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In front of the misty mist, Xi Ling vaguely saw a face.

That person would wear a pair of black-rimmed glasses when he was working, but in normal times, his face with regular features was always clean, without any trace of dust. His eyebrows were thick and curved, and when he smiled, he looked like two crescent moons. , although he usually rarely smiles, in Xi Ling's impression, every time this person looks at him, he always smiles.

He had seen him when he was very young. At that time, his father and he were close friends, and he would often come to the house as a guest. Compared with the sharp-edged Xi Fu, he preferred the quiet and sensible Xiao Xi Ling, every time he came When he was a guest, he would bring him a lot of toys, then pinch his little face affectionately, let him sit on his lap, and teach him how to play with the newly bought toys lovingly.

At that time, Xi Ling only thought that this uncle was really kind.

If he was older, that person would intentionally or unintentionally wait for Xi Ling to leave school before driving him home. Every time Xi Ling sat in that person's passenger seat, he would find a large bag of snacks and new toys.

Until the pure Xi Ling always liked to bring miscellaneous strangers home, and after being severely taught by his father, Xi Ling didn't dare to ride in that person's car again. From that moment on, except for his father and sister, he treated everyone around him They are all on guard, and they have become less talkative. If something happens, they will often choose to hide it in their hearts.

Then, there was the accidental sudden death of his father. At that time, Xi Ling passed out in front of his father's grave. The first thing he saw after waking up was the face of that person. He greeted Xi Ling and took good care of him. He had no time to take care of Xi Ling, who was seriously ill, because he was dealing with his father's funeral. It was under the careful care of this person that Xi Ling gradually recovered.

From then on, every new year and festival, this person would visit their home with a lot of things, euphemistically saying that their father was gone, and as Mr. Xi's best friend before his death, he should take care of the siblings for him.

The siblings have always been grateful for his care. Whenever he came to visit, Xi Fu and Xi Ling would entertain him very warmly. Until one day, Xi Fu couldn't hold back and told Xi the truth about the bankruptcy of his father's company. Ling.

At that moment, Xi Ling felt that the whole world was dark. It turned out that there were so many ugly lies and falsehoods behind the people who talked and laughed on the surface.

When he returned from his studies in England, he took the initiative to visit that person. After several years of training, he had long been cultivated into a calm hermit like a Fu Luan and a hermit. He hid this secret deeply, and put on a humble face, He said pitifully that his father was gone, and it had nothing to do with him in the country. The other party was a high-ranking official, so he might be able to find a way to find a suitable position for himself.

That person didn't expect that Xi Ling, who has always been aloof and arrogant, would beg him in a low voice. He was flattered, and couldn't hide his inner excitement. He took Xi Ling's cold hand, held it in his palm and slowly covered it. Heat, and promised word by word that he would take good care of his future.

Finally, he made a request to Xi Ling.

There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, and Xi Ling had expected this outcome a long time ago, but he didn't feel sad at all, instead he was relieved that the other party finally showed his true colors.

After returning home, he propped his hands on the cold tiles, pointed at the toilet and vomited continuously. After finally recovering, he took out the disinfectant and carefully washed the hands held by that person seven or eight times before giving up.

As long as he thinks of the toys and snacks that that person gave him when he was a child, and the meticulous care he took at the bedside when he grew up, and the breath that that person exhales at him when he is humbled, he feels extremely disgusting. Just hearing that person's name makes my stomach queasy.

If it wasn't against the law to kill someone, he would have already cut that person into pieces.

A few days later, Xi Ling agreed to that person's request and said that he would be able to show up at the hotel they agreed on that night.

The messy bed, the ambiguous light, the naked body, and the sound of pressing the shutter one after another...all these are the dirtiest parts in Xi Ling's memory.

Immediately afterwards, there was another hazy white mist, and Xi Ling kept running in the mist, looking around in panic. Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the white mist beside him, grabbing him tightly.

