Aromatherapy

When Li Xinyun woke up again the next day, the place beside him was empty, and Chen Hongting was not there.

Li Xinyun didn't know when it was, but he saw sunlight shining in through the gap between the heavy curtains, his whole body was sore, and he barely had the strength to get up from the bed.

So he lay on the bed with no thoughts for a while, and after his consciousness came back a little, he sat up from the bed with his waist supported, and then he glanced at the wall clock on the opposite wall, the pointer had already pointed to eleven o'clock.

He seems to have slept a little too long.

Li Xinyun had messy dreams all night, those dreams seemed to be monsters in the forest, chasing Li Xinyun nowhere to stay, no way to escape.So even after sleeping for so long, he still felt very tired.That kind of tiredness is not just physical tiredness, but also a kind of tiredness spreading from the bottom of his heart, emerging from a certain corner of his heart, occupying every cell of him like a virus, and even for a moment, Li Xinyun hoped that everything would be fine. Does not exist, whether it is his past, present, or even the future, he hopes that time will stop at this moment, without Chen Hongting, and without those secrets that he cannot escape.

But the second hand of the wall clock was still moving one frame at a time.

When he was about to get out of bed, the door opened. Chen Hongting walked in, saw Li Xinyun sitting on the edge of the bed, and said, "Are you up? Are you hungry?" He took off the coat he was wearing, put it on Li Xinyun's shoulders, and said with a smile, "I'll ask someone to bring the food."

I don't know if he overslept, Li Xinyun didn't even feel too hungry, but he still nodded.

"I have to talk to Mr. Chen about work in a while, and it will be over soon. When the work is over, we can rest here for a few more days."

This was the plan that Chen Hongting had already mentioned on the way here, Li Xinyun didn't say much, he just responded: "Okay."

However, because of a phone call from Fu Wen, Chen Hongting's plan was quickly interrupted.

On the second day they were in the hot spring villa, Chen Hongting's work was over, he took a vacation, and he and Li Xinyun felt that they would spend the holiday together in the hot spring villa.He consulted with the staff of the hot spring villa about the nearby attractions, and planned to take Li Xinyun to the vicinity first.

When Fu Wen called, Chen Hongting and Li Xinyun were eating together.Chen Hongting was halfway through his meal when his cell phone rang. He didn't avoid Li Xinyun, but picked it up directly. He exchanged a few words with the person on the phone, frowning slightly.After he hung up the phone, he looked at Li Xinyun with a hesitant expression, as if he wanted to say something, but couldn't open it.

"What's wrong with Fu Wen?" Li Xinyun asked proactively, and when Chen Hongting answered the phone, he already realized that the call was from Fu Wen.

When asking Chen Hongting, Li Xinyun's phone vibrated, and it was a message from Lu Cong.Lu Cong's message was very short, only one sentence, Li Xinyun didn't even need to unlock the phone, he could see clearly the content of the message from Lu Cong just from the preview: Qin Zhifeng was arrested.

And Chen Hongting, who was sitting opposite Li Xinyun, continued: "Something happened to Fu Wen's company recently..."

The mobile phone in Li Xinyun's hand seemed to become hot because of this message, burning Li Xinyun's palm.And Chen Hongting's expression was full of apology and regret, "Sorry, Ah Yun, we may have to go back early."

So their trip to the hot springs ended very hastily.

They packed their luggage and set foot on the way back together.In the car, Chen Hongting made a few more phone calls, probably to contact someone who knew the inside story, and he asked about the current situation of Fu Wen's company.And on Li Xinyun's mobile phone, Lu Cong also kept sending messages, telling Li Xinyun what he knew.

Lu Cong's information was not detailed, he only knew roughly that the police seemed to have been watching Qin Zhifeng for a while, and because they wanted to investigate deeper, they never tried to scare the snake away.But something happened yesterday, Qin Zhifeng suddenly transferred a large amount of his savings overseas, and asked his secretary to book a plane ticket abroad on the pretext of going on a business trip abroad to discuss an urgent business.In order to prevent Qin Zhifeng from absconding, the police had to disrupt the plan, immediately froze Qin Zhifeng's account, and rushed to the airport to arrest Qin Zhifeng before he boarded the plane.

Li Xinyun didn't take the news from Lu Cong very seriously, but he vaguely felt that Qin Zhifeng's arrest not only disrupted the police's plan, but also disrupted his own life--I'm afraid that even if he could barely maintain The calmness is about to disappear.

He suddenly felt a little stunned.

The vehicle was speeding on the road, getting farther and farther away from the hot spring villa behind it, as if in response to this sudden change, even the weather became gloomy.The hot spring villa is located on a high terrain, looking back, the whole body is covered with mist, full of a mysterious and illusory feeling, as if it is a dreamland that does not really exist, the farther you are from the hot spring villa, you must step into those places that Li Xinyun deliberately escaped from. reality.

