High point

The two sat quietly on the deck for a while. Mr. Huo stood up and said to Su Ling, "It's windy, let's go in."

Su Ling nodded, and was about to stand up with his hands propped up, but he didn't know whether his body was a little stiff after sitting for too long or there was something wrong with his sitting posture just now. As soon as he straightened up, a burst of dizziness hit him, coupled with the numbness of his whole leg, and the pain The sour feeling made him feel a little dazed.

"Su Ling."

A hand appeared in front of him, a slender and generous hand.

The body was supported by these powerful hands. I don't know if it was because of the other party's strength or because of Su Ling's posture just now——

Su Ling finally realized that he was leaning on Mr. Huo's shoulder. The refreshing smell of Mr. Huo's clothes and the familiar musky scent just now made Su Ling wake up gradually.

This process probably lasted several seconds.

Su Ling froze for a moment, then he slowly left Mr. Huo under the command of his head, "I'm sorry, my feet are too numb."

Mr. Huo said, "Let's go." He signaled Su Ling to go ahead.

what happened?

For a moment just now, Su Ling felt a danger.

Yes, dangerous.

Not because of that seemingly odd pose. (Author: Please, can't you think of being "ambiguous"? Su Ling: I'm not you! Author: Hmph!)

It's not about physical contact at all.

It's an instinct that doesn't know where it came from.

People probably have the instinct to avoid danger, but the danger just now, like a violin squeak, suddenly hits the dead silence hidden deep in a certain space, darkness and invisible things in the darkness——

It's a pair of eyes!

Yes, if it was just because of the closeness, I didn't feel that way when I was sitting on the deck before.

It's just that just now, those few seconds seemed to be still, and the sound of ticking was not lost.

Then there was a pair of eyes out of thin air, which seemed to be a pair of animal eyes.

Excitement, and bloodlust.

It seems that it is about to tear off the seemingly calm and cold eye mask - gushing out.

Su Ling suddenly looked back at the man beside him, but saw that he was walking down the ladder, and there seemed to be no expression on his half-down face.

Is he thinking too much?Su Ling thought to herself.

Walking into the warm room all of a sudden, the whole person is in a kind of adjustment from cold to hot.

Su Ling felt a little sleepy.

It should be more than one o'clock now.

It's usually time for him to sleep. In order to ensure work efficiency, he usually doesn't stay up late, no more than one or two o'clock at the latest.

Mr. Huo turned on the TV and seemed to be watching foreign news. The people in front of him were shaking in front of his eyes, and their voices were not high.The sofa is very comfortable, Su Ling thought, just squat on it for a while.

The body slowly received the signal of slackening, coupled with the comfortable and soft environment, Su Ling didn't know when he was recruited by Duke Zhou.

There is still a part of the brain that is in a state of excitement during rest.

Is he dreaming?

Or half asleep and half awake?

Anyway, he heard someone calling him: Su Ling, Su Ling.

Su Ling wanted to answer.

But he couldn't make a sound.

……Do you know who I am?Still that ethereal voice.

have no idea.Su Ling shook her head.

go to sleep...you are tired...

Su Ling, who was standing in that void, completely lost consciousness...

There is a faint light passing through the half-closed eyelids, rendering a warm light yellow halo.

Su Ling opened her eyes.

He quickly realized that this was not his bed.

The chic wall lamp above that caught his eye evoked his still dull memory.

It's on the bed of a yacht.

But didn't he sleep on the sofa before?

Was it Mr. Huo who dragged him to the bed? (Author: How could it be procrastination?...)

Su Ling sat up and found that his windbreaker had been taken off, and the shirt on his body was a little wrinkled because he had slept all night.

He was the only one on the bed, and there seemed to be traces of someone sleeping on the other side, but what about people?

He heard human voices outside, and birds chirping.

It seems to be getting late.

He took out his cell phone from his coat and saw that it was already ten o'clock.

How did you sleep so deeply?

