Chapter 95: To My Beloved, Happy New Year
On the day before New Year's Day, the crowds were so dense that the flight was delayed and the traffic was so bad that it was past ten in the evening when the two of them returned to Lin Yao's place from the airport. After saying goodbye, it was time for a new beginning. Lin Yao was deeply unaccustomed to not being allowed to mention Tongya by Lin Yuxun, but the atmosphere between them had indeed improved dramatically. He said he didn't want to go home and wanted to spend the New Year's Eve countdown with her. They took a hot bath, left the lights dim, and cuddled on the sofa, chatting about tomorrow's plans. This weekend, falling on New Year's Day, the MBA class wasn't in session, giving Lin Yaoming a good rest for the next two days. He told her not to involve Tongya again, and she made it clear she wouldn't bring it up, her mind preoccupied with his affairs. She knew the pressure he was under. While waiting at the airport, she called Fang Qin without his knowledge. Fang Qin said Lin Yuxun had asked her for recommendations for audit manager positions. She had already sent two for interviews and asked if Lin Yao had anyone who could send her another. She immediately forwarded both resumes. Long Weihe and Shi Zhenglin had suggested spending New Year's Day together. She thought it was a good opportunity. If they knew each other, he could consult Shi directly on many matters. Shi Zhenglin was a strong business person, and now he had the time. If he invited him, Shi Zhenglin might be able to help him make business decisions like a consultant. Friendly advice is always a good thing. "I have other plans tomorrow night. Sorry," he responded. Lin Yao was surprised. He was lying on the sofa, and she was sitting next to him. She quickly pulled her head away from his lips and glanced at him sideways. "He's worth dating. He's a very capable professional manager with a lot of management and business experience. He's very young, only a few years older than you. You should get along well. Are you sure you don't want to meet him?" She was afraid he was arrogant. So far, except for those with whom she had a close relationship, he still acted arrogant to everyone else. "I'll explain to Long Weihe in person tomorrow that I'm really busy. I'll treat them to dinner next time. I have to thank her properly." He pushed her head back, covering her hand with his. "I'll be with you tomorrow morning. I'll have something to do this afternoon, and I'll come see you later tonight." She felt a little lost, too lazy to care about him. She wanted to get up and grab her phone to tell Long Weihe so she wouldn't have to wait for him to make preparations. He thought she was angry, so he held her still, biting and nuzzling her neck. She was ticklish, so she hid and smiled. "I'm sorry. Her kid, I'm going to buy him a New Year's gift tomorrow. What does he like? What should I get him?" "What do you mean by her kid? He has a name. It's Qian Duoduo. It's so nice for people to call you brother..."
On the day before New Year's Day, there were many people and cars going out, the flight was delayed, and there was traffic jam all the way. It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when the two returned to Lin Yao from the airport.
After the farewell, there is a new beginning.
Lin Yao was not used to Lin Yuxun not allowing her to mention Tongya, but the romantic atmosphere between the two of them was indeed much better.
He said he didn't want to go home and wanted to countdown to the New Year with her. The two of them took a hot bath, left a dim light on, and lay on the sofa, hugging each other and chatting about tomorrow's plans.
This weekend falls on New Year's Day, so there will be no MBA classes and Lin and Yao Ming can have a good rest for the next two days.
He didn't want her to get involved with Tongya anymore, and she stopped talking about it. All she could think about was him. She knew the pressure he was under.
While waiting at the airport, she called Fang Qin without his knowledge. Fang Qin said Lin Yushan had asked her to recommend someone for the audit manager position. She had already sent two people for interviews and asked if Lin Yao had anyone who could recommend another. She immediately forwarded the two resumes.
Long Weihe and Shi Zhenglin had suggested spending New Year's Day together. She thought it was a good opportunity. If they knew each other, he could consult Shi Zhenglin directly on many matters. Shi Zhenglin was a strong business person and had the time now. If he invited him, Shi Zhenglin might be able to help him make business decisions like a consultant. Friendship and advice were always good.
"I have other plans tomorrow night, sorry."
He listened to the response.
Lin Yao was surprised.
He was lying sideways on the sofa, and she was sitting next to him. She quickly moved her head away from his lips and glanced at him sideways. "He's worth dating. He's a very capable professional manager with a lot of management and business experience. He's very young, only a few years older than you. You should get along well. Are you sure you don't know him?"
She was afraid that he was arrogant. So far, except for being humble and polite in front of people with whom she had a close relationship, he was still arrogant to others.
"I'll explain to Long Weihe in person tomorrow that I really have something to do. I'll treat them to dinner next time. I also have to thank her very much." He pushed her head back and covered her hand with his. "I'll accompany you tomorrow morning. I have something to do in the afternoon, so I'll come to see you later tonight."
She felt a little disappointed and didn't bother to care about him. She wanted to get up and get her cell phone to talk to Long Wei so that she wouldn't have to make preparations according to his instructions.
He thought she was angry, so he held her still and held her still, biting and rubbing her neck gently. She was ticklish, so she dodged and smiled.
