Lin Li's ears instantly turned red like blood, and he pulled down his skirt with both hands to cover his thighs.

Aiming at the third staircase, which was empty, she quickly ducked back to the guest bedroom and closed the door with a "bang-" sound.

She repeatedly comforted herself that Xiao Huai shouldn't have seen anything.

After changing her clothes and walking out, she saw Xiao Huai sitting on the sofa, on the phone.

She was far away from him, and heard him say that "the signal of spread narrowing is clear" and "adverse selection", and the esoteric and quirky financial industry jargon was confusing, but he duly ended the phone and looked back.

His gaze is deep and clear, and even a light glance gives the impression of being taken seriously.

Lin Li's heart beat faster, and the corners of his mouth pulled to reveal an insincere smile: "Mr. Xiao, you came back early." ”

Xiao Huai didn't answer, noticing that her left wrist was wearing the amethyst bracelet again.

His gaze shifted slightly to her cotton trousers.

Just now he heard the movement and walked down from the fifth floor, and unexpectedly bumped into her walking through the living room, her skirt barely covering her hips, and her two fair and slender legs were exposed, which was unobstructed.

Xiao Huai was distracted for a moment, retracted his gaze, and said indifferently: "I just arrived." ”

This sentence sounded quite normal, Lin Li decided to pretend that nothing had happened, and cleared his throat: "It's hard work." ”

Xiao Huai wanted to ask her how she was doing these days, but when the words came to her lips, she remembered her WeChat dynamics and changed her words: "Don't stand, come and sit." ”

Lin Li revealed a flaw as soon as he took a step.

Xiao Huai asked, "Knee injury?" ”

"I accidentally slipped when I went out today, so it's out of the way."

"I'll ask my personal doctor to come and have a look."

"No, I'm fine."

Xiao Huai stopped making the phone and frowned deeply.

Lin Fei knew that Germans had always cared about etiquette, and rarely made unpleasant gestures such as "frowning" at guests, and realized that he might have offended Xiao Huai...... But where did she say it wrong?

He suddenly spoke: "Lin Fei, you should pay attention to your body, instead of blindly saying no. ”

She hurriedly explained: "Mr. Xiao, I am a doctor myself. I didn't fall badly, and I was only slightly injured. Doctors in China usually observe for a few days, and of course, some doctors will prescribe some external application of soothing tendon and pain relief cream to help patients reduce swelling and relieve pain. ”

Her words were very long, and they sounded reasonable, Xiao Huai replied: "There is no soothing and pain-relieving cream at home. ”

"It doesn't hurt to have painkiller creams, and essential oils that promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis are also effective. The latter are over-the-counter and are also more common. ”

Xiao Huai didn't express his opinion for a long time, and then opened his mouth and said in a much slower tone than before: "I'll accompany you to the pharmacy." ”

Lin Li was about to refuse, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly realized that if he said the word "no" again, he might be unhappy.

She thought for a moment, "Thank you." ”

*

Due to the heavy snowfall, pharmacies in the city closed early.

Xiao Huai called his personal doctor and drove the long way to a German hospital. The hospital has a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner sent from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine to cooperate.

The male TCM doctor who sat in the clinic was a young and promising chief physician, and after listening to Lin Li's words, he guessed that she was a peer, and gradually chatted, and learned that she worked in a private hospital in Shanghai, and his expression was quite surprised: "I heard that your hospital has a high threshold, and the recruitment targets are all one in a hundred." ”

Xiao Huai glanced at Lin Li and shook his head: "One in a hundred? One person does the work of several people, you know. ”

The Chinese medicine practitioner laughed heartily, and when prescribing medicine, in addition to a bottle of soothing tendon and pain-relieving ointment, he also drew a few more pairs of traditional Chinese medicine, and also reminded Lin Li to drink the medicine on time and dissolve qi stasis.

Lin Li got up and thanked him, and the TCM physician suddenly exchanged contact information. She thought that she might go to Vietnam to help the doctor and need to exchange work experience with them, so she readily agreed.

After reporting her phone number, she looked up and met Xiao Huai's gaze. A flash of love flashed in those dark eyes, and she thought she had made him wait too long, so she hurriedly said, "I'll go get the medicine." ”

As soon as she grabbed a large bag of Chinese medicine, she carried it with both hands, staggered a few steps forward, and her arm was grabbed by Xiao Huai.

"The car is parked far away, and I'll carry you over."

Lin Li felt that he had misheard, and the next moment he picked her up with one hand.

She opened her mouth in surprise, and he said unhurriedly: "You are inconvenient now, you will just do it." ”

Lin Li is really inconvenient, whether he gets in the car or gets off the car or bargains for medicine, he insists on walking by himself, but as a result, the usual one step has become the current two-step road.

