"Mr. Li..."

Yan Qiu didn't expect that he would come over in person, thinking about what happened today, he didn't know how to face him for a while.

Li Zhi looked at him cleaning up, put down the cat in his arms, and asked, "Do you want to come back?"

"Yeah." Yan Qiu said with his head down and his hands behind his back, like a student who made a mistake.

"Why? Are you unhappy?"

Yan Qiu didn't invite, and Li Zhi didn't take the initiative to come in, but just stood at the door, waiting quietly for his answer.

"Before, it was because I had to take care of you, but now you are almost better. Besides, I have a family of my own, so it's not suitable to live there all the time." Yan Qiu didn't know how to tell him about today's experience, so he could only choose these ready-made ones.Because of the reason, I tried to say things against my will.

But he also knew that such an excuse could not convince Li Zhi at all.

Sure enough, Li Zhi didn't speak for a long time, his eyes fell on his empty fingers, and his voice suddenly dropped, "Xiao Qiu, tell the truth."

Yan Qiu raised his eyes to meet his, subconsciously trying to cover his right hand, but it was still too late.

Li Zhi watched his movements, recalled their phone call today, and suddenly realized something, and asked, "Is it because of grandpa? Grandpa told you that he disagreed?"

"No." Upon hearing this, Yan Qiu quickly replied.

"Why is that?" Li Zhi became serious when he heard this, and looked down at him.

"It's me..." Yan Qiu raised his head slowly, forcing himself to meet Li Zhi's eyes, biting his lips tightly with his teeth, and barely managed to control the emotions he almost showed.

"I was the one who denied our relationship in front of Master."

This sentence seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and as soon as he finished speaking, Yan Qiu's eyes were forced to turn red.

"sorry."

It seemed that it took Li Zhi a long time to realize the meaning of his words, and he smiled in disbelief, but soon, that smile turned into helplessness.

"Why?"

Yan Qiu closed his eyes and suppressed all the pain in his eyes, as if he was convincing him, as well as himself, "Mr. Li, you are a very good person, and the master must hope that you can be with the right person."Together, having children, you should have a better life instead of spending time with me."

"Also?" Li Zhi looked at him and asked back, "Is this what you expected too?"

When Yan Qiu heard the words, the fingers hanging by his side suddenly curled up, and the nails sank deep into the flesh, which was not as heart-wrenching as Li Zhi's words.

But isn't the current result what he wanted?

So Yan Qiu tried his best to control the expression on his face, and replied with trembling lips, "Yes."

Li Zhi didn't speak, and stood quietly at the entrance of the corridor, the incandescent lamp above his head reflected his complexion even paler.

The pitch-black eyes looked at him without blinking, seemingly still calm, but for a moment Yan Qiu felt that a storm was coming.

Yan Qiu couldn't stand it at first and avoided his eyes, but in the next second his wrist was suddenly grabbed by Li Zhi.

Yan Qiu subconsciously wants to struggle, but Li Zhi's strength is too great to break free at all.

Li Zhi took his left hand and pulled him in front of him, ran his fingers over the beads on his wrist one by one, and suddenly said: "I gave this string of beads to Grandpa."

Hearing this, Yan Qiu raised his head in surprise.

"I specially asked the abbot of Foguang Temple to consecrate it, hoping that those who can wear Buddhist beads can get rid of disasters and solve difficulties, and be safe and healthy."

"Since Grandpa is willing to give you the Buddhist beads, it means that he really likes you, so even if you admit it in front of him, he may not refuse to accept you."

"So Yan Qiu," Li Zhi looked at him, his dark eyes filled with pain, "Is it Grandpa who refuses, or you dare not?"

Yan Qiu was taken aback when he heard the words, and only now did he know why Li Zhi watched his live broadcast and praised the charm of the prayer beads on his wrist?

He remembered that at Li's house today, the master's eyes and hesitation stopped after he finished his answer.

So what exactly is Master's attitude?

Why didn't he say anything?

When Yan Qiu met Shang Li Zhi's eyes, a trace of belated regret suddenly rose in his heart.

Why does he presumptuously speculate on other people's thoughts because of his low self-esteem?And he believed in the conclusion he drew, and sentenced himself to death without any basis?

