not lonely

Probably it really had no fate with festivals, Du Mingcan's birthday, which came as scheduled, coincided with Zhong Qianyi's business trip plan.

"What a coincidence..." Zhong Qianyi shook Du Mingcan's face, who was clearly aggrieved, "What a coincidence that you were born..."

"Hey, hey, Zhong Qianyi, do you have a conscience, you always pay attention to first-come, first-served in everything, right? My birthday has come for more than 20 years. Why are you so short-sighted about your later schedule? You have to bump into... don't you know me…"

"What's the matter?" Zhong Qianyi blinked.

"Nothing..."

Zhong Qianyi laughed dimpled, knowing that he was uncomfortable, and comforted him: "Okay, although I can't spend your birthday with you, there are still gifts. Isn't this a special situation? Don't be angry, okay?"

What else could Du Mingcan say.

In fact, Zhong Qianyi didn't have any business trip plans, but secretly asked for leave and ran out of the country.He even greeted the big leaders, saying that it was due to personal reasons, please do not tell the company colleagues the reason for the leave, and only said it was a business trip.

He actually wanted to give Du Mingcan that pair of Sophia as a gift.

He had called the gallery owner countless times before, explaining over and over again how important this painting is to him, and wanted to buy it back at a high price.Of course, the other party was very annoying, ignoring, refusing, and even threatening again and again, but Zhong Qianyi still refused to give up and hit him again and again.

Occasionally, I would fly over in a hurry on a rest day, but I would always come back after being rejected.

But when I called two days ago, the other party finally let go and was willing to help contact the previous buyer, and finally found a glimmer of life.Only then did he rush to the United States in a hurry.

The owner of the gallery is Gao Huan. He was born in the United States, but his parents are both Chinese.

"Let me say yes first. I called before and asked. The other party likes the painting very much, and may not agree to transfer it to you." Gao Huan opened the car door with one hand, nodded to Zhong Qianyi to get in the car, and followed him. Go in, "And it seems that the attitude is quite firm. Just the phone call, I hung up four or five times. Probably because I don't like my behavior of making a move and then regretting it."

"I understand, Mr. Gao. I'm really sorry to embarrass you." Zhong Qianyi nodded knowingly.

Gao Huan turned to look at him, turned around and stopped talking.

The buyer, Mr. Howard, is an old man living alone in his 50s, with a beard and a slightly fat body.It is said that his wife passed away a few years ago, had no children, and did not remarry.

The result, of course, was shut down.When Mr. Howard saw Gao Huan, he immediately closed the door to thank the guests. Even though the two had said all kinds of good things outside, they couldn't get in the door.Zhong Qianyi couldn't help feeling a little frustrated.Seeing that Du Mingcan's birthday was approaching, but this was planned as a surprise gift, he still couldn't do anything about it.

"Go back first, we'll come back tomorrow." Gao Huan patted him on the shoulder and said.

Zhong Qianyi stayed there for seven days. Every morning before dawn, she went to the nearby ranch to buy the freshest milk, then went to the bakery to buy baguettes that were baked that day, and then went to the pasture to buy fruit ten kilometers away. The market buys the freshest fruit of the day.I heard that this is Mr. Howard's favorite food every morning. A bag full is put on the shelf next to his mailbox.Don't bother, just let it go.

But every day when he went there, he would find that the bread, milk and fruit that had been there the day before had been discarded in the trash can intact.

Zhong Qianyi sighed and put down the new one.

On the evening of the sixth day, Zhong Qianyi came to Mr. Howard's house again.He will fly back to China early tomorrow morning. If he doesn't go back, he will really miss Du Mingcan's birthday.But when he walked into the yard, he found that the milk and bread he bought in the morning were still there.

The garbage truck will come to clean up the garbage at seven o'clock in the evening, and at the beginning of eight o'clock at that time, other garbage near the yard has also been cleaned up.Could it be...he hasn't had time to get rid of the milk and bread?

Zhong Qianyi stepped forward to knock on the door, making his last effort.

But when he approached the door, he found that the door was ajar, and there were bursts of low groans from inside, which seemed to be nothing but sounded very painful, and belonged to Howard's voice.

"what'swrong MR Howard Are you ok"

"please respond to..."

"Excuse me, but I will breakin!"

As he spoke, he opened the half-hidden door, and immediately, he was stunned by everything in front of him.

