CH 20

The company party was arranged by Chen Jingchuan at the Shanghai branch. There wasn’t enough time, and he originally planned to go to Hangzhou to visit Shen Dongyu after the meeting, but after Chen Jingchuan attended the party, he had to fly to Europe with his legal team.

The timing of Shen Dongyu’s call wasn’t appropriate. Chen Jingchuan could’ve chosen not to answer and let his assistant hang up directly, but when he saw the words Dongyu, he suddenly thought of the fact that they hadn’t communicated for nearly three months, and actually felt a little uncomfortable.

With some rare hesitation, he still answered the call. Although he didn’t say much, Chen Jingchuan could tell that Shen Dongyu was in a bad mood, but he didn’t have time to comfort him, let alone respond to the topic that Dongyu had finally found in order to extend the call.

He thought Shen Dongyu could understand and start thinking rationally. Chen Jingchuan wanted to escape, just fly to Europe without any worries, and not need to manage anything.

Yet Shen Dongyu chose to end the vacation the day after the teacher approved it. He stepped into a life he didn’t like and a boring atmosphere, and he persuaded himself to read books seriously and study hard every day. That way, all the emotions and thoughts brought by Chen Jingchuan can be blocked.

But his ability to stay away from Chen Jingchuan was far from being as strong as imagined. He would still secretly imagine before bed that maybe he would receive a call from Chen Jingchuan that no longer contained sounds of busy bustling.

The truth was more difficult than he thought. The branch that Chen Jingchuan is responsible for has encountered some troubles in Europe. A factory building somewhere in Zurich suffered a large fire due to a typhoon. Fortunately, no workers were injured, but all materials and equipment were scrapped. Signed orders have been delayed in shipment and have been urged to be canceled by many companies.

The only way Chen Jingchuan could think of was to acquire a company of the same type as theirs in Zurich, use their factory to continue working, and complete the remaining orders that were not given as agreed.

Due to his busy work schedule, Chen Jingchuan did not have time to enjoy the romantic and refreshing city of Zurich with his assistant.

While traveling to and from the city, they were lucky enough to see my lover riding a bicycle leisurely through the city, sitting and chatting by the green lakeside and the gray old bridge.

The beautiful park has hills and a flowing river that sparkles in the sunlight.

When a little girl from Zurich passed by the car window laughing and joking, Chen Jingchuan suddenly thought in his increasingly tense mind that if Shen Dongyu was there, he would probably drag him to the lively old town to drink coffee and feed the seagulls. Just like feeding lambs in Khao Yai Park in Bangkok a few years ago.

Perhaps it was related to the pressure over the past six months, but Chen Jingchuan felt a little relaxed when he thought of Shen Dongyu.

“Has Dongyu called me yet?” Chen Jingchuan put his finger on his lower lip and looked at a certain scenery in Zurich.

The assistant thought it had been a long time since he heard Chen Jingchuan ask him about Shen Dongyu. After thinking for a few seconds, he replied without hesitation: “No.”

“When the matters here are settled, help me book a flight to Hangzhou.” Chen Jingchuan said.

The assistant seemed embarrassed this time, but still said, “Mr. Chen, we have to stay in Beijing for the next half month, and there is no personal time at all.”

After hearing this, Chen Jingchuan turned his attention to the assistant’s face: “Except for private time, you can arrange work for me.”

The assistant understood what Chen Jingchuan meant and immediately changed his message: “Okay, the day before yesterday, Mr. Xu from Zhengjia Medical wanted to make an appointment with you in three days. I will reply to him now, so you have time.”

After leaving Zurich in the summer, Chen Jingchuan could finally let go of his tense mood and fly to Hangzhou with his assistant.

Before handling the work, Chen Jingchuan took some time to visit Shen Dongyu’s school. But unfortunately, Shen Dongyu returned to Shanghai, and Chen Jingchuan realized that they were already on summer vacation.

Chen Jingchuan wasn’t in a hurry and walked around the huge campus with his assistant.

“Do you want to call Dongyu?” The assistant followed him and asked silently.

Chen Jingchuan was silent and stopped at the door of the classroom on the third floor. He had an unobstructed view of the campus and took a deep breath in the mist of the summer morning. The assistant could tell that Chen Jingchuan was very relaxed now, so he didn’t bother to ask any more questions.

Shen Dongyu went back to Shanghai to get some information for Shen Shuran, and then went to Guangdong. Shen Shuran had lived in Guangdong for a long time in recent years, and only went back to Shanghai during the Chinese New Year.

So whenever she had free time, she would take Shen Dongyu with her to play golf, go skydiving to the beach, drive a motorboat, etc. And Shen Dongyu also likes these more exciting sports, which could make him temporarily forget his unpleasantness.

In the past six months, he had rarely known anything about Chen Jingchuan, and his interactions with him were much less than before. Shen Shuran once mentioned something about Chen Jingchuan’s current situation when chatting with him, but Shen Dongyu showed no unnecessary emotions.

In fact, Shen Dongyu was particularly depressed during the summer in Guangdong. Although he tried to restrain himself, he still couldn’t help but throw things in his room and hide in the bathroom to cry secretly. The flowering period of the flowers he raised only lasted for two days, which made him miserable.

Until one afternoon in July, Chen Jingchuan’s assistant drove over to pick him up. His uninteresting life was shattered bit by bit.

Shen Dongyu understood that his calmness in front of Shen Shuran didn’t apply to Chen Jingchuan.

Because as soon as Chen Jingchuan got close, Shen Dongyu would surrender.

It was still sultry in Guangdong that day, and the air conditioning in the car was fully turned on, but Shen Dongyu accidentally lowered the window, letting in the smell of the salty sea breeze from South China that lingered in the city. Shen Dongyu looked at the little girl holding a parasol, the father and daughter riding a scooter, the couple walking on the overpass, the police officer handling the traffic accident, the balcony burned by the sun, the figures of those blurred in the summer sun, and smiled.

Chen Jingchuan and Shen Dongyu had lunch, and then went for a walk to the beach in the evening. Time passed extremely slowly. When Shen Dongyu looked forward, the vast beach seemed to have no end, but there were more and more footprints behind them.

“Why didn’t you call me for so long?” Chen Jingchuan helped him carry his shoes. His tone was straightforward and sounded like pure confusion.

“I thought you’re very busy.” Shen Dongyu thought about many messy scenarios on the way here, and also thought about the answer to this question, but he was still a little unskilled in speaking, and he was lying after all. He wasn’t good at it.

Chen Jingchuan heard the uneasiness in his words and said bluntly, “You can ask me if I am busy.”

“I don’t want to ask.” Shen Dongyu didn’t hide it, expressing the arrogance and discomfort in his heart. As he spoke, he turned his face to look at the gentle sea in the evening.

Chen Jingchuan smiled clearly, faced Shen Dongyu with the back of his head, and said, “Then I’ll call you next time.”

With the sunset in front of him, Shen Dongyu lowered his head to look at the quicksand on his insteps. He stopped answering Chen Jingchuan’s words, but finally turned around and smiled happily at him.

“I want to go back to Shanghai.” Shen Dongyu said.

“Okay, I’ll take you back.” Chen Jingchuan approached him again, held his hand, and the two of them walked forward along the beach.

At the end of July, Chen Jingchuan accompanied Shen Dongyu to Las Vegas to attend the wedding of Lin You and Mr. Tang.

The wedding venue was held on a lawn surrounded by a white wrought-iron fence. People gathered throughout the venue. Among the elegant attires were the fragrance of wine, witnessing a marriage.