Two weeks later.
Mu Hanxia has never come to the company, so naturally some people are curious and gossip. During the company dinner at noon that day, some employees, relying on their familiarity with Lin Mochen, asked with a smile, "Mr. Lin, why does Manager Mu keep asking for leave? Isn't it because you are hiding in your golden house?"
Only a few confidants in the company knew exactly what happened to Lin Mochen and Mu Hanxia before. So this question is really bold. Everyone at the dinner table also secretly paid attention to the young boss's reaction.
Lin Mochen picked up the tea and took a sip, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's not that I want to hide, she wants to rest herself."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and he said it was like admitting. Then it was all congratulations, and the female colleagues were envious and excited. Someone said, "Mr. Lin, then you and Manager Mu have to invite everyone to dinner next time. We are all your witnesses."
Lin Mochen replied: "Okay, when she rests, I will bring her to see everyone."
Everyone cheered. Originally a working meal, the atmosphere also became cheerful and lively.
Amidst the excitement, Sun Zhi lit a cigarette, stood by the door, and looked at his boss with a smile. Seeing him sitting in the crowd, there was a faint smile between his eyebrows.
Sun Zhi was the closest person to Lin Mochen in the company. He felt that Lin Mochen had changed a bit compared to before the accident. Although the boss used to be cold and arrogant, but after getting along for a long time, he still feels warm. He also jokes with employees, but it's not a big deal. That cold arrogance is more of a kind of arrogance and high-spiritedness.
But now, after the previous incident, Sun Zhi only felt that there was a real coldness all over him. Very quiet, quieter than before. He became more restrained, making it even more difficult to guess what was in his mind.
However, when it comes to matters related to Mu Hanxia, the young boss seems to have become more humane again. Talking about her, he would laugh. Sometimes during work breaks, Sun Zhi would see him take out his mobile phone and call her. Even as long as it was an entertainment that could be pushed, he didn't go, and went straight back to the hotel after get off work. To be honest, Sun Zhi only now feels that the boss is finally like a competent boyfriend.
After that night, instead of breaking up, the two lived together. If it is not true love, how can it be done
Tonight, Lin Mochen and Sun Zhi had an important entertainment. When he got off work, Lin Mochen had something to deal with, and Sun Zhi went downstairs to wait first. After smoking a cigarette, he caught a glimpse of a jewelry store not far away, and walked in with a thought.
He picked it up in front of the counter for a while, and saw Lin Mochen also come in.
Lin Mochen: "What are you doing?"
Sun Zhi smiled and replied: "I remembered that it will be the tenth anniversary of marriage in a few days, and I want to give my wife a gift. Mr. Lin, do you want to choose a gift for my girlfriend as well?"
Lin Mochen didn't answer.
He glanced down at the goods on the counter, and soon his eyes stopped on a ring. Very fine and rustic platinum, a small diamond. The most simple style, inexplicably reminded him of her.
"Take it out and let me see," he said.
The salesperson took out the ring and handed it to him. He put it in his palm and looked at it silently.
Seeing this, Sun Zhi came over and said, "Ring, Mr. Lin, are you planning to propose?"
"It's still early to propose." Lin Mochen replied, with a smile in his eyes, "But the ring is suitable, so you can buy it first."
Sun Zhi suddenly felt quite moved.
In the end, Sun Zhi bought a necklace, and Lin Mochen bought the ring and put it in a simple black velvet box in his coat pocket.
—
The twilight was low, and Mu Hanxia walked aimlessly along the small river bank downstairs of the hotel. The sky is grey and the scenery is familiar. There was always an empty feeling in her heart.
Unconsciously, he walked downstairs to Feng Chen. She raised her head and looked at the familiar building. Lin Mochen was probably still busy, she was a little startled.
These days, her visa has been processed.
They live together.
There was a soft and slightly painful emotion in her heart, and she suppressed it quietly.
"Han Xia?" Someone called her. She turned around and saw a colleague she knew well. She smiled: "off work?" Colleagues looked at her curiously: "President Lin said that you would take a break, everyone thought you were going to be a full-time rich wife. Why, come to wait for Mr. Lin to get off work? Too Love it!"
Mu Hanxia was stunned for a moment, she didn't know that Lin Mochen had made their relationship public.
She didn't want him like that.
"Oh... heh, I'm just going for a walk," she replied.
A colleague said: "Ah, yes, Mr. Lin is not in the company anymore. He went to a banquet of a chamber of commerce in the city, a very important banquet, government agencies, Rongyue, Dingsheng, Xue's Group, these large southwest areas The top ones will go. Madam Boss, you should go back and wait. It is estimated that the boss will have to socialize very late today."
Mu Hanxia smiled and said "um", chatted with colleagues for a few more words, and then said goodbye.
it's dark.
Mu Hanxia sat on the steps beside the square. There is no one here tonight, and she has never met those skateboarders again. It was cold and clear, and there was silence.
A thought suddenly popped into her mind:
Tonight's banquet, Feng Chen and the Xue family will both go.
Will Lin Mochen meet Xue Ning
Will they talk
What kind of atmosphere will the two of them get along with
…
Mu Hanxia was suddenly upset. The Heart Lake, which seemed to have been calm for many days, turned out to have been hiding a torrent and undercurrent, which would be revealed as soon as the wind blew.
She sat in silence for a long time, then suddenly got up, ran quickly to the side of the road, and called a car.
"Master, go to XX Hotel." She reported the banquet address she heard from her colleagues today.
"Okay!" The taxi driver kicked the accelerator and began to lead her through the colorful night scene of the city.
It's coming soon. In the distance, the top of the top luxury hotel has been seen.
