Wrong body

Chu Yi went to the cemetery in Tianmei Mountain.

He used his remaining savings to buy a cemetery for Mina.Although there is nothing in it, he erected a monument to write Mina's name.A good friend wandered around in life, at least there is still a place to rest after death.

Mina's posthumous photo of Chu Yi is in color.If Mina is allowed to choose by herself, she doesn't like black and white, she would find it monotonous.Chu Yi thought that he hadn't done enough. If he could hold her back on New Year's Eve, maybe—no maybe, so what if he really held her back.After all, he stood outside Mina's fate, and he chose his own path.Maybe she didn't leave that day, maybe she left a few days later, it didn't make much difference.

The dead are dead and cannot be pursued.Apart from mourning for this, the living people can only continue to live.Only by living and making new choices can we move forward.After Chu Yi cleaned Mina's cemetery, he went up the steps to the cemetery on the top of the mountain.He stood in front of Fang Jie's tombstone, where there was a bunch of forget-me-nots.

Chu Yi visited once a day this week, and he discovered a certain pattern: every three days, there will be a bunch of fresh forget-me-nots instead of the previous one.Today's one hasn't been replaced yet, he came early on purpose.Chu Yi waited, and half an hour later, someone stepped up the stone steps and appeared in front of him.

The height of the cemetery on the top of the mountain is a bit strenuous for a person who is over half a century old, but the other party still walked the distance.Chu Yi stretched out his hand to the person who came: "Hi, Mr. Chen, I wonder if you still remember me?"

Chen Zhiyuan put down the forget-me-not and regarded him as nothing.Chu Yi withdrew his hand, "Forgive me for being abrupt, Mr. Chen, I am here this time to ask you for a favor."

Alpha finally spoke: "Are all younger generations as rude as you?"

"Sorry, I tried to call your office, but there was no reply, so I had to wait here. I think this is the only place in Sanshan, no matter how busy you are, you will find time to go."

Only then did Chen Zhiyuan look straight at him with a vigilant look: "What do you want to talk about?"

"I know your company's board election is next week, and I hope you can do me a favor."

He paused, and continued: "Let Gao Yunzhe lose the election, and ensure that he can get away from Xinlihe."

"What are you dreaming about?"

Alpha let out a sneer, turned around and wanted to leave.Chu Yi stopped him: "Mr. Chen, stop, I have something, you can read it first, and I will not be too late after reading the reply."

He handed the diary and a note to Chen Zhiyuan: "My phone number is written on the paper. If you are still interested after reading it, please feel free to contact me."

-

Two days later, Chen Zhiyuan called and asked Chu Yi to meet in Banyu.

The Banyu lobby is still the same high dome, and ordinary people will feel small when walking under it.Chu Yi no longer paid attention to these, he walked forward without wavering.

In the private box of the restaurant on the second floor, he met Chen Zhiyuan.Two days later, the other party seemed to be half a circle old, completely different from the previous few meetings, and Chen Zhiyuan's high-spirited state disappeared.When Chu Yi came, he was sitting on a chair, his whole body was lifeless, and he was really an old man over fifty years old.

Mr. Chen.Chu Yi greeted him.Chen Zhiyuan raised his eyes.Sit down, Alpha indicated.

Chu Yi sat down opposite, and he saw that Chen Zhiyuan was holding the diary in his hand. The cover was much older than when he handed it to him last time, and it already had a curled edge, obviously he had read it many times.

"A bouquet of forget-me-nots every three days. Have you maintained this habit for ten years?" he asked.

Chen Zhiyuan reached out and stroked the diary, "Compared to her repeated practice of my name for 20 years, a bouquet of flowers is nothing."

"I admire Ms. Fang very much. As an omega, she has done things that many people cannot. Her 20 years of hard work are not in vain, she always remembers you."

Chen Zhiyuan laughed, with a sad look on his face: "She tried so hard to remember me, but I blamed her."

He fell silent, and looked at Chu Yi: "I have considered the request you made to me that day, and I called you here today to hear your reason."

Chu Yi took out a document from his backpack and handed it to the other party: "I have done some investigations in the past few days. Recently, the Financial Secretary and the Monetary Authority have jointly tested the internal pressure. After receiving the wind, the ICAC has accelerated the review of Xinlihe. Huanyu has taken many new actions in response to these situations. The chairman of the board of directors of Xinlihe has now become the center of the storm. Once he takes this position, he will face double pressure from the market and the government. Mr. Chen, I guess this is all Your arrangement, right?"

