Chapter 33: Once Upon a Time



For some words, the feeling is different when you imagine the other person saying it and when you hear it with your own ears.

Wen Xia wanted to force Lin Fengqi to say something, but he didn't expect that the damage he said would be much greater than he imagined. Just this one sentence made his heart skip two beats.

This is too pathetic.

Wen Xia cursed at himself in his heart and pretended to be calm: "I was thinking, you found out my work time so clearly this morning, but you didn't tell me what you were going to do."

Lin Fengqi didn't say anything, as if he felt guilty about what he said.

"But my work time is six o'clock, and it's seven o'clock now. You're a little late," Wen Xia said, "What if I leave right after work?"

Lin Fengqi was silent for a few seconds and said, "There was something going on at the factory, so I went there, so..."

He also wanted to come earlier, but when he finished dealing with the factory's affairs and rushed over, he ran into the rush hour and was stuck in traffic for a while.

"Then you can send me a message." Wen Xia said.

Hearing this, Lin Fengqi's face showed a rare look of dullness, but it was only two seconds, but Wen Xia caught it, and he made an incredible guess: "...You won't forget that there are such things as mobile phones in the world, right?"

"..."

Yes, Lin Fengqi forgot.

He even answered a work call from Zeng Yuan on the way here, but after hanging up the phone, he didn't think that he could at least ask Wen Xia on WeChat if she had finished work.

He just wanted to get to Wen Xia's studio as quickly as possible, and was so anxious that he was suffocated in the traffic jam.

Although he did not answer, Wen Xia also got the answer from this strange silence.

Just keep silent.

It seems that it is time to refresh the impression of Lin Fengqi's IQ.

In such silence, this time Lin Fengqi spoke first: "What about you?"

Wen Xia: "Ah? What's wrong with me?"

Lin Fengqi turned his head and looked at the four empty workstations: "You didn't leave either, who are you waiting for?"

Wen Xia just said that he recognized the wrong person.

So who is he waiting for? He gets off work at six o'clock, but he can wait alone in the studio for an hour willingly.

However, Wen Xia did not know that his casual words had a completely different meaning to Lin Fengqi. He was just surprised that Lin Fengqi actually learned to use tricks like him!

Then he would definitely not admit it: "No one, no waiting, let's go."

Lin Fengqi was stunned: "No waiting?"

Wen Xia said "hmm" and turned off the computer.

Lin Fengqi was in a difficult mood, was it because he didn't want to wait, or was it because his arrival hindered their meeting?

Wen Xia stood up and saw Lin Fengqi's emotions that he could not retract. He felt mixed emotions, bitter and lost. Those who didn't know would think the sky was falling.

Wen Xia: "?"

He just bent down to unplug the mobile phone charger, what happened?

He was confused and was about to ask a question, but Lin Fengqi had already turned around and walked out, as if he was afraid of being questioned.

Wen Xia scratched his head inexplicably and muttered something strange, put away his things and followed.

When they got in the car, they looked at Lin Fengqi's face again. This man had returned to the icy face that Wen Xia disliked in every aspect. He seemed to have never seen Lin Fengqi smile at him before.

Damn, why is this man so difficult to deal with?

Lin Fengqi did not go home directly, but drove to the epidemic prevention station and got the second rabies vaccine on the way.

He came alone last time, and this time Wen Xia went with him. When it was almost his turn, Wen Xia suddenly asked, "Are you afraid of pain?"

Lin Fengqi: "No."

Wen Xia said "Oh", and then asked, "Then is there anything else you are afraid of?"

Lin Fengqi looked at him, a little confused as to why he asked this suddenly.

"Anyway, I'm free in the queue, so let's chat casually." Wen Xia said.

Lin Fengqi shook his head: "Not yet."

"For now?"

Lin Fengqi said seriously: "There are still many things I haven't seen. I can't tell whether I will be afraid before I see them. I will know after I see them."

"What you are talking about is in the field of science, what about the field of metaphysics? For example, paranormal stories, urban legends and the like," Wen Xia continued to test, "Supernatural things, are you afraid?"

Lin Fengqi thought about it seriously and said, "There is nothing to be afraid of."

