lark

Lin Nan cooked four dishes today, adding one more than usual, and peeled the oranges specially.

Qi Yubai seems to be working very hard recently. When he was in China, he left early and returned late, not to mention going abroad every now and then.In addition, he is also busy with work, and they haven't had a good meal at home for a while, so he wants to eat better today.

After five o'clock in the afternoon, according to the time calculation, Qi Yubai should have left the customs.Lin Nan was about to call him when suddenly a message came from Qi Yubai, saying that he couldn't come back because of something.

Lin Nan looked at the side dishes he had already cut, and was a little discouraged.Why did Qi Yubai's wish come true when he said it at the same time, but his wish showed no sign of being fulfilled at all?Busy people are still so busy that they don't even have time to come back for dinner.

Although Qi Yubai said he couldn't come back, Lin Nan reserved a portion for him after cooking, worrying that he would want to eat supper when he came back at night.After eating alone, Lin Nan didn't even have the intention to clean up the mess, so he couldn't help sending another message to Qi Yubai: "Are you coming back tonight?"

Afraid of disturbing the other party, Lin Nan didn't call him.After a while, I received a reply: "I won't go back."

Lin Nan swiped open the screen full of anticipation, and froze when he saw the text.He clearly remembered that during the time he lived in Bohai, Qi Yubai had never been away from home at night, and this was the first time.When I asked that question, it was just a matter of routine. At that time, I thought the answer must be "go back soon", but I didn't expect it to be so unexpected.

Lin Nan became anxious, sitting on the sofa and tossing and turning, wondering where Qi Yubai might go, Carlton in the West District?With whom?Probably not, he just came back from abroad, and after taking a long-distance flight, he is always in a bad mood, and he can't even touch himself.Then it could only be to go to work and stay up all night at the company?How to do that, the body will collapse.

Hu Siluan wanted him to wash the dishes so he couldn't concentrate. He accidentally broke a plate and cut his hand with debris.He hastily put his index finger under the faucet and rinsed it, then ran to the living room to dig out the Band-Aid and wrap it up.

After finishing all this work, he couldn't help but sit on the sofa again, holding his mobile phone and hesitating whether to call Qi Yubai.In the end, emotions prevailed over reason, and he mustered up the courage to dial the phone, but unfortunately no one answered after ringing for a long time.

Lin Nan suddenly felt uncomfortable.He knew he shouldn't think about it, but he couldn't help but wonder what Qi Yubai was doing and who he was with.After waiting for a long time, he was sure that Qi Yubai would not call back, so he called Zhang Hong again.

After the phone rang a few times, it was picked up, and the background sound of the TV program came from Zhang Hong's end.

"Lin Nan?"

"Zhang Hong..." Lin Nan said, "It's me."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Hong seemed to walk away with his mobile phone.

"I'm sorry to bother you so late." Hearing that Zhang Hong should be at home, Lin Nan felt sorry, but couldn't help but stammered: "Mr. Qi hasn't come back yet, he said...he said he won't come back tonight, Do you know where he went?"

Zhang Hong was silent for a moment, Lin Nan's heart sank, and he said slowly: "It's okay if you can't say it."

"It's not what you think." Zhang Hong finally said, "He's back home."

"go home?"

Isn't the place where I am staying now his home?

"He didn't come home." Lin Nan said in surprise.

"It's not Bohai." Zhang Hong quickly denied it, as if saying that Bohai was not his home. "He's gone back to Qi's old house."

Only then did Lin Nan realize that Qi Yubai still had a home in this city, not something like Bohai, but a real home. "So that's how it is..." he said.

Zhang Hong hummed and said, "I sent him there. He also let me drive the car away, so I guess he should plan to spend the night there."

Lin Nan breathed a sigh of relief. His heart, which had been blocked all night, cleared a lot, and his tone became cheerful, and he said, "Thank you for your hard work. Are you going to pick him up tomorrow?"

"Not sure." Zhang Hong said, "The boss didn't say anything, maybe it's not good to live there for a day."

"Yeah." Lin Nan nodded alone on the phone, "It should be. Speaking of which, Mr. Qi hasn't been home for a long time, and I've never heard him mention it."

Zhang Hong paused, as if he didn't want to continue the conversation, "You should ask him directly, it's the boss's business after all."

Lin Nan realized that he might have delayed Zhang Hong's enjoyment of family happiness, so he hurriedly said, "Okay, then I'll hang up first."

