stray

Chapter 51

As soon as this sentence fell, there was a knock on the door not far away.

He Nian's voice was very polite, as if he knew he shouldn't disturb their chat, so he went out and waited for them to finish talking before coming back.

When he entered the door, he was still holding a paper bag, and the aroma of coffee came from inside: "I just went downstairs, and I made these two cups myself."

"That's right, I remember you worked in the coffee shop downstairs." Hao Shuai praised the place and took a sip, then praised without hesitation, "Not bad."

He Nian was embarrassed by his praise: "That's what I learned casually before."

Before Hao Shuai came, he still remembered what Liang Xiaoyou asked, and he also remembered the reluctant look of the other party holding the mobile phone when the two were on a business trip.

He just wanted to make a joke or two, but then he thought that Yan Ruizhi was still sitting on the side, and immediately dismissed the idea, turned to him and said, "Then I'll go first, and what happened just now will be as you said, when the time comes I will go with you."

"it is good."

When Hao Shuai closed the door and left, He Nian was still standing there.

Yan Ruizhi's hand was the coffee he handed over, he stared at the paper cup in a daze, and it took him a while to hear He Nian calling him.

Only then did he come back to his senses: "What's wrong?"

"Coffee." He looked at him expectantly, "Can you open it and have a look?"

With some guesses, Yan Ruizhi's expression softened a little, and after listening to his words, he opened the tightly packed paper cover.

What catches the eye is a coffee latte art, because the shaking all the way is not so perfect, it is a little white dog with its tail cocked.

Although the milk froth on the ear has melted a bit, Yan Ruizhi still recognizes that He Nian also made such a cup for himself at that time, and it is also the current pattern.

"I was afraid of failure, so I added a little more milk when I made it." He Nian explained, "But fortunately, it succeeded. I specially paid attention to serving this cup."

"Thank you." Yan Ruizhi said sincerely, "I like it very much."

"As long as you like it."

He Nian looked very happy, as if he was the one with the tail cocked now.

Yan Ruizhi looked at him for a long time without knowing it, and knew that the other party turned his head and called him: "Boss Yan?"

Only then did he come back to his senses, lowered his eyes slightly: "Yes."

"By the way, you just now..." He Nian's voice was a little hesitant, "Are you going somewhere?"

Yan Ruizhi paused, then smiled at him: "It's nothing, it's your former employer's celebration banquet."

He Nian's eyelashes moved slightly: "Beijing trip?"

"Yeah." Yan Ruizhi said warmly, "Go the day after tomorrow, we will leave earlier then, you can leave work early by yourself..."

"I was going to talk about this." He Nian continued his words, "I'm going back to school the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, and I want to ask you for leave."

Yan Ruizhi felt inexplicably relieved: "Okay."

"The day after tomorrow, can I go to your house?" He Nian had already walked back to his seat and said to him.

During this time, He Nian would come over to be with him from time to time, but since he started asking for it the night he came back from a business trip, basically as long as they live together, they can always get out together in the end.

The young man who just got his sweetheart seems to be tireless, and he always has an unquenchable enthusiasm for his partner. It was okay at first, but later, the old Yan Rui felt that he might not be able to bear it if this continued, so he simply sullenly asked He Nian not to stay in the house every day. my home.

When the other party heard the news, they almost fainted in an instant, but they didn't dare to object at all, so they could only agree with aggrieved: "Oh."

Yan Ruizhi glanced at He Nian and said, "Okay."

The young man smiled as he expected, but he was not excited for too long: "Then I will wait for you."

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Yan Ruizhi always feels that today's New Year's greetings are not in high spirits.

Nope, he thought, frowning. It started after lunch.

Obviously she came over to ask for a kiss like a baby before, but now she didn't mention it.

But he still made himself a cup of puppy latte art coffee, and smiled at him without any haze.

Yan Ruizhi wanted to ask a question several times, but the words froze on his lips several times, unable to speak out.

When I come back that day, I will ask carefully, he thought.

The next two days were very peaceful, and the momentary slump during the New Year's greeting at noon seemed to be non-existent. She would still send him to class, hold his hand when no one was around, and rub him sticky in the car.

Two days later, He Nian sure enough had lunch with him and left.

But before he left, he called people back again: "Are you taking the subway again?"

