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The sound in the corridor was loud at first, and the echoes kept coming and going, like hitting Lin Nan's heart one after another.Later, it became lighter and lighter, until it was silent, and it took only two or three minutes before and after.

Under the crack of the door, the sensor light did not turn on after it went out.

Lin Nan sat on the floor, thoughts in his head were chaotic.Before, he never thought that he would dare to talk to Qi Yubai like this, or that he would have a day when he would refuse the other party's hug.

He still remembered how he humbly begged Qi Yubai to hug him again on the night they left, and how he pushed him away indifferently.

But in just two months, everything changed.Qi Yubai has changed, from being unwilling to hug him to actively hugging him; he has changed, he has become able to lie, and will drive Qi Yubai out of the house he bought.

Is it because she was unwilling to be unilaterally dismissed, felt heartbroken, and finally woke up from her dream; or because she became a well-known actor and got rid of the previous state where only Qi Yubai was in her eyes and in her heart?

Lin Nan didn't know and didn't dare to think about it.He said to himself, this is good now, forget it and forget it, and believe that you have let go.The gentle, powerful and kind Qi Yubai was only imagined by himself. The real Qi Yubai is just like what he showed, indifferent and ruthless, playing in the world.

The faint sound of an elevator could be heard outside the door, presumably Qi Yubai felt bored and planned to leave.

Lin Nan wiped his face carelessly with the sleeve of his sweater, bent down to pick up the dropped handbag, and went into the bedroom to put it away.When he passed the bay window, he stopped, his body was hidden behind the curtain, but his eyes were looking downstairs.

He didn't do it on purpose, he just happened to pass by the window.

A familiar figure soon appeared downstairs.Dressed in a suit, he left empty-handed.

Lin Nan looked at the figure from behind, unable to move his eyes away.Although the people downstairs took big steps, their steps were not fast, and they walked alone under the dim street lights, with a long shadow behind them, looking handsome and lonely.

Looking at it, he felt that the scene in front of him was somewhat illogical, and what was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.It wasn't until the man walked out of his sight that Lin Nan suddenly realized that Qi Yubai didn't drive.

In his impression, Qi Yubai almost never takes a taxi, and there is always someone to pick him up when he goes in and out, or he drives himself.However, when the two met, Qi Yubai didn't like driving very much. Sometimes he was forced to send Lin Nan off, and the expression on his face often lost control.Probably now there is no need to pick him up, and Zhang Hong got off work on time again, so he had no choice but to take a taxi.

She took a special taxi to Bohai to wait for him, and coaxed him with nice words.Lin Nan could feel that Qi Yubai really wanted to make peace with him this time.Perhaps it is not called making peace, but calling the prodigal son back.

It may be that he couldn't bear it after learning of his long-term unrequited love, or it may be that his hunting instinct drove him to renew his interest in the departed prey.

In a word, everything seems to be printed with the old saying: only know how to cherish after losing.

Lin Nan is also a man, he knows that a man is very cheap in his bones.When someone is always around you and chasing you, you can't appreciate his kindness. You have to wait until he dies for you and falls in love with another person to know that he is not used to it.

But Lin Nan told himself that this kind of reaction is not love, but just inertia.Even if you throw away the toy you have played with, you don’t want others to touch it. If you have a new owner, you want to grab it. When you really snatch it back, you can’t play it for two days, so throw it in the locker and lock it.

It's a pity that he is not a toy, but a person with thoughts and feelings. For Qi Yubai, an extremely dangerous existence, he no longer dared to let go of his feelings.

After packing up everything, it was already midnight.

When I left the apartment two months ago, the water and electricity valves were turned off, and even the refrigerator was not working. Drinking water needs to be boiled.Lin Nan sat next to the cooking table, watching the kettle while recalling everything that happened tonight, still feeling extremely absurd.Sudden departure, sudden appearance, and sudden affection, Qi Yubai never asks for other people's opinions in doing things, and doesn't care about disturbing other people's lives.With a gentle appearance, he does domineering things, tramples on the other party's heart without any sense of cherishing it, it is really hateful and hateful.

But it was such a hateful and hateful person who had stood like a lighthouse in his life for more than a year, causing him to run away regardless.Such a person has also given himself a lot of light, and let himself survive this winter no matter what.

Lin Nan stretched out his hand in the bright light of the kitchen, and looked at his fingertips against the overhead light.

