when the rose blooms again

Chapter 11

I don't know if it's because the company's fortune is good recently. The day after Lin Weiyan signed the contract with Shaochen Company, an old design company in this city came to discuss cooperation without warning.

The company attaches great importance to this cooperation, and still sends Lin Weiyan to discuss it.

I don't know if it's just a coincidence or the business circle in this city is very small, but Lin Weiyan happened to know the client who came here.

The client's surname is Ji, and he is the leader of future design.

If you count carefully, Future Design and Shao Chen's Huanyu Architecture started their fortunes at the same time. They can be regarded as old partners. The drafting team of Huanyu's first major project came from Future Design.

But Lin Weiyan knew Ji Yu because of another thing, because he was another protagonist who occupied the headlines of the major entertainment times with Shao Chen back then.

Ji Yu obviously also knew about Lin Weiyan, but the two of them tacitly agreed with each other and didn't talk about anything other than work.

Lin Weiyan made an appointment for dinner with Ji Yu, and after sending him away, he went on to do other things.

Ignoring Lin Weiyan's somewhat sinking expression, everything went smoothly until now. The only episode was that after Ji Yu left, Lin Weiyan received a call from Ji Yang.

Everyone in the whole department was terrified that day, because Mr. Lin accidentally broke a cup after answering the call.

In addition to Ji Yu, three subordinates came to the dinner at night, all four of them were massive, and Lin Weiyan also had four people, but only one assistant could barely follow along, so Lin Weiyan inevitably drank too much.

When the drinking party was about to end, Ji Yu was obviously drunk, and stopped talking about business, and started talking nonsense, even wanting to inquire about the personal relationship between Lin Weiyan and Shao Chen.

Lin Weiyan was already in a bad mood, so he glanced over at this moment, and said a few sarcastic words that he would never have said before, implying that Ji Yu was too lenient.

The assistant saw that Lin Weiyan was in a bad mood and came out to smooth things over.

"Boss Lin," the assistant said in a loud voice on purpose, "It happens to be working hours at the branch office, would you like to call back first?"

Lin Weiyan came back to his senses a little bit, hummed, excused me, and walked out with his mobile phone.

This floor is full of private rooms, the corridor is too quiet, only the occasional voices can be heard from the public smoking area at the end.

Lin Weiyan doesn't smoke, but sometimes he feels that nicotine will give people a sense of security, so he walked over there.

There was another person in the smoking area who was on the phone. Seeing Lin Weiyan coming over, he stood in politely.

This is a small space, only the size of the company's pantry, and a well-decorated sink is nailed to the wall next to the window.

Lin Weiyan lowered his head and leaned against the sink, and said to the person who just hung up the phone, "Sorry, can I have a cigarette?"

The person opposite was stunned for a moment, and handed him a cigarette. Lin Weiyan thanked him, and the person nodded and left.

Lin Weiyan pinched a cigarette with his fingertips, looked at it for a while without focusing his eyes, and then pinched it around his fingertips again.

"Weiyan." Lin Weiyan heard someone shouting.

Lin Weiyan didn't look up, he thought, he really drank too much, he just saw Ji Yu tonight, and now he heard Shao Chen's voice.

"Wei Yan." The voice appeared again.

Lin Weiyan paused for a while, and could no longer pretend not to hear, because he saw a pair of clean black leather shoes appearing on the floor.

Lin Weiyan looked up at Shao Chen and didn't speak for a while.

Since the last time I had dinner with Shao Chen's company, the two haven't seen each other for nearly a week.

"Drink too much?" Shao Chen came over and stood beside him, he paused when he saw the cigarette at his fingertips, and then pretended to move away casually.

Lin Weiyan shook his head, "It's okay."

Shao Chen didn't continue to ask, and fell silent.

After about five or six minutes, Lin Weiyan spoke.

"Dinner with Ji Yu tonight." He said abruptly.

Shao Chen was stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't reacted, he frowned, "Who?"

Lin Weiyan smiled, "Ji Yu, the future designer."

"Brother Shen should be very familiar with him." He said.

Shao Chen frowned, then shook his head, looked at Lin Weiyan, and said seriously, "Not familiar."

"Really?" Lin Weiyan chuckled, raised his finger and handed the cigarette to Shao Chen, "Can Brother Shen smoke?"

Shao Chen moved faster than he thought to take it, and the conditioned reflex generally said, "Yes."

Lin Weiyan nodded, "Show me."

Shao Chen didn't know why Lin Weiyan said that, but he always listened to what Lin Weiyan said.

