old enemy riding a bamboo horse

Chapter 74

Don't mention the past

Life has been stormy

The annual meeting at the headquarters is a rare time for the group to relax in a year. In addition to inviting a few celebrity businessmen to help out, all departments are working hard to prepare the program. The public relations department is comparable to the hot singing and dancing of Korean girl groups. It was highly anticipated two weeks ago.

There are also a lot of female generals in the marketing department, but they can't catch up with others, so they can only take the classical route, gather together a few beauties who can play musical instruments, and create a repertoire.

As a result, the girls in the administration department were read and recited by the minister, and they had to rack their brains to come up with a show after being busy with work, and then passed their anger on to the men in the department, scolding them why they didn't perform chest crushing.

The men in the administration department have also gone through many trials, and they calmly replied that everyone would definitely want to see a beautiful woman with a big stone on her chest. Everyone almost quarreled with each other. Yan Siqi happened to pass by and had to come forward to mediate. In the end, he was also pulled in by them. Round them up.

Everyone decided to split the male and female half, and together with the chief special assistant Yan Siqi, there will be a joint singing of nostalgic hits. With Assistant Yan leading the lineup, I don't believe that I can't do the beautiful legs of the public relations department.

Lu Henglin, who was sitting in the best viewing position, had no intention of enjoying any programs at all.

Ever since Xia Chengqi's schedule for a business trip to deal with some problems in the overseas project department was confirmed, he fell into a restless struggle.

The evidence listed by Jiang Yuan, the dispute between Xia Chengqi and his ex-boyfriend, each and every one of them stuck in his heart like a poisonous thorn, making him restless day and night.

But more than these, is the urge to follow your inner intuition.

He still wants to hold on to the man who, despite being cynic and sarcastic, will accompany him to recover, gently feed himself medicine when he is sick, peel oranges for himself, protect himself from alcohol at the banquet after negotiations, and help him grasp the source of stars every night. Xia Chengqi who even baked cookies for himself.

Even if the reality is so clear, he still wants to cover his eyes and act emotionally.

Even if Xia Chengqi had done those things before, he himself exiled Xia Chengqi to suffer so much in those desolate countries, and even made him almost die in another country.How could he take advantage of this opportunity now to make the same choice again in order to regain his rights?

He turned his head quietly, Xia Chengqi watched the show on stage unconsciously, with a calm expression, neither joy nor impatience.

I don't know if it's because of his guilty conscience, since Jiang Yuan started this action, the relationship between them has gradually become alienated, sometimes looking at Xia Chengqi, he would suddenly wonder if he already knew the truth, but he was so calm , so indifferent.

After becoming an adult, I can no longer hesitate to say, can we get back together?

He missed so much time when he was young, and now he has no chance to speak again.

When Yan Siqi came to the stage, cheers erupted from the audience. Just after singing "A Thousand Rivers and Thousand Mountains Are Always Love", "A Thousand Thousand Que Songs" and "I Like You", the nostalgic golden songs made the atmosphere lively for a while, and even triggered a nationwide The occasion sang, and now that Assistant Lian Yan is also on stage in person, everyone is looking forward to it.

Lu Henglin came back to his senses, saw that Yan Siqi was wearing a white suit and had a hairstyle that looked like a Hong Kong and Taiwan star in the 80s, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The melodious prelude of the violin made his heart tighten suddenly, feeling familiar and sad.

He couldn't help turning his head to look at Xia Chengqi again, but saw that the other person lowered his head slightly, his eyes were lowered, he didn't know what he was thinking, and an inexplicable emotion flowed like water on his side face, which made him feel that this person was immersed in the atmosphere of sad memories Here, farther and farther away from oneself.

He turned his head, tried to calm down the sharp and throbbing unknown emotions in his heart, took a deep breath, and Yan Siqi on the stage was still singing affectionately.

"I love you so clearly

what a strong faith

how warm i love you

what a brave force

I don't care how hurt my heart is, no matter how flustered my love is

no matter what others think

love is a belief

Take me to your side..."

His heart throbbed again, and Lu Henglin couldn't figure out why. It was as if an indistinguishable sporadic fragment was accidentally left behind in the memory of the past, and the edges and corners were in the softest corner of his heart.

He couldn't think clearly, couldn't remember anything, but felt the pain so much that he wanted to press his hands on his heart.