"I'm sorry. I'm going to buy her child a New Year's gift tomorrow. What would he like? What should I buy him?"
"What do you mean by that child? He has a name, Qian Duoduo. It's polite for him to call you brother. Don't you like children?"
"I didn't like her very much before, but now it seems to be much better. Qian Duoduo is quite cute, but a little annoying. Why does she always follow you?" He joked.
"You're the annoying one!" She turned her face away from him. "They have two children. Shi Zhenglin has a daughter. I'll buy the gifts myself tomorrow."
"Let's go buy it together tomorrow morning and watch a movie while we're there?" He checked the time. "It's one minute to midnight. It's time for the countdown ceremony."
"What ceremony?"
He pulled the blanket over their heads, "...Lin Yao...I love you...Happy New Year..."
A long kiss suppressed the desire.
The next morning, she explained to Long Weihe that he could not come in the evening. In the morning, they went to see a movie as agreed and bought gifts for the two children. In the afternoon, she took the gifts to Long Weihe's house.
After playing with Qian Duoduo for a while, she asked Long Weihe, "I want to go choose a car this afternoon. Do you have time to accompany me?"
"I'm taking them skateboarding lessons this afternoon, and then we're going to eat. Why are you suddenly buying a car?"
“Just buy it if you need it.”
"Do you need anything?"
"I didn't have one before, but now I need it. I used to be free and independent, and any transportation was fine. Now, Lin Yuxun probably sees that I don't have a car, so he's always picking me up, no matter how busy I am. He's under a lot of pressure, so where does he have the free time? He pulls up next to you, and you ask me if I can get in? I have to sit in the passenger seat. If I keep sitting like this for a long time, I'll feel like an appendage, a passive burden to his appendage. I can't keep sitting like this forever."
Long Weihe was puzzled. "Don't you two communicate?"
"I told him that unless there were special circumstances, I didn't need a ride. I could take the subway or a taxi, which was very convenient. Did he understand me? He probably thought I didn't have the money to buy a car, and maybe even thought I was being pretentious."
Long Weihe frowned. "You can buy a car. You have your own car. You have autonomy in front of him. You have equal personality. I can go with you. But it seems that you and Lin Yuxun are not communicating frankly."
"There's bound to be a sensitive line between him and me, a class sensitive line. If we touch on this aspect, communication will become difficult. If he doesn't mention it, I won't mention it either."
"Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you continue like this, you'll run into problems sooner or later."
The two of them ran to the car dealership in the mall in the afternoon, chose a domestic electric car, and Lin Yao signed the order immediately.
It was almost seven in the evening when they finished and went to find Shi Zhenglin. Long Weihe told her that they had booked a buffet on a yacht for a night cruise on the Pearl River.
Long Weihe was driving the car very fast towards the dock, but she was not one to drive fast.
Lin Yao laughed at her, saying that she rushed to Shi Zhenglin and was reluctant to let him wait for even one more minute, so she started showing off her love before even meeting him.
She said it was because she bought a car and she was no longer allowed to drive it. They would have fewer opportunities to drive together in the future, so she felt uncomfortable and wanted to vent her dissatisfaction.
Arriving at the dock at around 7:30, Lin Yao realized Shi Zhenglin had booked the entire yacht.
The two children were getting impatient waiting and met the two of them on the first floor. Lin Yao squatted down and hugged Qian Duoduo and then hugged Shi Shi. Shi Shi stared at her earrings again and again, "Miss, your earrings are so beautiful."
She went on a date with Lin Yuxun to watch a movie today, and she dressed up specially. She usually doesn't wear earrings, but today she wore C-shaped earrings with wavy lines. They were a little big and matched her face shape very well.
Shi Shi is much more cheerful now. Even though she doesn't spend much time with Lin Yao and they're not close enough, she can still actively express her feelings to her. The little girl has begun to appreciate beauty and has her own aesthetic sense. Beautiful things from adults will attract her attention.
Lin Yao was happy and kissed her on the cheek.
Qian Duoduo hurriedly pulled them upstairs, saying that his uncle was waiting there.
Lin Yao followed Long Wei up the stairs and whispered, "Shi Zhenglin is exaggerating. Does a few people need such a large venue for a meal?"
"Be quiet."
Long Weihe didn't think there was anything wrong.
The buffet restaurant on the second floor was decorated with flowers. Shi Zhenglin brought two bottles of red wine with him, which had been decanted long ago. When he saw the two people arrive, he walked up and handed each of them a glass.
After taking off his suit for a few months, he was dressed casually in a saturated royal blue round-neck long-sleeved sweater and light khaki casual pants. His eyes were gentle and focused, and his demeanor was still as calm and dignified as in the workplace. He took Long Weihe in his arms, and the two of them raised their glasses to Lin Yao, "Happy New Year!"
He suggested inviting Lin Yao to dinner today because he knew she was experiencing a loss and wanted to invite her to welcome the new year and change her mood.
"Happy New Year! I'm sorry that my work has affected you. Thank you Mr. Shi for your support!" Lin Yao picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp.
She asked him what he was busy with recently.
