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Chapter 55 (two more) An An's eighteenth birthday...
Five forty-eight in the morning.
Jiang Lu glanced at the time on the phone, and put it down slowly. He had kept his eyes open for four hours.
The latest news of chatting with Qi An'an was her post "Good Night, Sweet Dreams", followed by a kitten sleeping with an emoji, which was distributed at 11:33 last night.
This is Qi An'an's habit. She waits for him to fall asleep every day and sends him a "good night and a good dream" after his breathing is steady, and then hangs up the phone.
Since An An "accompany" him like this every day, he has not missed a nightmare for a long time, let alone such a terrifying nightmare.
Jiang Lu got up and quickly cleaned up and walked out of the dormitory silently.
The sky outside is gray, and the sun comes out later in the winter morning. The sky is gray and white. Looking around, there are bare withered trees everywhere, and the heavy and decaying branches stand quietly, far less fresh and bright than summer.
Jiang Lu walked slowly, holding down his uneasiness, calmly thinking about the nightmare that has always been like a maggot with bones.
At first, had a memory of Meng, and it was Qi Yan who was defeated. He watched him with handcuffs on his hands, and he was limped away by the police. After this dream was repeated several times, An An's cry appeared. She was squatting on the ground outside the sealed villa door, crying like an abandoned kitten.
At first, there were shadows in the dream, and when I woke up, I kept telling myself that it was not An An, absolutely not. There were more dreams, and he gradually became chaotic, and when he woke up, his anxiety became more and more intense.
Today, Jiang Lu feels that he should pay attention to his dreams.
It is said that there are thoughts in the day and dreams in the night, but he knows very well that he will never want to see Qi Yan go bankrupt, the Qi family loses, An An loses a place to live, and he will never think about making An An cry , He couldn't bear a single tear.
Even though he never believed in those mysterious and mysterious things, the doubts and unease that had been accumulated for too long gave Jiang Lu the idea that maybe his dream was a warning from God.
Since birth, other children have gained and lost, but he has never owned anything. Maybe God remembered him who was forgotten, and that year only gave him a gift so precious that he would have to hold and care for it with both hands.
This is the treasure that he has accumulated with the luck of the first half of his life and all the luck of the second half of his life in advance.
Jiang Lu stopped and slowly closed his eyes. It's about Qi An'an, even if it's nonsense, he would rather believe it than not. Jiang Lu forced himself to recall the scene last night that shocked him and made his heart hurt.
If someone really bullied An An, at least neither he nor Qi Yan could watch it. From the past dreams, Qi Yan may have no way to protect An An.
So what about him, where is he?
How could it be possible to let An An cry alone?
Jiang Lu thought firmly, unless he died.
A gust of cold wind blew, the campus was empty, all the wind rushed towards his body, Jiang Lu felt that his heart was full of cold air.
He took out his cell phone and made a call.
Qi Yan had just fallen asleep when he received the call. He picked up the phone and glanced at it, but still pressed the answer: "Why did you call so early? What's wrong with An An?"
"No, An An is fine."
Qi Yan breathed a sigh of relief and got a little angry: "Mr. Jiang, I know it's not too early to be more than six o'clock, but I made a plan yesterday to make it faster than four o'clock. If you don't have any big things, you can talk about it later."
"Don't hang up," Jiang Lu said, "How is your company's operations recently? Do you have a very difficult opponent?" He knew Qi Yan, Qi Yan was very skilled, and the company's accounts were well done, and there was absolutely no long-term development. Any problem, if he goes bankrupt and goes to jail, someone must have designed him.
"No, it was turbulent a while ago, but it has stabilized now."
"You look inside and out."
"...You just said this," Qi Yan asked again inexplicably, "Did you see something recently?"
Jiang Lu couldn't explain too much to him, he just said: "Anyway, keep an eye on it."
No, not only Qi Yan's opponent, but also for him. When both of them are dead, others will bully An An.
Jiang Lu frowned deeply: "How is Qi Hong lately?"
"What else can he do? You did the game last month, and it collapsed." Qi Yan was no longer drowsy this time, he sat up, "His company has been swallowed by me, and now I owe it to me. Tens of millions of debts, fraud and money laundering... He has to go to jail until he dies. You should have known this long ago."
"Didn't he run away?"
"Caught. I caught it two days ago. I didn't have time to tell you."
It can't be Qi Hong, he has no chance of turning over. Jiang Lu asked again, "What is Qi Zhen doing recently?"
"..."
"Are you free? Ask Qi Hong and then ask Qi Zhen."
Jiang Lu rubbed his brows irritably. In fact, he didn't think that Qi Zhen alone really had the ability to bring down him and Qi Yan. Even if she could be close to a character, what kind of brain would the other party have to be so bad for Qi Zhen? against them both. But anyone who comes out to do business can't do such a stupid thing.
If it weren't for the two of them, Jiang Lu would not see anyone who could hate him and Qi Yan at the same time. However, he can check slowly. Whether this person is already lurking around them, or will appear in the near future, he will leave no room for a solution.
He will not fail, and he will never let An An suffer any grievances.
There is nothing to talk about with Qi Yan anymore, Jiang Lu intends to hang up: "I think too much, it's fine."
"Hey, wait a minute, what did you give her for An An's eighteenth birthday today?"
