The Heartbeat at the Tip of the Tongue

Chapter 12: A night of turmoil

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This bathroom is nothing compared to the small, yellowish bathroom at my uncle's house. The clean white bathtub and the temperature-controlled water supply system gave Lin Kesong the urge to take a good bath.

She put away the change of clothes. Turn on the shower head and feel the hot water flowing through your body.

In a happy mood, she hummed a little tune out of tune.

But the moment she turned around, she let out a scream and almost fell on the ground.

Because of the indifferent Jiang Qianfan, he leaned against the bathroom door with his arms folded, not knowing how long he had watched.

Lin Kesong hugged himself tightly and stepped back, the shampoo and body wash smashed down one after another, making a crackling sound.

"You... how did you get in! I'm taking a shower, don't you know!"

Lin Kesong's brain almost exploded! He hurriedly grabbed the towel to wrap himself up.

Two seconds later, Lin Kesong realized that Jiang Qianfan was actually invisible.

The steam in the bathroom touched Jiang Qianfan's face, and they bounced off and dispersed.

The originally stern face also softened at this moment.

But why, she had an illusion, Jiang Qianfan's eyes fell on her, tracing her face, her neck, and even gently hugging her through the bath towel.

Heart beating wildly.

The air inhaled into the lung cavity was uncontrollable.

"Do you know what time it is?" Jiang Qianfan asked slowly.

The slightly parted lips were the source of all Lin Kesong's impulses.

Like a flash of inspiration, she wanted to grab him hard.

"Nine o'clock... forty?" She saw the clock on the wall through the open bathroom door.

"Mel should have told you that no more showers are allowed after nine o'clock."

"… "

Mel did say it to her, she just doesn't remember it...

"Did you hear the sound of my shower?" Lin Kesong asked uncertainly.

After all, there was a certain distance between her and Jiang Qianfan's room.

"Yes, I heard it clearly. So you disturbed my rest, Lin Kesong."

For some reason, when he called her "Lin Kesong", a feeling of disappointment surged in her heart.

"Your ears are really good..." Lin Kesong pouted.

"My ears are really good. I can hear your breathing when you're lying, I can hear you talking in the mall bathroom, and I can hear the water running down this villa. Even if I don't want to hear it, I can still hear it. I said that, do you understand?"

"Understood." Lin Kesong pursed his lips.

Can't talk loudly in the room, wear headphones when watching movies or listening to music, and can't shower after nine o'clock... All in all, you can't do anything that makes a sound!

What a pity, I'm not dead.

The dead will not make any movement, which can meet your extreme requirements for "absolute silence".

Jiang Qianfan turned around and left. Only then did Lin Kesong start to clean up the bottles and jars that fell on the ground.

Her days are endless!

But the moment she squatted on the ground, she felt 120,000 sympathy for Jiang Qianfan. He was able to walk into her bathroom because she forgot to lock the door.

Imagine if it wasn't her Lin Kesong who showered here, but a sexy big beauty!

When other men saw this picture, their nosebleeds would come out.

But Jiang Qianfan couldn't see him!

How sad!

Lin Kesong laughed gloomily.

Then she touched her head, why does she still have a kind of melancholy that she is being seen by the other party

Jiang Qianfan left Lin Kesong's room and went back to his room along the long corridor.

There, Dr. Xie was sitting patiently in front of the sofa waiting for him.

"Qianfan, what's wrong with you?"

"Lin Kesong is taking a shower." Jiang Qianfan sat down.

Dr. Xie lowered his head and gently flipped through a document about Lin Kesong, "Oh, did the sound of the shower disturb your chat with me?"

Although Doctor Xie could hear nothing at all.

"Yes."

Dr. Xie twitched the corners of his lips lightly, and said calmly, "I heard that you let Lin Kesong sleep on your sofa last night?"

Jiang Qianfan turned his face slightly, the light and shadow left sad marks on his face. He didn't speak.

Because this is a question that does not need to be answered for him.

"Why did she come to your room?" Doctor Xie continued to ask.

"She was drunk and went to the wrong room."

"So you can smell alcohol from her." Doctor Xie looked at Jiang Qianfan thoughtfully, "You ignored that smell, Qianfan."

"What do you want to say?"

"And today, you were supposed to be waiting for her in the car, but ten minutes later you found out that she didn't come back, so you went to the mall to find her."

"Did Mel tell you that?"

"That's what he should have told me, so don't blame Mel. Just, have you ever wondered why you went to her and waited for her outside the bathroom?"

"I didn't think about it." Jiang Qianfan's voice was cold.

