Chapter 54 Chapter 54 "First, you can't hide from me."...

Lin Qianyuan listened to the slightly paused breathing beside her and waited patiently for his answer. She thought for a moment and decided to retreat in order to advance. "If you feel you're at a disadvantage, I can pay you back."

Pei Lanqing pushed open the window, letting the cold wind from outside in. She addressed him politely, but it was just a name. Her tone revealed the arrogance of someone who was sure of victory, determined to win.

He also regretted this matter. Confession, holding hands, hugging and kissing should all be done slowly and in order. He was indeed abrupt.

He was slow to react. After meeting her, the principles he used to believe in were always broken by her, silently. Not only could he not guess where she would make her move, but he also couldn't figure out how many moves he could make. So now he just wanted her to return to her own territory.

Pei Lanqing looked at the dead tree downstairs and spoke in the same tone as last night, "No need to pay it back, just leave it at that."

Lin Qianyuan raised his eyebrows, not looking angry at all. Instead, he smiled leisurely. "Teacher Pei."

She propped her chin up, her head shaking slightly, her words unsteady. "I really want to agree, but I don't like owing favors to others. I'm really worried that this will keep me awake all night, tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep, with all I can think about is you."

“…” Pei Lanqing closed his eyes, his face gradually turning from red to white, which was extremely wonderful.

Lin Qianyuan was suddenly surprised after he finished speaking, and suddenly blurted out, "Teacher Pei, or... are you playing hard to get with me?"

She exclaimed in surprise, as if she had discovered some unknown secret. She was suddenly terrified and timidly asked, "Really?"

She looked as if she didn't know whether to say it or not.

Regardless of whether she could say it or not, she had clearly said it all. The veins on Pei Lanqing's forehead were clearly visible. "Lin Qianyuan."

When had Lin Qianyuan ever heard the gnashing of teeth from his mouth? She was in a very good mood, rogue but polite, "I'm here."

"You say."

Pei Lanqing moved his mouth, but found that he couldn't find the words to refute her statement. Surrounded by her on all sides, he was helpless and could only surrender. "How do you want me to pay you back?"

Lin Qianyuan laughed quietly, then stopped talking. "It's very simple. There are only three requirements."

She swung on the swing and spoke slowly: "First, you can't hide from me."

Before this call, she guessed that he had not had such thoughts in mind, but now she was not sure. Anyway, she was not satisfied with being friends with him from the beginning to the end. She could not sugarcoat the situation, so this was only the first step in persuading him to surrender.

Lin Qianyuan touched the scratches on the table and continued with the second sentence, "If you are okay,"

She paused, then quickly changed the subject: "You have to come to my house every week, just like before."

That way she could see him every week.

Pei Lanqing lowered his head and said nothing for a long time, his eyes staring deeply at a certain spot near the window, "What should I do?"

What to do? Lin Qianyuan wanted to reply, "You don't have to do anything, just stay for half a day." But it was just a thought. She grabbed one of the thousands of ideas in her head and said, "Help me clean the bedroom, and don't touch the rest of the place. I have the final say on the deadline."

"As for the third one..."

Lin Qianyuan lazily propped up his chin again and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. Let's talk about it later."

She was telling the truth. She really hadn't thought it through yet. She was thinking of keeping a backup plan in mind so that she wouldn't be unable to deal with his nonsense about keeping distance in the future.

Pei Lanqing was silent for a while after listening to her. Finally, he sighed and called her name, "Lin Qianyuan."

His tone was filled with helplessness. Lin Qianyuan brushed away the bloody gauze on his palm and raised the corner of his mouth casually, "It seems a bit excessive, but what can we do?"

She didn't accept his reason for suddenly backing off. The one she liked was the best, otherwise it would be useless. Unless he didn't like her anymore, oh, even if that was the case, she wouldn't accept it. Who cared? He couldn't hide.

Lin Qianyuan stood up from the swing without thinking. "Do you have any better suggestions?" She leaned on the glass coffee table, her eyes drooping, then half-raising. "Pei Lanqing, I know you want to clear things up with me, and I want to too."

