"I'm looking for Yan Yue, is he here?"
The man who was speaking was polite and had a pleasant voice with a slight magnetism that was very pleasant to the ears.
Lu Lingxi was stunned for a moment. It was the first time someone came to the store to look for Yan Yue. After coming to his senses, he curled his eyes and said politely, "Brother Yan is not here now. He went to the flower garden to pick up goods. He should be back soon. Do you want to sit for a while and wait for Brother Yan?"
His smile was clean, his voice was clear, and his tone was sincere. The scrutiny in the visitor's eyes slowly faded away, revealing a warm smile. "Okay, thank you for your help. I'm Ye Kang, and you are Lu Lingxi, right?"
"Huh?" Lu Lingxi was a little surprised, then laughed, "I'm Lu Lingxi, did Brother Yan tell you that?"
Ye Kang smiled without saying anything, but in his heart he was complaining that Yan Yue was like a dragon that had discovered a treasure, and he wished he could hide Lu Linghai tightly, so how could he bear to tell him these things.
Yan Yue and he grew up together and they always talked about everything. They even kept secrets from him that would be embarrassing for outsiders. But Yan Yue refused to say anything about Lu Lingxi, and was even stingy and unwilling to reveal her name. It was only a few days ago when Su Lang called him and mentioned that he had met Yan Yue once by chance that he followed the clues and asked about Yan Yue's location.
Ye Kang came here without telling Yan Yue, as he was a little worried about Yan Yue. Ye Kang had never seen the fights in the Yan family, and he believed Yan Yue could handle it, but he was a little worried about Lu Lingxi who suddenly appeared. Accustomed to all kinds of conspiracy theories, Ye Kang always felt that Lu Lingxi's appearance was too coincidental, and the more abnormal Yan Yue's reaction was, the more it showed Lu Lingxi's influence on him. Ye Kang thought about it and decided to come and see Lu Lingxi in person.
Seeing this, Ye Kang finally felt relieved. As a "half-baked" psychologist in Yan Yue's words, Ye Kang felt that he was quite accurate in judging people. The boy in front of him looked innocent and gullible, and he was ignorant of the world. He had always been worried that the boy had bewitched Yan Yue. Now it seemed that he needed to reverse the situation. It was not certain who was deceiving whom.
Thinking this way, Ye Kang's expression became gentler. He had a good appearance like Yan Yue, but unlike Yan Yue who was cold to outsiders, Ye Kang always knew how to use this appearance to gain the favor of others. He majored in psychology in college, so it was not an exaggeration to say that he was good at coaxing people. After a few words, Lu Lingxi's favorability towards him increased. Ye Kang spoke at a moderate speed, with a good rhythm control, and he got a lot of words out of Lu Lingxi without making a sound.
"Brother Yan is a very good person. He saved Dahei and Dahei also likes Brother Yan very much."
"Brother Yan looks a little cold, but he is actually a good person."
"Brother Yan has helped me a lot. Many old customers nearby also like Brother Yan. Last time, Grandma Wang even said she would help Brother Yan find a girlfriend."
Ye Kang had a big smile on his face, but he was a little surprised. If Su Lang hadn't told him the address, he would have thought that the Yan Yue in Lu Lingxi's mouth was not the same person as the Yan Yue he knew. Perhaps because of his special family environment, in Ye Kang's eyes, Yan Yue's temperament was a little cold, with strong self-discipline and slight perfectionism. He was not only strict with himself, but also with the people around him. Yan Yue's life was like a machine, following the routine but without any fun.
But in Lu Lingxi's words, Yan Yue is a completely different person. He is full of love, he would rescue a stray dog on a rainy night, he would visit injured dogs every day during lunch break, he would help strangers he met with a warm heart, he likes flowers and plants, he is soft-hearted and compassionate. To be honest, Ye Kang and Yan Yue have known each other for more than 20 years, but this is the first time he has heard of Yan Yue having these qualities.
Ye Kang looked at Lu Lingxi thoughtfully. The boy had clear eyes and a very comfortable aura. When he talked about Yan Yue, his eyebrows were curved and full of trust. He really believed that Yan Yue was the person he said, without any doubt. He probably understood why Yan Yue was so unusual to the boy. There was an attraction to the boy, like a feeling of warmth mixed with light. He could imagine Yan Yue's first reaction when he saw the boy. Someone like Yan Yue, who lacked warmth since childhood and lived in such a chaotic family, would definitely not be able to resist this attraction and would uncontrollably want to get closer.
