During the time that Xiao Huai drove away from the airport, Lin Li was boarding the plane.

The first class and business class of the passenger plane were all chartered, she picked a window position, sat down and cast her eyes out of the string window, looking at the busy figure of the ground crew.

She stared intently for a few moments, when she heard a deep, magnetic voice say, "Do you have something on your mind?" ”

Lin Li retracted his gaze and looked at Ji Yunchong beside him: "No." ”

"We haven't seen each other for over a month, you look much more haggard than the last time we met, and you barely spoke on the way to the airport." Ji Yunchong asked very directly, "Did you quarrel with the person you like?" He objected to you accompanying me to Germany? ”

Ever since Lin Li unexpectedly saw Xiao Huai, he was completely out of state. Now that Ji Yunchong mentioned emotional matters, she didn't want to hide it, she felt the need to mention Xiao Huai, and her face was a little embarrassed when the words came to her mouth.

The disadvantage of growing up together since childhood is that even a slight change in expression makes the other person know what they are thinking.

Ji Yunchong said: "Before the plane takes off, you can go back." ”

Lin Li was slightly stunned.

"I want to ask for your help, that's my business, and how you treat me is your business. I can't force you to cater to me, so you don't have to feel embarrassed, go back. ”

Lin Li is a reasonable person, it was she who traveled back then, and now Ji Yunchong is facing the dilemma of amputation, she can't just leave without caring about anything.

She replied, "Not what you think." I've been too busy at work lately, and I stayed up late on duty last night, and I don't want to speak, please forgive me. ”

Ji Yunchong said softly.

"As for the person I like," Lin Li bit his lip, undoubtedly tormented in his heart, "he is actually—"

"You don't have to tell me who he is, and I don't want to know." Ji Yunchong interrupted, "No matter who the other party is, I will not reduce my feelings for you, just like I never broke up with you because of my mother's fierce opposition." As long as you deliberately decide that we are not at all likely, I will withdraw silently, without being stubborn or entangled. Otherwise, I will wait patiently for you until you change your mind. ”

Lin Li tugged at the corners of his mouth, and stopped talking.

Thinking of Ji Yunchong's various efforts to be with her in the ten-year love run, she had no way to say that she refused too sharply - the two can no longer be lovers, can't they even be friends?

Lin Li thought for a moment and spoke: "Ji Yunchong." ”

Her voice lowered, her tone shallow and soft, and his heart softened: "Huh? ”

"You are now a well-known entrepreneur, don't put your posture so low for me, you should look elsewhere."

In the face of the implicit refusal, he was silent for a while: "I don't mind being very low in front of you, even if it is low to dust. Over time, you will understand that no man loves you more than me. ”

The low voice revealed a bit of vicissitudes, Lin Li listened to it, and asked rhetorically: "What do you like about me?" I'll tell you the truth, I've been a little bit of a self-awaited lately. ”

Ji Yunchong was surprised.

Lin Li opened her heart and said: "When I was a child, listening to my grandmother's stories, I was very curious about how she overcame many obstacles, walked through the nationalized and liberated areas alone, returned to Shanghai from Chongqing, and lived alone in an empty old bungalow, waiting for her fiancé who had not been heard from. ”

"Later, I lost you, and I felt the pain of my grandmother being abandoned by my lover, and I began to understand the strength of my grandmother's bones. She believes in love, longs for love, and has the ability to survive on her own after losing love. ”

Lin Li said this, with a wry smile: "In the past two years or so, I have developed deep doubts about myself - in the same face of the German language exam, you passed the guò once, and I was brushed off; It's the same to make the elders happy, you get my parents' liking, and I'm disgusted by your mother. In the end, you returned to China, and I held a good hand of cards but played a very bad ending, not only losing you, but also affecting my parents. ”

Ji Yunchong comforted: "The car accident has nothing to do with you, you don't have to blame yourself." ”

"No, it's a crime I can't get away with." Lin Li calmly recounted what was on his mind, as if he had endured it for too long and needed to speak out to vent, "I have spent a long time, and I am ...... With the help of friends, I finally got out of the situation of self-doubt and self-aggression and found a new purpose in life. ”

Yes, she was once very grateful to God for letting her meet Xiao Huai, and thus had a positive idea, hoping to become a person worthy of Xiao Huai.

But as soon as she took the steps of hard work, she lost the qualification to stand by Xiao Huai's side. From the moment Michiko learned that he had given up on her, a feeling of panic and loss haunted her day and night, making her decide to act as if nothing happened, but she was ashamed of herself.

"Unfortunately, I failed before I could achieve this goal...... If you think about it, I'm a real failure, a failure in every way. From the past to the present, there are many beautiful things in front of me, and I have lost them all intentionally or unintentionally. ”

After listening to her words, Ji Yunchong sighed for a long time: "If I say failure, I feel that I have completely failed." ”

"I can't protect my father, I can't take care of my mother, and I even have to abandon you. The peace and joy that ordinary people possess is an unattainable dream for me. Mu Mu, I have suffered, collapsed, complained, if I had not been so simple and ignorant at the beginning, if I could have gained insight into the conspiracy in time, would I not have lost my family and lovers? ”

Lin Li was stunned and looked at Ji Yunchong.

His dark eyes are like ancient wells, which did not fluctuate at first, but gradually radiated deep sadness: "We all have times when we are powerless, so we should understand the meaning of the word 'understanding'." ”

Such words are contagious. Lin Li suddenly realized that no one is more defeated than anyone today, only two people who have gone through ups and downs, and two scarred hearts.