And why refused to trust Li Zhi, and made a decision about their future?

"Li Zhi..."

This was the first time Yan Qiu called Li Zhi by his name directly in front of him.

However, there was no expression on Li Zhi's face.

He just let go of Yan Qiu's hand little by little, and said to him: "Okay, I respect your decision."

Yan Qiu subconsciously took a step forward, but Li Zhi had already turned and walked out.

Yan Qiu looked at his back, although he tried his best to restrain himself, tears still flowed upwards.

This wasn't exactly the ending he wanted, but Yan Qiu didn't feel happy at all.

Others have always hurt him, but this is the first time he has hurt others.

Still the best person ever to him.

Li Zhi returned to the car, and Lin Ye knew that he was here to pick up Yan Qiu, so he wanted to ask why Mr. Yan didn't come up.

However, looking back at Li Zhi's face, he immediately swallowed back all the words he wanted to say.

He started the car silently.

Li Zhi opened the fender on the car, blocking Lin Ye's sight, and he would only allow himself to lose his composure for a moment when he was alone.

Ever since his parents passed away and he took over the Li family, he has eliminated emotions from his body.

Grandpa's cold treatment, Li's subordinates stared at him covetously, he dealt with everyone helplessly, and secured his position step by step.

He lives every day like a glass of boiled water that has lost its temperature, and the only one who can still affect him now is Yan Qiu.

Thinking of him, Li Zhi couldn't help closing his eyes, but he couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.

In fact, at first he was just curious why the string of Buddhist beads was worn on Yan Qiu's hand.

But for some reason, he let him walk into his heart.

In fact, Li Zhi didn't know where this relationship started, but the day he appeared, it was like the most claustrophobic valley at the end of the world suddenly opened.

There was wind blowing in.

After that day, Yan Qiu never went out again, cut off all contact with the outside world, and only accompanied the little raccoon flower and wood every day, and carved one piece after another day and night.

Because of the accidental appearance last time, Yan Qiu did not broadcast live again.

However, the last provincial exhibition still made him famous.

Many people have contacted him, some want to buy his woodcarvings, and some are the person in charge of the exhibition hall, wanting to exhibit his works.

After another day of tireless engraving, Yan Qiu raised his head and looked out the window.

It was already evening at this time, the sun was setting, and the sun was about to set. The reddish afterglow gently enveloped the whole city, and a gentle breeze blew in through the gaps in the windows.

Yan Qiu put down the carving knife, and suddenly thought that the present life is not the kind of life he yearned for the most. Without the fuss of the Fu family, he can also put down his hatred, support himself by wood carving, have a cat and a place to live.

Now that he has everything, why is his heart still empty?

He has nothing to do with Li Zhi, and he doesn't have to worry about their future anymore, and he doesn't have to be afraid of being promoted by himself, but why is he still unhappy?

Little Lihua finally woke up after sleeping all afternoon, and came over to rub his leg.

Yan Qiu knew what it meant very well, and got up to pour him cat food.

After pouring out the cat food, Yan Qiu made himself something to eat, and turned on his phone while eating.

There was a missed call in it. When he saw the bright red 1 next to the phone icon, his heart jumped uncontrollably, and he clicked on it quickly, but it was an unfamiliar number, which seemed to be the person in charge of an auction house that had contacted him before., not the name he had in mind.

In fact, he also knew that it was definitely not Li Zhi, but he was still uncontrollably lost for a moment.

Even the food in front of me lost its taste.

After Yan Qiu collected his emotions, he dialed back.

In fact, it was not a big deal. The person in charge said that there would be an auction next week, and his works would participate in the auction. He asked him if he wanted to go there?

Yan Qiu held his phone and thought for a long time. In fact, he was avoiding the outside world now, but this was the first time his work participated in the auction, and Yan Qiu was always looking forward to it.

So in the end agreed.

Seeing that he agreed, he explained the date, and then said that the admission ticket would be delivered another day.

Soon it will be auction time.

Because of today's occasion, Yan Qiu deliberately wore a formal suit.

I thought it would be hot.

However, when went out, found it was a bit cold.

Yan Qiu raised his head and saw the old tree opposite. The green leaves on the tree had started to turn yellow, and the branches and leaves had become sparse.