Like a tornado passing by, all the furniture and furnishings in the house were in a mess. The cabinets and drawers were wide open, and the tables, chairs and benches flew all over the place. The owner, Howard, was lying on the ground covered in blood, desperately calling for help.

"MR Howard!"

You don't need to look at Zhong Qianyi to know that he is afraid that he has been caught by a thief who not only seeks money but also kills him.

In the end, Zhong Qianyi sent him to the hospital, watched him undergo surgery and stitches, and then hired a nurse for him. It was already midnight.He hastily explained a few words to the nurse who came over, and was about to go back to the hotel to pack his luggage and rush to the airport.

When he was leaving, Mr. Howard finally opened his mouth to explain to him why he did not want to sell the painting.

That painting is very similar to my deceased wife.

However, he is just like your wife, but for another person, the one who painted this picture is his mother.

Seemingly shaken by this sentence, Mr. Howard agreed to think about it.

Although he didn't get the painting right away, it wasn't a failure.So Zhong Qianyi called Gao Huan before leaving, explaining the thrilling situation today, and please ask him by the way, if it is convenient, help him intercede with Mr. Howard.

Gao Huan nodded in agreement, suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Then your gift, isn't it a waste?"

"Hey, I can only choose something else for him." Zhong Qianyi's tone was full of disappointment, which made people sound very distressed. "I just hope that one day, his dream can come true."

"Then...can you change your flight?" Gao Huan hesitated for a moment, but said, "I'll choose a gift for you, and I promise, it won't be worse than this painting."

"Really?"

Gao Huan took Zhong Qianyi to a jewelry store, where a dazzling array of jewelry shone brightly.It probably symbolizes the most beautiful love in the world, so it needs to keep the dazzling light so as to be enough to illuminate the darkest corners of the world.

Zhong Qianyi patted Gao Huan with a smile: "How do you know I want to buy a ring?"

"What I want you to buy is not an ordinary ring..." Gao Huan shook his head. "Maybe you know Du Mingcan better now, but you have to believe that I know a lot more about Du Mingcan than you do before."

Zhong Qianyi looked at Gao Huan suspiciously and said something to the clerk, and then the clerk ran to the side and made a phone call.After Gao Huan confirmed it, he ran back to Zhong Qianyi with a smile.

"Did you know that Du Mingcan once worked in this store, just as a cashier. Later, he learned that he was studying design, so the store manager asked him to try and draw a pair of rings. It turned out that the kid really After drawing it, the store manager immediately fell in love with it.

"Later, after Du Mingcan became famous, the ring was hidden by the store manager and it was not for sale.

"This is Du Mingcan's first design in his life..."

Belonging to the lover's first birthday, it should have been a candlelight dinner plus a romantic movie.But because of Zhong Qianyi's lack of cooperation, it's so boring that he can only play and sing with a bunch of elders at this moment.

While going to the bathroom to take a breath, Du Mingcan took out the cell phone that he touched thousands of times that night from his pocket.

During the day, I can’t stop thinking about it, whether it’s the blessing WeChat sent by relatives, friends and colleagues, or the blessing text message sent by Alipay in the bank restaurant.He replied to his friends' WeChat messages one by one, and deleted the bank-related group text messages, but the most important person did not receive any radio waves.

Could there be aliens intercepting the signal?

He didn't understand why he was looking forward to it so much. He had said everything when they were together, why he cared so much about that message that might only have four words, like a stunned young man who was looking forward to getting news from his sweetheart when he first fell in love.

Now at night, the phone is very quiet, and the person still hasn't received any message.

The phone must be broken, hmm.Going to get another Samsung tomorrow and throw away this rotten apple.

Just as he was comforting himself, the phone rang very uncooperatively. He picked it up excitedly and looked at it, almost jumping three feet high.

Who else could it be if it wasn't the person who had been looking forward to it for a day.

"Hey Zhong Qianyi, you're too much, you don't tell me you're not around on my birthday, and you don't even know how to make a phone call..." He clearly told himself that he wanted to pretend to be angry, and in a dissatisfied tone, he was angry with him. The lover of my heart, I didn't expect that when I opened my mouth, I wished that the cheering voice would not obey me and slipped out by myself, and slapped that bit of resentment ten miles away,

Zhong Qianyi on the other end of the phone only knows giggles, giggles, giggles.

