Chapter 113. His opponent is not just Zhou...
As Wenxue went upstairs, she was still wondering why the props for the play had been sent to her, and who had sent them.
Dormitory 503 is now empty. The traces of their years of living here seem to have been erased. Dust floats in the air. Wen Xue looked around. Soon, some younger female students will move in.
She went to the balcony, holding the plastic gemstone in her hand, and took a picture, posting it to the drama community group: [Received a package, who sent this? Was it sent to the wrong address? @Everyone]
People are constantly leaving this group, and new students are constantly joining.
Gradually, "veterans" like Wen Xue rarely participated in the group chat. Her sudden appearance brought a lively atmosphere to the previously quiet group.
[What is this? A prop?]
[It should be, I think it's from last year, what happened?]
Wen Xue thought for a moment: "Who sent it? It came to my dorm. Did they send it to the drama club by mistake?"
Planning Senior: [I'm not sure. The drama festival ended, and it seems some things were left at the theater where the performances took place. Wait a minute, I'll make a call and ask.]
Wen Xue: [Okay, thank you for your help, senior.]
She put her phone away and was called over by her roommates to take pictures. After they all went downstairs and left the dormitory, her phone rang. It was a call from her senior, who had also been busy lately. On the phone, she briefly explained the situation: "I asked the staff in charge of the theater. A few months ago, it seems that the theater's fire exits were not up to standard and needed to be renovated. There was a lot of stuff piled up backstage, including ours. They called our theater club and asked us to take these props away..."
The senior student said helplessly, "Actually, these props are no longer needed. They were taken care of by a new girl in the drama club. She asked Wan Kai what to do, and it seems that Wan Kai said that these things are yours."
Wan Kai was that shy freshman.
He's about to be a junior in college.
Wen Xue was confused, but she understood that it seemed to be a misunderstanding.
"So, it was sent by the drama club?" She paused, then asked, "I'm at school now. If anyone from the drama club knows someone, I can deliver it to them."
This is a prop, not hers.
Hearing this, the senior student laughed and said cheerfully, "No need, our play ended successfully a long time ago, these props are completely useless. Otherwise, you can throw them away, they're not valuable, don't bother making a special trip or wasting shipping fees. There's no one in the drama club right now, everyone's on holiday."
Wen Xue thought about it and agreed.
She said, "Okay, I'll keep it as a souvenir."
Senior student: "Sure!"
After ending the phone call, Wen Xue put the prop gem into her bag. It was small and didn't take up much space. Once she had something, she wasn't going to throw it away; after all, she was the kind of person who would keep her movie ticket stubs even when she went to the movies…
This was her first and perhaps only performance on stage. It was such an important moment, and she wanted to keep it. Maybe many years later, when she is old and picks up this plastic gem, all the memories of the past will come back to her, as clear as if the summer of her 21st year was just yesterday.
Wenxue drove her three roommates to the new apartment she and Siyi had rented.
Yang Siyi also returned to school for her graduation ceremony. She had successfully been promoted to a full-time position at the company where she had interned and would be back in a few days. The apartment they had rented before was in a good location, but the tenants were diverse and the room was small. Now that they had more money, they naturally wanted to improve their living conditions.
"This house is really nice!"
Chen Bingwen praised it highly, saying, "I feel this place is safer than the apartment you rented before. You have to swipe a card to enter and exit, and the apartment is also bigger, with two rooms."
Lu Chang chimed in, "The rent must be much higher then, right?"
Wen Xue took out a few bottles of water from the refrigerator and handed them to them, smiling, "It's almost twice as expensive as before. Si Yi and I hesitated for a long time."
After they settled on this apartment, He Yan quickly followed suit and rented one in the same complex.
Having experienced Zhou Xian's persistent entanglement, even Si Yi approved of his actions.
Living close by means they can look out for each other, and he can come to their aid immediately if anything happens to them.
Of course, the most important thing is...
The stones were also closer to them.
