Qu Jiaran was still full of enthusiasm on the phone. "The two of you can meet up and have a meal together."
Nan Yu declined, saying it wasn't necessary. Beicheng wasn't a small city, and maybe they were far apart, so it would be troublesome to meet.
"What's so troublesome about it? Just let Linyuan come to you," Qu Jiaran was very eager to play matchmaker. "Besides, you're all alone in Beicheng. You don't know anyone here. It'll make you feel more at ease to have an acquaintance."
"That's settled then. I'll go and contact Linyuan!" With that, before Nan Yu could refuse again, Qu Jiaran quickly hung up the phone.
Less than three minutes later, Tan Linyuan's call came in.
Nan Yu: …
She reasonably guessed that these two were deliberately trying to amuse themselves at her expense, whether intentionally or not.
So Nan Yu hung up the phone.
However, the other person seemed to be possessed by Qu Jiaran. He kept calling her tirelessly.
The assistant who came to pour water for her saw that her phone was ringing but she didn't answer it. She couldn't help but feel curious.
The vibrating phone was really annoying, so Nan Yu had no choice but to answer it. "What do you want?"
Her tone was so aggressive that Tan Linyuan was stunned for a couple of seconds. Then he asked calmly, "Are you in Beicheng?"
"Didn't Qu Jiaran tell you?" Nan Yu replied rudely.
She didn't realize that when facing Tan Linyuan, she always behaved more recklessly.
She rarely spoke to others in such a forceful and aggressive tone.
"Yes, she told me," Tan Linyuan said in a flat tone, ignoring her attitude. "I'm asking for your exact location."
"No need. I'm doing fine on my own," Nan Yu refused stiffly.
Tan Linyuan didn't mind her bad temper.
He had just finished an unimportant meeting and was extremely exhausted. Hearing her voice on the other end of the phone, he seemed to feel a bit less tired.
He was sitting in the car. In his dark gray suit and white shirt, a small section of his wrist bone was exposed at the cuff. His face was expressionless, but there was a faint smile on his lips.
Tan Linyuan glanced out of the window.
He said calmly, "It's snowing."
As soon as she heard this, Nan Yu immediately got up and walked to the window. She found that snowflakes were falling.
It was really snowing.
Beicheng was indeed a northern city. The snowy days came so early.
Nan Yu was a true southern girl. She didn't have many opportunities to see snow.
She had seen snow a few times when she was studying abroad, but it was in a foreign land. It didn't feel as familiar as in her own country.
She reached out and opened the window. Large snowflakes came rushing in with the north wind.
The cold snowflakes stuck to her cheeks. Nan Yu reached out her hand and stared blankly at them.
It was very cold.
Tan Linyuan's voice came from the other end of the phone again. "Do you want to have a meal together?"
Nan Yu slowly closed the window.
She didn't answer immediately.
He didn't press her for an answer either.
Nan Yu suddenly remembered a line from the female lead in the movie just now: "The request on the first snowy day should be fulfilled."
Her heart fluttered like the snowflakes, and her breathing gradually became unsteady.
She didn't know if it was fate.
In the end, she agreed. She gave Tan Linyuan her address and added, "... If it's too far away, forget it. It's not safe to drive on a snowy day."
"Five minutes," Tan Linyuan said and then fell silent.
He didn't hang up the phone. Nan Yu could hear the sound of the car starting on the other end.
Nan Yu felt strange. "Aren't you going to hang up the phone?"
"I'm waiting for you to hang up first," Tan Linyuan's tone remained unchanged. He was just stating a fact calmly.
It was really a coincidence of fate. There was a similar plot in the movie just now. The male and female leads were on the phone, and neither of them was willing to hang up first.
And at this moment, the plot was reenacted.
She couldn't ignore this sudden coincidence.
"... I'm hanging up."
Almost every time, she fled in a hurry.
Nan Yu could hardly ignore her accelerating heartbeat. She took several deep breaths before she could calm down her emotions.
Five minutes later, Nan Yu took the elevator downstairs. As soon as she stepped out of the office building, she saw that familiar black G-Class.
Her first reaction was that he had actually driven the car all the way here.
The person in the car also saw her immediately. He turned on the hazard lights and drove closer to her, then parked steadily in front of her.
Nan Yu quickened her pace, opened the car door, and got in immediately.
The warm air had been turned on in the car in advance. She felt as if she was suddenly wrapped in a warm and huge embrace.
She couldn't help but squint her eyes and let out a comfortable sigh. "It's so cold today."
"It is cold," Tan Linyuan glanced at her. "You're not wearing too thinly. It's okay."
"Before I left, I asked Sister Min to go shopping with me to buy two sets of clothes for emergencies," Nan Yu said as she covered her cheeks with the back of her hand.
She had only stood outside for a few seconds, and her face was already cold.
The conversation between the two was very natural. They weren't too distant from each other, as if they were close friends.
But they both knew very well that they weren't in such a relationship.
The car started the engine again.
Sitting in the car, Nan Yu couldn't help but ask, "Why do you drive this car everywhere you go?"
He even drove all the way from Jiangcheng to Beicheng, which was at least a few thousand kilometers. He didn't even bring a driver. It was imaginable how tiring the journey was.
Tan Linyuan turned the steering wheel and drove the car out. "I'm not used to driving other cars."
He was really nostalgic. In some aspects, he was so stubborn that he could even be said to be single - minded.
Nan Yu thought silently. After thinking, she felt that she was being strange.
When they arrived at the restaurant and took their seats, they ordered food one after another.
Nan Yu offered to pay for this meal. After all, he had driven all the way here.
Tan Linyuan didn't argue with her. He just nodded and handed the menu to the waiter.
Nan Yu looked at Tan Linyuan sitting opposite her. He was wearing a dark khaki turtleneck sweater. He still had that ethereal and elegant aura that seemed out of this world.
Nan Yu slowly withdrew her gaze.
Tan Linyuan spoke first. "Are you here in Beicheng for work?"
Nan Yu: "I'm here to create an interlude for a movie."
Tan Linyuan: "Why do you have to come here in person just to create an interlude?"
Nan Yu explained, "The movie hasn't been made public yet. There's a risk of piracy and leakage if it's transmitted online."
"If pirated copies are leaked before the movie is released, it will affect the final box - office results."
"I can understand," Tan Linyuan nodded and then casually asked her, "Do you have any inspiration after watching the movie?"
"Yes, I do," Nan Yu answered quickly. "The content of the movie is very profound. I can start writing as soon as I get back. But whether it will be approved or not depends on the client's opinion."
"I believe that with your ability, there's probably no problem," Tan Linyuan looked at her. "I'm really looking forward to your work."
Nan Yu felt a bit embarrassed to talk about her work in such detail with someone. She wanted to change the topic. "What are you doing in Beicheng, Uncle Tan?"
She remembered that Qu Jiaran had mentioned that he was here to discuss a project.
Tan Linyuan said calmly, "A batch of material supply contracts has expired. I'm here to discuss the cooperation for the next year with the other party."
Such a contract didn't really require his presence in person. The cooperation partner of that material company was so nervous that they almost wanted to carry a dragon chair for him.
But this big shot seemed absent - minded. He signed a new one - year contract with just a few words.
He really didn't need to come in person, but his informants were everywhere. It was very easy for him to find out that Nan Yu was going on a business trip to Beicheng.
So he found an excuse to come here.
Nan Yu didn't suspect anything. She even asked him if everything had gone smoothly and if he had encountered any difficulties.
Tan Linyuan looked at her. The corners of his lips curved slightly. "Everything went smoothly. It met my expectations."
The expectation was to meet her.