"Just know how to laugh... Be careful to lose your chin..." Du Mingcan cursed him unkindly, "Hey, let me tell you... when will you come back..."

"I haven't finished the matter..." Zhong Qianyi held back a smile, although the other party couldn't see her expression through the phone, she still pretended to be heartbroken, and her tone was full of regret, "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow Bar…"

"Okay then..." Du Mingcan sighed helplessly, "Pay attention to your health outside, eat well, don't forget to eat and sleep when you get busy..."

"Oh..." Zhong Qianyi lowered his head and smiled.

"It's getting cold, sleep more honestly at night, don't keep kicking the quilt, and catch a cold again..."

"Know it…"

"Drink less... socializing or something, just don't drink if you can. Your wine is ashamed and thrown at home. Except for me, everyone has to pretend not to know you..." Du Mingcan suddenly remembered a time when Zhong Qianyi was drunk and confronted you. The big guys started the Indian dance, and one couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

"Du Mingcan, you are so annoying..." Zhong Qianyi blushed a little and said with a grin.

"Then... do you have anything to say to me?"

"Well..." Zhong Qianyi frowned and thought for a while, "There was originally, but now I feel that it's not the time..."

"What?" Du Mingcan was puzzled.

"I have a gift for you... Isn't it more appropriate to say it when I give you a gift?" Zhong Qianyi paused and continued, "I ordered a gift for you before I left, but I was busy and forgot to pick it up." Alright, I'll send you an address on WeChat, and you can get it yourself, okay?"

Hearing this, Du Mingcan wished he could knock Zhong Qianyi's elm head hard.How can anyone take their own birthday present?No sincerity.

"I know...it's so perfunctory..." He complained, but he had to admit that at this moment, his curiosity defeated everything.

Forget it, talk is better than nothing.

After taking a taxi to the place Zhong Qianyi located on WeChat, he found that it turned out to be a quiet park in the middle of the street.

The weather was very cold, and there were not many people in the park, which made the surroundings even more quiet.Under the light of moonlight and street lamps, a winding path leads to seclusion.

Walking halfway along the path, he suddenly found that the place without street lights became brighter and brighter.

After passing through that path, the front suddenly became clear, and Du Mingcan saw where the light came from.

An elegant small pavilion in Gudu does not have green grass and green sky, but there are countless small lanterns that are flickering and flickering, reflecting the moonlight and stars in the sky.In the very center of the pavilion, a huge gift box was quietly placed there.

Du Mingcan walked over step by step. In this peaceful night, the only sound that accompanied his footsteps was his own heavy breathing.

Finally, he stood still beside the box, looked at the big bow on the box, and stretched out his hand to pull it away.

"Surprise~~~" As expected, it was Zhong Qianyi's silly smile.

An extremely silly smile, an extremely rotten "surprise", and an inexplicably satisfied heart.

Zhong Qianyi's so-called "surprise" was actually so weak that it exploded.Even before walking over, Du Mingcan had already guessed what was in the box.But after all, this is the blessing that his stupid lover tried so hard to give him, and he really doesn't want to ask for more.

It's cooperating with Zhong Qianyi's little trick, but it's also the most genuine touch in my heart.

"Mingcan~~ Are you happy? Are you surprised? Are you moved by such a big gift?" Zhong Qianyi stepped out of the box while supporting her legs, and said as she walked.

"Zhong Qianyi, do you... think of me as a woman?" Du Mingcan hugged his gift, his eyes darkened,

"Ah? You don't like it?" Zhong Qianyi smiled, "I... I made this a few days in advance, consulted a lot of opinions, and asked a lot of people before... I decided... They all think this is very romantic..."

"Don't tell me...you're asking those chattering girls in your department..."

"That's right... They said that they know how to create romance best..." Zhong Qianyi nodded innocently.

Du Mingcan suppressed a smile, staring at Zhong Qianyi's shy and blushing face, coupled with a little alcohol, he felt all the energy and blood gathering under him.He couldn't wait to kiss his most precious gift of all these years, to have him, to possess him.

Now is not the time, he thought.So he gently leaned into his lover's ear, and whispered in a sexy and low voice: "Then did they tell you... Now that you have packed yourself and gave it to me... what are you going to do next... But I said Forget it..."