Sorry, it's a different price to be a stand-in

Lu Yunqi waited in the room and waited until Lin Zhinan came back. He felt a little depressed. There was no one at home who could talk, so he wandered to the back garden by himself.

The old dog was soundly asleep, when he heard the door open, he stood up suddenly, swaying his long orange hair and ran towards the door, as if he was about to pounce on Lu Yunqi.

Fortunately, Lu Yunqi's words were of some use, the old dog sat obediently at his feet.

It was estimated that the weather would change, Lu Yunqi's leg started to hurt again.

He didn't take a few steps and sat on the bench beside the flower bed. The old dog followed him step by step. Seeing Lu Yunqi sit down, he also climbed onto the bench and sat beside him silently.

There are many insects chirping in the summer night, and one person and one dog look very harmonious.

After sitting for a while, the old dog became a little tired and was about to fall on Lu Yunqi's shoulder. Lu Yunqi turned his head to look at it, and it immediately stood up again, sticking out its tongue innocently, its eyes wide open.

"You said... where did he go?" Lu Yunqi's voice was a little lonely.

The old dog groaned and shook its ears.

Lu Yunqi smiled wryly.

Suddenly the old dog stood up and looked at the garden wall vigilantly, as if seeing something strange.

Lu Yunqi also became nervous, got up and looked in the direction the old dog was looking at.

A wild cat jumped out of the grass and quickly climbed up the fence.

The old dog didn't chase after it, but squinted its eyes and watched quietly. When the wild cat ran away, it took advantage of the opportunity to lie on Lu Yunqi's lap.

The soft and warm body temporarily relieved some pain for Lu Yunqi, he smiled lightly, the loneliness in his eyes did not decrease by half.

"Go to the living room to sleep tonight." Lu Yunqi got up after sitting for a while, turned around and staggered towards the villa, but the old dog didn't move, just stood on the bench and looked at Lu Yunqi.

"Let's go." Lu Yunqi waved to it with his back turned, the old dog shook his head, grinned, and followed up with his long hair trembling all over his body.

Since you can't see anyone, it's okay to borrow something to think about.

When Lu Yunqi passed by Lin Zhinan's room, he opened the door and took a look inside.

Then he decisively chose to go in.

The old dog was shut out of the door cruelly, and it whimpered a few times in aggrieved condition, but seeing that it didn't work, it lay down at the door.

The layout of Lin Zhinan's room is the same as before, the furniture is re-selected by Lu Yunqi, deliberately similar to the furniture style of that year.

Lu’s house was auctioned to a nouveau riche back then. The nouveau riche’s aesthetics were worrying, and he changed the house into a mess. Even the door was replaced with rich gold. Lin Zhinan’s room seemed to be lived by the nouveau riche’s daughter. Bright pink, the princess hammock ruins the delicately carved ceiling.

Lu Yunqi bought this villa at a high price and restored it to its original state.

It seems that time can be re-enacted.

People who live here can also come back.

The smell of being soaked in inferior perfume for many years was still suspended in the air, Lu Yunqi took a deep breath, and squeezed them all out of his lungs.

The smell left in his nose made him want to sneeze.

When tidying up the house, Lu Yunqi found the old craftsman who worked for the Lu family back then.

The old man is old, but his eyes are sharp, his hands and feet are also agile, he has not seen many apprentices for a few years, and when the apprentices are working, he is smoking and chatting with Lu Yunqi.

"Why do you think of cleaning it? Are you going to come back to live?" The old man squinted at Lu Yunqi.

Lu Yunqi took a puff of cigarette, and let out a puff of white smoke leisurely between his lips and teeth, with skillful movements.

"I'm tired of living abroad, come back and play."

The old man was overjoyed, and bumped Lu Yunqi's shoulder, "When I saw you for the first time, you were running around the yard wearing crotch pants. Mr. Lu didn't have time to take care of you, so I left it to Mrs. Lu. I'm willing to beat you... I didn't expect that you and their tempers are so similar."

Lu Yunqi raised his hand and paused, "How do you say?"

The old man pointed to Lu Yunqi's position of holding a cigarette, "You are exactly the same as Mr. Lu when he smokes." He pointed to the messy courtyard, "Madam Lu is also nostalgic for old things. , put it in the utility room in the back garden."

Lu Yunqi's eyes moved to the utility room covered with vines, and then looked at the weeds in front of it that didn't have a person's calf, feeling a little headache.

In fact, Lu Yunqi is not nostalgic for the past at all, on the contrary, he finds it troublesome to deal with those sundries.

What he misses is always the people from the past.

Walking out of the memories full of dust and tobacco smell, Lu Yunqi walked to Lin Zhinan's desk and picked up the calendar on the desk.

The calendar was flipped to the day of the thunderstorm.

The table was facing the window, and because the window was not closed in time, the things on the table were ruined in all directions, and the paper documents were crumpled and covered with wet and sun-dried mud.

Lu Yunqi's fingers brushed across the table, stained with a thin layer of dust.

His eyes fell on the half-open notebook on the table.

He is not a person with a strong desire to pry, but Lin Zhinan's things are incomparably attractive to him.

Suddenly, Lu Yunqi opened the first page of the notebook.

-

Lin Zhinan failed to go home, and it was almost three o'clock in the morning when he strolled into the urban area.

Bai Hao received an urgent notice from the company that he needed to fly to the head office for a meeting. The quarterly report had to be produced overnight, otherwise he would not be in time for the meeting the next afternoon.

