Chapter 21 Because I miss you, who can do anything to me? But I still...

During the half month that Qin Yonglian disappeared, he directly moved into the hotel owned by the group and moved in a temporary office.

One reason was to avoid the paparazzi who were chasing her relentlessly. During this extraordinary period, if Bai Ying was photographed entering and leaving the villa with him, it would bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to the girl.

Secondly, he took over the work tasks assigned by Qin Ansen temporarily, and also had to shoulder the responsibilities that come with the position of CEO.

The timing of this lawsuit is also quite intriguing. Qin Yonglian knew it, but he just didn't want to get involved.

The workload doubled compared to usual, and dealing with all kinds of people took up a lot of his time, so he simply moved everything to the hotel.

The above are all external factors. In Qin Yonglian's view, they are no different from wind, rain, thunder and lightning. He can adapt to them.

The biggest challenge for him at the moment is that he encountered a problem that he couldn't figure out how to solve.

This was a problem he had never encountered before.

That night, Qin Yonglian spent the entire night on the balcony feeling the cold wind, and summed it up in four words: close to love, but timid.

His personal situation is both simple and complicated, and even he doesn't know how to tell Bai Ying.

He only knew that he wanted to protect Bai Ying, not only her, but also her freedom and will.

Now, thinking about the uncertainty of the troubles around him, he is reflecting on whether he has such ability?

"Tea."

Zhen Yan spoke up, instantly breaking the quiet and somewhat serious atmosphere in the air.

The two sat opposite each other. Qin Yonglian seemed to be immersed in his thoughts. He turned his head to look at him and forgot to speak for a moment.

Zhen Yan reached out and tapped the edge of the teacup, picked up the purple clay cup in his hand, took a sip elegantly, and said loudly:

"Leon, finish your tea and go back next door."

Qin Yonglian raised his eyebrows: "???"

He had just finished his work at the company and came to Zhenyan's room immediately. Why was Zhenyan in a hurry to send him away before he even sat down?

"Let's not get too close in the group. There are hundreds of eyes on you. We need to prevent the young prince from being rumored to be gay." Zhen Yan was very calm.

Last time, Tan Yonglian and Zhenyan went to Hung Hom to eat fried sambal, and were photographed. The angle was very tricky, and the two looked very intimate. Fortunately, the Tan family's public relations team stepped in and bought the rights to the photo, so no one could exploit it.

Qin Yonglian glanced at him, compared the biceps on their arms, and asked seriously, "Aren't we straight with our looks?"

Zhen Yan suppressed his laughter and asked, "Have you ever read a strong love story about a 'domineering, cold-faced, muscular CEO and a handsome, arrogant director'?"

Qin Yonglian was stunned for two seconds: "......"

Forget it, the man turned his head and looked at the sea view outside the window. His heart was already unsettled, so he might as well just go with the flow.

He didn't want to show too obviously in front of his old friend the emotions that had been bothering him inexplicably these days.

Zhen Yan noticed the subtle changes in Qin Yonglian's expression and asked casually:

"Leon, tell me the truth, have you been avoiding people lately?"

Qin Yonglian didn't say anything at first, but when he saw Zhenyan's expression, which looked like he was waiting to see what was happening, he raised his chin and asked, "Oh? Are you here to chase someone?"

Bingo! Zhenyan snapped his fingers, his eyes smiling, and he answered the question very naturally.

He had recently been deeply attracted to a female colleague from the same company, and his business trips to Hong Kong every Friday to report on his work had become a perfect opportunity to meet her①.

Friendship is over! Qin Yonglian curled his lips, raised his head and drank the tea in the cup in one gulp.

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I noticed that the curtains in the hotel room were light gray-blue, and my mood also became very blue for no reason.

Qin Yonglian felt more and more depressed the more he thought about it. He stood up and said, "I don't want to stay in the hotel today. I want to go home."

"Is there a boat back at this time?"

"I'm not going back to South Cowes Island. I rented a house halfway up the mountain."

"You rented a house, but you still stayed in our hotel for so long?"

"...Then I'm ready to leave now."

Someone who said he wanted to leave only spoke louder and continued to stay on the sofa as a stubborn dweller.

Qin Yonglian opened Bai Ying's circle of friends as usual, only to see that the girl had finally updated her status:

【Home! Sweet home!】The accompanying picture shows the backs of a silver-haired couple walking hand in hand, located in the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Su Jiahao liked and replied immediately: How can you bear not to come back?

