money worship

Yan Cheng looked at Jing Tang on the screen, and began to think about what happened more than four years ago.

On the day of Jingtang's birthday, Jing Yue and Ling Lian invited him and Yan Jue to attend Jingtang's birthday party at home.

Originally, Yan Cheng thought that Jing Tang, a child who likes to be so lively, would definitely call many friends and classmates to the house. He felt that as an elder, appearing in such a young person's place might make their children feel uncomfortable, so he decided to He planned to ask Yanjue to bring the prepared birthday gift there, so he didn't show up.

But Yan Jue told him: "No, the birthday party is just the two of us, no one else."

"It seems to be because Jing Tang said that he only wants to spend his birthday with the person he likes."

He, including Yan Jue, didn't think much about it.

Five people held a birthday party together. Although it was a little deserted, the atmosphere was not bad.The two families are old acquaintances, chatting about everything, very harmonious and cheerful.

That night Jingtang seemed to be very happy, talking more than usual, chattering non-stop.She also took the initiative to pull Yan Cheng and ask him something about studying abroad.

Jing Tang’s parents both studied in China when they were young. Among the three adults present, only Yan Cheng studied for a degree abroad, so it was normal for Jing Tang to ask him—at least that’s what Yan Cheng thought at the time .

Yan Cheng thought that Jing Tang was really interested in studying abroad, so he gave him a lot of advice.Jing Tang listened very carefully, and stared at him unblinkingly with a pair of dark eyes full of aura, which made Yan Cheng feel a little uncomfortable.

"...What are you looking at?" Yan Cheng couldn't help asking.

Jing Tang laughed so hard that her eyes rolled, and said, "No, I didn't see anything."

Then he ran away briskly, and went to provoke Yan Jue again.

After the custom-made birthday cake arrived, Ling Lian got up and called Jing Tang to come over and make a wish.But Jing Tang was still playing with the paper crown that came with the cake, and it was still crooked after wearing it for a long time.

Yan Jue looked at him strangely: "Are you usually so clumsy?"

Jingtang supported the paper crown on top of her head, made a face at Yanjue, and said fiercely: "I want you to take care of it!" Then continued to toss it.

Yan Jue snorted: "I didn't want to bother you, either."

Yan Cheng couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "Let me come."

"...Oh, okay." Jingtang touched the tip of her nose and whispered, "Thank you, Uncle Yan."

There seemed to be a sly smile in his eyes.

Yan Cheng took the crown from Jingtang's hand, adjusted the size of the crown, then approached the boy in front of him, carefully put the crown on Jingtang's exaggerated silver hair, and straightened it.

"Okay." Yan Cheng took a step back, distanced himself from Jing Tang again, and said to him with a smile, "Xiao Tang, happy birthday."

Jing Tang gave a shy smile, stretched out her arms and gently hugged Yan Cheng, then turned around and ran to the restaurant, and sat down at the table.

All five sat around the table, and all the eighteen candles on the cake were lit, and their faces were illuminated brightly.

Tonight, Jing Tang is about to welcome his birthday, this is an extremely important day.Jing Yue asked Yan Cheng to record the moment Jing Tang blew out the candles, and it would be best if he and Ling Lian could be included in the photo as well.Yan Cheng agreed.

That's why he has that video on his phone.

From Yan Cheng's point of view at the time, he was just a passer-by in Jingtang's life. The only people who mattered to Jingtang were Jing Yue, Ling Lian, and his friend Yan Jue, so even if he himself was only a record Those who do not appear in the camera do not feel any regrets.

And Jing Tang's smile after making his wish, he also thought it was facing the camera, not him behind the camera.

Yan Cheng once thought that he knew Jing Tang very well, but he didn't realize until now that he actually didn't know Jing Tang at all.

He missed a lot.

Time passed, and four years later, when he recalled what happened that day, he realized——

It turned out that Jing Tang was not interested in studying abroad at all, but just wanted to find something to talk to him about.

It turned out that Jingtang deliberately pretended not to be able to wear the crown, so that he could help him put it on.

It turns out that Jingtang has been...

What kind of wish did Jingtang make? Is it related to him?

Yan Cheng closed his eyes and covered his face, feeling like he was going crazy.

Even after turning off the phone, Jing Tang's smile would still uncontrollably appear in his mind, and he couldn't shake it off.

It's hard to describe the mood at this moment - joy and regret at the same time, I can't help but blame myself, how can I be so slow, I finally discovered it until now.

After reaching the conclusion, all the details that he couldn't understand before became the conditions to prove the conclusion.

Why did Jing Tang cry after having sex with him for the first time, why she only collapsed again and again in front of him, why she liked being touched by him on the head, why she used such clumsy words to keep him when she thought he was going to find Ruan Lian, Why can I sleep peacefully in his arms every night...

And that puppet.

Yan Cheng tried hard to recall the name of the virtual idol, then picked up the phone again, typed the three words "Asano Chu" in the search bar, and clicked on the picture to take a closer look.

It's gray-blue eyes...

The color of the virtual idol's eyes is exactly the same as his.

