Aromatherapy

During the entire relocation process that followed, both the adoptive mother and Li Peifeng were unusually absent-minded.

The movers often asked Li Xinyun's adoptive mother how to move, but the adoptive mother couldn't respond, and finally Li Xinyun came forward to give guidance—in fact, as the real owner of the house, Li Xinyun had a good judgment on what to throw away and what to keep. It was still relatively quick, so although the adoptive mother was slow to respond, under the guidance of Li Xinyun, the relocation went smoothly.

Li Xinyun's adoptive mother opened a small supermarket and a small warehouse for storing goods. The office's things were prepared to be put in the warehouse first. Although Li Xinyun thought about it and did not remove many old furniture, the relocation was a big project after all. , it was already dark after all was done.

After the three of them sorted everything out, they all looked embarrassed. The adoptive mother asked Li Xinyun, "Are you hungry? Let's have dinner first."

She didn't rush to ask Li Xinyun what, and Li Peifeng didn't say anything.It is not realistic to go home and cook at the current time, so the adoptive mother led Li Xinyun and Li Peifeng to a restaurant.

The adoptive mother specially reserved a small box, and after ordering the dishes, she specifically told the waiter that if there were peanuts in any dish, she must not put it in. She also kept Li Xinyun's allergens in mind.

Because it is dinner time, there are many customers in the store, and it takes a while for the dishes to be served.While waiting for the food to be served, the three of them didn't speak for a long time, and finally the adoptive mother asked first: "Xiao Yun, this...what the hell is going on?"

What the adoptive mother said was the most common question, but Li Xinyun didn't know where to start.

Even he himself may not know everything he encountered.

Li Xinyun was silent for a long time, and her adoptive mother did not urge her, she quietly brought Li Xinyun a cup of tea.The tea is the kind of tartary buckwheat tea that is always available in the restaurant. Because it has been soaked too many times, it is almost tasteless, leaving only a faint aroma. Li Xinyun drank it all in one gulp. After the warm water flowed down his throat, Li Xinyun felt deeply He took a breath, and then said, "I'm sorry, Mom, Peifeng, I kept it from you all the time." He apologized to his adoptive mother and Li Peifeng, "Because something troublesome happened, it became like this."

Li Xinyun explained the ins and outs of the matter to his adoptive mother and Li Peifeng, but he concealed the deception that Chen Hongting had deceived him. Know.

He only told his adoptive mother and Li Peifeng that he was involved in a troublesome case and was chased and killed. After escaping, he was worried that the people behind the scenes would not let him go, so with the help of his friends, he changed his identity and changed his identity. Because he was worried that it would affect his family, he never dared to contact them.He said that he went back to the office to find some evidence left over from the case. He did not expect to run into Li Peifeng by accident, but he still couldn't help contacting Li Peifeng again, and Li Peifeng finally discovered his identity because of his weird behavior.

Strictly speaking, what Li Xinyun said was not a lie, but he did not tell the whole truth about it.As for his entanglement with Chen Hongting, there is no need to let his adoptive mother and Li Peifeng know, anyway, everything is over now, and he doesn't want to make them worry for nothing.

And... Li Xinyun himself has not clarified all his thoughts, so how can he talk to others?

Halfway through Li Xinyun's speech, the waiter began to serve the dishes, but no one moved their chopsticks. Both the adoptive mother and Li Peifeng listened quietly. "Brother—" he called out but couldn't say anything.Li Xinyun patted him on the shoulder and said reassuringly, "It's okay, am I fine?"

"You child is really..." The adoptive mother lowered her head slightly, took a sip of tea, her voice was a little choked up, but she still managed to maintain her calm, "I always refuse to tell my family anything... I know that something happened to you When I..."

The adoptive mother didn't finish her words. She has always been a strong person, and she is not used to revealing her weak emotions. Li Xinyun knew that even though he knew that he didn't know that his "death" was a deception by Chen Hongting, but he He was clearly still alive, but he didn't think about going to his adoptive mother and Li Peifeng to explain the facts. Apart from feeling that such a thing as "rebirth" was a fantasy, he also felt that he was only an adopted son after all. After all, the adoptive mother still had a biological child like Li Peifeng. exist.In this matter, he was wrong no matter what. "I'm sorry, Mom, I just don't want you to worry."

