Chapter 61 Chapter 61 "Just consider me more, okay...
After saying this, Pei Lanqing smiled and bent down to look at the man with a dull look.
He wasn't very close to her, but Lin Qianyuan felt like she was having difficulty breathing, and her face was turning slightly red.
The smile in Pei Lanqing's eyes deepened, and he slowly asked, "So you..."
"I don't know," Lin Qianyuan interrupted him hurriedly, made an excuse, and went straight into the room.
Pei Lanqing smiled with her lips curved. She didn't need to say a word, her blushing face was more effective than a long monologue.
He habitually approached the sofa, intending to sit down and rest, but when he caught sight of the drawings covering the coffee table, he stopped where he was, walked around to the dining room, and sat down at the dining table.
I recently received a commission for an economic crime case. The case has reached the prosecution stage. I was busy going to the procuratorate to retrieve the case files in the afternoon. The case was complicated and took a long time.
She should have taken a shower at this time, but he didn't know whether she had eaten dinner. If she hadn't, she would have smelled of cooking oil after taking a shower, which would have been a waste of time. It would be better to wait until she asked.
Pei Lanqing tapped the table with his fingers, thinking about the case.
Lin Qianyuan leaned his back against the door, his mind replaying the two sentences he said, along with his expression as he stood under the warm yellow light, appearing before his eyes over and over again.
Lin Qianyuan simply closed his eyes and kept muttering, "Is this guy crazy? He can say such things so easily. How can he say it so naturally?"
He actually said that he missed her a lot.
Lin Qianyuan opened his eyes, tugged at his home clothes embarrassedly, raised the corners of his mouth, pressed them down, then raised them again, and finally washed his face happily and opened the door again.
Pei Lanqing stopped what he was doing and raised his eyes. "Why didn't you go to the study?"
His eyes passed over her and fell on the drawing behind her.
Lin Qianyuan followed this gaze and turned around, then turned back, "Because you are not here."
Pei Lanqing guessed this was the reason and smiled, "It doesn't matter whether I'm here or not. You can enter wherever you want. I don't mind."
Lin Qianyuan had always been curious about his life, and no matter how much she knew, it was never enough. Since he had said so, she went down the stairs and said, "I'll go take a look."
"Yeah," Pei Lanqing responded softly.
Lin Qianyuan opened the door of the study, walked in and looked around. The bookshelf was full of professional books, and there was also a book on the desk. He picked it up and opened a page at random. There were notes written on the side.
The handwriting is neat and beautiful, like a flowing dragon, with connected strokes. It is less student-like than the original one and is generally beautiful.
Someone knocked on the study door. Lin Qianyuan suddenly came to her senses and hid the book behind her like a guilty thief. Realizing the meaningful gaze of the person in front of her, she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Pei Lanqing looked at her with a smile, very generous, "If you like, I can give it to you."
"don't want."
Lin Qianyuan put the book on the table very coldly, walked past him without changing his expression, and then came in with the drawing tools.
She didn't have to worry about someone else taking over her study, as the desk in the study was obviously a double desk and had a large area.
Lin Qianyuan spun the pencil in his hand a few times and glanced at him nonchalantly, "Has anyone been here before?"
"No," Pei Lanqing said calmly as he put the books on the table back on the shelf. "The landlords of this apartment are a middle-aged couple, friends of my graduate advisor. They decided to immigrate abroad last year, and I was planning to move at the time. Thanks to my advisor's help, I was able to rent this apartment."
Pei Lanqing put the book away and turned around to say, "The house is very clean. The landlord and his wife said I could renovate it as I pleased, but I left it alone. The furnishings and furniture remain exactly as they were, even the plants on the balcony."
Anyone who enters this house will feel the strong atmosphere of life, and he doesn't want to destroy it casually.
Pei Lanqing smiled. "It was winter when I moved in, and the Clivia miniata all over the balcony looked frostbitten. Although I took timely remedial measures, I always thought they couldn't survive, and I felt a little regretful. Then one day when I came home from get off work, I found that they were all in bloom, in all kinds of colors, filling the entire balcony."