Jiang Lu said, "It has nothing to do with you."
Qi Yan choked, gritted his teeth and said, "Although my sister is an adult, you are not allowed to touch her, do you hear?"
Jiang Lu still said, "It has nothing to do with you." Before Qi Yan could curse, he hung up the phone.
...
It was just a few days after school started, and it was the weekend again. Qi Anan woke up a little late, and it was past eight o'clock when he opened his eyes.
There was a message from Qi Yan on the phone, wishing her a happy birthday, giving her six-figure pocket money, and saying that she bought a diamond necklace.
Qi Anan couldn't help laughing, said "Thank you brother" and sent a bunch of emojis over there. Her brother is really a straight man. Every year, whether it's a birthday or a Chinese New Year, the things she gives her are basically jewelry except for money.
Qi Anan thought that his brother is twenty-eight, and he is still single with the mother and child. He has never talked about a single person. He has been raising his sister as a daughter, so he should be concerned about lifelong events.
She had to persuade him well, take some time to find a girlfriend, don't be busy at work every day, work is always busy.
Just thinking about it, Jiang Lu's WeChat came in.
- An An, are you awake?
Qi Anan smiled: Just woke up.
She was looking for a suitable emoji when Jiang Lu sent another WeChat message.
- Happy eighteenth birthday.
Qi An'an was sweet in her heart, and without getting out of bed in a hurry, she leaned on the pillow and stared at these lines.
Jiang Lu never said sweet love words, nor did he send emojis to coax people. But if it is such a law-abiding thing, she likes it how she sees it, and after watching it for a long time, she feels that it is so old-fashioned and cute.
Jiang Lu had said before that he would take her out on her birthday. Qi An'an had been looking forward to it for several days, and now he couldn't help but ask him: Where are we going? I'll go to your dormitory to find you now, okay?
Jiang Lu immediately replied: No, you can go downstairs in half an hour, I will wait for you downstairs in your dormitory.
Qi Anan laughed, returned a cheering emoji, and got out of bed to wash up.
Jiang Lu put away his mobile phone. In fact, he didn't tell the truth. He was already downstairs in Qi'an's dormitory. From six to eight, he stood for two full hours.
But compared to the terrifying dream before, he lived comfortably and joyfully for the past two hours. At least he knew that the girl he loved was sleeping peacefully in the warm room in front of him, and he was guarding her.
The last bit of fear in Jiang Lu's heart gradually dissipated when she saw Qi An'an. She was wearing a white padded jacket and a beige wool ball hat. When she came out of the dormitory building and saw him, she opened her arms and rushed towards him.
He stretched out his hand to hold her in his arms, and his empty heart was finally completely filled.
"Jiang Lu, have you waited for a long time? Am I a little slow today?"
After Qi Anan hugged Jiang Lu, he touched his face, but found that his skin was really cold and abnormal, and then grabbed his hand, his fingertips were even colder.
Jiang Lu smiled and kissed her lips: "No, I just arrived."
"Why is that hand so cold?" Qi An'an laughed, cupping his hand with both hands and breathing, "Is it warmer?"
Jiang Lu looked at her and murmured, "Yes."
very warm.
Qi Anan breathed and rubbed his hands for a while, and finally warmed Jiang Lu's hands. She asked excitedly, "Where are we going in a while?"
It's rare. It's the first time that Jiang Lu has betrayed her for so long: "Are you hungry? Eat first. You'll know when you go."
...
Although Qi An'an was still very curious on the way, she also knew something in her heart. Today is her eighteenth birthday. At the age of adulthood, Jiang Lu will definitely celebrate her birthday.
When she talked about this in the dormitory yesterday, she immediately sparked a lot of discussion among the little sisters. In the end, everyone agreed that Jiang Lu definitely wanted to give Qi Anan a romantic birthday date.
The other three people in the dormitory at that time were even more excited than Qi An'an herself, and gave her a meticulous analysis of a series of sweet events that she was about to experience today.
First of all, must go shopping. Of course, will buy and buy. Then will order a high-end western restaurant, and have a sweet meal in it. Maybe there will be a live violin playing or something. Finally, of course, will come to a romantic movie. Love movie, after watching it, walked up to the oversize double bed room of the five-star hotel.
Qi An'an felt that what they said seemed quite reasonable, the general process was indeed like this, and she couldn't help but secretly blushed last night.
But just when she imagined where Jiang Lu would take her to go shopping, they stopped at the gate of a community.
"Jiang Lu, is this your classmate's house?" It shouldn't be a relative's house. Jiang Lu doesn't have any relatives who will visit. It's probably a classmate or something, so he has to come over first.
Qi Anan looked at the gate of the community. She still had some impressions of this real estate. It was very popular in City A before, because it is a prime location, next to the central park, and behind it is the famous and prosperous commercial street, adjacent to the school district, surrounding The infrastructure is perfect, and the developer has a good reputation.
Qi An'an didn't ask anything, and followed Jiang Lu obediently. There must be something important for Jiang Lu to come here first, of course, it is important to do business. They still have a day left anyway, so they are not in a hurry.
Jiang Lu knew what she was thinking at a glance at Qi An'an. He was very soft-hearted, he held her hand gently and led her into the community.