Lin Qing's smile was shallow, but genuine. She said no more and opened the door a little: "Wait for me, I'm about to go out."
The most painful thing in this world is the endless longing.
If you can't reduce the other person's pain, at least you can give them a moment's comfort.
After two or three minutes, Lin Qing came down from upstairs with a thin windbreaker in her hands. She put on the windbreaker, carried the plastic bucket at the entrance and walked to the door. Chen Qudong was waiting quietly outside the door.
Once upon a time, she was waiting for him like this, but now everything has changed.
There's no going back.
Chen Qudong immediately reached out his hand when he saw her leaving the house. Lin Qing took a small step back reflexively. Chen Qudong frowned, then understood, and retracted his finger to point at the plastic bucket: "I just want to help you carry it, it looks heavy."
Lin Qing was relieved, smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter, these are all things that need to be thrown away."
As they talked, the two walked towards the elevator.
The atmosphere in the elevator was silent. Lin Qing didn't feel awkward and yawned lightly.
Halfway through the fight her eyes suddenly doubled in size and a small hand covered her mouth.
"Oh no!" She felt extremely regretful. When she left home, she actually forgot that she didn't even know the password to her door!
Chen Qudong looked up when he heard the voice and saw Lin Qing's expression was a little funny.
"What's wrong?" His voice couldn't help but become a little gentler.
Lin Qing scratched his hair and shook the plastic bucket he was holding unhappily: "It's okay."
Chen Qudong was about to speak when he looked down and saw the can in the plastic bucket. It looked familiar to him, and his heart ached, and even his breathing was stagnant.
It was an empty can of lemon tea. He recognized it because Lin Qing had made it for him personally.
People are always like this. When they are held in the palm of their hands, they are completely unaware, but when they fall into the abyss, they suddenly wake up.
After throwing the plastic bucket into the trash can, Lin Qing brushed the dust off her hands. There were still faint scars on the fingertips. Chen Qudong suddenly grabbed her wrist.
"what happened?"
Lin Qing retracted his hand: "Nothing, I just accidentally cut myself."
All ten fingers were cut, and no one would believe it even if they were beaten to death.
Chen Qudong asked, and Lin Qing frowned slightly: "Senior, didn't we agree on this?"
Her tone was light, but it contained a firm determination to draw a line between the two.
Yes, it has been made clear, why is he still so persistent
A trace of desolation flashed across Chen Qudong's eyes, and he immediately said, "You have to be careful of Xu Yuan. You have to be careful at all times."
In fact, even if he didn't remind her, Lin Qing would have done the same thing. But his expression seemed to show that he was fully confident and knew what Xu Yuan would do next.
Lin Qing didn't ask any more questions and responded calmly: "I will."
The two walked to the gate of the community, not talking much along the way. It seemed that they no longer had so many topics to talk about, and they could not open their hearts like before.
Once there are boundaries in a person's heart, it is difficult to break down the barriers.
At the intersection, Lin Qing saw Chen Qudong off, saying nothing more except "be careful on your journey."
Chen Qudong remained silent, staring at Lin Qing from beginning to end, as if he wanted to see through her but couldn't.
After Chen Qudong left, Lin Qing went to the river again. This time she was much more rational and just walked slowly along that line.
Her ring was right before her eyes, in the endless river.
The surface of the river sparkled, as if it had never swallowed Lin Qing's ring.
Chen Qudong, who was sitting in the car, seemed to be in deep thought. He noticed that the exquisite and dazzling ring on the ring finger of Lin Qing's right hand was missing.
He knew that with Lin Qing's character, he would never take it off easily, unless...
The ring is missing.
His pupils suddenly tightened and his hands clenched into fists.
He loves Lin Qing, and even if he can't get her love, he will not watch Mu Li hurt her again.
Inside the No. 1 Conference Hall of the A City Military District, the atmosphere was dull and tense. Everyone held their breath and dared not utter a word. Even with their heads lowered, they could feel the cold and silent gazes.
Two gazes crossed the entire conference table, exuding a terrifying aura.
"Safety deployment had been made before the transfer, so why did something go wrong?" The man sitting at the front had a cold voice, leaning back in his chair with his legs crossed, tapping the table rhythmically with his fingers.
No one dared to answer.
In this situation, you will die whether you speak or not.
Everyone's face was solemn and pale, praying that this moment would end quickly. Even a person with a good mental quality would get a heart attack if they faced such a scene for a long time.
Mu Li's eyes were deep and his expression could not be seen, but beneath his terrifying aura was anger and anxiety.
What made him angry was that the entire military district couldn't even move the items properly and they were almost robbed. What made him anxious was that his personal cell phone had hardly rang in the past few days...
Why would he be upset about something like this
Thinking of this, Mu Li’s eyes became even colder than an ice knife.
"It was my negligence, and I am willing to take the punishment." A figure stood up from the third row, his voice trembling slightly but his attitude firm.
He was one of the people responsible for the transfer, but not the main person in charge.
Mu Li glanced at him coldly and hummed.
Everyone felt cold all over.
Generally speaking, this situation proves that Mu Li is very angry.
Everyone's heart was in their throat, and they just kept thinking about one question -
what to do
Buzz-buzz-
In front of Mu Li, the cell phone on the table suddenly vibrated.
