Tomb Raider: What the hell is this strange commission?

If you ask what is the best season to enjoy flowers, spring is naturally the first choice for most people.

Time allows the four seasons to rotate, and the haze of the past cannot restrain the soul that yearns for freedom. Now the flowers in the villa are blooming brilliantly in the spring season. Xie Yuchen is unwilling to miss such a beautiful scenery again, so he breaks away from the busy follow-up affairs and plans to fulfill a promise.

Or, a more personal one.

Celebration banquet.

People said that Xie Yuchen, as the head of the family, was still young, and they had to share his worries even for the sake of the Xie family.

Xie Yuchen had endured these high-sounding words for too long, so long that the little girl who used to play shuttlecock in the courtyard had disappeared. So after last year's birthday party, he chose to tear off this fig leaf himself.

Erye said nothing about his choice.

But Xie Yuchen understood that the other party had chosen to acquiesce. Just like this experienced man was willing to take on responsibilities that did not belong to him for the sake of a little friendship in the past and support a world for the young child, now it is time to let this fledgling child go on his own.

And Xie Yuchen did not disappoint anyone who was paying attention to this incident, as always.

So when the appointed day arrived, Xie Yuchen stood in the carefully cleaned courtyard, picked a flower from the treetop, and waited patiently for the invited guests.

The spring sunshine was shining brightly, and the birds were dancing on the branches, chirping melodiously. However, the visitor who arrived earlier than expected was an uninvited guest who surprised Xie Yuchen, yet not so surprising.

Looking at the little girl dangling on a long rope, Xie Yuchen smiled helplessly: "Xiu Xiu, you came to see me so early in the morning, is there something wrong?"

The little girl blinked her bright eyes: "Can't I come to see you if I have nothing to do? Isn't that what we did before - drinking tea, arranging flowers, practicing plays, painting, it doesn't seem to be that different."

Xie Yuchen sighed softly, pulled down his sleeves, and looked down at the watch on his hand.

Huo Xiuxiu understood something instantly, jumped down from her perch, and said in a sly tone, "I was wondering why Brother Xiaohua stopped singing as soon as he saw me today and wanted to chase me away. It turns out he had made an appointment with other guests."

She walked around Xie Yuchen slowly twice, and her words were inevitably full of curiosity: "Is it because Brother Xiaohua invited me to your home... someone I know?"

"We are not acquaintances." Xie Yuchen picked up a bunch of flowers that he had just picked from the table, pointed it at the vase, put it down, and replaced it with another one, "But you should have heard of his name - Chi Yu."

Huo Xiuxiu groaned and clapped her hands: "My grandma has been mentioning this name recently, saying that Chi Yu is a very capable young man. Whenever there is a business matter with this name, there will always be some small loss, and my uncles will scold me a lot."

After she finished speaking, she smiled and said, "They always like to act pretentiously in front of me. Now, someone will make them suffer outside."

Xie Yuchen gave Huo Xiuxiu a noncommittal smile and did not make any judgment on those members of the Huo family.

So Huo Xiuxiu looked at the flower arrangement that was gradually becoming perfect in Xie Yuchen's hands, tilted her head, and said:

"I've heard so much. Everyone praises Chi Yu for being so good and saying that he's not easy to deal with. But there's still a lot I don't understand about business. My grandma also said that it's not time for me to get involved in these things."

"——Brother Xiaohua, what kind of person is Chi Yu in your eyes?"

This is also the question that Xie Yuchen has been thinking about.

Xie Yuchen once thought that he had a clear understanding of Chi Yu, but those conclusions would often be overturned by him after a period of time, and the cycle would repeat itself over and over again.

Chi Yu is an enemy, a friend, a guiding star on the road, and a common beneficiary...

Maybe he will never see through Chi Yu, or maybe he doesn't want to see through Chi Yu. Just like the temptations, competitions, and trust between them, Xie Yuchen no longer needs to think about what Chi Yu will choose and what she will do.

Xie Yuchen inserted the last piece into the floral mud. He put away the unused materials and placed the vase in the center of the stone table. He looked at it for a moment, then picked up his handkerchief and wiped the dust that had been inadvertently stained on the vase.

"——Brother Xiaohua? Are you still there?" Huo Xiuxiu stretched out her hand and waved in front of him.

Xie Yuchen came back to his senses, looked at the curious little girl in front of him, smiled gently, and asked her: "Want to know?"

Huo Xiuxiu nodded.

Xie Yuchen looked up at the sky, thought for a moment, and said to her, "It's still early. Since you want to listen, I'll tell you."

As a result, Huo Xiuxiu got to know a more three-dimensional image of Chi Yu from Xie Yuchen as she wished, but the person they were talking about only had a vague feeling about it and was unusually late.

When Chi Yu stepped into the courtyard, the sunlight had become very warm. Not far away came the sound of opera singing, which sounded like weeping and complaining. Chi Yu paused, stood on the gravel road and listened for a while.

It sounds like the Drunken Concubine. I don’t know if Xie Yuchen sang this play on purpose, or... on purpose.

As Chi Yu was thinking, he saw a little girl sitting not far from the door opposite the courtyard. She was fanning herself and seemed to have noticed his arrival. She closed her fan, pointed at him from a distance, and exclaimed, "Aiya":

"Brother Xiaohua, the person you're waiting for is here, please don't sing this scene to me again!"

Well, it seems to be intentional.

The singer suddenly fell onto the stage. He turned sideways and looked up at the clear sky.

The pear blossoms beside the stage pillars were in full bloom, and the pure white flowers swayed on the branches. A gentle spring breeze blew, and the flowers fell onto the stage one after another, bumping into the owner of the courtyard.

Xie Yuchen lay in this snow-like sea of ​​flowers, and soon stood up again. He picked up a flower, sniffed it gently, raised his eyes and gave Chi Yu a bright smile.

With the spring scenery all over the garden, the place is full of brilliance.