It’s like a person walking in a dark and cold tunnel for a long time, and suddenly a light appears in front of him. He will subconsciously move closer and follow the light.
Ye Kang was analyzing in his mind out of habit, when suddenly a big black dog rushed in from the door. This should be Dahei? Ye Kang guessed. Sure enough, Lu Lingxi's eyes lit up, "Dahei, you're back, where's Brother Yan?"
"Xiao Xi."
Someone came in at the door, and all his attention was on Lu Lingxi, without even a single extra glance to other places. Ye Kang's mouth twitched, and for the first time he realized that he had such a low sense of existence. The Yan Yue in front of him was a little different from his memory. He took off his usual shirt and trousers, and wore a simple and refreshing T-shirt and shorts, looking full of fresh vitality. He remembered that when Yan Yue was abroad, his shirt was still straight in the 30-degree high temperature, and the top button was buttoned. It was rare to see Yan Yue wearing a T-shirt.
Ye Kang coughed slightly, "Yan Yue."
Lu Lingxi spoke at the same time, "Brother Yan, someone is looking for you."
Yan Yue turned around in surprise, "Ye Kang," and then glared at Ye Kang with a warning look. Ye Kang immediately raised his hand with a playful smile, and made a gesture that both of them understood, hinting to Yan Yue: Don't worry, I didn't say anything.
Yan Yue looked away with a half-smile, and put the pile of flower pots in his arms on the ground. The top flower pot was filled with small bags of nutrient fertilizer, which seemed to be to save space. He brought back a lot of flower pots this time. Lu Lingxi wanted to come out to help, but Yan Yue stopped him and gestured to Ye Kang, "The two of us are enough. It's hot outside, Xiaoxi, don't go out."
Ye Kang: “…”
The two of them moved the luggage three times before they finished moving everything. Ye Kang patted the dusty trunk with great sorrow and said, "Baby, your master treats you like this, and he treats you like a truck. Do you want to change your master?"
Yan Yue was too lazy to pay attention to Ye Kang, and directly threw him a bottle of water, interrupting his performance, leaning against the car and asked nonchalantly: "Tell me, did Su Lang tell you?"
Ye Kang laughed and said narcissistically: "You know, as Professor Susan's most outstanding student, if I want to ask questions, Su Lang will not notice it at all."
Yan Yue hummed thoughtfully, and suddenly asked: "How many words did you get from Xiaoxi?"
Ye Kang chuckled and said, "It's enough for me to write a paper on how a pervert disguises himself as an innocent boy."
Yan Yue: “…”
Ye Kang continued to tease, "I don't know when I got a friend who is full of love, kindness and compassion. To be honest, you know I have liked this car for a long time. You are full of kindness to strangers, so you should be more kind to me, right? As a good brother, shouldn't you fulfill my wish?"
Yan Yue glanced at him expressionlessly. Ye Kang said fearlessly, "Xiao Xi is watching from inside. Keep smiling and don't ruin your image in his mind."
Yan Yue finally couldn't stand it anymore, "...get out."
Ye Kang burst into laughter, and then asked seriously: "Do you feel that you have gained more popularity now?"
Yan Yue didn't care, "Did I not have popularity before?"
Ye Kang nodded seriously. "In the past, you either had a blank expression on your face, or when you smiled, even the curve of your mouth seemed to be calculated in advance. I don't dislike you. If you ask your classmates, everyone will say that you live like a machine."
Yan Yue curled the corners of his mouth without saying anything. He looked up through the window at Lu Lingxi who was arranging potted plants with his head down, and a hint of tenderness flashed in his eyes.
Ye Kang saw this, put away his joking attitude, and asked seriously: "Are you serious?"
Yan Yue hummed.
Ye Kangsi and Yan Yue's family, "Your parents..."
Yan Yue looked indifferent. "Since they thought I was capable of living independently in the old house when I was six, there was no need for them to wait until I was twenty-seven to come back and take on the role of parents and dictate my life."
He said it harshly, and Ye Kang sighed, "Just make up your own mind."