"It's right for parents to worry about their children," said the adoptive mother. She turned her head and wiped the corners of her eyes with her fingertips, and then said with a smile, "No matter what, it's a good thing that you are still here. Let's eat first. It's been a busy day." She kept adding vegetables to Li Xinyun's bowl.

In fact, in the past, it was rare for Li Xinyun to eat with his family like this. Since his adoptive father fell ill, it was almost rare for him to eat together like this.Li Xinyun's bowl was piled up like a hill, but he didn't refuse, no matter how much his adoptive mother stuffed, he would take it all and eat it all.

During the meal break, Li Xinyun told his adoptive mother to keep the fact that he was still alive a secret for the time being, and not to tell others that the case he was involved in was not over yet. In order to avoid causing trouble, it would be better to cover up for the time being.

It was already late when they returned home after dinner, and Li Peifeng pestered Li Xinyun to ask many details about Li Xinyun's life during this time. Li Xinyun was a little hard to deal with in the end, and later his adoptive mother saw that the time was too late, and Li Peifeng would return to school tomorrow Only then did the adoptive mother drive Li Peifeng to sleep.Then the adoptive mother took Li Xinyun to his own bedroom and asked him to rest early. It has been two years since Li Xinyun had an accident, and Li Xinyun's bedroom is still kept by the adoptive mother. The room is still tidy and clean, and it seems that it is often cleaned. Li Xinyun felt a little sour in his heart.

But Li Xinyun didn't feel sleepy for a moment, he walked to the balcony, the cool night wind blew, Li Xinyun didn't wear a coat, and a layer of goose bumps crawled up on his arms.The night was already deep, and there were only sporadic faint lights left outside. The rain stopped only in the morning, but there seemed to be still moisture in the air.

Strangely, the day he left Chen Hongting's house, he didn't have a cold or fever after being exposed to the rain for so long.Li Xinyun still clearly remembers everything that happened after he got the DNA identification report. He can still recall every word Chen Hongting said, every expression and look in every sentence. Li Xinyun even tried to learn from these In the clearly remembered words, expressions and eyes, to explore the truth and falsehood.

But what's the point of being true or false?Regardless of whether Chen Hongting's explanation and narration are true or not, the deception from the beginning is beyond doubt.

"Xiao Yun, why haven't you slept yet?"

Li Xinyun turned his head and saw his adoptive mother standing behind him. He forced a smile and said, "Maybe I ate too much at night and couldn't sleep."

The adoptive mother walked up to Li Xinyun and said: "Your house... When the developer sent someone to negotiate, I thought the conditions were acceptable and I signed and agreed. If I knew you still... the house, you should decide for yourself .”

"It's okay, anyway, whether you decide or I decide, the result is the same, anyway, we have to move."

After a while, the adoptive mother said: "I'm sorry, Xiaoyun," her voice was a little sad, "I'm not a competent mother. I've been wondering if it would be worse if I didn't send you away when your father was sick." Better? Maybe... maybe we won't be as divided as we are now, and you won't always want to bear it silently by yourself..."

After speaking, her voice was already a little choked, and was blown away by the night wind, showing a lot of loneliness and sadness.

In fact, the adoptive mother is already a qualified mother, and she has never treated Li Xinyun badly since she was a child.It's just that Li Xinyun is too greedy, he is too eager to be unique and wants too much.

Li Xinyun turned around and hugged her.I don't know when, this always strong and capable woman has become so thin.Li Xinyun said guiltily: "I'm sorry, Mom, and... thank you."

When he woke up the next day, Li Xinyun was actually in a daze for a moment, unable to realize where he was.

He has lived in the master bedroom of Chen's house for too long, and he has become accustomed to seeing the balcony and the vase of orange blossoms on the table every morning when he wakes up. The wall was so old that it was peeling. It took him a while to realize that he was in the bedroom where he lived since he was a child.

Li Peifeng went to class early, and when Li Xinyun got up, Li Peifeng had already returned to school, but his adoptive mother was still at home, greeting Li Xinyun to have breakfast, with a natural and ordinary attitude, everything still looked like the old days when Li Xinyun came home occasionally, nothing happened yet Pass.

When the doorbell rang, the adoptive mother wondered who would come to the door so early in the morning, and went to open the door. She didn't know what to say to the person outside the door, and then the adoptive mother said doubtfully, "Mr. Rong?"

