Chapter 98#
On the way, Yan Heqing called Lu Lin, “I’ll be back a bit late today.”
“I have some matters to deal with too.” Lu Lin chuckled, “Maybe even later than you.”
It was normal for Lu Lin to work overtime. Yan Heqing didn’t think much of it. After parking the car at the hospital, he took the elevator upstairs.
Arriving at ward 1503, the door was ajar, and Gu Xingye’s voice came from inside.
“I knew you liked Mr. Lu back at the ice hockey rink.”
Yan Heqing stopped.
Inside the ward, Lin Fengzhi’s eyes were red, “So what if you know? There’s nothing wrong with me liking him!”
Gu Xingye frowned, “He is Yan Heqing’s boyfriend.”
“You don’t need to remind me again and again.” Facing Gu Xingye, Lin Fengzhi unscrupulously vented his unwillingness, “I know all that, but I met Uncle Lu first.”
His voice trembled, wanting to cry again, “And I was the one who liked Uncle Lu first… It’s not fair…”
Mother Lin had spoken vaguely to Gu Xingye about what happened last night, but Gu Xingye knew Lin Fengzhi well and guessed most of it.
“Love doesn’t follow a first-come, first-served rule.” Gu Xingye suddenly thought of the rainy night in Huaishan.
The two kissing in the greenhouse, a Yan Heqing he had never seen before.
He sighed silently, “In any case, Yan Heqing is your biological brother. You have to give up on Mr. Lu now.”
Lin Fengzhi suddenly looked up, “Why are you also helping Yan Heqing with every word…” He stopped abruptly, his pupils gradually dilating, “You don’t like Yan Heqing too, do you?”
Instant silence.
Gu Xingye didn’t say yes, nor did he say no, only his gaze was complex.
Lin Fengzhi’s chest heaved violently. He had lost a lot of weight recently, and his hospital gown hung loosely on him, rustling with his intense emotions.
“You leave too!” Lin Fengzhi pointed at the ward door. “You all go like Yan Heqing! I don’t care!”
Gu Xingye finally showed some emotion, “You’re an adult, can’t you learn to curb your young master temper?”
“I’m just like this. If you can’t stand it, don’t come.” Lin Fengzhi said in a fit of pique. “I didn’t ask you to come either!”
Gu Xingye turned and left.
Opening the door, Gu Xingye saw Yan Heqing outside. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled, “I’m leaving first.”
Yan Heqing nodded politely.
At this moment, Lin Fengzhi also looked over. Seeing Yan Heqing, he was flustered at first.
How long had Yan Heqing been here? Did he hear what he said?
But it quickly disappeared. Lin Fengzhi clutched the quilt cover tightly. He hadn’t done anything wrong!
He watched Yan Heqing close the door. When Yan Heqing approached, he spoke first: “That’s right, I like Lu Lin.”
His back was straight, “Scold me if you want.”
Lin Fengzhi raised his face, and only then did Yan Heqing see that Lin Fengzhi’s right cheek was slightly swollen with a few marks.
Mother Lin only said Lin Fengzhi went to find Lu Lin last night, but didn’t say she hit Lin Fengzhi.
Yan Heqing said calmly: “I won’t scold you.”
Lin Fengzhi was stunned, biting hard on the flesh inside his lip, “Don’t think I’ll feel guilty because of this.” His nose soured. “I’m not wrong. You didn’t even appear when I liked him!”
Yan Heqing suddenly laughed.
Lin Fengzhi was startled instead, staring at him blankly.
“Sometimes I can’t tell if you’re really stupid or just pretending.” Yan Heqing’s eyes darkened a few shades, “No one blames you for liking Lu Lin before. It’s that you knew he was my boyfriend, yet you still went to find him last night.”
Lin Fengzhi really just remembered this now, but he still didn’t think he was wrong.
“You like Lu Muchi, but you’re with Lu Lin even though you don’t like him. You’re lying, it’s your fault!”
He grabbed his phone, quickly clicked on the video screenshot and showed it to Yan Heqing, “Don’t try to deny it, this is definitely you!”
