Chapter 96#
Lin Fengzhi finally regained his vitality.
He gripped his phone tightly.
He knew it! Yan Heqing was lying, Yan Heqing liked Lu Muchi!
Yan Heqing lied to him, and was also lying to Lu Lin!
This was the evidence!
Lin Fengzhi’s heart pounded violently. After a while, his fingertips trembled as he opened the photo album, then tapped on the hidden unlocked folder. Inside was only one photo—
Lu Lin’s 18-year-old ID photo on the photo wall of the Jing University auditorium.
Last semester, when Lu Lin came to Jing University for a lecture, Lin Fengzhi discovered it when he went to listen, and secretly took a picture.
The ID photo was small, and it was pasted at the top of the photo wall protected by a glass cover. Lin Fengzhi tried hard, but the photo still turned out very blurry. But it didn’t matter, he would always recognize Lu Lin.
Lin Fengzhi pressed the phone screen tightly against his chest, raised his chin, and closed his eyes excitedly.
He finally found a reason for himself.
Yan Heqing didn’t really like Lu Lin, so he didn’t have to give up on Lu Lin!
Lin Fengzhi’s heartbeat accelerated continuously. He couldn’t wait to see Lu Lin; he was going to see Lu Lin right away!
Lin Fengzhi opened his eyes, kicked off the quilt, and got out of bed.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness. His vision went black for a few seconds, and he fell back onto the bed. He blinked hard a few times before his vision gradually cleared.
He hadn’t been able to eat during this period, so he must be having a hypoglycemic reaction, Lin Fengzhi thought. Just then, Mother Lin pushed the door open and came in.
Staying in the hospital all the time, although there was a separate bathroom with complete facilities, Mother Lin still wanted to go home to relax and take a bath. She had only been gone for a while when she received a call from Lin Fengyi and had to turn back.
“Mom, I want to eat steamed king crab.” Seeing Mother Lin, Lin Fengzhi revealed a smile, counting the things he wanted to eat like a child. His appetite had completely returned now, “Mushroom bacon pasta, chestnut cream soup.”
He tilted his head and blinked, “And two caramel crème brûlées!”
Lin Fengzhi was willing to eat. After being happy, Mother Lin couldn’t help but worry.
Lin Fengzhi’s emotions fluctuated greatly, not without reason.
Mother Lin sighed and asked someone to prepare the meal.
Soon the big meal was delivered. Lin Fengzhi’s appetite was greatly stimulated, sweeping through the food like a blizzard.
Mother Lin was startled. She put down the crab leg she was processing and hurriedly fed him water, “Eat slowly, be careful not to choke, no one is fighting with you.”
Lin Fengzhi lowered his head and took a big gulp, then immediately turned his head to eat the crème brûlée.
“Can’t be slow, I want to go out.”
Mother Lin was greatly shocked, “Where are you going?”
Stars shone in Lin Fengzhi’s eyes. He looked up, curving the corners of his mouth very proudly, “To find my future!”
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On the other side, Lu Lin sent Yan Heqing to the side gate of Jing University and got out of the car with him, “Since I’m here, I’ll take a look at the house by the way.”
Yan Heqing had class in the first period, so he didn’t go with him. When parting ways, he asked him, “What do you want to eat tonight? I have two classes in the afternoon, I’ll go back first to cook.”
Lu Lin was very surprised that he offered to go over again today, but he replied extremely quickly, “The hot pot from the first time I went to your place.”
Yan Heqing nodded, then went to the teaching building.
Lu Lin watched Yan Heqing walk away, then turned around to go to the family residential area.
The bottom of his eyes was pitch black, like a bottomless deep sea.
Yan Heqing’s secret was becoming more and more mysterious.
If it was just to ruin Lu Muchi’s career, the technology company he invested in was enough to make Lu Muchi take a big tumble. There was no need for Yan Heqing to mess up the cooperation between Lu Muchi and Cheng Jian.
Yan Heqing was extremely smart; he must have his purpose for doing things.
The most likely explanation for last night’s arrangement was that his main target was Cheng Jian.
Cheng Jian was also his creditor?
Intervening in Lu Muchi’s project, Lu Lin received all of Cheng Jian’s information.
