Chapter 82 Enemies Meet on a Narrow Road
Lin Qiyuan suddenly thought of Zhou Yang's strange behavior this morning. His behavior was different from usual, and a feeling of irritation came over him.
After a while, the master and disciple finally hugged each other. Zhou Yang seemed to see the man next to him only then. Obviously, the two of them were very familiar with each other. Zhou Yang even took the initiative to go forward and hug the man.
He never took the initiative to hug me! Lin Qiyuan thought sourly.
The man's expression was obviously a little stiff, perhaps because he didn't expect Zhou Yang to hug him, or perhaps there was a hint of joy in that stiffness.
Lin Qiyuan felt that his emotions were not right, and he involuntarily took a few steps forward. He wanted to separate the two people who were hugging each other, and wanted the man who had ulterior motives towards his boyfriend to stay away.
However, as a man with strong self-control, he forced himself to hold back. "One second, two seconds, three seconds..." Lin Qiyuan counted in his mind.
Lin Qiyuan's presence was quite noticeable, so the tall man naturally noticed him. After Zhou Yang stepped back, he asked in confusion, "Yangyang, what is this..."
Zhou Yang was so excited that he ignored Lin Qiyuan. Then he remembered his boyfriend, who he had left aside. Feeling a little guilty and embarrassed, he explained in a low voice, "It's my boyfriend, Lin Yuan."
In Lin Qiyuan's eyes, this attitude meant that Zhou Yang was unwilling to acknowledge him in front of outsiders, or in other words, unwilling to acknowledge him in front of the tall man.
The man was stunned when he heard the word "boyfriend". His expression was no longer as warm as before. However, it was obvious that he was also a man with strong self-control and did not want to lose his composure. He immediately smiled again and said, "Hello, Mr. Lin, I am Yangyang's senior brother, He Yan."
Taking the initiative, very good. Lin Qiyuan's eyes were filled with a storm.
Zhou Yang then remembered that he hadn't introduced his senior brother and teacher to his boyfriend yet, so he quickly pointed at the gray-haired old man from Country Y and said, "This is my teacher, Professor Steafy, and my senior brother, He Yan.
Zhou Yang has always been considerate in front of outsiders. This time it was because, firstly, he was too excited, and secondly, the three people present were the three people he loved and trusted the most in his life. He was most relaxed in front of them and naturally didn't think too much.
After a few brief greetings, they got in the car and prepared to go back.
Zhou Yang, Steafy and He Yan all sat in the back row. Fortunately, the back row was spacious and the three of them were not fat, so they didn't feel crowded.
Steafy spoke a little Chinese, though it was very broken. His mother was German, so he spoke fluent German. The three of them spoke in a whirlwind of Chinese, English, and German. Lin Qiyuan was naturally fluent in English, but he had no experience with German. He was certain that He Yan, sensing his lack of German, was deliberately trying to get them to speak German.
He looked at the other person in the rearview mirror. To be fair, He Yan had a good appearance, figure and temperament, and was not inferior to him in any way. Although his possessiveness towards Zhou Yang was not obvious, as a love rival, he could clearly sense the hostility conveyed by the other party.
It really is true that when rivals in love meet, they become extremely jealous of each other.
However, fortunately, I was one step ahead and made Zhou Yang my own first. With Zhou Yang's moral bottom line, I would not have anything to do with other people during my relationship with him.
However, having a big fly in the middle of things was always unpleasant. Moreover, Zhou Yang's relationship with this big fly seemed to be better than he imagined.
Lin Qiyuan sent them to Zhou Yang's studio, said he would pick them up in an hour for dinner, and then left.
Steafy was a giant in the game design world, considered a lifelong idol by many newbies. The moment he entered the studio, he was immediately met with a crowd and avid admirers. The old man seemed to enjoy the atmosphere, chatting animatedly with the young people in the studio. Zhou Yang chatted with his senior, He Yan, nearby.
He Yan glanced at him and asked, "Why did you suddenly find...a boyfriend?"
He Yan fell in love with Zhou Yang at first sight. Back then, when he was a first-year graduate student, he saw this beautiful, slightly aloof junior fellow student, and his heart started beating rapidly almost instantly. He knew it was a sudden, yet expected, heartbeat.
Just being moved was not enough. He couldn't help but get closer to Zhou Yang. The closer he got to him, the more he liked him and the more fascinated he became by him.
He didn't confess because he had never heard that Zhou Yang liked boys. He was worried that it would scare Zhou Yang and then they wouldn't even be able to be friends.
During his graduate studies, Zhou Yang was committed to completing his studies, and with his part-time job, he had very little free time.
