The warm sunlight poured unreservedly through the wide floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a generous glow across Lin Yu's spacious and bright office. Tiny dust motes danced wantonly in the golden beams of light, lending the entire space a hint of a leisurely, lazy atmosphere. At that moment, Lin Yu was wholly absorbed in reviewing the latest proposal for the urban complex project, his focus so absolute that it seemed the entire world had shrunk to nothing more than himself and the thick stack of documents before him.
Suddenly, his phone screen lit up unceremoniously, and a crisp notification chime instantly shattered the peace. Reflexively, Lin Yu picked up the phone. A message from Su Yao caught his eye: "Lin Yu, I heard that the old city district renovation project you are in charge of has achieved milestone results. Congratulations!" The instant he saw the message, Lin Yu's gaze paused for a fraction of a second, and his thoughts drifted away like a wild horse loose from the reins, uncontrollably floating back to the bits and pieces of working alongside Su Yao in the past.
In his memory, those days spent striving to overcome tough challenges and burning the midnight oil together for projects played out in his mind like an old film, clear frame by frame. Back then, facing mountains of data and complicated, thorny problems, they had not backed down in the least; they had fought side by side and cheered each other on. Snapping back to reality, Lin Yu's lips curved upward int…
Chapter 45