Yan Heqing looked at that blurry little dot. Lin Fengzhi being able to recognize him could be considered another kind of unique talent.
However, he was only concerned about another thing, “You went to Lu Lin just to show him this?”
Lin Fengzhi nodded, “Yes! I didn’t intend to expose you, it was him…”
When Lin Fengzhi was young, his palm was pricked by a cactus once, full of tiny translucent thorns. Mother Lin spent the whole night picking them out for him.
It didn’t hurt at first, but the next day it would hurt intensely from time to time.
Those few words from Lu Lin were like a cactus pricked into his heart.
Releasing the bitten skin, Lin Fengzhi’s tone already carried a crying tone, “He said it’s enough that he loves you. Before I could show him the screenshot, he wouldn’t even look.”
It wasn’t the first time Yan Heqing heard about Lu Lin’s care for him from others; Chu Ziyu and Xie Yunjie had all said it.
But “it’s enough that he loves you”, Yan Heqing felt as if his chest was squeezed hard, and he fell silent.
Lin Fengzhi misunderstood it as Yan Heqing having a guilty conscience. His heart pounded violently. Suddenly he jumped out of bed, grabbed Yan Heqing’s hands tightly, tears streaming down, “Brother, if you don’t like Uncle Lu, can you let him go? I can’t live without Uncle Lu, I like him so much, so much. You…” He struggled to articulate, “Let me have this one time, I can give you anything you want!”
Yan Heqing came back to his senses. He looked at the pitifully crying Lin Fengzhi and pulled down Lin Fengzhi’s hands that were holding him.
It was also at this moment that Lin Fengzhi saw the bracelet on Yan Heqing’s wrist.
Identical to Lu Lin’s, red beans with a color so beautiful it was dazzling.
“Lin Fengzhi.” Yan Heqing called his full name, “This ends here.”
Lin Fengzhi felt an inexplicable panic in his heart. He didn’t know the reason, but at this moment he had a very strong, incredibly strong feeling that he couldn’t let Yan Heqing go. He tried to grab Yan Heqing’s hand again, “Brother—” but his vision went black.
This time it didn’t recover. Not knowing where Yan Heqing was, he was anxious and afraid, “Brother, where are you? My eyes suddenly can’t see, I can’t see you…”
Yan Heqing was right in front of Lin Fengzhi. He watched Lin Fengzhi grasping in the air. Was the eye disease advanced?
He turned and left.
Hearing the footsteps, Lin Fengzhi was even more afraid. He chased after the sound, but tripped over his slippers and fell to the ground.
“Brother…” Lin Fengzhi was terrified. He struggled to get up, but his legs had no strength, so he could only keep shouting, “Brother, come back…”
After a while, there were footsteps again. Lin Fengzhi reached out to grab, “Brother, you…”
“Mr. Lin, can you see my hand?”
A familiar voice sounded; it was the doctor in charge of him.
There was a supermarket next to the hospital.
Yan Heqing went in to buy some fruits and seasonings. When paying, the cashier asked him how he would pay. He paused for 2 seconds and took out that black card, “Credit card.”
Through Lin Fengzhi’s information, Yan Heqing could be 100% sure that Lu Lin had discovered his plan.
Only how much he discovered, and when he discovered it, he couldn’t be sure.
Yan Heqing carried the things into the car. Just as he fastened his seat belt, Ge Tongyuan’s call came in, “Heqing, did you see the trending search? That Cheng prick turns out to be a habitual offender. A male star sued him for sexual assault with his real name, and now it’s number one on the trending list!”
Ge Tongyuan was filled with righteous indignation, “That male star got depression because of this. This Cheng prick must rot in jail!”
Yan Heqing turned on the speakerphone, exited the call interface, and clicked on the search bar.
#Meng Yao sexually assaulted by rich second generation#
#Cheng Jian#
#Cheng Group#
#Meng Yao depression attempted suicide#
……
Yan Heqing didn’t click on it. The male star suing Cheng Jian happened too coincidentally. He thought of Lu Lin immediately.