Lin Zhinan had no choice but to hail a taxi and take him to the company. When he arrived at the company, he realized that his mobile phone was turned off and he had no cash on him.

In desperation, he could only use the driver's mobile phone to call Bai Hao.

No one answered the first call, Lin Zhinan called again, and Bai Hao picked it up hastily.

The tone of the speech was very polite, "Hello, who is it?"

Lin Zhinan suppressed a smile, "I, Lin Zhinan, please come down and pay the money for me, Mr. Bai."

Bai Hao only looked at the call when he heard Lin Zhinan's voice. After hearing the ins and outs, he immediately picked up the phone and went downstairs.

Bai Hao led Lin Zhinan out of the elevator, and the caring person saw it and started pointing again. Bai Hao, who was a little irritable because of work, opened his mouth, but was stopped by Lin Zhinan's eyes.

Back in the office, Bai Hao threw the document on the desk and rolled his eyes, "Look at the group of people in the marketing department, they don't have performance, they don't have ability, everyone knows nonsense!"

Lin Zhinan didn't have time to read the documents, so he walked around to the desk to charge his phone.

"Quite urgent? When do you want it?" Lin Zhinan asked casually.

Bai Hao squeezed the space between his eyebrows, "The plane at noon today will go to the head office as soon as it lands, barely making it for the four o'clock meeting."

Lin Zhinan looked at the document requirements again, estimated the time, rolled up his shirt sleeves, "I'll help you."

After picking up the laptop from the office, Lin Zhinan returned to Bai Hao's office.

Although the company's income efficiency is not the best among the many branches, it can be considered good. This makes Bai Hao very important in the head office. Lin Zhinan guessed that this emergency meeting was related to the establishment of a new company.

Bai Hao's typing hands stopped for a moment, "...To be honest, if the higher-ups really intend to build a new company, will you... go?"

After speaking, he looked at Lin Zhinan, only to find that Lin Zhinan was looking at him with burning eyes.

Bai Hao rubbed his neck, "I, I'm just asking... If you want to go, I can help you fight for this opportunity."

Bai Hao felt that Lin Zhinan had done enough for the company and that he should have more room for development instead of being under the weight of his duties and unable to stand up.

"Bai Hao." Lin Zhinan called Bai Hao's full name, and his serious tone made Bai Hao's back stiff.

He suddenly didn't dare to look into Lin Zhinan's eyes.

"I never thought about leaving here, not this time, nor in the future."

Lin Zhinan is almost the backbone of the company. If he hadn't led the team to take over the business, communicate and work day and night, VK Media would not be able to achieve such a large scale.

If Lin Zhinan left, Bai Hao alone would not be able to support the company.

Bai Hao didn't speak any more, just lowered his head silently, and continued to sort out the documents at hand.

The office was silent for nearly two hours. At some point, it was dawn. The midsummer sun came in through the window and hit the computer. The position where Lin Zhinan was sitting made the computer screen a little reflective.

Lin Zhinan got up after saving the document, moved his stiff cervical spine, caught a glimpse of Bai Hao from the corner of his eye, and found him sleeping soundly lying on the table.

"Alas..." Lin Zhinan sighed softly, and called up Bai Hao's schedule on his phone.

The boarding time is after eleven o'clock in the noon, and Bai Hao needs to go to the airport two hours in advance.

It is 05:30 in the morning, and Bai Hao can still sleep for another two or three hours.

Lin Zhinan set the alarm clock on his mobile phone and placed it beside Bai Hao, and then charged his laptop, bluetooth headset, and mobile phone, saving Bai Hao from the inconvenience of traveling.

After taking care of everything, Lin Zhinan tiptoed out of Bai Hao's office.

Back in his office, assistant Irene was the first to pounce on him and asked him why he had taken such a long leave. Everyone missed him.

Lin Zhinan pulled away Irene's hand and thought for a while, "The old man at home is sick and needs my care."

This reason is acceptable, Irene sniffled, and found a big red envelope out of nowhere, with a hydrangea woven with colorful silk thread hanging on it.

Embarrassed, she handed it to Lin Zhinan, "That...Brother Lin, I'm getting married."

The envelope in his hand was a bit heavy, Lin Zhinan squeezed it, raised his eyes and smiled, "Congratulations."

Everyone started booing, and asked Irene to bring the boss a wedding candy, and Irene and his wife had to treat the boss to a meal alone. After all, when the two were dating, Boss Lin tolerated Irene's late arrival and early departure.

The smile on Lin Zhinan's face was even bigger, "I don't eat sweets very much, why don't you give my share to Mr. Bai? You can also skip the meal. The beauty of a gentleman is nothing to be grateful for."

They had seen Boss Lin's "unhuman" appearance a lot, and Irene knew that Lin Zhinan would not accept it, so she changed the subject.

"Brother Lin, do you mind having more daughters in the future?"

Lin Zhinan was a little dazed. He saw Irene's loose shirt and flat shoes, and instantly understood what she meant.

"It's a girl?" Lin Zhinan subconsciously bent over, and his tone became much lighter.

Irene nodded, "Well, I'm not young anymore, but I don't seem to be pregnant, so...my family and I want to have the wedding as soon as possible, so that the baby will be born in a legitimate way."

"So Brother Lin, do you... agree?"

Lin Zhinan was pleasantly surprised by this news, he nodded, and readily recognized his unborn goddaughter.

But before he could find someone to share his joy with, he received a WeChat message from Lu Yunqi.

The message only has two words - "come back".