He laughed and said that he had passed the difficult period of idleness and entered the adaptation period. Now he felt very good and was ready to retire directly.
Lin Yao said that it was very dangerous to continue like this and it was a waste of resources, so she asked Long Weihe to "sell" him quickly, saying that if Long Weihe couldn't do it, she would take action.
Long Weihe said that she wants to "sell" every day now.
He asked Long Weihe if she was starting to dislike him and wanted to get rid of him cheaply.
The two started flirting with each other, and Lin Yao quickly turned away to play with the other children.
She also knew that they took her mood into consideration and did not spoil the fun. Even though she checked her phone several times and did not see any text messages from Lin Yuxun, which made her feel disappointed, she still played and laughed with the two children and looked very happy.
It was a bit cold tonight, around 10 degrees Celsius. After eating something, Long Weihe checked the time. It was a few minutes before 8 o'clock, so she suggested going out to the third floor to watch the night view of the Pearl River.
"You brought your child up there to let the cold wind blow? Don't let him catch a cold," said Lin Yao.
"Children are not afraid of the cold."
"You guys go ahead, I'll make a call."
She didn't want to move, wanting to call Lin Yuxun. He'd said he'd come see her later tonight, and she wanted to tell him she wasn't going home soon, and to tell him not to come. But the call didn't go through, as if there was no signal.
"Let's go together to get some fresh air." Long Weihefei pulled her.
Shi Zhenglin took Shi Shi and Qian Duoduo by the hand and ran up first.
The boat was cruising slowly on the surface of the Pearl River, and at this moment it seemed to be fixed, docked in the area between Guangzhou Tower and Pearl City.
Although it was cold and windy, the air quality was very good and the colorful lights on both sides of the Pearl River were exceptionally clear.
The two children came up and started chasing and playing with each other. Shi Zhenglin was worried about their safety if they fell into the water, so he held one in each hand to prevent them from getting close to the fence.
Lin Yao was pushed by Long Weihe to the position with the best view. "Stand here and wait."
She stared at Long Weihe's face and instantly saw that something was wrong.
"Someone wants to show you something," Long Wei laughed. "It's very nice to look at."
A minute or two later, drones slowly rose from both sides of the Pearl River and gathered together. She looked up and saw them filling the sky, forming a flickering curtain of light in front of her.
She realized what Lin Yuxun was doing.
The light and shadow switched, and a coffee cup appeared spinning. Two hands touched each other, and there was a number next to it: 2.26.
She guessed that the number was the day they met in the coffee shop. She actually didn't remember it at all. She pulled her hands out of her pockets and subconsciously covered her mouth and nose as her breathing became increasingly rapid.
She could hardly recognize the changed shape. It seemed to be a road with trees on both sides. It was not until the basic lines of the MBA teaching building and the back of a girl with a high ponytail appeared that she realized that he probably wanted to express the encounter during the exam.
The mint green dots of light gradually condensed into a clear figure. Qian Duoduo, who was standing behind, could recognize it. "Lin Yao! Miss!"
I can't tell how many drones were needed to create such a detailed pixel-by-pixel image: her face, her hair, her features, her figure—her appearance that day in her evening gown. The flowers that weren't delivered to her that night, thrown into the trash, a bouquet of stunning orange Barbie under the night sky, crossed the Pearl River, slowly moved, and finally settled in the light and shadow of her hands.
She laughed so hard that tears kept streaming down her face, she couldn't breathe, and silently scolded him for being stupid.
The light and shadow flowed into two people kissing. She was very familiar with the background. The fence lines of the Yangtze River ferry and the cross-river bridge in her hometown were spliced together on both sides of the Pearl River. She couldn't stand it and wondered why he was not by her side.
At the end, a few words appeared: To my beloved, Happy New Year.
Tonight, under the Guangzhou Tower, in Flower City Square, probably many people looked up at the night sky of the Pearl River and saw that there were no names or declarations in the picture...all of them were private memory symbols, no one could understand them, they only knew that the technology was too powerful and the picture was beautiful.
She understands it all.
It's just a pity that he's not around.
She had no idea how restrictive today's weather conditions were. The leader of the execution team had told her yesterday that the height restrictions approved by the government, coupled with the predicted wind speed and direction, made it difficult to achieve the location he had specified. There was a high probability of falling into the river, posing a significant risk.
None of the patterns were the ones they usually made for others; they were all his own designs. The operation was very difficult, and given the height limit and wind speed, it was indeed difficult to achieve. He himself was aware of this.
He insisted on going ahead with the plan, saying he would adjust the difficulty. He couldn't be with her, not because he was being absent on purpose, but because he had to be there.
The team was preparing on site the entire afternoon, and he had been in the core control area, which was on the river bank where she was now, in a mobile command vehicle with shielding function.
In exchange for the success rate, he reluctantly gave up two more complex graphics. According to today's site and weather conditions, he confirmed the loading of the final version of the flight program on the console, temporarily adjusted the pattern details, and modified the parameters on the spot. The original plan of ten minutes was shortened to six minutes.
Finally, everything went as planned, nothing went wrong, and no plane fell into the river.
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