After that day, Jiang Zhihuo never talked to Yan Mu again.
The relationship had been going smoothly, and was tacitly stuck in the sweetest ambiguous period, with both parties slowly opening up and testing each other, but now it came to an abrupt halt and was even regressing.
It was a rough night.
After returning, Yan Mu sent several messages to Jiang Zhihuo.
He said he was home, apologized, and sat by the bed with his phone, waiting for a long time, but Jiang Zhihuo didn't reply.
Finally, Yan Mu sent another message: Good night, Merry Christmas Eve.
The moment the message was sent, the time jumped from 23:59 to midnight, and the sending time displayed on the message interface was also midnight.
It’s too late to say Merry Christmas Eve, it’s Christmas now.
Yan Mu threw his phone on the bed, took a bath towel and clothes and locked himself in the bathroom.
The water didn't stop flowing. He stood in the hot water pouring down on his head. The hot steam condensed into water droplets which slid down the walls and glass.
Yan Mu never thought of excusing himself. What happened today was all his own problem. It was not his fault that Jiang Zhihuo got angry and asked him to leave. He was the one who went too far. He deserved to be left there for a few days or weeks.
She was too insecure and didn't consider Jiang Zhihuo's feelings at all. When jealousy took over, she didn't care about anything else.
The next day was Christmas, and the shops on the street were all decorated in Christmas spirit early on, with snowflakes and elk hanging, a sea of red.
The night before, Qu Xiao also set up a Christmas tree for the bar. Next to the tree, he placed a sled model that could seat one person. It was surrounded by a fence and sprinkled with a lot of foam particles to make it look like snow.
The setting has a very Christmas feel and is beautiful. The words "Xiang Yao" are hung on the top of the tree. Many girls take photos and check in on the sled and post them on their Moments, which can be regarded as a disguised form of publicity.
Qu Xiao was dragged by a few girls to be a photographer. He picked out a few good-looking photos and posted them on his Moments along with the photos of the bar.
Boss Qu added a lot of people to his account, and many of them liked his post, including Jiang Zhihuo.
Jiang Zhihuo got up early in the morning and gave his boss a thumbs up, but did not reply to Yan Mu. The dialog box was still stuck on the good night message Yan Mu sent last night.
Yan Mu sent him another "Good morning".
The habit formed these days is that whoever wakes up first will start to say "morning". It's not that we have to chat every day, but this word is full of warmth and closeness. Usually it's Yan Mufa, and today is no exception.
After sending the message and changing clothes, Yan Mu set off for school.
There are boarding students in No. 1 Middle School. Every day at around six o'clock, the school will broadcast a message on the radio to wake them up. The song played today is "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", a song for Christmas. The melody is cheerful, with only a few words, but it sounds very nice and magical when it is played in a continuous loop. However, the boarding students complained bitterly, and no matter how beautiful the song is, it does not seem very friendly as an alarm clock.
On this day, the girls would give each other gifts in their spare time after doing their papers. A few of them who were more ceremonial bought a bunch of deer antler clips and gave one to everyone in the class to clip on their heads. The apples that the class monitor distributed on Christmas Eve the day before had not been eaten yet, so many people came in early in the morning and ate them for breakfast.
Yan Mu also brought a gift, which he had bought a long time ago and wanted to save for Christmas. However, after waiting for a whole day, preparing the gift and apology, he did not see Jiang Zhihuo.
Jiang Zhihuo didn't come to school at all.
After the evening self-study, Yan Mu went to Class 1 to ask Chang Luo. A stack of newly distributed test papers was placed on Jiang Zhihuo's desk. Chang Luo shook his head and said that he didn't know why Brother Huo didn't come.
Yan Mu stood by the window for a while, watching Chang Luo slowly packing his things. After he put the last paper into his bag, he asked him, "Can you make a phone call and ask?"
Chang Luo turned his head and blinked.
