The boat led Lin Wanjing's cruise ship all the way north, slowly drifting across the coastline of Luzhou, without saying anything all night.

When the first light of dawn on the horizon, the Southern Cross cruise ship has arrived at the mouth of the Xijiang River, at dawn, the sea suddenly fell fog, but the fog was thicker than expected, for a moment, the fog hung down to the sea like a heavy velvet curtain, in this fog, not to mention the reef, even the pilot boat is difficult to identify at this moment.

Fortunately, at this time, the sky was almost bright, and the Southern Cross Star had also left the encirclement of the ghost fleet far away, and the sea area here was within the guard range of one of the three giant cannons, which was relatively safe, and the experienced old captain decided to stop the ship after consulting with Li Lingrui, waiting for the sun to come out and the fog to subside.

As the roar of the engines fell silent, silence returned to the sky and the sea, and the waves washed over the hull, and occasionally gulls flew by, and after a long chirp, only silence remained.

It was in this almost dead silence that Lin Wanjing, who should have slept until noon, woke up for no reason, lying on the bed at the moment, she only felt that her head was groggy, like a hangover and her head was swollen, and it was like dizziness and weakness in the wind and cold. If she could, she wanted to close her eyes again and fall back to sleep, but she couldn't resist the thirst in her throat, and tossed and turned on the bed for a while, and finally struggled to sit up.

There was a glass of water on the small bedside table next to the bed, which was still warm, and at a glance she knew that someone would take care of her regularly.

Thinking of this, Lin Wanjing's heart swelled with warmth, and all the original worries were much more relieved at this moment.

If someone took care of her, the first name that came to her mind was Liu Jin, after all, it was the last person she saw before she fell asleep.

Their reunion came so suddenly, but so naturally, without experiencing a little turmoil, so smoothly that she was not sure whether it was a real thing or a dream.

It all started three days ago.

That day, she was helping in the store as usual, and Li Lingrui suddenly found her, took Liu Jin's handwritten letter, asked her to meet in the Shen Mansion on Chinese New Year's Eve, and then took advantage of the chaos to send away together. She was reluctant to go to the appointment, because she felt that this kind of behavior was too risky, whether it was Li Lingrui, Shen Junyi, or Liu Jin, who had just crawled out of this whirlpool, no matter who it was, she didn't want him to be in danger. However, Li Lingrui said that everything has been arranged, whether she goes or not, the banquet will be held as scheduled, and if she decides not to go, no one knows what will happen in the future, maybe the Japanese will use her as a bargaining chip to blackmail everyone, and then no one can get out, because it is impossible for everyone to see her in danger and stand by.

Li Lingrui was righteous, and took Liu Jin's sincere handwritten letter, both soft and hard, I have to say that Lin Wanjing was shaken, and even looked forward to the escape in the future. So on the day of the dinner, according to the plan, he mixed in the Kabuki team and entered the Shen Mansion, arranged in a room in the other courtyard, and according to Shen Junyi's explanation, tried not to move, did not turn on the lights, and did not approach the window until the person with the key came.

So she sat quietly on the bed and waited, looking forward to it, in the midst of anxiety, night fell, as the night deepened, the courtyard slowly became lively, all kinds of sounds, all kinds of languages, laughing, noisy, carnival, messy footsteps came and went outside the door, but none of them stayed for long.

The more lively it is outside, the more difficult this waiting will be, like sitting on pins and needles, scratching her heart with a hundred claws, but no word can vividly describe her mood at the moment.

Planned but unexpected, the sound of the door opening sounded, Lin Wanjing stood up abruptly and looked at the visitor, her eyes that were used to the darkness were stinged by the corridor lamp outside the door, and she was hugged into her arms by the visitor, and her nose was filled with the scent of sandalwood that she had long been familiar with, mixed with a faint tobacco fragrance, exactly the same as the fragrance in his study and office.

The long-lost sense of security surrounded her in an instant, and the panic and anxiety of so many days, the wall that had been erected in her heart to protect herself, collapsed the moment she was embraced into his arms, the tense nerves relaxed, and the tears were out of control and gushed out. And he just hugged her tightly, rubbing her long hair, he clearly had a thousand words to say, so many thoughts, so many apologies, but at the moment his mind was blank, except for repeatedly muttering her name, he couldn't say a word.