“That’s good.” Ye Manni lay on the sofa and asked curiously, “But, Mr. He earns quite a lot, hasn’t he thought about buying a house in Xicheng sooner?”
"I'm considering it."
Wen Xue said.
To be precise, I've already started looking at houses.
She also had a headache about this. Buying a house is obviously a major life event, but He Yan seemed to be in a great hurry. Whenever he had free time, he would drive her to various real estate developments, as if he couldn't wait to make a decision. His requirements for buying a house were entirely based on her: security had to be adequate, it had to be close to her workplace, and it had to have plenty of sunshine all year round.
Si Yi joked that Mr. He was in such a hurry to buy a wedding house because he must have already decided which junior high school his child would attend.
The four of them spent the whole afternoon chatting in the room.
It felt like she was still in her school dorm, eating hotpot, cleaning up the mess, watching movies, and gossiping. Wen Xue was filled with emotion; she was truly living the life she had always dreamed of. Overwhelmed with excitement, she quietly sent He Yan a message: "[What are you doing?]"
…
"This is troublesome."
He Yan stood up and politely saw the lawyer out of the office. "That's all for now. I'll call you again if I think of anything else."
The lawyer nodded: "Okay."
He Yan wasn't very familiar with this area, and unusually, he was a bit long-winded, repeatedly confirming with the lawyer: "Is this document considered valid? I want to guarantee that if anything happens to me, everything will belong to my girlfriend."
The lawyer smiled professionally: "Mr. He, please rest assured."
"OK."
The two walked through the office area, and He Yan escorted him all the way to the elevator lobby. If the lawyer hadn't stopped him, he would have wanted to take him to the underground parking lot.
After seeing the lawyer off, He Yan stood there for a while. He turned and walked into the company, returned to his office, sat down in his chair, and felt a mix of emotions. After completing the most important task, he felt extremely conflicted, both relieved and heavy. He leaned back and stared at the ceiling without blinking.
He neither wants to nor will he resign himself to fate.
However, he also had to prepare for the worst. Wen Xue was too important to him, so important that he wouldn't feel at ease if he didn't make proper arrangements for the rest of her life.
How could I possibly feel at ease?
Since his rebirth, every deviation that has occurred has forced him to prepare for the worst. He Yan knew clearly that his opponent was not only Zhou Xian, but also fate, as the monk had mentioned. Fate is often beyond human control and can strike unexpectedly at unexpected times, delivering a heavy blow.
The vibration of his phone brought He Yan back to reality.
He looked towards the source of the sound, straightened up, grabbed his phone, looked at the messages in the chat box, then turned his head to look out the floor-to-ceiling window. The sky was bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun; it was already past six o'clock. She finally remembered that she still had a living, breathing boyfriend.
He Yan opened his camera, took a picture of the scenery he was seeing, and sent it over: [Image]
Wen Xue replied quickly: 【Still not off work?】
He Yan patiently typed: [Almost done, what, you guys broke up early?]
Wen Xue: [No, we're going to karaoke later. That karaoke place even has a buffet^^]
Knock knock knock—
There was a knock at the door, and he called out, "Come in."
"Brother Yan, our team is getting off work today and we're about to order food. Do you want me to order something for you?"
"No need, I'm leaving get off work soon."
The employees slump their shoulders, and the boss has already gone home, but they still have to go home with a heavy heart.
He Yan couldn't help but chuckle, opened his wallet, took out a few bills and gave them to him, "Have something good to eat, it's on me, thank you for your hard work."
The employee rushed in, took the money with a beaming smile, and said, "Thank you, Brother Yan. May you be happy every day, Brother Yan."
He Yan turned off his computer and got up.
He walked out. The company's office area had a workstation reserved for his current driver and bodyguard. The driver was a very skilled and taciturn young man. When he saw He Yan come out, he put away his phone and followed him.
He Yan pressed the elevator down button and replied to Wen Xue's message: [Are you short of someone to pay the bill?]
A few minutes later, he got into the car.
Wen Xue: [No problem, we'll split the bill today. Remember to eat!]
He Yan really had nowhere to go.
