Bright Throne

Yan Gui is exactly the name of the gentle man on Qin Yi's phone screen.

Qin Yi didn't press the answer button until the incoming call rang twice. It didn't look like he was too eager, and he didn't make the other party wait too long.

"Hey, Qin Yi, it's me."

The male voice on the phone was as mellow and gentle as usual, and Qin Yi showed a slight smile on his originally lazy face: "Have you arrived yet? I'll go down to pick you up..."

As he said that, he was about to get up, but the man on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, and said two words slowly in a low voice: "...Sorry."

Qin Yi paused when he stood up, then sat back down, and Ji Hangfeng, who was watching him, frowned slowly.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to make it tonight. Sorry, I can only congratulate you on the phone for winning the championship." Yan Gui's voice was full of apology. In fact, this championship is not only of great significance to Qin Yi, but also to Yan Gui. After all, Qin Yi's award-winning work is wearing clothes designed by him.

So, what is the reason why Yan Guilian can't come to such an important celebration?

Qin Yi frowned, leaned forward, and listened to the man's explanation:

"...I have something to do tonight. I really can't get away from work. I'll make it up to you at the weekend, okay?"

Since Yan Gui didn't want to say more, Qin Yi didn't bother to ask. "Then you are busy, pay attention to safety at night."

"Well, I will."

The call that I had been waiting for all afternoon only lasted for a short while and then hung up hastily. Qin Yi fell into the back of the sofa, resting his feet casually on the bottom shelf of the low table. He couldn't see much emotion from his face. , Occasionally, some acquaintances greeted the two of them, and Qin Yi also responded one by one with a frivolous smile, as loose as in the past.

Ji Hangfeng leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Is there nothing wrong?"

"What can be the matter?" Qin Yi's eyes fell on the handsome face of the host on the stage, followed by the company's senior executives saying some irrelevant congratulatory speeches one by one, and soon it was time for personal awards.

Sure enough, it was boring.

He rarely participates in activities like this, and the opportunities to attend catwalk arrangements are also pitiful.

He planned in his mind to sneak away after a while of perfunctory.

At this time, Ji Hangfeng bumped him with his arm: "It's up to you."

Only then did Qin Yi stand up unhurriedly, and walked slowly towards the awarding platform. Although he had been in the company for two years, he had always been quite low-key due to the relationship with the exclusive model, and there were not many people he knew well. He likes this kind of occasion where a bunch of people huddle together to socialize, and tonight's celebration was actually the first time he publicly appeared in front of the models of the whole company.

The models under the stage at the venue whispered to each other in twos and threes, all talking about this special exclusive model.

Regardless of whether they are envious or jealous, admire or disdain, everyone's eyes are still involuntarily focused on him, following his figure.The originally noisy meeting place gradually became quiet somehow, just like everything that happened in that elevator coincided with each other.

At this time, under everyone's gaze, Qin also stepped onto the podium.

Just take a look and never forget it.

The background of the stage was decorated quite gorgeously. Qin Yi's slender figure was surrounded by lights, and a layer of light gold was plated on his body, reflecting a magnificent bright shadow on the wall.

Qin Yi stood in the center of the stage, unconsciously stroking the edge of the crystal trophy with his fingers, like an outsider, casually looking down at the crowd of people under the stage.

This kind of aura gives people the feeling that it is too strong, and people will not pay special attention to his facial features.

Ji Hangfeng sat under the stage and looked at him, sighing softly in his heart, even though he had seen this man since childhood, he couldn't help but be attracted by him at this moment.

This situation, like a pause in the middle, only lasted for a short while, and the warm atmosphere was renewed in the timely guidance of the host, as if someone had signaled in advance, and the host cleverly avoided the sensitive "exclusive model" The topic, only symbolically asked some innocuous questions, Qin Yikan also responded a few words cooperatively in order to save the face of this huge bonus.

"...Then, although it's very old-fashioned, please tell Mr. Qin who is the person you want to thank the most now?" The handsome guy who hosted it kept a polite smile and handed over the microphone.

Unexpectedly, Qin Yi neither thanked his parents, relatives, friends, or the company's senior management. He held the trophy a little higher and said indifferently: "Ah, I originally wanted to tell that person, but since he is not here now, It’s better to thank myself.” As he spoke, he lowered his head and kissed his trophy coquettishly.

"Uh..." The host was a little stuck, but quickly changed the topic wittily.

Ji Hangfeng from the auditorium looked at him and said silently, narcissist.

The two male models sitting in the front row watched quietly for a while, and one of them couldn't help but chuckled softly: "Hey, how does this 'exclusive model' compare to Shen Shutan back then?"

"Talk about Shen Shu? You mean the popular model who went to France to develop two years ago?"