A prodigal son with a chaotic private life who had caused trouble several times, all settled by his father.
Walking to the house, Lu Lin had already made a decision.
It wasn’t even nine o’clock yet. The renovation workers hadn’t arrived. The door lock was still an ordinary lock, and Lu Lin didn’t have a key.
At this moment, the phone vibrated.
Lu Lin took out his phone; it was a WeChat message from 52 Hertz.
“Class started, I can’t make it over in time. One class is 45 minutes, want to wait for me?”
Yan Heqing also thought of the fact that Lu Lin didn’t have a key at the same time.
Lu Lin suddenly changed his plan to switch to a smart lock. Using an ordinary door lock had the benefits of an ordinary door lock.
He replied, “Waiting for you.”
So the Lu Corporation president, whose earning time was calculated in seconds, waited dryly in the old corridor for 50 minutes.
It took Yan Heqing 3 minutes to run over.
In the early summer weather, Yan Heqing was wearing a short-sleeved black shirt with a white T-shirt underneath. The red bean bracelet on his wrist was particularly conspicuous.
He took out the key and opened the door, “Get a copy next time…”
Lu Lin took him into the room, closed the door, and trapped him between the door and his arms, lowering his head slightly to press against Yan Heqing’s forehead, “How long is the break between classes?”
The breath sprayed onto the tip of Yan Heqing’s nose had a fresh mint scent. Lu Lin’s intention was obvious.
Just as Yan Heqing was about to answer, footsteps and voices suddenly sounded outside the door.
Someone inserted a key into the lock hole.
The renovation workers had arrived.
A rare obvious displeasure appeared in Lu Lin’s eyes. He raised his hand to lock the door from the inside, pecked those two lips a few times, and then let go.
“Come home early after school.”
Yan Heqing was two minutes late.
Gu Xingye’s gaze followed Yan Heqing until the young man sat in the seat in front of him.
Gu Xingye changed his habit of sitting in the back row; he now sat in the second row.
Yan Heqing came early, so he could easily sit in the seat behind Yan Heqing. Occasionally, if other classmates sat in that seat first, he would also exchange seats with others with a smile on his face.
Gu Xingye had thought that Yan Heqing might be annoyed by this.
Actually, he wasn’t.
Even when he deliberately found questions to ask Yan Heqing, Yan Heqing analyzed them for him seriously and in detail.
Gu Xingye’s gaze fell on that string of red beans again.
Red bean bracelets—girls chasing Gu Xingye had given him if not ten strings, then eight. He knew the meaning very well.
Gu Xingye was distracted, so much so that he only came back to his senses when Yan Heqing called him for the second time.
During the in-class quiz, Yan Heqing handed over a stack of test papers. The corners of Gu Xingye’s mouth turned up, “You can put it on the desk.”
Yan Heqing’s expression didn’t change. “You were distracted.”
Gu Xingye took the test papers, “My experiment report was scolded bloody by Old Yang. I am currently feeling dejected.”
Yan Heqing didn’t say anything. His first experiment report was also sent back by Yang Rucheng.
“Redo it 81 times!”
Yan Heqing turned back to answer the questions.
His sitting posture was very upright; even when answering questions, his back was quite straight.
Listening to the methodical scratching sound of the pen, Gu Xingye smiled lightly.
The in-class quiz took two periods. Yan Heqing only had three classes scheduled in the morning. He went directly to the laboratory, didn’t even eat lunch, and went directly to the classroom for the afternoon classes.
After the two classes ended, Yan Heqing packed his schoolbag and left.
He went back to his residence first. There were a few inconspicuous spots of cigarette ash at the door. Lu Muchi had indeed come last night.
Yan Heqing opened the door and entered the house, packed a few changes of clothes, took his laptop, and left.
Yan Heqing drove to the vegetable market.
In the afternoon, most of the meat at the meat stall wasn’t very fresh. He looked around the vegetable market for a long time and finally bought two pieces of fresh pork tenderloin and a marrow bone.
He also bought fresh green leafy vegetables, a mango, a pineapple, and a bag of mangosteens.
The apartment costing hundreds of thousands per square meter had an underground parking lot renovated to the extreme. Yan Heqing’s car was out of place, but the guard respectfully let him in directly.
