On the third day after delivering the documents, Assistant Xu brought Huo Qinian a key.

He said, "The house is rented in my sister's name, and the original lawyer only signed for one year. The house itself has three bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom, but two of the rooms are not open to the outside..."

Huo Qinian looked at the key quietly for a long time, but said nothing.

He put the key on the bottom of the drawer of the desk, as if he was treating it with caution, but also as if he was keeping it secret.

A week later, Huo Qinian dressed in a suit and returned to work.

He seemed to be the same Huo Qinian as before, except that he was thinner, his expression was colder, he seemed harder to fool, and he was more silent in his spare time...

These changes were not obvious, so it seemed that he was no different from before.

The week he suddenly disappeared seemed like an unplanned business trip or a sudden vacation. After a short derailment, everything seemed to be back to normal.

But Huo Qinian knew that something was different.

Huo Qinian sat in his office, looking at the pile of documents on his desk, and for the first time in his life, he felt a sense of fatigue.

Of course, he knew that his decision was of great importance, and he also knew that many people were waiting for these documents. He should seize the time, after all, time is money...

He understood the truth, but he just couldn't muster the energy. The laziness that he always used to fool the world seemed to have penetrated into his bones this time, and he couldn't get rid of it.

In broad daylight, he actually had a sleepy feeling.

This was very unusual.

Huo Qinian had always been ambitious and had endless energy. He liked to fight against heaven, earth and people, and never admitted defeat. Even the chair under his butt was half snatched from Mr. Huo.

Such a career-oriented person would actually feel tired one day.

Huo Qinian himself couldn't stand himself like this.

Isn't it just... a broken heart?

Isn't it just that she doesn't like him anymore?

Cheer up!

Is this all you have? !

Huo Qinian took a deep breath, forced himself to concentrate on the matters at hand.

Opening the document, the first one was a report on additional investment in the field of smart healthcare. The reason for the additional investment is that the Ji Group is chasing closely behind.

Huo Qinian sneered and actually cheered up.

Could he make Ji Cheng laugh?

Huo Qinian worked efficiently for the whole morning. At lunch time, Assistant Xu brought him lunch considerately. The first thing Huo Qinian thought of when he saw the lunch box was to check his mobile phone.

How strange, he has been divorced for a year, and Su Yunbai stopped reminding him to eat on time a year ago, but now, he seems to have lost the habit again.

In fact, he hasn't received her text messages for a long time.

She has even been blocked for a long time.

Huo Qinian threw away the pen in his hand and suddenly felt uninterested.

That feeling of decadence is coming back again.

Huo Qinian's heart sank, and he forced himself not to be swayed by his emotions.

How can I not be swayed by my emotions?

He thought about his experiences over the past half day, his current mood, and Su Yunbai.

During the week when he didn't come to work, Huo Qinian was not really obsessed with the past and regrets, being a pitiful coward who only knew how to escape.

During the time when he was not paralyzed by alcohol, he seriously thought about his relationship with Su Yunbai for the first time, and it was also the first time he thought about his future without any luck.

Huo Qinian hates being in love, and even today, he still doesn't think there is anything wrong with this idea. He hates himself for not being able to control himself. He doesn't even want to get addicted to smoking, not to mention drinking and being confused because of a broken heart...

He is very clearly aware that he is gradually becoming the person he hates the most.

Intellectually, he should stay away from this mistake and put things right.

Su Yunbai has already shown her attitude. She just left without any regrets.

According to Huo Qinian's usual temper, since she decided to break up with him so decisively, he should have the grace to stop pestering her.

He shouldn't be obsessed with this.

Therefore, he should do as she wishes and break up with her, continue to be his Mr. Huo, and from now on he will go his way and she will go her way.

This is a very smooth decision.

Su Yunbai is right, no one in this world can't survive without anyone else, the earth can still turn without anyone, and no one is so indispensable.

He should try to get out!

Huo Qinian told himself this over and over again.

But reason is one thing, and emotion is another.

He knew he should return to his role. So he came to work on time, forced himself to be calm and composed, and forced himself to be busy with official business.

But why is there always a boundless sense of loneliness in his heart? It follows him everywhere, and it penetrates everywhere. The more he wants to suppress it, the larger the empty space in his heart becomes, so large that it can even control his reason and affect his judgment.

What should he do?

Huo Qinian leaned back in his office chair and sighed.

The second week after Su Yunbai left, Huo Qinian stopped drinking and was busy with official business, but he began to suffer from insomnia frequently.

He couldn't sleep, and could only wander around the empty Lotus Mountain Villa like a midnight ghost.

It was not until then that he clearly realized that the Lotus Hill Villa was too big. How rare that there was a day when he thought his house was too big.

In the silent night, only his footsteps were on the carpet, making a rustling sound. It was empty and cold.

The Lotus Hill Villa was frighteningly empty, and the night in Lotus Hill was equally frighteningly cold.

