Xu Juezhi saw Huo Qinian again nearly two hours later.

Huo Qinian was in a strange state at that time: there was no smile on his face, but he didn't look angry either. It should be said that his whole mood seemed to be shrouded by something, and it was unclear at a glance, only revealing a different kind of apathy.

This is really rare.

Xu Juezhi couldn't help but ask: "What? Didn't the talk go smoothly?"

Huo Qinian was silent for a while and shook his head.

So it was going well?

Then why did he suddenly become so...dull and silent?

Xu Juezhi shook his head.

Huo Qinian suddenly said: "I'll go back first."

He walked out a few steps, turned back, and ordered: "Don't tell your sister that I was here."

After that, he left.

Xu Juezhi felt something was amiss.

What did he mean?

How come Xiaoyu didn't know that Ah Nian had been there?

Xu Juezhi called the foreman over and asked, "What happened in that box over there?"

The foreman was confused: "Nothing happened? The boss had a gathering with his friends and then moved on. He's been gone for about ten minutes, right?"

Xu Juezhi: ...

So Ah Nian watched the whole show secretly without saying a word to anyone? He

didn't look angry after it was over. He

was still so serious...

Xu Juezhi thought about the whole thing carefully and was shocked.

Could Ah Nian have some other thoughts?

For example, he suddenly felt sorry for him?

That would be funny!

Huo Qinian had something on his mind and was driving absent-mindedly. When he came to his senses, he found that his car had already driven towards Lianshan as if it had self-awareness.

Lianshan is Lianshan.

It's his own place, and it won't bother anyone to go back, right?

When the car passed Huanshan Road, Huo Qinian couldn't help but look around.

He remembered if there was a pastry shop here?

Huo Qinian was not really interested in those pastries, and he didn't plan to buy them. He just suddenly realized that there was a pastry shop on Huanshan Road, and he was passing by now and wanted to take a look.

He was afraid that he was driving too fast and missed it, so he subconsciously slowed down the car, and the car behind him couldn't help but honking to urge him.

Huo Qinian didn't care.

If you are brave enough, just hit him and see who will suffer!

He drove at the minimum speed limit in the city, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The Huanshan Road gradually reached the end.

I didn't see any pastry shop?

Huo Qinian frowned, and he was not happy for some reason. After

leaving Huanshan Road, the two-lane road became three-lane road, the traffic was diverted, and the traffic suddenly became calm.

The car behind had been holding back all the way, and now it was a chance to show off. It turned on the turn signal and merged directly to the left road, speeding up to parallel with Huo Qinian's car.

This driver has a bit of a temper. While paralleling, he directly lowered the right window, just to see what kind of idiot the driver on the right was, not driving properly in the middle of the night, and dawdling on the road. Are you

looking for trouble? Isn't this right?

Huo Qinian knew what the driver was thinking with just one glance.

Can he get used to people?

As soon as the man lowered the window, Huo Qinian glanced at him coldly, and without saying a word, he immediately accelerated. The

black sports car made a low humming sound in the night, and in just a blink of an eye, it accelerated beautifully, leaving the car behind far behind.

The driver was so angry that his nose was crooked.

So you dare to drive! Then

why were you so shy before? Just to make the car behind angry?

Huo Qinian was holding back his anger, and drove at the maximum speed limit all the way, and soon arrived in front of the gate of the Huo family in Lianshan.

In addition to the underground garage, there are two parking spaces in front of the Huo family in Lianshan, one on the left and one on the right. Usually, the parking space on the right is parked with Su Yunbai's white sedan. But now, it's empty.

Huo Qinian didn't know what he was thinking. Even though the car was parked, he subconsciously drove forward and finally parked in the parking space on the right.

He got out of the car and stood in front of the gate to take a quick look.

At least the right side was not empty, so he could barely pass by.

Huo Qinian was used to walking on the road from the gate to the main entrance of the house. It was still the same courtyard, and the lights were still there all the way, as if welcoming people home.

The wind in early July should be a bit stuffy, but the scenery on this side of Lotus Mountain is unique, and the wind is clear and cool, very pleasant.

It's just too quiet. Except for the chirping of insects, there seems to be no other sound.

Huo Qinian opened the door of the main house while thinking aimlessly.

This time, what greeted him was no longer the brightly lit living room and a figure walking out of the study door, but only a warm yellow night light above the entrance.

The night was boundless, and the lights were dim.

It was extremely quiet.

Huo Qinian's heart felt empty for no reason.

He stood still for a long time, lowered his head and bent over, took out a pair of black and white slippers from the shoe rack, and while changing into them, he couldn't help showing a look of disgust.

After changing his shoes, he was about to stand up straight, but his eyes couldn't help but pause.

——Why is there another pair of shoes on the shoe rack next to it?

Wedge heels, pointed forefoot, very delicate.

This is clearly a pair of ladies' leather shoes.

He remembered that he didn't have this pair of shoes before.

Huo Qinian himself didn't realize that his heartbeat quickened.

At this moment, he heard a click, like the sound of a door opening.

Huo Qinian suddenly raised his head, his eyes seemed to have self-awareness, and he looked directly at the study on the first floor.

There was no movement in the study on the first floor. There was a light leaking out from the nanny's room in the corner.

Aunt Liu came out from behind the door with sleepy eyes. After seeing Huo Qinian clearly, she couldn't help showing a mixture of surprise and joy on her face: "Sir, you are back?"

Huo Qinian was silent for a while, and asked, "Why are you here?"

His voice was a little hard.

