The weekend is over and it's a busy Monday.
When it was almost time to get off work, Ruan Zhiyin received a call from Cheng Yuelin just after reading the current quarter's capital expenditure of the Beicheng project sent by Xiang Bin.
The man is still concise: "Parking lot."
"Why did you come so early today?"
Ruan Zhiyin glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the notebook from the corner of her eye, ten minutes before she got off work. Although she didn't have to clock in, leaving early didn't make a good impression on the staff.
On the other end of the phone, Cheng Yuelin chuckled and replied, "I'm not going to accompany you back to the old house? I'll wait for you for a while."
On Wednesday and Friday, Ruan Zhiyin would go back to the old house to chat with her grandfather, and Cheng Yuelin would also accompany her if she was not busy.
Last week, she injured her foot and was afraid that her grandfather would be worried, so she only called a few times and didn't go there in person.
After she hung up the phone that day, Cheng Yuelin seemed to have said that she would go back to the old house with her when her feet were almost better next week.
It's just that she's been too busy recently that Ruan Zhiyin forgot about it.
Hang up the phone and simply pack up.
Ruan Zhiyin got on the elevator and got out of the parking lot when the employees got off work.
The old house is in the east of the city, not far from the company.
Bentley slowly stopped at the courtyard gate of the old house, Ruan Zhiyin and Cheng Yuelin got out of the car together.
The pain was unbearable, and Mr. Ruan had to take a lot of painkillers every day, and he fell asleep most of the time.
During this time, the old man's body and bones became more and more weak, and he could not even get off the bed.
Ruan Zhiyin was vaguely prepared in her heart, but she was paradoxically unwilling to let herself think about things that had not yet happened.
After dissipating the disappointment, he walked into the living room.
Ruan Zhiyin saw Lin Cheng and Lin Jingfei sitting on the sofa at a glance.
The medical cooperation case he got from Qin Jue was forced to shelve. Lin Cheng restrained a lot during this time, and he did not trouble Ruan Zhiyin in the company on the bright side.
Before the construction of the Beicheng project, he secretly wanted to do something, but Xiang Bin found out that he only came to the old house every day to be courteous to the old man.
Ruan Zhiyin was not surprised by what he did, presumably in Lin Cheng's opinion, the only way to profit was to please the old man at the last moment.
Lin Cheng's business skills are not outstanding. It was also rumored that Qin Jue had a deep love for Lin Jingfei before, which made the Lin family feel that they had relied on them.
And now-
Ruan Zhiyin glanced at Lin Jingfei, the other party was quite haggard, her cheeks were so thin that she couldn't hang her flesh, and she looked normal with thick makeup.
Looking back, Ruan Zhiyin didn't greet the two people in the living room. She handed the things she brought to Butler Liu, and said, "Uncle Liu, is Grandpa awake?"
"Wake up, you and Mr. Cheng can just go up directly. Mr. Ji is also talking to the old man."
Ruan Zhiyin nodded and took Cheng Yuelin upstairs.
Every time they come to the old house, they always pretend to be closer.
The door of the room was open, and the old man was half lying on the bed, his wrinkled face showing a bit of gray.
The contours became clearer and thinner.
Ji Yijun sat beside the bed, quietly peeling apples.
Ruan Zhiyin pursed her lower lip, knocked on the door, and called out with a smile, "Grandpa, uncle."
Cheng Yuelin calmly looked at the atmosphere in the room, and also said hello.
"Yinyin is here." The old man's smile was a little weak, his eyes were cloudy, and his voice was hoarse, "Yijun, do you think Yinyin has gained weight recently?"
Ji Yijun glanced at Ruan Zhiyin and Cheng Yuelin, who were standing side by side, and nodded: "It seems a little bit."
Cheng Yuelin laughed casually when he heard the words, lowered his head, and said lightly, "Yinyin has indeed eaten a lot recently."
After speaking, the man raised his eyebrows slightly and pinched her slightly plump cheeks in front of grandpa.
Ruan Zhiyin blushed, not knowing how to react.
She didn't eat dinner before, but during the time she lived with Cheng Yuelin, she also ate dinner according to his habit.
Seriously speaking, the weight is a few pounds fatter.
This is a good thing in the eyes of the old man, but Ruan Zhiyin is really embarrassed.