Xi Ling was staggered suddenly by being dragged, he struggled to free the hand, and shouted desperately: "Let me go, let me go!"

"Why are you running?" A familiar voice filled the eardrums.

Xi Ling turned her head in amazement, facing a pair of familiar big delicate eyes, the bottomless pupils were full of confusion.

"Chang Qin!" Xi Ling yelled, the original panic disappeared, and his whole body was suddenly warmed up. He opened his hands and wanted to hug her tightly into his arms.

Unexpectedly, seeing Xi Ling rushing towards him, Chang Qin took several steps back and finally stood still at a safe distance. "What did you do?" He asked sternly, eyes widening.

"I..." Xi Ling retorted in a panic, "I didn't do anything."

"You're lying!" Chang Qin shouted angrily.

Xi Ling opened his eyes wide in a daze, watching the person in front of him being gradually surrounded by thick fog.

"I didn't do anything." Xi Ling repeated with her thin lips moving.

"Do you think I'll believe you?" Chang Qin snorted coldly.

"Do you think I still believe you?" Another deep male voice sounded like an echo, following Chang Qin's ending.

Xi Ling looked around, but couldn't see anyone except Chang Qin.

"Do you think I will still trust you?" This sentence was repeated again, this time the voice came from Chang Qin again.

After Chang Qin said this with a blank face, he looked at Xi Ling with cruel eyes, which reminded Xi Ling of the coldness on his face when he first met him. .

Xi Ling was stunned by the sharp gaze, his heart was pounding, but his lips were stubbornly pressed together, and he didn't make a sound to defend himself.

Seeing the other party's stubborn appearance, Chang Qin's chest heaved violently angrily, he opened his mouth, turned around and left without saying anything.

The smoke curled up, the field of vision narrowed, and under the gaze of Xi Ling's beautiful eyes, the generous figure gradually drifted away.

After a long time, Xi Ling blurted out two words: "Chang Qin..."

"Chang Qin!" Xi Ling shouted this name, waking up from his sleep.

He wiped his forehead with the back of his hand and found that there was sweat on his hand.

The seat next to it was empty, and Chang Qin had already left the house.

Xi Ling tilted his head and found a blank sheet of paper lying on the empty pillow. He took it over, and a few delicate characters appeared on the paper: I'm gone, remember to miss me, but don't miss me too much, take care of me these few days Be good to yourself, be good.A kiss-like lip is drawn on the back.

The haze of the nightmare was swept away, Xi Ling grinned, took the paper to his mouth, and kissed that childish lips.

He sat up from the bed and suddenly felt a splitting headache.

After throwing up in the bathroom yesterday, he felt sluggish all the time, and was afraid that Chang Qin would find out, so he had to pretend to be calm, as if nothing happened, packed his luggage for him, and played the round with him The game that was abandoned halfway, finally dragged his tired body and fell asleep.

The two played in the living room yesterday, the window on the balcony was not closed tightly, and a cool breeze blew into the house, and Xi Ling was naked again, and the sweat all over his body was blown by the wind, so he could easily catch a cold. Last time after sweeping his father's tomb, he was drowned by the heavy rain and his head burned for four days. Once he caught a cold, he had to be dragged to the hospital for an injection.

As a result, as soon as Chang Qin left on his front foot, Xi Ling fell ill on his back foot.

He got up from the bed with a heavy head, and made a cup of cold medicine for himself. Fortunately, today is Sunday, he doesn't have to go to work in the company, and he doesn't want to go to the hospital for an injection, so he simply put on a blanket and held a cup of hot water. He took out his phone and had a casual chat with Chang Qin. After the chat, he threw away the phone and collapsed on the sofa to watch American dramas.

After noon, his burning head began to feel drowsy, so he lay down on the sofa and slept until the evening, but when he woke up, the burning in his head became more serious.

"I! No! I want! Go! The doctor! The hospital!" Xi Ling said to himself stubbornly, relying on Chang Qin not being at home and no one caring about him, he played a little temper with himself and swallowed two pills to reduce fever. Medicine, ordered a simple takeaway to finish dinner, and continued to fall asleep.