Right now, she was carried forward by Xiao Huai, a few hundred meters was neither long nor short, but every time he took a step and every time he breathed in, the warm breath seemed to be brushing off her ears, and the thin skin on the side of her neck was itchy without being teased...... She turned her face uncomfortably, and then away from her, maintaining a safe distance from him.

Fortunately, she was quickly picked up in the passenger seat.

When her buttocks touched the seat, she immediately sat like a clock, hugging the Chinese medicine in her arms, but her eyes unconsciously followed Xiao Huai, watching him close the car door and walk to the driver's seat against the wind and snow.

She knows that Xiao Huai is a "big man" who can immediately attract everyone's attention no matter what occasion he appears.

For example, now, the double-breasted wool coat makes Xiao Huai's figure long and straight, and the sharp and simple cut shows his calmness and restraint. It was only a few steps from the passenger seat to the driver's seat, and the pedestrians entering and leaving the hospital looked at him sideways.

After spending a long time with him, she gradually learned that he should be the "warm man" in Guan Yi's mouth.

The more polite and easy-going the "big man" and "warm man" are to her, the more the sense of alienation in her heart lingers, and the more she wants to stay away from him...... It's not against him, but she is deeply influenced by "Mr. Ji" and stays away from the opposite sex.

Xiao Huai returned to the car and drove the car out of the hospital.

When the car reaches the intersection, it encounters a red light. He held the steering wheel with his left hand, rested his right hand on the center armrest, and said in a faint tone, "What will you eat later?" ”

Lin Fei noticed that after tossing back and forth between the pharmacy and the hospital for a long time, he had long missed lunch.

She hurriedly put down the Chinese medicine, clicked on the map on her phone, and leaned over the screen: "Mr. Xiao, can I invite you to lunch?" There is a Chinese restaurant nearby, which is Hunan cuisine, are you interested? ”

Xiao Huai glanced at the geographical location, didn't say anything, and turned the head of the car.

The car drove out for a while, and Lin Li asked again: "Mr. Xiao, ...... you?"

"Just call me by name, don't be informal."

Lin Li paused, and simply skipped the title: "This store supports mobile phone orders, what do you want to eat?" Chopped pepper fish head? Invincible spicy bandit duck? Soy sauce and chili peppers? ”

Xiao Huai fell silent. The dishes may sound like they're all spicy.

Lin Li couldn't get an answer, and suddenly understood something, immediately looked down at his phone, looked at it for a few seconds, and muttered to himself: "Netizens commented that this restaurant has changed chefs, and the taste is not as delicious as before......"

She looked up at him, "Would you like to go home and eat?" I have ingredients at home, I can cook, and it is not a problem to cook a few home cooked dishes. ”

At this time, he happened to encounter a red light again, Xiao Huai stepped on the brake and turned his face to look at Lin Li.

She didn't wear makeup today, her face was fair and plain, and her eyes were as smart as water.

He knew that she was sometimes duplicitous, and he also knew that her mind was too detailed, but at this moment, he realized one thing: duplicity and meticulousness are also her strengths.

At the green light, Xiao Huai turned the car around again and took Lin Li home with him.

*

When he arrived at the castle mansion, Xiao Huai went straight to the fifth floor, and Lin Li walked into the kitchen after wiping the medicine.

She prepares a few quick dishes, and he handles work emails, takes a shower, and changes into casual loungewear.

When Xiao Huai went downstairs, he heard the sound of stir-frying, and as soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw a steaming and fragrant steamed opium fish head on the marble countertop.

He couldn't help but think of a fragment from his grandfather's memoirs.

It was the 30s of the last century, my grandfather stepped out of the old-fashioned Parker car, walked through the narrow alleys of old Shanghai at dusk, stopped at the noodle stall, threw a silver dollar to the young man, and watched the other party scoop a spoonful of slow-boiled scallion oil and pour it evenly on the noodles.

You don't need to add any toppings, and the noodles are delicious, smooth and delicious.

Xiao Huai had long been hungry, and the aroma of scallion oil noodles lingered on the tip of his nose, which aroused his appetite even more.

Lin Li turned his back to him and put the fried black pepper beef tenderloin on the plate, but turned around to see that the bowl of scallion oil noodles was empty. Next to the empty bowl is a pair of chopsticks dipped in scallion oil, proving that the noodles were once stored for a short time.

She walked to the kitchen door and saw Xiao Huai sitting in front of the sofa watching the financial news.

Feeling her gaze, he glanced sideways, and his tone was calm: "I ate the noodles." ”

Lin Fei wanted to laugh a little, but held back: "Let you wait for a long time, now you can start eating." Then he asked, "Can I watch a movie while eating?" ”

Xiao Huai switched the TV to a movie channel, and then helped bring all the dishes to the coffee table.