Li Xinyun was drinking milk, but he froze when he heard this.

"We don't have anyone surnamed Rong here," said the adoptive mother.

Li Xinyun put down the milk, walked to the door, and said, "It's for me, you go have breakfast first, I'll talk to him."

Although the adoptive mother was worried, she still listened to Li Xinyun's words and went in first.

The person standing at the door was Zhong Ling, who was standing at the door with a suitcase and a paper bag. "Mr. Rong," Zhong Ling said when he saw Li Xinyun, "President Chen asked me to bring you your luggage, which contains your ID and mobile phone."

Li Xinyun silently watched the suitcase and paper bag that Zhong Ling handed over to him, and finally took them - Li Xinyun's current social status is still "Rong Yun".The suitcase and paper bag in his hand were not heavy, but Li Xinyun felt as if they weighed more than a thousand catties, as if what he held were not suitcases and paper bags, but heavy chains, which tied Li Xinyun's hands and feet.

After handing over the things to him, Zhong Ling asked, "Mr. Rong, did you quarrel with Mr. Chen?"

It seems that Zhong Ling is ignorant of everything Chen Hongting has done.

Is it a quarrel?Li Xinyun felt embarrassed, if it was just a problem that could be solved and exposed by quarreling, then it would be great - unfortunately this is not the case.He said mockingly, "Probably."

Really quarrel ah?Zhong Ling was very surprised. He couldn't figure out how Chen Hongting cared and pampered his lover so much that he would cause his lover to "run away from home". He couldn't help asking: "Then when do you plan to go back?"

Li Xinyun said: "Please tell Chen Hongting, I will not go back."

From Li Xinyun's attitude, Zhong Ling keenly sensed that the relationship between Chen Hongting and Li Xinyun might have encountered a major change.

But when Chen Hongting asked him to deliver things to Li Xinyun, he couldn't tell that the situation was so serious, as if Li Xinyun was going on a business trip or traveling so easily and normally, the more Zhong Ling thought about it, the more confused he became, but no matter how confused he was, in the end It had nothing to do with him, after giving what Chen Hongting requested to Li Xinyun, Zhong Ling left.

As if pinching, Li Xinyun just took out the phone from the bag when Chen Hongting called. Li Xinyun saw the flashing name on the screen and didn't answer it at first. The adoptive mother saw it and asked worriedly: "Xiaoyun, Is it to trouble you? Will it be..."

"It's okay, don't worry, we're just friends," Li Xinyun picked up his phone and walked to the balcony, "I'll pick it up first."

After the call was connected, Li Xinyun didn't speak for a while, and Li Xinyun could hear the faint sound of breathing. When Li Xinyun was about to hang up the phone, he finally heard a gentle voice as always: "Ayun."

Li Xinyun did not speak.

"I know you definitely don't want to see me now, and you don't want to listen to me," Chen Hongting said, "That's why I asked Zhong Ling to bring you something..."

"How do you know where I am?" Li Xinyun asked, and after asking, he felt that his question was ridiculous.

Chen Hongting found out where he was so quickly, presumably someone must be following him.

Chen Hongting did not explain why he knew where he was, but continued: "I know, you are very reluctant to continue to maintain this identity, but I really don't want anything to happen to you. Qin Zhifeng has now been officially included in the investigation , I am afraid that Lin Jing will jump over the wall in a hurry, so he must not let him find out that you are still alive. Ah Yun, let me protect you, okay?"

"Do you think I will still trust your protection?" Li Xinyun said sarcastically, "Give you another chance to play me around?" He hung up the phone and threw the phone into an abandoned balcony on the balcony. In the flower pot, the flower pot was filled with rainwater. As soon as the mobile phone fell into it, the water overflowed, and then dripped down along the edge, and dripped onto the awning downstairs, making a crisp sound.

Li Xinyun stood on the balcony and looked downstairs. There were many old people doing morning exercises downstairs, office workers in a hurry, and many steaming breakfast stalls. Among them, which one, or which ones were Chen Hong? Ting people?

Li Xinyun couldn't tell the difference.

After listening to Chen Hongting's confession that day, Li Xinyun recklessly ran out of Chen's villa and escaped from Chen Hongting's side.

But can he really escape?

Chen Hongting has become Li Xinyun's chronic disease, and it may not be cured in his life.