He Yan wanted to boil the frog in warm water, but Zhou Yang suddenly decided to return to China after graduation. He had no choice but to hide his love in his heart. He got his doctorate degree in advance, which he could only get next year, and planned to return to China to slowly pursue Zhou Yang.
He had thought it through and was confident that although there were many people who were better than him, they were not too many and Zhou Yang would not just happen to meet them. Moreover, they liked Zhou Yang as much as he did and could make Zhou Yang like him.
After spending several years with Zhou Yang, he had long realized that although he looked gentle and easy to get along with, he was actually very cold and did not trust others easily.
In just six months, he didn't believe that anyone could get into his heart.
But reality slapped him hard in the face. He didn't expect that after just half a year, Zhou Yang would be with another man, a man who was as good-looking, tall, and well-off as him.
He Yan felt as uncomfortable as if a stick was twirling in his heart. His pride would not allow him to be a third party, but he was unwilling to do so. He was unwilling to just withdraw from Zhou Yang's life and be his only friend and fellow apprentice.
"Just... suddenly..."
Zhou Yang's face flushed slightly, clearly a bit shy. His senior brother, also Chinese, was gentle and considerate, and it was he who had helped him out of his shell. They had a good relationship; he took good care of him and was the person he was most willing to talk to.
He had never spoken about his sexual orientation, as he was worried that his seniors would look at him strangely. So, when he introduced Lin Qiyuan to them, he felt a little nervous, just like when he was taking his partner to meet his parents, afraid that the parents would not approve of his boyfriend.
He Yan saw through Zhou Yang's thoughts immediately, and a bitter feeling spread in his heart, and he smiled self-deprecatingly. He didn't want to find out how Zhou Yang got together with his boyfriend. With Zhou Yang's personality, she would just passively accept it.
He only blamed himself for being too late and letting someone else get there first.
"Brother, I heard from the professor that you're almost graduating! That's amazing!" Zhou Yang truly admired this senior. He considered himself quite talented, but He Yan was no less talented than him, and was even more suited to being a game designer. Doctoral students in this field rarely graduated in three years, but He Yan had managed to compress it to two and a half years. It wasn't an exaggeration to call him a prodigy.
He Yan’s graduation matters had not actually been completely dealt with yet, and he had originally planned to come back a month after everything was done.
But Zhou Yang suddenly got into trouble. In addition to helping Zhou Yang, Professor Steafy also accepted invitations from several domestic universities to hold lectures and forums. He Yan couldn't help it, so he followed Steafy back in advance and became Steafy's assistant.
"There's still a little bit of finishing work to do." He Yan looked into his eyes gently.
"So after you graduate, are you going back to your country or staying in country Y? I remember Aut from country M contacted you last year."
Talented designers are very popular, and with the title of Professor Steafy's disciple, they can already dominate the gaming industry.
Therefore, before Zhou Yang and He Yan graduated, many large Western companies had already contacted them.
Zhou Yang had already decided to return to China, so he didn't pay much attention to these things.
But he never knew what He Yan was thinking, and he was not the kind of person who liked to pry into other people's privacy, so he never asked.
"Let's go back to China. There are people I care about back home." He Yan took a sip of water. "How about I help you?"
"Huh?" Zhou Yang was stunned. He was frightened. It wasn't that he didn't want to do it. In his opinion, the studio was already established, and he couldn't give him a lot of shares. It was really a waste of He Yan's talent to help him.
"It would be great if Senior Brother could come, but..."
"I'm just kidding." He Yan smiled, "Have you forgotten what my family does?"
"Is it... An Xia?"
To be precise, it is not Anxia, but a subsidiary of Anxia.
Zhou Yang then remembered that He Yan had mentioned that he was the son of a vice president of An Xia, and his family held a 25% stake, which was second only to the chairman's shares.
His father separated a subsidiary company from Anxia three years ago. The company has been developing rapidly, but the position of director has been vacant. I think it was prepared for Wei Yan.
"What I said to Yangyang back then about asking you to come and help me is still valid. Your studio can be merged with my company..."
"Thank you, brother, but I still can't."
To be fair, merging the studio into He Yan's company would have no disadvantages other than a slight dilution of shares. Obviously, He Yan would not treat him unfairly.
With An Xia as his backer, he had access to resources that were far beyond what his current small studio could match. Even in the long run, with He Yan around, Zhou Yang could completely be a hands-off manager, and the company would surely thrive, allowing him to just sit back and count the money.
However, he still did not want to live a life that was too comfortable, nor did he want to abandon Song Xuhong and others who had fought alongside him from the beginning.
He Yan didn't force him and changed the subject. The two chatted for a while, and then Lin Qiyuan came to pick them up for dinner.
Perhaps it was because they were destined to meet on a narrow road. Just as they were about to enter a roast duck restaurant, they happened to run into Zhang Mingfeng walking out with someone.
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