Tonight, he was lying on the big bed in the master bedroom alone, unable to sleep.He didn't know that Qi Yubai was also insomnia in another room at this moment, and he thought that the other party was having a good time.The call to Qi Yubai was not answered by the other party, and there was no message sent. It probably didn't even need an explanation, and I was feeling annoyed.Qi Yubai couldn't be blamed for this matter. After all, I was asking too much. I asked him to stay at home overnight, and asked him to report to me wherever he went. Obviously, I had exceeded the rules.He had almost forgotten the fact that he was still dependent on others, but fortunately he remembered it in time.

He lay on the bed and reflected on himself. This period of time was indeed too much.He simply turned over and touched the phone next to the bed to set an early alarm clock, wanting to use his fairly good cooking skills to make amends to Qi Yubai.

Early the next morning, Lin Nan sent another message to Qi Yubai: "Come back for breakfast? It's your share." Unexpectedly, he received a short reply soon: "I'm almost there."

Lin Nan happily put down his phone in the kitchen, picked up a spoon and tried the saltiness of the porridge, it should be the taste that Qi Yubai likes.

Not long after, the combination lock sounded at the gate, and Lin Nan ran out to take a look, and he saw Qi Yubai standing at the gate changing his shoes.

"Mr. Qi." Lin Nan smiled at him, "Good morning."

The black and blue under Qi Yubai's eyes were so obvious that he could see clearly even a few steps away.He nodded towards Lin Nan, looking in good spirits, and asked, "What did you cook?"

Lin Nan walked up to him and took his coat, "I made your favorite porridge, and I'll serve it up." He walked quickly to the room and hung up the coat, then went back to the kitchen to serve the porridge, and waited After a while, Qi Yubai came in after changing his shirt.

The two sat across the dining table, and Lin Nan handed him the spoon and said, "Be careful."

Qi Yubai rolled up the sleeves of his shirt to his forearm, took the spoon and tasted it silently.At first, Lin Nan thought that the two hadn't seen each other for several days, so they must have had a lot to talk about, but it was a bit inexplicable that they were treated so coldly.But he didn't think about himself, he just thought that Qi Yubai's work was not going well, and there was something annoying that needed to be resolved, so he didn't talk to him, so he looked away and drank the porridge quietly.

The porcelain spoon handles collided with the porridge bowl to make a crisp ding ding sound, so that the atmosphere of the table would not be too dull.

"What's next?" Qi Yubai asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Lin Nan raised his head with a spoon, and saw Qi Yubai was still drinking his porridge with his head down, not looking at him, so he replied, "There are two promotional schedules next week, and next week we will be filming."

"So fast." Qi Yubai said.

Lin Nan looked at his expression, and thought about it: "Where is Mr. Qi? Are you going to go abroad next week? Are you still busy?"

Qi Yubai shook his head, finally responded to his gaze, raised his head and said, "I will be in China for the rest of this month."

"That's great..." Lin Nan smiled with crooked eyes, "We've been too busy during this time, we don't even have time to eat..." His tone was regretful.

He was still in pajamas after getting up early, with his hair lying limp on his head, looking very submissive.Qi Yubai looked at him and said, "Did you not sleep well yesterday?"

Lin Nan paused as he drank the porridge, "A little bit."

"what happened?"

"It's nothing." Lin Nan smiled again, "I stayed up late last night to read the script for a while. As for Mr. Qi, you didn't seem to sleep well."

"Huh?" Qi Yubai raised his head.

Lin Nan drew a circle around his right eye with his right index finger, referring to Qi Yubai's dark circle.

"What happened to your hand?" Qi Yubai asked.

Lin Nan was startled, put down his hand to look at it, and found that Qi Yubai was referring to the Band-Aid.His heart warmed, and he said, "It's just an accidental cut, it's okay, if you don't believe me, take a look—" He bent his fingers a few times to indicate that he was fine.

Qi Yubai put the spoon back into the bowl, then took his hand and looked at the band-aid on his finger, but his mind didn't seem to be on it.

"Mr. Qi, what are you thinking?" Lin Nan asked.

Qi Yubai said: "There are so many lines, I still need to stay up late to read."

The hand was held by him, somewhat distracted.Lin Nan replied to him, "It's a little too much, and it will take a long time to memorize."

Qi Yubai paused for a moment, then said, "Since it's been so hard, why don't you shoot."

"That's not enough." Lin Nan said with a slight smile, "No matter how tiring you are doing what you like, you can still be happy, just like Mr. Qi running Benyun, it shouldn't be easy, but I guess Mr. Qi is happy."

