Whispers of an Old Flame Rekindled Chapter 7

Lanhai is a well-known golf club in Shanghai. It occupies a large grassland in the city where every inch of land is valuable. There is also a sparkling artificial lake in the center. Standing at the entrance and looking into the distance, the grassland meets the water, and the water connects to the roots of the mountains. Just a casual glance is like a landscape painting.

It was Sunday afternoon, the sun was warm and the breeze was gentle, it was a good time for outdoor activities. Thirty or forty partners invited by Aiden Yu were scattered on the grass. Most of them wore white baseball caps. Looking down from the sky, they looked like small white flowers swaying on the green grass. The most crowded place among them was undoubtedly where Aiden Yu was.

Standing in the center of the crowd, Aiden Yu held Logan Wen's hand and greeted everyone with a smile. Various voices were intertwined like a tangled mess above the grassland, and unfamiliar faces flashed before his eyes like flowing water, so that Logan Wen could not remember anyone.

If you can’t remember it, then don’t remember it. There won’t be any chance for us to get along in the future anyway.

Logan Wen maintained an awkward but polite smile and followed Aiden Yu all the way until he saw a gap where no one was paying attention to him. Then he broke free from Aiden Yu's hand, left the crowd, and walked to the beginner practice area next to him.

In the crowd, after Aiden Yu exchanged a few random greetings and wanted to shift the topic to Logan Wen, he suddenly realized that Logan Wen was not standing next to him.

I didn't feel anything before I noticed it, but after I noticed it, I suddenly realized something was wrong. The full palms became empty, and the warmth I had held before also dissipated, leaving only a slight coolness brought by the wind.

When did Logan Wen leave?

Aiden Yu looked around and soon saw Logan Wen in the practice area.

The other person was standing alone, with his head down, holding a golf cue, poking the ball again and again, like an old hen driving away her chicks, or a big white goose pecking at her goslings, having a lot of fun... He was really smart, he found a place to relax so quickly.

Aiden Yu felt that Logan Wen's choice was very clever. He pointed at Logan Wen outside, smiled apologetically to the people around him, and as expected, he successfully left the crowd and came to the practice area.

The white ball on the lawn rolled to his sneakers, just like the ring rolled to Logan Wen's sneakers last time. He squatted down, picked up the white ball, tossed it up and down, and said with a smile: "This ball seems to have a little exercise today. Come on, let's take it to the official venue for some exercise."

Logan Wen glanced at Aiden Yu.

"What is the antonym of fitness?"

"I don't know, maybe embroidery?"

"You want to say that I played basketball like embroidery just now?"

Aiden Yu smiled: "No, that's not what I said."

Finally, Logan Wen wanted to have some fun himself and didn't bother with Aiden Yu.

He came to the official grass field, holding the club in both hands, and said to Aiden Yu: "Can you show me first?"

Aiden Yu took the lead. He glanced at Logan Wen up and down, and went directly to the side and back of Logan Wen. He raised his arms, passed through his waist, and then held his hands: "Your shoulders are too tense. Relax a little and stand with your feet apart. This way you can exert your strength... Logan Wen."

"Um?"

Aiden Yu stretched out his hand to gesture at Logan Wen's wrist and shoulder blade: "When you lose weight, I can wrap my arm around you."

A plain sentence is like a long ribbon, connected at two ends, one end is the present, the other end is the past, and it always connects people when they are most unprepared.

Logan Wen's mind suddenly focused, and his body became sensitive as well. The posture that he didn't find strange at first suddenly changed. The autumn sportswear was very light and thin, and the thin material was half-covered and half-transparent. The subtle touch was like someone playing the piano on your back, and you closed your eyes, covered your ears, and couldn't guess where the next stimulation would come from.

This posture is very similar to the last time when he tried on clothes at the wedding company. Logan Wen was originally immune to it, but now he is allergic again.

He was caught off guard and blurted out, "You're the only one who remembers."

Aiden Yu told Logan Wen with an innocent expression that he did remember it, and was there anything wrong with having a good memory?

Logan Wen stopped talking. His back was a little stiff, and the stiffness seemed to be contagious. It immediately spread to his face and wiped out the smile that was floating on his lips.

At this moment, the people around them looked at them with understanding. One of the younger ones even raised his phone and said, "Mr. Yu, let me take a picture of you."

"Okay, take the photo and send it to me."

This is direct evidence of their happiness. Aiden Yu agreed very much and cooperated by posing in a handsome pose for the photo.

The photographer took several photos but failed to take a satisfactory picture. He kept holding the phone and moving left and right to find the angle.

