Stoic imperturbability, according to the Stoic school of thought, is the elimination of irrational emotions, allowing rational emotions to dominate to achieve inner stability and freedom.
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Chapter 06
Liang Xun opened the door with the spare key and followed Lin Shengwen into the room.
"This apartment is 65 square meters, with a ceiling height of 3.15 meters, two bedrooms, and one bathroom. Mr. Lin, you can see that the entrance hall is very long. The lockers and shoe cabinets at the door are concealed, so they can store a lot of items," Liang Xun introduced, pointing to the corner of the cabinet door. "It opens with a push."
Lin Shengwen did not express his opinion.
Liang Xun then led him into the living room and continued to introduce: "The living room and dining room are two-in-one. This should be very common in Ting City."
"Hmm..." Lin Shengwen asked, "Is it facing southwest?"
"Yes, both bedrooms face southwest." Liang Xun continued, "Would you like to see the bedrooms first or the kitchen and bathroom?"
Lin Shengwen paused for a moment: "The bedroom."
Liang Xun has also been looking at floor plans urgently these days. Fortunately, these small-sized houses are all similar in size.
He turned and opened the door to the master bedroom. "The area of the master and second bedrooms in this house is only three square meters different. The master bedroom can fit a double bed with pull-out beds on three sides, and can also place bedside tables on both sides. The wardrobe has three doors, but it's a pity that it's not a walk-in closet."
Lin Shengwen's reaction was indifferent. Liang Xun quickly showed him the guest bedroom, which had a similar view and layout.
Liang Xun kept observing Lin Shengwen.
In fact, he hadn't seen Lin Shengwen's face in person for a long time.
Besides, he has been peeping from a distance for all these years.
Now so close to Lin Shengwen, Liang Xun was so nervous that he didn't even know where to put his hands. He opened the French window of the guest bedroom and saw a three-in-one terrace outside, connecting the master bedroom, the second bedroom, and the living and dining room.
Lin Shengwen was the first to step onto the terrace. Liang Xun noticed that he squinted unconsciously, probably because the ultraviolet rays from the sunlight outside were too strong and were burning his eyes. Liang Xun knew that Lin Shengwen had a slight fear of light, probably caused by staying indoors for too long.
Liang Xun also stood on the terrace.
He felt a little addicted to smoking in places like this, but smoking was an absolute taboo at this time.
Liang Xun licked his lips and motioned Lin Shengwen to look down: "When you drove up here just now, you should have seen that there is an outdoor swimming pool downstairs. From here you can overlook the pool below."
Before he could utter the next word, Lin Shengwen narrowed his eyes again.
"This set is not suitable, let's look at the next one."
Liang Xun was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted.
"Okay, that's okay, let's go look at the next apartment."
He said this subconsciously and was stunned again.
"We", he and Lin Shengwen could actually use the pronoun "we".
Lin Shengwen saw Liang Xun lock the door and put the key into the password mailbox.
He asked Liang Xun: "Liang Xun, you didn't drive here, did you?"
"Oh, no, I can't drive." Liang Xun raised his head and looked at Lin Shengwen.
Lin Shengwen discovered that Liang Xun's eyes were very large, with a considerable amount of whites and dark irises. Even in such bright sunlight, Liang Xun's pupils still appeared very dark.
The teardrop mole under the left eye is also quite obvious.
Lin Shengwen smiled and said, "Take my car."
To be honest, he did want to laugh when he saw Liang Xun.
Lin Shengwen didn't expect that Liang Xun was the drunkard who threw himself into his arms in the bar on Jinlu Road that day.
What he didn't expect was that Liang Xun seemed to have no recollection of what happened that day, and treated him in a completely businesslike manner, which was somewhat different from Pei Ning's description.
Lin Shengwen originally thought that Liang Xun would be more lively, but he didn't feel that way when he met him.
But he thought again, maybe it was because it was their first meeting, Liang Xun was not relaxed, and he was a legitimate "client", even if he was Pei Ning's good friend, Liang Xun would not be able to be familiar with him right away.
Lin Shengwen drove the car out from the second underground floor and motioned Liang Xun to get in. Liang Xun hesitated for a while before opening the passenger door and sitting in.
Liang Xun sat down, but couldn't buckle his seatbelt for a long time. Lin Shengwen could tell that he really couldn't drive and probably didn't even ride in other people's cars very often.
Lin Shengwen hesitated for a moment with his hand on the steering wheel. He leaned towards Liang Xun and fastened his seat belt for him.
He didn't look at the embarrassed look on Liang Xun's face, but just said: "Liang Xun, please help me with the navigation."
There was a familiar scent of perfume in Lin Shengwen's car.
When Liang Xun smelled the fragrance, he unconsciously wanted to smell it for a while longer.
He tried not to act like a pervert and suppressed his breathing rate.
But Liang Xun is actually very afraid of heat. Others might just say that this kind of weather is quite warm, but for Liang Xun, it is already a temperature that makes him sweat.