Why did I obediently let him hold this hand at that time, and why did I bother to ask for that request.When you see Qi Yubai in the future, you should stay away as soon as possible, and don't let any emotion take advantage of it.

After all, if you forget once, half your life is gone, and if you forget the second time, it is hard to say whether you will die or not.

-

Early the next morning, He Shan's call came as scheduled.

"Brother Nan! The moving company's car and I have arrived at the gate of the community. Come down and swipe our cards for us."

Lin Nan hurriedly dressed and went downstairs. When he saw Qi Yubai's position from the window last night, he paused for a moment, then held his card and walked quickly towards the gate. He Shan waved to him when he was 30 meters away. : "Brother Nan, here!"

A van was parked on the side of the road like a mountain in horror outside the door. Lin Nan's eyes widened when he saw it, and he walked up to He Shan and asked, "Why... did you find such a big car?"

"Is it big?" He Shan shrugged innocently, "Isn't it such a big car to move? I also helped my second uncle's move to a new house. There are not as many things in your apartment."

Lin Nan said lightly: "Those things are not mine."

"Ah?" He Shan was taken aback for a moment, "This, so..."

"Yeah." Lin Nan nodded, "I don't have much stuff, I can pack it in a van."

He Shan sneered a few times, and thought to herself that the car has been called and it can't be returned anyway, and a bigger one is better than a smaller one.She turned her body half a circle, pointed her finger at the rear of the van's buttocks, and said mysteriously: "As long as the car can be used, look who is following me?"

When Lin Nan caught a glimpse of the black rear of the car, his heart froze, and his expression froze for a moment: "Who?"

"Still coming out? What a surprise!" He Shan stretched her neck with a smile and shouted not far away. Within a few seconds, a familiar figure walked out of Lin Nan's blind spot.

It turned out to be Qi Jiawen.

He couldn't tell whether he was relieved or disappointed, so he quickly adjusted his expression, looked at the people who came by and said, "Why are you here?"

"I--"

"Let me tell you!" He Shan took the lead, and squinted at Qi Jiawen with a teasing expression: "He called me three times in a row yesterday and insisted on following me to help you move, I said No need, let him stay where he is cool, and he will threaten me with my idol's autographed photo."

Qi Jiawen didn't do any styling today, and it was rare for her to appear in front of Lin Nan without her face up to the sky, her skin darkened even more.He stared at him, pointed at him to seal He Shan's mouth, and the two fought like enemies for three seconds, then turned around and said to Lin Nan in embarrassment: "I think, more people have more hands, Can always help."

Lin Nan looked at him and smiled: "Why don't you wear a mask today? There have been paparazzi around this neighborhood before, and they know where I live."

"Small scene." Qi Jiawen waved his hand nonchalantly, "A gentleman is open-minded, we are friends, and it's only natural for friends to help, so let them go. Besides, do the paparazzi get up so early?" He called at the right time Yawning, "Your family moved early enough."

The sun above the head is like a round egg fried by the breakfast machine, so golden and dazzling that it is hard to think of the bleak moonlight last night.

The truck driver honked his horn twice, Lin Nan yelled "Immediately—" and then said to He Shan and Qi Jiawen: "Go in first, let me tell the security guards, let them open the door, and open the freight elevator by the way .”

"Okay!" Qi Jiawen put his arms around Lin Nan's shoulders to show that he was not afraid of the paparazzi at all, and the two brothers seemed to raise their eyebrows at him, "Let's go!"

Lin Nan pushed his hand down, and he held it up again, with a resolute expression on his face. Lin Nan shook his head with a helpless smile, and could only let him go.He Shan gave a contemptuous middle finger to the two of them behind her, and then quickly followed. The three of them walked side by side, chatting and laughing.

-

There is a car across the road outside the east gate.

The car has been quiet for nearly an hour, at first because of waiting, and later because there is nothing to say.

The hanging cartoon bear toy pendant didn't shake because the car had been parked for too long, and looked at the two people in the car dully, as if wanting to ask them when they would be able to move.

"Let's go now?" Zhang Hong asked.

08:30 in the morning is actually still early, even half an hour late to go to the company is not too late.But counting the time they waited, it was indeed long enough.

The person in the back seat sat on the left side and stared out the window for a long time without turning his head back.

Zhang Hong asked again: "President Qi, are you leaving?"

"Wait a little longer." Qi Yubai paused for a moment, "They will come out soon."