There was a public lighter in the small box on the sink, Shao Chen took it out with his arm over Lin Weiyan, held the cigarette in his mouth, lit it.

The small space was suddenly occupied by a mild but strong smell of smoke. Lin Weiyan looked at Shao Chen's hand holding the cigarette and asked him, "What's the matter with the scar on your hand?"

Shao Chen was taken aback, and subconsciously took a look at the cigarette.

There is a scar about one centimeter on the tiger's mouth on the right hand. Because it was stitched at that time, it is a little raised, and it looks very serious.

Shao Chen collected himself, continued to smoke the half-burned cigarette, and said vaguely, "There was a small car accident before."

Lin Weiyan nodded without emotion, and asked Shao Chen, "How long ago?"

"It's been many years." Shao Chen's tone was somewhat evasive.

"Was it the year when I first went abroad?" Lin Weiyan's tone was not tough, but it was obvious that he had no intention of exposing this.

"No." Shao Chen subconsciously denied.

The cigarette was about to burn out, Shao Chen took it down and put it in the ashtray, his eyes dodged a little.

He didn't want to guess why Lin Weiyan didn't ask again.

Lin Weiyan looked at him and chuckled, "That's it."

During the day, he received a call from Ji Yang. Ji Yang seemed a little drunk and spoke a lot incoherently. The only thing Lin Weiyan remembered was "that car accident almost killed Shao Chen".

Shao Chen never mentioned the serious car accident to him. For so many years, he couldn't even find a word on the Internet.

If Ji Yang hadn't told him, he might never get an answer for the missing month.

But until now, Shao Chen still didn't explain, nor did he complain about those years, he just said, "It doesn't hurt, I've forgotten it."

"Why did you come today?" Lin Weiyan asked, "Do you know that I am eating here, or do you know who I invited?"

"Ji Yang said that you invited customers to dinner here today," Shao Chen said, "I didn't know you invited..."

As Shao Chen spoke, he suddenly stopped. He felt that he knew something belatedly.

"Weiyan," Shao Chen asked, "what did you hear?"

Lin Weiyan looked at him, and Shao Chen's Adam's apple twitched, "The year you went abroad, it was about me and Ji Yu."

Lin Weiyan still did not speak.

"Did you say," Shao Chen finished speaking with great difficulty, "that Master Ji and I..."

Before Shao Chen finished speaking, Lin Weiyan interrupted him, "It is said that Huanyu's top leader and Master Ji's good things are coming soon."

Shao Chen was stunned, and approached Lin Weiyan, "Do you believe it?"

Lin Weiyan turned his head away from him, the expression on his face said everything.

Of course I believed it.

"I only had dinner with him once." Shao Chen spoke quickly, explaining to him eagerly.

Lin Weiyan lost his composure for some reason because of this sentence.

He stared fixedly at Shao Chen, and asked suddenly, "Did you ever buy the special air ticket that year?"

What did Shao Chen say the day he knew he was going to go abroad? He said, "The air ticket is not very expensive now. I will go there to accompany you as soon as I have time."

Although they lost contact later, Lin Weiyan didn't think about it, and a certain flight on a certain day brought Shao Chen to him and explained to him what he was doing that month.

Or if Shao Chen said in front of him, "Wei Yan, I miss you so much", Lin Weiyan would not ask anything.

But with so many flights over the years, Lin Weiyan never had a single surprise.

It's not that Lin Weiyan can't come back to find Shao Chen, but no matter how much he deceives himself, he knows that the person who spreads gossip on the headlines is Shao Chen.

When he went abroad, his 18th birthday had already passed, no matter how impulsive he was, he would never actually fly back with a plane ticket and ask him for an explanation. After all, Shao Chen said he would wait for him, but he didn’t say a deadline.

"There is a sycamore tree at the gate of your school." Shao Chen said suddenly.

Lin Weiyan's eyes widened all of a sudden, watching Shao Shen sink before speaking.

Time is like a still and surging river, rushing by regardless of everything before their eyes.

Lin Weiyan's drunken reaction came slowly, he looked at Shao Chen fixedly, and suddenly felt that all these years of doubts, sadness, anger, and pride disappeared in Shao Chen's words.

It doesn't matter if someone loves him or no one loves him, Shao Chen has waited for so many years, and told him about those years when he was misunderstood in the middle of the night in April.

There was no chance to repeat the wind that blew in the playground that year and the phrase "you can do whatever you want", but the fact that he still loves Shao Chen is indisputable.

Shao Chen's words were mixed with a very faint taste of nicotine, which was the cigarette that Lin Weiyan handed over.

In the dim light, Lin Weiyan kissed her.