In the previous life, the IF line was cultivated

Ning Chen had never seen Xie Tingyun angry. He stared at Xie Tingyun's slightly cold profile all the way, and said in a low voice with some surprise: "Are you really angry? I didn't expect you to actually fly back directly."

After all, when he hung up the phone, Xie Tingyun's expression and tone were quite normal, and he didn't seem to have any intention of flying back.

Xie Tingyun said: "Yeah. I'm really angry this time."

Ning Chen: “…”

Quite frank.

As he spoke, Xie Tingyun went down to the underground garage and stuffed him into the passenger seat amid Ning's silent protests.

Ning Chen touched his nose and said, "I just have a stomachache occasionally. I'm not paralyzed or disabled. I don't feel anything after walking out for a while. I don't need a little kid like you to drive the car."

Xie Tingyun drove out calmly, his tone was calm and there was no sign of abnormality. "Yes, not really."

And then there is nothing else.

Ning Shen was amused.

Xie Tingyun bought some vegetables on the way and put them in the kitchen after returning home. He first made a cup of hawthorn tea for Ning Chen.

It's warm and tastes sour and sweet, much better than just drinking warm boiled water.

It's just half a cup, to whet your appetite. If he wants more, Xie Tingyun won't give him any more.

Ning Chen bit the wall of the cup and slid to the kitchen. He came to Xie Tingyun's side, cleared his throat, and said, "When are we leaving this time?"

Today is only Thursday, and Xie Tingyun came back so suddenly. I guess he has classes. I felt it was a waste to come back just to watch him eat.

Xie Tingyun put the ingredients into the pot, adjusted the heat, washed his hands and dried them. Hearing Ning Shen's question, he raised his eyes and glanced at him.

Then Xie Tingyun came over and hugged Ning Chen silently.

Ning Chen was stunned for a moment, then raised his arm and put it around Xie Tingyun's shoulders. He couldn't help but chuckle and said, "How old are you? Do you still want to hold me?"

Xie Tingyun leaned on his shoulder, his eyes fixed on a certain point in the void. After a while, he said softly, "It should be possible to stay for a week."

He is a junior and has few textbooks, so he asked his roommates to sign in and they managed to find a week's worth of time to study.

After that, Xie Tingyun lowered his eyes, his tone still calm, but if you listened carefully, you could hear a hint of unspeakable emotions, "You're looking forward to my leaving as soon as I got home."

Ning Chen sighed and said, "How could that be possible! I asked you this question just to see if you came back just to scold me and then run away."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Xie Tingyun was both angry and amused. He let the man go and went back to the kitchen to check the heat.

Ning Shen came over and whispered in his ear, as if chatting, about the little cat that chased him and scolded him for two blocks on the way home, and now when it saw him, it would come up to him and arrogantly ask for sausage.

He said that there was a bit of a mess at home, and he would move the expensive clothes on the sofa back to his room later, so there was no need for Xie Ting Yunlai to do it personally.

He said that when Xie Tingyun was there, the spicy hotpot restaurant that he often ordered from has closed down, and it’s a pity that he can’t eat there anymore.

Xie Tingyun just listened to Ning Chen chatting so leisurely, and his eyes unconsciously narrowed.

Some thoughts that had been suppressed in my heart could not help but come out.

He wanted to be with Ning Chen, and watch him get bumped by a cat for food on his way home from get off work. He wanted to stare at Ning Chen, watch him eat well, explore his taste preferences, and invade and occupy Ning Chen's life bit by bit.

Xie Tingyun knew that he was greedy.

This person apparently looks independent and calm. In the business world, he can make the entire meeting so quiet that you can hear a pin drop just by raising his eyelids. But who knows that he is actually very relaxed and leisurely in private. He is picky about food every day, and it’s okay if he is picky, the key is that he still loves to eat. It’s okay if he loves to eat, the key is that he has irregular meals, tormenting his stomach every day, and he doesn’t let anyone say anything about him.

God knows what Xie Tingyun was feeling when Ning Chen's lips turned white in the WeChat video where her beauty whitening function was exposed.

The disobedient person should be locked up so that only you can see and touch him, like a precious canary, and you should present everything you can give him to him...