He remembered the story Xia Chengqi told, just like the old Baba Ayub, he would occasionally hear the ringing of the soul's bell at the moment of silence in his later life, but he could no longer tell the difference mean something.

At that moment, there would always be a wave, like the tail end of a bitter dream, sweeping across his body, and every time it was like an unexpected gust of wind, which shocked him.

But then it too will pass, and like everything, the past is the past.

The Xia Chengqi that he kept in his heart has long been, his past.

It was almost twelve o'clock after the lively annual meeting. Lu Henglin and Xia Chengqi drove back to Lu's house together. Xia Chengqi seemed to be tired and closed his eyes during the whole process, trying to gather energy for the next day's business trip, so they never said a word .

When Lu Henglin was lying on the bed, he was still tossing and turning and couldn't sleep. He could only get up and take a sleeping pill, and then lay back down, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

At the end of his speech, everyone was applauding, and the scene was very enthusiastic, but he only saw Xia Chengqi stand up slowly, turn around and leave.

All the people smiled sincerely or falsely, applauded without hesitation, and immersed in the jubilant atmosphere of the annual meeting, all of them became a bustling and meaningless background.Only the back that is gradually going away is so clear, tall and thin, with a straight back, although the owner of the back is strong and dangerous, but at this moment he sees boundless loneliness and loneliness.

It was like, after leaving his life, the rest of his life was irrelevant.

Like him, Xia Chengqi wandered alone in this world. They were originally the closest people, but one day they came to the current stranger.

At a certain moment, Lu Henglin wanted to stop him, and apologize for the moment when he failed to bow his head to make peace with him in the past, hoping to be forgiven, and hoping that they could go back to the beginning.

But it was too late.

His eyelids were gradually getting heavy, and the biggest plan had already started, but he didn't feel nervous, he just felt sad, as if there was something most important that he had already given up on.

Early the next morning, Xia Chengqi went to country G on a business trip to deal with emergencies.

And he returned to Xingyuan according to the plan with Jiang Yuan, held a meeting to announce that the previous power of attorney was invalid, Xia Chengqi's acting term ended, and he would continue to be at the helm of Xingyuan.

At the same time, Mr. Mu has long been prepared to help him deal with Xie Qing according to his promise.

But after that, everything was calm and he returned to the position of president smoothly. Xie Qing didn't have any doubts, and Xia Chengqi didn't take any action either.

He even found that when Xia Chengqi was on a business trip, he had already taken away all the things he had brought, as if he was prepared not to come back.

Unreasonable sadness welled up from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help thinking that maybe Xia Chengqi's purpose of coming back was simpler than everyone expected, just to lend a helping hand when he was in trouble, and to see him when he didn't need it anymore. Seeing that everyone was secretly planning something, he left gracefully and calmly without leaving any embarrassment behind.

However, these regrets are insignificant, and they are just moods that quickly disappear. He puts himself into busy work and soon forgets about it.

Without any suspense or twists and turns, Lu Henglin became the president of Xingyuan again.

Then, with the help of Jiang Yuan, he quickly mastered the operation of Xingyuan. In the next three years, he devoted himself to studying and increased his ability and experience at an astonishing rate. Xingyuan and him stood up again in a short time. to the top.

When he was young, he was in danger and succeeded the president. The next year, he had a dispute with his stepmother that caused serious turbulence within the group. He didn't recover from the defeat, but he regained his strength in a short period of time.

When he was nearly [-] years old, an accident happened, Xingyuan fell to the bottom again, and his power fell aside for a while. He also saved everything by himself, and it took him a few years to get himself to a higher position.

Lu Henglin eventually became a legend in people's eyes.

It seems that the greatest ups and downs in life have passed, and he has never encountered any difficulties comparable to this amnesia. His career is in an orderly state. At the age of 36, like most people, he is in the right place It is time to marry a suitable partner and form a complete family with the other party.

From acquaintance, dating, engagement to marriage, everything proceeded smoothly and in a patterned manner. It took a little over a year, neither tried nor rushed, and successfully completed all steps.

After he got married, he moved away from Lu Zhai because his wife was pregnant soon. Although the surrounding environment of Lu Zhai was good, it was still a bit out of the way. They chose to live in an urban area that was more suitable for their children's future education.