The air conditioner in Lin Shengwen's car was on, but it didn't cool down quickly. Liang Xun only felt that his breathing was very rapid and difficult to calm down.
Of course he was familiar with the scent of this perfume.
When he was in college, he found out the perfume Lin Shengwen used through three or four people.
Liang Xun originally thought that Lin Shengwen would use a men's fragrance from a classic perfume brand, so when he learned that Lin Shengwen was actually using a sub-brand perfume from a clothing brand that focuses on asexual design, Liang Xun was a little surprised.
But his surprise didn't last long. He worked two odd jobs, and with the money he saved, he bought the same perfume. Liang Xun didn't dare spray it on himself, so he sprayed it on his pillow every night, falling asleep to the scent of sea salt and kapok. He slept well during that time.
Later I found out that it was probably because of the dizziness that I fell asleep every night.
Now that he smelled the scent of this perfume again in Lin Shengwen's car, Liang Xun couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic, but before he could recall it, he felt a little dizzy.
Lin Shengwen opened the car window a crack and asked him, "Are you carsick?"
"A little bit." Liang Xun pressed his temples and replied. He couldn't admit that he was actually dizzy from the perfume.
Pretending to be motion sickness was not particularly convincing - Liang Xun had been in the car for less than ten minutes when he gave his phone to Lin Shengwen to turn on the navigation. It was not in his own hand, so it was naturally impossible that it was the most common motion sickness caused by reading text on a sesame-sized electronic screen in a moving car.
Liang Xun turned his head to the right and breathed in the air coming in through the gap in the car window.
Lin Shengwen glanced at Liang Xun's phone screen. The navigation showed that they would arrive at their destination in three minutes. He thought Liang Xun was carsick and said, "We'll be there soon."
The second apartment Liang Xun showed Lin Shengwen had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a living room, with plenty of storage space, but Lin Shengwen still didn't seem to like it very much.
Soon they entered the last new house near CBD that Lin Shengwen had screened out, and he was a little interested in this one.
"This apartment is over 90 square meters."
"This apartment is less than 100 square meters. Mr. Lin has also seen that the master bedroom and living room are very spacious. You can see the river view from the floor-to-ceiling windows on the east side." Liang Xun said.
He found that Lin Shengwen actually didn't need much introduction from him.
Lin Shengwen not only looked at it himself, but also occasionally compared his estimates with Liang Xun.
"It should be very convenient to get to Mr. Lin's workplace from here. It's only five minutes downstairs to the nearest subway station. Line 10 goes directly to the First Hospital of Tingda University," Liang Xun said. He paused for a moment, "But driving might not be very convenient. Traffic jams are common near the CBD at any time of day."
Lin Shengwen said "hmm", his face showing no joy or dislike.
He didn't say it, so Liang Xun could only guess. Fortunately, he had accumulated a lot of experience dealing with clients in the past few years, and he could tell that Lin Shengwen wasn't particularly satisfied. If he had to say, the only acceptable one was the third set they saw.
Lin Shengwen was more picky a dozen years ago, probably because he deliberately restrained his attitude after starting work.
Liang Xun smiled awkwardly and said to Lin Shengwen, "I'll go back and see if there are any other properties available and send them to you."
Lin Shengwen heard this and glanced at him.
Liang Xun had always believed that a person's gaze could only be intense, especially when staring at someone for a long time, and the person being stared at would most likely sense it. But Lin Shengwen's gaze was like a cold blade, about to chop off his neck with a clang.
The moment he met Lin Shengwen's gaze, he calmly lowered his head, pretending to look at the key ring in his hand. The key ring was nothing fancy, just an iron ring with a number plate hanging on it, which said the room number.
Fortunately, Lin Shengwen withdrew his gaze, and Liang Xun sighed secretly.
The next minute, Lin Shengwen finally decided to pardon him: "Okay, thank you."
Liang Xun followed Lin Shengwen down the elevator in silence, parking his car in the ground-level parking space. There was a mirror on the inside of the elevator door, and he surreptitiously peered through it to gauge Lin Shengwen's emotions.
The elevator door opened, and Lin Shengwen walked out first, saying, "Liang Xun, do you want to go back to the company?"
Liang Xun presumptuously anticipated Lin Shengwen's words in his mind and said, "Yes... There's a subway station nearby. I'll take the subway there."
Lin Shengwen nodded without saying anything more.
"Mr. Lin." Liang Xun couldn't help but opened his lips and called out to Lin Shengwen.
Lin Shengwen turned his head to look at Liang Xun. He was almost a head taller than Liang Xun, and no matter how he looked at Liang Xun, he seemed to be looking down on him.
"Um?"
Liang Xun looked into Lin Shengwen's eyes and said, "In about a week and a half, I will find you a house that you will be satisfied with."
Lin Shengwen stared at Liang Xun. After a long while, he curled up the corners of his lips and smiled silently.
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
After he said this, he seemed to remember something - "By the way, Liang Xun, are you... an employee of Mingsheng Real Estate?"
"Yes."
Lin Shengwen thought for a moment: "Is Mingsheng promoting a new property recently?"