It was cold and snowy outside, and the fireplace inside the house was burning with fire, and it was as warm as spring. The two sat on the shaggy carpet, close to each other.

She gave him a pair of chopsticks: "I often eat alone, and I have developed the habit of watching TV while eating, so I'm sorry." ”

Xiao Huai looked at her, understood this sentence as "She has often eaten alone in recent days", and replied: "My work has come to an end, and it may be much easier later." ”

Lin Li didn't understand why he suddenly talked about work, but he didn't plan to delve into it, so he just asked, "Are you used to using chopsticks?" ”

"Habit." Xiao Huai lifted the chopsticks to fill the soup dumplings with crab roe.

In fact, he didn't use chopsticks much, and he was left-handed, maybe he was unlucky, maybe he didn't have the right strength, and he tore out the cracks in two soup dumplings in a row, and the soup flowed everywhere.

The essence of the soup bag is the soup, and Lin Li couldn't help but regret: "Look at me." ”

She gently lifted the soup bag with her chopsticks, moved the soup bag to the plate, and bit a hole in the thin skin, absorbing the soup little by little from the small hole.

This reminded Xiao Huai of the first time she met her, and her movements when she got into the car were so gentle and gentle.

After Lin Li finished eating the soup dumplings, he looked up and found that Xiao Huai was still staring at him, subconsciously took out a tissue to wipe the corners of his mouth, and said, "You try again?" ”

He raised his chopsticks, followed suit, and grabbed the xiaolong soup dumplings into the bowl very smoothly.

Lin Li praised: "It's so smart, a little bit will do." ”

He pursed the corners of his lips, and his praise for her seemed useful.

The movie channel is running an advertisement: a father who can't wait for his children to come home to join him, and when his next door neighbor is reunited with his family at Christmas, he is lonely and has to send out a "fake obituary" in the hope that his children will return.

Xiao Huai asked: "If you travel abroad alone, will your parents miss you?" ”

Lin Li stopped the chopsticks in his hand and asked instead of answering: "You are so busy with work and live alone, will your parents miss you?" ”

"I will accompany them to Austria on Christmas Eve."

"Oh." She lowered her head and continued to eat, muttering after a moment, "It's good to be a family together." ”

After that, neither of them spoke, chewing slowly, watching the German movie "Eavesdropping Storm" playing on the television.

The storyline of the film takes place in East Germany after World War II and depicts the mass eavesdropping of ordinary people by the East German Security Service.

The plot conflict is intense and infectious, and Lin Li's love gradually becomes tense.

Xiao Huai finished eating slowly, and found that Lin Li had only eaten half of it. She stared straight at the screen, her lips pursed tightly, her eyes showed panic, and she was very engaged.

He couldn't help but spoiler: "Don't worry, the male partner is not dead." ”

Lin Li was worried, and when he heard this, he immediately burst into a play, almost throwing him a dissatisfied look, holding back, silent.

Halfway through the movie, the weather warning news was inserted, and Lin Li hurried to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Before it was finished, the movie continued to play the male protagonist, who was an officer of the East German Security Service, and summoned a prostitute/woman in order to solve his lust.

The director used close-ups to deal with this episode, and the scale of the shooting was also quite large: the male protagonist sat in a leather chair and unbuttoned his trousers, and only a pair of lace panties remained between prostitutes/women/strips/clothes/objects, parting two long bare legs and straddled the male protagonist......

Lin Fei finally finished washing the dishes and walked over with his legs and feet.

"Lin Li—" Xiao Huai turned his face to call her, his tone was as light as water, "Please make a pot of black tea." ”

Faced with the sudden call, Lin Lihu glanced at him suspiciously, said "oh", dragged his injured leg and turned around and walked to the kitchen.

The male protagonist in the movie hugged the woman and moved a few times, letting out a heavy breath, Xiao Huai quickly lowered the volume with the remote control, and raised his voice at the same time: "Lin Li, please add some sugar to the black tea." ”

When Lin Li sat back on the carpet, the plot of the movie had already been broadcast to an incomprehensible place: a strange woman left the hero's home.

She looked at Xiao Huai, and her eyes were full of confusion.

Xiao Huai explained lightly: "Passers-by have no impact on the plot. ”

She was skeptical, but did not ask.

The movie continues to play, and the conflict becomes more and more intense-

The male partner secretly announced to foreign media the number of people who died in East Germany every year due to politics/politics/persecution/killing.

The East German Security Service took away the man's wife and interrogated her.

Out of fear and cowardice, the wife was forced to betray her male partner, and then ran to the road in despair, only to be hit by a big truck......

The scene of the car accident was too bloody, Xiao Huai was worried, and glanced back at Lin Li.

He was stunned.