Lin Qianyuan smiled, her evilness was open and aboveboard. "I don't have any other intentions, I just want to settle a grudge. If you don't do this," she chuckled, threatening but knowingly, "it will be difficult to deal with, because I can't tell what I might do."

Lin Qianyuan gazed at the distant scenery with a cold and indifferent expression, "Since you can't raise any objections, then let it be. I have something else to do, so I'm hanging up."

She put down her phone, removed the annoying gauze from her palm, and let the wound bleed.

Aunt Wu came over with a medicine box, took out iodine, and silently disinfected her again.

Lin Qianyuan opened her hand and stared at the wound for a long time, "Auntie, am I a bad person?"

Without looking up, Aunt Wu put down the cotton swab and said with a smile, "Young lady, how can there be an absolute distinction between good and bad? No one can do just one thing in their life. Every matter can be analyzed from different perspectives, and it's hard to say who is good and who is bad."

After saying that, she picked up the gauze and bandaged the wound. After wrapping it around, she suddenly said, "If you let me say it, I think you are a good person."

Lin Qianyuan was silent for a moment, "Why?"

Wu Ma cut the gauze and told her frankly, "Didn't you buy clothes for Miss Qin?"

She just mentioned it casually at the time and didn't think Lin Qianyuan would take it to heart, let alone be willing to put in the effort.

Although Song Wenci left behind a lot of property, Wu Ma guessed that Lin Qianyuan had been using her own savings. When Song Wenci was alive, she often took her to participate in some art competitions, and she won many awards, big and small. Her paintings would also be collected or auctioned.

Lin Qianyuan turned to look inside the villa, and his eyes happened to meet Qin Yi who was peeking over here.

Qin Yi quickly turned his back and walked away as if escaping.

Lin Qianyuan turned back and explained calmly, "I didn't buy it for her."

Mother Wu smiled and put on the medical tape. Needless to say, she was certain that those clothes would eventually appear in Qin Yi's own closet.

Lin Qianyuan saw the smile on her face, closed his eyes, and said nothing.

During the Chinese New Year, Lin Qianyuan went to school as usual. On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, she took a leave and went back to pay tribute to Song Wenci with Xue Yuan.

Xue Yuan rambled on for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said, "Wenci, Qianyuan has gone abroad to develop her career as you wished. She happened to go to the same school you applied to. Are you still thinking about her over there?"

She stared at the photo on the tombstone. The person in the photo was smiling sweetly, and her eyes and eyebrows were the same as when they first met, but she was no longer shy and timid, and had become beautiful and quiet.

Xue Yuan smiled and said softly, "I haven't left yet, so don't worry too much. I will take good care of her for you, just like I taught you. Just think about yourself when you're okay."

Lin Qianyuan stood quietly aside, as usual, without saying a word. She and her had never had much to say. However, when she sent Xue Yuan home, she told Chen Shuhou to stay where he was, and she quickly caught up with the person in front, "Teacher Xue."

Xue Yuan happened to use her key to open the door and turned around to follow the sound.

Lin Qianyuan didn't go in. She just stood at the entrance, her eyes burning, "She..."

Lin Qianyuan smiled and addressed him naturally, "Did Teacher Song tell you that I want to go abroad?"

Xue Yuan was initially surprised, but upon hearing this, she smiled and nodded, explaining everything she knew. "Wen Ci said your family wants you to study abroad. She's a little worried about you, but she still respects their opinion and applied for you."

Xue Yuan felt a little regretful when she mentioned this, but then she looked at her with relief. "Maybe there really is such a thing as fate in this world. You guys had an accident back then and missed the deadline, but now you still got the admission notice from that school."

Xue Yuan had to admit a fact, "Qianyuan, you've worked hard."

Lin Qianyuan felt a hint of self-mockery in his heart, but a faint smile hung between his eyebrows, "It's not hard."

She didn't want to waste her time and politely said goodbye.

Lin Qianyuan opened the car door, got in, and closed his eyes to rest.

Uncle Chen looked at her through the rearview mirror and asked worriedly, "Miss Lin, are you okay?"

He always thought she looked unusually pale.

Lin Qianyuan opened his eyes, shook his head, and looked out the window. "It's okay."