After getting an affirmative answer, Yan Ruizhi threw the car keys over: "Drive, don't keep squeezing."

He Nian said "oh" and took it: "Mr. Yan, are you at Jingyun Hotel today?"

"Hmm. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'll just ask." After He Nian finished speaking, he leaned over again, rubbed the tip of his nose against him, and then closed the door and left.

Hearing the footsteps of the other party going away, Yan Ruizhi was inexplicably thankful, just like not being able to see Zhou Hongsheng that day during the New Year's greetings.

He doesn't want the other party to see this, since he has made up his mind to change, he will try to face it.

When Hao Shuai came in, he saw Yan Ruizhi was leaning on the table with his elbows bent, his hands clasped to cover his face.

He only thought that Yan Ruizhi was uncomfortable going to a crowded place, and walked over with a relaxed tone: "Then let's go later? Anyway, the exchanges with friends and businessmen are in the back, so it's meaningless to arrive early."

"You said before that He Ruiyang's son would be present." Yan Ruizhi said thoughtfully, "Will Zhou Hongsheng really come? Will he ask for help? He is a very face-saving person."

"When he stole your data back then, he was really good at pretending." Hao Shuai said angrily, "Anyway, he wants face, and I don't want it. It's yellow."

"What are you looking at me like that for?" Hao Shuai asked with a guilty conscience after being stared at by him.

However, Yan Ruizhi just shook his head: "I think Mr. Hao is very handsome today."

Hao Shuai froze when he heard this, and then suddenly turned his head to look at him: "What's wrong with you today?"

"It's not that it's weird..." he muttered, "It's just that you told me not to pay attention to what I said before, but now you don't stop me."

But Hao Shuai didn't hate this change, and was even more happy to see it: "Why did you suddenly figure it out?"

"Forget it." Yan Ruizhi was ambiguous, "I want to make a little change."

At least not the same as before.

"I'm not wrong," he said.

Hao Shuai was stunned for a while, and his voice became hoarse after a while.

As if remembering something, he suddenly smiled, and seemed to be emotional.

"I remember you were only a freshman when I went abroad." Hao Shuai recalled, "We only met twice at that time, right?"

"Later, I was excited for a long time when I saw your own work abroad, and I was even more excited when I saw the signature—"

"What I'm thinking is, when I come back, you haven't graduated yet, so we can be together." He paused, "Who knows that when I come back, I will find out..."

"It's not a big deal." Yan Ruizhi interrupted him, "Let's go."

The driver of Hao Shuai's family was downstairs, and the two of them went back to his house to change clothes, and then went to the hotel in a leisurely manner.

When getting into the car, Hao Shuai was curious: "Where is your car?"

Yan Ruizhi froze, remembering that he had given the car keys to He Nian, and prevaricated: "I didn't open it today."

Fortunately, Hao Shuai didn't suspect him, so he said nothing.

The timing of their arrival was very suitable. The commendation and banquet within Jinghang had just ended, which happened to be the time for friends and businessmen to communicate.

After surviving the requisite civilities, both discovered a problem.

After Hao Shuai sat down, he turned his head and whispered to Yan Ruizhi, "Why didn't I see Zhou Hongsheng?"

And now they have seen all the high-level executives of Jingxing on the stage, and Yan Ruizhi also found out: "And the young man you mentioned didn't see it either."

Doesn't this day mean coming in vain?

"Shouldn't be..."

Hao Shuai thought for a while, and he always did what he wanted to do: "You wait for me here, and I will ask."

"Let's go together." Unexpectedly, Yan Ruizhi also stood up with him.

Before Hao Shuai had time to be surprised, someone had already walked towards them.

Both of them recognized that Yan Ruizhi had also met on business trips before, and he was Zhao Jing from Jingxing.

"Mr. Zhao." He said politely.

"I thought President Yan wouldn't come before." Both parties said a few polite words, Zhao Jing's tone was very kind, and he also had a friendly exchange about future cooperation.

After chatting for a while, Hao Shuai has always been straightforward: "By the way, Mr. Zhao, I know that you have considered cooperation with Hongsheng Games before..."

That's what I said, but everyone in the industry basically knows that the cooperation between the two companies was originally a certainty, but it suddenly fell apart before the contract was signed.