Bai Ying replied with a smiley face.

Didn’t we agree to spend Christmas together?

The first thought flashed through Qin Yonglian's mind, and his hand unconsciously clenched the phone.

Then he laughed at himself. Why was he still like when he was a kid, taking everything others said seriously?

He is the only one with a good memory.

Zhenyan was sitting by the window, drinking tea and sighing about life while facing Victoria Harbour. He saw the tall man stand up, go out, and then come back again.

Director Zhen: "...Boss, didn't you say you wanted to go home?"

The man fell silent for a moment, and finally replied stiffly, "Thirsty."

Zhen Yan had already noticed someone's absent-mindedness. After pondering for a few seconds, he said, "Tomorrow, Christmas Eve, I'm going to attend the Baby Home Foundation's event. Jia Hao will be there with his female companion."

Qin Yonglian looked at him: "???"

"Su Jiahao is already looking for a girlfriend. It's said that she's the sister of my aunt's third cousin's neighbor. Why haven't you made any moves yet?"

Someone heard this, and it was obvious that his heart was touched. His eyes dropped, and he quickly asked, "Did Su Jiahao's iron tree bloom?"

Su Tieshu Jiahao suddenly sneezed three times in a row. This time he reacted quickly. When the first sneeze came, he quickly covered the wine glass and saved the wine that his brother had bought at a Christie's auction for a large sum of money.

Su Jiaqi glanced at his brother coldly, "You recognize the logo on this suit? It's made of tweed from Lovat Mill. Excluding the round-trip transportation to London and the tailor's fees, consider this clothing pollution fee and deduct it from your living expenses."

"Brother! Here you go again?! Are you still my brother?" Su Jiahao wailed.

Su Jiaqi said, "I've said before, brothers, let's settle accounts. Besides, one sneeze can contain up to 85 million bacteria, and three sneezes can contain about 250 million. Can you calculate how much unbearable burden I have endured?"

"Someone must be jealous of me." Su Jiahao rubbed his nose. Which fool (*a term used in Cantonese to refer to a fool when insulting someone) caused him to lose money again?

In the executive suite of A Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, a few kilometers away.

Tan Fenchang Yonglian asked: "Is she really the sister of my aunt's third cousin's neighbor? I thought Su Jiahao just said it casually last time."

Zhen Yan couldn't help laughing: "If you are free tomorrow night, come and volunteer."

The purpose of his Baby Home Foundation is to help lost children return home. Qin Yonglian can be considered an older lonely child.

"Uh-huh."

Qin Yonglian nodded, then shook his head, feeling as if his secrets had been exposed.

There is something fishy about this older orphan.

Zhen Yan smiled slowly and hummed a song, "I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. Who can do anything to me? But I still, accidentally lost to loneliness."

Qin Yonglian: “…”

Zhenyan's singing voice was comparable to the original singer's. He looked at Qin Yonglian generously and continued to tease him through the song:

"If you want me to live, let me live with hope. I'm never afraid of loving the wrong person, I'm just afraid of not having loved at all."

The man looked back at Zhen Yan deeply, his eyes were indescribable, he sighed and stood up to go back to his room.

I could only hear the singer Zhen behind me still singing earnestly: "Remember to find me, my good friend④."

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Outside the car window was a bright moon hanging high in the sky.

On Christmas Eve, Qin Yonglian used the excuse to turn down all business invitations and did not participate in any activities.

As if being pulled by something, Qin Yuan drove the car down the mountain. He wanted to walk back to the villa halfway up the mountain and measure the way home that Bai Ying had taken with his own feet.

The street lights along the winding mountain road had already been turned on, and the sky was like a whole black curtain. All the stars were hidden behind the curtain, leaving only the lonely moon.

Qin Yonglian put his hands behind his back and walked leisurely along the mountain road, occasionally looking at the sky, and sometimes at the neon lights of the city that were getting farther and farther away behind him.

At this moment, he was on the mountain, like the moon in the sky, far away from the hustle and bustle of the world.

The moonlight swayed the shadows of the trees, and the man's shadow was stretched out long by the street lights.

When he walked to the door of the villa, he found a pair of fist-sized Christmas reindeer dolls hanging on the door handle. The round, familiar reindeer eyes looked at him with a smile.

Qin Yonglian was suddenly startled, as if his heart had stopped beating. He looked towards the front yard, where warm orange lights shone through the windows of the white building.

