Two weeks later.

Mu Hanxia has never come to the company, so naturally some people are curious about gossip. At the company's lunch dinner that day, some employees were more familiar with Lin Mochen and asked with a smile: "Mr. Lin, why does Manager Mu keep asking for leave?" It can't be hidden by your golden house, right? ”

Before Lin Mochen and Mu Hanxia, only a few henchmen in the company knew exactly. So this question is really bold. Everyone at the dinner table also secretly paid attention to the young boss's reaction.

Lin Mochen took a sip of tea, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's not that I want to hide, she wants to rest herself." ”

Everyone was stunned, and when he said this, he was admitting. Then it was all congratulations, and the female colleagues were envious and excited. Someone said: "Mr. Lin, then you and Manager Mu have to invite everyone to dinner next time, we are all your witnesses." ”

Lin Mochen replied: "Okay, when she is rested, I will bring her to meet everyone." ”

Everyone cheered and said yes. What was originally a working meal has become a joyful and lively atmosphere.

Sun Zhi lit a cigarette in the midst of the excitement, stood by the door, and looked at his boss with a smile. Seeing him sitting in the crowd, there was a faint smile between his eyebrows.

Sun Zhi is the closest person to Lin Mochen in the company, and he feels that Lin Mochen has changed a little compared to before the accident. In the past, although the boss's personality was also cold and arrogant, he still felt warm after getting along for a long time. He also jokes with his employees, but he doesn't really have a fight. That cold arrogance is more of a kind of arrogance and high-spiritedness.

But now, after what happened before, Sun Zhi only felt that there was a real coldness all over his body. It's quiet, quieter than before. He became more reserved, making it even more difficult to guess what was going on in his mind.

However, once it comes to things related to Mu Hanxia, this young boss seems to become more humane again. He laughs at the mention of her. Sometimes in the gap between work, Sun Zhi would see him take out his mobile phone and call her. Even as long as it was a social interaction that could be pushed, he didn't go, and went back to the hotel directly after work. To tell the truth, Sun Zhi only now feels that the boss is finally like a competent boyfriend.

After that night, the two not only did not break up, but lived together. If it's not true love, how can you get it?

This night, Lin Mochen and Sun Zhi also had an important entertainment. When he got off work, Lin Mochen had some things to deal with, and Sun Zhi went downstairs to wait first. After smoking a cigarette, he caught a glimpse of a jewelry store not far away, and with a stroke of thought, he walked in.

He picked up in front of the counter for a while, and saw Lin Mochen also walk in.

Lin Mochen: "What are you doing?" ”

Sun Zhi replied with a smile: "I remembered that it was the tenth wedding anniversary in a few days, and I wanted to give my wife a gift." Mr. Lin, do you want to pick a gift for your girlfriend? ”

Lin Mochen didn't answer.

He glanced down at the goods on the counter, and soon, his gaze stopped at a ring. Very fine pristine platinum, a small diamond. The most simple style, inexplicably reminded him of her.

"Take it out and I'll take a look." He said.

The salesman took out the ring and handed it to him, and he held it in the palm of his hand and looked at it silently.

Seeing this, Sun Zhi leaned over: "Ring, Mr. Lin, you don't plan to propose, right?" ”

"It's too early to propose." Lin Mochen replied, with a little smile in his eyes, "But the ring is suitable, you can buy it first." ”

Sun Zhi suddenly felt quite moved.

In the end, Sun Zhi bought a necklace, and Lin Mochen bought the ring, which was only packed in a simple black velvet box and put in the coat pocket.

——

The twilight was low, and Mu Hanxia walked aimlessly along the small river embankment downstairs of the hotel. The sky was gray and the scenery was familiar. In her heart, there is always a feeling of emptiness.

Unknowingly, he walked downstairs to Fengchen. She looked up at the familiar building. Lin Mochen was probably still busy, and she was a little stunned.

These days, her visa has been being processed.