Hearing this, Wen Xia clicked his tongue in his heart.

This is difficult. He was thinking that if Lin Fengqi was afraid, it would be fine. When he really went to Zou Boyan's place to play the escape room, he could still protect Lin Fengqi, hold his hand, hug his waist and so on - wouldn't this enhance the relationship?

Damn.

There weren't many people at the epidemic prevention station, and soon it was Lin Fengqi's turn. It was just a matter of a blink of an eye to get a shot. After getting the shot, the two went home.

Before going out today, they discussed it and decided not to separate Wen Da'e and A Moo - usually A Moo stayed outside all day, and the poor bully Wen Da'e was locked in the room. But this morning when Wen Xia was having breakfast, he tried to let Wen Da'e out. The cat and the dog chased each other and played parkour in the living room for a while. It was no longer Wen Da'e who was unilaterally crushing A Moo. After yesterday, A Moo got braver! It dared to chase the cat and run away!

Not to mention, the cat and the dog were quite active, and when they were tired, they each took the sofa and lay down to rest.

So today, the two little guys can move freely at home all day.

Only Lin Fengqi can see the surveillance in the living room. The surveillance that Wen Xia brought from home last time was installed in the room by him, so he can only see the screen in the room.

After regaining his freedom, Wen Da'e still goes back to the room to sleep and rest. When Wen Xia is at home, it occasionally sleeps in the cat's nest on the window. Most of the time, it will crawl into the quilt and sleep in Wen Xia's arms. When Wen Xia is not at home, it will not sleep in the cat's nest, but only sleep on Wen Xia's pillow. Daddy's cat is gone.

Everything was normal at home. There were no broken vases, overturned trash cans, or shredded things. When the two entered the house, a cat and a dog rushed to the door to greet them. During this process, the two little guys had a little quarrel because Ah Moo pushed the delicate Wen Da Pigeon away when he was excitedly hitting Wen Xia.

Wen Da Pigeon snorted and started to beat him. The two animals started parkouring at home again.

"Did you check the surveillance today?" Wen Xia asked, "Nothing happened between them at home during the day?"

"No, everything is fine," Lin Fengqi paused, "Where's your phone?"

"What for?"

"Give it to me."

Wen Xia handed him the phone in confusion. Lin Fengqi took it and operated it for a few times, then went to scan a QR code. When scanning the code, the phone suddenly vibrated, and a new message popped up at the top:

Old Wen: [Son, have you paid back the debt owed to Xingshi? ]

Lin Fengqi paused.

"Is it done?" Wen Xia was playing with the two little guys with yesterday's little yellow duck, as if he didn't care at all what would happen if others saw what was on his phone.

Lin Fengqi continued to work, and soon he was done, and returned the phone to him.

Wen Xia took it, and the phone page was not the screen saver and desktop, but a surveillance screen, in which he saw himself and Lin Fengqi standing in the living room.

He looked up at the surveillance camera on the ceiling.

"I set the account password to eight eights, you can change it yourself," Lin Fengqi said, "In the future, when Wen Da'e is not locked in the room, you can check the surveillance if you are worried."

Wen Xia is very familiar with the operation of the surveillance. Although he and Lin Fengqi are not using the same brand, they are almost the same. Lin Fengqi should be using his own product - otherwise how can Fenghang become the leader in the industry in just a few years? The things he uses are indeed much better than the two surveillance cameras Wen Xia bought.

Well, except for the artificial little mentally retarded Xiaowu.

However, considering that it might be Lin Fengqi's early work, Wen Xia felt relieved again. Which big guy doesn't have a black history?

After playing with the surveillance, he opened WeChat and saw the message sent to him by Wen Shanhai. He replied casually, but paused when he saw the time the message was sent.

Lin Fengqi was holding his phone just now, so he should have seen the message, right? After all, he set it to show the content of new messages.

He glanced at Lin Fengqi, who was already preparing dinner in the kitchen. Today, he very consciously put on an apron. The sleeves were half rolled up, revealing the lines of his forearms. He was shrouded in the light of the kitchen, and the cold black clothes looked gentle and homely.

There was no arrogance.