Dr. Xie smiled and changed his sitting position: "Maybe... I mean 'maybe'. You know that you are very strict, and you know that you live in a place where hearing, smell, taste and touch are magnified dozens of times more than ordinary people. In the world, you also know that your pursuit of perfection will discourage others. So you worry, she will turn around and leave without 'goodbye' just like everyone else."

"You are too sentimental, Doctor Xie." Jiang Qianfan's brows seemed to freeze halfway, without any fluctuation.

"You just went to remind her not to take a shower after nine o'clock, and follow the rules of absolute silence after nine in this villa. But the sound of her shower, did the sound of her shower make this villa unquiet, or make your heart unable to calm down? Come down?" Doctor Xie's voice contained a bit of a smile.

"My heart is quiet."

Dr. Xie laughed, "Qianfan, are you sure that when the shower sounded, the water in your mind wasn't flowing over her neck, her shoulders, and her fingertips?"

His voice was gentle, but it had an inexplicable strength, as if hitting the depths of his brain.

"no."

Jiang Qianfan's answer was still concise and affirmative.

"Are you sure you walked over by yourself, not because you wanted to see it?"

"She doesn't have anything I want to see."

"Are you sure what you really wanted to say to her wasn't 'get off my head' but 'no showers after nine'?"

"Doctor Xie, your question today is beyond the scope of a psychiatrist. And I'm sure I'm still in the category of mental health. No depressive tendencies, no antisocial personality, and no self-enclosed characteristics. I don't know. What's the value of these questions you ask?"

"Now you are not only full of defense against me, but also very aggressive." Dr. Xie touched his chin and said in a deep tone, "This shows that I asked the right question. I just asked you to myself. It’s just a matter of saying. Some philosophers can see the essence of a world from a grain of sand. It’s the same for you. A grain of sand is very small, and if one is accidentally dropped, it will never be found again.”

"Thanks for your reminder."

"Ah, I have a picture of Croissant here. Do I need to describe to you what kind of girl she is?"

"No need." Jiang Qianfan got up and made a gesture of seeing off guests.

But Dr. Xie continued as if she didn't see anything, "Her skin is very white and her eyes are big."

"Doctor Xie, today's consultation time is over."

"The nose is very small, and when I smile, there seems to be a dimple on the left side."

"Thank you, doctor." Jiang Qianfan lowered his voice.

"Short hair, but very spirited."

Jiang Qianfan's face turned to the door.

Doctor Xie pulled the corners of his lips and finally got up and left.

When he reached the door, he stopped, "Qianfan, you know better than ordinary people that knowing a person is more than just 'seeing'."

The room fell silent again. Jiang Qianfan sat in front of the sofa and was silent for a long time.

After Lin Kesong tidy up the bathroom, he started to wipe his hair.

She didn't dare to use the hair dryer, for fear that the noise would attract Jiang Qianfan again, so she could only dry her hair while sending text messages to Song Yiran.

Lin Kesong: Have you returned to New York

Song Yiran: The plane this weekend. Did you miss me? mwah!

Lin Kesong: Oh, you are a fart!

She originally wanted to complain to Song Yiran about the weird rule that she couldn't use the bathroom after nine o'clock, but then she thought about it, didn't she expose the fact that she was "watched" by Jiang Qianfan

Song Yiran will definitely laugh crazy!

Lin Kesong looked at "Momoda" on the screen, and his ears were a little hot.

This stupid pig must not know what "Momada" means!

Song Yiran sent another message: After I come back, shall we eat together

Lin Kesong thought for a while: I have to ask my mentor if he agrees to give me some breathing room.

In San Francisco on the other end of the phone, Song Yiran stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, staring at the lights from Silicon Valley, her eyes narrowed.

Wearing headphones and listening to that song, Lin Kesong began to feel homesick. She called her parents, and after reporting to her uncle that she was safe, she felt her stomach... she was hungry.

Lin Kesong regretted that he didn't prepare a large box of snacks before he came

Suddenly, she remembered the kitchen she had visited before.

She definitely couldn't cook anything in that kitchen, Jiang Qianfan would definitely find out.

But there are so many ingredients there, including various fruits.

Anyway, Mel didn't tell her that she couldn't go to the kitchen to get fruit to eat!

Lin Kesong was instantly happy.

She left her room, recalling in her mind the route Mel took her to the kitchen that day.

The hallway was pitch black, except for the stars and moonlight outside the window.

Lin Kesong thought in his heart, completely unaware of the meaning of Jiang Qianfan buying such a big villa!

The shadows of the trees flickered and cast on the ground like ghosts.

Lin Kesong finally touched the kitchen, and then he remembered what password Mel seemed to have pressed, how did he know what the password was!

It seems to be a waste of time again!