Aiden Yu felt that he was not such a photogenic person, so he glanced at Logan Wen beside him and found out what was going on. He lowered his head and whispered in her ear: "Smile, you look like you were kidnapped by me."

"I can't laugh."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm tired. Smiling takes effort, and no one pays for my smile."

"I'll pay for it."

Logan Wen glanced at the man and asked, "What's the reason?"

Aiden Yu said from the bottom of his heart: "Your smile is my wealth."

The corner of Logan Wen's mouth twitched, and he felt as if a worm was crawling onto his body, drilling around in him and making him itch all over. He couldn't hold on any longer, and suddenly leaned back, crashing into Aiden Yu's arms.

Aiden Yu was caught off guard, his arm shook, and he grabbed Logan Wen's hand and hit the ball in front of him. The small white ball seemed to have a launcher installed inside, and it instantly ejected, perfectly bypassing the hole in a high trajectory, and flew far away.

Without a doubt, it's a stinker.

There are people watching around!

The glances they cast over became quite meaningful, and Aiden Yu seemed to read the following meaning from them: He is such a bad fighter, yet he is still a teacher?

He was calm and composed, talking to Logan Wen, shifting the blame with his left and right hands: "It's normal, it's normal, beginners' first shots don't go well, Logan Wen, don't lose confidence."

After Aiden Yu finished speaking, he looked at Logan Wen's cold face and estimated that the other party would not smile again, so he took off his white baseball cap and put it on Logan Wen's head, and touched it: "Come on, let's try another shot."

Another snap!

The photographer succeeded in capturing the photo and was finally satisfied. Before leaving, he said hello happily: "Mr. Yu, I sent the photo to your WeChat. I'm going to play ball."

Aiden Yu gave the other person a smile. His lips were slightly raised, like peach petals, and he was naturally romantic. His eyes were slightly narrowed, and his romanticism was full of sincerity: "Thank you."

The photographer was flattered: "Mr. Yu, you are too polite. I just did a small thing."

Logan Wen pinched the brim of his hat, took a look and then looked away: "I'll go get the ball."

"Don't worry." Aiden Yu hurriedly stopped the man. He followed Logan Wen, lowered his head and squatted down. His slender fingers picked up a piece of shoelace scattered on the ground, "The shoelace fell off."

Logan Wen lowered his head as well.

His eyes were fixed on the back of Aiden Yu's head. Perhaps because he was going to exercise today, when he entered the court, Aiden Yu took a rubber band and tied up the ends of his hair into a small bun. The little chestnut hair was facing the sunlight, flashing a few golden spots.

Just then, a breeze blew, bringing with it the smell of green grass and the scent of spring water and forests. The former was the scent of this grassland itself, while the latter, sweet and distant, was the smell of Aiden Yu's perfume.

***

"The two have a pretty good relationship. Mr. Yu even squatted down to tie someone's shoelaces."

"Where did the rumor of their fake marriage come from? Could it be that they chose him as a target in a power struggle among the other parties?"

There is an outdoor rest area on the golf course. The rest area is small, but it has everything it should have, whether it is a food table covered with a long towel, or a parasol like this, or a small round table under the umbrella, which is slightly smaller than a manhole cover.

These small round tables are scattered on the lawn. Each round table comes with two chairs. There is also a slender vase and a champagne rose on the table. It is exquisite and beautiful, and is perfect for guests who are tired of playing ball to sit down with their female companions and share some delicious food prepared by the chef.

The sound of discussion came from this area. Two middle-aged men, whose hairlines had retreated three feet and whose bellies were blowing the horn of advancement, were talking to each other until a third voice joined in.

"What fake marriage?"

The two men turned around and saw a young man sitting behind them.

This young man was much younger than them. He was twenty-five years old and fearless. His bangs were combed back, revealing a face with a full forehead and a straight nose. He was wearing a sports shirt of unknown brand and holding a golf club inlaid with 24k gold, flashing the dazzling light of RMB.

In addition, he had a pierced ear in his right ear, with a diamond earring shining on it.

As soon as the two old men saw the iconic slicked-back hair and diamond earrings, they knew who was sitting here. They immediately smiled as warmly as the sunflowers rising in the morning sun: "Isn't this Mr. Zhao? Mr. Zhao is here to exercise today too?"

Mr. Zhao's full name is Zhao Jingxiu. He has a good father. His father has saved up a fortune that his son could not spend in three lifetimes. However, his father is too generous to take things from others. While the son enjoys the fruits of his father's labor, he also has to listen to his father. So he obediently follows his father's instructions and comes here to find Aiden Yu, who is of similar age but successful in his career, to get close to him and see if they can be friends.