Lin Qianyuan listened attentively, but felt inexplicably lonely in her heart. She liked listening to him talk about these topics to bring them closer, but she was always envious, envious of everything that could appear around him at any time, which had nothing to do with her.
Pei Lanqing saw her holding a pencil with her head down, wondering what she was thinking about. She didn't move for a long time. When he looked over, the paper was blank.
"Lin Qianyuan," Pei Lanqing called her softly.
Lin Qianyuan was stunned, "Huh?"
Pei Lanqing thought for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and smiled, his expression slightly serious. "Clivia usually blooms only once a year, or occasionally twice. From what I've observed, ours should be the former, blooming in late winter and early spring, probably around February or March. Would you be willing to come with me to see it this time next year?"
Even if she was leaving, he wanted to leave some expectations for the future, like an anchor, to pull up his wandering thoughts and establish order.
He looked at her with an extremely gentle gaze, a look she had never seen before. Lin Qianyuan suddenly felt panic in her heart, "I..."
She clutched her pencil, her eyelashes trembling, feeling strange and awkward, and some unfamiliar emotions made her unable to open her mouth.
How could she say "I do"? She naturally wouldn't say it since she had never said it before.
Pei Lanqing waited silently, but when he couldn't wait any longer, he pulled her hand over, took the pencil from her hand, and held it tightly in his palm.
Lin Qianyuan raised her head. Pei Lanqing was staring at her. The hand in his palm felt cold, so he held it for her. After a long time, they exchanged body temperature, but it was still cold.
Pei Lanqing would not let go, he would wait for her forever, and he had infinite patience for everything related to her.
Lin Qianyuan's throat tightened when he looked at her, and she tried to pull her hand back.
Pei Lanqing pulled her into his arms and leaned over to whisper in her ear, "Lin Qianyuan, this is very simple." He smiled slightly and said, "You just need to answer me whether you are willing or not, or nod or shake your head."
Lin Qianyuan silently buried her face in his arms. Feeling his strong heartbeat, she closed her eyes and nodded.
Pei Lanqing hugged her tightly and smiled softly, "Have you had dinner?"
Lin Qianyuan raised her hands to hug him back, not wanting to let go, so she replied, "Yes."
Pei Lanqing lowered his head and asked naturally, "What did you eat?"
Lin Qianyuan was at a loss for words for a moment. "I forgot," she curled her lips and added, "Anyway, I'm not hungry."
Pei Lanqing just smiled without saying anything, hugged her quietly for a while, then left the study to take a shower.
Lin Qianyuan sat down, picked up a pencil and started drawing. As soon as the tip of the pencil touched the white paper, the straight line he was supposed to draw turned into a mess of dots.
She continued to poke at the paper, frowning quietly. She didn't know how to say it, but she had never looked forward to winter as much as she did now.
Lin Qianyuan coughed twice, threw away the white paper, and returned to his work.
Not long after, a shadow suddenly fell beside her, carrying with it the fresh scent of shower gel, which was the same as the scent on her body, and they were indistinguishable.
Pei Lanqing placed a cup of warm water next to her, said nothing, dragged another chair over to the study window, and turned on the computer.
He was concentrating on browsing the case materials. Lin Qianyuan glanced at the screen, then stared at him in a daze.
Yesterday, I went into the room early to pack, so I didn't get to see him shower and change into his home clothes. It turns out he also wears all black, cold and tough. His profile is clearly defined, his eyelashes thick. When he's working hard, his soft features appear indifferent and serious, without any emotion.
Lin Qianyuan turned back, and when she started writing again, all the lines on the paper outlined his handsome appearance, swaying in front of her eyes. Not only that, but his entire body as well. It was all because she was too familiar with the human body structure, so that his every move could quickly take shape in her mind, with just the right proportions.
She used to like drawing him when she was practicing sketching, but she didn't expect that he would still do this even after she stopped practicing.
Habits are a terrible thing.
Lin Qianyuan threw away his pen and drank some water to calm himself down.
Pei Lanqing looked away in time, the barely perceptible smile on his face disappeared, and he continued to look at the file.
