Ling Li glanced at the calendar - December 24th, Christmas Eve.

It has been more than three days since she and Nan Zhiyi broke up; And it was just fifteen months since Nanzhiyi disappeared.

More than a year has passed, and Ling Li's heart to find Nan Zhiyi has gradually faded.

He was allowed to run away at the court that day, and a few days later, he asked Lu Jinran to come to the door and take away Mi Li and Guli.

After that, the name Nan Zhiyi completely disappeared from her life, and no one would mention it again.

She had tried to ask Tian Zhengyan, Nan Zhijun, and Lu Jinran, but they were all silent about where he was.

Xie Wanlu, the only one who has a front with her, is also the one who is hidden from them.

She only knew that after Nan Zhiyi returned to Huacheng to worship her grandmother, she went back to the imperial capital.

After that, he disappeared without a trace and disappeared completely, and even Li Guo's private use could not find out where he was.

Because Nanzhiyi was mentioned by Lu Xiaoxiao in the afternoon, Ling Li's mood was a little bad, and she was not in a state of work, and it took a full hour to adjust.

However, compared to the previous state of being depressed for half an afternoon just thinking about him, there is an improvement now.

Her attention shifted to the file that was to be held in three days, and after repeatedly confirming with Assistant Xu that all the preparations had been made, she was ready to leave work.

But a minute before stepping out of the law firm, he was stopped by Zhu Jinchuan, who had just returned from a business trip.

He first gave her the souvenirs he brought back from this business trip, and then raised his eyebrows and asked her: "Your house is about to be handed over, do you want to go and see it?" ”

Hearing this, Ling Li's eyes lit up.

The house that I bought with a down payment more than two years ago has finally been capped and renovated, so even if you can't move in right away, it's good to go and see it.

The house was a little far from the city center, and Zhu Jinchuan drove for almost an hour to arrive. When she entered the community, she found that the downstairs was still a mess, obviously not inhabitable yet, and there were follow-up ancillary works to be done.

Ling Li's house is on the fifteenth floor, not high or low, and it is also the floor that Zhu Jinchuan suggested to choose. The elevator in the apartment is naturally not taken care of, and the wooden frame has not been dismantled, and the strong smell of the board is very choking.

Ling Li pinched her nose and frowned, it was easy to get to the fifteenth floor, and she fled as if she had an elevator, and then stood in front of a gray door and was stunned.

"What? I was in such a hurry just now, why don't you go in and have a look now? Zhu Jinchuan followed behind her and asked.

Ling Li hurriedly shook his head and smiled: "I'm mentally preparing, reminding myself that I can't itch my hands to clean up when I see a pile of clutter for a while." ”

Zhu Jinchuan was amused by her, took the key in her hand, and opened the door.

Ling Li thought that she would see the messy home, but unexpectedly, the scene in the door was completely unexpected by her.

The decoration has indeed been completed, but the room is completely free of clutter as she imagined, everything is in order, even the furniture and soft decoration have been settled, and it is completely ready to move in.

The most unexpected thing is that she thought it was a simple European style home in the model room, but now it looks completely different from the renderings she got from the developer.

The wood-colored wooden floors, the semi-circular windows stretch over two walls, and the ceiling is pale blue and pearlescent ceiling lights, like the ocean and seashells.

Ling Li's eyes widened, completely unconvinced that what she was seeing was real.

"How did it come to this? We're not in the wrong place, are we? Ling Li looked at Zhu Jinchuan a little helplessly.

He raised the key in his hand to show her that the house was right, and then asked, "Is it pretty?" ”

Ling Li's gaze was still attracted by the ocean and shells on the ceiling, and nodded: "It's good-looking, it feels so special, and the blue and white ocean theme won't be childish." The windows are so big, the light is so good and transparent, I can't believe my house can be so beautiful. ”

Especially the shell-shaped chair on the terrace, she couldn't help but want to sit and try it.

Zhu Jinchuan smiled slightly: "It's yours, I think, this is your first house, try not to have regrets, so I found a designer friend and negotiated with the developer how to improve the decoration plan." Fortunately, both sides are friends, and I can coordinate a little. ”

He paused and slowed his voice: "Your sister gave you a string of shell wind chimes, and it must be beautiful to move it over and hang it on the balcony when the time comes." ”

Ling Li was stunned for a long time, and with a somewhat nasal voice, she said, "Thank you, Master." ”

He smiled: "Yes, you don't have to thank me." ”

As he spoke, he asked her to go up to the second floor to have a look.

Different from the fresh ocean breeze on the first floor, the style of the bedroom is the girlish style of Wuyang Wuyang.

The princess bed, silk linens, pure white curtains, cascading curtains, and a two-metre cuddle bear sitting by the window.

Even if Ling Li doesn't like fancy things so much, she is impressed by the warm and soft style of this room.

Seeing that her eyes were bent like a crescent moon, the curvature of Zhu Jinchuan's lips was raised slightly, pulling her, and motioning her to look at the corner of the wall near the balcony.

There, there is a small Christmas tree with flashing lights.

Ling Li was stunned, stepped forward and touched the leaves, and said excitedly, "It turned out to be a real tree." ”

He bent down again to pick up a gift box at the foot of the tree, and his eyes lit up: "And gifts?" Is this true?"

Zhu Jinchuan smiled and nodded: "It's yours, it's right, I, Santa Claus, gave it to me." ”

Ling Li was amused by him, and hurriedly began to open the gift.

Dozens of seconds later, when she saw the four-leaf clover necklace in the box, she couldn't help but touch the tender green enamel texture, and her eyes lit up.

Women love delicate and delicate jewelry, but she never thought of spending tens of thousands of dollars to buy this small clavicle chain the size of a fingernail to wear, it is too luxurious.