The phone was muted, a bunch of missed calls and texts.

He didn't bother to look at it for the time being, but just switched to standard mode.

Rubbing his eyes, he walked into the bathroom attached to the suite.

After washing, he opened the cabin door.

Ah Xiang was sitting outside. He was wiping things, when he saw Su Ling, he stood up immediately: "Good morning, Mr. Su."

Su Ling smiled at him: "Morning."

Ah Xiang pointed to the breakfast on the table in the insulated box: "Mr. Su, you should have breakfast first."

Su Ling said, "Have you eaten? If you haven't, let's eat together."

Ah Xiang immediately said: "I ate it! You can eat it. I will wait for you outside."

Su Ling asked, "Wait, where... is Mr. Huo?"

Ah Xiang said: "Mr. Huo left early in the morning, and told me not to disturb you, and let you eat something when you wake up."

Su Ling said, "That's it, thank you."

The simple and honest Ah Xiang scratched his head in embarrassment, and went out.

The breakfast is steamed bun fried dough sticks made by ordinary people, as well as soy milk and porridge.

The taste is very good.

But it seems that they bought too much, Su Ling usually eats very little in the morning.

Miss Secretary would buy small pastries and put them on his table every morning, and he would drink some coffee and eat some.

I was lamenting that I hadn't had a Chinese breakfast for a long time when my phone rang.

It's Mr. Huo.

It seems that Ah Xiang told him that he had already got up, otherwise how could the time be so accurate.

"Mr. Huo, hello."

"Su Ling, are you awake?"

"Well, I'm having breakfast and it tastes good."

"That's good. I have something to do today, so I didn't wake you up. Did you sleep well?"

"Oh, that's alright."

"The driver has driven your car to your house, and the keys are left at the management office downstairs. After you finish eating, the car will wait outside on the shore and take you home directly."

He is really careful and proper in what he does.Su Ling said, "Thank you, Mr. Huo."

Mr. Huo smiled over there and said, "Okay, see you next week."

After breakfast, I said goodbye to Ah Xiang, and saw that there was indeed a car waiting on the shore, and the driver opened the door immediately when he saw Su Ling, very considerate.

Su Ling was a little embarrassed by the battle, and said, "Thank you."

Looking at the mobile phone in the car, one phone number starts with +01, which seems to be a foreign number.

The other is a call from Gao Yihan.

Three text messages, two of which are high meaning: "Ling, where are you? I don't answer your calls. Meaning."

"Ling, do you have something to do? Then I won't bother you, remember to miss me. Meaning."

There is also a group text message from Meng Shu: "Gather at Haoting at 05:30 in the evening, come as much as you can, don't be late. Received."

That's right, I almost forgot about the class reunion.

He went back, and then directly called Gao Yihan, but no one answered.

Su Ling doesn't like pressing text messages very much, and always feels slow, but there's nothing he can do: "Xiaohan, no one answered your calls. I had something to do yesterday, and I didn't hear it when the phone was muted. I apologize to you. I have a class reunion tonight. Tomorrow I will contact you again."

Arriving home soon, I thanked the driver who was silent all the way but had excellent driving skills.

Get the car keys at the management office downstairs.

Then go home and take a shower and change out of the messy clothes.

Thinking of sending paintings to Mr. Huo, I went to the studio to look for them again.

There are quite a few paintings, but most of them are my own venting, the messy layout, and there is no artistic sense at all.

I reluctantly picked a picture that I could still see, thinking that there were still a few hours to spare in the afternoon, so I decided to draw another one.

What are you drawing?

He closed his eyes for a moment, and a picture slowly emerged in his mind: it was on a yacht in the middle of the night, and the two of them were leaning against the railing of the yacht. Quietly, that picture seemed to be embedded in his mind like this.

It's been a long time since I drew such a figurative painting, simply outline the lines, and then fill the picture and colors.

After two hours, the painting was almost done.