"It's better to be fat." The old man seemed relieved. After he finished speaking in a low voice, he paused and said to Ruan Zhiyin, "Yinyin, I have something to say to Yijun, and you can take Yuelin outside for a walk."
This is a private matter to discuss.
Ruan Zhiyin didn't ask any further questions and nodded in response.
Then he and Cheng Yuelin turned around and went out, and closed the bedroom door.
When they went downstairs, Lin Cheng and Lin Jingfei were no longer in the living room. Ruan Zhiyin thought that the two should have returned to the room.
That's right, in the old mansion, she has to maintain the surface politeness, and she doesn't want to meet people.
When passing the kitchen, Ruan Zhiyin caught a glimpse of Butler Liu who was helping Chen Ma with a large basket of water chestnuts, released Cheng Yuelin's hand, and entered the kitchen.
"Uncle Liu, do you want to help?"
Butler Liu smiled and waved his hand: "No, no, this thing is sharp, miss, don't hurt your hand."
Cheng Yuelin followed Ruan Zhiyin leisurely, and when he heard her words, he saw Butler Liu's red-spotted hand with a water chestnut, and said in a clear voice, "I'll come."
Before Butler Liu declined, he had already taken the stool beside him and sat down calmly.
Seeing that Cheng Yuelin seemed to be interested, Steward Liu didn't want to speak again, and he didn't want Ruan Zhiyin to follow suit, so he turned his head and said, "Miss, why don't you go to the attic and get a box to put water chestnuts on."
Ruan Zhiyin smiled and nodded: "Yes."
When he turned around, he glanced at Cheng Yuelin, who was following Chen's mother to learn how to peel.
The man frowned slightly, lowered his head and fiddled with the water chestnuts with concentration, his movements were clumsy but very interesting.
She shook her head, not knowing why this person became interested in water chestnuts.
—
Ruan Zhiyin followed Butler Liu's words and went to the attic where the sundries were piled up to get a clean cardboard box for water chestnuts.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they came out, they were blocked by the people waiting at the door.
"Cousin, I want to talk to you."
Lin Jingfei was waiting here on purpose, she did have something to talk to Ruan Zhiyin.
But just after she finished speaking, when she met Ruan Zhiyin's radiant face, she couldn't help clenching her hands: "Now my reputation is ruined, are you happy?"
Ruan Zhiyin chuckled and shook her head, frowning, "That's all done by you, it has nothing to do with me."
Of course she couldn't say anything happy or unhappy.
Even though Lin Jingfei is her cousin by blood, they didn't grow up together, they just lived together for three years under the same roof.
Ruan Zhiyin would not regard the Lin family as her relatives, nor would she waste her emotions on irrelevant people.
"It has nothing to do with you?" Lin Jingfei seemed to be stimulated by her indifferent demeanor, and bit her lower lip, "If it wasn't for you, how could Qin Jue really just ignore those hot searches?"
Qin Jue ignored her and asked her to come to Ruan Zhiyin, but how could Lin Jingfei bow her head and beg in front of Ruan Zhiyin
She hoped that Qin Jue would always be soft-hearted, and then help her remove the hot search after the aftermath. But he was really so cruel, watching him get downed by others.
They have been in love for more than ten years, and Lin Jingfei never thought that Qin Jue would treat her like this one day.
Ruan Zhiyin looked at the other party's unwilling eyes, and said coldly, "Lin Jingfei, remind you again, I have nothing to do with Qin Jue. No matter what he does, he doesn't have to get involved with me."
"Furthermore, if you can film in a down-to-earth way, instead of thinking about taking shortcuts all day, you won't necessarily end up like this."
Back then, it was Lin Jingfei who insisted on entering the entertainment industry, but as long as she has achieved more achievements over the years, her reputation would not have become so bad.
"Okay, even if Qin Jue has nothing to do with you now, what about Cheng Yuelin? If it wasn't for him, how could I be dragged down by Lin Zhe!"
Lin Jingfei hated Ruan Zhiyin's lofty attitude the most, and then mocked: "You look down on me so much, but don't you rely on men yourself?"
Hearing that she said that the person who attacked Lin Zhe last time was Cheng Yuelin, Ruan Zhiyin's face was slightly startled.