It turned out that she had thought about letting go, but it didn't work. When she wanted to die, she would never let her live alone. After all, she was born by her and was destined to be under her control.

The self-mockery in her heart suddenly turned into disgust, but she had to wrap herself in a shell of warmth, just like what she had done to her, entangled and twisted, turning into a double-edged sword, not pointing directly at the heart, but bluntly cutting the inconspicuous fingertips, but forgetting that the ten fingers were connected to the heart, as if it were a slow slicing.

That night, Lin Qianyuan flew back to North America, leaving a wooden box in the bedroom of the small building.

She asked Liang Siyu about the school's opening date, and February 6th happened to be Pei Lanqing's birthday.

Pei Lanqing pushed open the door of the small building and hesitated. He stood helplessly by the door, rubbing his brow with his hand, "Lin Qianyuan."

Lin Qianyuan felt that he was calling her in this tone more and more frequently, and she enjoyed it very much. She forced a smile and asked, "What?"

Pei Lanqing tried to communicate with her, reasoning with her, "You're not home, it's not good for me to go in alone."

"What's wrong with that?" Lin Qianyuan asked back seriously. When she was stubborn, she was extremely stubborn, and it seemed that she would not budge. "Even if I lost something, I won't blackmail you."

Pei Lanqing gently put down his hand and continued to communicate, "That's not what I meant."

Lin Qianyuan was a little bored. He stared at the phone screen lazily and pretended to be profound. "Oh, so you still want me to owe you a favor? You don't want to accept my birthday present at all, right? Fine, then I will keep me awake every night from now on..."

"..." The veins on Pei Lanqing's forehead began to bulge again. He took a deep breath and stopped himself in time. "Don't say anymore. I'm going in now."

Lin Qianyuan suddenly felt unhappy. He really wanted to clear things up with her. She responded coldly, "I'm hanging up."

Pei Lanqing reached the second floor, pushed open the bedroom door, and his eyes fell directly on the wooden box on the dressing table. He walked over and opened it. Inside was a small bronze statue of Justitia, the ancient Roman goddess of justice.

The Roman Empire conquered the world three times: first through force, second through religion, and third through law. After the revival of Roman law, statues of Lady Justice began to appear outside courts in Western cities, their symbolic significance similar to that of the Chinese Xiezhi.

The goddess of justice, Justitia, is blindfolded, holding a scale in her left hand and a sword in her right hand, with books and poisonous snakes under her feet. She often appears together with an ancient Roman legal proverb: to achieve justice, even if the sky collapses and the earth breaks.

Pei Lanqing stared at the bronze statue in astonishment, unable to measure its value in his heart, and this was not just on a material level.

He wanted to close the wooden box, but he accidentally noticed that there was a second layer. He carefully took out the statue and uncovered the second wooden board.

What caught my eye was a keychain, which was made of patched fabrics of different colors. The workmanship was not fine, and could even be said to be rough. It vaguely looked like a tabby cat.

Pei Lanqing carefully felt the direction of the crooked stitches, feeling it becoming more and more subtle. He lowered his eyes and smiled unconsciously, his silhouette reflected in the sunset looking extremely gentle.

Lin Qianyuan was not surprised at all that he would only accept the key chain. She reluctantly exited the surveillance and called him.

Pei Lanqing walked down the last flight of stairs and smiled slightly, "I got it, thank you."

Lin Qianyuan didn't mind his distant and polite tone and pretended not to know, "Did you accept it? The statue."

Pei Lanqing closed the door of the small building and confessed to her, "No, that's too expensive."

Lin Qianyuan nodded without any objection. In fact, she felt that it was okay. It was only over three million. Compared with other things, such as her conscience, it was not expensive at all.

If he didn't accept it, she would have to endure the uneasiness in her conscience. Forget it, she didn't seem to have this thing, and it was also his own choice.

"Oh," Lin Qianyuan responded slowly. After chatting for a few random words, she hung up the phone and drew a map of the area near the small building on paper with a black pen based on her memory. After drawing, she circled a place with a red pen.

After waiting for a few seconds, Lin Qianyuan opened his phone and saw that it was indeed here.

The faint red dot of light resonated with her heartbeat, and existed concretely because of him. She missed him and had no choice.