Wu Yuejiang has been away on a business trip for the past few days. The losses suffered by Changya Transportation for half a year have been painful for him. Even with Zhou Zhan providing financial support, Wu Yuejiang is still working hard, hoping to double back all the previous losses in just two months.
The driver waited in silence.
After a moment's thought, He Yan remembered that the tenement building had been emptied out a while ago, and Wang Yuan and the others had also found other places to live.
He's been too busy lately; he should take some time to go and visit.
He lowered his eyes and replied, "Okay, I'll go to the old town, wander around, and then find them for a late-night snack. I should be back in time for you to leave."
After sending the message, he told the driver, "Go to the old town."
The driver nodded and stepped on the gas.
…
I'm not hungry yet.
Wenxue and her roommates were going to a karaoke bar nearby, just a ten-minute walk away. She had eaten hot pot for lunch and was fed a lot of snacks while watching a movie in the afternoon, so she was still quite full. When she went downstairs and saw someone walking their dog, she had an idea and discussed it with her roommates: "Why don't you guys go first, and I'll go walk the dog and then come find you, okay?"
Ye Manni and the others wanted to go along, but waves of heat swept over them, and the weather was so hot it felt like they were on fire, so they immediately gave up the idea.
"good."
"Then come find us soon!"
When walking the dog, Wenxue usually tries to do it herself, except when she's particularly busy.
Stone was also very attached to her.
It reacted quickly; even through a door, it could recognize her from the sound of footsteps and the sound of the lock being opened, and then it ran to the door and excitedly scratched at it to welcome her.
While Wenxue was letting it run around outside, she was thinking that if conditions allowed, she should buy a larger house so that Shitou would be happier at home and the dog would spend more time at home each day.
After playing outside for more than an hour, Ye Manni sent a message urging us to hurry up.
Wen Xue pulled the leash, dragging the rebellious Stone home. Sweat beaded on her forehead. As she washed her hands in the bathroom, she was making a list in her mind. Just like the apartment he had rented in the Xida faculty and staff community before, this one was also very empty.
They should go to the home furnishing market as soon as possible to buy some things.
Thinking and thinking.
A loud bang came from outside.
She rushed out and followed the sound to the second bedroom, which was also He Yan's study. The room was simply furnished with only a computer desk and chair, on which sat her old laptop that he would occasionally use.
Knowing he had made a mistake, Stone obediently lay down on the floor.
You can't blame it. It was already familiar with its old home, and now it has to get used to a new environment, so it's no wonder it got so irritable that it wanted to destroy the house.
Wenxue rarely scolds it now.
She walked over, squatted down, rubbed the dog's head, and poked it with her finger. "Be good, be a good boy, and I'll take you out to play longer tomorrow."
Stone: Ugh...
Wen Xue chuckled softly.
She patiently tidied up the study that it had messed up. It probably saw tissues on the computer desk and used its paws to pull them off, deliberately making a mess of tissues all over the floor. As she picked them up one by one, she was surprised to find that the noise she had just heard came from a Buddhist scripture that had fallen to the floor.
This is He Yan's habit.
He would copy some every day, and after copying several books, he would send them to the temple for offering.
She put the box away and placed it back on the table.
Suddenly he was startled.
The window was open, and the wind outside stirred, stirring another unfinished sutra book. It stopped on one page, but the content wasn't the scripture she already knew by heart. He Yan's handwriting stood out clearly; it was an unfinished letter—
Hearing the snow,
Life is long, live it to the fullest.
These words sounded so familiar. She suddenly remembered that after He Heng was buried and a tombstone was erected, He Yan had said these words to her when he took her back to school, downstairs in the dormitory building.
She was startled for a moment.
His heart pounded as he continued reading. It was a list of all the assets he currently owned, detailing which banks he had accounts with, account names, passwords, deposit amounts, as well as stocks and funds. He was probably feeling incredibly distressed and reluctant to let go. He stopped writing mid-sentence, scribbling haphazardly among the still-unorganized asset details—
【I love you】
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