After a while, she chuckled again.
"If you think so, that's it. Cheng Yuelin is my husband. I don't have to refuse his help, and I won't tell him clearly because of your few words."
Getting along with Cheng Yuelin during this time has made her more relaxed than ever before.
If Cheng Yuelin wanted to continue this marriage for some unspeakable reasons, Ruan Zhiyin didn't seem to want to refuse.
He said that she was too clear with others and would hurt people, so Ruan Zhiyin was also willing to learn to accept his kind help.
If one day he wants to take it back, then she will return the help to him in other ways.
That's all, there is no need to talk to Lin Jingfei.
Lin Jingfei obviously did not expect that Ruan Zhiyin would accept Cheng Yuelin's help so plainly.
She didn't like Ruan Zhiyin, but she also thought she knew something about Ruan Zhiyin. In her impression, Ruan Zhiyin was always proud, and when she heard her words of relying on a man, she should not have reacted like this.
Seeing Ruan Zhiyin push her away and go downstairs, Lin Jingfei stopped her again: "Wait."
Ruan Zhiyin frowned and turned around, seeing that the other party took out a box, opened it and handed it to her.
"This jade Buddha, I'll give it back to you."
On the dark red jewelry box of velvet texture, there is a transparent jade Buddha.
With just one glance, Ruan Zhiyin recognized that this was the piece Qin Jue gave her when she was in high school.
Compared with the dean's piece, the water is much better.
At that time, she lost the dean's Jade Buddha, and because of several gatherings after returning to Ruan's house, she felt a little inferior, so she hid in the attic alone to digest her emotions.
In order to appease her, Qin Jue went to the mall and bought a similar jade Buddha. Ruan Zhiyin saw it, but didn't say anything, after all, the other party also had good intentions.
Only on the eve of going abroad, this jade Buddha disappeared.
Right now, it seemed that it was secretly taken by Lin Jingfei.
However, what Ruan Zhiyin cared about was never the jade Buddha that Qin Jue bought from the mall.
"I don't need it anymore."
The jade Buddha that the dean gave was originally hers.
Qin Jue helped her find it, and she was grateful and responded to her feelings.
As for the piece that Qin Jue bought from the mall, she had already broken up with Qin Jue, and of course it was impossible to accept it again.
"It was I who stole the Jade Buddha, so I can apologize to you. But... you really don't want it?"
The reason why Lin Jingfei came to return the Jade Buddha was because she didn't want to keep this matter and make Qin Jue feel more disappointed with her.
For Ruan Zhiyin, even Jiang Anzheng began to be alienated by Qin Jue.
Zhou Hongfei robbed Jiang Anzheng's fiancee, making Jiang Anzheng lose face. But Qin Jue saw that her friend had suffered so much embarrassment, but she didn't even have a word of condolences.
Lin Jingfei knew that Qin Jue had already understood that Jiang Anzheng had planned for him to escape from marriage.
He doesn't want to doubt the people around him, but once he finds out about betrayal, he won't give him extra trust.
Ruan Zhiyin shook her head: "Of course I don't want it. Since you like it, I will trouble you to keep this jade Buddha."
She only hoped that she would never have to deal with the entanglement of Lin Jingfei, Qin Jue and others.
—
After the old man and Ji Yijun finished talking, he looked a little more tired.
Ruan Zhiyin didn't want to disturb her grandfather's rest, and she didn't want to stay to act with the Lin family, so she said goodbye together with Cheng Yuelin and left the old house.
On the way back, looking at Cheng Yuelin who was sitting leisurely beside her, she struggled for a while, and finally couldn't help but speak.
"You did what Lin Zhe did?"
For some reason, Ruan Zhiyin was stunned when she heard Lin Jingfei talk about this, but she was not surprised.
There is only a strange sense of contradiction in my heart.
Cheng Yuelin heard the words, glanced sideways at her, and nodded lightly: "Well."
Seeing her opening her mouth, she blocked her with a smile: "Ruan 嘤嘤, don't thank me any more. I did it because I wanted to do it."
What Lin Zhe did made him extremely uncomfortable, and he was sent to prison because he did something wrong and deserved it.
Even if it had something to do with her, it was his own pleasure, and he didn't want her to thank him.