Lin Qianyuan turned the black pen in his hand and moved the chair to complete the unfinished homework.

She had not yet officially enrolled in school and did not have much schoolwork. When Liang Siyu found out, he was nothing but envious, especially when she was busy with exams.

He cried into the phone, "Lin Qianyuan, can you imagine this? I'm a liberal arts student and now I have to study chemistry. I can just weed and hoe the fields, but why do I have to study chemistry?"

Lin Qianyuan looked sympathetic, and even through the screen he wanted to hand him a tissue, "Come on...good luck."

Liang Siyu sat in the stairwell of the library, feeling depressed. "How about I just fail the course?"

"No, no," he began to shake his head, trying to convince himself, "You can escape the monk but you can't escape the temple, Liang Siyu, how can you have such an idea? Is this the way you should think? How can you explain this to your parents?"

“…” Lin Qianyuan listened silently without disturbing anyone.

Liang Siyu had successfully brainwashed himself. He stood up and got ready. "No more chatting. I have to study hard."

Lin Qianyuan raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "I wish you success." She hung up the phone.

Liang Siyu put away his phone and walked out of the stairwell. He sat down and flipped through three pages. He felt like he was about to collapse. He put down his pen unbearably, his eyes darting around, and then suddenly fixed on one place.

Heart filled with joy at seeing an acquaintance, Liang Siyu quickly packed up his belongings and sat next to Pei Lanqing.

Pei Lanqing was preparing a law paper for an essay competition. He didn't notice him at first, thinking he was just an ordinary student from the same school. Later, he vaguely sensed that he was being stared at in an overly offensive manner, so he turned his head away.

Liang Siyu's face was full of smiles, and he didn't look shy at all.

Pei Lanqing smiled slightly and turned his head back.

Liang Siyu felt that as long as he was not allowed to study, he would want to do anything, so he started chatting mode and wrote on the paper with a pen: [Are you also preparing for the exam? ]

Pei Lanqing shook his head. [No, it's a competition.]

Liang Siyu, who only cared about not failing his courses during college, couldn't experience the joy of participating in various competitions. He only knew how to admire, "You are quite good."

"..." Pei Lanqing smiled without saying anything. He politely replied, "Have you finished your review?"

Liang Siyu felt like vomiting when he heard about reviewing. [Who on earth is studying chemistry?]

He was holding a pen when he suddenly realized that there seemed to be a science student sitting next to him. His eyes drifted towards him vaguely.

Pei Lanqing looked indifferent, seeing through everything but not saying anything.

Liang Siyu handed the book over with a smile. He raised his hand and swore sincerely, "I'll treat you to a meal."

Pei Lanqing temporarily declined his kindness, saying that he needed to browse the textbook first.

Liang Siyu waited for him with shining eyes. When he saw him nod, he was so happy that he almost cried. Finally, someone was willing to help him translate from Chinese to Chinese.

Noise was prohibited in the library. Pei Lanqing saved the documents, put away his computer, and found an empty classroom to review the knowledge points he was going to take the exam.

Liang Siyu felt that seeing him was like seeing an angel. He listened for an entire afternoon and could barely understand half of the test points.

If it wasn't dinner time, he really wanted to pull Pei Lanqing over to finish the rest of the story. He was reluctant to let go of this thigh, "You..."

Liang Siyu was embarrassed to continue.

Pei Lanqing glanced at him, took a sip of water, and said briefly, "When is the exam for this course?"

"Ah?" Liang Siyu looked up and met his gaze. His expression was normal, but he had the inexplicable illusion that he was still in his third year of high school. Seeing him was like seeing a teacher, filled with awe. "The day after tomorrow night."

"the day after tomorrow?"

Liang Siyu felt a little guilty and lacked confidence. "I've been preparing for the exam for a long time, but I just can't learn it."

Pei Lanqing smiled silently and threw the empty mineral water bottle into the trash can. "Are you free tomorrow morning?"

He picked up his schoolbag and explained calmly, "I have something to do tonight and can't finish the rest of the story. If you come tomorrow morning..."

Liang Siyu knew what he meant and interrupted him ecstatically, "Yes, I'm free."