Chen Zhiyuan opened the file bag, glanced at it and put it down: "Xinlihe is not as strong as it seems to the outside world. After I took over, I gradually discovered many problems. The centipede is dead but not stiff. Gao Yongpei tried his best to make it survive for a while , but the chronic illness is hard to change, Xinlihe has already been riddled with holes, even if Gao Yunzhe wants to make up, it won't last long."

"So you gave up before the election to avoid risks. You deliberately lost this position to Gao Yunzhe and let him continue to work for Xinlihe. And you have paved the way for the Chen family. If anything happens to Xinlihe, Huanyu will take care of it." Benefit from it the first time.”

"I heard that you used to be a social reporter, and you are indeed capable." Chen Zhiyuan rubbed the diary lightly, and looked at Chu Yi inch by inch with eyes like a ruler: "Do you know that you are in the middle of your proposal,' The antithesis of letting Gao Yunzhe lose the election is for me to become the chairman, to take responsibility for him and bring back the mess. Why do you think I will help you?"

"He is Miss Fang's child. Maybe you hate Gao Yongpei and the whole Gao family, but at least you won't hate half of him. "

Chen Zhiyuan snorted coldly: "You are taking it for granted."

Chu Yi smiled: "You also said, young people."

"You really want to save him?"

"I planned it this way before. I thought he would live a better and safer life without me. Gao Yonglin could use indiscriminate methods to deal with me, and of course he could use dirtier methods to deal with him. I have heard about the technique. In order to ensure the continuation of the bloodline, some families will breed the alpha offspring of high-quality genes like dogs to achieve the purpose of increasing the fertility rate. I think for Gao Yonglin, there will be no harm in doing similar things. Moral pressure, after all, there is nothing more important in this world than his so-called elder brother, in his eyes other people are just a tool to achieve Gao Yongpei's plan, he doesn't care whether Gao Yunzhe lives or dies."

"But then I figured it out. In fact, I'm just an external factor. What Gao Yunzhe should not have is the things that are pressing on him, the shackles that the Gao family put on him," he said: "I want He is free."

"Freedom," Chen Zhiyuan sneered: "There is such a good thing, you can ask the high-ranking families on Shegong Mountain if each of them can have freedom, and there will be no second answer, just no It can be. From the moment Gao Yunzhe returned to Sanshan and walked into Gao Yongpei's mourning hall to accept his will, he was doomed not to turn back. How much can you save him who is desperate?"

Chu Yi took back the file bag, and said calmly: "I know, he is very stubborn, and he will not give up on things he believes in, so he is easy to get stuck and needs someone to push him and pull him. I will help him. Mr. Chen , you may find it funny to say it. I used to believe in fate, then I didn’t believe it, and now I believe it again. It looks silly, but I now think that what people call fate, the ring that surrounds you, is not God for you The choice is made by people step by step, and God just puts it back on you in the end. You may also have a deep understanding that everyone puts what they want on both ends of the balance, and in the end Even if you don’t want to admit it, there’s always one end that obviously sinks, and you make a choice because of that.”

Chen Zhiyuan had a complicated expression and didn't respond.

"If you make up your mind to ignore my proposal, you won't let me come here today." Chu Yi looked at the diary under Chen Zhiyuan's hand: "You are also hesitating. Gao Yongpei set a plan for all of you." The unbreakable balance, he let you see that the sinking end is irreversible, but I think with Mr. Chen's personality, you should have noticed it very early, and you are never willing to give in. So strictly speaking, I am not Please, I'm betting. I'm betting on whether you choose to fight back, and I'm betting on whether a regretful person chooses to atone."

Chen Zhiyuan stopped talking, and he fell into a long silence.Chu Yi didn't express any further opinions, he thought that diary was the most powerful persuasion.He turned his eyes and looked at the garden on Banyu, where many kinds of rare flowers were planted, all of which withered in winter, leaving only the shadows of dead branches all over the garden.But this is only temporary, and they will reopen after a round in the spring of next year.

"Oleander blooms and withers every year, and this cycle will not change," he said quietly, "It's only the people who look at it that change, Mr. Chen, what do you think?"