Aunt Liu seemed a little uneasy, but still explained: "I was just about to ask you what you mean. Now that the madam has moved out, there will be no one in the main building at night. I came here to look after the house and keep watch at the same time.

"If the master doesn't need me to keep watch at night, I won't come here in the future. "

Huo Qinian waved his hand, "Forget it, you can come here to stand guard at night in the future.

" "You are not needed here, go and have a rest."

If it was Su Yunbai who appeared here, Aunt Liu would have asked her if she wanted to eat or drink, but when it was Huo Qinian, she really didn't dare to make the decision, of course, whatever he said was the truth.

Aunt Liu turned around and wanted to go back to the house.

But Huo Qinian stopped her.

As he walked towards the living room, he asked casually, "Why is there a pair of shoes here? Did the madam come back?"

Aunt Liu reacted, exclaimed, and said, "Those were left by the madam. Do you remember, sir? The day the madam moved out, she parked the car in the garage. She changed her shoes in the shoe cabinet over there in the garage.

"Later, she left through the front door and took away her indoor shoes.

"It was a mess at the time and I didn't notice it. It was only when we were cleaning the house later that we found her shoes had fallen down..."

Huo Qinian thought carefully and could only remember the heavy rain, the black umbrella, and the back of Su Yunbai who didn't even turn his head.

He really didn't notice what she was wearing at the time.

Aunt Liu said, "These shoes... do you need me to send them to Madam?"

Huo Qinian was silent for a while and said, "Leave it there. Do your own thing. She will come to get it if she needs it.

"Go and have a rest. You are not needed here. "

Auntie Liu then went back to her room in a hurry.

Maybe she was too suspicious. She always felt that her husband was in a bad mood tonight.

But as a housekeeper, if the master was as willing to communicate with others as his wife, it would be okay for her to say a few more words. If he was like her husband, she really couldn't worry too much.

Huo Qinian waited until Auntie Liu closed the door, then walked to the study on the first floor and opened the door.

The Lotus Mountain Villa was very big, but Su Yunbai often lived There are only so many places to move around. The most used rooms are probably this study and the bedroom on the second floor.

Huo Qinian turned on the light in the study.

He doesn't come here often, but he remembers it as a very homely and bright place, as if you can see the sun and green plants all the time, giving people a very soothing feeling.

But this time...

maybe the light was too cold and white, or maybe the newly renovated house was too empty, Huo Qinian actually I feel that the whole study seems cold.

The tall bookshelf is full of books, the original wood tea table, the lush and vigorous potted plants, the clean and tidy desk...

very delicate, very business-like, but without any personal characteristics.

How did he realize that Aunt Liu is so good at cleaning the house?

Huo Qinian came to the bookshelf.

He remembered that Su Yunbai seemed to have taken some books away from here before he left. But now it seems that the bookshelf is densely packed. All of them were filled.

He flipped through them casually, and they were all brand new books.

He could no longer tell which books were originally there and which were added later.

Huo Qinian pursed his lips and walked to the desk and sat down.

This time, he finally felt that Aunt Liu was not considerate enough: he was tall and strong, and when he sat down, his knees almost hit the bottom of the table, and his legs were squeezed in the hole of the table, with almost no place to put them.

——Obviously, Aunt Liu did not adjust the height or the front and back position of the chair.

This is the setting that Su Yunbai is more accustomed to.

Huo Qinian felt the height himself, and couldn't help but curl his lips subtly.

With her height, he didn't know if her legs could still touch the ground if the chair was adjusted so high.

It should be possible, right?

Her legs seemed quite long.

Wait, what does he want to do this?

Huo Qinian couldn't help but frown, feeling that he was simply inexplicable.

Huo Qinian was not very comfortable sitting on this chair, he stretched out his hand to adjust it, but somehow gave up.

Forget it, he didn't come here often anyway, it didn't matter.

Huo Qinian sat on the chair for a while, and couldn't help but turn on the computer.

Speaking of which, it seemed that he started from this computer at that time . In his mind, he saw what Teacher Su was secretly learning.

The computer started up quickly.

Huo Qinian opened the browser.

At this moment, he himself did not realize how focused his eyes were.

In the upper right corner of the browser, there were three small dots, "Historical Records" -

what appeared in front of Huo Qinian was a blank.

It seemed like a silent mockery.

Huo Qinian snorted.

How could he forget that Teacher Su always loved to keep things very clean.

Huo Qinian looked at the blank screen quietly for a long time, then reached out and long-pressed the power button.

The low humming sound of the machine disappeared, and the surroundings were very quiet.

Huo Qinian's mood suddenly became bad.

He got up, turned off the lights, closed the door of the study, walked to the center island, opened a bottle of wine, poured half a glass, and drank it all with his head tilted back.

When he was having his second cup, his phone vibrated -

someone had invited him to dinner.

Huo Qinian was not interested and threw the phone away.

The date was displayed on the phone screen.

Tuesday, July 7, X.

Strangely, when Huo Qinian saw this date, his mind seemed to have automatically started to associate terms. The first thing that popped up was what that stiff Minister Gong said: "Minister Su will be in the office of University A every Monday morning and Wednesday afternoon." Speaking of which,

he had originally planned to talk to Minister Su today.

Then he would change it to tomorrow.

He left work half an hour earlier and went to University A...

so that Vice President Zhang wouldn't have to ask him to "be courteous to the wise and humble to the humble" every day, which was annoying.

Huh? This wine seems to taste good?

Why didn't I notice it before?