Whispers of an Old Flame Rekindled Chapter 6

The city lights went out one after another, and the hustle and bustle stopped, hiding in the wind and quietly leaving.

It was time to go to bed, and only Aiden Yu and Logan Wen were left in the house. They looked at each other in silence in the bedroom.

After a moment, Aiden Yu broke the silence.

"With my aunt at home, we can't sleep in separate rooms."

"Um."

"We have to share a dressing room, a bathroom, and a bed."

"Um."

"Of course, Auntie won't open my door and enter the bedroom without permission, so we can use two quilts. We just need to put them away before going out."

"Um."

"There is only one last question left." Aiden Yu said sincerely, "I am used to sleeping naked. Since we have separate quilts---"

Logan Wen opened his mouth calmly: "You don't have this habit now."

Although it was an expected answer, Aiden Yu still sighed: "So that's it, let's go to sleep?"

Logan Wen: "Asleep."

The two men lay on either side of the two-meter-wide bed, with their legs stretched out, their hands flat, their heads resting on the pillows, in a very standard supine position, silently looking at the white gauze slightly swaying in the night breeze, without the slightest desire to sleep.

One minute, two minutes.

Five minutes, ten minutes.

The passage of time gradually numbed Aiden Yu's senses, but his sense of smell became more and more sensitive. Ever since he lay down, he had been harassed by this smell.

Did you put too much shower gel in your shower today? This is the first time I found that the shower gel at home has a fragrance... and it smells pretty good.

Aiden Yu closed his eyes for a long time but still couldn't fall asleep, so he could only speak.

"I can't sleep."

"Yeah?"

"Not really used to it."

Logan Wen suddenly chuckled: "I've touched and seen what I should have touched and seen long ago, but now you're not used to it?"

Aiden Yu also sighed: "After all, a long time has passed."

Logan Wen paused for a moment: "...That's right." He said lightly, "Since you can't sleep because you are not used to it, then learn from me and think about people who are used to it. Maybe you will fall asleep."

Aiden Yu was stunned by what Logan Wen said, and then he realized who the other party was talking about. This made him subconsciously look at his ring finger, and he recalled the feeling of Logan Wen's ex-husband's ring on his hand.

The special environment amplifies the inner feelings.

The bed beneath them suddenly sank, and a person seemed to appear in the empty space between the two of them.

His face and figure were blurred, but he was very bold, holding Logan Wen's waist with one hand and resting the other hand on his ring-wearing palm...

This fantasy made Aiden Yu's scalp tingle slightly: "You mean, there is a third person in our bed..."

"That's right." Logan Wen said lazily: "Is it exciting or not? Is it a surprise or not?"

Aiden Yu was silent for two breaths, and refused to admit defeat: "Five."

Logan Wen: "Hmm?"

There was already someone else's ex-husband lying on the bed. Aiden Yu felt that only by bringing two of her own ex-boyfriends could she defeat the other party: "You bring one, I'll bring two. One on the left, one on the right."

The room was quiet and no one responded.

Suddenly, Logan Wen turned over and got off the bed. After a moment, he raised one hand, reached onto the bed, and pulled away the quilt.

Aiden Yu wondered: "What are you doing?"

Logan Wen: "The bed is too crowded, you can sleep by yourself."

To be honest, Aiden Yu couldn't sleep any more. Although he had summoned his ex-boyfriend, their fighting power was not at the same level as Logan Wen's ex-husband. They only existed for a while and then disappeared. They were not like Logan Wen's ex-husband at all. He still insisted on poking his fingers and refused to give up. He held on for a while, but couldn't hold on any longer. So he pulled the quilt and got out of bed. He didn't sleep on the bed, but on the floor, feeling at ease.

***

That night, Aiden Yu had countless chaotic dreams. He finally struggled to wake up, and his back and waist were sore, and his shoulders were stiff. He felt more tired when he slept than when he didn't.

He got up from the ground with a headache, shook the quilt, moved his shoulders, walked a few steps to the window, pulled open the curtains, and let the sunlight outside the window penetrate the bedroom and dispel the nightmare in the room.

It was not until then that he slowly exhaled and had enough energy to look around. He found that he was the only one in the bedroom. The quilt belonging to Logan Wen had already been folded and put into the closet. There was no movement in the cloakroom and bathroom, and it was obvious that he had left long ago.

This makes people feel a little relieved.