Zhao Jing still smiled kindly: "That's in the past."

"Really." Yan Ruizhi also smiled very lightly, and said, "But after all, I threw an olive branch, why didn't I see any of them at the celebration banquet?"

He doesn't often attend such occasions, let alone ask such a slightly sensitive question so bluntly.

However, Zhao Jing's eyebrows just twitched slightly, and he didn't mind the question, but lowered his voice slightly: "Since there is no cooperative relationship, of course this celebration banquet is only entered according to the invitation letter."

Hao Shuai was taken aback when he heard this.

Although Jingxing said that it has strong capital, the relationship between the two seemed to be harmonious at the time. Who would have thought that they would not even do superficial work now?

But in any case, it is a good thing for our own people to cut off the possibility of the other party entering the market to make money and find investment.

"I heard that Mr. Hao has always disliked Hongsheng's games?" Zhao Jing asked. The question was asked by Hao Shuai, but his eyes were on Yan Ruizhi.

Hao Shuai frowned: "Zhao always knows something?"

"Strictly speaking, it's not that I know anything, it's just that I'm biased towards originality." Zhao Jing changed the subject, "Of course, I'm just a part-time worker, but not only me, but also some people don't like each other, we That’s why we stopped working together.”

The meaning in his words is obvious, and he did not make the decision not to cooperate alone.

"Mr. Zhao is joking, of course we trust you." After hearing that Zhou Hongsheng couldn't come in, Hao Shuai's mood improved a lot, and he changed the subject following Zhao Jing's words, "Actually, we are here today mainly to listen I said that the young decision-making officer of Jingxing will be there, and I want to see it with my own eyes."

Zhao Jing said "ah", "That's unfortunate, Mr. Hao."

"The other person is here, but he just showed up early in the morning and went back because he said something happened at the headquarters." Zhao Jing showed a rather regretful look, "If the two of you can arrive earlier, maybe you can still run into each other."

It would be a lie to say that they have no regrets, after all they were still very curious, who suddenly and forcefully broke Zhou Hongsheng's cooperation and turned to trust them.

"That's really unfortunate." Yan Ruizhi lowered his eyelashes slightly, and said softly.

"But I met Mr. Yan in Yunlin City before," Zhao Jing said with a smile, "I heard that Xiao He has gone to Mr. Yan's side now, and I don't know if I'm used to staying there."

"When he was in Beijing, I valued him very much, otherwise I wouldn't take him with me on business trips." Zhao Jing still seemed to miss him very much.

"Xiaohe is very good, everywhere is good." Mentioning Xiaohe whom he hits like old friends at first sight, Hao Shuai is the first to praise.

"That's good." Zhao Jing smiled, "I thought Mr. Yan would bring him here today."

"If there is such an opportunity next time, I will." Yan Ruizhi said calmly, "After all, he also mentioned to me that he likes your decision-maker very much."

They were all polite words. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jing was taking a sip of wine, but when he heard Yan Ruizhi say that, he coughed as if he didn't hold back.

"Sorry." Fortunately, he quickly recovered his demeanor.

It's just that when Zhao Jing raised his head again, he finally hesitated to speak more in his eyes, and he said politely: "The two of you can do your own thing, I have something to do with you, so excuse me."

The two agreed, and Zhao Jing walked away without looking back, holding the wine glass.

Hao Shuai looked at his back: "Why do I feel that he has something to say?"

Yan Ruizhi rarely agrees: "It's a bit."

"But he just mentioned Xiaohe—" Hao Shuai thought of something, "but I remember you told me clearly that the accommodation provided by Zhao Jing in Yunlin was not good at all."

Seeing Yan Ruizhi nod, Hao Shuai was filled with righteous indignation for He Nian who was not there: "Then Zhao Jing still said he likes him, no wonder Xiao He came running over, we still mean enough to him."

This time Yan Ruizhi took it for granted: "Yes."

They reached a consensus on this issue.

Fortunately, Zhao Jing had already reached the other side of the banquet hall. If he heard these few words again, he probably wouldn't have just choked on a sip of wine.

The two sat for a while, and after being accosted three times by others, Yan Ruizhi finally didn't want to stay any longer: "I want to go back first."

Anyway, the purpose of tonight was to block Zhou Hongsheng, but he didn't expect that people who didn't have an invitation letter would not be allowed to enter. Although the process was different, the ending was not satisfactory.

