After faking his death, he stopped pretending to be a substitute.

After Tan Huaicheng’s wedding, Chu Yanyi’s 25th birthday will be in more than ten days.

Rong Yu finally got Song Yandong's consent and invited Chu Yanyi, Wen Zhizhi and Jian Huai to a party in the evening.

The colorful neon lights flickered, and many people were dancing on the dance floor to the rhythm of the music.

Chu Yanyi and others sat in the booth and ordered a glass of wine each.

Rong Yu watched the "devil's dance" on the dance floor and said with interest: "It's been a long time since we went up to dance. Yan Yi, shall we go up and dance?"

Chu Yanyi picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "I'm not interested tonight, you can go up and dance by yourself."

In fact, Rongyu regretted it immediately after he said it.

He was tormented by that bastard Song Yandong for several hours last night. Today, he lay at home all day, but his waist was still sore and he had no strength to twist it.

Fortunately, Chu Yanyi refused, which made him secretly relieved.

Chu Yanyi saw him sitting there for a long time without moving: "Why don't you go up?"

Rong Yu waved his hand: "Forget it, I haven't danced for a long time and I'm a little rusty. If I accidentally sprain my waist, it will be more trouble than it's worth."

Chu Yanyi looked at him, his expression thoughtful for a few seconds, and then said "Oh" meaningfully.

Wen Zhizhi smiled playfully: "If you hurt your waist, your sex life with Brother Yandong will be inharmonious, which is really not worth it."

Rong Yu glared at her guiltily: "I have nothing wrong with that bastard, stop talking nonsense!"

"A single man and a single woman living together, it's innocent, you are kidding, unless Brother Yandong is impotent. But judging from your appearance, Yandong doesn't look like an impotent man."

Meeting Wen Zhizhi's teasing eyes, Rong Yu choked: "...What do I look like?"

"Your face is blue, your eyes are dark, and you look like someone who has overindulged in sexual activities. And your slightly awkward walking posture, anyone who has experienced it will understand what's going on."

Rong Yu's face turned as red as a boiled shrimp. He didn't know what to refute, so he could only look at Jian Huai for help. The latter shrugged, indicating that he could do nothing to help.

Fortunately, Wen Zhizhi knew when to stop and let him go, turning the topic to Chu Yanyi who had been watching the fun.

She asked cheerfully, "Shine, how are you and cousin Yanxi doing lately? Are you still friends with benefits?"

Chu Yanyi stroked his watch with his fingers and squinted at her with his beautiful eyes: "Why, you just made fun of Rongyu, and now you're going to make fun of me?"

The corners of Wen Zhizhi's mouth twitched slightly, and she felt a little guilty for some reason: "What are you kidding? I'm just caring about you."

"Really?" Chu Yanyi cast a suspicious look at her. Wen Zhizhi forced herself to stay calm and nodded, "Yes."

Chu Yanyi looked her up and down and sneered, "Don't say these high-sounding words. I don't know you yet. You are pretending to care about me, but you are just trying to get money from your wronged cousin."

Wen Zhizhi smiled stiffly and lifted the hair beside her ear to hide her embarrassment after being exposed.

"Shine, you are really wronging me by saying that. Am I the kind of person who is blinded by money?"

"You are it." Chu Yanyi said firmly.

“Heh.” Rong Yu smiled softly.

Wen Zhizhi: "..."

"Xiao Yi, will you go back to Country Y in a few days?" Jian Huai, who had been silent all the time, changed the subject in time, his tone as gentle as ever.

"Ah?" Chu Yanyi looked over and frowned in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Jian Huai smiled and said, "I just thought that your 25th birthday is just a few days away, so I wanted to ask if you would go back to Country Y to celebrate your birthday this year."

Chu Yanyi was stunned for a moment: "Not going back."

Rong Yu immediately said happily: "Have you thought about how to celebrate? If not, let me arrange it and make sure your birthday is a lively one."

Wen Zhizhi laughed: "Do you really need to arrange this? Do you think my cousin is dead?"

Rong Yu: "..."

Chu Yanyi stared at the wine glass: "I don't plan to celebrate this year."

Wen Zhizhi raised her eyebrows: "You don't plan to celebrate. Do you want to celebrate your birthday alone with my cousin and don't want us, the light bulbs, to disturb you?"

Chu Yanyi glanced at her and said neither yes nor no.

Rong Yu sneered: "Forget about your cousin! In the two years that Yan Yi was with him, he never spent Yan Yi's birthday with him. Even the birthday present was prepared by Chen Huai. Expecting him to spend Yan Yi's birthday with him, maybe he doesn't even know when Yan Yi's birthday is!"

Thinking of her cousin's bad behavior in the past two years, Wen Zhizhi was at a loss for words to refute.

She looked at Chu Yanyi and said seriously, "Shine, you and my cousin have known each other for three years. I can see that you are not completely indifferent to him. Why don't you change the relationship between you two? Dating is not marriage anyway. If you think it's right, you can get married. If not, you can break up."

Chu Yanyi lowered his eyelashes slightly, and his two long and curly eyelashes swept across lightly, covering up his thoughts.

Perhaps Wen Zhizhi was right, it was time to change the relationship between him and Song Yanxi.

After all, a young man would not have lived in vain if he hadn't fallen in love.

……

In fact, Rong Yu really wronged Song Yanxi. Song Yanxi not only knew when Chu Yanyi's birthday was, but he had also been preparing for it in the past two days.

But since it was the first time he celebrated a birthday for someone he loved, he had no idea how to prepare.

What's more, she also planned to confess her love to Chu Yanyi on his birthday and give Chu Yanyi an unforgettable and beautiful memory.

After much thought, Song Yanxi had no choice but to ask Yu Xiao for help.

This time, Yu Xiao did not teach him how to do it step by step like he did before. He just said simply, "The thought is what matters most."

Not getting any guidance from Yu Xiao, Song Yanxi turned to his relatives and friends who were in love to learn from them.

He was busy with company affairs and birthday arrangements, and had no time to have lunch with Chu Yanyi these days.

Chu Yanyi didn't care too much about it and just thought he was busy with company matters.

Just when Song Yanxi was busy preparing everything, the day before his birthday, when he went to look for Chu Yanyi at noon, not only did he not see Chu Yanyi in the office, but he couldn't even get through to his phone because it was turned off.

They clearly met in the morning, so why is he gone now and his phone is turned off?

Listening to the ticking sound of the second hand of the watch on my wrist, an inexplicable panic rose in my heart for no reason.

As time passed, he sat in the office and waited for a while but no one came back. He had no choice but to find Chu Yanyi's assistant Jiang Ming and ask, "Why is Yanyan not in the company? Where did he go?"

Jiang Ming answered straightforwardly: "Boss Chu came to the company this morning to explain some things, and then he left with a bag on his back."

"You left with a bag? Did you go on a business trip?"

Jiang Ming lowered his head and thought for a while: "No, Mr. Chu has no business trip arrangements in the past week."

"Did he say where he was going when he left?"

"I didn't say it."

"What kind of bag is he carrying?"

"A travel bag."

"Travel bag? Are you sure it's a travel bag?"

"Yes, Mr. Song."