Wen Xia lowered his eyes and scrolled through the chat history again.

Forget it, just see it.

Things are different now, he has known and accepted it a long time ago.

After dinner, Wen Xia went to look at the pet friendship planner in the corridor. Tonight was his and Lin Fengqi's "alone time". This alone time is very limited, and only available every Thursday and Saturday.

As he was watching, Lin Fengqi came over and took down the schedule.

Wen Xia questioned with his eyes.

"It's no longer necessary," Lin Fengqi said, "Amo and Wen Da'e can now have normal contact."

Originally, this schedule was made by Lin Fengqi in order to get the two cats and dogs to get along harmoniously as soon as possible. Of course, he also had his own selfish motives.

But when it was actually implemented, the two little guys got familiar with each other much faster than he expected. This also means that the schedule has completed its mission, and Lin Fengqi's selfishness has nowhere to go.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Look, it says 'Friendship'. I don't think they have established a friendship yet. At most, they are just familiar strangers... strange animals."

Lin Fengqi turned his head with a little surprise.

"Stick it back." Wen Xia said.

"But today's is..."

"It's the pet owner's alone time. I saw it."

Two minutes later, the two sat down on the sofa.

After the last experience, Lin Fengqi carefully read the front and back of the magazine this time and opened it solemnly.

Wen Xia was angry when he saw him like this. The opportunity was here, but this guy had to pretend to be holding a broken magazine. He didn't even think of ways to talk to him, right?

"I remember you didn't read here last time, right?" Wen Xia asked, using her index finger and thumb to measure the thickness. "Wasn't there this much left last time? How come you keep going back as you read?"

Lin Fengqi froze and said, "I just flipped through it."

Wen Xia dragged out a long, ambiguous response, clearly not believing it.

Lin Fengqi turned a page, "...really."

Wen Xia nodded, "Yeah, I know."

"..."

The two of them sat shoulder to shoulder. Ah Moo and Wen Da'e were tired of playing around, so they ran to the sofa and found their respective owners to lie on their laps. Wen Xia touched Wen Da'e's warm body, seemingly playing with her phone, but actually glancing at Lin Fengqi's magazine with her peripheral vision.

Half an hour passed, and only one page was turned.

But there weren't many words on that page.

"It's time," Wen Xia said.

Lin Fengqi had been in a trance, and he just woke up when he heard his voice. He glanced at the wall clock and responded lightly.

He closed the magazine and stood up to go back to his room. Wen Xia stood up slowly and stretched, and casually said: "Why don't you stop reading magazines next time and read a book instead, a novel or something."

Lin Fengqi looked at him in confusion.

Wen Xia smiled at him: "There are a lot of words, it's not too much to read a page in half an hour."

After that, he picked up Wen Da'e and went back to the room.

Lin Fengqi was stunned in the place, and when he finally understood what Wen Xia meant, his whole face was instantly burned.

Wen Xia didn't know that his words made Lin Fengqi feel the spring breeze of social death. He went back to the room to prepare dinner for Wen Da'e, and then sat in front of the computer.

It hasn't been broadcast for several days.

This afternoon, Nana pulled him into a group with about ten people, all of whom were anchors. Nana said that the partner, Fenghang, had already approved the list, and now those who were pulled into the group were confirmed personnel and could not be changed. Then she sent each of them an electronic contract related to the shoot.

The shoot is scheduled for the beginning of next month, which is pretty fast, with only a few days left.

Today, there was a training match at Guiqulai’s club, and he went to coach, so he had no time to broadcast live. So Wen Xia took out the stand-alone RPG that he hadn’t finished last time and continued playing it.

He was in a stable mood and in good condition today, and he gave a preview on Weibo before the broadcast. But this preview is useless, as it previews the broadcast in the last second and starts in the next second, and the room manager was notified at most two seconds in advance. It was a lonely preview.

[Good evening, Boss Xia! It’s finally broadcast! ]

Wen Xia: "Good evening."

[Are you alone today? Turtle God seems busy]

[I haven’t finished the last game yet, will you continue today? ]

[Want to watch a horror game]

“Finish the last game today, I’m not alone, and there’s Wen Da Pigeon. Come to Da Pigeon and say hello to the audience friends.”