He slept until the next day, when he was woken up by the phone vibrating one after another.

"Hello?" He pressed the call button and responded with a strong nasal voice.

"Xi Ling, what's wrong with you? You didn't answer the phone after several calls," Vincent's voice came from the other end of the phone, and the other party said anxiously, "It's been an hour since work time, and I haven't seen you yet, Chang Qin You just called me and sounded worried."

Xi Ling cleared his throat with difficulty. The high fever and drowsy sleep made his throat dry and uncomfortable. He said in a hoarse voice, "Boss Ye, I'm sick and I want to ask you for a day off."

"Ill? Is it serious?" Vincent asked worriedly.

"It's not serious, just get some sleep and you'll be fine," Xi Ling replied, and then asked again, "Are you allowing me to leave?"

"Yes, yes, of course, I will tell the people in your department, are you at home now? Wait for me, I will go right away." Vincent said quickly.

"You don't need..." Xi Ling just wanted to say that you don't need to come, but the other party hung up the phone.

He sighed, and found that there was a large list of missed calls in the call log, and the words "Chang Qin" were all displayed in red when they slipped down. He looked at the time of the call, and it happened that he fell asleep after taking antipyretics. Until Vincent called, he must have fallen asleep under the influence of the drug, and he couldn't even feel the vibration of the phone.

He opened the inbox again and found several unread messages in it, most of which were from Chang Qin.

[Honey, I just finished dinner, what are you doing now? 】

【Why ignore me?have you eaten? 】

[What about people? 】

【? 】

【Are you asleep?It's cold these days, remember to cover the quilt well, don't catch a cold. 】

【Baby, I miss you so much. 】

【Xi Ling! 】

[I said I miss you, but you should reply! 】

[Xi Ling, Xi Ling, Xi Ling, baby baby baby! 】

【Are you really asleep?You don't usually go to bed so early, are you sick? 】

[I called you several times but no one answered, baby you just squeaked. 】

[My dear, I am very worried about you, please reply me immediately when you see the news. 】

【…】

【What happened to you?speak! 】

[If you don't talk again, I will turn against you. 】

【no sooner said than done. 】

[I really turned my face! 】

[Flipping! 】

[It's too late, it's useless for you to apologize, I've already lost my face! 】

It ends with a furious look.

Xi Ling couldn't help laughing out loud, and scolded "childish".

Just as he was about to take the phone back, it vibrated happily again. This time it was Chang Qin.

Startled, Xi Ling hurriedly calmed down and pressed the call button.

"You finally answered the phone! I'm dying of anxiety!" Chang Qin on the receiver sounded very irritable. Xi Ling held the phone and thought, if the receiver could connect two people, the other party would definitely reach out and strangle him to death. up.

"Hey, haven't you already turned your back on me?" Xi Ling said amusedly, knowing that the other party was furious, she still couldn't help but want to tease him.

"Xi Ling! You just want to piss me off, don't you!" Chang Qin was really furious.

"I'm sorry, I went to bed early last night, and my phone was turned off to silent, so I didn't hear the vibration." Xi Ling explained hastily and solemnly.

Chang Qin was obviously relieved, and his tone softened a little, but his worry did not diminish at all: "Are you sick? Why do you sound so nasal?"

Xi Ling originally wanted to say that he was not sick, but when he thought that with Chang Qin's IQ, he would definitely see him out soon and might make him even angrier, so he could only honestly answer: "A little bit, a cold, but it's much better now."

Chang Qin sighed, and said worriedly: "You say you, why do you behave like this when I'm not here, how can you let me feel at ease to leave you at home alone in the future."

"Then you should never go on a business trip, stay by my side and accompany me every day." Xi Ling made trouble out of no reason.

