Lin Yilong did not accept the kindness of the manager of the spinach center, and still took the first subway to Waterloo station as usual, and then changed back to his apartment in Surrey.

Back in his apartment, Lin Yilong, who had accumulated 24 hours of fatigue, fell asleep. By the time he woke up, it was already afternoon, and it was raining lightly in the city of London.

The expected call from Katie has not yet appeared.

The apartment's lease was set to expire at the end of May without renewal, leaving him with less than four days to gather his belongings and move out of the area.

Lin Yilong doesn't have many personal belongings, and every time he moves, he takes the opportunity to replace all kitchen and toiletries except for a large plate and a large bowl that he bought when he went to university in Wales. If you bring a little bit every day, you can move it all by yourself in about two or three days.

So today, he is more concerned about whether Katie can call him than the trivial matter of picking up and moving.

Lin Yilong waited until five o'clock in the afternoon, and the phone was connected, it was Katie: "Good afternoon, easy ..... No, Mr. Lin, do you have time for the evening?"

"When, where?" Lin Yilong said two words directly.

"I didn't work overtime tonight, and I wanted to treat you to dinner. On the other end of the phone, Katie Zhan said cautiously, "How about 7:00 p.m., in Chinatown." ”

"No, in the first subway area, I suggest you come to New Meldan, the Korean barbecue here is good. Lin Yilong suggested that he believed that Katie would accept it.

"And where do we meet?"

"It's right at the exit of Neumerdan station in the direction of Kingston, call me when you get there around 7 o'clock, and I'll pick you up there. Lin Yilong hung up the phone after speaking.

After taking a shower and tidying up his appearance again, seeing that the agreed time was almost the same, Lin Yilong put on casual clothes and went to the station.

The platform of New Meierdan Station, which Lin Yilong uses to commute to work, is higher than the road surface, and the exit of the station is located under the railway bridge, which is just right to block the rain. Katie was already waiting at the exit, draped in a trench coat, and inside was the Western-style jacket and skirt she wore to work with high heels, with the elegance of an office girl.

"My dear Katie, long time no see. "Since Lin Yilong was suspended from his job and on leave, he has not had time to see his protector because he has to be busy with some things about the forest farm and the Yeon sisters. It seems that Katie's complexion is not bad.

"Mr. Lin. Katie changed her honorific title to Lin Yilong, "Sorry I haven't called you for so long." ”

"Katie you need this time to emotionally adjust to our new relationship, and I can understand that. 'Mr. Lin' doesn't need to be called so raw, it's still the same, just call me 'easy'. Lin Yilong and Katie stood shoulder to shoulder, and naturally grabbed Katie's left hand with his right hand, and the two of them interlocked their fingers.

Katie didn't react to resist and let Lin Yilong pull him away.

Lin Yilong led Katie into a barbecue restaurant and into one of two separate ondol rooms, which were well soundproofed.

"I hope Katie you like meat. Before the food was served, the barbecue restaurant provided barley tea, which was just the right time for Lin Yilong and Katie to chat, "Tuesday, if I'm not mistaken, the law firm should usually be very busy on Tuesdays, you must have something important to come to me, otherwise I would have been summoned last weekend." ”

Katie looked at Lin Yilong and wanted to say something, but she didn't say it after all.

"Let me guess, your transfer report should have been vetoed by Davis for technical reasons. Lin Yilong released a piece of news that Katie herself only got this afternoon.

Katie's eyes suddenly became sharp when she looked at Lin Yilong, but only for a moment. She shook her head.

"Then let me think about it, you just paid off your share of the guarantee and the loan you took out during college, and you should still have a little money in hand. Lin Yilong analyzed, "So, it's not a financial problem; ”

"Mr. Lin. Katie still refers to Lin Yilong as "Mr. Lin".

Most Europeans, including Nils, who knew him well, had a hard time pronouncing the word 'Yilong' together, and Lin himself didn't have an English name for the occasion, so that all his colleagues only used the first word of his name, 'Yi', to refer to him, and some even called him "Echo". As an exception, only two of his former landlords in Wales and Mrs. Warren were able to pronounce these two sounds accurately.

"I'd like to ask you to help me investigate my brother's arrears. Katie finally said what she meant, "At first I thought it was a no-brainer, but yesterday your intervention made me feel that this matter is not that simple. ”

Lin Yilong took a sip of barley tea and motioned Katie with his eyes to continue.

"Even if I find out that it's just a prank or a misunderstanding, I will continue to follow your instructions, so please rest assured. "But I can't allow anyone to abuse my trust like that, please help me so I can understand it." ”

Lin Yilong sat there, unmoved.

"Then why, for such a long time, you only had such a question after I personally inquired about these things?" After a long while, Lin Yilong asked rhetorically word by word, "If it weren't for the fact that I was too late yesterday and had no place to stay to casually ask such a sentence to the manager of the spinach center, why do I feel that you would still be deaf and dumb." ”

"As you said, I need to adapt. Katie completely put on the quality of a professional lawyer, took over Lin Yilong's logical view, and answered calmly.

"So, can I think that you are completely ready to come to me, both mentally and physically?" Finding that Katie had entered the language trap set by himself step by step, Lin Yilong continued to lure Katie into following his logic, "You should have complete trust in me, there is no privacy, right?"

Cornered, Katie finds herself in an irrefutable situation — the gentlemanly tolerance Lin had shown in the previous two weeks doesn't mean that Lin doesn't care about her — and what's even more ridiculous than Vera's hope that she can get out of her relationship with Lin Yilong by paying off her debts financially, she even briefly had the luxury of 'Lin Yilong can show gracefully forgiveness of her debts and pursue her like a novel or TV work'. Suddenly, she finally figured out Lin Yilong's true intention of going to the spinach center - since the debt has been paid off, no matter whether she chooses to continue to entangle, it can't change any fait accompli. Everything was meant to be.

"You're silent, my dear Katie. Lin Yilong smiled playfully, "Can I take your silence as an affirmation?"

Katie nodded mechanically.