Aromatherapy

Li Xinyun has been squatting on the side of the road for a long time.

Across the road is a high-end restaurant. It was getting late, and the light from the floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the second floor was beautiful and gentle, like a sunburst. A man made in heaven.

After the concert ended, Chen Hongting and Jin Luqiu came here for dinner, and Li Xinyun also followed.However, Li Xinyun couldn't enter the restaurant, because it is a high-end restaurant that requires reservations.Fortunately, the outer wall of the restaurant is made of floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and Chen Hongting and Jin Luqiu's dining location is also right next to the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Li Xinyun can see them from across the road.

Li Xinyun's decision to "return to the old business" was sloppy, so he didn't have a professional camera at hand, so he had to raise his mobile phone to take pictures—as evidence.Li Xinyun stood beside the car holding his mobile phone, and pulled into the shooting distance. From the screen, he could also see Chen Hongting and Jin Luqiu having a good conversation. He smiled softly and looked at Jin Luqiu intently, as if he was just a polite talker , and it seems to contain some ambiguous meaning.

Li Xinyun looked at this picture for a long time, feeling an inexplicable depression in his heart, like biting into an unripe green orange, it was both sour and astringent, flooding from the roots of his teeth to his heart.

He remembered that when he heard the piece called "Jealousy and Love" at the concert just now, he was terrified by his inexplicable emotions.

He is jealous of Jin Luqiu?How is that possible?Li Xinyun denied the feeling he had realized at that moment—impossible, it was just an illusion, no matter how beautiful and gentle Chen Hongting was, he was still a man, how could he be jealous of a woman for a man?Doesn't that mean that I have feelings for Chen Hongting that exceed the limit?But he is not Rong Yun, he has not had any preference for the same sex in the past twenty years, it must be because he has been by Chen Hongting's side for too long after waking up, not to mention that Chen Hongting is always there all the time Then show his deep affection for him, so he will have this illusion.

Yes, illusion.

Therefore, the matter of leaving Chen Hongting became even more imminent. Li Xinyun ignored the strange soreness in his heart and was about to press the camera button, but a second before he pressed the camera button, he was talking to Jin Luqiu However, Chen Hongting seemed to have noticed something, stopped talking with Jin Luqiu, and suddenly turned his gaze out of the floor-to-ceiling window. His eyes looked in Li Xinyun's direction, as if they had crossed the night and the distance, and crashed into Li Xinyun's room. in the eyes.Li Xinyun was startled, he squatted down reflexively and blocked himself with a car, but the phone slipped from his hand in a hurry.

Li Xinyun didn't bother to look for the phone for a while, his heart was beating very violently, he didn't know whether it was because he was afraid that Chen Hongting would find him, or it was just because... Chen Hongting looked at him.

After a while, Li Xinyun came back to his senses and found that the phone had fallen somewhere, he bent over the ground to look for it, and then saw that the phone had been thrown by him on the ground at the rear of the car, he hurried over to pick it up He picked it up, but a hand picked it up before him and handed it to him.

Li Xinyun looked up and saw a young man in black overalls standing in front of him, and said with a smile: "Brother, you are too nervous. Newcomer?"

Li Xinyun took over the phone and thanked him, and sized up the young man. With messy hair and sparse beard on his face, the young man looked very sloppy, and he was holding a camera in his hand——this type of camera Li Xinyun It can be said to be very familiar. Judging from the weight shooting effect, it is the most convenient model for tracking and candid shooting. Li Xinyun also used this model in his previous work.Thinking about what the young man said just now, Li Xinyun subconsciously asked: "Going together?"

The young man touched a business card and gave it to Li Xinyun. Li Xinyun read the words on the business card clearly through the dim street light: freelance reporter, Lu Cong, and a row of phone numbers and WeChat IDs were written under the name, and there was nothing else. .

Judging from the superficially consistent follow-up, investigation, and filming, they are indeed half colleagues. Li Xinyun casually put his business card in his pocket, and the young man asked, "What's your name?"

Li Xinyun said vaguely: "My surname is Li." He didn't say his current identity as "Rong Yun".

The young man named Lu Cong asked him enthusiastically, "I've been observing you for a long time, do you shoot Jin Luqiu or Chen Hongting?"

Li Xinyun said: "All shots." He was surprised that his vigilance had become so low that he didn't even notice the existence of Lu Cong, probably because he had been slacking off for too long.But after answering Lu Cong's question, Li Xinyun realized what the question Lu Cong asked was, and realized that Lu Cong was also here to film Chen Hongting and Jin Luqiu, "You also came to film their scandal?"

Lu Cong waved his hand disdainfully: "It's too small brother, chasing gossip about men and women all day long, it's boring." Lu Cong shook his head and put away his camera, "I guess I'm going to return empty-handed again today, it seems that Chen Hongting Really came out for a date, but you should come home with a rewarding experience."

"Then what are you shooting?" Li Xinyun asked suspiciously.

Lu Cong sighed, he thought for a moment, as if hesitating whether to disclose "commercial secrets" to Li Xinyun, after a while, he said to Li Xinyun mysteriously: "Do you still remember the big '405' case last year? "

"What?" Li Xinyun was puzzled.

