◎Photo Frame◎

At night, the city lights shine in from the car window, flickering.

Lin Chaojin was driving with the window half open. The evening breeze blew in, ruffling her hair like a dancing night elf.

Li Yifan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked at her unconsciously. When he was a child, the happiest thing for him was when the sister next door came. Although his sister was very cold to him, he couldn't help but get close to her. There was a time when he was very jealous of that silly boy Lu Ge. Why did he have such a good sister?

But when he grew up, that idea changed, and he was glad that she was not his real sister.

"Jinjin." Li Yifan called out tentatively.

Lin Chaojin glanced at him and said calmly, "You should just call me sister, just like Lu Ge."

"Oh." Li Yifan closed his eyes and nodded obediently after hearing this.

In the security room, the security guard was sitting in the small room drinking tea. Suddenly, there was a knock on the glass window. He looked up and saw a handsome young man standing outside the window.

The man standing on the inside of the railing was obviously a resident of the community who had just walked in.

"Excuse me, what can I do for you?" the security guard stood up and asked politely.

The visitor was wearing a hoodie and looked up at me with a calm expression: "Can I see the visitor list?"

"Sure." The security guard handed over the registration list.

Chi Huai took it and flipped to tonight's registration page, then asked, "Does every outsider have to register?"

"Of course." The security guard answered without hesitation.

"Thank you." Chi Huai nodded and returned the list.

"You're welcome." The security guard put the roster away, sat down again, and watched the man walk to the side of the road and stand.

The security guard looked over every few minutes and saw the man take out his cell phone, take a look at it, then put it back, shook his head and looked away.

I don't know how long it was before a car drove over. The security guard looked at the unfamiliar license plate and was about to walk up with the list in hand.

The young man who had been standing by the road came over, glanced at him, and said, "I'll hand the list to him for you to register."

"Huh?" The security guard looked confused. Before he could react, the man had already walked over with the list.

Lin Chaojin drove the car over and stopped in front of the railing, waiting for the security guard to come and register.

Li Yifan sat in the car and said, "How about I get off here? I won't bother Sister Jinjin to take me inside."

"No need." Lin Chaojin put one hand on the steering wheel and pressed the window button with the other hand and said.

"Register." At this time, a familiar voice came from outside the car window.

Lin Chaojin raised her eyebrows, looked out the window, and met a pair of deep eyes. She saw that person slightly bent over, with one hand on her car window and the other hand handing her the list.

The two looked at each other silently.

Li Yifan, who was sitting next to them, noticed the strange atmosphere and couldn't help but interrupt, saying, "Is there anything wrong?"

As he spoke, he looked up and met the sharp eyes of the man outside the car window. At the first glance, both of them saw hostility in each other's eyes.

Lin Chaojin calmly took the man's name, quickly registered his name on it, and handed it back to the man. "Here, is that okay?"

Chi Huai glanced at her, took it and handed it to the security guard behind without even looking at it.

The security guard took it confused, and then he saw the man still standing next to the woman's car.

"Get out of the car." Chi Huai knocked on the car window with his hand, his eyes fixed on Lin Chaojin's face.

When Li Yifan heard this, he frowned and opened his mouth to say something.

"Click," the sound of unlocking was heard, and Lin Chaojin had already opened the car door and stood out.

Then the man opened the back door and nodded to Lin Chaojin, who then calmly got in. Then the man sat in the driver's seat, closed the door, started the car, glanced at him, and said in a calm voice, "Which building?"

Li Yifan watched the two people's series of silent and tacit movements, and a sense of crisis suddenly rose in his heart. He turned to look at Lin Chaojin.

Lin Chaojin noticed his gaze and said, "My friend."

"Oh, I see, Sister Jinjin." Li Yifan turned back to look at Chi Huai, reported his location, and casually said, "So you are Sister Jinjin's friend. I grew up with Sister Jinjin. My name is Li Yifan."

Chi Huai raised his eyelids and glanced at him, his voice dull: "Hello, brother."

When Li Yifan heard the word "brother", his expression turned ugly. Thinking about how Lin Chaojin didn't let him drive just now and now she let the man drive easily, it was obvious that the two had a close relationship. He felt even worse for a moment.