"Then... I'll make you pork ribs with sauce tomorrow."
Ruan Zhiyin took back the thanks that came to her lips.
Cheng Yuelin hummed softly, and agreed.
She could remember his preferences in food, of course, it would make him happier than politely thanking him.
After a while, he lifted his eyelids and looked at her with his chin up: "So can you tell me how Lin Zhe offended you?"
Ruan Zhiyin paused for a moment, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said, "It's actually nothing. At that time, the Lin family encouraged Lin Zhe to be courteous to me. Once Lin Zhe hid things in my room, I was stabbed with a knife, and then I was afraid. Get on me, no more entanglement."
Cheng Yuelin saw that she was ignoring everything lightly, and her deep eyes were brewing inquiries.
"Oh? What is he hiding?"
Ruan Zhiyin pursed her lower lip: "Camera."
The car fell silent.
For a long time, Cheng Yuelin suppressed his forbearance.
He reached out his hand slowly and touched her head: "Well, it's all over. Ruan 嘤嘤, you have always been brave."
Brave
Ruan Zhiyin was stunned for a while, and inexplicably thought of the first time she met Cheng Yuelin.
It was midsummer at that time, and the weather in Landbridge was sultry.
On the first day of the second year of high school, she completed the transfer procedures at the Academic Affairs Office and did not have to report to the class that day.
Just when she was leaving school, Ruan Zhiyin happened to meet Ye Yanchu who was blocked by Yang Xue and others.
The footsteps paused slightly, even if she made up her mind to keep a low profile, she could not turn a blind eye after all.
Ruan Zhiyin turned around and left quietly.
A few minutes later, she led a teacher by asking for directions, and she successfully helped people out of the siege.
As for Ye Yanchu, she obediently followed the teacher back to the classroom.
After doing all this, Ruan Zhiyin was about to leave, but out of the corner of the eye, she saw a figure in a school uniform.
Cheng Yuelin sat leisurely at the top of the wall, looking at her condescendingly with a reckless publicity between his brows.
The young man snorted softly, and then said: "This classmate, you are... cowardly and very brave."
I don't know if it's a compliment or a sarcasm.
In an instant, Ruan Zhiyin understood.
The boy sitting on the wall was a student who skipped class.
Coincidentally, the dean who sent Ye Yanchu back to the class walked back to Ruan Zhiyin in time to understand the situation—
It was so embarrassing to catch the bad guy Cheng Yuelin.
They also took over the beam.
Recovering her thoughts, Ruan Zhiyin looked at him with a smile, and should compliment her 'brave'.
The bell rang suddenly, Ruan Zhiyin took out her mobile phone and glanced at the caller ID, it was the old house's phone number.
After connecting, Butler Liu's voice was anxious—
"Miss, it's not good. The old man scolded Mr. Lin for a while, and then fainted from anger. Mr. Ji has already sent the old man to the hospital!"
With Old Man Ruan's body, it was obviously not a trivial matter to be sent to the hospital at this time.
That's why Butler Liu was so nervous.
As soon as the words fell, Ruan Zhiyin's face was pale, and her heart was filled with unease, as if she had a bad premonition, and the hand holding the phone also trembled faintly.
She gritted her teeth, feeling a dazed panic.
"Ruan Zhiyin, look at me!"
The man's deep voice rang in his ears, barely recalling Ruan Zhiyin's thoughts.
Cheng Yuelin looked at her face, held her hand, sighed, and said softly: "Ruan Yu, don't be afraid, we'll go to the hospital now, eh?"
Meeting his calm eyes, Ruan Zhiyin sighed in relief and nodded lightly.
The knuckles shrunk, and the temperature from the palm also calmed down the flustered mood a little.
Yes, grandpa is still in the hospital, she can't be afraid.
The author has something to say: The following is a big leap in love. The first two chapters are not about dragging the progress, but about entering the important plot of the emotional part without being abrupt~
The Lin family will be cleaned up and taken offline, and Cheng Zai will hug his daughter-in-law this month.
The reason why I hug my daughter-in-law at the end of the month is because there was an ambiguous period when Duan Yinyin was aware of his intentions. I like the ambiguous relationship between the two of them with their hearts on the scene. Everyone is shy to watch Xia Yinyin together, so don't worry.