Chapter 101
The next day, when sunlight shone through the ocean to the Blue Island Base, Bian Lu had been awake for a long time. He received a call from Director Liu, who asked him to add TT, and then he joined the F Area work group.
For some reason, the atmosphere among his colleagues this time gave him a friendly feeling. Perhaps it was because Bian Lu had no more room to retreat. In short, he was enthusiastic and sincere about the work here.
The door knocked twice. Bian Lu looked over and saw An Jing turning the handle and standing at the door, holding two bowls of instant noodles. He said, "Come for breakfast. This is all I know how to make."
"Okay." Bian Lu nodded, closed the door and changed his clothes.
The noodles on the table were steaming hot. Bian Lu recognized it as a classic seafood instant noodles. An Jing just cooked it in a pot and added an egg.
An Jing himself was rubbing the red back of his hand, as if he had been burned.
This is too stupid, Bian Lu laughed.
He thought that people like An Jing probably wouldn't do any of the trivial things in life except studying and maintaining their dignity.
"Master An, you used to have such a good life." Bian Lu couldn't help but glance at him and said jokingly, "Come on, I got up late today. Next time, knock on the door and let me make breakfast."
As he spoke, Bian Lu went to find an ice pack, put it on the back of his hand, and rubbed it for him under An Jing's uneasy gaze.
"I'm not as stupid as you think." An Jing smiled helplessly, but she was always happy and touched in her heart to be taken care of by him so carefully.
"By the way, what are you going to do later?" An Jing let him fiddle with his hands and said, "The reason you're going back to work in District F isn't because of me, is it?"
"No," Bian Lu replied, glancing up at him. Meeting An Jing's resentful gaze, he told him, "Okay, you can think so. Anyway, I don't want to tolerate those colleagues in Area A anymore. It's also because of the rumors about our friendship."
"Where are your parents?" An Jing suddenly grabbed his hand and tugged, demanding, "Lawyer Bian, I'm serious. I really plan to divorce and live with you permanently. I don't want our relationship to be ambiguous."
"..." Bian Lu raised his eyes and met the light in An Jing's eyes. There was a silent sorrow and a desire to speak but unable to express it.
"You want to meet my parents?" Bian Lu looked a little worried and said, "Actually, I know them too well, so I'd rather keep it a secret from them, or tell them directly about the outcome of my relationship with you."
"What's the result?" An Jing blinked.
"Don't you have a cyber data person?" Bian Lu lowered his head, clenched his fists to cover his mouth, and couldn't help laughing: "I know my parents just want a child. I also learned that the modeling of that kind of data person can be adjusted, otherwise..."
An Jing's forehead suddenly felt hot. He laughed dryly twice and said, "You mean to just mold him into a child?"
"Well," Bian Lu said, "I still remember that you molded it into your own image. To be honest, I thought you were fantasizing about yourself."
He spoke in a low voice, not even daring to look at An Jing, which made her blush and feel extremely embarrassed.
"I..." An Jing hesitated to speak. He just wanted to hide Lu Chao's true identity.
"You have a point." An Jing murmured, "I really shouldn't pinch it with my face, or..."
"What's wrong?" Bian Lu looked at him curiously.
"Next time, I'll bring him with me when I come to Area F." An Jing smiled mysteriously and said, "I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
After that, the two of them had breakfast, and Bian Lu went to the F District Administration Hall, got some information, and went to the nursing home to lobby a few people to carry out team-building work.
It was the holiday season and the roads were deserted with few people. Bian Lu looked at the information in his hand and used the navigation to find the nursing home called Sunset Red.
"A nursing home isn't a good place." An Jing, standing shoulder to shoulder with him, also clutching a few documents, sighed, "These are all people in their seventies and eighties. I'm afraid their children are long gone. Nursing homes are crowded, and the caregivers may not be able to take care of everyone. Bullying is also very likely to occur."
"Aren't you afraid of being lonely? If you don't have children, what will you do when you get old?" Bian Lu changed the subject, stood firmly in front of An Jing, reached out and picked up the fluff on his bangs.
Suddenly there was a breeze, and An Jing looked at Bian Lu quietly. He saw that his face was melancholy, and there seemed to be deep sorrow in his eyes. He looked at her with incomparable tenderness.
"It's you who wants a child, right?" An Jing answered him in a frustrated voice, his heart beating fast.
Bian Lu seemed to be touched by his words. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Maybe I just want a promise too much."
These words were like a heavy hammer, striking the last bit of shame in An Jing's heart. His words were implicitly mocking his past dissolute life.
"I..." An Jing looked troubled and extremely embarrassed.
Having said this, Bian Lu sighed. He seemed to be very tolerant and understanding. He lowered his head and kissed him. An Jing did not refuse, but just held the back of his head to deepen the kiss. It was a long time before they let go.
An Jing stared at Bian Lu intently and said firmly, "I made a promise to you, and I will definitely keep it."
"Okay." Bian Lu nodded slightly, a smile appeared at the corners of his eyes, and his mood suddenly turned from gloomy to bright.
