Chapter 37: The Lonely Runner
With such a calculation in her heart, Lin Qianying wiped away the shock in her heart, and Qin Fengyan's attitude became more and more kind: "Late autumn is really a blessing, don't worry, before you come, I will definitely raise her to be fat for nothing." ”
"Thank you..."Qin Fengyan smiled faintly, his black onyx-like eyes flowed with a deep and deep light, he turned his head, looked at his uncle-in-law who had been silent, and said, "You guys talk slowly, I'll go upstairs first." ”
After speaking, without waiting for Li Chengzhong to answer, he politely owed to Lin Qianying, and then quietly climbed the stairs alone.
As if attracted by a huge magic force, Lin Qianying turned around slowly, her eyes moved with Qin Fengyan's back, only to see the yellowish light of the wall lamp faintly projected on his body, outlining a layered silhouette, the shadow, as thin as the crescent moon, but it was a kind of unspeakable loneliness.
Because of the tiredness of the day, Qin Fengyan was a little tired, and he wanted to sleep peacefully, but the moment he finished washing up and lay on the bed, he lost his sleepiness.
With a faint smile, he simply took out the documents he carried with him and looked at them carefully.
The night was dark, the stars were dim, and there was a knock on the door when the hour and minute hands on the wall coincided perfectly.
"Please come in!" Qin Feng said without raising his head, at this time, only his aunt would knock on his door.
Sure enough, when the door opened, the familiar aura floated, and Qin Fengyan looked up with a smile: "You still haven't slept so late?"
Lou Xiaomin looked at him with a smile, holding milk in his hand, although he was wearing ordinary home clothes, he could not hide his elegant temperament.
Qin Fengyan hurriedly got up, took the milk from Lou Xiaomin's hand, and the two sat down on the sofa in the bedroom together.
"When you see the light in your room on, you know you're still reading papers. Lou Xiaomin looked at Qin Fengyan with distressed eyes.
Qin Fengyan smiled comfortingly: "The company will be busy soon after it is back on track, and it will be good to wait for a while." ”
Lou Xiaomin's gaze was gloomy for a moment, and then he smiled covertly and patted Qin Fengyan's hand: "Aunt knows that you have your own way of doing things, just don't tire yourself out." ”
Qin Fengyan nodded, not wanting his aunt to worry too much about himself, so he changed the topic and said, "Lin Qianying is gone?"
"Gone. Lou Xiaomin muttered lightly, and the sorrow between her eyebrows deepened: "Just now in the living room, she and your uncle-in-law had a dispute over some details of the contract, and left in a huff. Chengzhong didn't seem to be very happy either, drank a lot of wine, and kept shouting that the woman was very greedy and really didn't want to cooperate with her. ”
Qin Fengyan lowered his eyes, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly understood his aunt's intention to visit late at night: "So...... Uncle-in-law wants to cooperate with me?"
Lou Xiaomin looked at Qin Fengyan in surprise: "How do you know?"
Qin Fengyan didn't answer, just lowered his head and took a sip of milk, Li Chengzhong is cunning and sleek, he treats people and things in all aspects, he has been in politics for many years, his city is deep, and his scheming is heavy, so naturally he is not under himself, the so-called drunken gaffe, for such a person, is actually to test the other party by going crazy with alcohol.
Lou Xiaomin's eyes were fixed on Qin Fengyan's face, seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, knowing that what he was thinking had been seen through by him, he sighed softly, not going to say too many meaningless words: "To put it simply, your brother-in-law hopes that you can come forward and compete with Lin Qianying for the right to gamble on the Philippine International Hotel this time." ”
Pursing his lips, Qin Fengyan turned his gaze away: "Auntie, I have never been in contact with casinos, and I have no experience at all. ”
"Experience doesn't matter, your uncle understands, he will help you. Lou Xiaomin looked at Qin Fengyan eagerly.
Is it helping? or manipulating? Qin Fengyan's faint smile was slightly bitter, it wasn't that he wanted to think of human nature so ugly, even if his aunt was really good to him, but Li Chengzhong and him had no blood relationship, and in the face of interests, family affection was inevitably weak.
Lou Xiaomin saw all Qin Fengyan's emotions in his eyes, and sighed: "Actually, I don't want to force you, you know, I don't understand the things in the mall, I just look at Chengzhong so distressed, I feel sad, I want to help him as much as possible, if you are embarrassed, then my aunt apologizes to you." ”
Not wanting to disappoint his aunt, Qin Fengyan hurriedly shook his head, "I'm not embarrassed, in fact, my uncle's suggestion is good, but this matter is too big, I need to go back and discuss it with my grandfather."
Lou Xiaomin smiled with relief: "Is your grandfather okay?"