He wanted to know that Lin Nan's itinerary didn't take much effort, and Zhang Hong could report to him within half an hour with just one or two phone calls.But it's useless to know, except to stop by in the morning to take a look.

Qi Yubai was not ashamed of his behavior, he could afford it, but couldn't let it go, unlike himself before.What's more, my own problems have not been resolved, and Qi Zhonghui's threat has not been resolved, and I am still suffering from the enemy.

Fortunately, the situation is much clearer than before, at least he knows that Lin Nan is sincere to him.It's a bit late, but it's important to him.

But his performance made Zhang Hong feel uncomfortable.Just like a deskmate who had always been taciturn in high school, in order to pursue the little girl he likes, he suddenly started to recite love poems aloud in front of everyone, which is not only inappropriate, but also unwise.

Qi Yubai is not suitable for doing inappropriate and unwise things.

"Let's go." Zhang Hong took out his phone and swipe it twice, and passed it from his shoulder to the back row. "The regular meeting time is 09:30 in the morning. You can go."

There was the back of the driver's seat between the two of them, and their voices were very clear.

"It's not that urgent." Qi Yubai's tone was not salty, and he didn't reach out to pick up the phone. "It takes 25 minutes to go to the company from here."

Zhang Hong slowly withdrew his hand and put the phone in the compartment.

"What if there's a traffic jam?"

"There will be no traffic jams, today is not Monday."

"Don't eat breakfast?"

When the car was quiet, Qi Yubai asked in a cold voice, "What's the matter with you, what exactly do you want to say?"

"I want to say, it's time to go."

Unlike Qi Yubai's chaotic voice after lack of sleep, Zhang Hong's speech is thick and clear at the moment, and his enunciation is also exceptionally clear.

He's not used to seeing Qi Yubai like this, too obsessed with one thing or one person, not to mention that the picture that will appear after a while is not pleasing to the eye.

After all, in his heart, Qi Yubai's self-esteem and sense of pleasure are very valuable, and even the valuation seems superfluous.

"You think I'm upset now because I saw him with someone else, don't you?" Qi Yubai asked bluntly.

"Am I thinking wrong?" Zhang Hong turned his back to him and put his hands on the steering wheel again.

Qi Yubai said "no" with a faint smile, as if he wasn't in a bad mood.

"They shouldn't be together."

Zhang Hong exhaled slowly, feeling that his boss had started to deceive himself, but he asked, "Why do you say that?"

The eyes of the two met in the rearview mirror, and Qi Yubai gently tapped his head with his bent index finger.

"You have been my secretary for so long, and you still don't like to use your brain when things happen. He and Qi Jiawen are both actors. If it's really that kind of relationship, why would they hang shoulders at the gate of the community? Have you forgotten that he used to have How afraid of being known about your relationship with me?"

I am afraid because it is true. The behavior that seems to be out of bounds is applied to ordinary young people, but normal friends will do it.

Awakened by him, Zhang Hong looked at the boss in the rearview mirror and didn't answer.

"So I conclude there is nothing between them."

Qi Yu was very confident in his vernacular, Zhang Hong thought for a moment alone, then shook his head lightly: "The boss is the boss, thank you for being so calm."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and there was a tacit understanding in their eyes that they had known for many years.

The atmosphere in the carriage was not as dull as before.Just when Zhang Hong thought that Qi Yubai would remain silent until Lin Nan appeared again, he suddenly heard the person in the back seat speak again: "But I have to get better as soon as possible, and if it drags on, he will belong to someone else sooner or later."

Zhang Hong was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head away: "Is the medicine not effective?"

"It's not completely ineffective." Qi Yubai looked out the window and said calmly: "But you also know that taking medicine is just a supplement. Then help me make an appointment with the previous doctor and say that I agree to continue the treatment and ask him to help me as soon as possible arrange."

Zhang Hong hummed immediately, and even the speed of his speech became faster: "I will contact you immediately, and I will help you push away any itinerary that can be pushed in these two days."

Qi Yubai looked at his determined face and smiled faintly: "What are you so excited about?"

For Zhang Hong, the performance just now can be described as excitement.

Who knows that Zhang Hong is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He adjusted his glasses and said with a smile: "After knowing that you started taking medicine again, I was frightened. I was afraid that I would have to drive [-] kilometers back and forth a day. Now that you are willing to cooperate with the treatment, it is normal to be a little excited. of."

Qi Yubai almost wanted to kick him: "You have to drive honestly until I stop taking the medicine."