In the back seat, she suddenly said, "Master, turn around and go back."
"Ah? Not going?"
There was silence in the car for a few seconds before she heard her say, "Don't go."
Mu Hanxia got off the bus downstairs of the hotel where he was staying. Instead of going upstairs immediately, he stood for a while in the cold night wind and called Lao Fang.
"Hey, Lao Fang. Are you busy? Well, I have nothing else to do, just say goodbye to you. I'll leave in a few days... Okay, let's have dinner together again, I'll invite you... No, I must invite you ." She raised her head and looked at the endless night sky deep above her head, "Well, I figured it out. I have seen it clearly, the path in my heart. I won't regret it, and I won't look back."
"Bert is getting better, maybe he will wake up? Great. Okay, I'll visit him when I get to America."
I don't know what Lao Fang said on the other end of the phone. She was silent for a while, and then replied softly, "I will cut the mess with a quick knife."
After hanging up the phone, she stood there for a long time.
America, NYU, Burt... These all seem far away.
She remembered those lingering nights, the kiss he put on her forehead when he went out to work in the early morning, every time his silent hug from behind... was engraved in her heart, and she got it greedily. She stood at a fork in the road, knowing that it was wrong to stay where she was. But she just wouldn't move.
However, many insights in life come in an instant. Just like she was completely irrational just now, sitting in the taxi to the hotel where he and Xue Ning were, suddenly understood. Whether he will still approach Xue Ning, whether he will still talk to her, whether he will play with other women in the future, or whether he will be chaotic, is not important anymore.
Because the seeds of jealousy and disappointment had been buried in her heart.
…
She has asked herself more than once, and her life is so short, yet so prosperous, where should she go
Now she knows.
In the college entrance examination many years ago, she was the abandoned child of fate. She is the best, but she has fallen to the lowest life path.
In Jiangcheng, she was Meng Gang's abandoned son.
Later, in love, one day, she became Lin Mochen's abandoned son.
…
She can't stop.
She has to go.
Go to the more open and lonely places in your life.
Because in this life, she doesn't want to be someone else's abandoned child anymore.
—
When Lin Mochen came back that night, it was already late at night.
He looked in the darkness of a room and saw that the person on the bed was motionless. He changed his shoes quietly at the entrance, and turned on a very dim wall lamp. Then he took off his coat, glanced over his pockets, and the movement of hanging clothes became very delicate.
He took a shower and went to bed. The woman in the quilt lay peacefully on her back, her arms and legs stretched wide. Lin Mochen smiled. These days, he has been very aware of her sleeping habits. If she was asleep, she would inevitably turn into a lying position involuntarily.
If he pretended to be asleep, he would always lie on his side, with his back facing him at night.
Resistance, or self-protection
Lin Mochen lay on his side, his arms crossed her waist, and held her hand on the other side. She pressed her chin against her long hair and closed her eyes.
At a certain moment, Mu Hanxia suddenly woke up. It was as if he was awakened by something, but the surroundings were quiet. Nothing appeared in her dreams either.
The room was still dark, and the sound of his clear breathing lingered in his ears. And his warm body. Mu Hanxia slowly turned his head and looked at him.
He couldn't make out his brows, only the outline of his cheeks was blurred.
Mu Hanxia's heart suddenly surged with loneliness, she took away his hand on her waist, got up, and changed her clothes with almost only a rustling sound. Then start packing.
Maybe the night is too dark, and the human heart seems to be chaotic. She was a little dazed in her mind, but she seemed to be very awake. Her suitcase is almost organized, and she only needs to put some daily necessities in it. She stood at the entrance farther from the bed, under the dim light, stuffing her towel and pajamas inside. She thought, there shouldn't be any trace of her life...
His hand was suddenly grasped by a hand stretched out from behind. She broke out in cold sweat, looking at the slender and powerful man's hand. His body is behind her. Then the light is turned on.
All the lights in the house, the switch "snap" sound, a room is bright. Mu Hanxia couldn't adapt to the sudden light, so he stretched out his hand to cover his eyes. As a result, the other hand was also grabbed by him. Then he turned her around and the two stood face to face.
The moment Mu Hanxia raised her head, there were tears in her eyes, and she looked at him silently.
He also stared at her. The eyes are deep and quiet.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly smiled and said, "What are you doing in the middle of the night? Find something and talk about it tomorrow, go back to bed."
Mu Hanxia didn't say a word or move.
He looked as usual and put his hand on her shoulder. Mu Hanxia wanted to break free, but he seemed to have expected, his arms tightened violently, and he still held her firmly in his arms.
Mu Hanxia burst into tears and said slowly, "Lin Mochen, I'm not looking for something. I have something to tell you."
There was no expression on his profile.
Mu Hanxia exhaled slowly, feeling the dull pain in his throat and in his chest.
"It's three o'clock in the middle of the night." He looked out the window. "What's the matter, I'll talk about it tomorrow. I'm on vacation tomorrow, and I was going to take you for a walk in the suburbs. We'll talk about it there."
Mu Hanxia suddenly couldn't say anything, she heard her slightly hoarse voice say, "Okay, that's it."
He raised his hand to turn off all the lights, and the room was suddenly pitch black. He just held her hand tightly and walked back to the bed. Mu Hanxia's whole body was cold, and his knuckles were stiff. She lay back on the bed and he lay down too. Neither of them moved.
After a while, she turned away, with her back to him. He reached out his hand almost at the same time, and pulled her into his arms as if he was a little ruthless. One arm was forced under her neck, the other clasped around her waist. Mu Hanxia couldn't move at all, and could only let him hold him silently all night in such a completely imprisoned posture.