Pei Lanqing nodded and looked around. "This classroom may not be available tomorrow. You'll be responsible for finding a place, okay?"

It was such a big deal, Liang Siyu was eager to worship him and agreed immediately, "I'll come find it."

Pei Lanqing smiled, turned and walked out of the classroom.

Liang Siyu went over the knowledge points alone and made sure that he had memorized them thoroughly before leaving the classroom.

The next morning, Liang Siyu sat in a cafe outside the school early.

Pei Lanqing arrived as promised.

From the door to the seat, Liang Siyu's admiring gaze followed him everywhere. When he accidentally saw the pendant on his schoolbag, he said bluntly, "Where did you buy this? It doesn't look very good."

Liang Siyu looked at the tabby cat carefully and felt that he had been too polite. Was this person sure that he had not been cheated out of his money?

Pei Lanqing looked over and said, "Someone gave it to me."

Liang Siyu gasped when he heard this. Could it be a girl? He was worried about his safety and angry for Lin Qianyuan. He couldn't help but ask, "Who is it?"

He added belatedly, "I just want to know if I know him."

Pei Lanqing smiled and said frankly, "You know him."

Liang Siyu was terrified when he thought about it. He knew very well that what he said just now was just a way to close the fold after the sheep have been lost. When he heard his answer, he immediately realized who the person was.

Liang Siyu still felt a cold breath in his throat, mainly because he really didn't expect that Lin Qianyuan would make things by hand and give them to others. Falling in love really changes a person beyond recognition.

Liang Siyu swallowed his saliva and said, "You won't tell Lin Qianyuan that I said this thing is not good-looking, right?"

Pei Lanqing stopped flipping through the book and turned to look at him.

Liang Siyu clasped his hands together and said, "Just pretend I never said anything, otherwise she definitely wouldn't give me a chance to explain."

Although he didn't know what to explain because it was really ugly, he was afraid that he wouldn't even have the chance to defend himself and would be directly sentenced to death.

Pei Lanqing thought about it, nodded slightly, and continued to flip through the book. Suddenly, he said, "No, she's very easy to talk to."

Liang Siyu was stunned. Who was so easy to talk to? Lin Qianyuan? He chuckled, pretending he was deaf, otherwise he'd easily show confusion.

Pei Lanqing spent another morning organizing the remaining test points. Liang Siyu was extremely grateful for this and invited him to have lunch together without hesitation.

Liang Siyu's method of choosing a location was exactly the same as Lin Qianyuan's. Pei Lanqing stepped into the restaurant again with mixed feelings.

Lin Qianyuan squinted her eyes and looked at the phone screen. She didn't mind. She was not angry at all. She was just wondering why he appeared in such a place.

Qin Yi looked at Lin Qianyuan playing with the dagger with horror on her face. She held her breath involuntarily and quietly moved away.

Lin Qianyuan stared at the tip of the knife and snorted coldly.

Indeed, as she said, if he fulfilled her request, she would consider that they were "clear". After all, she was not in the country, and she still understood the principle of not pursuing a desperate enemy.

Lin Qianyuan unlocked his phone and just received a message from Liang Siyu. The few lines of text were all his praises for Pei Lanqing.

Lin Qianyuan frowned, and suddenly thought of something, "Where are you now?"

Liang Siyu stretched his neck to look, and after confirming that the person who went to the bathroom had not returned yet, he typed a reply.

Lin Qianyuan stared at the address quietly, feeling a little unhappy, but there was nothing he could do, so his hands never stopped moving.

Liang Siyu then realized what Lin Qianyuan's reaction would be. It was probably so cold that it could make ice. He touched his nose, put down his phone regretfully, and said nothing.

Not long after, Lin Qianyuan got up and entered the studio.

Qin Yi raised her head and reasonably guessed that Miss Lin was in a bad mood. She had long discovered that when Miss Lin was in a bad mood, she would lock herself in the studio.

In the fall, Lin Qianyuan officially enrolled. She studied basic courses in her freshman and sophomore years, and focused on deepening her professional direction in her junior and senior years. Since she planned to pursue a master's degree in oil painting, in addition to participating in student exhibitions and teaching research topics during her undergraduate studies, she also had to prepare a series of works for application.