-

After sending Chen Zhiyuan away, Chu Yi sat in the outdoor garden of Banyu for a while.It's a sunny day, and you need to close your eyes when you look up.He hasn't slept much recently, and spends most of his day running around.In Fangzhai for a year, he was stagnant. He had no job or social interaction, and everything revolved around one person.It takes getting used to getting out of the cage, but if he really gets out, this Sanshan who has trapped him for more than 20 years is not a bigger cage.

He has always disliked the city of Sanshan, but he can't find a reason to leave—where can he go?Sanshan is like the obsession he can't let go of, the flawless perfection that only alpha and omega can form together.But now, he no longer yearns for those things that he once yearned for and considered irreplaceable.

betas are free. In 26 years, he experienced the true meaning of this sentence for the first time.

Chu Yi closed his eyes.Back at the apartment, he couldn't sleep alone, so he turned over and over to look at the photo album he made for Gao Yunzhe.He recorded many moments of alpha, except when he smiled.Thinking about it carefully, Gao Yunzhe didn't seem to really smile when he was with him.He used to think that he was cold and stingy to share a little tenderness, but now he can understand.Gao Yunzhe will not give anything.How can he give nothing?As long as he is also trapped in that layer of fate, he will not have the ability to be gentle, to be kind to others, or to love.Gao Yunzhe is a walking dead in Gao Yunzhe's name.

Nian Nian.

He repeated in his heart that this name would bring him more motivation.Chu Yi basked in the sun for a while, he cheered up, opened his eyes a crack, and saw someone approaching from a distance.

Seeing the figure of that person clearly, his heart skipped a beat, then recovered, stood up from the bench, and mainly talked to the other person, "Hello."

Assistant Zhou, who was walking in front, was a little surprised. He quickly adjusted his state, whispered something to the people behind him, and then walked away.

Just the two of them.Chu Yi stared at the person in front of him. Gao Yunzhe was in better condition than he imagined. He was neatly dressed, but his eyes were a little red, and he was about as sleep-deprived as himself.

Hello.He said again, Alpha finally had a reaction, he walked up to Chu Yi quickly, stretched out his hand to untie his scarf, and put his cold palm on his skin.

"Did you untie it?" He put his arms around Chu Yi's neck, asking with a little anxiety in his tone.

Chu Yi touched his hand, hooked his fingers, and gently broke away from the other's hand: "You gave me the key, and you gave it to me in the hope that I could untie that neck ring, didn't you?"

"Not in this way," Gao Yunzhe let go of him, and slowed down his tone: "I know you met Gao Yonglin that day, no matter what he said to you, you don't have to believe it," Alpha whispered: "Come back, Chu Yi, I won't blame you."

A fork in the road ahead.If he is not strong enough, he can go back and enjoy happiness in a greenhouse with Gao Yunzhe, even if the happiness rots quickly, it doesn't matter.This road is short-lived, and Fang Zhai has never been his prison alone.

There is another way.There are many difficulties and thorns.He needs to pay and endure, and he may not be understood, or he may lose everything because of missing again.

Chu Yi lowered his head and shook Gao Yunzhe's hand: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that kind of thing on Christmas Eve. You must have felt very uncomfortable at that time, but," he took a deep breath, and said, "No, just wait a little longer, it's very late." It will be over soon."

"What are you planning to come to Banyu to meet Chen Zhiyuan today?" Alpha held him instead, "Chu Yi, don't do anything stupid."

Chu Yi smiled at him, pulled out his hand, and raised it to cover Gao Yunzhe's eyes.He looked at his thin lips that would be pursed when he was unhappy, and thought that he was really stupid.

"Great, you can pronounce my name correctly now."

I have made many mistakes, and I have never learned to reflect on myself, but? Nian Nian, I owe you something, and I will definitely pay you back.If destiny is really a ring inlaid on us, then there is one thing, no matter what, I want to confirm it again for myself.

He put down his hands and left the garden in the bleak winter.The road ahead is a land of thorns, and the road will be smooth only if it is leveled.

-

On January [-], Xinlihe's board of directors election was held as scheduled, and Chen Zhiyuan was elected as the new owner of /xi.The special cover of the three-weekly magazine, with the headline: The world has changed hands, and the situation has settled.