Chang Qin was completely out of temper by the other party, and was caught off guard by the sweetness all over his body. He couldn't hide his smile, and told him, "You obediently stay at home to recuperate. If you can't do it, just ask the company for a day off. I'm still in a meeting, so I can't hide from you." Talking on the phone outside for too long, I will call you when I am free, good boy."

"Okay." Xi Ling replied.

Chang Qin was about to hang up the phone when the other party suddenly asked for no reason, "Did the contract go well?"

"It's going well." Chang Qin's tone was full of excitement, "The negotiation is almost done, and we can sign it this afternoon, and the relevant documents will be delivered to you tomorrow."

Xi Ling suddenly felt as if a piece of his heart had been hollowed out, and the pain was endless. He resisted the excruciating pain and replied slowly: "That's good."

After hanging up the phone, the dream from the morning before yesterday floated into his mind immediately, he shook his head suddenly, unwilling to return to that unbearable memory.

A moment later the doorbell rang, and Vincent appeared at the door efficiently.

"I was just about to say that you don't need to come, I have nothing to do." Xi Ling opened the door, turned around and said as he walked.

Vincent closed the door behind his back and pulled Xi Ling back. The latter was so weak that he staggered on the spot when he pulled him. Vincent hurriedly supported him, looked at his flushed face, frowned, and rubbed the back of his hand He touched his hot forehead.

"It's so hot, and you still say it's okay!" Vincent shouted angrily.

Xi Ling broke free from his hand, and replied casually: "Fever is just like a common occurrence for me. It comes from time to time, and it will be fine after taking medicine."

"Do you think I'll believe you?" Vincent suddenly called out behind him.

Xi Ling only felt that his whole body had been violently hit, and he froze in place, grabbing the front of his pajamas fiercely.

"Do you think I'll believe you?" What surrounded his mind was the mixed voice of Chang Qin and another person in his dream.

After a while, he turned around, looked at Vincent coldly, and squeezed out a few words between his teeth: "If you don't believe it, forget it."

Vincent was dazed by his stare, not knowing how he had offended him, he suppressed the inexplicable resentment, walked up to Xi Ling in two or three steps, and patiently explained: "I'm not saying I don't believe you, It was Chang Qin who specifically took care of me on the phone, saying that you would find all kinds of excuses in order not to go to the hospital, and he told me again and again that if you found that you had a fever, you would have to be dragged to the hospital."

Xi Ling also felt that his reaction just now was too intense, he looked away guiltily, and let out a soft oh.

Vincent sighed compromisingly, and his voice became softer: "Go to bed and lie down, I'll buy you something to eat, and give me the key, so you won't have to open the door for me later."

Xi Ling pointed to the shelf at the entrance, indicating that the key was there.

Vincent looked at him worriedly for another moment, then closed the door and left.

Vincent stayed at Xi Ling's house all day. After lunch, seeing that Xi Ling's fever still persisted, he insisted on taking him to the hospital for a bottle. There was a feeble voice, and his heart was straining.

"What's the matter with you? You seem to be preoccupied." On Tuesday, they finished work and took the train back. Jiang Lida couldn't help seeing Chang Qin's absent-minded appearance these days, with two black shadows hanging under his eye bags. asked.

"It's okay." Chang Qin forced a smile.

Jiang Lida didn't ask any more questions, and started to mention another matter: "There are so many people these days, it's not convenient for me to tell you, now there are only two of us left, there are some things that I have to remind you. "

"What's the matter?" Seeing the other party's serious face, Chang Qin couldn't help becoming nervous.

Jiang Lida thought for a moment, then slowly said, "Are you and Lawyer Xi on good terms?"

Chang Qin was taken aback, wondering if his relationship with Xi Ling had been discovered?After thinking about it, it doesn't make sense, Xi Ling has nothing to do with "Chen Xi" now, and after returning from England, he has never appeared in the company again, how could Jiang Lida find out.

Seeing the other party's uneasy expression, Jiang Lida smiled, patted the back of Chang Qin's hand and said, "I don't mean anything else, I just want to remind you that it's better not to get too close to Lawyer Xi at ordinary times."