In the past, he often climbed to the top of Victoria Peak alone to watch the hustle and bustle of traffic and the lights of thousands of houses below. The scenery was spectacular and moving, and he felt like he was the only one left in the city.

A very common scene in love movies: the protagonist asks his lover, is there a light that belongs to you among thousands of lights?

At that time, he thought this kind of question was boring and pretentious. If you want to have a lamp, just buy one yourself. If you want to turn on the light, you can turn it on anytime. Why make a fuss about it?

At this point in his thoughts, the man suddenly woke up and unconsciously quickened his pace.

When I opened the door, I was almost scared by the scene in front of me, and even felt it was a bit mysterious for a moment.

Qin Yonglian rubbed his eyes, wanting to confirm once more whether what he saw was true or not. Was there really a light that was on just for him?

A small brown ball of fur rushed towards him. Coffee hadn't seen his owner for a long time, so he meowed excitedly and slapped his feet with his paws enthusiastically.

Hearing the sound, Bai Ying poked her head out of the kitchen, met the man's shocked gaze, and greeted him with a smile: "Leon, welcome home!"

The girl wore a white sweater and was bathed in the warm light and shadow of the kitchen, which softened her figure and made her look like a gentle angel.

The angel smiled like a flower and waved at him: "I was just about to call you and ask when you will be back."

Bai Ying took a plate of baked gingerbread men out of the oven, placed them on the table, and breathed a sigh of relief. "Great! Perfect timing!"

Qin Yonglian stood in the room, watching the girl carefully placing the tableware, and was dazed for a moment.

Is this God's Christmas gift to him?

All the restlessness and depression of these days melted away in an instant.

The scene before him was so beautiful that he wanted to capture every detail in his mind without reservation.

Qin Yonglian asked, "Aren't you back in Shanghai?"

There was unconcealable joy and excitement in his tone.

Bai Ying responded readily, "Yeah! I went back and came back again."

Hearing this, the man raised his hand and put Coffee, who was lying in his arms and acting coquettishly, back to the ground. He stood up and looked straight in the direction of Bai Ying.

Sure enough, when he met the girl's all-seeing black eyes, she was also looking at him with a smile.

"Didn't we agree before that I would make a gingerbread man for you on Christmas Eve?" Bai Ying wiped her hands, walked in front of Qin Yonglian, her eyes curved into two crescent moons.

“Once you have promised something to someone, you must do it.”

Qin Yonglian felt warm in his heart when he heard this, and looked at Bai Ying with eager eyes.

The girl's originally thin oval face now seemed rounder and looked even cuter.

The black braids were tied into a bun, revealing the thick earlobes, and a pearl hairpin was pinned on the ear, which complemented the roundness and smoothness of the earlobes.

Being looked at by Qin Yonglian with such deep affection, even if Bai Ying was slow to react, she understood the meaning of his gaze. The little deer in her heart started dancing on the spot again.

The blushing and shy girl is so cute!

The corners of the man's mouth rose sharply, revealing the genuine smile of Leon, the reckless young man from South Cowes Island.

I thought no one would remember their promise to come find him.

But here she comes!

Bai Ying recalled his tired smile that night, and her heart suddenly ached. She met his clear gaze and took another big step towards Qin Yonglian.

The distance between the two people was getting closer and closer, and there seemed to be crackling sparks in the air.

He kept looking at her, his gaze tightly enveloping the person who was finally so close.

"Leon, no matter what happens, I promised you that I would come back no matter how far I have to go." The girl said softly.

Qin Yonglian took a deep breath, his heartbeat suddenly stagnated, as if someone had grabbed his heart. He asked, "And then? Anything else?"

Bai Ying boldly looked into those mysterious blue eyes, the affection in them no longer concealed at all, "Leon, because I miss you."

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The author has something to say: [The little speaker is ticking here]

① Zhenyan was in charge of business in South China and Hong Kong. He would come to Hong Kong to report on his work every Friday. At that time, the girl he liked was working in Hong Kong.

For details, please see the next article "I, a Socially Anxious Person, Finally Fall in Love". Not reading it will not affect the plot of this article, but reading it will make the experience smoother, hehe.

The lyrics of ②③④ are from Mayday's "Sun Wukong", which later developed into a group song for the "Boys Over Flowers F3 Chat Group" (*￣︶￣)