Xie Tingyun suddenly came to his senses and cursed himself in his heart.

What do you mean by locking him up and keeping him as a pet? He is really a torturer.

Besides, Ning Chen is not a canary. He is an eagle soaring in the sky with strong and full wings. How could he be willing to be imprisoned in a golden cage?

Xie Tingyun hurriedly lowered his eyes, pushed Ning Chen out of the kitchen, and asked him to get the dishes and chopsticks.

Ning Chen didn't have to do anything but sit and wait for food, which made him very happy.

Xie Tingyun's cooking skills have improved a lot compared to the beginning. Every dish he makes is delicious and tasty. Although they look like the type of light dishes that Ning Shen would never touch, they taste surprisingly good when he actually eats them.

Ning Chen finished eating and went to clean up the dishes, but was stopped by Xie Tingyun: "Go and have a rest."

Ning Chen refused to give in, and Xie Tingyun had no choice but to help him clean the table and the kitchen.

After they finished their work and took a comfortable bath, they curled up in the bedroom to play games.

While Xie Tingyun was waiting for the game to start, he saw a couple across from him. A pink couple logo was hung next to their game IDs, as if announcing their relationship to the world.

Xie Tingyun lowered his eyes, touched the game character controlled by Ning Chen with his fingertips, and asked casually, "Brother, you haven't met someone you like in all these years?"

Ning Chen controlled the character to rush to the wild area and said casually, "No."

Xie Tingyun pursed his lips and said, "You don't feel anything?"

Ning Shen paused for a moment, and instead of answering, he asked, "Why are you asking this all of a sudden? Do you have someone you like?"

Xie Tingyun shook his head and said, "No. I'm just asking, nothing else."

The topic between the two of them fell silent, with only the sound of the game playing outside lingering for a long time.

When the group was facing each other, Ning Chen chiseled the crystal on the other side and said, "Do you want me to find you a sister-in-law?"

Xie Tingyun paused subtly, not daring to say that he wanted to take the top position, so he could only answer, "As long as you like it."

Ning Chen laughed.

What’s the difference between this and “Just be happy and don’t worry about my life or death”?

There is no difference.

Ning Chen just thought Xie Tingyun was afraid that he would become an outsider in this family in the future, so he comforted him, "Don't worry. I never planned to get married. Isn't it good to be free and easy on my own? I don't even need to worry about my old age."

Xie Tingyun said "oh" and didn't continue the topic.

The next day, since Xie Tingyun rarely came back, Ning Chen did not go out to work, but worked at home and slept soundly at home until eight o'clock.

He was processing work emails while eating breakfast. When Xie Tingyun was not around, Ning Chen would simply skip breakfast because he didn't want to think about what to eat. But when Xie Tingyun was at home, he could basically have three meals a day, and they all suited Ning Chen's taste.

Ning Chen sometimes wondered how this kid knew his taste so well, even though Ning Chen had never mentioned it to Xie Tingyun.

In the afternoon, Ning Chen returned to the company. Xie Tingyun had nothing to do at home, so he followed him.

Before entering the company, they ran into a man in a silver-gray suit. He was waiting at the company door. He waved at the two of them from a distance and smiled, "President Ning."

When that person saw that Ning Chen was followed by a young man in a beige sweater, his smile deepened.

Ning Chen nodded politely and said, "Mr. Wei."

Ning Chen raised his eyes to recognize him at the beginning, and never looked at General Wei again. He said to Xie Tingyun: "My friend, Wei Lian. We met in a fight when we were young."

They used to be good fighting buddies, and later they got rich together and formed a partnership to make money, and their relationship has always been good.

Xie Tingyun smiled at him as he passed by and said in a gentle voice, "President Wei."

Wei Lian instinctively wanted to raise his hand to grab Ning Chen's shoulder, but was almost kicked away by Ning Chen, "Don't move your hands or feet."

Wei Lian: “…”

He glanced at Xie Tingyun, who was holding a cup of warm water and hiding in the rest room, and asked in a low voice, "Your son who is still in college?"

Ning Chen really kicked him this time: "Get lost, show some respect."

