"What's wrong? It sounds like you haven't slept well all night."
With one arm already covered in the sleeve of his coat, Liu Weicheng, who was about to leave the office, tilted his head and held the phone between his hands. Lin Nianwei's feeble response came from the receiver.
It's like being woken up by a phone call after finally falling asleep after staying up all night.
Muttered words came out from the receiver, and Liu Weicheng, who heard the sound, asked with concern.
And now on the other side.
Lin Nianwei clearly arrived at work but still didn't show any intention of getting up. She blinked her eyes frequently and looked at the door with some confusion.
Lying quietly on his side on the bed, he curled up into a ball.
Holding the phone lazily.
He looked very worried.
Although she knew that the man on the other end of the phone was very sensitive, she never thought that as soon as she opened her mouth to say something, the other party would find out that she had not slept well. Lin Nianwei had to cheer up and speak at a slightly higher volume.
"No, I just couldn't sleep at night. Maybe it's because my biological clock hasn't adjusted yet since I just started working."
[You stayed up late, right? It’s only been a few days since school started. 】
"Didn't stay up late..."
[Then why can't you sleep at night? I just promised Qinqin yesterday, so it's better for you not to set an example and take the initiative to stay up late. 】
"They said they didn't stay up late."
The tone of the rebuttal didn't sound credible, and Lin Nianwei felt upset at the moment.
Just closing my eyes, the words my father said last night came to my mind.
After being sent home by Liu Weicheng yesterday, Lin Nianwei and her father Lin Jianshe had a rare heart-to-heart talk between father and daughter.
It was also at that time that she learned a memory that was considered an old event.
The memory is brought back to last night.
When she heard her father say that the man who looked very similar to Liu Weicheng in the photo was his deceased father, Lin Nianwei was stunned into disbelief.
She had never heard her father mention this before, so she didn't realize anything at first.
Until... he narrated what happened more than ten years ago.
At that time, the Lin family was not as wealthy as it is now, and his father, Lin Jianshe, had just begun to take over some small projects.
Originally, it was not his turn to do a project like that anyway, but because of a man's recommendation, he joined the development project team.
From his father's description, Liu Weicheng's father is a rare good man.
The couple were friendly to each other. After hearing that Lin Jianshe had a son and a daughter at home, perhaps they were also the parents of the children, so they took more care of them.
It was also from that time that Lin Jianshe developed little by little.
But then...an accident took away the lives of the couple.
When Lin Nianwei heard this, she thought it was a coincidence that the two people who were originally unrelated had such a relationship.
However... what her father said later left her stunned.
"I took them to have a drink and dinner that night because your brother won first place in the competition. Although I have been busy with work and have not taken care of you two, after hearing the news, I still
Extremely happy."
"It was me who took them to dinner and made them drunk and dizzy..."
"If you were normally awake, you might have discovered that the exhaust pipe was blocked, so you wouldn't have..."
Although he didn't say everything, the meaning his father wanted to express was completely presented to Lin Nianwei.
She had heard Liu Weicheng mention things about his parents a long time ago.
Because he was still very young when his parents died, at this age, his impression of his parents has become vague.
I just vaguely remember that every time they came back, they would bring him a lot of toys when he was young.
I heard that he died unexpectedly and his family also received a compensation payment.
I had always thought it was an accident, but now I heard my father mention it and discovered that it actually had something to do with my own family.
The family had just overcome a difficult situation and had not settled down for two days when his father, Lin Jianshe, told him this past incident again.
Although she lost her family at a very young age, Lin Nianwei still had her brother and a father who loved her during her growth.
But what about Liu Weicheng...
In order not to put pressure on his aunt's family who raised him, he chose to drop out of school early after junior high school.
Although not all accidents can be attributed to his father, if his father had not achieved excellent results in the competition because of his brother that night, and if his father had not brought the couple together to celebrate...
Maybe the outcome of things will be different.
Lin Nianwei felt guilty.
As Duan Yining once said, in this relationship, she placed her position behind Liu Weicheng.
She cares more about Liu Weicheng's feelings than her own feelings.
Now that she learned about the past, a sense of fear arose in her heart, and she began to worry... If Liu Weicheng knew this, would he blame his father?
So much so that I also blame myself.
She didn't close her eyes properly all night.
Just closing my eyes, my mind is filled with all kinds of conjectures.
Imagine Liu Weicheng's possible reaction if he knew about this.
Will you blame yourself? Or continue to get along with yourself as if nothing happened, or...
Lin Nianwei didn't seem to even dare to think about the worse possibility.
【Hello? Why aren't you talking?】
Several calls came from the receiver in succession.
Hearing Liu Weicheng calling her again and again, Lin Nianwei, who was in a daze, finally came to her senses.
"Wha, what? What did you just say?"
[There has been no movement for a long time and I thought you were asleep... I want to ask you if you have any plans for lunch? She made an appointment with an important person and she wants to meet you. ]
"see me?"
[I mainly want to see what kind of person my girlfriend is, what? Don’t you want to go? 】
"Forget it for today... I'm still lying down at home. I've been taking classes with Yi Ning for a long time, so I probably won't be able to go."
Making an excuse, Lin Nianwei didn't want to see Liu Weicheng at this juncture.
Not to mention accompanying each other to meet important people.
Normally, she would have smiled and nodded in agreement. However, having just learned this from her father last night, she had no time to think about anything else.
He was just prevaricating and making excuses, saying that he was very sleepy now.
After hurriedly hanging up the phone, he threw the phone aside casually.
He pulled off the quilt covering his body.
Covered his head.
Whenever something bad happens, she always likes to block herself away like this.
"Hey Hey hey?!"
On the other side, Liu Weicheng in the office heard the call coming from the phone and didn't react for a while.
After shouting into the phone several more times, she realized that Lin Nianwei had hung up the phone.
"What's going on..."
After being stunned for a while, they all muttered and put away their phones.
After fastening the buttons of his coat, he straightened it out a little and then opened the office door.
Went outside and got in the car.
Before starting the car, Liu Weicheng suddenly remembered that he should make a phone call in advance.
He took out his cell phone again, found his address book and made a call.