Chapter 97 Video
"We haven't seen him for almost four years, right? Bian Qi is acting weird now. When he came to find me, he had something like a compass hanging around his waist. He said he had to go back to the mountains after finishing his business, but he didn't say what it was." Lu Ze began to mutter.
"Wait a minute, you two met again?" Su Qingyan felt that this was a bit unbelievable. How could it be such a coincidence that he dreamed of the missing person as soon as he returned.
"It's very magical. On the first day of the new year, early in the morning before dawn, I went to the mountain behind my house to paint the sunrise. As soon as the sun rose, he appeared in front of me." Lu Ze said excitedly.
"This is a bit..." Su Qingyan frowned as he listened to Lu Ze's increasingly bizarre experience.
"Was it really close? I was scared to death when I saw him." Lu Ze became more and more excited as he spoke, almost jumping onto the bed.
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Su Qingyan pushed Lu Ze away and asked him to stay away from her.
"Bian Qi wouldn't let me. He said he had to wait for you—um... he wouldn't let me say it..." Lu Ze suddenly stopped talking.
"You're sick..." Su Qingyan said, then took out his cell phone, found Bian Qi's profile picture in the address book, and clicked on the video call.
Unexpectedly, the video was connected so quickly.
"Boss Su, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
The young man on the screen has a handsome face, revealing a kind of tranquility and aloofness that transcends the world. His eyes are deep and bright, and the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, as if with a faint smile, as if he is mocking the turmoil and vanity of this world.
"Where...where is your hair?!" Su Qingyan asked in surprise after seeing Bian Qi's bald head.
"I shaved it." Bian Qi turned the camera and let Su Qingyan see the environment around him.
"You're still in the mountains? Didn't Lu Ze say you were back in Mincheng?"
"It's not like Mincheng doesn't have mountains," Bian Qi pointed the camera at himself again, "Qingyan, are you still in the hospital?"
"Master, can you tell me when I can be discharged from the hospital?" Su Qingyan still couldn't accept Bian Qi's change for a while, and held the phone far away.
"Mr. Su, you are so insincere. Can I calculate it for you in the video?" Bian Qi said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, even if you think I'm wrong, I doubt you. Let's get together after I'm discharged from the hospital."
"You are still too young and not enlightened. There is no rush." Bian Qi did not respond to Su Qingyan's invitation.
"It's so difficult to invite you now that you've become a master? Aren't you supposed to save all living beings? You went to find Lu Ze and didn't even think of coming to see me. Why are you treating me differently?" Su Qingyan pouted.
"Mr. Su, were you acting like a spoiled child to me just now?" Bian Qi said jokingly, seeing his expression.
After hearing this, Su Qingyan waved his fist threateningly at Bian Qi.
Bian Qi felt that Su Qingyan and Lu Ze were like children who had not grown up. He sighed and said in a coaxing tone that he would go to the hospital to see him tomorrow.
At the research institute, Zhou Cheng was in a state of panic. This wasn't his primary area of expertise, and now trying to get the data in a short period of time was even more challenging.
After working from noon to midnight, Zhou Cheng emerged with a heavy expression on his face. He pulled a can of iced coffee from the lounge's mini-fridge. Unscrewing the lid, he pulled out his phone to check for any important messages. Then, he saw a video file from an unknown number. At first, he thought it was spam, but then something felt off, so he clicked on it out of curiosity.
It was a surveillance video from an elevator. Inside the cabin, a man and woman were hugging each other tightly. Their figures were a little blurry in the dim light, yet they held an indescribable ambiguity. At first, the woman struggled slightly, but eventually gave up, allowing the man to hold her tighter. Then, he lowered his head and eagerly kissed her on the lips.
Zhou Cheng was just about to close this boring harassment video when the camera suddenly switched to the hotel corridor, and this time the protagonists turned out to be two men.
Zhou Cheng frowned and looked at the familiar figure. Only then did he realize that Su Qingyan was the protagonist in the video.
The entire video is spliced together from segments, most of which are surveillance videos, with a total length of about 3 minutes.
Zhou Cheng fast-forwarded through the video with a stern face, then stood up, changed his clothes, and walked out of the institute.
The winter night was extremely cold, but Zhou Cheng had no time to feel it. He was in a complicated mood, but not completely angry, because he knew that he could not control Su Qingyan's past, but the reality was laid out in front of him, and he could not remain indifferent.
After starting the car, he sat with his arms on the steering wheel for a long time, so long that the armed police came and knocked on the car window and asked him if he needed any help.
Zhou Cheng rolled down the car window and apologized to the armed police, saying that he just wanted to rest for a while and that there was nothing wrong, and then drove to the hospital.
But halfway through the drive, he felt that what he was doing was really meaningless. What would happen if he went to find Su Qingyan, woke him up, and then gave him a lesson on self-respect and self-love?
Zhou Cheng immediately turned the car around and headed back to the institute. Downstairs, he lit up cigarette after cigarette butt, and soon the butts piled up. Only after he had completely calmed down did he reenter the institute.
However, he had to admit that he was still affected by the video. He had already encountered considerable obstacles, and now he was even more at a loss. After staying up all night, he still couldn't figure out anything.
After resting for a while, he still felt that he could not go against his inner thoughts, so he set out again to find Su Qingyan.
Bian Qi came to the hospital early the next morning. Although he didn't dress so exaggeratedly as to wear a monk's robe, his shiny bald head was eye-catching enough.
"Your head...hahahaha, Bian Qi, I didn't mean to laugh at you, I really couldn't help it..."
When Su Qingyan saw Bian Qi's dazzling head like a light bulb, he couldn't help laughing and even reached out to touch it.
"Stop it." Bian Qi was helpless and dodged away.
"Are you serious? Are you going to completely abandon this colorful world?" Su Qingyan did not give up. He stood up to reach for it. After finally getting what he wanted, he smiled and sat back on the hospital bed.
Bian Qi's expression was still distant and cold. After looking at Su Qingyan for a few times, he sighed slightly in his heart.
"Master, please calculate for me when I will be discharged from the hospital." Seeing that he was not going to make trouble with him, Su Qingyan cleared his throat, straightened his clothes and asked.
"Very soon." Bian Qi replied immediately.
"Huh? Is it true? Are you kidding me?" Su Qingyan thought he would play a trick on her.
After that, Bian Qi did not answer any more questions about Su Qingyan's condition, nor did he say he was leaving. He chatted with Su Qingyan and Lu Ze in a haphazard manner, as if he was waiting for someone.
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