Extra: Jingnian (My Brother's Story Part 1)

It’s night time in Kyoto, and the lights are coming on.

The Yu family's happy event has recently become the most talked-about topic among Kyoto's upper class.

Although the Zhang family had fallen into decline, Zhang Wan was very popular and many people came to congratulate her.

Yu Chucheng found true love, and Yu Jingchen was happy for him. He drank a few more glasses at the business dinner in the evening and was actually a little drunk, which was rare for him.

"It's so rare that Mr. Yu has honored me. How are you going to get home later? Do you want me to send a driver to take you there?" The boss who organized the party had a beaming face. Although he knew that Yu Jingchen drank so much tonight probably because he was in a good mood recently, he still couldn't suppress his inner excitement.

If he could really make this deal with the Yu family, he would be rich.

Yu Jingchen supported his forehead and said, "No need, I'll ask our driver to come pick me up."

He slid open his phone and searched for the driver's name in the address book.

The driver’s surname is Xie, and his name is Xie Feng.

Yu Jingchen frowned. He was a little drunk tonight. When he ordered Xie Feng, his vision blurred and he didn't notice that he ordered the name next to Xie Feng.

*

The plane landed smoothly and after taxiing for a while, it slowly stopped.

Xie Zhinian was carrying a small suitcase in his hand, with a plaid jacket tied around his waist and a pair of white headphones hanging around his neck.

After getting off the plane, he stood by the window in the hall for a while. He was trying to get up and express his feelings, after all, he hadn't been back to Kyoto for more than ten years. However, it was pitch black outside the window and he couldn't see a single hair.

Xie Zhinian sighed.

Forget it, Kyoto is not a good place for him.

At this moment, the cell phone in his pocket vibrated.

Xie Zhinian's cell phone card was broken, so as an emergency measure before returning to Kyoto, he inserted a cell phone card he had used a long time ago.

The amazing thing is that this mobile phone card hasn’t been shut down even though it hasn’t been recharged for such a long time, and there’s even some balance in it.

At first, Xie Zhinian thought that the system had recycled his mobile phone number and sold it to someone else, but when he called customer service to check, he found that the mobile phone number had always been his and had never changed.

Although Xie Zhinian was confused, he didn't think much about it because he was rushing to catch a plane.

The moment he took out his phone and saw the caller on it, Xie Zhinian was stunned and couldn't help but read it out loud, "Yu...Yu Jingchen?"

This name is so familiar. When he was in high school, he was always ranked second in his grade and this name was right above his head. They were even deskmates.

Xie Zhinian hesitated for a while, and finally clicked the answer button when the phone was about to hang up.

"Wan Jiayan, come pick me up in an hour."

The voice I hadn't heard in many years came from the phone, with a hint of hoarseness that was only possible after drinking.

Xie Zhinian was confused. They hadn't been in contact for more than ten years, and suddenly she resurrected and asked him to pick someone up?

"You dialed the wrong number—"

Before Xie Zhinian could finish his words, the phone was hung up decisively and ruthlessly.

what is happening???

Xie Zhinian frowned and called back, but no one answered after three calls.

"Oh, so annoying." Xie Zhinian grabbed a handful of hair, thinking to himself that he should just pretend that he didn't answer the call.

After all, he knew Yu Jingchen's family was very rich, richer than he could imagine. He envied Yu Jingchen when he was in school, and he still envied him now.

Yu Jingchen's family is so rich, nothing will happen to them.

Xie Zhinian took a deep breath, stared at the latest call on the screen, and pursed his thin lips.

An hour later, Xie Zhinian appeared at the door of Wanjia Banquet.

It was not that he wanted to come, but mainly because he was a person of too high moral standards and could not pretend that he had not answered the phone call. Moreover, from Yu Jingchen's voice, it seemed that he had drunk a lot.

But Xie Zhinian would not admit that he had another main purpose for coming here, which was to see if Yu Jingchen could give him some hard work pay. He was really short of money recently.

Xie Zhinian's suitcase was still in the taxi. He squatted at the door of Wanjia Banquet and smoked. It was a bit cold at night. He casually draped his clothes over his shoulders and glanced at the time on his mobile phone.

Give Yu Jingchen ten minutes. If Yu Jingchen doesn't come out in ten minutes, he will leave.

"Mr. Yu, we are getting along very well tonight. So, the cooperation we discussed before..."