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Just after An Jing and Bian Lu stepped into the Sunset Red Nursing Home, An Xingmin, who was far away in District D, felt his wristband vibrate and received several photos.
He clicked it, his pupils shrinking. The picture showed his good-for-nothing son hugging and kissing a man sweetly.
An Xingmin looked haggard and tired, and quickly turned off the screen to prevent others from seeing it.
"Chief, what's wrong?" Bai Tiao, who was chatting with him, seemed to notice the sudden change in his expression and asked.
"It's okay." An Xingmin turned off the bracelet, rubbed his face fiercely, and said, "Maybe I'm really negligent in disciplining my child."
"Is it about An Jing?" Bai Tiao said softly, "Actually, he's already in his twenties. If you let him go appropriately, he'll learn his lesson."
"I know..." An Xingmin felt a headache when he thought of his son. In his eyes, An Jing was unruly and stubborn, and he had been contradicting him recently.
He is so busy with so many things every day that he really has no time to raise his son.
"In that case, I'll leave first." Bai Tiao saw An Xingmin's irritability, so she decided to quit and left in silence.
As expected, An Xingmin couldn't stand it anymore the moment she left the house. He called her and asked, "An Jing, where are you now?"
"I'm in Area F." An Jing hesitated for two seconds, but didn't lie. He asked, "Dad, why are you asking this?"
"Are you going to piss me off to death before you stop?" An Xingmin roared, "Who are you with now? Tell me!"
An Jing guessed his intention almost instantly and said, "Yes, I have a boyfriend..."
Before he could finish his words, An Xingmin's focus suddenly shifted. "You actually think I care about you, don't you? Really not. You're almost thirty. As a parent, the support we give our children should have ended when you turned eighteen."
An Jing on the other end had a numb expression, standing stiffly in place, with hurt in his eyes, and was seen by Bian Lu who was lobbying the old man.
"Whatever you've become now has nothing to do with me!" An Xingmin raised his voice and said, "Honestly, let me be honest. Who can you blame for getting to where you are today? It's all your own fault! Then who sent me the photo, thinking that I would lose my appetite and sleep because of you? No way!"
After saying that, An Xingmin hung up the phone, leaving An Jing standing there in a daze. It took him a long time to figure out what he meant by "Then who will send me the photos?"
Is someone monitoring you?
Just now, yes. He was with Bian Lu just now, which means someone took a photo of what he did and sent it to his father.
An Jing's scalp suddenly went numb and his heart began to beat with fear.
He immediately rushed out of the nursing home, his mind racing, calculating: Who would do this? What was their purpose? Who would benefit from his breakup with his father?
Finally, An Jing locked onto three words in his mind: Lin Mosheng. He was the only one who was hostile to him.
But it doesn't make sense. After all, Haiju Company still relies on his father for its livelihood, and their Lin family's current success is inseparable from the support of the An family. Why?
Could it be... An Jing narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky. Above the ocean behind the dome were the people who had played the game together last time: the Xia people.
Although the Xia Kingdom was in decline, it was still able to fight to the death. After being consumed by the fluorescent disease, it had been trying to save itself, hoping to regain the territorial rights of the Blue Continent Base and restore its former national prestige.
Is this considered something offered voluntarily?
An Jing thought, tears welling up in his eyes, and his emotions were complicated. He felt sad and painful about breaking up with his father, but also relieved that life always has a way out, like "after many twists and turns, you may think there is no way out, but there is always a way out."
An's father has always wanted his son to inherit the Blue Continent base, but An Jing himself has always been unwilling to do so. It is not that he does not have a desire for power, but he is deeply aware that he cannot do this - let Blue Continent become a place where bloodline is the only criterion.
This meant that if it was really the Xia people who were trying to alienate him and his son, then An Jing could just take advantage of the situation and promote Lanzhou's return to Xia.
Then, he is a good citizen of the new era.
"What's wrong? You rushed out so quickly." Bian Lu chased An Jing out and looked at her tearful eyes. He asked, "Why are you crying again? Who provoked you?"
"I don't want children." An Jing said this inexplicably.
Bian Lu hugged his arm and said comfortingly, "It's okay, it's okay. If you don't want it, then don't want it. In this world, everything except life and death is trivial. It's no big deal."
"Everyone in this world suffers, all for a few pieces of silver." An Jing wiped his eyes and choked out, "Why should I let a life as pure as paper come to such a big dye vat to suffer?"
"Wow..." Bian Lu looked at him, his eyes filled with awe, surprise, and a kind of empathy called compassion for the world.
Teacher An, although he has behaved in many improper ways, he is pure and kind at heart.
At that moment, he had many things he wanted to ask An Jing. In the end, he just patted An Jing on the shoulder and asked, "So this is why you're with me?"
"Not entirely." An Jing smiled through his tears, took out a piece of paper from Bian Lu's pocket and blew his nose, saying, "It's also because you kept a lot of secrets for me."
Bian Lu smiled and did not answer.
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