However, no one in the car paid attention to his mood. In this silent silence, the car stopped after a while.

"We're here." Chi Huai said lightly.

Li Yifan glanced at him and then turned to look at Lin Chaojin.

Lin Chaojin raised her eyes and opened her thin lips: "Goodbye."

"Oh." Li Yifan had no choice but to get out of the car. Before he could turn around and say hello to Lin Chaojin, the car drove away with a "whoosh", which made him so angry that he jumped on the spot.

The car drove a distance and stopped again. Lin Chaojin glanced at the man, opened the car door, pulled open the passenger door and got in. She looked up at him and said quietly, "How come I didn't know that Mr. Chi also worked part-time as a community security guard?"

When Chi Huai heard her words, he turned his head and looked at her with his narrow eyes, "How come I didn't know that Miss Lin also worked part-time as a designated driver."

Lin Chaojin curled the corners of his mouth and rolled his eyes playfully: "After all, he is the boy next door."

Suddenly, Chi Huai clenched his hands on the steering wheel, his eyes unclear, "Brother." The two words came out of his mouth neither lightly nor heavily.

Lin Chaojin looked at his tense jawline and laughed out loud, "Okay, you're really my little brother."

Chi Huai glanced at her and sat back in his chair again, but the corners of his mouth softened.

Lin Chaojin reached out and poked his arm. "Do you live in this neighborhood too? How did you know I would come here tonight?"

Chi Huai glanced at her, took out his cell phone and handed it to her.

Lin Chaojin glanced at him, reached out to take it, and looked down to see that it was the WeChat page. Seeing the WeChat account nicknamed "The Smartest in the Family," she curled her lips. This kid. Clicking on it, the person sent a long string of voice messages, interspersed with a bunch of emoticons.

Lin Chaojin casually opened a few voice chats, and Lu Ge's powerful voice came from the other end: Chi Huai! Where is he! You uncle! How dare you cancel my game! It's over, we're done being brothers...

After a series of complaints, the last voice was aggrieved: Brother, you are really my big brother. You caused me to be chased and scolded by the enemy and teammates until the end of the game!

After listening to the voice message, Lin Chaojin curled the corners of his mouth in amusement, "I think Lu Ge might want to kill you the next time we meet."

Then he changed his tone and jokingly said, "Mr. Chi, can you say that brothers are like clothes?"

Chi Huai didn't answer him and restarted the car.

Lin Chaojin didn't care. Looking at the direction he was driving, she suddenly said, "Mr. Chi, why don't you invite me to your house for a cup of coffee?"

There was a "squeak" sound of a car braking suddenly. Chi Huai turned his head and stared at her face. Lin Chaojin looked back at him without dodging or avoiding.

Chi Huai stared at her for a few seconds, then gave in to her leisurely and contented demeanor and restarted the car, but in a different direction.

After parking the car in the underground garage, the two got out of the car, and Lin Chaojin slowly followed him towards the elevator.

The underground garage was extremely quiet at this time, with only the sound of two people's footsteps, one in front and one behind.

With a "ding" sound, two people walked into the elevator. Lin Chaojin stood aside and watched the man press the floor button.

The mirror-like elevator wall reflects the people standing on the left and right.

At this time, a WeChat call came into Lin Chaojin's mobile phone. Lin Chaojin glanced at the note and clicked the answer button to convert the WeChat call into a voice call.

"Hello, sister." Lu Ge's loud voice came from the other side.

"Yeah." Lin Chaojin replied.

"Sister, have you sent that kid Li Yifan away? Have you gone back?" Lu Ge's voice on the other end kept asking.

"It's delivered." Lin Chaojin said slowly, "Well, I'm going back. I'll be there soon."

"Okay, then drive slower. I'm hanging up." Lu Ge's voice on the other end was obviously much happier.

Lin Chaojin hung up the phone and looked up to meet the man's gaze. She didn't feel uncomfortable at all about lying without blushing or beating her heart. "Mr. Chi, haven't you seen how women can lie?"

"I've seen it before." Chi Huai replied faintly, "I was deeply impressed."

The person who had shown him the ropes was very calm. He walked closer to him, the tip of his shoe touching his, and said, "Would you like to see it again?"

The elevator sounded "ding". Chi Huai raised his hand and rubbed her head without any hesitation, ruffling her hair, and then walked out of the elevator.

