a shower.
Steam rose in the narrow space. The family housing at Peking University inexplicably appeared in Yan Heqing’s mind.
The bathroom was spacious, with separate wet and dry areas. There was an old-style bathtub, and a window opened. Outside the window were several tall red plum trees, offering both privacy and a unique view.
This winter, he would be able to see a tree full of beautiful red flowers.
Coming out of the shower, his phone lit up.
It was a WeChat message just sent by Lu Lin, “Home.”
He also sent a photo of a DSLR camera placed on the table in the storage room.
Yan Heqing walked to the bedside. The Cube of Light hadn’t been put back in the drawer since he took it out last time. It was placed on the bedside table. He squatted down and turned on the lamp, and the Cube of Light instantly emitted beautiful colorful light.
Yan Heqing replied to Lu Lin with a voice message, “Does the renovation start after the May Day holiday?”
Lu Lin returned a video call. Using the new phone for the first time, he hadn’t adjusted the camera. Lu Lin saw the Cube of Light first, then switched to Yan Heqing.
The young man was wearing pure white pajamas, his hair still slightly frizzy, obviously just having taken a shower.
Lu Lin was still in the storage room, his back against the table, “Mn, go check it out more often when you have time after school. The supervisor might not be comprehensive.”
Yan Heqing looked at Lu Lin and suddenly said, “Change the living room to a combined study and guest room.”
Changing the study to the living room would free up an extra room.
Their previous conversations hadn’t touched on cohabitation. Now, Yan Heqing’s words could be interpreted as him simply liking the combined study and guest room decoration, or it could be said that he saved a room for Lu Lin.
Lu Lin didn’t point it out and smiled, “Your house, your call.”
So it was decided. The two chatted until Yan Heqing’s hair returned to normal and was completely dry before Lu Lin hung up the video call.
Exiting the chat with Yan Heqing, Lu Lin clicked into the three-person group chat and tapped Chu Ziyu’s avatar for a private chat.
“When are you free?”
Chu Ziyu replied instantly, “????! Is there anything I can teach you?!! I’m never free for others, but for you, I’m free anytime!”
Lu Lin got straight to the point, “He likes you guys very much. Ask him out to play more when you have time.”
Chu Ziyu, “…?? He? Little Master Yan?! Holy shit, hehe, he likes me! I can take him out to play, but aren’t you afraid I’ll lead him astray!”
“Just don’t take up his study time.” Lu Lin wasn’t worried at all.
“So many requirements… I know, I know, guarantee to complete the task perfectly!”
The chat ended here.
The next day, Yan Heqing waited for Ge Tongyuan at the exit of the City Hospital station.
After a while, Ge Tongyuan came out.
Ge Tongyuan saw Yan Heqing from a distance, stood on tiptoe across the surging crowd, and waved to Yan Heqing.
Optimistic and sunny, exactly Cheng Jian’s ideal type.
Yan Heqing also raised his hand in response to Ge Tongyuan.
Ge Tongyuan ran over in a few steps, “Sorry, couldn’t squeeze onto the previous one. Too many people during the holiday!”
Yan Heqing smiled, “I just arrived too.” He handed over the souvenir, “You can buy everything online now, just a token of appreciation.”
Ge Tongyuan grinned, showing his white teeth, took it and put it in his bag, “It’s different, bought locally without preservatives!”
Ge Tongyuan bought a few bags of fruit at a roadside fruit shop to visit the patient. He didn’t know how to choose, so Yan Heqing helped him choose. Ge Tongyuan exclaimed all the way.
“You’re amazing! You know how to pick apples, pick peaches! And bargain!”
These actually didn’t count for much, but Ge Tongyuan’s family conditions were good, and none of the boys his age he knew were like Yan Heqing. He admired and liked Yan Heqing, talking non-stop all the way.
Yan Heqing was extremely patient. He would respond to Ge Tongyuan’s topics with a few sentences and didn’t find him noisy.
When the elevator stopped at the 15th floor and the doors opened, Ge Tongyuan had unilaterally categorized Yan Heqing as a best friend.
Exiting the elevator, they saw Lin Fengyi outside ward 1503.
Lin Fengyi leaned against the wall, glancing at the elevator from time to time. As soon as Yan Heqing and the others came out, he immediately lowered his head, tapping randomly on the phone screen, pretending to be playing a game.
Yan Heqing came over and asked first: “Is Auntie inside?”
Lin Fengyi said casually, “Can’t you open the door and look yourself?”
But his heartbeat kept amplifying. Only when Yan Heqing and Ge Tongyuan went in did he nervously press his violently heaving chest and quickly followed in.
Lin’s mother wasn’t there. The ward was quiet. Lin Fengzhi lay on his side on the hospital bed, motionless.
Lin Fengzhi knew Yan Heqing was here.
He heard Yan Heqing’s voice and smelled the all-too-familiar cedar scent.
Fingers gripping the bed sheet tightly, Lin Fengzhi closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
Ge Tongyuan put down the fruit, walked up lightly to take a look, turned back and whispered: “Lin Fengzhi seems to be asleep.”
Yan Heqing knew Lin Fengzhi was awake. He smiled faintly, “If you have something to do, go ahead. I have nothing to do, I’ll wait here for a while.”
Ge Tongyuan actually wanted to chat more with Yan Heqing. Talking to Yan Heqing was just too comfortable! But it wasn’t appropriate in someone else’s ward, so Ge Tongyuan tapped his phone and whispered: “Contact anytime.”
Yan Heqing nodded, and Ge Tongyuan left.
