Chapter 676 Arrived on time at 5:20
That was indeed a long time. Lu Yuanqiu stared at the crazy old man in front of him and thought that he had been searching for more than ten years, not just an afternoon. He didn't find Miss Luo, but instead found the grown-up Miss Bai.
However, there was obviously no need to explain to the old man, as he perhaps didn't understand. Bai Qingxia turned around and looked at Lu Yuanqiu, who raised his chin and gestured that they should just follow the old man.
"Where are you taking us, sir?"
The two followed the old man obediently, and Lu Yuanqiu asked.
The old man surnamed Wu realized that there was another person. He turned around and looked at Lu Yuanqiu and asked, "Who are you?"
Lu Yuanqiu was stunned. He couldn't think of how to answer for a moment, so he pointed at himself and said, "I... Huangmao."
"Oh, hello, Mr. Huang."
Bai Qingxia lowered her head and sneered. She didn't know what Huangmao meant at first. It was after the incident with Lu Yidong that she learned from Lu Yuanqiu what the word meant.
Unexpectedly, this time Lu Yuanqiu used this word that he hated so much on himself. This inexplicably tickled Bai Qingxia's funny bone, and she couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her smiling mouth.
Seeing her laugh twice in a row, Lu Yuanqiu reached out and poked her waist: "Are you happy to be pushed by a yellow-haired guy?"
Bai Qingxia shrank her waist and snorted softly, then immediately dodged a few steps, turned her head to look at him quietly, and stopped smiling.
The three of them walked through an iron gate and headed towards a factory building.
The old man certainly didn't care about being seen by other people in the company, but Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia did.
After all, they were still wearing intern uniforms and would be considered to have left the organization and were wandering around. They might even be mistaken for being DAOHE undercover agents stealing commercial secrets.
And I guess this old man is a bit conspicuous in the White Rhino Company, and people walking with him must be more noticeable.
"Uncle, the place you are taking us to is not the production workshop, right? Can we enter that place?" Lu Yuanqiu glanced at the white factory shed in front of him and hesitated.
Bai Qingxia stopped tactfully upon hearing this and waited for her man to give the next instruction.
"It's a task given by President Bai, a task... take Miss Luo there at 5pm sharp, take Miss Luo there..." The old man muttered like chanting a mantra, looking like he couldn't communicate normally.
Lu Yuanqiu looked at his watch. It was only one o'clock in the afternoon.
What is the special time at 5pm?
He thought for a moment and said to Bai Qingxia, "If someone sees us, we can just find a reason to say that he brought us here. Let's go over and see if your father left anything for Aunt Luo."
But Lu Yuanqiu also felt a little strange when he said this.
Shouldn't Uncle Bai and Aunt Luo be together? Why did Uncle Bai need to assign an outsider to take Aunt Luo to see something? And judging by the old man's behavior, did Aunt Luo not have the chance to see it in the first place?
After entering the room, Lu Yuanqiu discovered that this was just an internal warehouse of the company. The space was extremely large, and there were black tire marks accumulated on the ground over time.
The temperature around them suddenly became cooler. All that could be seen was the tall iron factory roof and blue shelves filled with square cardboard boxes. The old man led the two of them around the tall shelves for a few minutes, and finally walked to the easternmost corner of the warehouse.
This place is a bit dirty and messy, it seems that few people come here, even the shelves next to it are empty.
There was a white cloth nailed to the wall in the corner. The old man moved something and stepped on it, easily picking off the top nail of the white cloth. The dust on the white cloth fell off, choking Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia, who coughed at the same time and stepped back.
"Is there a secret door here?" Lu Yuanqiu exclaimed.
After the white cloth was put down, a door shape suddenly appeared on the wall behind.
The old man said nothing. He pushed the door open with a creak, and in front of Lu Yuanqiu and the other man appeared...
In front of me...
Is this a dating place???
Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia stood at the door with their eyes wide open.
Inside the door is a space of more than ten square meters, and the walls of the entire space are painted in dreamy colors.
There were sofas and beds inside, the floor was covered with a thick white cashmere blanket, and above the blanket was a solid wooden table, on the table were two high-heeled glasses, two plates of moldy and blackened things, a bottle of red wine, and a burning candle.
There are dried red stains in the goblet. It's not because it was not washed, but because the wine was poured in that year but no one drank it, and now the wine has evaporated.
There was a cabinet against the wall, on which were placed various foreign liquors and an old gramophone. There was a crystal chandelier overhead, and there was also a ventilation fan in the room. Lu Yuanqiu touched the switch at the door, but the light would not turn on. Perhaps the circuit had aged a long time ago.
The old man stood respectfully at the door, with no intention of going in. Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia looked at each other with complicated expressions.
It was as if there had been a carefully arranged date here.
But for some reason, the date did not go on, or rather, the person who was supposed to come did not come.
Lu Yuanqiu and Bai Qingxia walked into the room. Seeing Bai Qingxia taking off her shoes, Lu Yuanqiu also took off his shoes outside.
The carpet was so soft that one could sink deeply into it once stepped on. Lu Yuanqiu looked carefully at the scene inside. Even a man like him couldn't help but sigh that to decorate the room so warmly and romantically, the decorator must have a very gentle and delicate heart.
Bai Qingxia walked in quickly and saw the photos placed on the cabinet. They were all photos of her mother Luo Ran. Some of them were dancing, some were riding horses, some were roller skating, and some were shooting arrows. The women in the photos were either heroic or smiling brightly.
At this time, Lu Yuanqiu saw a bunch of dried flowers next to the sofa.
He squatted down. Unfortunately, the flower broke when touched. However, there was a small card inside. Lu Yuanqiu picked up the card and saw the words written on it in beautiful handwriting:
Happy 8th wedding anniversary!
"Xia Xia."
Lu Yuanqiu shouted.
Bai Qingxia was still looking at the photos on the cabinet. After hearing Lu Yuanqiu's words, she walked over and Lu Yuanqiu handed her the card.
"The eighth anniversary..." Bai Qingxia muttered these three words, but frowned after she finished reading them.
Lu Yuanqiu: "What's wrong?"
Bai Qingxia: "...I was three years old that year."
Lu Yuanqiu didn't react at first, but when he realized it, his expression was stunned.
The accident that happened to Bai Xi happened when Bai Qingxia was three years old. Could it be that it also happened on their wedding anniversary?
Just as the two were silent in the room, the old man standing outside raised his hand and knocked on the door. Lu Yuanqiu and the others turned their heads to look at the door, only to see the old man raised his left hand to look at the non-existent watch on his wrist, and then reminded:
"Ms. Luo, please sit down and wait patiently for 20 minutes. Mr. Bai will arrive on time at 5:20."
"You can listen to some music first. They are all your favorite records. Others will be here soon."
The old man put down the "watch" on his left wrist, pointed to the phonograph on the cabinet with a smile, like an elegant and well-mannered servant, with no trace of his previous madness.
(End of this chapter)
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