Her academic workload was extremely heavy, and so was Pei Lanqing, who was busy with the postgraduate study and bar exams. After a short period of busy work, they also had to do an internship.

Lin Qianyuan kept an eye on his movements from time to time. Except for holidays, he almost always ran between school and the law firm.

She had seen him in formal attire before. Liang Siyu had taken advantage of his school experience to watch him participate in a public event and took a photo of it and sent it to her.

He was still wearing simple black and white clothes, which was different from the casual clothes he wore when he went to the small building. In formal occasions, he looked obviously more mature and stable, and his youthfulness had faded. Only when he smiled occasionally did he reveal some youthful spirit, still full of vigor.

Lin Qianyuan's pen unconsciously drew his appearance again. She looked at it for a long time, becoming more and more reluctant to let it go. She couldn't move her eyes away. After a while, she decided to go downstairs to drink a glass of cold water to calm down.

She is a senior this year, has few classes, rarely goes to school, and prepares her graduation exhibition works and written papers at home.

After drinking the cold water, Lin Qianyuan habitually turned on her mobile phone screen. She frowned slightly. He seemed to always appear in the hospital recently. Was he sick?

Lin Qianyuan put down the cup, tried to hold back, but still couldn't help but call Liang Siyu.

Liang Siyu was shoveling the soil at home. He was a year older than her and graduated last year. As soon as he left school, he became unemployed and had nothing to do at home every day. Mrs. Liang waved her hand and sent him to take care of her own garden, calling it a professional match.

Liang Siyu was so angry that he vomited blood after hearing this. This was really his own mother. She spoke without mercy and he had no way to refute her. So he hugged his sister and shoveled the soil in the autumn wind in a dejected manner.

When the phone rang, his sister took the opportunity to sprint out of his arms. He spat at her betrayal and weakly said, "Hello."

Lin Qianyuan asked him straight to the point, "Has Pei Lanqing been ill recently?"

"Sick?" Liang Siyu wanted to answer how he knew, but after hearing her slightly anxious tone, he stood up and patted his trouser legs. "Wait a minute, I'll find a way to ask for you."

Pei Lanqing is still studying for a master's degree at school, so it is quite convenient for him to find him.

Liang Siyu hung up the phone, found Pei Lanqing in his friend list, clicked into the dialog box, added and subtracted for a long time, then exited and bombarded Lin Qianyuan with questions, "How do I ask this?!"

Isn't this weird?

Lin Qianyuan also understood this, scratched his head, and told him the address of the hospital, "Go here and take a look."

Liang Siyu looked at the message in surprise and called back directly, "Lin Qianyuan, how do you know where Pei Lanqing is at this time?"

He felt that something was wrong with her.

"Don't ask anymore," Lin Qianyuan dodged his gaze, pursed his lips slightly, lowered his head and said solemnly, "Thank you."

Liang Siyu suddenly felt like there was something stuck in his throat.

In all the years he had known her, he had only heard her say thank you twice. Apart from this time, the last time was the day she had her own surgery.

After a few seconds, he wiped the dirt off his hands and compromised, "I won't ask anymore. I'll go there and help you check it out right away. Is that okay?"

"Yeah," Lin Qianyuan didn't want to disturb him and hung up the phone. She paced in front of the open bar, recalling how often she saw the hospital. She had a good memory, but because of this, she felt more and more flustered.

Mother Wu hadn't gone to bed yet and noticed the light outside the room. She didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that Lin Qianyuan had gone downstairs for something urgent. After a while, she found that the light was still there, so she had to open the door and go out.

"Young lady?"

Lin Qianyuan seemed to be in a trance, not hearing her voice, and walking back and forth.

Aunt Wu approached her and called out softly again.

"Hmm?" Lin Qianyuan raised his head, his eyes full of confusion.

Mother Wu was stunned for a moment and wanted to ask her why she didn't go to rest. The next moment, she heard Lin Qianyuan's cell phone ringing, and she looked over.

Lin Qianyuan was even quicker than her. He answered the phone while gesturing to silence her.

