The Swan Bay Murders

Probably when people are unlucky, everything will go wrong.

Brother Bai Chuan made an appointment with Yi Li, and my uncle and aunt were not at home. I was in a hurry to go out in the morning and forgot to bring my keys. In order not to cause trouble for them, I had to pretend to work overtime and hide in the company.

However, the company unexpectedly had a power outage.

A whole building, all the lights suddenly went out.

I'm not a particularly timid person, but the sudden darkness still gave me a shock.

I sat in the position and took a full minute to adapt to the darkness. I picked up the phone to turn on the flashlight function, but found that it turned off automatically at an inopportune time.

I suddenly gave up on myself, and felt that this was probably God's hint to me that I was the one who was superfluous.

But even so, I still had to leave the company first, and I had to go down the stairs in the dark.

Because it was a sudden power outage, I was not sure if the company had any computers and other electronic equipment that were still on, so I immediately checked the power supply of all workstations with the faint light outside the window, and took my own computer after confirming that there was no problem. Thing locked the door and entered the stairwell.

There are emergency lights in the corridor, but it is still dim.

Every time I took a step, the sound of my footsteps echoed around me. It wasn't that scary at first, but the surrounding area was really too quiet, and I felt like I had to walk nearly twenty flights of stairs like this.

My eyesight may not be very good recently, looking down at the stairs like this, I feel very dizzy.

As I was walking, I stopped for a while, and pressed the phone without giving up, but it still didn't respond.

It was obviously still powered on when it replied to Brother Bai Chuan, but it didn't know when it fell asleep by itself.

I looked up, only to reach the eleventh floor, and had to continue down.

I reckon that if Brother Bai Chuan can't be contacted, I must be in a hurry. I should go directly to the B1 floor and wait for him by his car.

When I reached the ninth floor, I suddenly heard footsteps, not mine, but from the bottom up. The other party seemed to be running, accompanied by heavy breathing.

I was suddenly a little nervous, and my heart was beating non-stop, because I actually thought it would be Brother Bai Chuan.

Maybe self-love is also a kind of disease, maybe I should bring it up when I seek treatment from Yi Li next time, and ask him to help me cure this problem as well.

I poke fun at myself, then move on.

I think God should treat me kindly, because the one who suddenly appeared in front of me was none other than Brother Bai Chuan.

His suit jacket went somewhere, his tie hung loosely around his neck, and he stood on the edge of the stairs one floor below me, panting heavily with his mouth open, looking up at me.

I was so surprised that I couldn't speak, I could only stand there and stare at him blankly.

The emergency lights in the corridor were orange, like the color of the setting sun, which burned my face red.

He walked up slowly, his chest still heaving violently.

Did he run all the way up?

Come back to me?

I couldn't believe it, the closer he got, the more I retreated.

I didn't know why I was hiding, and slowly leaned against the door behind me.

The doorknob was on my waist, and I looked at him, sweating nervously.

Brother Bai Chuan walked up to me, frowned, stared into my eyes without speaking.

He raised his hands and I thought he was going to hug me.

I even started to wonder if I should return him with a hug, or push him away with all my might.

However, the hug did not come. He stroked my face with one hand and wiped the sweat from my forehead with the other.

"Scared?" He stretched his furrowed brows, his eyes slightly bent.

For some reason, I was relieved and at the same time felt a little disappointed.

It is undeniable that at that moment just now, I longed for his hug.

I'm so shameless, the idea makes me feel ashamed.

I shook my head, not daring to meet his eyes.

"Where's Yili?" I asked.

"... probably still sitting there."

The coffee shop where they were dating is in the same building as our office building, so it should be dark at the moment.

"You left him there?" I asked in surprise.

He was a little embarrassed, rubbed his nose and said, "He may have already left."

I don't know what else to say, but I am even more shamefully happy.

He was dating Yi Li, and came to me desperately after the power outage.

Yes, I added the words "desperate" in my heart to make his actions look more heart-warming.

I can't lie to myself anymore. The moment I saw him running up, I knew that I couldn't lie to myself any longer.

I just fell in love with someone for the second time, and it turned out to be my deceased lover's brother.

They have very similar looks and completely different personalities. One will take my hand to ride a roller coaster, shout my name and say love me at the most exciting time, and the other will never reveal anything too much, but they are together He ran to me with light in the darkness.

They are all worthy of my sincerity, but with the lessons learned from the past, this time, I am really afraid.

My courage and my moral bottom line are reminding me not to go any further, but my heart still wants to get closer.

Is it always like this, people don't know how to look back until their head is bloody.

