Mrs. Lu's birthday banquet was held on the top 85th floor of the Mingyue Building in the capital.

As we all know, there are few high-rise buildings in the capital, and the 85-story Mingyue Tower can overlook all living beings in the second ring road, and the number of floors also alludes to the age of the old lady, which is the best choice for this grand ceremony.

According to the plan of the Lu family, at the birthday banquet of Mrs. Lu, looking out from the floor-to-ceiling window, through the night sky with a good view, you can just see the fireworks rising in the sky.

Due to the principle of perspective, fireworks seen at this distance will appear very small, so the fireworks themselves should be as large as possible, and how big they are becomes a mathematical problem.

How to make the fireworks soaring across the mountains and rivers and high-rise buildings, just perfectly presented in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Mingyue Tower, is also a mathematical problem.

So, where to put the fireworks, how many specifications should be used, and how high should they be placed...... They are all mathematical problems, and these mathematical problems have already been solved by the clever people invited by the Lu family, so there is no need for Lu Qingxuan and Chen Ya to worry about it.

The only thing they have to do is to go to the site and order it in person.

Chen Ya got into Lu Qingxuan's car and sat in the driver's seat, and Lu Qingxuan was holding his mobile phone to navigate in the co-pilot.

The air conditioning in the car was very warm, and both of them took off their coats as soon as they got in the car.

The black seat belt is pulled between Lu Qingxuan's twin peaks, and the silk fabric lining tightly wrapped around the body outlines the moving body curves.

Lu Qingxuan looked at Chen Ya's side face that looked back from time to time, and pouted, "What are you looking at?" ”

"I'm looking in the rearview mirror."

"Oh."

After putting the butt of the car in the right position, Chen Ya asked, "Why do you have a red mark on your head?" ”

"Because it's not gone yet."

“？”

Lu Qingxuan opened the topic without asking, and secretly felt a little cool in her heart-

He also insisted that he didn't look at me.

Isn't that watching.

She glanced over her eyes and looked carefully at the side of his face out of the corner of her eye.

As long as Chen Ya tilted her head, she would immediately withdraw her gaze.

"Wait a minute."

She suddenly stretched out her hand and reached for Chen Ya's furry head. The fingers are deep into the thick hair, and the cold fingertips rub against the scalp and hair fingertips.

Chen Ya stepped on the brakes, his body froze, and if his cold fingers suddenly became difficult and turned into the hand shape of the Nine Yin Divine Claws, he had no doubt that a large piece of his scalp would be lifted off.

But this time the witch seemed to be unexpectedly gentle, and she didn't even take advantage of his fragility to attack him, she really just reached out and touched it for a while, and then immediately pulled out.

"There's a dirty thing."

She stretched out her finger in front of Chen Ya's face, and there was a small black thing on her fingertips, and before Chen Ya could see it clearly, she retracted her finger and blew the thing away in one breath.

Chen Ya started the vehicle again. After the slightly intimate behavior of the two just now, the atmosphere in the small space of this Audi car became dense and dense uncontrollably.

The air that was close to condensing into a solid body lasted for a long time, neither of them spoke, Lu Qingxuan went from being casual to red gradually climbing up his cheeks, and the sunset-like color fainted into an impressionist painting on his face.

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She suddenly didn't know why she did that just now, it didn't seem that she was herself, someone else suddenly took away her body, her hand was moved by herself, it had nothing to do with herself......

Just when she was ashamed, Chen Ya spoke casually: "After your birthday, what are you going to do?" ”

"Huh? Yes? What do you say?"

Chen Ya's tone didn't seem to feel embarrassed just now, Lu Qingxuan didn't hear what he was talking about in his distraction, Chen Ya repeated the question again, and Lu Qingxuan frowned and looked at him.

She thought the question was a bit strange.

"What else can I do, go back and continue studying."

"You haven't graduated from college yet? I don't think you seem to have much to do all day. Chen Ya asked.

"I'm a senior, what can I do in my senior year? Why don't you look like you didn't go to college? ”

"I really didn't go to college, I dropped out of junior high school."

“……”

Lu Qingxuan was silent for a while, and whispered: "Yes, I'm sorry......"

