Chapter 84 Chapter 84 "Right here, okay?"...
Pei Lanqing's brows were still furrowed in disapproval. "It's not just him, the others are the same. Don't say that next time."
"Okay," Lin Qianyuan nodded obediently, moving upwards to gaze into his eyes. "Pei Lanqing, this is a special case. I wouldn't normally do something like this. I'm not taking your words to heart."
Her face was solemn, and she said sincerely, "I remember every word you said."
Pei Lanqing placed his hand behind her neck, gently and with a little force, brought her closer to him, and then looked at her silently.
Lin Qianyuan looked at him for a few seconds, then leaned over and kissed him gently.
Perhaps because she had never kissed in this position before, she shrank back after the kiss and stiffly changed the subject, "Have you ever encountered something like this before?"
"Yes," Pei Lanqing touched her face with his hand, feeling its scorching heat. He withdrew his hand, lifted her toward him, and smiled broadly. "Everything is available. Sometimes the situation is more complicated, involving an autopsy, and inevitably seeing photos of the body is necessary."
Lin Qianyuan seldom heard him mention the details of his work. She only knew that he was very busy. However, whether he was on the phone or came home, he always looked calm and composed. Therefore, she never thought that he was facing some energy-consuming problems or even the people he had to deal with.
Pei Lanqing lowered his head and saw her expression of deep resentment. He smiled and smoothed her brows, "What are you thinking about?"
"Hmm?" Lin Qianyuan leaned against his neck sullenly and spoke to him in his ear, "I'm thinking about whether to ask Auntie to come over and cook for you in the future, morning, noon, and night. I don't want you to do it. It will be very tiring."
Lin Qianyuan thought about it carefully and repeated, "Let's let Auntie cook from now on, okay?"
Pei Lanqing slowly painted her features with his eyes for a long time, then said tactfully, "Can I refuse? It's not very convenient."
"Why?"
Pei Lanqing made some room for her to lie down on her side, and held her with his arms to prevent her from falling off the sofa. "For me, cooking is not tiring. Whether you are here or not, I will do it because it is an unavoidable topic in life. The reason why it is inconvenient is because you are by my side. I probably can't adapt to the presence of a third person. Do you understand?"
Lin Qianyuan thought for a few seconds and nodded heavily, "Yeah," she kissed him and looked up at him, "Just like this, if there were someone else here, I wouldn't be able to do it."
"Yes," Pei Lanqing smiled and kissed her back, then raised his hand to push the loose hair on her forehead behind her ears, exposing her forehead completely, and stared into her eyes quietly, his eyes serious and tender.
Lin Qianyuan was also looking at him. Her right hand, resting on her side, moved suddenly. She saw the shadow of the gauze, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she lowered her eyes. She felt a little ashamed when she spoke, "Pei Lanqing, I kind of regret what I said to you that day."
Lin Qianyuan raised his head and said, "I shouldn't be thinking about trapping you at home one day. That's not only inappropriate, but also disrespectful to you. I should support your pursuit of life."
The scenes of this morning were vivid in his mind, but after he calmed down, he negotiated with others cautiously, faced any situation calmly, and then slowly and methodically crushed the other party, gradually gaining the upper hand, and then safeguarding the rights and interests of the parties involved and realizing their demands.
The aura he exudes when he's working is different from his gentle demeanor in daily life, but the calmness and composure between his brows remains unchanged, and he remains unhurried.
Pei Lanqing was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Lin Qianyuan, I may not be as noble as you think. I chose this job myself, but sometimes I also stand on the side of my original intention. It's unavoidable. But at the moment, I have never thought of giving up."
After saying that, he automatically added, "No one can predict what will happen in the future. If one day I choose to give up and stop doing this job..."
"Then I'll support you." Lin Qianyuan said firmly, and then she hesitated for a moment, "Is the aspect you mentioned the same as I understood it?"
"Yes," Pei Lanqing nodded. "My job doesn't include restricting the actions of the parties involved. This is their freedom. My opinion on this freedom is not important. I am only responsible for protecting the rights of the parties involved to this freedom. This is my job."
"During this process, there will be other people who feel that their rights and interests have been violated, and even their lives have been violated. This is understandable, and in the eyes of those people, perhaps I am an out-and-out bad person."
Lin Qianyuan listened to him quietly and denied it, "Anyway, I don't think so."
She recalled a passage she had read long ago from the Analects of Confucius: "A gentleman seeks the Way, not food. To till the soil brings hunger; to study brings reward. A gentleman worries about the Way, not poverty."
This passage means that a gentleman pursues morality, not food and clothing. Farming may lead to hunger, while studying may earn a salary. A gentleman's concern is whether the Tao is clear, not poverty.
This doesn't mean Confucius completely denied material needs; it simply emphasized that a gentleman should take the Dao as his life goal and not be limited to the pursuit of material gain. As long as one is committed to the Dao, material needs will naturally be met in the process.