These two are flirting with each other. The number of CP posts on the forums is getting higher and higher. The marriage certificate has even been photoshopped out for everyone to see. These two are so close, but Huo Ge didn't come today, but Yan Shen came to ask him why. It's obvious that there must be a conflict between the two.
Chang Luo was slow but he was not blind. He didn't ask any questions and immediately took out his cell phone to call.
Jiang Zhihuo answered the call, but hung up after a few words.
Chang Luo looked at Yan Mu and said, "Brother Huo said he is seriously ill. He is in the hospital and needs to be isolated. He needs a few days off."
You don't need to listen to know that it's nonsense. Jiang Zhihuo never made any excuses for asking for leave. Chang Luo is used to it and feels helpless when he retells it.
Yan Mu nodded, thanked Chang Luo, and went downstairs.
Jiang Zhihuo still didn’t come to the self-study class on Saturday.
Yan Mu couldn't finish the test paper, so he opened WeChat and sent a message "Brother Huo".
But Jiang Zhihuo seemed to have uninstalled the app and there was no movement at all. The message he sent fell on deaf ears.
After a day and a night, Yan Mu already sensed that something was wrong.
With Jiang Zhihuo's personality, it is impossible for him to hide from me like this. Even if he wants to quarrel, fight, break up, or sever ties, he will definitely find him at a time to talk it out face to face. It is impossible for him to disappear for no reason. Engaging in a cold war is not Brother Huo's style.
Just as he was thinking this, Qu Xiao came to find Yan Mu and talked about Jiang Zhihuo.
Qu Xiao: Mr. Yan, what’s going on
Qu Xiao: Your Shin asked me for several days off yesterday.
Qu Xiao: He seemed quite serious when he came... Well, he was never not serious.
Shin's character has not collapsed in front of Boss Qu, he is still the cold and handsome man with an icy face.
Yan Mu: Why do you want leave
Qu Xiao: No one said, and I didn’t ask.
Qu Xiao: It’s very convenient for me to ask for leave here. It can be approved as long as someone is on shift.
What I said implied that I had not treated your baby badly.
Yan Mu: Okay, thank you.
I had just finished talking to Qu Xiao when He Miaomiao also sent a message not long after.
Yan Mu took a look at the content, turned off the screen, folded the paper and put it on the desk, then stood up.
"Brother Yan is leaving?" Xie Qiu raised his head and asked.
His voice was not loud, and he lowered his voice to ask, but everyone in the classroom was concentrating on doing the questions, and it was very quiet. Yan Mu heard it clearly and replied, "Yes, there is something."
It would be closer to take the stairs on the Class 1 side of the school gate. Yan Mu walked through the corridor towards that side. When he passed by Class 1 of Senior 3, he saw a few people standing at the door and chatting. When he came in this morning, Lao Ding said that Jiang Zhihuo had taken several days off and was seriously ill. He told everyone to study hard in preparation for the Senior 3 exam, but also to take care of their health.
At this moment, these people were discussing whether they should find an opportunity to go see Brother Huo.
Yan Mu walked past them and went downstairs.
At the end of December, the temperature was so low that it seemed as if there was frost in the air, and the cold wind could penetrate clothes and pants and get into the skin. He Miaomiao waited at the school gate for a while, and the car heater was turned on. As soon as she opened the door, she felt the warm air hit her face.
He Miaomiao picked a random road and drove forward, his expression very serious: "I found out, it's a private detective."
While waiting for the traffic light, she sent an electronic file to Yan Mu, with a few particularly blurry photos attached.
"Someone is indeed investigating Jiang Zhihuo." He Miaomiao said, "This person is very skilled in this kind of business. He investigated the location in advance and avoided the cameras. Even if he was photographed, he mostly covered his face. It took some effort to find him."
Yan Mu listened while flipping through the report, his brows furrowed.
Yan Mu had discovered this a few days ago. He had been going in and out with Jiang Zhihuo recently, and he had noticed that someone was secretly observing Jiang Zhihuo.