"I'm sorry for what?"

She thought about Chen Ya's question for a while. Chen Ya is now the big boss of a company with hundreds of millions of dollars, and it seems that there is really nothing to be sorry for.

She just subconsciously regarded Chen Ya as the kind of out-of-school child in a poor mountain village, so she said sorry by the way.

"Why did you drop out of school after graduating from junior high school? Is it because the family has no money? Lu Qingxuan asked.

"The main reason is not because there is no money, but there is really no money at home at that time." Chen Ya said while driving.

Lu Qingxuan didn't understand.

Chen Ya continued: "I remember, when I was in junior high school, my body developed very quickly, and as soon as the shoes I bought were on my feet, I would be small in a few months, and I had to change my clothes as soon as I put them on, and my sister was happy. ”

"Why? What does it have to do with your sister? ”

"Because as soon as I change my clothes, she will have new clothes to wear," Chen Ya said, "I change my clothes quickly, and she will wear more new clothes, so she must be happy." However, she can only wear men's clothes, and it is estimated that many of her elementary school classmates still think she is a boy. ”

"Oh......" Lu Qingxuan nodded thoughtfully. She was not poor and could not think of such a state.

"But my mom was worried, the family couldn't make ends meet, and her hair was half gray – she was in her thirties at the time. Later, he made up his mind to transfer his family's fields and go to the city to collect the rubbish, that is, to pick up garbage. ”

"She got up at 3 a.m. every day, pedaled a tricycle and rode four miles to the city, and by the time she got to the city, it was already 5 a.m., and she said she had to get the most valuable junk every day before all the other competitors."

Lu Qingxuan didn't dare to speak.

In her worldview, picking up trash is a shame.

If it were someone else, he would definitely treat his mother's garbage picking up as underwear and never let others see it.

But no matter what, Chen Ya told her these things, and she was very happy. Because she felt like she was being treated like a good relationship.

"Later, I used some method to make a lot of money, I thought our family had spare money, she took us to eat Hualaishi once a week, do you know Hualaishi?"

Lu Qingxuan hesitated: "A ...... Fast food restaurant? ”

"Yes, 10 yuan for three hamburgers," Chen Ya said, "I thought she was using that money, but later I found out that she saved the money I earned and worked 12 hours a day at high intensity." She was so insecure. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ya paused and continued: "So at that time, I decided that I would not study, I would just stay at home as a burden, and I would earn enough money so that she would no longer have to feel that the money was insufficient." ”

“……”

Lu Qingxuan looked at him silently, feeling that Chen Ya was extremely serious today, more serious than any other time.

"You didn't graduate from junior high school at the time, how did you make money, did you work outside?" Lu Qingxuan asked.

"No," Chen Ya said casually, "I wrote a few books and earned some manuscript fees." ”

"Really? What kind of book? You wrote it when you were in junior high school? Why haven't I heard of it? As soon as Lu Qingxuan heard this, he immediately became energetic, and his curiosity was mobilized to the maximum.

Chen Ya smiled and just said, "It's written under a pen name." ”

"Junior high school students can earn manuscript fees when they write books, are you a prodigy?" Lu Qingxuan said, "Oh yes, you are already very talented, you must have written very well, what kind of book is it?" Tell me the title of the book? I might have seen it. ”

"How do you know I'm talented?"

Lu Qingxuan stopped talking.

Chen Ya is Bai Yujing, the author of the 520th issue of the magazine "Unclear", and she certainly knows that he is a literary genius.

But she didn't want him to know that she had checked him behind her back.

After thinking for a while, she changed the topic and asked, "I remember, your father came to the capital later and joined Aunt Lu Ruixiang's house, right?" ”

"Hmm."

Chen Ya didn't seem to want to talk about Chen Sheng.

"They're married...... It's been more than 20 years, doesn't it mean that he left when you were seven or eight years old? Lu Qingxuan was a little surprised.

"Yes."

Chen Ya only said one word. Simple notes remain in the air, solidified into an unchanging attitude.

After a long time, he continued, "So, I haven't forgiven him now." ”

It's a topic that can't be touched.

Lu Qingxuan didn't dare to respond.