How should I put it? At first, Zhao Jingxiu was still a little unhappy, just like the poor students always dislike the top students. But after actually meeting her, Zhao Jingxiu felt that - this person was a bit fragrant.

Zhao Jingxiu turned sideways and said to the two men in front of him: "Tell me in detail what fake marriage is?"

In the middle of the lounge, the three of them were sitting together, and across two empty tables, there was a man who was about ten years older than Zhao Jingxiu, talking on the phone. This man was called Manager Qian.

Manager Qian and Mr. Zhao are ten years apart in age, and their outfits are even more different. Although Manager Qian tries hard to dress himself up, his clothes, accessories and cell phone may not be as good as Zhao Jingxiu's pair of shoes. This is probably an unbridgeable gap in reincarnation skills.

In addition to the difference in equipment, his expression was not as relaxed as most people here. Instead, he held a cell phone and spoke quickly in a low voice, like a machine gun hidden in the quilt, firing and roaring, forming a dull roar:

"Please check for me if there is a design company called Guangsong among the bidders for our Phase 3 tender, and if the person in charge of the design company is surnamed Wen!"

***

The discussions in the rest area had no impact on Aiden Yu and Logan Wen.

This is Logan Wen's first time playing the sport of golf. He is very interested in it and is studying it seriously.

After hitting another ball, Aiden Yu squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while. He judged that this was a good ball. He found a golf cart, sat in the driver's seat and waved to Logan Wen: "Let's go. I'll drive and we'll go find the ball together. I'll be your exclusive caddy today."

They rode forward in the golf cart. At first, there were some people following them, but the deeper they went, the fewer people there were.

During this process, Aiden Yu regained a sense of familiarity.

This kind of thing of having an exclusive caddy is actually not the first time. When he was still with Logan Wen, he did something similar. At that time, it was an "exclusive sketching package".

Logan Wen has loved painting and design since he was a child. When he was in high school, he always took time out during the holidays to go outing and sketch.

Every time at this time, Aiden Yu would carry Logan Wen's sketching bag and follow Logan Wen, walking forward swayingly. Sometimes they sketched in the city, and sometimes they went to the mountains, the lakeside, the small forest... places like the golf course in front of them.

Logan Wen sat down to paint the scenery, and he sat beside Logan Wen to paint Logan Wen.

The person who paints the scenery looks at the scenery, and he looks at the person who paints the scenery.

The landscapes that Logan Wen painted were quite nice, but the people he painted were really not that good.

So later, he hid his paintings and didn't show them to anyone. He went to Logan Wen and asked Logan Wen to draw the scene of "drawing him" on his drawing paper...

A smile appeared at the corner of Aiden Yu's mouth, but it retracted before it could even bloom.

He was stunned for a moment, then changed direction, no longer looking at Logan Wen, but turned to a place where Logan Wen was not.

Without people, the scenery becomes eye-catching. The ordinary grass and monotonous trees are really a featureless landscape, without any of the grandeur and elegance when looking down from the sky.

They continued forward, and when they reached the artificial lake of the stadium, there was no one around.

Logan Wen stopped here. Although Aiden Yu followed closely, he was familiar with this man and could easily find the lack of interest hidden under the attentive appearance of this man. Maybe the people and things here could not arouse his interest.

"Are you tired?"

"good."

"Want to take a break?"

"It's up to you."

"I continued to play."

"Let me accompany you." said Aiden Yu.

"If you want to play ball, I'll go to rest." Logan Wen also said.

Does this mean I have to do the opposite of what I am doing?

Aiden Yu's puzzled gaze fell on Logan Wen.

There was a hint of sarcasm in Logan Wen's words: "Why do you still want to perform when there is no one left?"

Aiden Yu: "I think it's better to have a good beginning and a good end. But..." He looked around, there was indeed no one around, and a play would only be complete if there were an audience, "It's okay to take a break, you play ball, and I'll just take a walk."

Logan Wen: "Yeah."

After Aiden Yu left, Logan Wen immediately relaxed. He stretched his body on the spot and was about to continue playing ball, but when he looked up inadvertently, he saw Aiden Yu appear under someone else's parasol.

He was a very young man with a slicked-back hair and diamond earrings. He handed a bottle of mineral water to Aiden Yu. Aiden Yu took it. The man then took out a handkerchief from his pocket, leaned over, and wiped Aiden Yu's forehead bit by bit.

The small shadow cast by the parasol accommodated the two of them, which was truly an independent space for two people under the sunshine.