They live together.

There was a soft and slightly painful emotion in her heart, and she quietly suppressed it.

"Summer?" Someone called her. She turned around and saw a colleague she knew. She smiled: "Off work?" The colleague looked at her curiously: "Mr. Lin said that you want to take a break for a while, and everyone thinks that you are going to be a full-time wife." What, come and wait for Mr. Lin to get off work? It's so affectionate! ”

Mu Hanxia was stunned for a moment, she didn't know that Lin Mochen had made their relationship public.

She didn't want him to do that.

"Oh...... Heh, I'm just walking. She replied.

The colleague said: "Ah, yes, Mr. Lin is not in the company now." He went to attend a banquet of a chamber of commerce in the city, a very important banquet, and government agencies, Rongyue, Dingsheng, and Xue's Group would go to the top of the southwest region. Hostess, you better go back and wait. It is estimated that the boss will have to socialize late today. ”

Mu Hanxia smiled "um", chatted with his colleagues for a few more words, and then said goodbye.

It's dark.

Mu Hanxia sat on the steps by the square. There wasn't anyone here tonight, and she hadn't seen any of the skateboarders again. It was deserted and silent.

A thought popped into her mind:

Tonight's banquet, Fengchen and the Xue family will go.

Will Lin Mochen see Xue Ning?

Will they talk?

What kind of atmosphere will it be for the two of them to get along?

……

Mu Hanxia was suddenly upset. The heart lake, which seemed to have been calm for many days, turned out to have been hiding a torrent undercurrent, which would be revealed as soon as the wind blew.

She sat in silence for a long time, then suddenly got up, ran quickly to the side of the road, and hailed a car.

"Master, go to the XX Hotel." She reported the address of the banquet she heard from her colleague today.

"Okay!" The taxi driver kicked the accelerator and began to take her through the colorful night scene of the city.

It didn't take long for it to arrive. In the distance, I can see the top of the top luxury hotel.

In the back seat, she suddenly spoke: "Master, turn around and go back." ”

"Huh? Not going? ”

The car was quiet for a few seconds before I heard her say, "I'm not going." ”

Mu Hanxia got off the bus downstairs of the hotel where he lived, and did not go upstairs immediately, but stood for a while in the cold night breeze and called the old man.

"Hey, old man. Busy? Well, there's nothing else to do, just to say goodbye to you. I'll be gone in a few days...... Okay, let's go back and have another meal together, I'll invite you...... No, I have to invite you. She looked up at the infinite night sky deep overhead, "Well, I figured it out. I have seen clearly, the way in my heart. There will be no regrets and there will be no looking back. ”

"Bert is getting better, maybe wake up? That's great. Okay, I'll visit him when I get to the U.S. ”

I don't know what the old man said on the other end of the phone. She was silent for a moment, then replied softly, "I'll cut through the mess quickly." ”

Hanging up the phone, she stood there and was stunned for a long time.

United States, New York University, Bert ...... It all seems far away.

She remembered those lingering nights, the kisses he had imprinted on her forehead when he left for work early in the morning, and every time he hugged her silently from behind...... It's all engraved in her heart, and it's all something she got through greed. She stood at a fork in the road, knowing that it was good to go or stay, and it was wrong to stay where she was. But she just wouldn't take a step.

However, many of life's realizations come in an instant. It's like she completely lost her reason just now, sitting in a taxi bound for the hotel where he and Xue Ning were, and suddenly understood. It doesn't matter whether he will still get close to Xue Ning, whether he will still talk to her, whether he will play with other women in the future, or whether he will deliberately be confused.

Because the seeds of jealousy and disappointment have been planted in her heart.

……

She asked herself more than once, where should she go in such a short but turbulent life?

Now she knows.

In the college entrance examination many years ago, she was an outcast of fate. She is the best, but she has fallen to the lowest path in life.

When she was in Jiangcheng, she was Meng Gang's abandoned son.