Just when Lin Kesong was about to go home, she realized that the kitchen door seemed to be left open.

Did Mel forget to lock the door

Or is Jiang Qianfan inside

Lin Kesong's fingers hooked the edge of the door and slowly opened it.

In the darkness, she faintly saw a figure in the corner of the kitchen.

Lin Kesong touched the lamp by the wall, and the moment he pressed it, the whole kitchen lit up.

And that figure had his back to Lin Kesong, standing at the top of the shelf, not knowing what he was doing in the corner.

The moment the light came on, he pulled down the brim of his hat, turned around abruptly, knocked Lin Kesong away, and rushed out.

Lin Kesong held down his shoulders, and the pain felt like his bones were about to crack.

But the next second, she understood.

That's a thief!

Jiang Qianfan's big house is so empty, it's like an empty city!

Lin Kesong suddenly thought of Jiang Qianfan, he couldn't see it, what if the thief tried to harm him

The man had already run out, and was about to turn, that was Jiang Qianfan's room!

At that moment, a very painful voice sounded, followed by a fall.

Lin Kesong was shocked and walked away.

"Jiang Qianfan! Jiang Qianfan!"

Her voice echoed in the corridor, but there was no response from Jiang Qianfan.

My heart is about to burn.

Lin Kesong swears that his 100-meter sprint in middle school was not so fast!

Jiang Qianfan's door opened wide, and light fell on the corridor.

A figure fell to the ground with his back to Lin Kesong, and Lin Kesong hurried up to help him.

"Jiang Qianfan - you're fine..."

As soon as Lin Kesong touched the opponent's arm, he realized that this person was not Jiang Qianfan.

And the other party raised a punch without saying a word and was about to hit Lin Kesong in the face.

Lin Kesong was shocked and could not avoid it.

At that moment, someone grabbed her back collar, and a powerful force directly carried him over.

The punch almost rubbed against Lin Kesong's cheek, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

The hand holding her back collar loosened.

Lin Kesong still staggered backwards due to inertia and crashed into the opponent's arms.

A familiar atmosphere spread.

A hand held her waist and stabilized her.

Lin Kesong took a deep breath and raised his face, just in time to see Jiang Qianfan's chin.

"Li Yan, what are you doing here?"

The cold voice sounded, as if all the joys, sorrows and sorrows had no meaning in his world.

The man sitting on the ground took off his hat, and Lin Kesong recognized that he was Lin Kesong's entourage when he saw Jiang Qianfan for the first time.

What exactly is going on

Li Yan sneered and got up from the ground. His left leg was a little lame, probably tripped by Jiang Qianfan's blind cane.

"What am I doing here? Mr. Jiang! I have been your assistant for more than a year. I have no credit or hard work! How did you treat me?"

"It is because you have no credit and hard work, so I give you the opportunity to resign automatically."

"Automatic resignation? This is your affirmation of my work? This is the reward for your hard work for me?"

Li Yan tilted his face, with paranoid distortion in his eyes.

Lin Kesong had a bad premonition in his heart.

In this world, she, Lin Kesong, is neither afraid of hooligans nor educated hooligans. But in the face of lunatics, she has always been powerless.

She stood in front of Jiang Qianfan, thinking in her heart when should she drag Jiang Qianfan to run away

"Isn't it because you received the benefits of Zhao Dong from the Langhua Hotel, so you listed it as a partner of the Jiang family? Not only that, in order to highlight the advantages of the Langhua Hotel, you also deliberately concealed the information and advantages of other hotels. Li Yan , you took advantage of my trust in you."

Jiang Qianfan's voice was too calm, so calm that he could not even see the emotion of "disappointment".

Li Yan snorted lightly, pointed to Jiang Qianfan and said loudly, "Isn't the Wave Hotel the most powerful among the many collaborators? Besides them, who else can you choose? What I'm doing is to make the Wave Hotel more advantageous. It's obvious!"

"I don't need someone else to choose for me."

"But now in the Chinese catering industry in the United States, I have no future! Because you are Jiang Qianfan, the people you don't need, the people who have problems, are imperfect people! You ruined everything for me!"

Li Yan was excited.

Lin Kesong couldn't imagine that a man who was originally polite could be so furious.

If he raises his fist, neither of them can hold it!

Jiang Qianfan, Jiang Qianfan, why don't you keep Nina behind! At least someone called the police!

With such a big house, you have a lot of money. If you hire a night guard, will you lose a piece of meat!

"I didn't destroy you, it was you who destroyed everything you had. You said that you have no future in the Chinese restaurant industry, but I don't think so. With so many scattered small restaurants, you can obviously start from the most basic You can't forget your sense of superiority as a senior hotel manager, you look down on the most common and simple jobs, your heart still hasn't calmed down, that's why you can't find a job, not me."