As for not seeing anyone, that's not a big deal.

Hao Shuai knew what he was thinking: "My driver is waiting at the door, just tell him."

He himself still had some entertainment, but he understood that Yan Ruizhi was uncomfortable, so he didn't force it.

Yan Ruizhi shook his head: "It's okay, I'll call a car myself."

Seeing that he was in a good mood, Hao Shuai agreed: "Okay, don't force yourself."

Yan Ruizhi responded softly, saying goodbye to him.

He came out of the hall alone, walked through the resplendent corridor, took the elevator all the way to the door, and only pulled out from the lively environment just now when a little cool evening breeze blew.

He blinked, feeling a little complicated.

He had originally planned to have another quarrel with Zhou Hongsheng, and by the way, he took another look at who the person who had been blowing New Year's greetings no less than twice before was.

Unexpectedly, the two ideas were not achieved, but they both had other answers from some aspects.

While preparing to call a car, he walked down the stairs, but as soon as he looked up, he saw a familiar car parked at the gate.

It was his own.

He stood there in astonishment, and saw a man get off the driver's seat, wearing only a neatly ironed, simple and low-key black shirt, his hair seemed to have been combed, and he looked elegant and handsome.

The other party lowered his head and closed the door, revealing half of his face. From the forehead to the tip of the nose to the jaw, the curves were smooth and perfect.

But at this moment, his lips were straight and his eyelashes were drooping slightly. It was obviously the same face, but suddenly there was a kind of calm and heroic spirit from the inside out.

It's just that this expression is fleeting.

He Nian raised his head and saw the man standing on the stairs. The original silence suddenly dissipated, and his eyes became brighter. He smiled at him unabashedly and waved: "Mr. Yan!"

Yan Ruizhi was still in a daze, until the other party had already rushed towards him, and when he saw the eyes full of anticipation and love in front of him, he realized: "... New Year's greetings?"

He Nian's eyes bent down: "Hey."

"Why are you here?"

Yan Ruizhi asked him, but he remembered the address he asked before he left today.

"I'm afraid you've been drinking, so I want to come here to pick you up." As He Nian said, he leaned over and sniffed lightly, "It doesn't seem to smell much."

After all, he was still outside, Yan Ruizhi felt a little embarrassed, and put his hands on his face to push He Nian away: "Don't make noise, are you a dog?"

He Nian could barely stay away from him: "Why did you come out now?"

Yan Ruizhi frowned: "I don't want to stay inside."

"Okay, let's go back." He Nian followed his words.

But before he touched Yan Ruizhi's hand, he heard a voice not far away: "...Ruizhi?"

Yan Ruizhi's unconscious smile disappeared instantly, and his whole body became tense and cold.

Know who this person is without asking.

Wearing an expensive custom-made suit, Zhou Hongsheng had already walked in front of him: "It's still early, why did you come out so soon?"

When another person said almost the same words, Yan Ruizhi just felt nauseated all over, didn't even want to answer, turned around and was about to leave.

However, Zhou Hongsheng naturally couldn't let him go: "I'm also here to participate, I have something to say to Zhao Jing... No, Zhao Jing's words may not be effective, the newcomer of Jingxing is here, right?"

As he said that, he was about to grab Yan Ruizhi's hand: "I don't want you to help me anymore, just take me in and—"

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Hongsheng only felt a strong force knock him off.

The tall young man separated Yan Ruizhi from him, his eyes were filled with hostility and disgust overflowing after being suppressed, and he stared at him coldly for a moment.

Zhou Hongsheng didn't understand why this stranger was so hostile, but he didn't have time to talk to him at the moment, and impatiently wanted to wave him away: "Ruizhi, take me to find him."

"Don't touch him!" He Nian almost growled, protecting the people behind him with both hands, not wanting Zhou Hongsheng to touch him at all, and staring at him viciously.

"Who are you?" Zhou Hongsheng was not a good-tempered person, "This is between me and him, go away."

But the New Year's protection was too strict, and he didn't mean to let go at all.

"Don't squeeze in without an invitation letter, sir, you don't even know about this, do you?"

"What kind of thing are you?" Zhou Hongsheng became angry and wanted to get started, "Do you want to stand up for others?"