"Is it pretty?" He asked.

Ling Li nodded, and suddenly became in a hurry, and handed him the jewelry box: "This is too valuable, I can't accept it." ”

Zhu Jinchuan smiled without saying a word, took the box and pinched the necklace inside, and naturally walked behind her, which was already hanging around her neck before she could react.

Ling Li was a little panicked, but he heard his steady voice behind him: "Don't move, the chain is very thin, if it breaks, it will be troublesome." ”

She had no choice but to let him fasten the chain.

After that, he pushed him in front of the mirror and said, "It's beautiful, it suits you." ”

Ling Li touched the warm and fresh four-leaf clover on her collarbone, and looked at her jade-like face under the light, suddenly like a dream.

The elegant and delicate woman in the mirror, is it really her?

She has never felt that she looks good, and the familiar eyebrows and eyes, light facial features, pure white skin, and thin figure seem to have not changed anywhere, but it seems to be very different from before.

For more than a year, life and work have been a busy mess, she is in a hurry to look in the mirror every day, and often has no time to see how the skin on her face is, so she has to hurriedly lay out layers of cosmetics because of time, covering her real facial features and expressions, and she has never seen herself well.

When did she become like this?

Zhu Jinchuan seemed to be in a good mood, put his hands behind his back, bent over to her ear, and whispered: "Merry Christmas." ”

Ling Li woke up, couldn't stand the heat of his ears, took a step back, and looked out the window and didn't dare to look at him.

Zhu Jinchuan didn't care, and raised the car key in his hand: "I've seen enough of the house, let's go." ”

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In the winter city, it seems that I wake up a little later than spring and summer, after seven o'clock in the morning, and it is still quiet outside.

Coming out of the warm quilt, Ling Li looked out of the window and found that it was quiet outside, and the sky was not too bright.

I don't know if it's because of the wind in the bed, she has a chill down her spine, and after a few seconds, her nose itches, and she can't help but sneeze.

After that, the nose is not clear.

Putting on the suit she chose last night to wear in court today, she hesitated for a while, changed out of her reversible black coat, and put on a down jacket.

She went downstairs at eight o'clock, and saw Zhu Jinchuan who had been waiting for a long time downstairs - Zhu Jinchuan also happened to have a court to go to the Intermediate Court of the Imperial Palace, and happened to take her over by the way.

Zhu Jinchuan smiled when he saw her dress: "I said that you really wore too little a few days ago, how can a thin suit be enough, today is good, it is winter dress." ”

Ling Li pursed her lips, her voice was a little hoarse, and there was a thick nasal voice: "Xiaoxiao said that you can't wear a down jacket, and she also said that my suit is too thick, and I want to wear thin wool and silk fabric, and my trouser legs can't be too long, I can't wear boots, and I want to expose my ankles......"

Hearing her chant a string of "Female Lawyers' Exquisite Dress Guide", the corners of Zhu Jinchuan's lips rose even more.

"You listen to her nonsense," he raised his hand and tapped on the top of Ling Li's head, "It turned out to be a cold, right?" The voice is hoarse, right? People will be honest. ”

Ling Li pouted, with a little grievance in her eyes, and muttered, "What." ”

When she arrived at the court before nine o'clock, she passed the security check and entered different courtrooms with Zhu Jinchuan.

In the following morning, it took almost four hours from the preparation of the trial, cross-examination, debate, summary of the statement to the signing and confirmation of the record.

The facts of this case are a bit complicated, a key issue is not clear, Ling Li and the prosecution debated for a long time without result, only to wait for the collegial panel to deliberate.

After talking for half the morning, Ling Li's throat hurt a little more. She packed her things, checked the transcript and signed, and when she walked out of the courtroom, she found that it was raining outside.

Rummaged through the backpack - unlucky, I didn't have an umbrella with me.

Ling Li drooped her eyebrows, and was about to plunge into the rain, but was stopped by a voice.

She turned around, and at a glance saw Zhu Jinchuan standing tall next to the doorpost, and was a little puzzled: "Master, why are you here?"

"I sent you, so naturally you have to go back together." He raised his eyebrows and came with an umbrella so that the rain would not wet her hair.

After that, he handed her the glass bottle in his hand, which contained a translucent reddish-brown liquid.

"Red date ginger tea, drive away the cold and warm the stomach, you just started to catch a cold, this should be effective."

Ling Li was stunned for a moment, and then took it: "Thank you, Master." ”

only to find that the bottle was still hot, and even a little hot.

She blinked and asked with some confusion, "Where did it come from, it's still so hot?" ”

Glancing at his black coat, he suddenly thought, "You can't be in your coat all the time, right?" ”

Zhu Jinchuan pursed his lips: "There is a kind of thing called an incubator, and the takeaway brother put the bottle in there and brought it, and it was less than five minutes in my hand, of course it was a little hot." ”

Ling Li stuck out her tongue and hung her head in embarrassment, not daring to look directly at the shallow smile in his eyes.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, and after a few seconds, Ling Li somehow found a topic: "I want to go see Zhong Zhuowen tomorrow, do you want to come along?" ”

Zhu Jinchuan was a little surprised: "Why did you suddenly think of this?" ”

"That day, the shells in that house reminded me of the shell wind chimes my sister gave me, and then I ......"

She didn't finish speaking, but Zhu Jinchuan understood what she meant.

Zhong Zhuowen is still in a state of deep sleep, and since the end of Nan Zhiyi's case, her condition has become somewhat unstable.

Not only is it manifested in the current strength and weakness of the brain waves, but also in the signs that the brain is beginning to shrink.

If you lie down like this, it is likely that your organs will fail and you will no longer be able to support your life.

Zhu Jinchuan understood where her sudden depression came from, so he nodded: "Okay." ”