Lin Qianyuan raised his eyebrows, patted his shoulder, and said righteously, "These are their problems, not yours. Although I think you don't mind, I still have to say that I will never think of you like this."
Pei Lanqing looked at her for a moment, then smiled slightly and said seriously, "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Lin Qianyuan moved closer to his arms, feeling a little tired. "Do you still remember the statue of the goddess of justice?"
She closed her eyes, her voice drowsy, and buried her head in his chest, whispering softly, "That one suits you very well. I fell in love with it at the auction, but you didn't want it. I still think it suits you very well, and I decided to take it to the study later."
Pei Lanqing also remembered that it was the birthday gift she gave him. There were two items in total, and he chose the keychain.
Lin Qianyuan buried her face in his arms again, her breathing gradually becoming calmer. Pei Lanqing looked down at her and asked softly, "Aren't you going to eat anymore?"
Lin Qianyuan nodded slightly and said, "Eat. You should rest with me for a few minutes. I'm a little sleepy and can't open my eyes."
"Okay," Pei Lanqing found her right hand and gently held it in his palm to prevent it from being pressed.
Lin Qianyuan glanced down dazedly, then nestled beside him. After a few seconds, he leaned in dishonestly and sniffed again and again, "Pei Lanqing, you smell so good."
Pei Lanqing tried his best to distance himself, feeling a bit awkward and amused, "I just finished cooking, and the smell on me is unpleasant."
"No." Lin Qianyuan never felt that way. She just felt that he was a very clean person.
She had a clean temperament, clean smell, and clean ways of doing things, even when cooking. So he stepped back a few inches, and Lin Qianyuan followed a few inches closer, finally trapping him until his body was pressed against the back of the sofa.
Lin Qianyuan sniffed twice more and hugged him with a smile on her face.
Pei Lanqing couldn't help but smile, and bent down to kiss her. The gentle kiss lingered down and lingered on the side of her neck. Soon, Lin Qianyuan's face and neck were all red. He unbuttoned a button and looked down. Including her collarbone, the temperature of her whole body was incredibly hot.
Pei Lanqing couldn't help but laugh and deliberately asked her, "Why are you still not used to it?"
"What?" Lin Qianyuan was a little confused. Later, she realized what he was referring to. She refused to talk about it. Her eyes, which were filled with tears, were accidentally stung by the light. She sniffed and lowered her head and said, "Pei Lanqing, I want to go to the bedroom."
Pei Lanqing kissed her eyes and said, "Right here, okay?"
Lin Qianyuan continued to sniff and nodded, "Okay, but I want to turn off the lights."
"Can't you just leave it off?"
Lin Qianyuan hesitated for a few seconds, then agreed politely, closing his eyes tightly and nodding, "Okay."
The autumn night wind was blowing hard, blowing open a corner of the drawn curtains, and then closing them again, one could glimpse figures of people. The Clivia on the balcony was also swaying in the wind, like water, creating ripples one after another.
Around ten o'clock in the evening, Lin Qianyuan returned to the sofa after taking a shower. He tugged at the hem of his home clothes and spoke in a hoarse voice, "Pei Lanqing, this seems to be wet."
She was staring at the gauze on her right wrist.
Pei Lanqing blew her hair, put away the hair dryer, turned around and sat next to her, "Let me see."
Lin Qianyuan hummed lightly and let him change the dressing on the wound. Her chin rested weakly on his shoulder, and she felt even more tired. He had the same refreshing scent of shower gel as hers, which was indistinguishable and made her feel sleepy again and again.
Pei Lanqing changed the medicine, re-bandaged the wound with gauze, closed the lid of the medicine box, and prepared to get up.
"Lin Qianyuan?" he called her softly.
Lin Qianyuan tried to open her eyes, then rested her chin on his shoulder and said in a hoarse voice, "What are you doing?"
Pei Lanqing smiled and stroked her hair, smoothing it. "Do you want to sleep?"
After he asked this, Lin Qianyuan suddenly remembered why he left the bedroom and said flatly, "No, I want to eat."
"Okay," Pei Lanqing stood up and returned the medicine box to its original place. He quickly heated up a few dishes and put them back on the table.
Lin Qianyuan didn't eat lunch either. He was so greedy for the food that he kept swallowing his saliva. He stayed at the table for a long time before going to the studio.
She had not been in the studio for long when someone knocked on the door again. She opened the door and immediately smelled a familiar scent of Chinese medicine.
Pei Lanqing was worried about dirtying her studio, so she led her people out and walked to the kitchen. "There's sugar next to the bowl."
"Hmm," Lin Qianyuan picked up the bowl, frowned, and drank the medicine in one gulp. She tore open the candy wrapper and threw the candy into her mouth. She looked up and saw the person in front of her looking at her. She also frowned slightly, "Is it very bitter?"
His eyes continued to wander around her face, and if he looked closely, he could see something else, like pity.
Lin Qianyuan suddenly felt that the medicine was not bitter at all, and even a little sweet. She bit the candy in her mouth, pulled him down, and kissed him happily, "No, you try it."
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