Later, in love, one day, she became Lin Mochen's abandoned son.

……

She couldn't stop.

She had to go.

Go to a more open and lonely place in life.

Because of this life, she never wants to be someone else's abandoned son again.

——

When Lin Mochen came back this night, it was already late at night.

He looked in the darkness of a room, and saw that the man on the bed was motionless. He changed his shoes in the hallway with a soft noise, and turned on a very dim wall lamp. Then I take off my coat and look at my pockets, and the action of hanging my clothes becomes very delicate.

He went to take a shower and went to bed. The woman in the bed lay peacefully on her back, her hands and feet still stretched out. Lin Mochen smiled. These days, he knows her sleeping habits very well. If she is asleep, she will inevitably become a lying position.

If he pretends to be asleep, he always lies on his side, with his back to him who returns at night.

Is it resistance, or is it self-preservation?

Lin Mochen lay on her side, his arm over her waist, holding her hand on the other side. His chin pressed against her long hair, and he closed his eyes.

Mu Hanxia suddenly woke up at a certain moment. It was like being woken up by something, but it was quiet. Nothing appeared in her dreams.

The room was still dark, and the sound of his breathing was ringing in his ears. And his warm body. Mu Hanxia slowly turned his head sideways and looked at him.

I can't see the eyebrows clearly, only the blurred outlines of the cheeks.

Mu Hanxia's heart suddenly surged with a lonely cold breath, she took away his hand on her waist, got up, almost only a little rustling, and changed her clothes. Then start packing.

Maybe it's because the night is too dark, and people's hearts seem to be chaotic. She was a little dazed in her mind, but she seemed to be extremely awake. Her suitcase was almost organized, and she only needed to put a few daily necessities in it. She stood in the hallway far from the bed, stuffing her towels and pajamas in the dim light. She thought, she shouldn't have left any traces of her life......

The hand was suddenly grasped firmly by a hand stretched out from behind his back. Cold sweat came out all over her body, looking at the slender and powerful man's hand. His body was right behind her. Then the lights were turned on.

All the lights in the room, the switch "snapped", and the room was bright. Mu Hanxia couldn't get used to the sudden light, and stretched out his hand to block his eyes. As a result, his other hand was also grabbed by him. Then he turned her around, and the two stood facing each other.

The moment Mu Hanxia raised his head, there were tears in his eyes, and he looked at him silently.

He stared at her, too. The eyes are deep and quiet.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly smiled and spoke: "Three watches in the middle of the night, what are you doing?" I'll talk about it tomorrow when I look for something, and go back to bed. ”

Mu Hanxia didn't say a word or move.

He looked as usual, and put his hand around her shoulder. Mu Hanxia wanted to break free, but he seemed to have expected it, his arms tightened violently, and he still held her firmly in his arms.

Mu Hanxia's tears fell suddenly, and he said slowly: "Lin Mochen, I'm not looking for something. I have something to say to you. ”

There was no expression on the side of his face.

Mu Hanxia exhaled slowly, feeling a dull pain in his throat, right in his chest.

"It's three o'clock in the middle of the night." His eyes looked out the window, "If there's anything, I'll talk about it tomorrow." I was on leave tomorrow and was going to take you for a walk in the suburbs. We'll talk about it there. ”

Mu Hanxia suddenly couldn't say anything, she heard her own hoarse voice and said, "Okay, that's it." ”

He raised his hand to turn off all the lights, and the room suddenly went dark. He only took her hand tightly and walked back to the bed. Mu Hanxia's whole body is cold, and his knuckles are stiff. She lay back on the bed, and he lay down. Neither of them moved.

After a while, she turned away and turned her back to him. Almost at the same time, he reached out and pulled her into his arms as if he were a little ruthless. One arm forced its way under her neck, and the other hand clasped around her waist. Mu Hanxia couldn't move, so he could only let him hold on silently all night in such a completely imprisoned posture.