"Why?" Chang Qin looked at him puzzled.

Jiang Lida stared at the other party's blank eyes for a long time, finally sighed, and as if he had made up his mind, he took out his mobile phone from his pocket, took out a photo, and handed it to Chang Qin.

Chang Qin took it suspiciously and looked down.

This is Zhang Yanzhao.

In the photo, there are two naked men hugging each other tightly. One of the faces is very recognizable. It is Zhang Mingyuan at first sight. He squinted his eyes slightly, pressing another thin man on the photo. Next, the expression on his face was endless intoxication, and the man who was pinned down by him had fair skin and clear bones, most of his face was covered by Zhang Mingyuan, only his sharp chin was exposed.

Chang Qin's hands trembled uncontrollably and almost dropped the phone on the ground.

Most of the man's face was covered, so it was hard to tell whether it was Xi Ling or not, and the resolution of the photo was not too high, only the skin color and the slender chin were exactly the same as Xi Ling.Chang Qin zoomed in on the picture, but still couldn't make out the face.

Chang Qin took a deep breath, trying not to crack the expression on his face. When he spoke, his voice trembled very clearly: "Mr. Jiang, why do you think the following person is Lawyer Xi, and he didn't show his whole face at all."

Jiang Lida obviously expected that the other party would not believe it, so he replied flatly: "Look at the sender."

Chang Qin looked at the phone again, tapped his thumb, and the photo was automatically reduced, and a dialog box was displayed on the screen. He glanced at the top of the screen, and the words "Lawyer Xi" jumped into his eyes, and the release time of this photo unexpectedly It was three years ago, when he had just taken over the cultural village project.

"If you still don't believe me, you can click in to see if it's Lawyer Xi." Jiang Lida reminded.

There was no need for the other party to remind him, Chang Qin had already clicked into the detailed information, checked it many times, and finally had to admit that this account, which he was so familiar with, was indeed Xi Ling.

If the person in the photo is Xi Ling, why did he send this kind of photo to Jiang Lida, and what is his purpose?

If the person in the photo is not Xi Ling, then where did he get such a private photo?

Chang Qin felt cold all over his body, with all kinds of thoughts wrapped around his chest, making him unable to breathe. He returned the phone to Jiang Lida, unwilling to say another word, and stared blankly ahead.

Jiang Lida seemed unaware of Chang Qin's increasingly pale face, and continued: "You must be very surprised why Lawyer Xi sent me such a photo back then. In fact, Zhang Ju's sexual orientation has never been news. Those who know him well know that he has a regular male partner, but the two of them keep a low profile, and Zhang Ju never brings him in front of others, so it has always been just a rumor without evidence. The reason why lawyer Xi sent this photo to Me, just let me understand the relationship between him and Zhang Ju, and there is another thing you don’t know, that is, the reason why Lawyer Xi joined us to cooperate in the cultural village project is all thanks to Zhang Ju’s support behind his back.”

Hearing this, Chang Qin suddenly felt thunderstruck.

"Actually, even if Lawyer Xi didn't send me such a photo, I would definitely agree to let him join. Originally, since it was recommended by Bureau Zhang, we would accept it anyway. What I didn't expect was that Lawyer Xi wanted to get this project. It's so uncompromising... I've never told anyone about this matter. The reason why I didn't tell you before is because you have a normal relationship with Lawyer Xi, so there's no need to remind you. Last time you Being framed, I have heard about Lawyer Xi running errands for you, and now we will have an intersection with him again soon, no matter what, I should remind you to pay attention, Zhang Ju is not a bad-hearted person, just special If you are jealous, don't get too close to Lawyer Xi, it will be bad if you end up making everyone unhappy."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Jiang, I want to go to the bathroom." Chang Qin didn't want to listen any longer, he interrupted Jiang Lida hastily, and went straight to the bathroom in the carriage without any regard for etiquette.