Yan Mu himself had experienced being investigated. After all, to the outside world he was the only son of the Yan family. Many people had come to investigate him in the past, thinking they could find something against his father, but later they discovered that the relationship between the father and son was really bad, and gradually no one came to investigate him.
But precisely because of this, Yan Mu has a natural wariness towards such things.
Jiang Zhihuo couldn't have failed to notice that, because the topic often changed suddenly, and what he said might be meant for that person to hear. Jiang Zhihuo pretended not to know, and Yan Mu couldn't ask him, but after discovering this, he asked He Miaomiao to find out who this person was.
As long as you find out the name of the person, it will be easy to find out the rest.
Judging from the report, this private detective was commissioned to investigate some daily life matters, which is very common. Many people who want to find mistresses do so. They usually don't dig too deep, but the skilled ones can dig out all the secrets of a person.
But why are you here to investigate Jiang Zhihuo
Who is investigating him
Yan Mu closed the document.
In the previous incident with Bai Yuyun, Jiang Zhihuo admitted afterwards that he was pretending to pursue her, but in fact he did it for the purpose of investigation and evidence collection. In the case of Feng Zhi, Yan Mu also confirmed that Jiang Zhihuo had this ability.
At that time, He Miaomiao said that there was not only her but also another person investigating Bai Yuyun's family.
These things are superficial and not complicated, but there are some things that outsiders cannot ask or check. Unless you are involved yourself, you will have no chance of knowing the truth.
Jiang Zhihuo didn't tell anyone, which meant he didn't want to involve anyone.
The car suddenly became quiet, and the warm air filled the whole body, making it very stuffy.
Jiang Zhihuo didn't reveal what he was doing to Yan Mu. The only time something was wrong was when Yan Mu mentioned the man in a suit in the bar.
That time, Jiang Zhihuo said that the matter could not be explained for the time being and asked him not to go to the bar for the time being.
Yan Mu didn't say anything, and He Miaomiao concentrated on driving and didn't interrupt him.
She saw Yan Mu in the rearview mirror. The cool young man was leaning against the window. He looked really handsome and pleasing to the eye as he was thinking seriously.
Her vision darkened as she drove through the underground passage, and she remembered the first time she met Yan Mu was at her cousin's funeral.
Her cousin is Qin Shi, Yan Mu's mother and the only omega in the Qin family.
It was a big family after all. Many people came that day, and she was just one of them. She saw a very small child, about four or five years old, who was too young to understand things when the others came. The child was dressed very delicately and stood quietly outside the crowd, watching people coming and going in front of him. He didn't cry, and there was no light in his eyes.
Later, something else happened. The Qin family collapsed overnight. She would never have thought that it was this child who looked lifeless at first glance. He had grown up a lot, but was still very cold. He pushed her out of the door and said, "I'm going to change my name to Yan, the same as my father. We have to endure it. I won't forget these things. My eyes and skin remember them."
Her thoughts were a little bit distracted, but she couldn't let them drift so far while holding the steering wheel. He Miaomiao collected her thoughts and after passing through the underground passage, there was another traffic light in front of her. She stepped on the brakes to slow down and stopped steadily.
The moment the car stopped, she looked out the window out of habit, then her eyes became stern and she quickly called Yan Mu.
"Mr. Yan, look to the right."
There is a western restaurant on the right side of the road, surrounded by transparent glass on all sides, with very good lighting. There are several tables of people sitting by the window, one of which looks particularly familiar.
It’s Jiang Zhihuo.
Yan Mu had also seen the man sitting opposite him, the man in a suit in the bar.
The man had a professional smile on his face, his fingers crossed under his chin, and he looked at the opposite side leisurely, as if waiting for his answer.
Jiang Zhihuo had a conflicted look on his face. He pursed his lips and thought for a long time before finally nodding.
The man lowered his hand, his smile growing wider.
The author has something to say: It's a simple story, it's not a very complicated case.
By the way, Brother Yan will be exposed in a few chapters. The scene has already been thought of, but I don’t have enough hands, so I can’t finish writing it, hahahahahahahahahahahaha.
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