Wen Da Pigeon was forced to perform: “Meow——”

[Awei is dead]

[Where can I get such a cute little kitten? I want to meow too]

[Isn’t our Da Pigeon worthy of a camera? ]

[Boss Xia, can you ask Da Pigeon what color sack

it likes? ] “I know the answer to this question. It likes the same color clothes as its father wears.” Wen Xia said.

Wen Xia chatted while opening the game, and then caught a glimpse of the familiar entry message: 5140005 entered the live broadcast room.

The big boss is never absent.

But the big boss entered the game with a big presence today. 20 blue whale models were not enough to satisfy his magnanimity, so he smashed 40 at the beginning.

Wen Xia: “???”

Not only Wen Xia, but also the live broadcast room was filled with question marks by these 40 blue whale models.

It’s not over yet. When no one reacted, the big boss raised his hand and dropped another 40 blue whale models. Why 40? Because only 40 can be sent in batches at a time.

[Am I crazy or is the big boss crazy?]

[The big boss is a little fierce today...]

The third 40 was smashed down while the bullet screen was wandering.

[I was stunned, brothers]

[Oh my god, 240,000...]

[The digital big boss also drank fake wine today? ]

[The boss is too generous]

Wen Xia was also dumbfounded, and before the big boss's fourth set of gifts fell, he quickly said: "Stop, stop, stop, don't give me any more."

5140005 sent a SC: [? ]

"Boss, have you been drinking?" Wen Xia asked.

5140005: [No. ]

"What stimulated you? Was it because your work was not going well? Or was it because the negotiation of a project went smoothly? Or did something else good happen?" Wen Xia guessed, "Or maybe you met a fortune teller on the road, and he said that you have bad luck between your eyebrows, and you need to spend money to get rid of the bad luck?"

5140005: [……]

5140005: [What's wrong, why are you asking? ]

What's wrong?

And he asked others what's wrong! Doesn't this person have any self-awareness?

"You... gave too much, it's really unnecessary. Besides, I can't get all the money, the platform has to take a cut, it doesn't count. If you enjoy watching the live broadcast, you can give a few gifts, that's called small gifts for pleasure, you're giving a big gift now, it's harmful to your health."

The money for the gifts is split in half between the platform and the anchor, which means that the big boss has to split the 240,000 yuan in half when it comes to Wen Xia's backstage, not to mention the tax deduction, so you won't get even half of it.

It's too bad.

5140005: [But I want to give you money.]

Wen Xia: "..."

Damn, he can't do this.

But you are the audience watching the live broadcast, the sponsor! Not an ATM slave!

[Such a plain and simple confession]

[Damn, I am in tears, I also want someone to be so plain and simple to me]

[Boss Xia, you don’t want to give me anything, really]

[I understand, I will start the live broadcast now]

Wen Xia said earnestly; “Boss, you don’t spend money like this, if you really want to give me money, you might as well transfer it to me directly.”

5140005: [There is no transfer function in the background.]

Of course he knew there was no such function!

“Anyway, don’t give me any,” Wen Xia said honestly, “I sell my art but not my body.”

5140005 stopped talking.

5140005 stopped sending gifts.

The chaotic scene finally stabilized.

Wen Xia breathed a sigh of relief and continued the live broadcast.

In the other room, Lin Feng hesitated for a moment, but still dragged the mouse to move the cursor away from the "Send" button. He knew that giving gifts was a loss for Wen Xia, and he couldn't get all the money, so he gave more so that Wen Xia could get more, but it seemed that he had done something wrong again...

Wen Xia said this morning that she was short of money. Was it related to the repayment? The "Old Wen" who sent the message... must be Wen Xia's father.

He knew that Wen Xia's family was no longer as glorious as before.

The news of the incident in Wen Xia's family quickly spread among high school classmates. The school is so big, and Wen Xia is not the only child from a rich family. Parents always know each other or have heard of each other because of work. For example, the classmate who said drunkenly at the party, "Let my uncle help your father do the project", his family's industry has cooperated with Wen Xia's father.

To put it bluntly, it is not so much a cooperation as it is a good luck to get a big leg.