"Yes, in terms of appearance and temperament, let's not give up."

"That's true, but it's not far behind in terms of opportunities, but if this kid actively accepts advertisements, it's hard to say..."

Their conversation came to Ji Hangfeng's ears intermittently, he muttered this slightly familiar name in surprise, Shen Shutan, is he a popular model?

Seemingly noticing Qin Yi's lack of interest, the host didn't look for boredom anymore, and naturally let him go after giving enough cutscenes.

After that, some well-known models in the company went up one after another, and some of them were quite outstanding, but compared with the first one, they were obviously inferior, which made it difficult for everyone in the audience to arouse their enthusiasm.

Qin Yi, who returned to his seat, poked Ji Hangfeng with his finger: "The bonus is also available when the stomach is full, let's get out of here, huh?"

"If you want to go, go on your own. I just made an appointment with that girl in a short skirt and we'll have a good chat about life after the meeting." Ji Hangfeng adjusted his glasses and said seriously.

"..."

Qin Yi said depressedly: "How can I go back by myself?"

"Fortunately, you can still recognize taxis." Ji Hangfeng tactfully expressed his contempt in a rare and short sentence.

"Put the trophy in your car for me." Before leaving, Qin Yi gave him a middle finger, which was ignored by the latter without any pressure.

From the moon to the middle of the sky.The heat of the day has dissipated a lot, and the cool night wind is very comfortable.

Walking out of the hotel venue, Qin Yi only felt that he was relieved a lot. He took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and fiddled with it for a while, then gently stroked Yan Gui's name in the address book with his index finger, and couldn't help but press it .

"Beep—beep—" the phone rang for a while, and was finally connected.

"Hey."

Qin Yi didn't expect that the opposite was a strange man. He was stunned for a moment, and then asked coldly, "Who are you? Where's Yan Gui?"

At the same time, in a high-end French restaurant at the other end of the city, a tall and handsome man was leaning on the back of a chair, holding a mobile phone in one hand, and slowly spinning a goblet with the other, the dark red liquid in the glass circled Make waves.

He snorted softly: "Yan Gui went to the bathroom. Who are you?"

There were not many pedestrians on the street at that time, Qin Yi was standing on the side of the road, the orange color of the street lamp covered his face from top to bottom, his beautiful and indifferent eyes were covered in a shadow by his bangs.

"It seems that I asked you first?"

"Oh," the man chuckled playfully, "You are Qin Yi, right?"

Although he didn't know the other party, just hearing this tone of voice made Qin Yi feel disgusted. He took a step back and leaned against the street lamp, put his free hand in his trouser pocket, and replied flatly: "Even if you say it's mine I won't even give you an autograph as a fan."

"..." The other party was clearly unprepared for such unreasonable words, and after a moment of stunned silence, he spoke again, and commented arrogantly, "You don't know the heights of the sky and the earth."

"Listen, I'm Shen Shutan."

Most people often use "my name" when introducing themselves to strangers, but this man used "I am", as if he was sure that others must know his reputation like thunder.

Although it is a subtlety, Qin Yi still noticed it.

So he responded with a long "Oh~" in a cooperative manner, and then changed his tone, "Who is that?"

"..."

This time, the other party was silent for ten seconds, not sure if he was angry.

"Hello? Shen, are you still alive? Hello?"

"Heh, you should ask Yan Gui about this question, he knows everything about me, of course, if he is willing to tell you."

Shen Shutan was staring at the other man across the dining table, seeing the other man's face seemed to make him feel much better, the smile returned to his face, and he handed back Yan Gui's phone, She raised her chin, "Your little boyfriend is here, don't you want to say a few words?"

As soon as Yan Gui came back, he saw Shen Shutan holding his mobile phone and talking to someone, he couldn't help but frowned immediately, and when he sat down and heard the last sentence, he said yes in his heart.

When he took the phone, there was no extra expression on his face, he just gave a light hello, Ren Chen Shutan couldn't see any emotion no matter how much he stared at it.

"Qin Yi, are you looking for me?"

Hearing his lover's voice again, Qin Yi suddenly didn't know how to answer. He pondered for a while, then said in a low and slow voice, "You...are it about work?"

He originally had a lot of questions that could be asked progressively one by one, but he chose the sharpest one among them and threw it out first in the most straightforward way.

It was so sharp that Yan Gui, who had always been calm, was suddenly speechless and unable to resist.

Yan Gui pondered his words in silence, and said calmly: "Shen Shutan is an old friend I haven't seen for a long time. He just returned to China tonight, so I'll pick him up from the plane and clean him up by the way."

Why did you lie to me before...