Lin Kesong kept tapping Jiang Qianfan's chest with his elbow, signaling him to stop talking and to stop provoking Li Yan.

"So only you are the most noble in the whole world! Do you have a standard to regulate the behavior of all people, including our pursuit of life! I have worked hard in this country for ten years, and I have everything I am now! And you easily denied me Everything! In this case, you can also taste the feeling of being denied!"

After speaking, Li Yan suddenly took out the dagger from his pocket and stabbed it at Jiang Qianfan's shoulder.

Lin Kesong couldn't help but raised his leg and kicked Li Yan's abdomen.

"Hmm..." Li Yan stepped back while clutching his stomach, glared at Lin Kesong with fierce eyes, raised his dagger and swung it towards her.

She has learned taekwondo, but she doesn't feel the need to fight with lunatics.

She dodged Li Yan's attack, turned and ran.

After running for two steps, she found that Li Yan didn't catch up at all, but stabbed Jiang Qianfan in the chest.

"Jiang Qianfan!"

Lin Kesong was dumbfounded and ran back quickly.

Jiang Qianfan raised his hand to resist, and swiped his blind stick, which just hit Li Yan's face.

Li Yan covered his face and fell to the side.

Lin Kesong was stunned for a moment, thinking that this Li Yan is really incompetent, he can't even stab a blind man!

Wait, that's not something she should think about.

She rushed forward, Li Yan rushed up again, she grabbed Jiang Qianfan's blind cane, and knocked hard at Li Yan.

"Stinky girl! Just die with Jiang Qianfan!"

"Every day I want to kill others! Why don't you die!" Lin Kesong knocked harder.

In her heart, this Li Yan is a sick brain!

When Li Yan pulled the blind stick over, Lin Kesong didn't bother with him, turned around and grabbed Jiang Qianfan's wrist and ran away.

"What are you still doing! Run!"

Jiang Qianfan didn't speak and let Lin Kesong drag him until they ran into the kitchen. Jiang Qianfan didn't know what button he pressed, and the kitchen door was locked.

Li Yan pressed the password desperately outside the door, but the door did not respond at all. He suddenly lost his patience and kicked hard outside the door.

"Jiang Qianfan, you coward! Come out! Come out!"

"Jiang Qianfan—you selfish bastard! Come out! Or I'll burn you to death!"

When Lin Ke Song heard his roar, he couldn't help but tremble with fear.

"He said he was going to burn us!"

Jiang Qianfan leaned against the countertop, his eyebrows drooped slightly, and he remained calm.

"Hey... that madman really does that, right?"

"The house smells like smoke. If he does set fire to it, the fire suppression system will automatically spray."

Lin Kesong was speechless.

"On the right side of the door, there's an alarm button. Press it and the community security will come."

"Oh!" Lin Kesong remembered that this is a high-end residential area, and the security is very advanced and thorough.

But how did Li Yan get in? He obviously knew the password to enter Jiang Qianfan's villa, and what did he do in the kitchen

Seeing that they refused to come out, Li Yan began to smash things in the house.

One after another, crackling, Lin Kesong's brain ached when he heard it.

"He... wasn't he with you before? And he still cares about you... "

Lin Kesong remembered that when he took Jiang Qianfan to eat snacks, Li Yan also took a photo of her ID card to ensure Jiang Qianfan's safety. In Lin Kesong's heart, Li Yan is very serious about his work, he is conscientious, and he has imagined everything for Jiang Qianfan.

"Because he did something wrong."

Jiang Qianfan did not intend to explain further, and Lin Kesong also understood that it is not the question that he should ask, so don't ask more.

Soon, the community security arrived, subdued Li Yan and handed it over to the police.

Lin Kesong received a call from the security personnel, so he unlocked the kitchen and followed Jiang Qianfan out.

The door of the villa opened, and the lights of the police car flashed over and over Lin Kesong's face.

Li Yan was still struggling, and the police had to press him against the front hood.

The moment he saw Jiang Qianfan come out, his eyes seemed to stare out: "Jiang Qianfan! Jiang Qianfan! I won't let you go! I won't let you go!"

Jiang Qianfan's face was calm, and the police came to him and asked him to sign some documents to confirm.

"Sir, please sign here."

When the other party found that his eyes seemed invisible, he tried to touch Jiang Qianfan's hand.

Jiang Qianfan avoided it slightly.

"Lin Kesong."

Hearing him calling his name, Lin Kesong hurried forward, "What's the matter, Mr. Jiang?"