Qi Yubai was silent for a moment thoughtfully, rubbed his fingertips on Lin Nan's fair fingers, and said, "Actually, you don't have to be filming. The entertainment industry is very complicated now, and people like you can't stand it." .If you are worried about money, I can give you the monthly expenses for you, your parents, brothers, house, and car."

Every time he said a word, Lin Nan felt a layer of doubts in his heart, and then a thought flashed in his mind, his fingers subconsciously pulled out, his eyes opened slightly and he asked in panic: "Mr. Qi... did I do something wrong? Are you No, do you still mind the matter between me and Qi Jiawen, we really have nothing, and this new drama does not have him—"

"Don't be nervous." Qi Yubai withdrew his hand, picked up the spoon again and took a sip of porridge, and then said, "Just chatting casually."

Lin Nan breathed a sigh of relief, leaning forward and slowly sitting up straight again.What he said just now easily made him think that Qi Yubai didn't like him going out to show his face.Lin Nan carefully observed Qi Yubai's expression for a while, then smiled again, and said, "I really don't feel hard work, Mr. Qi, don't worry. I like filming very much, not just for money. To tell you the truth, I I plan to treat acting as a career for the rest of my life... As for the workload, I can still handle it for the time being."

Qi Yubai didn't raise his head, and said slowly, "I see."

-

Two days later, Lin Nan had a publicity trip to attend.In name, it was a celebration of the previous drama's hits to the top of the season rankings, but it was actually a media meeting before the show ended.Investors headed by Ben Yun should also be present, but Qi Yubai asked Zhang Hong to do it for him to avoid suspicion.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the first thing Zhang Hong did when he returned to the company was to find Qi Yubai.He pushed the door open and called out to Mr. Qi nervously.

Qi Yubai looked up and saw that he was abnormal, and asked, "What happened?"

Zhang Hong hurriedly walked to the table, turned back and closed the door before he could speak, and then went to the table and said to Qi Yubai, "I saw your father at the event."

Qi Yubai immediately asked, "Why is he there?"

"I've inquired about it. Director Qi seems to have shares in the reception hotel chosen by the film crew, and he may happen to be there to discuss things." Zhang Hong spoke very methodically, and he would think about everything in advance before explaining it to the boss.He also said, "He was already at the scene halfway through the show. He only sat in the second row and left the show not long after. It might not be possible to sell face to the producer."

At that time, the venue was full of people, the first row was full of creators, and the second row was for investors.Since Zhang Hong went for Qi Yubai, the position was naturally in the middle.Considering the crowd around him, he didn't even say hello to Lin Nan, he just nodded and smiled, tacitly understanding each other.Unexpectedly, when the media asked questions, he turned around and saw Qi Zhonghui sitting in the second row of aisle at some point, staring at the stage with a serious expression.There was a familiar person sitting with him beside him, and there was another person standing upright by the passage, who was obviously also accompanying him.Zhang Hong wasn't sure what was going on, so he didn't dare to rush forward to say hello. When he was hesitating, Qi Zhonghui had already got up and walked out, and no one was disturbed.

After listening to his words, Qi Yubai tapped the pen cap in his hand on the table, shook his head and said, "He doesn't drink at all now, and he won't go out to socialize in person."

"If this is the case..." Zhang Hong said sharply, "It is very likely that he went to see Lin Nan on purpose."

Qi Yubai glanced at him, then bowed his head and thought for a moment, and said firmly, "Impossible. He respects his status, so he shouldn't make a special trip to embarrass Lin Nan."

Although his father was ruthless, his attitude was very high. Recently, he was getting older, and he couldn't be invited to show up for ordinary things.What's more, Lin Nan is just an actor, the kind of person he despises the most, and he doesn't even bother to deal with him.

But Zhang Hong looked at him: "It's hard to say. I think you still don't know how a father thinks."

"What do you mean?" Qi Yubai asked.

Zhang Hong sat across from him, thought for a while and then said: "I am also the father of a son, so I have some say in this aspect. Director Qi has always respected his status and will not take action against juniors easily, but don't forget Well, he also has a layer of fatherhood. Fathers have always been irrational in protecting children, so it’s hard to guarantee that he won’t think that you are obsessed with ghosts, and he needs to clean it up himself.”

After hearing these words, Qi Yubai was silent for a long time, rubbed his forehead with both hands, then waved his hands to signal him to go out first.

The door of the office was closed by Zhang Hong from the outside, Qi Yubai waited for a while, took out his mobile phone and called Lin Nan.