As soon as the door was locked, he clenched his fist and slammed heavily on the mirror on the wall, which made a rattling sound, and the glass quickly shattered into pieces.

Chang Qin stared blankly at his mutilated face in the mirror, and laughed dryly a few times.

There are all kinds of things in the world, and human feelings are cold and warm. The role of the world is really for lies. In the end, it turns out that I am the most stupid one.

He turned on the faucet, calmly washed the blood and glass shards off his back, then took out a large ball of tissue paper, and slowly wiped the wound clean, like erasing all the good memories between him and Xi Ling, then he opened the door and left I went out to find the flight attendant and said that I accidentally broke the mirror in the bathroom just now, and I am willing to bear all the compensation.The flight attendant didn't blame him, but was taken aback by the hideous wound on the back of his hand, hurriedly took out the medicine box, and simply disinfected him with alcohol.

As soon as the stimulating alcohol touched the rolled up flesh and blood, the burning pain pierced his heart. Chang Qin twitched all over, bit his lower lip tightly, and tried not to make a sound.

After treating the wound, Chang Qin thanked the flight attendant, and when the other party was packing the medicine box with his back facing him, he quietly dropped three hundred-yuan bills, turned and left.

Seeing that Chang Qin didn't show up for a long time, Jiang Lida broke out in sweat. Seeing him walking towards him in the aisle, his tense expression finally relaxed a little. As soon as Chang Qin sat down, he couldn't wait to ask: "What are you doing?" Where did you go, I was so anxious that I called you several times and didn't answer, I almost broadcast to find someone."

"There was a little accident, it's okay." Chang Qin replied lightly. When he came out of the flight attendant, he deliberately stretched his sleeves to cover the gauze on his hands, in case the other party found out and would ask questions again. He is really a word now. I don't want to say it either.

Jiang Lida saw that the other party looked uneasy, so he didn't ask any more questions, and shut his mouth tactfully.

Chang Qin finally got some peace, turned his head, looked at the fields whistling by outside the car window, and fell into a long thought.

Originally, he should have called Xi Ling directly to question the ins and outs of this matter.

But at the moment, he is really too tired, and he is so tired that he doesn't want to know anything.

Chang Qin kept this posture until he got off the bus. After arriving at the station, he rubbed his sore neck and followed the crowd to the hall.

Originally, considering that Xi Ling was running a fever, I didn't inform him what time I was going to get on the bus. I wanted to wait until I got home and give him a surprise.

Now, he drifted blankly, suddenly not knowing where to go.

"The company has a driver to pick us up, where will we take you?" Jiang Lida asked.

Chang Qin came back to his senses and absently reported his address.

Xi Ling was covered with a thick blanket, holding a cup of hot water in his hand, his throat was inflamed due to fever, and he was sitting on the sofa coughing continuously.

The door was suddenly opened with a key, and then locked again, and then a slender figure walked into the living room, casting a large shadow in front of Xi Ling.

Xi Ling was flipping through the professional book in his hand, without raising his head, he said, "Have you bought the porridge?"

Seeing that the other party hadn't moved for a long time, Xi Ling raised his head in doubt, and caught off guard into a pair of eyes burning with anger.

"Chang Qin..." He opened his mouth and called out vaguely.

Chang Qin frowned, and looked down at Xi Ling condescendingly, his originally bright eyes were now half-closed, the tails of his eyes twitched, his lips were tightly pursed, and his chest heaved violently.

Xi Ling froze, and in a trance, the face in front of him completely overlapped with the cold face in his sleep.

Chang Qin stared closely at Xi Ling's slightly flushed face due to fever, and after a long time, said in a cold voice, "Who do you think is coming, Zhang Mingyuan?"

The author has something to say:

In order to prevent everyone from feeling uncomfortable, spoilers in advance: Lawyer Xi is absolutely pure!clean!of!trust me!By the way, you can also guess who the person in the photo is...