"Chi Huai." Lin Chaojin couldn't imagine that he had such a childish side. She brushed her hair shyly and said angrily.

Chi Huai, who was walking in front, curled up the corners of his mouth as he listened to the angry footsteps behind him.

Lin Chaojin followed him into the room. The space was spacious, with black and white colors matching in a minimalist style.

After the man entered the room, he took off his sweatshirt and threw it casually on the sofa, revealing the vest underneath. His arm muscles were prominent. He had no sense of being a host entertaining guests. He said to her, "As you please," and walked towards the room.

Lin Chaojin watched his series of actions and curled the corners of his mouth, okay.

At this moment, the phone rang with the sound of a WeChat message, and I looked down.

Li Yin: Where's he? Is he home? When will the documents be sent?

Lin Chaojin glanced at the message and remembered that she had planned to go home and send a file to Li Yin on her computer. Before she started to reply to her, a voice call came in.

Lin Chaojin answered the call, "Hello."

"Are you home?"

"No." Lin Chaojin pointed at the sofa and casually glanced at the furnishings in the living room. Suddenly, his eyes stopped at a photo frame that was lying on the back of the table and covered it. Lin Chaojin walked over involuntarily.

"Then where are you now?" Li Yin asked curiously.

"Chi Huai, this." Lin Chaojin replied slowly, reaching out to pick up the photo frame.

"Ahem, where?" Li Yin suddenly raised her voice, "Chi Huai? The Chi Huai from California?!"

"Yeah." Lin Chaojin looked at the photo of the couple hugging and kissing each other on the train, and seemed to be back in Los Angeles in summer. She answered absent-mindedly.

"You really have a sister. You're planning to go back to your ex." Li Yin was amazed. Suddenly she remembered something and started yelling again, "I remember who this Chi Huai is. He was the school idol of my former No. 2 Middle School. It's all my fault that I've seen too many handsome guys and couldn't remember him right away."

"No. 2 Middle School?" Lin Chaojin paused holding the photo frame, her voice filled with doubt.

"Yes, it's No. 2 Middle School, the one you transferred to and stayed at for a month before going abroad. You wouldn't forget it, would you?" Li Yin complained, "Tsk tsk, you don't have any impression of such a handsome guy?"

"No." Lin Chaojin replied. She had no memory of meeting this person. Besides, she had only stayed in that school for a month. Apart from being a little familiar with Li Yin, she had long forgotten all the other classmates, let alone this person she had never met.

"Okay. But you two are really destined to meet each other after so many twists and turns. But don't I say that you must feel guilty for dumping that handsome guy like that?" Li Yin complained.

Lin Chaojin held the photo frame and noticed a white edge of the photo peeking out from the gap. It looked like there was another photo behind it. She said absentmindedly to the person on the other end, "I'm hanging up."

"Hey, wait, where are the documents I need?"

"Aren't you in no hurry? I'll send it to you tomorrow." Lin Chaojin said softly.

"Sister, you are really my dear sister. Forget it, send it to me tomorrow. I wish you a wonderful night full of life." Li Yin said jokingly in a long voice.

With a "beep", Lin Chaojin hung up the call and took the photo frame to check what the photo with the white edge was.

"What are you looking at?" Suddenly a voice sounded from behind.

Turning around, she saw Chi Huai holding a quilt in his hand. He glanced at the photo frame in her hand, walked over, took the photo frame without changing his expression, raised his eyes and said to her: "You sleep in my room tonight."

Lin Chaojin didn't care when he took the photo frame. She looked at him and said, "Actually, I can drive back by myself."

After hearing this, Chi Huai frowned and looked at her steadily, "Do you know what time it is now?" He pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "It's up to you." After that, he turned around, hugged the quilt and walked into another room and closed the door.

Lin Chaojin looked at the closed door and opened her mouth, "Why don't you give me the car keys?"

Lin Chaojin stood in the living room for a while, then walked towards the room he used to live in, pushed open the door, walked in and closed it.

Chi Huai leaned against the door, listening to the sound of the door closing next to him, lowered his head to look at the photo in his hand, opened the photo frame, took away the top photo, revealing the bottom photo and a two-inch photo.

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