When Wei Lian was in his early twenties, he and Ning Chen were both the thorns among thorns. The relationship between the two of them was very close for so many years, and they could not get close to each other. "Well, well, that little guy you picked up has grown up so much. I have to say, he is really a beautiful girl in the wind."

Ning Chen raised his eyelids and glanced at him coldly, with a warning in his tone: "If you like to play, then play. I can't control you. If you dare to hit on him, you will die."

"..." Wei Lian raised his hands in surrender and begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, okay, okay, he is still a brother after all. No matter what, I will never have any plans against him. Don't worry."

There are some things that Wei Lian will not touch based on principles. He has known Ning Chen's temper very well over the years. This is probably someone that Ning Chen really cherishes and dotes on, otherwise Ning Chen would not have this attitude.

It's like protecting something.

Wei Lian happened to have a project to discuss with Ning Chen, so the two of them finished talking about the business first.

After the chat, Wei Lian thought of the young ladies he had introduced to him before, so he asked, "Hey, Ning Chen, what do you think of the marriage I introduced to you last time?"

Ning Chen said expressionlessly: "It's broken. Next time, block me if you do that."

Wei Lian: “…”

Wei Lian was a little confused: "No, why did it break again? How did it break?"

Ning Chen: "I said I like men, that's all."

Wei Lian: “…………”

Xie Tingyun's hands suddenly curled up.

Wei Lian was dumbfounded for a while, then comforted her: "It's okay, it's okay to like men. There are several well-known wealthy heirs who are also male in sexual orientation. I will give you a push when the time comes."

"I told you," Ning Chen said emphatically, "If you keep pushing me, I will block you."

This time it was Wei Lian's turn to be puzzled: "Why? Aren't you short of money? Although you have a bad background, your current conditions are not bad. Those rich daughters seem to really like you, otherwise they would have been stuck with your background and would never have found me to help them."

In their upper-class circles, marriage is the easiest way to move up the social ladder. If Ning Chen had money, he wouldn't have to start a business after earning enough money for retirement.

Ning Chen was indifferent: "I don't like it."

Wei Lian: "The heir to a wealthy family..."

Ning Chen interrupted: "I don't like it either."

Wei Lian: "How do you know if you don't try?"

Ning Chen said expressionlessly: "Then I am straight."

Wei Lian: “You can break it.”

Ning Chen: "Get lost."

Wei Lian sighed: "Young Master, you are so hard to please."

Ning Chen had nothing to say to those who were obsessed with marriage: "I just want to raise a child. I don't want to be so short of money that I have to sell myself. Can you be more normal?"

What's more, Xie Tingyun is now completely financially independent and doesn't need him at all.

"Okay." Wei Lian seemed to have finally given up the idea of ​​shoving someone in his way. "Then if you two have any problems, come to me. We're brothers after all, and I'll help you in any way I can."

"Can."

Ning Shen finally looked relieved.

Inside the cubicle, Xie Tingyun lowered his eyes, considered again and again, and finally posted a message asking for help.

The post was very brief: "Help, how can I pursue someone I've liked for a long time?"

His private account is often used for relaxation. Netizens who have followed this account always comment and call him a coward because he has not taken any action towards the person he has a crush on for several years.

Xie Tingyun had no way to refute it; he was indeed a coward.

But...he suddenly didn't want to be a coward anymore.

Xie Tingyun realized that he must be special to Ning Chen.

Ning Shen was always polite but distant to others. He would never pick grapes from someone's hand, would not feel happy because someone flew back to see him without saying hello, would not tell anyone else about the kitten that chased him across two blocks and scolded him when they first met him, and would not justify himself for staying in bed on days when he did not have to go to work.

Although this was most likely because Ning Chen only treated him as a child or a younger brother he raised, Xie Tingyun had been content with this identity for a very long time.

Although it was hard to admit it, Xie Tingyun still had to admit that in addition to this identity, deep down in his heart he had always coveted something beyond this identity.

He is a greedy, cowardly little kid.

When the day comes when cowardice can no longer suppress greed, Lian Xie Tingyun himself is looking forward to the ending.

There are only two possible outcomes after confessing.

One, Ning Chen can really accept his pursuit.