But I've already had a bleeding head, why don't I still have a long memory?

"What's wrong?" Brother Bai Chuan suddenly called me.

I recovered and realized my gaffe, but it was too late to cover it up.

He asked me, "What are you thinking?"

I still didn't dare to look at him, looked to the side and said, "It's nothing."

I raised my hand to push him away, but was grabbed by the wrist.

"Let's go home." I frowned slightly and whispered.

He squeezed my wrist vigorously, I believe it must have been red.

I felt that he had something to say, so I waited anxiously.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of his face, and he kept staring at me, inexplicably.

"Jiang Luo." He finally opened his mouth, "Are you really going to move out?"

As soon as he asked this sentence, my nose became sore.

I don't want to move, I want to be with him every day, be the last one to say good night before going to bed, and the first one to say good morning when I wake up.

I want to learn more breakfast styles for him, and I want to go home with him after get off work every day.

But what is this?

I'm living with my deceased boyfriend's family, what is that?

My heart is moved, because I am greedy for Brother Bai Chuan's tenderness and care, his meticulous care and companionship fascinated me, and then what?Can I really rely on him for the rest of my life?

Obviously not.

I shouldn't like him and he won't like me either.

This is what he said himself. I can guarantee that what I accidentally heard that day was what he was saying, that it is impossible for him to like me.

The road of love is really too difficult to walk, it is much easier to give up than to persist.

I nodded, trying to resist the urge to cry: "Well, the house is rented, and I'm moving this weekend."

He let go of my hand, didn't say anything, and went downstairs first.

Looking at his back, I really wanted to run over and grab him, but in the end, I just silently followed him and walked down the stairs.

Brother Bai Chuan left his suit jacket in the coffee shop, and he only remembered it when Yi Li called him.

He didn't pick it up, and asked Yi Li to keep it for him, and drove me home.

I didn't know what to say along the way, as if saying anything would be embarrassing.

I was afraid that if I accidentally revealed my sincerity, then maybe the chances of meeting him in the future would be reduced. After all, I didn't want to make him feel too embarrassed.

When we got home, my uncle and aunt hadn't come back yet, and it was raining outside. Brother Bai Chuan was worried and called his aunt.

"Mom, I'll pick you up if it's raining."

Neither of us had eaten, and I was cooking instant noodles in the kitchen with my ears stuck, eavesdropping on his phone calls.

"Don't cause trouble for others!"

I peeked at him just in time to see him tear off his tie and drop it on the couch.

I have to say that this man is really attractive when he does this action. In other words, Xi Shi is in the eye of the beholder. The current Brother Bai Chuan is very attractive in my eyes.

I retracted my gaze and looked at the pancakes rolling in the boiling water. I felt that I was really shameless, and I kept thinking about Brother Bai Chuan.

I let out a long sigh, feeling extremely depressed.

Brother Bai Chuan came into the kitchen and said to me at the door: "My parents are not coming back, they said it was raining, and I want to live in someone's house."

"Ah?" My first reaction was not whether uncles and aunts could get used to living in other people's homes, but that there were only me and brother Bai Chuan tonight.

It's not that I haven't been alone, on the contrary, we have been alone since the first day we met, but everything is different, and I have ghosts in my heart.

I didn't recover until my hand was scalded by hot water. Brother Bai Chuan hurried over and turned off the induction cooker, and grabbed my hand nervously looking at the scalded place.

"It's okay..." I'm really okay, the boiling water in the pot splashed out and scalded, it's nothing.

But he didn't give up, and took me to the living room, and stood there waiting to watch carefully.

"I just said it's okay." I was a little embarrassed, and wanted to laugh at him for making a fuss out of a molehill.

The burnt area is only red, and it will be healed in a short time.

I withdrew my hand and said, "The instant noodles haven't been cooked yet, and my poached eggs haven't been added yet."

"I'll go." Brother Bai Chuan grabbed me, or to be precise, hugged me from behind.

He was behind me, wrapped his arms around my waist, turned me around, put me down, and before I could recover he was in the kitchen.

This action was too ambiguous, which made me stand there stupidly, unable to calm down for a long time.

This meal of instant noodles is probably the worst I have ever eaten. My beloved poached eggs were broken up by brother Bai Chuan and mixed in the soup and noodles, it's pitiful.

But I still find it delicious, until I lie under the quilt at night, I can still think of the taste of that side.

It's like when I close my eyes, I can think of Brother Bai Chuan's hug that doesn't look like a hug.

I thought, I should really move out soon, or I'll hate myself even more if I keep going.