Let's go watch the sunrise together

  Lin Pei Pei watched Qin Feng eating noodles happily, chatting with him from time to time. As they talked, her expression turned serious, "Feng Ge, I'm really sorry about today...I didn't know you had acrophobia...don't blame me, okay?"

  Although it's embarrassing to apologize to others, Lin Peipei still wants to get Qin Feng's forgiveness. She thinks that if there's something on her mind, she must speak out, or else it will easily become a knot.

  "What was I saying, this matter can't be blamed on you, it's what I said from the beginning, wherever we go, I'll accompany you... Don't feel bad about it... If anyone should apologize, it should be me, that... those were all my mistakes, I'm apologizing to you, will you forgive me?"

  Lin Pei didn't expect him to bring that up again, her face turned red for a moment before she calmed down. "Then let's just forget about it and call it even, neither of us owes the other an apology, how does that sound?"

  "Good."

  Qin Feng was originally eager for her not to be angry with him. Seeing that she had really let go, his heart opened like a flower, petal by petal.

  "Feng Ge, that... how did you get acrophobia? I heard from my brother that you got it after getting injured. Can you tell me what happened?"

  Lin Pei Pei was very curious, what could have caused him to suddenly develop this strange illness. After asking, she saw Qin Feng's eyes dim, thinking he had recalled those unpleasant things from the past and felt some regret for asking him that question. She quickly changed her tone, "If you feel uncomfortable, then don't say it, I was just curious, no need to say anything... Don't think about it anymore, don't be upset... I won't ask again."

  "Not because I'm being difficult, but because I don't know what to say..."

  Qin Feng smiled at Lin Peipei's tense face.

  "It's actually nothing that can't be said, it was during a mission where my partner and I were snipers, hiding in a high tower, using the vantage point to take out drug dealers. The battle was intense, and as the dealers made their last desperate struggle, they brought out a rocket launcher. Although we took out the dealer before he could fire the rocket, it still went off, and the shell landed right next to our tower, causing it to collapse. My partner and I fell off, and when I came to, we had been asleep in the hospital for a month. After being discharged, I discovered that I couldn't stand at heights over 10 meters without experiencing what you just saw. The doctor said this was a symptom, a psychological trauma caused by falling from the tower after the explosion, something only I could overcome myself. However, special forces can't let you take unlimited time to recover..."

  "So you went abroad to study?"

  Lin Pei Pei saw him stop and helped him continue.

  "Yes, at that time there were only two ways to go, one was to change careers and the other was to leave. Changing careers was not possible, let alone what others thought of me, I myself couldn't get past it, leaving was even more impossible, I had already considered the troops as a part of my life. Later, it was still my original military school that helped me solve this problem. When I was in school, I had applied for a foreign military school scholarship, and when I joined the special forces, they sent me an admission notice, so the principal helped me apply for a deferred enrollment procedure with the other school, so afterwards I stayed in Scotland for three years. When I returned to China, it just happened that Hao Tian was setting up the Foreign Affairs Security Group, so I came here."

  "Oh... no wonder, all these years, I haven't heard any news about you. Not even when my brother joined the special forces did he mention meeting you. It turns out that your path was just the opposite of his. You went to school first, then joined the special forces, and then went abroad for further studies; my brother joined the special forces first, and then went to school... it's really dramatic."

  "Yes, it's really too dramatic, just like your brother said, a big flood has swept away the Dragon King Temple, and one's own family doesn't recognize its own people."

  Both of them couldn't help but think of the romantic things that had happened since they first met and looked at each other with a smile.

  "But I think your problem can be solved. You see, taking the elevator is fine, flying a plane is fine, and even today, if you hadn't heard that teaching assistant mention the height of the wall, it wasn't a problem before, was it? I think this is purely psychological, as long as you don't think about it, it will probably get better on its own. No rush, let's take it slow."

  Listening to Lin Peipei's words, Qin Feng's heart began to collapse.

  Qin Feng walked Lin Pei Pei back home after dinner, the two of them strolled slowly, chatting along the way. The dim yellow light of the street lamps shone on their bodies, casting two shadows on the ground, sometimes long, sometimes short, sometimes separating and sometimes merging...

  As Lin Peipei was about to enter the door, Qin Feng called out to her again, "Tomorrow... let's go watch the sunrise together."

  On another note.

  In the morning, Su Mei returned home in low spirits after seeing Qin Feng leave.

  Su's mother saw that only Su Mei came back, and asked why Qin Feng didn't come. She was a bit puzzled by Qin Feng's lack of understanding. In Su's mother's heart, she had always thought that Su Mei was interacting with Qin Feng because she saw Su Mei sending him loving breakfast every day, thinking that the two had already settled down. Since Su Mei didn't tell her mother about Qin Feng's attitude towards her, Su's mother had long assumed that this son-in-law was a done deal and automatically took it as Qin Feng being considerate of everyone in the same office, not wanting to be too obvious, and she made up her own story.