Obviously when Mr. Li came last time, the leaves were still green.

Thinking of this, Yan Qiu immediately withdrew his thoughts.

Why did he think of Li Zhi again?

He was afraid that the longer he stood here, the more memories related to Li Zhi would pop up.

So he walked forward quickly.

Only one old tree was left standing there alone.

Yan Qiu took a taxi to the auction house and walked in with the ticket.

Seeing his name, a staff member took the initiative to come over and guide him in, and took him to the VIP room at the back.

He was placed in the innermost room, and when he passed one of the rooms, someone pushed the door and walked out.

It was a young man in a navy blue suit with half-long hair, holding a cigarette in his hand.

The two hurriedly met each other because they avoided each other, Yan Qiu didn't know him, but for some reason, after the man walked over, he suddenly turned his head and looked at him twice more.

Yan Qiu didn't understand why he suddenly looked back at him, but just followed the staff and walked forward.

However, when passing the room where the young man just came out, Yan Qiu suddenly heard the voice of the speaker inside.

"Which one did you see at the preview yesterday?"

"I did not see."

Hearing these words, Yan Qiu suddenly stopped and looked to the right. He saw that there seemed to be a person sitting on the sofa near the door, but the door closed so quickly that he only had time to see the outline of an arm clearly.

That is……

"Mr. Yan?" The staff member asked strangely when he saw him stop suddenly.

Only then did Yan Qiu come back to his senses, and hurriedly stepped up to follow.

He just glanced up subconsciously when he left.

103.

The VIP room was very large, and there were already a few people he didn't know, who must be the holders of today's auction items.

Although they didn't know each other before, it was awkward to sit still, so they quickly chatted with each other.

Except for Yan Qiu.

Now his mind is full of the sentence, "I didn't see it". Although it's been a long time since we saw each other, Yan Qiu still recognized that it was Li Zhi's voice.

Soon it will be time for the auction to start.

Because the VIP room has a large screen and can directly see the venue, they don't have to go to the main venue.

The screen opened, and soon the scene of the auction venue appeared.

After the auctioneer finished opening, he began to bid for the first collection of today.

"The first work is "Hundred Birds" by Mr. Chen Gu, a famous contemporary calligrapher and painter. Although the images of birds in this painting are very common in daily life, they incorporate the author's meticulous observation, and each bird is unique.There are differences, and the use of color is also Mr. Chen's consistent style, bold and lively, fresh and full of vitality, and the starting price is 800,000."

Yan Qiu listened intermittently, his mind was full of thoughts about Room 103 just now.

After an unknown period of time, suddenly heard his works.

"The following piece of painted woodcarving seated Guanyin Bodhisattva comes from Yan Qiu, a newcomer woodcarver who became famous at the National Woodcarving Exhibition and is also a rising star in the woodcarving field. He learned from Mr. Li Yuanjing, and his works are exquisite in technique, profound in skill, and very youngHuman ingenuity has a very high collection value, and the starting price is 200,000."

As soon as the auctioneer finished speaking, someone started bidding.

"Okay, two hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Three hundred thousand!"

"Three hundred and fifty thousand!"

"Fourty thousand!"

"Okay..." The auctioneer was about to hit the hammer when he saw that no one was raising any more cards.

A bidding number plate was slowly raised from the first row.

The auctioneer was stunned for a moment, and quickly stopped the auction hammer that was almost knocking in his hand.

Read out the number of the new bid plate.

"Okay, now there is a new bid, 1 million! Is there a higher bid?"

There were a few murmurs in the originally quiet venue because of this bidding. After all, no matter how good the wood carving is, it is only the work of a newcomer.

It is hard to say whether it will appreciate or depreciate in the future.

So everyone is very conservative when bidding.

Therefore, couldn't help but be a little curious about such a big deal, and looked at the bidder's position one after another.

Yan Qiu also looked subconsciously.

But the screen can only see the auctioneer on the stage, not the audience, so Yan Qiu can only give up.

"Okay!" The auctioneer tapped the auction hammer in his hand, "The painted and carved wooden statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva has been sold for 1 million yuan, thanks to No. 1501."

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