Jing Tang seemed to be very concerned about his eyes, that's why he asked why his eyes were this color in the car.

However, by now, it seems that it is too late.During the period of time when he knew nothing about Jingtang's intentions, the child was covered in bruises.

"Mr. Yan." There was a knock on the door from outside the room, "Is your place ready?"

It's almost 02:30, the meeting will start at three o'clock, it's time to go.

"Wait a minute, right away." Yan Cheng let out a foul breath, stood up, went to the bathroom to wash up, and tidied up his hair and wrinkled clothes by the way.

Jing Tang slept until dusk, and when she first opened her eyes, she was still not very happy, so she stared at the ceiling and stared silently for a while.

After a while, Miao Yang knocked on the door and called him to have dinner.

"Come right away..." Jing Tang sat up wearily, rubbed her temples on both sides, and stretched her arms again.For some reason, this feeling didn't make him relax at all, instead it made his back ache, his legs throbbed, and his whole body was extremely uncomfortable.

He touched the phone from the bedside table, only to realize that the phone had been turned off and charged.Turn on the phone, check the call history, and there is no missed call, so I turned on the chat software and saw a message from Yan Cheng an hour ago saying: Wake up and reply me.

Why did Yan Cheng know that he was sleeping...

Jingtang didn't know why, but she replied obediently: I'm awake.

Yan Cheng seemed to be too busy. After receiving the news on WeChat, he immediately called.

"I'm sorry, the call seems to be too late... I was busy in the morning, and I called you when I was done, but found that you were turned off. After asking Yanjue, I found out that you were sleeping, so I didn't want to disturb you. Are you in good health now? Take it easy, are you still uncomfortable?"

Yan Cheng was uncharacteristically explaining a lot to Jing Tang in a rare anxious tone.

Jing Tang didn't quite understand why Yan Cheng was acting like this all of a sudden, so she just replied, "Fortunately...it's not uncomfortable anymore."

It's deceiving, but it's actually very uncomfortable. He had a severe seizure today. After taking the medicine and sleeping, he still couldn't help feeling down, and it was difficult to control his emotions.Even though he had heard Yan Cheng's explanation and believed in Yan Cheng's explanation, he still felt sad and couldn't be happy.

In such a bad state, Jing Tang didn't want to have too many conversations with Yan Cheng.He was afraid that he would suddenly cry again in front of Yan Cheng later.

He promised Yan Cheng that he would work hard to get better, but this cannot be the case.

"Well, if you feel particularly uncomfortable, you must go to the hospital and ask Miao Yang to go with you." After Yan Cheng finished speaking, he paused for a while before continuing, "Ninny, after I come back, I have something very important to say. Talk to you face to face."

"...Well, okay." Jingtang's fingers trembled so badly that she almost lost her grip on the phone, "I, I'm so hungry, I'm going to eat first, bye!"

The phone finally slipped from his palm and fell on the bed.Seeing that Yan Cheng hadn't hung up the phone yet, Jing Tang quickly reached out and pressed the hook button.

He didn't dare to think about what Yan Cheng's so-called "important words" were.He was so sick, like a madman, he was afraid that Yan Cheng wanted to abandon him.

Jing Tang touched the wet corners of her eyes with the back of her hand, sniffed, squatted down, and opened the drawer of the bedside table to search.

He remembered that Yan Cheng put their marriage certificate here.

Where, where...

After searching for a long time, Jing Tang finally found the two marriage certificates in the deepest part of the bottom drawer, then put them into her own cabinet and locked them.

Jing Tang didn't know that if he wanted a divorce, it would be fine even if the marriage certificate disappeared, he just instinctively wanted to hide them, naively thinking that as long as they were still there, he and Yan Cheng would still be husband and wife.

Not yet.If he were to be separated from Yan Cheng now, he really didn't know how to live.

"Xiaotang?" Miao Yang knocked on the door again seeing Jingtang not coming out of the room, and asked worriedly, "Are you feeling unwell again?"

"It's okay...!" Jing Tang took out a wet tissue to wipe her face, and trotted out.

After dinner, an unfamiliar number sent Jingtang a text message, saying that he was Yan Cheng's secretary Xiong Jiayin, and also sent Jingtang's WeChat ID to discuss with him what time to leave tomorrow.

Only then did Jing Tang vaguely remember that tomorrow is the day when she and Jin Muhuai will go to an offline exhibition together.So many things happened today that he almost forgot.

Jing Tang followed Xiong Jiayin's WeChat and made an appointment.At [-] o'clock tomorrow morning, Xiong Jiayin will drive to the community to take him to the Licheng Exhibition Center, and send him home after the event.

However, Jing Tang felt that it was a bit embarrassing to bother a girl who worked overtime on weekends to pick him up, so she told Xiong Jiayin that it didn't matter if he was alone.

But Xiong Jiayin said: Don't worry, madam!I am willing to work overtime to pick you up!Yan Zong gave too much!

Jingtang:?what madam.

Xiong Jiayin: Madam President, what's the problem?Don't you?

Jingtang: ...I am.

The author says:

not easy! !Uncle Yan finally woke up!Stinky wood! (Bushi