  Su Mei didn't say a word after entering the house. Her father, Su, who was reading the newspaper on the side, noticed his daughter's unhappiness and put down the paper to respond to his wife with a sentence: "If someone else's child doesn't come back home on weekends, they must have something going on. If they don't want to come, then they just won't come, it's not anyone else's fault."

  "How can it be okay? You said it's been so long, he hasn't come home once. What kind of attitude is this? Mei Mei will be 30 in a few months, and as her father, you don't care at all. No way, I'll have to go see Qin's wife another day and ask around."

  Su's mom made up her mind to go see Qin's parents, and after making the decision, she didn't bother with Su's dad anymore. She turned around and went into the kitchen. Su Mei said something to her father and then returned to her own room.

  Mr. Su watched the two leave, and heaved a sigh in his heart. He didn't often come home, usually only returning once or twice a month, and if there was a task or exercise, it would take even longer to return. Mr. Su had known about Su Mei's feelings for Qin Feng since she was in military school, and had advised her against it, but his daughter wouldn't listen. Later, he heard that Qin Feng had gone abroad to study, and thought that his daughter should have given up by now. But a few years later, he heard from his wife that Qin Feng was back, and was working in the same office as Su Mei, and might even be together with her. However, this was just what his wife said, and his daughter had never explicitly said that she and Qin Feng were together. He had once casually asked Qin Feng about him and Su Mei, and Qin Feng's response, although not explicit, clearly indicated his intentions. His exact words were: "I don't like or agree with my subordinates having an office romance." Although he said "subordinates", it was clear that this included himself, as Su Mei was his subordinate. With Mr. Su's understanding of Qin Feng, if the two were really together, Qin Feng would not be afraid of being gossiped about and wouldn't avoid coming to their home to find Su Mei. Connecting all these things together, there could only be one possibility: Qin Feng and Su Mei were not together, and it was just his daughter and wife who were wishfully thinking. Mr. Su was very worried, thinking that this matter needed to be resolved somehow, or else something bad might happen.

  Qin Feng came out of Lin's house and didn't return to the dormitory, but instead went to the office. He heard from Lin Peipei that Lin Haotian had sent her to the bottom of his dormitory building and left, with their tacit understanding, at this time, Lin Haotian should be in the office. Sure enough, he saw the lights on in the office from a distance.

  Lin Haotian was verifying the information in his hand when he heard a noise, looked up and saw the person who came in, then stopped what he was doing, leaned back in his chair and started teasing.

  "Oh dear... Look, our great hero has arrived."

  Qin Feng's face turned red and he felt a bit uncomfortable.

  "What joke is this, where did such a great hero come from..."

  "I heard... someone disregarded their own life danger, climbed up a 50-meter high place to rescue people, this isn't being heroic, what is it?"

  Lin Haotian saw him like this and was even more delighted. After laughing, his face turned serious, "Are you serious this time?"

  Qin Feng was caught off guard by his sudden change of subject, but soon understood what he meant, looking at Lin Haotian with a serious expression, "I can be sure, I have never been so serious."

  Lin Haotian stared at Qin Feng for a while, then relaxed his face and smiled, saying "Alright, go for it, brother. You want to win over my sister? It's not easy, but don't make me wait too long."

  The two of them chatted for a while and then turned the conversation back to work. Because Annie's schedule arrived too late, Lin Haotian could only temporarily modify the original plan, adding a section that would separate Miss Annie's itinerary from the main group, having her tour famous scenic spots on the outskirts of Y City instead. He and Qin Feng also split up, with Qin Feng following the business delegation's schedule and Lin Haotian personally accompanying Annie. After they had discussed some details, everything was settled.

  Lin Pei Pei left the house before dawn, and as soon as she stepped out of the door, she saw Qin Feng already waiting for her at the entrance. The streetlights cast a glow on his face, and for an instant, she felt dazed.

  Qin Feng saw her spacing out and walked over to gently pat her head in a very intimate manner, "What's wrong, kitty still not awake?"

  "What kind of cat are you? You're just a kitten!"

  Lin Pei Pei was very dissatisfied with him calling her a cat, pouting and protesting to Qin Feng.

  "You used to be a crybaby when you were little, so isn't your nickname just Mimi?"

  Qin Feng smiled and continued to tease her.

  "Hum! I won't bother with you anymore, you're all bad people!"

  Lin Pei Pei was at a loss for what to do with him, who let herself have a small handle for others to grasp, could only pretend to be angry, turned around and walked forward, Qin Feng smiled and followed behind her.

  The two of them reached the top of the mountain along a small path, and in the distance, the sun was just showing half its face, red like an egg yolk. They found a large rock to sit on, no one said anything, they just quietly watched it, gradually getting bigger before their eyes, jumping out, rising up until it shone brightly...