Just hang it here and let it dry naturally. Tomorrow, someone will come to pick it up, take it, frame it, and send it to... Huo's house?

Su Ling remembered the business card with the house number on it.

It seems to be in the office, come on, anyway, I have to go to Haoting today, let's go to the office first.

When I walked downstairs, I was about to watch the news online.

The home phone rang suddenly.

This is not common.

Not many people know the phone number at home, Su Ling didn't print the number here on the business card.

Only family members and old friends for many years know the phone number here.

Su Ling answered the phone, and a familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from the other side: "Xiao Ling, it's me."

Su Ling once thought that this voice with slight warmth and texture was the most discerning and pleasant voice he had ever heard in his life.

In this world, apart from him, no one would call him that.

His parents call him Ling.

Su Ling stood blankly in the living room with a cordless phone in his hand.

"...Brother." He called out the title with an imperceptible tremor at the end.

"Why don't you call me? I called you in the morning, but you didn't answer."

Morning? ——It seems that there is an unfamiliar foreign number in the missed call.Is it from my brother?

"That... I went to bed late this morning."

The other side smiled: "Xiao Ling, have you recently... how is your health? I heard from my aunt that you have a girlfriend. Next time I come back, I will take it home and meet you." Su Hang has always called Su Ling's biological mother to be his aunt Well, Su Ling didn't understand it when she was a child, but later she realized that Suhang had been called Suhang for too many years, and it was difficult to change her mouth.

Su Ling tried his best to keep his tone calm, and he replied: "Very good, let's talk about my girlfriend, she is still in school now, and it won't be too late to take her after she graduates."

Suhang hummed over there, and then he sighed softly: "Why don't you ask me how I am outside?"

Su Ling clenched the phone tightly and remained silent.

Suhang came over with a relaxed tone: "Forget it, you boy. The effect of my art exhibition here is not bad, and the company over there proposed to help me build a few more cities. I will call you today, first to ask how you are doing recently , Second, I have to ask you for something."

Su Ling asked in a low voice: "What's the matter? You just say it." No matter what, he will help him.

"It's like this, your sister-in-law is... recently pregnant. Originally, I wanted to go back to China to accompany her to recuperate, but she insisted that I continue to take care of the art exhibition. This time, a good friend of hers is getting married, and she must come back for a while. trip."

Su Ling said, "Okay, when will sister-in-law come over?" It was clear after hearing this, sister-in-law's friend must be in Beijing, otherwise brother wouldn't ask him, it's all because of... her.

Suhang said: "Next week, if it's convenient for you..."

Su Ling interrupted him: "I know, when the time comes, you can email me the date of sister-in-law's return and the flight schedule, and I will pick her up. I will also book a hotel for her, so you don't have to worry." When, Suhang wants to be so polite to him?Su Ling laughed at herself bitterly.

"Xiao Ling, I'll trouble you. Your sister-in-law is not in good health recently. Maybe she worked too hard a while ago... Please worry about it."

"Yeah." The sister-in-law must be busy for the big brother's art exhibition.I heard that her job back then was very promising. She could give up her job for the sake of her eldest brother and concentrate on being the woman behind him, supporting her husband and raising her son.

It's just that Su Ling can't remember what the sister-in-law looks like... She should be able to recognize her at the airport that day.

"Xiao Ling." This extremely familiar voice pulled Su Ling back from his shallow associations. "You should have a good rest, take care of your body, and don't be too tired. Are your eyes okay recently?"

"very good."

"I still have more than a month to come back, can I go back to Beijing to see you first?"

"Yes." Su Ling didn't know what else to say, did he come to Beijing to see him?How happy should he be?Should I laugh out loud, but unfortunately he doesn't feel anything now, just numb.

It's like throwing a stone into a dry well.

"...Okay, let's get in touch then."

"Goodbye, brother."

After hearing the busy signal over there, Su Ling still maintained the posture of the phone call just now.Then--

"Crack", the brand new cordless landline was thrown on the wall, torn apart.