When Yan Heqing first formulated the plan to take revenge on Cheng Jian, he also considered legal channels, but those victims might not believe him. Plus, sexual assault cases are hard to fight; firstly, collecting evidence is very difficult and time-consuming, so he temporarily gave up.
If it were Lu Lin, things would be much easier.
Ge Tongyuan was still saying something on the phone. Yan Heqing lay on the steering wheel, burying his entire face in the darkness. He closed his eyes and rested for a while before saying a few words to Ge Tongyuan and hanging up.
Returning to Lu Lin’s residence, Yan Heqing saw Lu Lin’s leather shoes when changing shoes. He looked into the room first, but didn’t see anyone. He carried the things to the kitchen, but no one was there either.
Yan Heqing put down the things and walked towards the study, “Lu Lin?”
The voice answering him came from the terrace, “I’m on the terrace.”
Yan Heqing changed direction to the terrace. Unexpectedly, Lu Lin was arranging potted plants. He had brought a few flower stands, and the ground was full of different flowers and plants.
His good mood today was visible to the naked eye.
“The company got a new batch of potted plants.” Lu Lin waved for Yan Heqing to come over, “See if there’s anything else you like, I’ll bring it back tomorrow.”
The flower pots were the same model commonly used by Xiumei Nursery.
Although it was the most common style, since it was Lu Lin, Yan Heqing had to think more. A thought popped up in his mind: the heater sent by the coffee shop last winter, could it also be sent by Lu Lin?
He curved the corners of his mouth. Seeing this, Lu Lin also smiled, “Like them so much?”
Yan Heqing nodded, “En, like them very much.”
Lu Lin put down the watering can, came over and hugged him from behind, gathering Yan Heqing entirely into his arms, “When you graduate, we’ll move to the house I used to live in. The yard will be full of flowers and plants, and fruit trees. There’s a honeycomb plum tree I planted when I was 5. It will be ripe next month, I’ll take you to pick them.”
Yan Heqing started counting, “Seeing the doctor this weekend, fishing next week, then it’s June, and going to pick honeycomb plums.”
Lu Lin tightened his arms, his warm lips landing on Yan Heqing’s cheek, “Far from enough. I want to do everything with you.”
Yan Heqing didn’t reply. He closed his eyes, seemingly asleep.
Time passed. When the neon lights of the high-rise building opposite changed colors, he spoke, “Lu Lin, on March 4th the year after next, accompany me to watch the sunrise again.”
Without those annoying things, time passed quickly. In a blink of an eye, it was the weekend. Lu Lin drove Yan Heqing to see the doctor.
The doctor took Yan Heqing’s pulse. The conclusion wasn’t much different from what Yan Heqing knew himself. He was born with a cold constitution, which had no effect on his body.
“But usually you should also pay more attention to nursing it, such as eating more meat, eggs and milk, and touching less cold drinks.” The doctor gave advice, “Soaking in hot springs more often is also useful.”
Xie Yunjie’s family owned the best hot spring hotel in the neighboring city, a two-hour drive from the capital.
Xie Yunjie received Lu Lin’s call, and not long after, Chu Ziyu also knew. Chu Ziyu contacted Yan Heqing directly, “The hot spring hotel is super fun, I know it too well! Tomorrow… oh you have school tomorrow. Next Saturday, let’s go play together!”
Lu Lin heard it from the side and replied first, “It’s for treatment, don’t cause trouble.”
Chu Ziyu disagreed, “What do you mean causing trouble? President Lu, do you understand? A happy mood is the best medicine. With me as a companion, I guarantee your baby will get the best treatment!”
Yan Heqing looked at Lu Lin, asking silently, “Should we agree?”
Yan Heqing would never have thought that this behavior of his made Lu Lin find him cute. Lu Lin lowered his head and pecked on his lips, “You decide.”
Yan Heqing agreed.
Hanging up the phone, a call came in after a while. It was Lin Fengxian.
Originally Mother Lin didn’t allow it to be said, but Lin Fengxian discussed with Father Lin for a few days and still decided to tell Yan Heqing, “Heqing, don’t be anxious when you hear this.”
Lin Fengxian sighed deeply, “There’s something wrong with Fengzhi’s eyes.”