Ji Nuan heard the ringtone of her mobile phone again while she was sleeping. She got her head out of the quilt and tried to reach out for the mobile phone. However, she only reached forward twice and only touched the edge of the mobile phone. Then she weakly stretched out her hand. Just leave it there and never move it again.
Very cold, very sleepy, very tired, no energy.
Until there was a knock on the door, Ji Nuan frowned in her sleep, turned over, turned her head and glanced in the direction of the door. Although it was past dawn outside, there was already some light. But I still couldn't see clearly in the house. I could only see the sound of the wooden door being knocked. The people outside were not knocking very loudly, and since they were outside, she was probably the only one who could hear it.
Ji Nuan wanted to speak, but her throat hurt. Looking in the direction of the door, her eyes felt even more dazed. Following the slight sound on the door, she closed her eyes again.
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The door had been knocking for more than five minutes, but there was no movement inside. Shen Mu stood outside the door worriedly, and turned to look at Mo Jingshen, who was wearing a black coat.
The reason why Mo Jingshen was able to confirm that Ji Nuan lived in this room was because it rained heavily last night, and the footprints in the mud outside led directly to this room.
There was also a pair of shoes that Ji Nuan had worn, but they were soaked with water and there was mud around the heels. They were thrown outside the door like this, probably because they were afraid of wearing them and soiling the floor in the house.
And none of the lights in the other rooms were on. Only the lights in this one were on. It seemed like they had not been turned off all night. However, it had been knocking for so long. With Ji Nuan's usual alertness, it was impossible that he had not heard it all this time.
Also, Ji Nuan's cell phone was inside. Every time she made a call, her cell phone would ring. Although the ring tone was small and would not wake up the people living next door, the familiar ring tone could still make Mo Jingshen sure that Ji Nuan was there. It is indeed here.
"I've been knocking for so long, Mr. Mo, did Miss Ji just put her phone inside, and no one was here..." Shen Mu saw Mo Jingshen's face was cold and solemn, and he thought for a moment before speaking.
"No, in a place like this, she wouldn't throw her phone too far away." The man's voice was cold and calm after a rainy night in the early morning.
"But this door..."
"Unlock." Mo Jingshen glanced at the wooden door that was locked from inside.
Shen Mu hesitated for a moment, then turned around and looked for something in the small yard to try to open the door.
There is definitely no locksmith company in this place. It is too late to call the police to come and unlock the door. Moreover, in this kind of place, one family is next to another in the yard. If they just kick in the door with great fanfare, they will only cause anger from the surrounding neighbors and the family. Doubts will cause a lot of trouble, and I'm afraid the impact on Miss Ji will not be good.
But this lock...
This kind of door is indeed not as difficult to open as the anti-theft doors outside, but Shen Mu really has no experience in opening locks. He found two pieces of iron wire and a thin wooden board. He looked at the door for a long time before trying to use the iron wire to get in. Find the location of the lock.
Shen Mu was playing with the iron wire back and forth in front of the door, and used a thin wooden board to help expand the gap in the door.
Mo Jingshen stood on one side, looking at the pair of shoes stained with water and mud outside the door with cold eyes. The fatigue in his eyes when he first got off the car had been hidden by a hint of worry.
Yesterday afternoon, I took a flight back to Haicheng from Beijing. I went back to the company for a two-hour meeting. I didn't have any rest time and rushed straight to Jishi.
There is only one flight a day from Haicheng to Jishi. Including the time to rush to the airport and wait for boarding, etc., the fastest speed difference between driving and flying is only two hours, so I simply drove over from Haicheng overnight.
Ji Nuan is not obsessed with her own life experience. She came to Jishi suddenly this time. Ji Hongwen should have told her something, otherwise she would not have come to such a place so suddenly.
The lock inside the wooden door of such a small place is relatively easy to open, but after all, it will still make some slight noises when the wire is hooked back and forth. If the people inside were not alert at the moment, they would have woken up long ago.
There was a very subtle sound of the door lock being opened inside, and Shen Mu took a long breath. It seemed that if he wanted to change his career in the future, the industry of unlocking might still be of use to him.
"Mr. Mo." Shen Mu pulled out the wire and looked back at Mo Jingshen.
The man behind him finally turned his eyes to the pair of muddy shoes, stepped forward, pushed the door open, and quickly stepped inside.
Shen Mu didn't dare to go in. After all, if Ji Nuan was really sleeping inside, it would definitely be inconvenient to go in by himself, so he waited outside the door very consciously. At the same time, he looked around and saw that the sky was not completely bright yet. Basically, the weather here was Everyone is still asleep.
The light in the room came from a dim old light bulb pulled by a black wire. It wasn't very bright, but at least it was clearly visible.
The first thing Mo Jingshen saw when he entered the door was the wet clothes thrown by Ji Nuan on the ground, a bucket of uneaten instant noodles in a plastic bag, and an umbrella that fell on the ground, surrounded by water. stains.
Turning to the side, what he saw was a very ordinary single bed. Ji Nuan was lying on the bed, covered with a quilt. He lay there motionless, with only one white arm stretched out naked and falling on it. Next to the phone, before he had time to take it back, he kept still in this position. His eyebrows seemed to be wrinkled with discomfort, and his cheeks were red, just like the way he looked when he had a high fever all night in Beijing.
Mo Jingshen walked to the bed and put his hand on Ji Nuan's head. It was indeed very hot.
She had to pay special attention to the transition from summer to autumn every year. She was cold and afraid of the cold, and her old problem of catching colds and fevers was still not cured. In the first few months in China, the weather was hot, so she didn't get over it. She actually had several fevers in the past few days, and Mo Jingshen had to wonder how she had lived for three years in a place like London where the temperature was always damp and cold.
"Ji Nuan." The man removed his hand from her forehead and placed it on her hot cheek, leaning down slightly to call her name.
Ji Nuan frowned and failed to open her eyes, but she turned over slightly. When she turned over, a corner of the quilt wrapped around her opened a little to the side. Mo Jingshen could see at a glance that she was not wearing any clothes at all under the quilt.
In the blink of an eye, he glanced at the wet clothes on the ground again, and he guessed that she had taken off her clothes and lay down immediately after being caught in the rain last night. The man's face darkened, and he leaned down and took the hot woman curled up under the quilt. Fished it out.
Ji Nuan's hair was actually still wet. As soon as she leaned into his arms, Mo Jingshen could smell the obvious wet smell of rain.