When Lin Fengqi learned the news, he had just graduated like Wen Xia. He borrowed money from everywhere and took out a loan from the bank. He had just started the company and everything was in tatters.

In terms of wealth, Wen Xia and he were in a similar situation at that time. He was even more down and out than Wen Xia.

But in reality, it was not the case.

The proud son of heaven fell into the quagmire, and the mediocre and poor boy walked into the clouds.

Lin Fengqi didn't like this. He liked to see Wen Xia Feiyang being willful. Wen Xia should have been the shining little prince surrounded by stars, carefree, wealthy and healthy, who didn't have to please or cater to anyone in his life, and didn't have to worry about his livelihood.

But his little prince still came to the world.

Lin Fengqi wanted to be good to him, but didn't know how, so he could only use the most direct way - whatever he needed, he would give it. If

the little prince needed money, he would give it, no matter how much.

Now that he has the ability, he is no longer the poor boy who carefully calculated the monthly food expenses and had to find a way to save some of it at the end of the month.

Except for the exciting moment at the beginning of the show, Wen Xia's show was very stable.

The digital boss disappeared for a long time, and when he appeared again, he brought back an SC, and finally stopped throwing gifts in multiples.

Occasionally, he would throw a gift, which made Wen Xia's heart beat fast. Only after finding out that it was a normal gift, she was completely relieved.

"Thank you for the little starfish from the big boss 5140005." Wen Xia thanked.

The little starfish is one of the basic gifts, five yuan each.

[It's so funny, the big boss doesn't dare to give gifts]

[Big boss: Be careful of the test.jpg]

[Don't be afraid, big boss! You are the sponsor! You have to use money to throw at Xia Xia! ]

[Who would have thought that this would be the best program effect today?]

So in the following live broadcast, the boss only occasionally posted an SC, and even more occasionally:

[5140005 Free Little Starfish x1]

He didn't give out many each time, and at most three in a row.

There was still half of the game left, which seemed to be not much, but the puzzles in this game were quite good, although Wen Xia got stuck twice and spent some time solving the puzzles.

When the end was reached, it was exactly eleven o'clock, so I could go to bed.

"It's time to end the broadcast, go to bed early," Wen Xia stretched his fingers and looked at the barrage of messages rolling by crazily, "Good night, good night."

After closing the live broadcast room, he remembered something after taking a shower and went to knock on Lin Fengqi's door.

The door opened, and Lin Fengqi stood between the door and the door frame: "What's the matter?"

Wen Xia: "Nothing, I just want to ask if I disturbed you just now."

Lin Fengqi: "?"

Wen Xia looked normal: "Oh, I was just on the phone with someone, and the voice might be a bit loud. I'm not sure if your house is soundproof. If I disturbed you, I'll be more careful next time."

Lin Fengqi was stunned: "You... were on the phone just now?"

Wen Xia: "Yes."

Lin Fengqi was silent.

"Is there any problem?" Wen Xia asked.

"...No."

Wen Xia nodded and said: "Looking at your reaction, I should not have disturbed you. That's fine, it's okay." It seems that Lin Fengqi's house is well soundproofed, and the sound of his live broadcast in the room cannot be heard. After

speaking, without waiting for Lin Fengqi to say anything else, he turned back to his room.

Lin Fengqi stood at the door, and didn't come to his senses until Ah Moo bit his trouser leg when he wanted to go out of the room to play but was blocked by his master.

He slowly closed the door, feeling unhappy.

After Wen Xia went off the air, he didn't hear anyone talking in the next room for nearly twenty minutes. He only heard the faint sound of water, and guessed that Wen Xia was taking a shower.

But Wen Xia just said that he was on the phone with someone.

Then there is only one answer: who was Wen Xia talking to while taking a shower.

Lin Fengqi closed his eyes.

Taking a shower is a very private thing, but Wen Xia can talk on the phone with that person while taking a shower, and doesn't mind the other person stepping into his private domain, even if it's just the sound...

How close is the relationship to allow this?

Is it Liao Xingchen? Or... Fang Huai?

It can't be another person he doesn't know. This third person shouldn't exist, right?

...Isn't that possible?

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