Standing on the window sill and looking out, he could occasionally see two beams of car lights appearing and disappearing on the winding mountain road. Every time at this time, Huo Qinian couldn't help wondering who was sitting in this late car, and whether someone would light a lamp for him or her at night.

Was she waiting for him like this on those nights when he came back late?

The street lights in the courtyard were still on, illuminating a corner of the villa area. Beyond the range of the lights, tall trees stood in the night like shadows, like people silently looking at him.

Occasionally, the wind blew, making the treetops tremble. These shadows swayed left and right in the wind, baring their fangs and claws in the tail of the lights, showing an unreasonable gloom.

Is she used to such a scene?

Will she be afraid?

Huo Qinian couldn't help but think about it. The more he thought about it, the more sleepless he became.

In the third week after Su Yunbai left, Huo Qinian began to be considerate of his subordinates and took the initiative to take on business trips.

Huo's business is extensive, and the destinations of business trips vary. Huo Qinian stared at the "USA" column, hesitated for a whole morning, and still did not dare to choose.

Since he did not choose the United States, the remaining destinations did not matter.

Huo Qinian began to travel frequently.

The journey was tiring, and the trivial matters were exhausting. He finally fell asleep, but he was always restless. He felt that the bed and pillows in the hotel were too soft or too hard, and the smell in the room was too stuffy...

It was strange, why didn't he have so many problems before?

August 22nd came as scheduled. Huo Qinian returned from a business trip, facing the empty gate of Lianshan, he felt that his footsteps seemed to weigh a thousand pounds.

I don't know when it started, returning to his own home has become a heavy thing.

Not to mention on this day.

He should not have chosen to come back today, today is too special - if the story is always perfect, today should be their wedding anniversary.

Today's Lotus Mountain is so empty and deserted that it is too dazzling.

Huo Qinian couldn't help but drink again. After a glass of wine, before the alcohol rose, his rationality that he had been holding on to was already broken.

The boundless feeling of loneliness came back. It should be said that they have never left.

Huo Qinian finally couldn't bear it anymore, opened the bottom layer of the desk drawer, and took out the key.

He drove straight to the north area of ​​A Garden and opened the door of that room.

This is the second time Huo Qinian has entered this room.

Not every employee is eligible to buy a house in A Garden, and they need to queue up and be approved. When Su Yunbai just returned to China, she rented a house at first. After she got the qualification to buy a house, she came to look at houses and buy a house just in time for his business trip.

She did all the decoration and furniture purchases by herself.

Thinking about it carefully, he is really an incompetent husband.

The last time he came, Huo Qinian and Su Yunbai had a quarrel and parted unpleasantly, and he really didn't take a good look at the layout of the house.

The area of ​​the house is not small, because it is on the first floor and has a small courtyard. The courtyard and the balcony are facing each other, so the whole house is very bright.

There is a dining table outside the kitchen, and outside the dining table is the living room. Inside the living room are three rooms, one large, one medium and one small. The medium-sized room is rented out.

The house had been unoccupied for more than a month, the doors and windows were closed, and there was a special feeling of stuffiness in the air. But a picky person like Huo Qinian felt that all the pores on his body were stretched out as soon as he walked in here.

The public areas had been cleaned up, and there were not many personal belongings. Even so, there were still some things that Huo Qinian was very familiar with. He couldn't even say what these things were, he just felt that everything he saw was pleasing to the eye.

No, there were still some unpleasant places.

The courtyard was obviously once carefully taken care of. But now, the flowers and plants grew wildly, and there was only desolation besides the wildness. The flowers and plants in the garden, a mixture of carefully cultivated and wild ones, constantly reminded Huo Qinian that the owner of this house had been gone for a long time.

The relaxed look on Huo Qinian's face tightened again, and his heart became empty again.

He was lost in thought for a long time, his eyes seemed to have legs, and they were uncontrollably fixed on the closed door. One of the rooms here is Su Yunbai's bedroom, and the other is her study.

Lianshan's house was so clean that she had swept away all traces of her existence with her own hands.

And here, separated by two doors, it was full of her breath and her personal belongings.

Huo Qinian even remembered well how she looked when she left. The handbag she was carrying couldn't even fit a computer.

As we all know, computers cannot be checked in. So, her computer must have been left at home.

In fact, domestic computers and the general voltage in the United States cannot even match each other. She is not short of money, so she must have bought a new computer.

Huo Qinian's heartbeat could not help but speed up slightly.

She disappeared too cleanly in his life, and it seemed futile for him to look for some clues about her preferences. But now, he was only one step away from her defenseless appearance.

Huo Qinian knew that this idea was a bit perverted, but he was almost instinctively curious and eager to act.

If he really wanted to open these two doors, two locks would not be a problem at all.

Don't tell him about privacy, he is not a good person.

After a brief heartbeat, Huo Qinian suppressed his desire to pry into her private life.

When love has become a thing of the past, what can he do if he keeps searching for her preferences and the evidence that she loves him, except to increase his unbearableness and regret?

Huo Qinian sat on the sofa in the living room, lost in thought.