Through the window, Lu Lingxi glanced at Yan Yue who was talking to Ye Kang outside, feeling a little confused. He didn't know what the two were talking about, but Yan Yue's expression was a little cold, and his brows were slightly furrowed with a hint of disgust. He rarely saw Yan Yue like this, only last time when he heard Yan Yue making a phone call in the car, and it seemed that the other party mentioned Yan Yue's brother, Yan Yue showed such real disgust. Did Ye Kang just mention Yan Yue's brother? Did the other party do something to make Yan Yue angry again?
Micro Gardening
Ye Kang was somewhat gloating, "You asked someone to push Yin Ya into Hepu? Did you know that she is competing with Yan Yue for the qualification to go abroad in a high-profile manner? The two sides have been fighting fiercely recently."
Yan Yue's expression was slightly cold, revealing a hint of mockery. "Hasn't she always wanted to enter Hepu? I'm just helping her."
Ye Kang shook his head. "I heard that Uncle Yan is having a headache."
Yan Yue didn't react to this, and said calmly: "When he was plotting for Yan Hai, he should have thought that this day would come."
Ye Kang has always been on Yan Yue's side, and he didn't seem to hear Yan Yue's somewhat rebellious words. He drank the water in his hand in one gulp, threw the empty bottle towards the trash can, and threw it perfectly into the can. Then he asked, "What are you going to do? Stay in Fengcheng forever?"
Yan Yue nodded, "Anjie will be here soon, I need your help."
"What?"
Yan Yue knocked on the carriage and said in a deep voice: "Pretend to the outside world that I am going abroad for recuperation."
Yan Hai and Yin Ya are busy fighting for power now, and probably no one can care about him. After a while, when Yan Shihai has dealt with He Pu's affairs, he might think of his son who has been forgotten. If he finds Xiao Xi here, he doesn't want to involve Xiao Xi. This kind of thing is not difficult to do, and it is no problem to forge an exit document. Yan Yue found Ye Kang to be his witness. It is estimated that no one will doubt Ye Kang's words, and he can stay in Fengcheng with peace of mind.
Ye Kang agreed immediately, but... his eyes fell on the car behind Yan Yue.
Yan Yue glanced at him with a half-smile, took out the key and threw it to him.
"You're lucky."
"I'm doing this for your own good. This car is too conspicuous. I'll drive my nearly scrapped Volkswagen over to you later. I'll definitely let you blend in with the crowd and not stand out at all."
Yan Yue: “…”
Ye Kang shamelessly spent the whole afternoon in Micro Gardening, and in the evening he asked to treat Lu Lingxi to dinner. Lu Lingxi closed Micro Gardening and politely declined Ye Kang's invitation. He had to go to the flower garden to prepare the green plants that Brother Li wanted.
Yan Yue naturally wanted to go with them, and before leaving, he thought about it and tricked Ye Kang into the car as well. Although he wanted to stay overnight in the suburbs as he did last time because he worked late, the thought of not wanting Lu Lingxi to be too tired prevailed when he thought about the number of orders this time. As a strong laborer, Ye Kang could still play a role. Ye Kang didn't know what they were going to do, and followed them to the flower garden in a daze. When he regretted it, he was already in the farmland in the suburbs and couldn't go back. The three of them, plus Uncle Li, worked until eleven o'clock and finally prepared all the potted plants that Brother Li wanted.
On the way back, Lu Lingxi felt a little sleepy and fell asleep holding Dahei. Yan Yue saw him sleeping in the rearview mirror and subconsciously slowed down the car, driving more steadily.
Ye Kang lowered his voice in anger to complain about Yan Yue's unfair treatment. His waist was about to break, so why didn't Yan Yue show any consideration for him?
Yan Yue glanced at him and said, "It's so easy to take advantage of me."
Ye Kang was speechless for a while, and changed the subject abruptly. "By the way, why does the name Lu Lingxi sound so familiar? I suddenly remembered it when I was moving the basin just now. You know the Zhongjing Lu family, their youngest grandson is named Lu Lingxi. But I heard that he passed away two months ago."
The word "dead" made Yan Yue feel a little uncomfortable. He asked casually, "Is the Lu Lingxi you mentioned in poor health?"