"I have read your agreement. I will ask my assistant to draft a contract. If you can accept the above terms, then we can have a happy cooperation."

"Okay, okay, then, Mr. Yu, take care. We'll meet again when we're free!"

Xie Zhinian looked back and was distracted for a moment.

Over ten years later, Yu Jingchen has become much more mature than when he was in school. Although he is still as handsome as before, the youthfulness of his school days is no longer in his eyes and eyebrows, and he looks like a leader.

Xie Zhinian whistled, "Here."

Hearing Xie Zhinian's voice, Yu Jingchen's pupils suddenly shrank and he stopped dead in his tracks. He looked at Xie Zhinian in disbelief, his heart seemed to have been struck by a heavy blow, and the fingers hanging by his side trembled imperceptibly.

Seeing Yu Jingchen's reaction, Xie Zhinian knew that he must have dialed the wrong number.

Yes, who would suddenly ask his high school deskmate who he has not contacted for more than ten years to pick him up and take him home? Isn't that crazy?

Xie Zhinian opened the communication record and shook it. "It's none of my business. You made a mistake."

*

Xie Zhinian took Yu Jingchen into a taxi.

When the driver asked where he was going, Yu Jingchen did not say Fengshan Villa, but instead gave an address very close to the company.

Whenever he was too busy at work to go home, he would rest in this house, where he lived alone.

Along the way, Xie Zhinian was looking at his phone, while Yu Jingchen pinched his eyebrows, feeling as if he was hallucinating.

As for Xie Zhinian, Yu Jingchen first met him in his second year of high school.

At that time, the class was just divided into arts and sciences, and he and Xie Zhinian became deskmates.

Xie Zhinian is smart, cheerful, funny, and has very good academic performance. But he doesn't study very hard, maybe this is his talent.

The only drawback is that he is a little biased in physics, and Yu Jingchen's physics grades are particularly good. Others dare not talk to Yu Jingchen who has a cold face all day long, but Xie Zhinian is different. He pesters Yu Jingchen every day and asks Yu Jingchen to explain the questions to him.

Yu Jingchen really didn't want to pay attention to it at first, but later Xie Zhinian added his WeChat from the class group and bombarded him with messages every once in a while.

Yu Jingchen agreed reluctantly, and gave Xie Zhinian a note at the time - annoying person.

But one thing that Yu Jingchen could not deny was that, except for being annoying, the annoying guy was good in every other aspect.

He is helpful, has a harmonious family, and is good-looking, with a bright and slightly aggressive appearance that is unforgettable.

When he smiles, his eyes are bright, he has two canine teeth, the corners of his long and narrow eyes are slightly upturned, and his voice is clear and pleasant.

Yu Jingchen thought it was good to have a deskmate whose grades were comparable to his.

When he was a student, Xie Zhinian had more suitors than him, because Xie Zhinian was good at talking and had high emotional intelligence. In short, he was the most popular person in their class.

Yu Jingchen couldn't remember when he started to pay special attention to Xie Zhinian. It might be because it was raining outside the window that day and Xie Zhinian was sleeping on the table. When he was woken up by him, he raised his eyelids somewhat unhappily. There was mist in his eyes under his long eyelashes and the corners of his eyes were red.

Xie Zhinian asked softly, staring at him, "What are you doing?"

This scene was like a seed, and from then on it was buried in the soil of his heart.

Later, Yu Jingchen began to discover many little things about Xie Zhinian that were often overlooked.

For example, Xie Zhinian likes to drink milk tea very much.

Xie Zhinian's favorite color is purple.

Xie Zhinian likes to watch Marvel movies.

Xie Zhinian likes to scratch his fingers when doing homework.

When doing homework, Xie Zhinian likes to do the liberal arts first and then the science, and he likes to do the easy ones first and then the difficult ones.

When Xie Zhinian couldn't answer a question, he liked to write the name of the teacher who gave him the question on the eraser and then poke it with a pen. But after that he had to use a knife to scrape off the dirty part of the eraser because he had to continue using it.

And so on and so forth…

None of Xie Zhinian's little actions and habits escaped his eyes.

Yu Jingchen thought he knew Xie Zhinian well enough, but one day, when Xie Zhinian dozed off after class, his school uniform slipped down a little, and Yu Jingchen saw a wound on Xie Zhinian's arm.