From yesterday to today, it seems that Li Xinyun's dull brain has never woken up from the hot water waves and fog. He doesn't want to think or guess anymore.The hot spring villa seems to be a dream that is too confusing. When he is in it, Li Xinyun can not think about anything.He clearly knew that no matter how he tried to escape, what was supposed to come would always come, but he still couldn't help but sink into this short and illusory dream.

Li Xinyun realized that he had made too many mistakes.He should either turn a blind eye to Lu Cong's words from the very beginning, as if he had never heard of them;But he had doubts in his heart, but he didn't dare to run away from Chen Hongting's side resolutely.

He's always like this, trying to pretend to be deaf and dumb, but always pretending to be deaf and dumb is not thorough enough.

"Ayun?" Chen Hongting called him, and Li Xinyun recovered from those chaotic thoughts, Chen Hongting looked a little worried, he looked at Li Xinyun, held Li Xinyun's hand, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I originally agreed to accompany you to rest in the villa."

Li Xinyun shook his head and said, "It's okay." He looked down at Chen Hongting holding his hands, which were clasped between Li Xinyun's fingers, and his movements were gentle and careful, as if Li Xinyun was fragile porcelain, but the hands themselves were Full of a sense of power, even if Li Xinyun is held so lightly, it still makes people feel as if they cannot escape.

Li Xinyun pulled his hand out unintentionally, and asked, "Fu Wen...is he alright?"

Chen Hongting shook hands slightly, as if Li Xinyun's hand was still in his, "The specific situation is not clear yet, it seems that his general manager was involved in some case."

"Will Fu Wen be involved?"

Chen Hongting said: "It depends on the subsequent investigation...don't worry too much, I will go to see the specific situation, and his family will not sit idly by."

The sky outside the car window was getting darker and darker, and the black clouds were pressing down layer by layer, as if it was about to rain.

"It seems to be raining." Zhong Ling who was driving said.

Chen Hongting looked sideways at the gloomy sky outside the car window, and said to Zhong Ling: "Assistant Zhong, you take me to the company first, then take Ayun home, and then you get off work, I will let Chen take care of the other things." The secretary will handle it."

Li Xinyun originally wanted to go to Fu Wen's place to have a look. First, although he was not sure how much Fu Wen was involved in Qin Zhifeng's affairs, they were still friends after all these days; second, he wanted to go to Fu Wen Wen there to explore the root of Qin Zhifeng's case, wanting to know whether Qin Zhifeng has anything to do with his accident.

But now Fu Wen's side is in a mess, Chen Hongting said it's better to go later, he said it very sincerely, Li Xinyun didn't insist.

Before Chen Hongting got out of the car, he told Zhong Ling: "Assistant Zhong, please take Ah Yun home."

Before leaving, Chen Hongting kissed Li Xinyun's lips - Zhong Ling was still sitting in the driver's seat, Chen Hongting rarely made such an overly intimate gesture in front of other people, at most it was just a kiss Li Xinyun's forehead or cheek, and even this kiss was not superficial and casual, his lips lingered on Li Xinyun's lips, as if saying goodbye, as if he was reluctant to part with him. After the kiss was over, he looked at Li Xinyun with deep eyes, something The bottomless lake seemed to overflow, his hand fell on Li Xinyun's ear, his fingertips brushed slightly over his hair and over his neck, as if he wanted to hug him, but in the end Nothing, he finally said: "Don't worry, Ah Yun, nothing will happen, everything will be fine."

He seemed to be talking about Fu Wen, but also seemed to be talking about something else.

After Chen Hongting left, Zhong Ling sent Li Xinyun home. Regarding the intimacy between Chen Hongting and Li Xinyun just now, Zhong Ling kept silent all the time, almost as if he didn't exist.When he set off to send Li Xinyun back, he glanced at Li Xinyun from the rearview mirror. He seemed to be in a daze, his eyes were not focused, and he was almost staring forward blankly.He didn't come back to himself until his cell phone rang.

Li Xinyun connected the phone, and the polite and almost mechanical voice of the staff came from the other side of the phone: "Hello, Mr. Rong, the test results of the samples you sent a few days ago have been tested, and the appraisal report has come out, may I ask if you personally Pick it up or send it by mail?"

Li Xinyun's heart seemed to stop beating for a moment. His throat seemed to be choked by something. He opened his mouth and wanted to answer, but he didn't make a sound. He didn't answer for a long time, so the staff asked patiently again. Once again, Li Xinyun replied: "I can pick it up in a while."

Zhong Ling, who was in front of him, glanced at him from the rearview mirror when he heard the words.

After hanging up the phone, Li Xinyun was stunned for a while, Zhong listened to what he said when he answered the phone just now, and asked: "Mr. Rong, is there anything else you need?"

Li Xinyun clenched his palms tightly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Assistant Zhong, I won't go back now, please take me somewhere."