Three years later.

City J, United States.

In the general manager's office, Song Yan is having a remote video conversation with Song Huaixing.

Although the distance from the United States to China is just a flash of time for Song Huaixing, as a "Zero Realm" native, Song Yan is more accustomed to video conferencing.

"That's almost all about the scientific research and charity project plans for the next quarter." Song Yan closed the folder in his hand and raised his eyes to Song Huaixing, "Do you have any comments? "

Song Huaixin nodded and said, "I don't have any comments, so you can decide."

Song Yan's face is expressionless: I have no idea why you still ask me to report to you in advance. If I want to fool you, I can do it in a matter of minutes.

"That's right," Song Huaixin suddenly remembered something, "Ke Mei asked me to let you know that Xia Lin will go to City F as a representative of the master's students of University B to exchange and study in the next two days."

Song Yan was startled.

Song Huaixin said: "City F and City J shouldn't be too far away, right?"

Song Yan smiled slightly sarcastically: "What do you mean by telling me this news?"

"It doesn't mean anything," Song Huaichen spread his hands, "Ke Mei asked me to convey it and I just said it."

Song Yan: "..."

At this moment, someone knocked on the door lightly then Song Yan said, "I have something to do. I'll hang up first."

He cut off the call.

After a while, Song Yan's personal assistant opened the door and came in, holding a file bag in his hand, and handing it to Song Yan: "Boss, this is the information for this month."

Song Yan took the bag of documents and saw the assistant standing still and couldn't help looking up at him: "What?"

"Boss, there is news from the country that Xia Er Shao seems to be investigating anonymous donations in Zilin Village recently."

The "Xia Er Shao" the assistant mentioned is Xia Lin.

Although the mudslide in Zilin Village did not cause any deaths, the only scenic area where they depend for survival, Shanjian Waterfall, was ruined.

In addition, the mudslide rushed to the edge of the village and caused traffic jams. In recent years, there have been few tourists. The villagers of Zilin Village are already living in a difficult situation and now it is even more difficult for them to maintain basic living security.

Although Song Yan is in a foreign country, he has secretly noticed the post-disaster reconstruction problem in Zilin Village. Although the local government allocated a sum of money, most of it was spent on infrastructure construction alone which did not greatly improve the quality of the villagers' life.

The Song Group originally planned a charity investment in this area but the shareholders were not in favor of the idea. Seeing that Zilin Village had almost lost room for investment in the tourism industry, they voted against it.

Song Yan didn't bother to talk to the old shareholders. He thought about it and simply allocated a sum of money from several new-generation companies under his own name to donate to Zilin Village. But he didn't want his personal industry to surface prematurely so he made an anonymous donation.

He did this entirely from the heart and he never thought about asking for anything in return. After three consecutive years of donation, nothing happened. He didn't expect that it would attract Xia Lin's attention.

He didn't know why Xia Lin wanted to investigate this matter but he had a clear conscience and said to the assistant: "He wants to investigate so let him do it."

The assistant nodded, turned, and walked out.

Song Yan lowered his head and looked at the document bag in his hand. Inside were Xia Lin's photos taken this month.

The photographer kept a very safe distance and did not disturb Xia Lin or infringe Xia Lin's privacy.

At the beginning, he sent someone to follow Xia Lin secretly just to make sure that there were no people from Song Huaixing around Xia Lin. After a long time, Song Huaixing has been convinced and he didn't bother to find Xia Lin anymore.

Even Ke Mei gradually withdrew from Xia Lin's social circle after Xia Lin's apprenticeship ended.

But Song Yan gradually developed a habit of having to check Xia Lin's recent photos every month to be at ease.

In the past, Xia Lin always liked to be alone but in the past month or two, a young and handsome man began to appear next to him.

In one of the photos, Xia Lin was walking in front of him. The man followed at the same pace. His eyes were eagerly watching Xia Lin. However, Xia Lin's expression was always flat and there was no joy or anger on his face.

Song Yan stared at the photo for a while then took out his mobile phone and called the assistant.

"Go check the man in the photo."

Before Song Yan had finished speaking, the assistant said, "I have checked it out. That person's name is Liang Jinhui. He is four years younger than Xia Ershao. He is Xia Ershao's younger brother in University B. He is still in his junior year."

"Is he pursuing Xia Lin? "

"It seems to be but it is rather cryptic and he should still be in the trial stage. Xia Ershao has not responded yet."

"Does Xia Lin's family know about this?"

"I haven't seen Xia Family's intervention so far so it must be that Xia Ershao doesn't want his family to know about it."

The assistant paused. Seeing that Song Yan hadn't given any instructions for the next step, he asked, "Boss, do you need me..."

"No need," Song Yan sighed almost inaudibly, "Let's observe for a while if Xia Lin also..."

He did not go on.

If Xia Lin is also interested in that person, what position does he have to intervene?

After hanging up the phone, Song Yan flipped through a few more photos. Almost every photo had the shadow of Liang Jinhui. He flipped it patiently to the end and finally irritably scattered the photos all over the floor then closed his eyes and leaned heavily on the back of the chair.

After a while, he heard his WeChat alert tone.

Song Yan picked up the phone and looked at it.

It was a WeChat message from Xia Lin.

【I will go to City F the day after tomorrow. 】

Song Yan looked at the few words. His frustration suddenly disappeared and a smile appeared involuntarily at the corner of his mouth.

Although he had known about this from Song Huaixing before, he still pretended not to and asked: 【What are you going to do? 】

Xia Lin: 【Exchange learning. 】

Song Yan: 【Are you a representative of master students? Very impressive. 】

Xia Lin made a smiling face.

Song Yan:【Be careful on the road. 】

Xia Lin: 【I got it. 】

The two were speechless for a while.

Song Yan knew that Xia Lin sent this WeChat message to meet him but he could not see him.

He didn't take the initiative to mention it and Xia Lin couldn't say anything.

After a while, Xia Lin asked again:【How is your health recently? 】

Song Yan subconsciously touched his still unconscious leg and replied without changing his expression: 【Just like always, there is no problem with walking and running but it is a little uncomfortable when it rains. 】

Xia Lin: 【It's already good to be able to recover like this. Don't exercise too much and pay attention to work and rest. 】

Song Yan:【Okay, Doctor Xia.】

Xia Lin:【Looking at the photos posted on your Weibo recently, why do I feel that your belly is getting bigger? 】

Song Yan:【Really? Then I should reduce my belly (crying)】

Xia Lin: 【It's better to be fatter. It indicates that the diet is good. 】

Song Yan opened his Weibo trumpet "Unstoppable" and uploaded some photos that have been photoshopped by professionals.

The face is Song Yan's but his body is a substitute.

Recently, the body double didn't manage his figure well and his stomach was rounded. After editing their photos, it seemed that the face and body were a little out of harmony.

Since coming to the United States, Xia Lin has been asking about his rehabilitation progress almost every month.

In order to assure Xia Lin, Song Yan lied to him that he had improved significantly. He knows that Xia Lin will pay attention to his Weibo so he uploads a few "recent photos" every month, temporarily rounding up the lie.

This also became the main reason why Song Yan did not dare to meet Xia Lin. Since the first lie was told, more lies had to be used to make up for it so even if Xia Lin has come to the United States, they cannot meet.

But at least, Xia Lin has now gradually let go of his guard and is willing to talk to him like a normal friend. He also sends care and greetings on holidays.

Song Yan told himself that he should not be too greedy. He should be content that he can chat with Xia Lin every now and then.