She can now understand why Chen Sheng would leave his hometown and abandon his wife and children—of course, that doesn't mean she agrees with this behavior—

At least after listening to Chen Ya's experience, she personally felt this gap between the rich and the poor. Chen Ya's lightly written words made her realize a completely different world, at least she had no idea that there were people living such a life before.

On the one hand, the glory and wealth of the Lu family, and on the other hand, they live a hard life in the ravines and ravines, and no one will choose the latter.

She can better understand the reason why Chen Ya can't forgive Chen Sheng. A person who abandons his whole family in that kind of place and experiences such a miserable life, but he runs away to the outside, and no one will forgive.

Now she actually wants to know why Chen Ya didn't forgive Chen Sheng, but returned to the Lu family, where his father was rich—what did he want to do?

If he wants to reconcile, why does he say he won't forgive? If he wanted revenge, in what form would he take?

As soon as this kind of question came to my mind, it was like a flood that could not be contained.

It was not easy to suppress his doubts, Lu Qingxuan considered the language for a while, and said seriously:

"Your mother is very hard and great."

"Here we are." Chen Ya stepped on the brakes and slowed down, and the speed of the scenery outside the window slowed down, and finally froze completely.

Lu Qingxuan loosened his seat belt with a little regret.

The two got out of the car, pushed the car door, and the north wind came with cool air, and in front of them was the suburbs of Beijing, the magnificent Heyang Plain.

To the north, there is the Xiongcheng Shengjing, a wide road that stretches across the plain; To the south, there is a field of withered grass and yellow, and the ridges of the fields are like dividing lines across the letterhead.

Chen Ya stepped on the ridge, stomped a few feet of the frozen hard ground, exhaled a breath of white air in his mouth, and said, "Doesn't that mean that you have to wait until it gets dark?" ”

"That's right." Lu Qingxuan closed the car door and opened the trunk with the key, which contained two large boxes of fireworks, "I have asked my brother to squat in Mingyue Tower, and he will give us feedback on our fireworks in real time." Can you help? ”

Chen Ya walked over and took the box in her hand, which was still slightly heavy. Together, the two set the fireworks on the field.

"It's getting dark, though."

"Yes. At this time, it gets dark very quickly. ”

The two men were talking about meaningless conversations. Lu Qingxuan raised his head and looked at the gray sky. She wanted to talk more about Chen Ya's past, but she didn't know how to speak.

For example, what books did he write, what did he go through after junior high school, how did he grow into what he is now, how did he enter Jiang Lizhi, and whether Hua Laishi was good or not......

But wait for these Chen Ya to tell her again, it is as if he just briefly revealed his heart, but he occasionally talked about it, and accidentally came interested in talking about the past, everything is an accident that cannot be reproduced.

The past is the past after all, it is the history that has been solidified, and it is a meaningless crystallization that will not change when mentioned again, and he is a person who always lives in the present, and his attitude tells her that even if she asks again, she will not get an answer.

Lu Qingxuan turned his back, turned his back to Chen Ya, wrapped the down jacket on his body tightly, secretly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and firmly typed a line on the memo:

"What book did Chen Ya write when he was a child?"

She felt that this was a crucial piece of information, crucial in dissecting the man's enigmatic past.

When this matter is done, I will discuss this matter with Liu Ruying when I turn around.

……

……

Lu Qingxuan is not the only one who wants to explore Chen Ya's past, she is not even the one with the strongest desire to explore.

However, she couldn't wipe her face, and she didn't want Chen Ya to know that she was curious about him.

If she had worked harder, or had been less awkward, and had asked Chen Ya more in a more honest manner, perhaps she would have been able to get more key information.

Now, the one with the strongest desire to inquire and the strongest ability to act has made breakthroughs through amazing perseverance and pioneering efforts.

Chen Hai is exploring.

Since the last time he ate that meal in Mingcuiju, Chen Hai has not been able to eat for two days.

Once when he watched "The Three-Body Problem", he was still shocked by Chang Weisi's words: "Your life is an accident, there are so many unpredictable factors in the world, but your life has not changed." ”

He also thought that only an alien invasion of the world of that level could make his life change dramatically, but who would have imagined that his life was as brittle as a piece of thin paper, just a meal, and his worldview had been completely turned upside down.