Yan Ruizhi looked at the person standing in front of him, his back was trembling slightly at this moment, not like fear, but rather anger.

He Nian has always been smiling and gentle, he has never seen him get so angry.

What happened to Zhou Hongsheng didn't matter at all at the moment, Yan Ruizhi stretched out his hand to cover his back, and called him comfortingly: "Niannian."

These two words seemed to have a penetrating magic power, and the person who was originally furious suddenly became quieter, but he still did not give in: "Mr. Yan, let's go."

"it is good."

Seeing that neither of them paid any attention to him, Zhou Hongsheng finally got anxious: "Yan Ruizhi!"

"Child, who is he to you? You don't like him, do you?" Zhou Hongsheng challenged.

But the person who was trembling with anger because of a "Ruizhi" just now had a sullen face, didn't say a word, and only gritted his teeth secretly.

"Enough!" Yan Ruizhi's face was gloomy, he held the hand of the person beside him, and glanced at Zhou Hongsheng, "Zhou Hongsheng, you are as disgusting as ever."

"I'm disgusting? Yan Ruizhi, you said that you were the only friend and that I didn't mind your orientation. Wasn't it you who cried at me?" The other party turned around, "I know you have such a If your mind still tolerates you, what do you think you are?

"Your frustrating thing can't be valuable at all. It's my ability to recreate it. Do you think it's useful for you to hold on to it? Don't you just rely on luck to make it to the top, but as long as I can do it this time Success, I want you to look up at me—"

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, a violent punch has already greeted his face.

He Nian's eyes were flushed, and he didn't have any strength left. He clenched his fingers into a fist, and before the other party could react, he swung it to the other side of the face.

Zhou Hongsheng was wearing a delicate suit, but now his face was swollen and purple, and there were bloodstains at the corner of his mouth, looking funny and embarrassed.

His sanity was broken and he wanted to fight back.

However, he looked robust, but he was no match for the young man in front of him. He Nian glared at him viciously, but his hand had already restrained Zhou Hongsheng, preventing him from moving.

Originally, there were only two security guards at the entrance of the hotel, but they rushed over when they saw the fight.

"What are you doing!"

"Why are you fighting!"

Yan Ruizhi was afraid that He Nian would hurt himself, so he hugged him tightly: "Niannian, Niannian, I'm fine, I'm not angry, don't be angry."

"Yan Ruizhi, so your brother was right." Zhou Hongsheng was held up by the security guards and dragged away. "What is he to you? A follower? A spare tire? A broken shoe?"

More and more vicious words came out of his mouth, but He Nian didn't react extra, just looked at him panting.

"It's my boyfriend."

Without looking into Zhou Hongsheng's eyes, Yan Ruizhi reached out to hold He Nian's hand and said to him, "Let's go back first."

Zhou Hongsheng was still not reconciled, and didn't believe the answer: "How is it possible? At the beginning, you swore that no one would like someone like you. You were right. You have no friends, no family, let alone other things... "

"If you go in with me now, I don't have to pursue it, and I can—"

"Stop dreaming." A voice with ice slag rang out.

It was not Yan Ruizhi who said this, but He Nian.

He finally calmed down, and fixedly looked at the embarrassed opponent: "Don't talk about cooperation, I want you to pay for everything you have done."

Zhou Hongsheng seemed to have heard some joke: "Only by you? Such a child with no hair yet? It is even more impossible for me to let you go about what happened today—"

He Nian stood where he was, without any fear, and looked at him calmly: "Okay."

"I am waiting."

After finishing speaking, he no longer missed it, and followed Yan Rui into the car.

It's really annoying here, He Nian pursed his lips and kept silent, driving all the way back to Yan Ruizhi's apartment.

The two went upstairs in silence. Although they didn't speak, they still breathed and heard each other, and their hands were also held together tacitly.

Until they stepped into the house, in the dark entrance, no one turned on the light.

The silent breath enveloped the shadows of the two people. I don't know how long it took, who pulled it, or the night wind blowing, and the door was gently closed with a "click".

This sound was like the key to break the tranquility, Yan Ruizhi opened his eyes in the dark, and suddenly felt the shadow in front of him move.

It's just that before he could react, he felt dizzy, and He Nian pressed against him against the door, covering his lips forcefully.

