The car circled through one mountain after another, and the scenery along the way gradually became lush.
From the desolate semi-Gobi and semi-desert state, it gradually transitioned to the dense tropical rainforest scene and the lush green jungle, which comforted people.
"What kind of story is that?"
"Joey Bridge is the first bridge I designed and led independently. All my money, reputation, fame, wings and social status come from this bridge."
"I didn't go on your birthday because I got an invitation from my master and went to meet him. So I broke my promise."
"Originally, I was selfish and didn't celebrate your birthday because of my own affairs. Because of this, you were angry with me for several days and didn't talk to me."
"It's just a birthday, nothing to worry about." Past events came to Lan Xiaolan's mind, and she lowered her eyes without saying a word.
After Ren Tingxi went to college, he had a heavy academic burden and received many job invitations, so he was always very busy.
She always understands if I break a promise and don't accompany her once or twice.
Ren Tingxi didn't come to celebrate her birthday that day. She was disappointed, but not enough to make her so angry that she ignored him for several days.
Lan Xiaolan was not angry about her birthday, but because Ling Muxue came to her in person that day and said those hurtful words.
However, the incident happened many years ago and Lan Xiaolan didn't want to mention it again.
"Then why were you angry and ignored me at that time?"
"It's all over..."
"Tell me, what happened to you afterwards?"
"After you broke up with me, I kept studying for a master's degree and followed my master around to take engineering jobs, traveling all over the country."
"One is for work, and the other is to find you."
"After breaking up with you, I worked with Professor Bai while studying for my master's degree. Later, I was hired and have been working at the research institute in City S ever since."
"So, you've always been by my side, and you've made me travel all over the country looking for you."
No wonder he couldn't find her after searching for so long. It turned out that after going around in circles, she was right next to him.
Lan Xiaolan also smiled knowingly.
Sometimes fate is such a magical thing. Some things are far away in the sky and right in front of you.
"And what happened next?"
"Later..." Ren Tingxi's nose felt sore and he began to choke up.
"Later, the design drawings I drew for the Jinzhou Highway were accepted, and my master was very happy."
"He took a group of us to Jinzhou to work on the winding mountain road project."
Lan Xiaolan remembered that her father had once praised Ren Tingxi because of the Jinzhou project.
It is said that at that time a young and promising designer designed a beautiful blueprint that solved the problem of the complicated winding mountain road in Jinzhou.
It also made his colleagues in the construction industry applaud and praise Ren Tingxi's Jinzhou project.
"That was the blueprint I designed myself. It was also the data I calculated, stroke by stroke, word by word, over and over again."
Ren Tingxi's hands were shaking as he held the steering wheel, and he was extremely excited.
"But my master lost his life on a section of the road in Jinzhou."
Lan Xiaolan saw liquid rolling in Ren Tingxi's eyes. She knew that architecture was his life and pride, and the master who brought him to the stage must be someone he respected very much.
"After the master was rescued and regained consciousness for a while, all of us in our engineering team were constantly held accountable and investigated by the public security authorities."
"All the authorities couldn't find any mistakes in the construction, but in the end the supervisory authorities focused on my design drawings and believed that my data was flawed."
"So I was taken to the police station for questioning and investigation."
"You've always been a careful person since you were little. You would check a math test countless times, striving for perfection."
"Such important design drawings, such rigorous data, and matters concerning the lives of tens of millions of people, you must be extremely careful and absolutely will not make any mistakes."
Hearing Lan Xiaolan's affirmative words, Ren Tingxi held her soft hand and touched the palm of his hand.
Her hands have many more calluses than before.
Ren Tingxi knew that those were the traces left when she dug the ancient tomb. She must have experienced a lot over the years.
"My master, like you, believes that there is no problem with my design and data."
"When he was conscious, with his last breath, he provided me with strong technical evidence in court to prove my innocence."
"Finally, I was acquitted."
"But six months later, my master died in the hospital due to bacterial infection from the wound."
Lan Xiaolan looked at Ren Tingxi's face, which was cold and black.
"Although the court acquitted me, no one dared to embarrass me because of my father and brother's feelings."
"But, like the captain of a plane that crashed or the captain of a ship that sank at sea, I have been sentenced to life imprisonment in this industry."
"At that time, I had just graduated with a master's degree. No one in any project or construction company dared to hire me. The Jinzhou project failure and the death of my master were all blamed on me."
"No one in this industry has forgiven me. Of course, I can't forgive myself either!"
Purple-red veins bulged out on his hands, crisscrossing his arms. He gripped the steering wheel so tightly that the plastic on it was almost torn to pieces.
Ren Tingxi was engaged in a job that concerned human life safety. As the designer of this project, when something went wrong, the person who died was the master who had trained him for many years.
Even if the industry hadn't excluded him, he would have sentenced himself to death.
"Then how did you come to Country E?"
"When my master died, I had just graduated. I had no job and nothing to do all day."
"You are the second young master of the Ren family. Your family is the richest in S Province. Finding a job shouldn't be difficult."
"I won't go back! Even if I die, I won't go back."
"Why?"
"Because I can't let you get involved in our family's disputes."
"Because I said I would support you with my own ability and live a good life with you."
"It's not the second young master of the Ren family, it's me, Ren Tingxi."
"But by then, we had already broken up."
"No matter when or where, you are my woman!"
A sour feeling spread from the tip of Lan Xiaolan's nose to her heart. Ren Tingxi's words burned her heart and made her nose sore.
"When I graduated, Country E announced the end of the civil war and all the countries became independent. To help Country E rebuild, my country began recruiting talents from various universities."
"I graduated with top honors, my family is well-off, and I want to go to Country E. No one will refuse me."
"So, here I am."
"It was on the highest mountain in Country E that I met Qiao Lu and heard the story of him and Iman."
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