Quasi-uncle Wei Mingzhe, who has always been just a mediocre code worker, has actually turned into a Beichen person he has worked hard for.

And he is not the kind of ordinary Beichen employee, judging from his words, he is actually at the same level as Xu Gongzi's father, and it is an equal relationship.

They have always regarded Xu Haoyu's father Xu Xudong as a senior executive of Beichen, you must know that his level is already a giant, an authority in the industry, and has a pivotal role.

How could I have imagined that it was just a meal, and my uncle actually climbed the green cloud ladder and sat on a side by side with others at once.

What's even more shocking is that Wei Mingzhe actually happens to have a trace of business connection with his foundry, which can be said to be pinching his neck.

In the second half of that dinner, his father Chen Sheng had been trying his best to establish a relationship with Wei Mingzhe, seizing various opportunities for Chen Hai to drink with Wei Mingzhe.

For example, "Your uncle is about to get married, you give him a salute", "Your uncle is promoted, you give him a salute", "Your uncle's house is a house with a house you are going to buy, you salute him one", ......

He vomited and went home and lay on the bed, his face still blue.

It wasn't until that day that he found out that Wei Mingzhe didn't usually drink much, so it turned out that he could really drink.

The two of them poured him a small half bottle of white belly, and his face did not change, Chen Sheng knocked on the side and asked him to take more care of Chen Hai, he actually said seriously, everything is in accordance with Beichen's process.

The sister-in-law Chen Chi sat next to her, holding back her laughter and her stomach hurting, and even Chen Hai felt very embarrassed, so she asked Chen Sheng to say a few words.

In the past, when the family ate, Chen Sheng and Chen Hai always referred to the two who painted the heavens and the earth, but this dinner knelt so fast, and the thought made people laugh.

It wasn't until he sobered up, the shock gradually faded, and the details of this dinner gradually came to mind, that he realized that Wei Mingzhe's sudden take-off was actually just the tip of the iceberg.

The elephant in the real house, the real huge problem that blindfolded everyone, the behemoth that stood in front of everyone like a high wall—was Chen Ya.

It was the work that Chen Ya introduced to Wei Mingzhe; It was Chen Ya who called Xu Xudong; It was Chen Ya who hooked his fingers, and let the person who was suspected of being a high-level of Beichen only look forward.

Since then, Xu Dashao's phone has not been able to get through, and he can't find where the other party is, as if it has evaporated.

Chen Hai was very curious, Chen Hai was very confused, and Chen Hai was very afraid.

After checking with his father in every possible way and confirming that Chen Ya really said that he was just an employee of Hongtu, Chen Hai was heartbroken and simply called Hongtu directly.

He asked several front desks of Hongtu to inquire if there was an employee like Chen Ya, and they all ate the soft nails of others - in such a big enterprise as Hongtu, who knows who one or two employees are?

But there is no endless road, he found a log sent by someone in a corner of the Internet with the word "Chen Ya" in it, and through that person's log, he finally found the phone number of a project team.

He contacted the project team through that phone number, but learned that there was indeed a person named Chen Ya in the early days of the project team, but he was no longer there, and the project team had also undergone a major change.

As for what he wants to ask Chen Ya to do now, he needs to report to his superiors and see if he can tell him.

Chen Hai waited patiently.

Thousands of miles away in Jiangcheng, this little-appreciated request was passed around several times, and finally magically reached the office of the vice president of Hongtu.

"Someone is looking for Chen Ya?" Qin Yunchu frowned slightly, listening to the report of the employee in front of him, "Who is looking for him?" ”

As Chen Ya's old boss and a member of the "Heartbroken Boy Reception Group", Qin Yunchu was particularly sensitive to the name of the "Heartbroken Boy" who had not been seen for a long time.

The employee obviously didn't expect the vice president to pay attention to such a trivial matter, and replied hesitantly: "It seems that it is Chen Ya's younger brother." ”

"Chen Ya's younger brother?"

Qin Yunchu thought for a while, stretched out his hand and beckoned: "Give me his phone." ”