Ye Kang smiled sarcastically, "The one who is not in good health is his brother Lu Weian. You have been abroad and don't know the situation of their family. You have an impression of Lu Weian, right? We met him when he was a child. He was thin and small, not at all noticeable. Later he got leukemia, and his mother gave birth to another child, Lu Lingxi. Doesn't leukemia require a bone marrow transplant from a matching person? It is said that Lu Lingxi was born specifically to transplant bone marrow to Lu Weian. The Lu family has been raising him at home for so many years, and he rarely comes out to see people. Some time ago, I heard that Lu Weian's condition worsened again, and then I don't know what happened, but something went wrong during the operation. By the way, Su Lang was in charge of Lu Weian before he resigned. I think Su Lang resigned because of this incident."
Yan Yue was not very interested in the affairs of the Zhongjing Lu family. However, when he heard the reason for Su Lang's resignation, he suddenly remembered the tone of Su Lang's voice when he mentioned Lu Lingxi at the entrance of Weiyuan Garden last time, and frowned slightly. He vaguely felt that Su Lang seemed to regard Xiaoxi as a substitute for Lu Lingxi, and this feeling made him feel a little uncomfortable.
Xiaoxi is Xiaoxi, the one and only Lu Lingxi in this world.
Ye Kang was still talking about the gossip about the Lu family. "You know Lu Weian's mother, the daughter of the Li family. It is said that she is planning to have another child for Lu Weian. However, this news was denied by the Lu family. I heard that it was Lu Weian's father who disagreed."
Yan Yue was not as interested in gossip as Ye Kang. He just listened indifferently and responded in a low voice from time to time.
Neither of them noticed that Lu Lingxi had woken up at some point, and they held Dahei in silence all the way without making any noise. Dahei quietly licked Lu Lingxi's fingers, and looked at Lu Lingxi tenderly with wet eyes. Lu Lingxi tightened her grip and gave Dahei a faint smile.
When Yan Yue sent Lu Lingxi home, Lu Lingxi got out of the car, rubbing his eyes, as if he had just woken up.
"Go to bed early." Yan Yue rubbed Lu Lingxi's head.
Lu Lingxi nodded obediently.
Yan Yue keenly noticed that Lu Lingxi seemed to be in a bad mood, "Why, are you tired?"
Lu Lingxi rubbed his stomach and found an excuse, "I'm hungry."
Yan Yue laughed, "Do you want to go with me for a midnight snack?"
"No, my mother must have saved dinner for me." Lu Lingxi refused.
"Well, go back quickly. Eat less and be careful of indigestion."
Lu Lingxi nodded and ran back with Dahei. He was just talking casually, but when he turned on the light, he found a note on the dining table in the living room. Wang Shuxiu left him dinner in the refrigerator.
Lu Lingxi opened the refrigerator and took out the fresh-keeping box, smiling slightly at the spareribs inside. The slight entanglement caused by hearing the news about the Lu family also disappeared in the aroma of the food.
Three days later, Lu Lingxi delivered the potted plants that Brother Li wanted to their workplace as agreed. There was also an employee from another gardening store who came to deliver the goods. The two families met at the door. Unlike Lu Lingxi and Yi Hang who drove a small broken Jinbei, the other micro-gardening store was obviously very wealthy and drove a van.
Yi Hang bumped into Lu Lingxi enviously, "Third brother, have you seen our target?"
Lu Lingxi nodded and said, "I see. I will work hard to earn money and buy it for you later."
Yi Hang hooked his arm around Lu Lingxi's neck with satisfaction, "Third brother is really nice."
Lu Lingxi curled his eyes and smiled.
After receiving Lu Lingxi's call, Li Weisheng rushed out quickly. "Xiaoxi is here."
"Brother Li." Lu Lingxi greeted him politely.
Just as Li Weisheng was about to say something, a young man jumped off the van next to him and squeezed in front of Lu Lingxi, smiling warmly at Brother Li, "Brother Li."
Li Weisheng nodded, "Xiao Qiu, you are here. You have to be careful with the potted plants this time. If the leader is not satisfied, you have to return them."
"Brother Li, don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem this time."
The young man smiled flatteringly at Brother Li, and turned around and glared at Lu Lingxi fiercely while Brother Li was not paying attention. Don't think he doesn't know that it was this kid's micro-gardening that took away their business. He dared to compete with them, and this kid didn't even go to inquire about the status of their Qiutian Gardening in Fengcheng. He really didn't know how to live or die.
He wanted to see how good the potted plants grown by micro-gardening could be, so Brother Li returned all the potted plants they sent last time.
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