This question lingered in Qin Yi's mind, but what he asked was: "Where are you? It's so late, even the dinner party should be over, I'll pick you up?"

Yan Gui glanced at Shen Shutan, sighed, and said, "No need, you can go back first."

There was silence on the phone, Yan Gui pursed his lips, and when he was about to explain a few more words, a crisp "OK" came from the other end.

Then came the busy tone.

Qin Yi took the line and stood up straight, turned around and walked towards the corner of the street. He came out from the side of the hotel. There would be no taxis passing by in the alley, so he had to go to the main road to hail a taxi.

He was full of doubts, but Qin Yi didn't want a little thing to destroy the hard-won relationship between the two of them for his lover who had cost him a lot of effort for nearly two years.

Although "this little thing" seriously spoiled his mood.

At this time, he hadn't realized that doubts could easily germinate without watering.

One of the street lights on the street was broken, and it looked a little dim from a distance.

The number of times Qin Yi takes a taxi home by himself is actually not too many, especially after formally dating Yan Gui. Before that, Ji Hangfeng was usually given a ride, and then he and Yan Gui went to and from work together. Yan Gui is a designer, and he He only works as the exclusive model of the other party. Apart from the company's training and necessary courses, his working place is mostly in Yan Gui's office.

This has been the case for the past two years. At the beginning, he resolutely gave up his university studies because of Yan Gui's words "My greatest wish is to see you wearing the clothes I designed on the top catwalks in Paris", and turned to join the fashion industry and become a famous fashion designer. As a professional model, he has no regrets until today. Even though the cruel reality makes this dream look more and more elusive, he never gave up.

After finally taking a small step closer to the goal, but without the most important person to share with him, this is really a disappointment.

With his head down, thinking silently in his heart, Qin Yi has already walked on the main road.

In the dim light, he was absent-minded and didn't notice the vehicles passing by on the road, until a sudden sound of brakes rang in his ears!

The flickering headlights dazzled his eyes, and he had to raise his hand subconsciously to block the dazzling light.

Through the slits of his fingers, he vaguely saw a man getting out of the car, coming from the backlight in the halo of the headlights, his eyebrows could not be seen clearly, only a tall and slender figure appeared in front of his eyes.

When he got closer, Qin Yi also got used to the light, and his gaze fell on him involuntarily.

If a different little girl was here, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to move her eyes away after seeing her like this.

This is undoubtedly an extremely handsome man.

He was about thirty, and was wearing a valuable brand-name suit, with the collar slightly open without a tie, revealing a hint of unruly and casualness in his elegance.

The man walked slowly in front of Qin Yi, and while Qin Yi was staring at him, he was also staring at Qin Yi with those deep and dark pupils.

"Didn't it bump into you?" He asked, his tone was slow, with an intoxicating magnetism like fine wine.

Qin Yi shook his head.

"It's good that I'm fine. With such a pretty face, if I lose it, I will be guilty of a serious crime."

The man smiled lightly, and this smile naturally exuded a charm, a charm and sex appeal unique to mature men.

Even the lip line and the curvature of the chin look extraordinarily beautiful.

Even if there are many models around, Qin Yi, who is used to seeing handsome men and beautiful women, can't help but lose his mind for a while.

"You don't want to commit suicide, do you?" Qin Yi's silent and distracted appearance obviously misunderstood the man a little.

He stared at Qin Yi with a meaningful exploration and examination, leaned forward and moved a little closer.

There is an implicit safe distance between people. If a stranger crosses this boundary, they will feel uneasy, and those with a weaker momentum will even retreat subconsciously.

Qin Yi is quite sensitive to this boundary, but it is obviously impossible for him to be suppressed by the aggression vaguely revealed by the man in front of him.

He was half a head taller than the man, his eyes were half down, he looked straight into the other's deep eyes, and replied in a casual tone: "You think too much."

Seeing what he said, the man nodded slightly, without further entanglement, and finally took a deep look at him, then turned and returned to his car.

Qin Yi's eyes swept across the car. The streamlined body was spotless, and it shone with silver light in the night neon lights. Even a guy like Qin Yi who knew nothing about cars could see that it was extraordinary.

He took two steps back to the sidewalk, made way for the other party, and the car slowly slid forward, Qin Yi stopped looking at him, turned his head and continued to wait for an idle taxi.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, the taxi didn't come, but the car backed up slowly and stopped in front of Qin Yi again.

The man rolled down the window of the car closest to Qin Yi, put one hand casually on the steering wheel, sat sideways on the driver's seat and looked at him with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

He picked one out of the cigarette case, lit it, and put it in his mouth. When he did all this, his movements were very slow, and his eyes were always wrapped around Qin Yi, who also raised his eyebrows and looked at him.