That was his personal phone, which he would not have brought into the meeting room. But for some reason, when he sat down, he realized that he had brought the phone in.
The division commander closest to him heard the noise and stared at his phone for a long time. It took a lot of courage for him to call at this time.
However, everyone is paying attention to another issue -
Will Mu Li answer the phone
Having followed Mu Li for so long, no one had ever seen him answer the phone during a meeting. Even today was the first time he brought a cell phone in.
In this situation, whether Mu Li answered the phone or not, the person on the other end would have only one outcome: death.
The two division commanders on the opposite side obviously understood what was going on and sighed silently in their hearts.
This is what happens when you don’t know how to choose the right time.
Mu Li's eyes fell on the screen of his mobile phone. Two small but glaring words pierced his heart: Lin Qing.
His pupils suddenly tightened.
"Everyone, get out." A sharp and cold voice reached everyone's ears.
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
What did the commander just say
All go out
An emergency meeting was underway, and the content of the discussion could not be delayed. Moreover, the commander of the Second Division had already taken the initiative to take responsibility!
But the commander asked everyone to leave because of a phone call
Wait, they must have heard wrong.
Then everyone seemed to be fixed in their chairs, not moving at all.
"I said everyone get out, can't you hear me?" Mu Li spoke very slowly, but it made people's scalps numb and their whole bodies tremble.
Ten seconds later, the conference room was empty.
The phone was still vibrating, and the desktop was shaking as well. Mu Li slowly picked up the phone and swiped it to answer the call: "Hmm?"
His voice was cold and impatient.
Lin Qing was somewhat helpless, frowning and saying, "Mu Li, I can't go home."
Mu Li stopped tapping the table.
Can’t go home
Thinking that she had caused trouble again, Mu Li's eyes turned cold.
"Where are you?"
Lin Qing raised his eyes and glanced at the house number 2502 in front of him: "I... I'm at the door of my house."
"..." Mu Li was about to hang up the phone.
Lin Qing seemed to have noticed something and hurriedly explained: "Don't be angry, it was only after I left that I remembered that I didn't have the password to my house. Um, what's the password?"
Ha, he hasn’t called me for a week, and now you come to me just for those few numbers
Mu Li didn't know why, but he felt a surge of anger in his heart. He was silent for a long time, and then three words came out of his thin lips coldly: "I don't know."
Lin Qing's hand was already on the input area. Hearing this, he paused: "Can you just tell me once? I just got well, and I haven't taken the medicine the doctor prescribed today. How about this, I'll change to something else when you come back?"
She took the initiative to make a suggestion.
Mu Li didn't buy it. He frowned and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
There was silence for a moment. Lin Qing was a little nervous and suddenly sneezed.
“A-choo!”
Although she had moved far away from the phone in time and covered the microphone, Mu Li still heard it.
Have a cold
Thinking that Lin Qing was still in a coma before he left, if he really didn't tell her the password, there was no guarantee what this woman would do. However, telling her the password...
Mu Li's expression suddenly became complicated.
"Well, say something..." Lin Qing held the microphone tightly, glancing at the battery level of his phone from time to time.
Twenty-seven percent. If this continues, she will have to sleep on the streets again sooner or later.
Mu Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and a thought flashed through his mind. When he reacted, he had already said it out loud: "If you want to know the password, come to me in person."
"Huh? What did you say?" Lin Qing was slightly stunned, with his ear close to the microphone.
Beep beep—
Listening more carefully, I could hear the busy tone indicating the call was hung up.
He just said, go find him in person? Lin Qing always felt that he had misheard.
In the conference room, Mu Li was silent for a long time.
Why was he moved by the woman's coquettish tone
He had been working continuously these past few days just to make himself see clearly that he had no feelings for that woman. But the moment the phone call was connected just now, that inexplicable emotion was stirring his heart again.
Lin Qing's voice seemed to be tainted with some kind of spell, which could go straight into his heart.
The meeting continued, as if the phone call had never happened. Everyone present was confused, and naturally no one dared to mention it. But they secretly realized that the commander seemed to be in a much better mood, and even the incident in which the commander of the Second Division took the initiative to ask for punishment was not mentioned again.
The meeting was adjourned three hours later, and after leaving the conference room, Mu Li returned to the office.
Not long after he sat down, his secretary knocked on the door. He hummed and continued working with his head down.
A few seconds later, someone walked into the office with light steps, stared at Mu Li who was carefully reading documents at the desk for a while, then walked silently to the small sofa beside and sat down.
The office was very quiet. The second hand on the pure black and gold-rimmed clock on the wall was moving slowly. Lin Qing listened to the sound of time passing, and unknowingly his clear eyes were staring at Mu Li.
It was her first time here, and Mu Li looked charming when she was working seriously.
Every moment she looked at him, she was deeply attracted by his charm.
Unconsciously, the corners of her lips slightly raised. When Mu Li finally felt the two blatant gazes and looked up, she met those eyes with hidden smiles.
"When did you arrive?" He seldom paid attention to his surroundings while working, so he thought Lin Qing must have been waiting for a long time.
Lin Qing blinked and didn't care much: "One minute ago."
She was obviously lying.
"What's the matter?" he asked knowingly.