He listened to her a lot that night, from her waking up in the official residence of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, to her escape from confinement and hiding in a monastery, and then to boarding at a piano shop, and finally being found by him.

The time in the piano shop was her happiest day after they separated, as if everything had returned to the time when they first met, she looked forward to it with joy every day, receiving a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and then looking at him from afar, if there were no worries and fears that could not be shaken off, what a beautiful and romantic time should be.

Liu Jin just listened quietly, holding her hand, looking, distressed-

She lost weight, maybe because she didn't get good conditioning after a miscarriage, maybe she couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well all day long, or maybe both.

And all this kind of suffering, in the final analysis, is because of him.

Thinking like this, self-blame occupied his heart more and more strongly, and guilt was revealed in his eyes, which she read all of them.

"I'm sorry... Wan Jing... Blame me for failing to protect you..."

This is the first time Lin Wanjing has heard an apology this night, and she has given up comforting him, so she smiled and stepped forward to kiss his cold lips.

She knew him too well, and if he didn't do anything to divert his attention, he would fall into that almost paranoid self-blame, which had been stagnant in his heart for too long, and had been so tightly wound into a knot that he couldn't untie, so he could only cut it off in its entirety.

She really knows him too well, so whether it is proportion or progress, he is not light or heavy, he originally wanted to stop her, deliberate restraint, forced forbearance, but after all, under her persuasion, all collapsed, when she saw the corner of his mouth slightly helpless and full of doting smile, knowing that the thoughts that plagued him were finally temporarily forgotten by him, and she did not intend to stop, simply straddled his lap, put his arms around his neck, with an unprecedented initiative and coquettishness, to provoke his bottom line, Cater to his demands.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and he has just promised to fly away with her, now that he has decided to leave all the constraints here, let's even say goodbye to the past.

When the enthusiasm subsided, it was already the middle of the moon outside the window, and after holding her for a while, Liu Jin suddenly seemed to think of something, took the coat on the side, and took out a small iron box from his pocket, but when he took it out and opened it, he hesitated again, this hesitation seemed to be shy in Lin Wanjing's eyes, so he asked with a smile:

"What is this? For me? ”

Hearing her smile and ask, Liu Jin just woke up, smiled awkwardly, and handed her the box:

"Hmm... I almost forgot, now... It's probably all melted... If you dislike it, then... Forget it. ”

In the box are a few round chocolates, because they have been placed close to the body, the appearance of the chocolates has somewhat melted, sticking to the candy paper, and it looks a little dirty.

Seeing this, Liu Jin seemed to be relieved, and reached out to take it back:

"It's all melted, don't eat it."

But before she touched the box, Lin Wanjing had already taken one and put it in her mouth, and then took another one, the smile on her face became sweeter and sweeter, and her eyes narrowed, as if she was enjoying a beautiful dessert.

seemed to be infected by her smile, Liu Jin's face was also dyed with a relieved smile, but with a smile and a smile, there was an inexplicable amount of sadness in his smile, which became heavier and heavier, so that he couldn't ignore it, so before she noticed it, he quickly stood up, went to the table and poured himself a glass of wine, and when he returned to the bedside, she had eaten all the small boxes of chocolates.

"Is it delicious?" He asked.

"Hmm." Lin Wanjing nodded again and again, happy like a child.

He looked at her and smiled, raised his hand to wipe the chocolate stains from the corners of her mouth, and then couldn't help but kiss her again, and the wine in his mouth seeped down the kiss into her mouth, and then slowly flowed down her throat.

Without warning, sleepiness struck, she was a little dazed, shook her head, and muttered:

"Yun Rou... How do I... Sleepy..."

"Sleepy," Liu Jin said, taking her into her arms, letting her lean on his shoulder, and caressing the back of her head with a warm palm, as if soothing a baby who was about to fall asleep.

"I don't sleep," she said, but her consciousness began to blur, and her speech was no longer clear, muttering, "I always feel... When I wake up, I won't be able to find you..."

When Liu Jin heard this, his hands froze, and his chest suddenly throbbed, making him breathe short, and the hands hugging her couldn't help but tremble.

"Yun Rou..."

"Huh?"

"You're not going to leave me, are you?"

“…… Well. ”

"You'll always be there for me, won't you......"

"Hmm." He whispered softly in her ear, "I swear, I will always be by your side, accompany you, protect you, even if I die, my soul will find you, maybe you can't see it, you can't hear it, but don't be afraid, I never left you......"