The other party pried open and explored without hesitation. The kiss was scorching hot, the lips were hot and the tip of the tongue was wet, but the originally fierce movements gradually softened. fabric.

When Yan Ruizhi almost felt the lack of oxygen, the other party bit his lower lip and let him go slowly.

The two gasped lightly as they faced each other, staring at each other in the darkness.

Finally, Yan Ruizhi reached out his hand and gently stroked the other person's face.

"Every year."

"Hey."

"I am very happy to have you here today."

"Yeah." His voice was muffled, with no emotion.

"Zhou Hongsheng spoke so harshly, why don't you know how to talk back." Yan Ruizhi said in a low voice.

"I'm afraid you don't want to make the relationship public." The other party didn't seem to care about those remarks aimed at him at all, and just said, "It's good that you don't feel wronged."

As He Nian spoke, he hugged him again, resting his chin on Yan Ruizhi's shoulder.

"I haven't suffered any grievances." Yan Ruizhi stroked his hair, and his lips were still glistening. He was still pushed against the door, but he didn't want to struggle at all. Instead, he felt very relieved in this small corner, " Do not worry."

"Ah."

All the hostility on the other party disappeared, and at this moment, he embraced him docilely and nodded slightly.

"Things will work out."

"Ah."

"Tomorrow happens to be the weekend, so let's sleep here today."

This time New Year just nodded.

There was silence between the two again, Yan Ruizhi felt the warmth of the person in his arms, and slowly closed his eyes.

After a long time, he smiled slightly, and wanted to get out of the other party's embrace: "Okay, Niannian, do you want to go first—"

His voice came to an abrupt end.

The night was too silent, and he still caught some barely audible sounds.

Yan Ruizhi suddenly put his hand on He Nian's shoulder and pushed him away slightly.

However, the other party did not speak, just lowered his head.

Yan Ruizhi tentatively called him: "Niannian?"

As he cried, he leaned slightly to look at his face.

He Nian subconsciously dodged for a while, but was unsuccessful. The moment he dodged, Yan Ruizhi suddenly saw the water in the opponent's eyes.

He felt a sudden pain in his heart.

He was more nervous than he had imagined, and his voice was involuntarily softer: "Happy New Year?"

He Nian didn't speak.

So he stretched out his hand again, slowly, slowly reached the end of the other's eyes, and wiped it lightly.

Touching a finger of tears that are still warm.

Yan Ruizhi didn't know what to do for a moment: "Happy New Year, Happy New Year?"

"Niannian? Me, you..."

His heart was beating fast, and the usually calm person was almost incoherent: "Don't cry..."

It's okay not to say, originally it was just a little bit at the end of the eye, but when he said it, the other party seemed to finally couldn't help it, and finally blinked, sour that tears fell.

Yan Ruizhi rushed forward to hug him, and patted him on the back: "Niannian?"

"Yan Ruizhi."

He Nian's voice was hoarse and steamy, but he called him persistently.

"I... I actually... met Zhou Hongsheng before."

"At that time, when I came back from a business trip, I bumped into him when he came out of your office."

"Before that, I understood that you just didn't want to worry me, so you didn't tell me."

"I, I didn't want to cry." He Nian's eyes were red with tears, "Boss Hao told me a little about Zhou Hongsheng."

"I don't know anything either."

"Including the first two days, I knew you were going with Mr. Hao, and you didn't want to take me with you. I deliberately made an excuse to buy coffee, and I deliberately gave you my time to chat with Mr. Hao..."

"I know you are trying very hard with me, I don't mean to blame you at all, I just, just..."

"I know you are too independent, and you are used to being alone. You subconsciously want to handle many things by yourself. I won't force you to ask things you don't want to say. I just want...you can try to rely on me when you are sad."

"I want you not to be so strong. I'll show you what you haven't experienced before. Let's go to the amusement park for our birthday on Children's Day. It's not shameful, it's not shameful at all... Don't think I'm younger than you, I will Well done, really, you trust me."

"I don't want you to be alone, I don't want you to sleep next to me and worry about other things, I want you to be weaker occasionally, or to be closer to me, but I, but I..."

He Nian squatted like a small animal, and wiped his face with his hands indiscriminately.

"I don't know...how can I treat you better."