Jiang Ruo's face turned pale, and he looked at Lu Huaishen silently, there was no emotion in his eyes, no sadness or self-blame, only two waterlines quietly running down his cheeks.

Lu Huaishen put his thumb against her cheek, wiping away the endless tears on her face little by little.

He comforted: "Those who are determined to seek death will die no matter what, and they will not change their minds because of your few words." ”

Jiang Ruo was stunned for a while, turned his face away, and looked out the window at the snowy night.

Throughout the afternoon, the contents of that phone call kept going back and forth in Jiang Ruo's mind, and she chewed every word as if she were recalling. Mingyu said a lot, she wanted to be forgiven, and kept reminiscing about the past.

But she always responded indifferently.

Not only is she indifferent, her words are probably more piercing than the frost of the cold winter moon for those who have a dead heart.

But why did she forgive? Why did Ming Yu threaten her with death? From beginning to end, she only saw selfishness in Ming Yu, and even if she died, she had to find ways to make her bear the condemnation of her conscience.

Ming Yu was so hateful until she died, so there was really no need for her to be sad about it.

No, it doesn't have to.

This afternoon, she has been persuading herself like this.

After a while, Jiang Ruo stood up, except for his still reddened eyes, the whole person was very calm, and it seemed that nothing had happened.

Jiang Ruo: "I'm a little hungry, let's eat." ”

Lu Huai frowned, and wanted to say something, stared at her for a moment, and finally only said, "Okay." Then he took her downstairs to eat.

At this time, Jiang Ruo couldn't listen to the side words, but Lu Huaishen didn't think it was a good phenomenon for her to pretend to be nothing. But dinner is always eaten, so let her calm her emotions for the time being.

Dinner is no different from a normal day. Aunt Wu has long understood Jiang Ruo's eating habits, coupled with Aunt Wu's good cooking skills, the advice given to her by the nutritionist is firmly in mind, and the breakfast, lunch and dinner are changing.

After Jiang Ruo finished the main meal, he began to eat the fruit, and praised Aunt Wu as usual: "Aunt Wu, today's shrimp is delicious." ”

Aunt Wu saw that she was as usual in all aspects, and she didn't know what was going on with her locking herself up in the afternoon, so she had to smile and respond: "It's good if you like it." ”

Jiang Ruo said again: "Aunt Wu, do you know how to make hot and sour noodles?"

Aunt Wu didn't know why Jiang Ruo remembered this thing, and after being surprised, she asked, "Do you want to eat hot and sour noodles?"

She knew that Jiang Ruo's taste was relatively heavy, and after she became pregnant, her diet was much lighter, and for people who love spicy food, she will definitely be greedy for eating light things for a long time.

Jiang Ruo nodded.

Aunt Wu said, "Okay, I'll go out tomorrow to buy ingredients." Afraid that Lu Huaishen would disagree, she also said: "What you do is more hygienic than the outside, and it's okay to eat some food occasionally to satisfy your cravings." ”

Lu Huaishen didn't say much.

After eating, he sat in the living room for a while, Lu Huaishen followed Jiang Ruo upstairs, and when he saw her go back to the bedroom, he was relieved and turned around and went into the study.

Before the meal, he sent a message and asked Pei Shao to roughly check how Mingyu died.

The result of Pei Shao's feedback is that Mingyu went to North America at the end of last month and was not in China, probably died abroad, and the cause of death cannot be found for the time being, maybe the news was suppressed by Jiang Ji.

Lu Huaishen asked: "Has Jiang Ji ever gone abroad in private recently?"

Pei Shao said: "No. ”

Because Lu Huai suspected that Jiang Jin and Lu Shijing were colluding, he kept his eyes on Jiang Jin's movements, and determined that Jiang Jin had been in China for the past week, and in order to clean up the mess of the Jiang family, Jiang Jin had a lot of entertainment.

Pei Shao paused, as if he understood what Lu Huaishen meant, "Do you think that Mingyu's death may be related to Jiang Ji?"

"It's possible for him to kill himself. Lu Huaishen leaned back on the leather chair and wiped his face.

After he came back, upstairs, Jiang Ruo didn't tell him much, she obviously didn't want to mention it, she didn't know much news, and it was difficult to make a conclusion for the time being.