Lu looked at him from up to down: "Wow, brother, are you a reporter? Even if you are an entertainment reporter, you should pay attention to such a big news."

"For a while I was sick and didn't pay attention to the outside world."

"That's it," Lu Cong said, "it's a case involving the prevention of underage sex trafficking. It's quite big, and a lot of people are involved."

Li Xinyun now remembered that it was the case that Jiang Xingyu and Xiaoye had talked about before, and Jiang Xingyu was seconded to the city bureau to help because of insufficient manpower.So Li Xinyun said: "I seem to have heard a little bit."

"I heard that the case is not over, and there are still some remnants." Lu said in a low voice.There was no one around, but he seemed afraid of being overheard: "I suspect that Chengfeng Group has something to do with this matter."

Li Xinyun was startled, and asked in disbelief: "You mean Chen Hongting?"

"Of course not him, how long has he taken over Chengfeng," Lu Cong shook his head, "His father."

"Mr. Lin Jing?"

"Don't you think it's strange that Lin Jingxian abdicated like this when he was in his prime?" Lu Cong said, "For these years, Lin Jingxian has only favored that nominal stepson and actual illegitimate son Lin Chengye. In fact, when Chen Hongting took over Chengfeng, there was some rumors about the case, and some sources of information from me said that Lin Jingxian seemed to be caught by someone, and he was still looking for someone to pay for his life. I guess Seeing that his precious son Lin Chengye is also deeply involved, that's why Chen Hongting came to the stage to attract attention."

"Then why don't you investigate Lin Jingxian or Lin Chengye?" Li Xinyun asked.

"I would like to, but Lin Jingxian's nursing home is strictly managed. I have tried everything, but I just can't get in. Lin Chengye has left the country, and I am too poor. I don't have so much money to pursue it. I can only look at Chen Hongting. Is there a breakthrough here?"

Li Xinyun listened to the seemingly absurd rumors that were purely personal speculation, "You tell me so, aren't you afraid that I will steal your news?" Li Xinyun asked.

"Chen Hongting is very impeccable. I've followed him for almost a year and haven't gained anything. What can you snatch?" Lu Cong said disdainfully, "Besides, even if you can snatch it, it depends on whether the entertainment tabloids like yours are brave or not. bump."

"Then you dare to touch it?"

Lu Cong said indifferently: "I'm an independent reporter. I can eat enough for one person and the whole family won't be hungry. It's always been my dream to write an earth-shattering report that will last forever." Then he approached Li Xinyun and asked, "But you and Chen How long has Hong Ting been? Did you capture anything special?"

It seems that this is Lu Cong's real purpose.

"I didn't take any pictures," Li Xinyun said truthfully, "I only came here today to have an affair with Chen Hongting."

"Okay," Lu Cong said disappointedly, "but brother, if you have something to gain, you must share it with me. It's a journey together, and I won't treat you badly. How about it?"

Lu Cong repeatedly pestered him to agree, but in the end Li Xinyun had no choice but to agree perfunctorily, and after he finished speaking, he took the camera and left first. Li Xinyun turned back and looked at the French windows of the restaurant, but the windows were empty. Both Hong Ting and Jin Luqiu had disappeared, and Li Xinyun didn't even take a picture after being interrupted by Lu Cong. The two seemed to have finished their meal and left.

Li Xinyun got into the car helplessly, he waited for a while, but he didn't see Chen Hongting's car coming out, maybe he had already left.Li Xinyun followed for a whole day without losing anyone, but this one disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if the long-awaited opportunity for Li Xinyun's liberation slipped away from his hands for no reason.He leaned wearily on the steering wheel, let go of his thoughts for a while, and then remembered what Lu Cong said about Chen Hongting just now.

Li Xinyun suddenly found that he didn't seem to know anything about Chen Hongting. Except for the gossip news that was urgently checked in the past two days, he didn't even know the gossip circulating in the market.

Chen Hongting suddenly became a puzzle to him, but Li Xinyun didn't know the answer.The only clue to this puzzle is the image of Li Xin's affectionate lover whom Li Xin avoids.

When Li Xinyun was feeling upset, something knocked on the car window.

Li Xinyun looked up, and saw Chen Hongting's face through the car window, that beautiful face looked like a seductive ghost under the dim light.Li Xinyun backed away in shock, but was restrained by the seat belt, and his head hit the roof of the car, causing him to cry out in pain.

Chen Hongting found him?Li Xinyun suddenly became distraught, even if it was the first time he followed the investigation object by himself before, he was never so flustered.

Probably seeing that he didn't open the window, Chen Hongting knocked on the car window again.

Li Xinyun is like a fish waiting to be slaughtered on the chopping board, there is no room for escape, the knife is hanging on the top, the only difference is that it will fall sooner or later.He rubbed his bumped head, gritted his teeth, and pressed the window anyway.

When Chen Hongting saw his face, he was not surprised, but smiled and said: "Ah Yun, it really is you."