"Mr. Qi?" Lin Nan's voice was full of surprise.

"Where are you?" Qi Yubai asked.

"I'm in the car."

One or two girls' voices came from the receiver asking if he was Mr. Qi, but Lin Nan stopped them in a low voice.

After that, it was really quiet.Lin Nan asked him: "Are you home yet? I'll be there in half an hour. Do you want to have dinner together?"

Qi Yubai got up and walked to the window, holding the phone in his left hand, and tapped the knuckles of his right index finger on the glass unconsciously, feeling a little tense.

"I have eaten at the company." He said.After a pause, he asked, "Did the afternoon activities go well?"

"It went well." Lin Nan's voice did not sound like he had encountered any unpleasant things, and he was smiling.

A girl's voice said: "Stop ahead! I'm going to the convenience store to buy a drink, do you want it?"

Another female voice said: "Drinking Coke again? Who said I'm fat to death?"

Lin Nan replied to her: "I don't want it." Then he covered the microphone and said to Qi Yubai: "Fortunately, the media didn't ask any difficult questions, they were all prepared."

"That's good." Qi Yubai stopped tapping his fingers, "I have something to do, so I'll go back later and let you know."

Lin Nan paused for a moment, and then said softly with a little embarrassment: "Got it, I'll wait for you to come back."

The laughter of the girl next to her sounded faintly again, probably making a joke of Lin Nan.Qi Yubai hummed, said a few words of tenderness, and then hung up the phone as if nothing had happened.

He didn't dare to act rashly until the situation became clear, but fortunately, Qi Zhonghui didn't make him wait too long.After a while, the call came in.

"dad."

"It was picked up very quickly." Qi Zhonghui sounded like he was on the road, and there was the sound of vehicles passing by.

"Just waiting for a work call." Qi Yubai leaned on the sofa, playing with his lighter with his right hand, so that he could relax a bit.

"Zhang Hong has reported to you, about where I went today."

Qi Yubai didn't expect him to be so direct, and didn't know what to say for a while, so he hummed.

Qi Zhonghui said: "You don't need to be nervous, I just went to see what that little star of yours looks like, and whether you deserve to be against me."

The lighter, which was turned halfway, suddenly stopped, and was tightly held by Qi Yubai.

"It has nothing to do with him."

"It's okay, do you believe this?" Qi Zhonghui said, "But I'm not wasting my time today. This young man is indeed a good seed. The producer told me about it."

Qi Yubai paused for two seconds, then said, "He definitely won't tell you this for no reason."

"Of course." Qi Zhonghui said, "I was the one who asked. I asked him if this man named Lin Nan could become popular. He told me that it was only a matter of time, if there were no accidents."

The speed of the second half of this sentence is obviously slower than that of the first sentence, like a threat.Qi Yubai slowly put the lighter on the table, and asked a little weakly: "Do you want to tell me that you can help him create many accidents. For example, let the director of the next movie refuse to use him, for example, let him explode scandal."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and Qi Zhonghui said in a slightly old voice: "Why do you think of me so much, we are father and son, and we even behave in the same way, and we are not used to these three ways."

"Then what do you want?" Qi Yubai asked.

He has already made all kinds of psychological preparations. As long as his father really takes action against Lin Nan, he can only fight to the death.

"I won't do anything." Qi Zhonghui was very calm, "I just want to remind you again, don't harm others. You have me as a father and our Qi family as a backer, so naturally you are not afraid of anything. But your Lin Nan is different from you, his life has just begun, if you are sincere to him, it is better to leave as soon as possible, so as not to miss his future."

Qi Yubai leaned on the back of the sofa, closed his eyes and lowered his brows after listening to this passage, knowing that what his father said was right, he still didn't want to give up.

He said: "Everything about me belongs to him. I can buy what he wants with money. He has no reason to leave me."

"Stop lying to yourself, son." Qi Zhonghui said coldly, "If you don't dare to ask him how to choose, just ask yourself, can you live with the guilt towards your mother, and can you never let your relationship go forever? See the light. If one of the answers is no, it proves that I'm absolutely right."

Qi Yubai's face was depressed, and he never spoke again.

In fact, the answer was already obvious, he just refused to admit it.If Qi Zhonghui was in front of him at this moment, he would have patted him on the shoulder with the attitude of a winner.Fortunately, Qi Zhonghui was on the other end of the phone and couldn't see his expression at the moment.Just say to him: "Okay, there is nothing hard to get through. Let's say goodbye."