It is at this moment that Ji Yunchong can have other meanings for her in addition to being her "predecessor".

She said, "I forgave you a long time ago. If you don't object, consider me a friend or family member. ”

Ji Yunchong stared at her, with a little more tenderness in his eyes.

He unexpectedly held her hand, his long fingers moved down against her wrist, to the palm of his hand, and with a gentle touch, his five fingers covered her from the outside and placed it on his injured right knee: "You just said that you have found a new purpose in life, what do you mean exactly?" ”

This posture was too intimate, and Lin Li immediately withdrew his hand, and at the same time noticed that Ji Yunchong's face was unnatural for a moment.

She just didn't see it, and relaxed her atmosphere and said that she had taken over the restaurant recently: "You predict from the perspective of a manager, is it possible for me to make the business bigger and stronger?" ”

Ji Yunchong was silent for two seconds, and when he spoke again, his tone was a little weird: "Do you want to listen to the truth or lie?" ”

"Truth."

"Well, I'm going to be blunt, I hope you don't mind - first of all, the name of the restaurant, '1936', is new, but not at all appealing. Customers don't know what kind of cuisine the restaurant belongs to. I'm in the consumer's shoes and don't want to dine at all. Secondly, running a restaurant requires consideration of investment costs and promotion strategies, and if you don't have enough liquidity and have never been exposed to marketing, the chances of success in your first business are slim. ”

Lin Li didn't expect Ji Yunchong to answer so sharply, and his heart was half cold: "Stop, don't say it again." ”

"I'm not done, there is a third point......"

"Stop, didn't you tell you to stop talking."

Ji Yunchong stopped, and glanced at her incomprehensibly: "Mumu, you used to say no, and you often want it." ”

Lin Li was stunned.

Seeing this, Ji Yunchong's eyebrows narrowed slightly, and he smiled happily.

Lin Li suddenly reacted: "You are talking nonsense, I didn't!" ”

The smile in his eyes deepened.

She looked at him for a moment, then turned her head.

He stopped laughing, was honest and quiet for a second or two, then leaned over to her, lowered his tone, and said in a soft voice that only two people could hear: "The third point, the most important thing to do business is connections. You know me, so the above two problems are not a problem, and you can definitely take care of the business. ”

Faced with the final answer, Lin Li turned around and saw a cheerful smile in Ji Yunchong's bright eyes, and his handsome face became more affectionate and soft.

At this moment, he raised his hand and reached over, first patted her shoulder, then stroked her shoulder, back, and stopped at the back of her head.

It's like going back to the years when he was a childhood sweetheart, every time he was tender, he couldn't help rubbing her hair and saying what he wanted: "Mumu, I want to invest in you and be your restaurant partner." ”

Lin Li tilted his head and said categorically: "Don't." ”

"Why?"

"I'm more stubborn, and I can't properly handle the differences of opinion among my partners, so I'd better carry the banner on my own."

Ji Yunchong: "......"

Lin Li remembered something, and said: "Is it that when spring comes, it is the peak period of gold, silver, and four job-hopping?" As soon as the chef left, the quality of the dishes dropped significantly, and I had to hurry up and recruit good chefs with high cost performance, otherwise the restaurant's business would plummet and the income would soon not be able to catch up with the expenditure. ”

"It's easy, hire a chef with a high salary."

"It's not that simple. In order to squeeze out time to accompany you to Germany for medical treatment, I specially hired a professional manager of a restaurant for a heavy salary, and now I am so poor that I can't pay the next month's salary to my employees. ”

"Too poor to pay salaries, and you still don't seize the opportunity to absorb high-quality partners?"

Two people, you say a word, I say a word, and time passes quickly.

When the plane rose to a height of 10,000 feet, and the scene outside the window became so small, Lin Li remembered the trip at the end of last year, and couldn't help but look back at the left side of the cabin, where a certain big man used to sit-

There, empty.

*

After a long flight, the flight landed at Munich Airport.

Early the next morning, Lin Li accompanied Ji Yunchong to the famous orthopedic hospital to do an accurate non-contrast scan of the knee joint of the right limb.

The results of the pathological examination were not optimistic, and the knee joint had symptoms of infection after the second-stage revision surgery, and the expert doctor proposed an amputation.

Ji Yunchong expressed his opinion: "I have checked a lot of case data, and patients like me can also revise the joint prosthesis in stages again to preserve the right limb." ”

As if to strengthen his belief, he added: "Clinically, for patients with intractable medial knee pain, the pain can be blocked by cutting the joint branch of the saphenous nerve. Is it possible to cut this nerve so that I will not have frequent knee pain in the future? ”

"Mr. Ji, repeated revision of joint prostheses will greatly increase the chance of recurrence of infection, not to mention that you have already had two rejection symptoms, this time it is even stricter than the infection process of the previous time, and amputation is the best choice."

"As for the saphenous nerve articular branch, it innervates only a small part of the sensory nerve in the knee joint, and even if it is removed, it has little effect."

The experts' conclusions are tantamount to closing the door and latching, and there is no room for maneuver.

Ji Yunchong left the hospital without saying a word, and Lin Li thanked the doctor and left immediately.

The two got into the car one after the other.

Ji Yunchong tilted his head, silently looking at the continuous rain outside the car window, and his side face showed a little coolness in the cold light.

Lin Fei couldn't hold back his worry, and reached out to pull him, and just touched the back of his hand with his fingertips, only to find that he was trembling slightly.