The interaction between the two fell entirely into Lin Fengyi’s eyes. He didn’t know Ge Tongyuan, but Yan Heqing was so friendly and patient with a kid, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
He also knew that his bad temper had offended Yan Heqing, but he really couldn’t say the words of apology. He squeezed out a stiff sentence, “I’m going to buy breakfast, do you want to eat?”
Yan Heqing unexpectedly replied to him again today, “Bring me a bottle of water.”
Lin Fengyi went out as if stepping on cotton.
The door closed. Yan Heqing looked at the back of Lin Fengzhi’s head, “I know you’re not asleep. I brought you a souvenir, strawberry-flavored pastry.”
Lin Fengzhi opened his eyes abruptly, his hand almost tearing the bed sheet, “You and Lu… your boyfriend went traveling?”
“Mn.” Yan Heqing was calm and light, “Went to our hometown.”
Lin Fengzhi didn’t know where the hometown was, nor did he care about any hometown. He was just so sour he wanted to cry.
Traveling with Lu Lin… was something that happened in his imagination.
Lin Fengzhi wanted to be hysterical on one hand, “The person I like is Lu Lin! Don’t mention him in front of me”, and on the other hand, he wanted to hear more details about Lu Lin.
In the past, Lu Lin was high above. The few words he could hear were preciously written into his diary. But suddenly, Yan Heqing brought Lu Lin in front of him…
In a short time, he discovered a more charming Lu Lin, one that fascinated him even more.
Lin Fengzhi bit his lip tightly, holding back the urge to confess. He pulled back the quilt and sat up, turned around, and finally looked at Yan Heqing.
Yan Heqing also looked over. He pointed to the fruit, “Fruit bought by Ge Tongyuan. There are apples and peaches. What do you want to eat? I’ll peel it.”
Lin Fengzhi’s pale lips spat out a word, “Apple.”
Yan Heqing took an apple, lowered his head and peeled it. The thin peel spiraled down continuously. The sound of peeling rustled in the ward. Finally, Lin Fengzhi broke the silence.
“Don’t you like Lu Muchi? Why are you dating his uncle?”
He stared at Yan Heqing with a burning gaze, seeming to want to find clues on his face.
The apple was peeled. Yan Heqing put down the fruit knife, his quiet eyebrows showing a bit of confusion.
He seemed to really not understand, “Why do you think I would like someone who doesn’t respect me?”
Lin Fengzhi was stumped by the question. He was speechless for a moment.
Lu Muchi had a good family background and looked good. For most people, isn’t it normal to like him?
His classmates and friends also often asked him for Lu Muchi’s contact information.
Among the people Yan Heqing could come into contact with, Lu Muchi was the ceiling.
Lin Fengzhi kept his mouth shut tightly, clutching the bedding with both hands, his eyes red again.
Yan Heqing came over and handed him the apple, asking knowingly, “Does the wound still hurt a lot?”
Big drops of tears fell from Lin Fengzhi’s eyes. He hadn’t cried since the ice hockey rink. He raised his hand to cover his chest: “It hurts, it hurts too much…”
He didn’t want to talk anymore, didn’t take the apple, turned around and lay back under the quilt, sobbing silently.
At this time, Lin Fengyi crashed through the door carrying things. He was sweating profusely, panting from running.
But soon he gave a low cough and came in as if nothing had happened. “Your water.”
He threw it to Yan Heqing.
Yan Heqing caught it. Since Lin Fengzhi didn’t eat the apple, he finished it himself and drank a few mouthfuls of water.
“Recover well.” He said to the back of Lin Fengzhi’s head, “I’ll come see you again in a while.”
Lin Fengzhi didn’t react. Lin Fengyi interrupted, “Estimate he has to stay for another two or three months. He stays silent all day. My mom is afraid something is wrong with him and doesn’t feel safe letting him out of the hospital.”
Yan Heqing didn’t say anything and left.
Lin Fengyi wanted to chase after him, lifted his foot, and then put it back weakly.
What to say after catching up?
He already has a boyfriend, and it’s Lu Lin…
Lin Fengyi scratched his hair irritably, simply sat back on the sofa, opened the plastic bag, and took out the lunch boxes violently.
He specially bought black pepper potato beef… When Yan Heqing came to the Lin family for New Year’s greetings last time, he noticed that Yan Heqing picked up potatoes and beef the most times.
Opening the lid, Lin Fengyi turned his head to call Lin Fengzhi. Just as he turned around, Lin Fengzhi was standing behind him, staring down at him with a pair of red eyes.
“Holy shit!” Lin Fengyi’s heart almost stopped from fright, “You walk without sound!”
Lin Fengzhi ignored him, “Who is better, me or Yan Heqing.”
The ward suddenly became quiet. Lin Fengyi didn’t make a sound.
Lin Fengzhi was about to cry, “Brother, now even you think he is better than me?”
Lin Fengyi was most afraid of Lin Fengzhi crying. Once Lin Fengzhi cried, he couldn’t do anything about it. Even if Lin Fengzhi wanted the stars in the sky, he would try every means to pick them.
But this time, the simplest word, “No”, he couldn’t say it.
Lin Fengzhi exploded, pushed all the lunch boxes on the table to the ground, and went back to bed to bury his head and stay still.
…
At the same time, Yan Heqing left the hospital. Just as he was walking towards the subway entrance, a call came in.
Unknown number.
Not Lin Fengzhi’s third number, nor did it exist in Yan Heqing’s memory.
Yan Heqing answered, and the other side spoke first, “Comrade Heqing, guess who I am?”