Lin Qianyuan put down the cup and decided to add a whole wall of bookcases next to the easel by the floor-to-ceiling window when he was halfway through designing the picture.
After finishing the design drawings for the first floor, Lin Qianyuan felt a little sleepy. She picked up her phone to check the time and found that the message she had sent in the afternoon had been replied to long ago, but she only saw it now.
Lin Qianyuan looked at the people around him. He no longer stared at the computer, but was flipping through a thick stack of A4 papers in his hand.
There was some distance between them and they couldn't see clearly.
Pei Lanqing noticed her gaze and looked up. "Are you done?"
"Well," Lin Qianyuan drank the last sip of water in the cup, "Are you going to work overtime until late?"
Pei Lanqing rubbed his brows tiredly, a wry smile forming on the corner of his mouth, "Probably."
Lin Qianyuan frowned. "Is this case very troublesome? What is it about?"
Pei Lanqing fixed his gaze on her and pondered for a moment, "It's not very troublesome."
He smiled, looking into her eyes. "But I can't tell you the specifics. According to the Lawyers Law, lawyers must keep confidential any state secrets or commercial secrets they learn about in the course of their professional lives, and must not disclose their clients' privacy. Furthermore, lawyers must maintain confidentiality regarding any circumstances or information they learn about in the course of their professional lives that their clients and others do not wish to disclose."
Pei Lanqing approached her, leaned on the table, bent down and took her hand, and slowly said: "In other words, I have an obligation to keep it confidential."
Lin Qianyuan said "oh" and held his hand in return, "I'm just asking casually, I won't be angry."
Pei Lanqing smiled and hummed, "I know." He squeezed her palm, "Didn't you get enough rest last night?"
Lin Qianyuan knew that the grayish-blue hue under his eyes was obvious, so his lie would not be convincing. "Well, I can't sleep."
"Why?" Pei Lanqing asked smoothly without blinking. It was obvious that he was just concerned.
Lin Qianyuan rolled his eyes, "I can't sleep well, and..."
She shut up at the right time, but she couldn't tell him that she had been thinking about their relationship all night.
Lin Qianyuan withdrew his hand and stood up to leave.
Pei Lanqing smiled and pulled the person back, "Does it have anything to do with me?"
Lin Qianyuan couldn't do that, so he kept his face expressionless and turned away, "No."
Pei Lanqing pretended to examine it carefully. Lin Qianyuan forced himself to look him in the eye. "What for?"
Her tone was unfriendly and contained a hint of bluffing.
Pei Lanqing moved closer to her, a smile on his face, "Can't I just take a look?"
She always faces others with a cold face like she does now, and doesn't like to smile. It was like that before and it is like that now.
Painters often communicate with the world through their works. He has seen hers. The colors are rich, the pictures are very textured, the expressions are very strong, and the style is as dark and deep as ever.
How could a person be born like this?
Pei Lanqing's gaze shifted to the side and landed on her ear. Has she always come this way?
Lin Qianyuan was disgusted by the way he looked at her, which she couldn't describe. Moreover, she was annoyed by him all day.
Originally, she couldn't say harsh words to him, but she felt that he was clearly pushing his limits. "Pei Lanqing, if you dare to look at me like that again, believe it or not..."
Lin Qianyuan pursed her lips and turned away without saying anything. However, the person opposite her didn't understand what she was saying and kept asking her, "What should I believe?"
Lin Qianyuan turned back in great annoyance, and suddenly looked into those gentle and calm eyes. She immediately became even more annoyed and angry at herself, "Nothing."
Pei Lanqing stopped looking at her ears, held her hand tightly, and said gently: "Lin Qianyuan, I actually have something to say to you today. It's late, and I didn't mean to make you angry."
"What do you mean?" Lin Qianyuan's palms were sweating, and when they were placed together with his, they became even more damp.
Pei Lanqing glanced down and suddenly laughed. When he raised his eyes again, they were full of seriousness. "Lin Qianyuan, I like you. When I wasn't busy today, I was always thinking about how to pursue you. I'm not in a hurry for you to give me an answer now, so just consider me for a while."
"Is that okay?"
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