Aiden Yu checked the time and woke up a little earlier than usual. He slowly went into the bathroom and took a relaxing morning bath. After tidying up, he went downstairs and heard some noise coming from the restaurant. He looked over curiously and saw...

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Tomatoes mixed with sugar.

Bread with tomatoes.

At this time, Logan Wen just walked out of the kitchen and brought the last dish of breakfast.

Tomato noodle soup.

The rich tomato flavor, along with the steaming noodles, came to Aiden Yu's nose in a frenzy.

The last trace of sleepiness in the morning was also dispelled, and Aiden Yu shuddered: "You know I hate tomatoes---"

Logan Wen said insincerely: "Huh? So you hate tomatoes? Sorry, I forgot."

Aiden Yu looked at Logan Wen for a while and felt that some things could not be expressed with words alone.

He entered the kitchen without any smell of smoke, and after a while, came out of the kitchen without any smell of smoke. All the smell of smoke was concentrated in the pot of corn juice in his hands.

That morning, Logan Wen was eating tomato dishes, and Aiden Yu was drinking corn juice. The two sat face to face, and both pushed the food to the center, hoping that the smell of their food could spread further...

***

After a breakfast that felt like a battle, Aiden Yu came to the company in a depressed mood. The table looked like a bed and he could fall asleep by lying down. Unfortunately, the secretary waiting outside did not give him the opportunity. He had only sat down for five minutes when a diligent employee came in with coffee and documents.

Aiden Yu picked up the coffee and drank it all, then asked: "What's the matter?"

Secretary: "The 80 million from Hushen Group has arrived."

Aiden Yu said to himself in a complicated tone: "It's really not easy to make money..."

Secretary: "Boss?"

Aiden Yu cheered up: "The money has arrived, and I'll ask the finance department to transfer it directly to Jinyang."

Jinyang, whose full name is Jinyang Tiancheng, is a large-scale residential base for the elderly under construction. Its main selling point is "the ideal garden for the elderly". Aiden Yu is one of the partners of this elderly care base. The reason why he chose to invest in this project is also related to his current business direction.

Aiden Yu's main business is whole-house smart home, which is doing well and was successfully listed in the United States last year. After the listing, Aiden Yu considered for a period of time and opened up a new whole-house smart product line for elderly users in the mature product line.

But this promotion is not easy. Jinyang Tiancheng is Aiden Yu’s first step in promotion and experimentation. He plans to integrate smart products for the elderly into senior apartments, develop users while conducting more development and adjustments based on user feedback.

The secretary nodded and reminded Aiden Yu: "Mr. Chen from Jinyang wants to have tea with you this afternoon."

Aiden Yu: "Did you say anything?"

Secretary: "No."

Aiden Yu refused: "He is probably here to collect the money. The money has been transferred anyway, so don't worry about it..."

The focus now is not Mr. Chen who has already received the money, but Logan Wen. Aiden Yu has a hunch that he'd better save his energy recently so that he can go home and compete with Logan Wen... Well, in addition to home, he also has to deal with the outside world and break the rumors currently prevalent in the circle.

Aiden Yu thought for a while and said to himself, "If you want more people to know, you have to find a place to show it publicly." He instructed his secretary, "Go and book the golf course in Lanhai. If it weren't for a party, I really don't want to play golf, a tepid sport for the rich. Sports are more exciting... Party time is... time!"

Aiden Yu realized that he couldn't set the time himself, so he took out his cell phone and called Logan Wen.

The call was quickly connected, and Logan Wen's voice rang out, saying in a straightforward manner: "I'm at work, so I'm busy."

Aiden Yu got straight to the point: "Just one sentence, let's find some time to play golf. We'll invite a lot of people. Give me a time when you're free."

Logan Wen understood immediately: "I don't know how to play golf."

Aiden Yu was even more satisfied: "That's great, I'll teach you when the time comes."

Logan Wen was silent for a moment: "This Sunday afternoon."

Today is Friday, and it's too rushed to make an appointment for tomorrow. The afternoon of the day after tomorrow is just right. Aiden Yu received a reply, and after agreeing, he immediately hung up the phone, so as not to delay Logan Wen's working time.

The phone was picked up and returned to the desktop.

Logan Wen tapped the table with his fingers and said to the others at the oval table: "Continue the discussion."

In the meeting room with more than ten people, there were eight or nine documents on the table, and the cover of each document read: "Bidding Document for the General Design Plan of Jinyang Tiancheng Phase III".