The other possibility is that Ning Shen cannot accept it and just thinks he is disgusting, and from then on they become enemies and have nothing to do with each other.

When he thought of the second possibility, Xie Tingyun fell silent.

…The cost is too high, too high.

But...Xie Tingyun was still unwilling.

Xie Tingyun would never be willing to accept this if he never said it out loud.

Besides, he was not completely unsure.

Xie Tingyun came out of the cubicle, walked behind Ning Chen, bravely hooked Ning Chen's neck from behind, and whispered, "Brother."

Ning Chen had experienced the shadow brought by Wei Lian, and now he felt pleasing to the eye when he saw Xie Tingyun's face, so he raised his hand and pinched Xie Tingyun's face, then said in a slow voice, "Are you tired? Do you want to go home?"

Such intimacy seemed to be stolen by Xie Tingyun, and he was both happy and shocked.

Xie Tingyun shook his head. Perhaps this closeness gave him courage, so he lowered his head and rubbed Ning Shen's cheek, and said softly, "Not tired."

Ning Shen unconsciously relaxed a lot. This kind of rubbing and sticking action obviously helped Ning Shen a lot, just like a pet cat sticking and rubbing against him for nothing, which made him feel relaxed and happy.

Xie Tingyun recalled the methods of pursuing someone that he had read two or three times in the post just now, but some words still could not be said.

Xie Tingyun sighed. Some things really need to be done slowly.

Ning Chen imitated Xie Tingyun and rubbed his cheeks. He asked lazily, "What's wrong?"

Xie Tingyun thought for a moment, and asked in this posture: "Can I take a look at the marriage candidates that President Wei recommended to you?"

Ning paused.

Then he asked calmly, "What's wrong? Are you interested in them?"

Xie Tingyun hesitated, "Not really. I just want to see who are the people chasing you."

After all, whether in terms of family background or resources and finances, Xie Tingyun believed that he was definitely not as good as the marriages that Wei Lian had recommended to Ning Chen.

Ning Chen could even reject those people, so why would she accept him?

Ning Chen couldn't sit still when he heard that Xie Tingyun wanted to inquire about these things: "What do you want to do? Don't listen to Wei Lian's nonsense. You are financially independent and I am not short of money. I don't need you to get in touch with them to make money for me."

Xie Tingyun was silent for a moment, then smiled: "Are you worried about me? I'm not. I know you don't need it, and I don't have that idea either."

Unfortunately, Ning Chen had already figured out Xie Tingyun's character. This guy always reported good news but not bad news, liked to hide his efforts, and was determined to be independent on his own, as if Hua Ningchen was being kept as long as he had a little money.

Therefore, Ning Chen had learned to filter Xie Tingyun's words through several layers before listening, and automatically filtered out the last few sentences. He said doubtfully: "No, if you don't have that idea, then do you have someone you like? What do you like about them? A marriage between wealthy families is not as simple as you think. Do you really want to..."

Xie Tingyun looked at Ning Chen who seemed to be stressed, and he stopped him with his hands, feeling a little amused and helpless: "Wait... wait! Brother, can't you just trust me for once? I'm really just asking, I'm just an ordinary person, those people are too far away from me, I really don't have any ideas, and it's not that serious. And..."

"I, I like you, not them." Xie Tingyun said in a low voice.

Ning Chen was completely relieved when he heard that Xie Tingyun didn't like them. "I thought so. It's good that he didn't like them. It's good that he didn't like them."

Ning calmly turned his head and met Xie Tingyun's silently lowered eyes.

Xie Tingyun seemed a little nervous, his long eyelashes fluttering. He cleared his throat, trying not to look so out of control: "What, what's wrong? Didn't you hear clearly? Do you want me to say it again?"

At this moment, Xie Tingyun suddenly fell into a strange sense of security.

That's what he said.

It's a natural thing, as if it should be this way.

Ning Chen was stunned for a while, pointed at himself and said, "...Me?"

Xie Tingyun nodded and said softly, "Brother."

After calling him brother, Xie Tingyun realized something was wrong, so he changed his name to "Ning Chen."

"I know this request may be a little abrupt and offensive, but I still want you to listen to it first... Can I pursue you?"

"If not, I'll come back and ask tomorrow."