Aunt Wu nodded in understanding and stepped aside, a little further away from the bar. She didn't know who the person opposite her was, but she saw that the anxiety on Lin Qianyuan's face had not subsided at all.

"His father?"

Lin Qianyuan frowned even more tightly. She had already checked Pei Lanqing and knew that his father was very important to him.

Liang Siyu hummed a sound and quietly left the ward door. He was silent for a moment, lowered his head, and spoke frankly, "The situation looks serious, and Pei Lanqing doesn't seem to be in good condition either."

Lin Qianyuan couldn't bear to listen any longer and told him not to speak. Before hanging up, she said to him, "I'm going back now."

Lin Qianyuan walked around the bar and went upstairs to pack his luggage.

Confused, Aunt Wu followed and asked, "Young lady, where are you going?"

Lin Qianyuan locked the studio door, took out the key, and without turning around, said in a low voice, "Go down and rest. Don't follow me."

Wu Ma noticed that she was in a particularly low mood, so she didn't say anything and obediently returned to her room. However, she was worried and kept her face pressed against the door, paying close attention to what was happening outside.

The door was quickly closed and she didn't hear any sound of suitcases. It was so late, could something urgent have happened?

Wu Ma was puzzled and felt that it was abnormal.

It is already October, and the plane trees in the Imperial Capital University are gradually turning yellow, spreading from the edges to the center, and falling sporadically with the bleak autumn wind.

After the team meeting, Qin Shouan asked Pei Lanqing about his family's situation as usual before leaving, "Have you found a suitable kidney donor?"

Pei Lanqing shook his head and told the truth, "Not yet."

Seeing that he looked exhausted, Qin Shouan couldn't help but said with concern: "Lan Qing, if you need anything, just tell the teacher. Any help the teacher can provide is helpful."

Pei Lanqing smiled slightly, and because of the fatigue between his brows, people felt that he had used up all his strength. "You have helped me a lot." He was very grateful.

Qin Shouan sighed, knowing full well how difficult it was for his student. "Should we go to the hospital?"

Pei Lanqing hummed softly.

Qin Shouan didn't want to keep him, but just asked him to come to his house for dinner if he had some free time.

Pei Lanqing nodded in agreement, "Okay."

He walked out of the school gate and took the subway to the hospital. The windows in the corridor of the hospital's inpatient department were not closed, and the wind blew from one side, blowing up the black skirt on one side of the wall.

Pei Lanqing was stunned outside the elevator, not thinking that he would see Lin Qianyuan here.

They seldom met each other. In recent years, he could only see her occasionally during the winter and summer holidays. When he stayed at school for internship, he always thought that she had not returned and went to the small building as usual. However, she always appeared in the bedroom unexpectedly, which always scared him.

Lin Qianyuan bent over and leaned against the wall, looking down at the tiles under his feet. He didn't intend to raise his eyes, never thinking that he would see the person he wanted to see in the next second.

Lin Qianyuan stared at him without blinking. Compared with the video last week, he had lost a lot of weight and was not hiding his tiredness, but it was only a week.

Pei Lanqing's eyes moved slightly, and he stood in place, smiling gently at her.

Lin Qianyuan slowly stood up, walked straight towards him, and asked directly: "Pei Lanqing, do you need my help?"

She pursed her lips, not sure how to continue. He didn't like to show his bad emotions outwardly, and similarly, she was afraid that she would offend him inadvertently. He concealed it well, so she couldn't see it.

Lin Qianyuan didn't hesitate for long, and finally chose the most generous way to confess, saying bluntly: "All I have is money. Does this matter have anything to do with money?"

As long as it is something that can be solved with money, it must not be another situation. Although she has never received love from her relatives, it must be a bad feeling to lose a loved one.

Pei Lanqing looked back at her, then suddenly lowered his gaze, unable to lie, "Yes."

Lin Qianyuan nodded to show that she understood, and then she took another step closer to him.

She needed him, too.

Lin Qianyuan stared into his eyes, somewhat seriously, yet somewhat nonchalantly, "Pei Lanqing, how about you marry me?"

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The author said: "The Roman Empire conquered the world three times: the first time by force, the second time by religion, and the third time by law." - Rudolf von Jhering