Lu Lin didn’t know Yan Heqing would drive over, but he had still greeted them in advance.
Lu Lin had a customized parking space that could park four cars. Yan Heqing parked in the innermost position, got out of the car carrying things, and went upstairs.
Yan Heqing sent a message to Lu Lin. Lu Lin wouldn’t be back until seven o’clock. There were still two hours. Yan Heqing washed the rice and soaked it in water, then stewed the marrow bone for the soup base.
An hour later, he poured the soaked rice into the rice cooker. This rice cooker took an hour for fine cooking, so dinner would be ready just when Lu Lin came back.
Yan Heqing made the pork meatballs, prepared the vegetables, and peeled the pineapple.
This variety of pineapple didn’t need to be soaked in salt water, but Yan Heqing liked a faint salty taste, so he still soaked it in light salt water.
After preparing everything, Yan Heqing walked to the dining room and opened his laptop to organize the experimental data.
He was very serious when studying. Only the aroma of bone soup wafted in the house, with no other movements, so Yan Heqing forgot the time.
When he finished organizing the data and glanced at the bottom right corner of the laptop, it was almost seven-thirty.
Yan Heqing closed the laptop and picked up his phone.
At 6:55, Lu Lin sent a WeChat message.
“Something came up, will be back later. If you’re hungry, eat first? Don’t wait for me.”
Yan Heqing’s eyes shifted.
Lu Lin’s matter should be an emergency, a sudden situation after he got off work.
6:55.
Yan Heqing replied “Okay”, opened the laptop again, and took this time to do some side jobs to make money.
He had paid back three installments of the money he owed Lu Lin. After earning a few more side incomes, he would pay back the remaining money to Lu Lin in one go.
Buzz.
Lu Lin’s phone rang slightly. He didn’t take out his phone, his black eyes heavy, “Speak, what is it.”
Twenty minutes ago, just as Lu Lin left the Lu Corporation, Lin Fengzhi rushed up.
“My brother has a secret.” Lin Fengzhi lowered his voice, “Can we find a quiet and hidden place to talk?”
Lu Lin didn’t care about Yan Heqing’s secret.
It was just that Lin Fengzhi’s expression was faintly manic. He pondered for two seconds and took Lin Fengzhi to a coffee shop.
Lin Fengzhi treated this as their first date and happily ordered a cappuccino.
He sipped the coffee, feeling it was sweeter than honey.
Only when Lu Lin spoke did he raise his eyes, asking Lu Lin a question with burning eyes, “When did you and my brother start dating?”
Lu Lin didn’t answer, “I don’t have much time, last ten minutes.”
Lin Fengzhi gripped the coffee cup tightly, “In a hurry to see my brother?”
Lu Lin looked at his watch, “Nine minutes.”
“Stop calculating…” Lin Fengzhi bit his lip aggrievedly, “Are you this impatient with my brother too?”
Lu Lin still didn’t respond to him. Lin Fengzhi even had auditory hallucinations, the second hand ticking in his ear. He looked at Lu Lin and finally got to the main topic.
“I like you!”
Lin Fengzhi instantly blushed from his face to the back of his ears, “Uncle Lu, I like you so much. I liked you a long time ago, I promise! Before you dated my brother, I already liked you.”
Lu Lin got up to leave, “Next time, don’t come to me for such boring things.”
His tone on the last sentence was particularly heavy, “Mind your identity.”
Lin Fengzhi’s temples throbbed with pain.
He stared at Lu Lin’s back, chased after him, and wanted to grab Lu Lin’s arm, but Lu Lin directly avoided it.
Lu Lin’s brows furrowed.
His upbringing made him rarely show likes and dislikes in front of people. This was already his most disgusted expression.
Lin Fengzhi was deeply stimulated by Lu Lin’s disgust. His heart felt like it was falling into an abyss. He didn’t want this!
For the sake of Yan Heqing being his biological brother, he didn’t want to expose it, but now there was no other way!
He cried and shouted: “I’m the only one who truly likes you!” Hot tears followed closely, bursting out of his eyes, “You’ve been deceived, Yan Heqing doesn’t like you at all!”
The shouting disappeared.
Lu Lin said lightly: “It’s enough that I love him.”