His whole life was full of regrets because of his father's indifference and fanatical pursuit of his career, so he didn't want to be such a father himself.After his daughter was born, he chose to slow down his career development, handed over his rights, and began to spend more time with his family.

The daughter is very cute, with a pair of talking deer eyes like her mother, so he gave her a nickname Xiaolu.Since she was still in her infancy, she had allocated time to take care of her every day, so Xiao Lu had a very close relationship with him. Occasionally, he would be entangled with him when he returned from a business trip for a few days and could not be separated for a moment.

He likes his daughter chasing after him, "Dad", "Dad" acting like a baby, he will happily hug her up, lift her up and spin around to make her happy.

Lu Henglin feels that all the happiness in life is probably nothing more than this, and he is not asking for more.He once regretted his lost memory, but now he finally accepts it and no longer dwells on the unknowns of the past.

In midsummer when Xiao Lu was four years old, he decided to clean up the Lu residence that hadn't been lived in for a long time. Xiao Lu couldn't bear to leave his father for too long, so he took the little sticky man with him.

He was busy arranging his things all afternoon, but when he got to the study, he found that the little princess had piled up his books on the ground, stacking them into a high hill to climb up to get the book he thought was the best.

Lu Henglin watched her tremblingly holding his hardcover hardcover original document, so he had to help her hold it with a helpless smile, and then he picked up the little princess with one hand, put her on the chair and sat down, and handed the book she was thinking of to her. give her.

"Do you understand?" Lu Henglin looked at his daughter dotingly.

Xiao Lu ignored him, turned the pages of the book, suddenly raised his head and pointed at a photo in the book with a smile, and said crisply, "Dad—"

"Baby." Lu Henglin looked at her and smiled.

"Father!" Seeing that Lu Henglin didn't understand, Xiao Lu stubbornly pointed at the photo again.

Only then did Lu Henglin notice that there was a photo in the book, and he picked it up casually.

At that moment, my heart felt like a tsunami was coming without warning, and the overwhelming waves swept all the memories hidden in a certain corner of my mind, unexpectedly, and there was nowhere to escape.

In front of the statue in the library of Columbia University, he was wearing a bachelor's uniform, and Xia Chengqi, who was young at that time, was standing beside him in a white shirt, smiling brightly, and he was turning his face to kiss him, even though his eyelashes were slightly lowered , can't hide those gushing love.

He finally remembered the person he had forgotten and loved deeply.

The other owner of many items belonging to two people in that apartment in New York, who had made a lifelong promise to himself in the little church on the island before they were mature enough to each other.

He had the most splendid and beautiful years of this person's life, and then gave him deep scars, missed him, and separated the vast sea of ​​people and the infinite past from now on.

He once came back to him desperately in his most difficult time, but he had forgotten everything, suspicion and anxiety finally made him miss again.

The boy who belonged only to him had really gone through all kinds of hardships and dangers, and returned to him through the vast sea of ​​people, overcoming obstacles for him, and blocking all injuries for him.

But he forgot, did not recognize him.

He tried to think back to the day Xia Chengqi left many years ago, they didn't even have the last parting hug, no goodbye, no reluctance, no meeting, Xia Chengqi closed his eyes in the car after the annual meeting, it was him about him, final impressions.

It turned out that fate had reminded him that when "Faith" was sung again, the most worthy person was sitting beside him.

Lu Henglin slowly sat on the floor, trembling and touching the photo, his fingers lightly traced Xia Chengqi's face, that youthful and loving face.

I wanted to smile, but tears filled my eyes first.

He finally remembered the love of his life.

However, it was so late.

At this moment, half of life is over, wrinkles have already climbed up the corners of the eyes, all the good times have been wasted, and they have not seen each other for nearly ten years.

Not long after that year, Xia Chengqi left Xingyuan, and when he got married, he sent a blessing from the distant Arctic Ocean.

And he spent these years quietly like this, finally reconciled with fate in the inexplicable regret, had his own family, and had a lovely daughter, thinking that this was his ultimate happiness.

All the regrets and regrets about them are finally over.

"Daddy is crying." Xiaolu threw herself into his arms obediently, and wiped away his tears with her delicate hands, "I won't tell mom that you kissed someone else."

Lu Henglin pursed his lips and gave his daughter an outrageous smile, then buried his face in his little embrace, letting the tears spread freely.