But he listened to what Jiang Ruo meant just now, Ming Yu was very likely to commit suicide, and Jiang Ruo's abnormality may be the phone call and the letter sent by Ming Yu before he died.

He hoped that he would kill him, and maybe he could alleviate Jiang Ruo's guilt.

After a long time, Lu Huaishen said: "Find a specialized agency that I have cooperated with before, * investigate, and I will inform you if there is any news." ”

I hung up the phone and went back to the bedroom, there was no one inside, and the light was shining through the frosted door of the bathroom, but I didn't hear the sound of water.

Lu Huaishen's heart tightened, and he stepped forward to open the door a few steps, and saw Jiang Ruo smearing skin oil on his stomach in the mirror, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

If it was normal, Jiang Ruo would definitely frown and glance at him unhappily, and said angrily, "What are you doing?"

But now she just looked at him calmly, and her voice was dull: "What's wrong?"

Lu Huaishen stepped forward, "Why did you wash it for so long?"

"I'm applying my belly," Jiang Ruo said lightly, and then handed him the thing: "Help me apply my waist." ”

Lu Huaishen lifted the hem of her clothes, his hands were strong, and he was afraid of hurting her, so his movements were extraordinarily light, and his five fingers carefully spread the skin oil.

After wiping, Jiang Ruo put away his things, asked him to wash his hands, and went out.

Lu Huaishen looked at the palm of his hand, which was a little greasy, exuding a faint fragrance, and occasionally smelled it from Jiang Ruo's body.

Lu Huaishen came out of the shower, and only the bedside lamp on his side was left in the whole room, the light was warm, and Jiang Ruo was lying on the bed, closing his eyes as if he had fallen asleep.

He lifted the quilt and got into bed, hugging her from behind.

Lu Huaishen wears only a pair of close-fitting shorts when she sleeps all year round, and the moment her warm chest wraps around her, Jiang Ruo was stunned.

Lu Huaishen didn't let go of this subtle action.

He whispered, "Do you want to talk for a while?"

Jiang Ruo didn't react at the moment, and only shook his head after a while.

Lu Huaishen stretched his hand forward from her waist and wrapped her hand in the palm of his hand, "Then sleep." ”

But Lu Huaishen knew that she couldn't sleep, and she couldn't even breathe steadily, as if she was holding her breath, and then took a long deep breath.

After a long time, Jiang Ruo suddenly said: "She jumped off the cruise ship." ”

She seemed to be relieved, and as if someone had choked her throat, word by word, calm and difficult.

Lu Huaishen didn't speak.

The letter Jiang Ruo received in the afternoon was written before Mingyu left for the United States.

The number of words is not much, and half a letter paper can be summarized.

"Jiang Ruo, when you read this letter, I was no longer in the world. ”

Jiang Ruo had just opened the letter in the afternoon, and when she saw this sentence, the resoluteness between the lines must have made her stunned, and she subconsciously folded the letter in half.

Aunt Wu was startled when she saw that she was suddenly separated, and asked her what was wrong?

Seeing Jiang Ruo sitting on the sofa for a while, he took the letter and went upstairs to the small study.

Back in the study, Jiang Ruo's whole body was shaking, and she even thought angrily that Ming Yu couldn't ask for forgiveness, so playing this kind of prank with her might be a threat in disguise.

It was a long time before she reopened the letter.

"Jiang Ruo, when you read this letter, I was no longer in the world. Guess you won't accept my last personal apology, so I'm going to say I'm sorry, even if it's useless. In my short life, cowardice and stupidity are enough to describe, but in the end I add to the bad. Originally, everything I did was to have a free life, but I found that it was an endless cycle, I would never have freedom again, so I couldn't see the future. Jiang Ji thought I was afraid of death, but in fact I was not afraid, I was just reluctant, I was reluctant to give up every inch of the land in this world that I might have the opportunity to set foot in, and I was reluctant to worry about the people in this world. But when I figured it all out, I saw the only place that belonged to me. It would be nice to be able to sleep forever under the glacier. Don't read it. ”

Signed: Ming Yu.

Jiang Ruo's gaze fell on the date, and his eyes* seemed to freeze the day.