"Not bad. ”
"What about you?" Lou Xiaomin's tone was calm, but his eyes were full of worry.
Qin Fengyan said lightly: "I'm also very good!"
"Really good?" Lou Xiaomin looked into his eyes and said faintly: "If it's really good, I won't avoid talking about marriage in the living room just now." ”
Qin Fengyan lowered his eyes and smiled bitterly.
“… That girl's name is Late Autumn?" Lou Xiaomin stretched out his hand, gently stroked Qin Fengyan's thin and handsome face, and said with pity: "Is it your third uncle's stepdaughter who was kidnapped by you?"
Qin Fengyan nodded, his heart was suddenly full of bitterness, in fact, he didn't wonder why his aunt would know that they kidnapped Late Autumn, as long as it was someone who paid attention to the dynamics of the Qin family, he would notice that Late Autumn was kidnapped, and the biggest beneficiary was the Qin family, and he believed that his uncle-in-law had always been a caring person!
"I heard that the girl was ruined by those gangsters, and some of her photos were published in magazines?" Lou Xiaomin's tone contained a faint compassion.
Qin Fengyan closed his eyes, and some memories were as strong as he didn't want to face easily: "What do you want to say?"
Lou Xiaomin looked at Qin Fengyan with a slight worry: "I just want to know, you... Do you like that girl?"
"Yes!" Without a second of hesitation, Qin Fengyan's expression was extremely firm: "I like her... No... I love her... In this life and this life, I will not marry anyone but her. ”
Lou Xiaomin's eyes suddenly flashed with surprise, he always knew that this kid was excellent, cold, wise, and outstanding, but he couldn't imagine that he was so dead-eyed in the face of feelings.
"Does she love you too?" Lou Xiaomin asked cautiously.
“… Love..."Qin Fengyan's always steady voice finally fluctuated, he quietly looked at the starry and incomparably heavy night outside the window, as if to connect the stars one by one, outlining the longing face in his heart: "When everyone abandoned me, only she was stupidly by my side, she always accompanied me through the most disappointing minutes and seconds of my life without regrets, but I didn't even care about her birthday." I took advantage of that day in a despicable way..."
Qin Feng's words were choked, and he couldn't speak anymore.
"Then she... Do you know that you are the mastermind who planned the kidnapping case?" Lou Xiaomin took a deep breath, and the ominous premonition in her heart made her a little unbearable to ask any more, whether the girl knew it or not, such an encounter was too cruel for a pair of lovers who loved each other.
Qin Fengyan nodded sadly, tears flashing in his eyes: "... She knows..."
Lou Xiaomin closed his eyes sadly, and sighed silently in his heart: "... It's cruel..."
When he opened his eyes, Lou Xiaomin finally burst into tears: "...... Just now in the living room, I heard you say that she was in her father's house, He Mutian?"
Qin Fengyan nodded.
"So, you're going to break off your engagement with Yingzi?
Qin Fengyan didn't nod or shake his head, which was considered a tacit acquiescence.
Lou Xiaomin's emotions were a little excited: "Since you already know that you love that girl, why do you want to get back together with Yingzi? You are like this, which is equivalent to hurting two women who love you at the same time." ”
"I don't know. The moonlight was like water, reflecting Qin Fengyan's handsome outline, and his face was whiter and colder than the moon: "Since that car accident, my world has only grandpa's expectations except for reading, in order to live up to grandpa's expectations, I want to be excellent and excellent, no one has ever taught me what love is?
"You don't understand, what about you and Yingzi?" Lou Xiaomin said incredulously: "I always thought you loved her..."
"Maybe..."
"Maybe, what do you mean?"
The mouth of the cup is faintly hot, the world is a little blurry, and the warm aroma of milk fills the teeth, which is a blurry taste.
Qin Fengyan raised his head, and looked into the depths of Lou Xiaomin's pupils with a confused gaze: "I still remember when I was a child, my grandfather held a birthday party for me, among so many children, we identified each other at a glance, not because of how outstanding our appearance was, but we know that we are the same kind of people, both of whom are gorgeous on the outside and indifferent on the inside to achieve their goals. ”
Lou Xiaomin's brows furrowed even tighter: "Delusion?"
Qin Fengyan ignored Lou Xiaomin's question, and his misty and sad pupils revealed a faint sorrow: "... If there was no late autumn, perhaps, she and I would have become a couple that everyone admires. Oh, sometimes I feel that my life is like a race, I practice hard, keep fighting, just for the final victory and applause, but when I really surpassed other opponents and crossed the finish line, I realized that the victory and applause I have been chasing are just a mirror, when the song is over, I am still a lonely runner..."