The next morning, in the office of the first team of the Qinghe City Investigation Bureau
"My brother looked like he hadn't moved all night."
Lin Mo whispered to Yuan Xue.
"It's not as if, it just didn't move all night."
Yuan Xue quickly figured it out, and a hint of worry flashed across her eyes behind the lenses.
Isn’t one night enough for Chu Zehuai to think?
"So what should we do now?"
Lin Mo looked at Yan Ran who was maintaining his knife at the side.
"I don't know. Just try to do whatever you want to do. I don't know anything anyway."
Yan Ran, who had never experienced love and didn't like watching novels or movies, carried his long sword on his back.
...
...
"I have an appointment with Ye Yu to spar, so I'll leave first."
Anyway, her staying wouldn't help much and would only make the already small office seem even more crowded and noisy.
Yan Ran pushed open the door and walked straight outside. When she saw Zhi, who looked familiar, she reflexively greeted him, "Xiao Bai, good morning."
"Good morning."
Yanran nodded in response, and when he was about to continue walking, he suddenly realized what was happening and his foot froze in the air.
Wait, why is Bai Yu here?
The air suddenly became quiet.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Yan Ran didn't care about his usual cool and calm image, he just ran back, pushed the office door open with force, and quickly returned to his seat.
"You should take care of public facilities. After all, the money for repairing the door was deducted from my salary."
Chu Zehuai was startled back to his senses by the loud noise of the door colliding with the wall. He rubbed his temple and when he looked up again, he saw a figure that shouldn't have appeared at the door.
The golden-orange eyes blinked in disbelief.
Is he hallucinating?
"Xiaoxiaoxiaoxiaobai? Why are you here?"
Lin Mo was so shocked that he dropped his breakfast on the ground.
"Wait, that's not right. Why didn't the security facilities in the bureau send out any warnings?"
The super S-level pollutant [White Rose] descended upon the Qinghe City Investigation Bureau, and as a result, the defense facilities they were so proud of seemed to have misfired?
"Because I came in through the normal means by swiping my card."
Bai Yu shook the ID card in his hand and explained.
He was thinking that if he couldn't get in by swiping his ID card, he could quietly transform himself into a vine and crawl in through the gap in the railing.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Xue did not delete his employee ID card. As soon as he swiped the card, he walked in openly.
The electronic screen at the door also displayed the words "Good morning, Bai Yu" and an electronic smiley face.
As soon as he finished speaking, the whole office fell into silence.
Chu Zehuai looked at Yuan Xue with an indescribable look in his eyes.
No one in the office spoke until a powerful voice interrupted.
"Xiaobai, why haven't I seen you for a long time?"
The old man in charge of cleaning came over with a broom and patted Bai Yu's shoulder hard.
He was originally an awakener, but was seriously injured in a battle in his early years. He was supposed to spend his old age in peace, but he couldn't sit still, so he simply found a cleaning job in the Investigation Bureau.
Bai Yu was a young talent that he had high hopes for. Not only was he handsome, but he was also hardworking and polite. He was simply the ideal successor in a textbook.
"Something happened, so I left for a while."
Bai Yu didn't know what to say for a moment, so he just answered casually.
"Hey, young people should spend more time on their work. You've been away for so long. How are you going to survive in our investigation bureau in the future?"
The old man said with great regret,
"You are still young, so you should do more while you have plenty of energy. Only then will Captain Chu be satisfied."
Bai Yu blinked: "I've been working very hard..."
But Chu Zehuai just wasn't satisfied, what could he do?
"Uncle Li, please stop talking."
Lin Mo's face turned pale and he quickly pulled the old man away from Xiao Bai and covered his mouth.
The scene became quiet again, but it could no longer return to its previous serious state.
"you--"
Chu Zehuai looked at Bai Yu. It took him a long time to calm himself down. He had a lot of things to ask and say, but the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say a single word.
Questioning, doubting, accusing, self-blaming, reflecting, regretting, missing, feeling sad, aggrieved, surprised, shocked...
There were so many things he wanted to say. He paused for a long time, but could only utter one sentence with difficulty:
"What are you doing here?"
"You left your clothes with me."
Bai Yu pointed to the black uniform in his arms and explained.
"No, you keep it."
Chu Zehuai looked away and didn't look at the plant standing at the door.
"Are you angry?"
Bai Yu paused for a moment and asked,
"Why?"
"Forty-five days ago, Coral Island, don't you understand?"
Chu Zehuai's hand hanging by his side broke off a small piece of the edge of the chair.
He was indeed sad.
It was not because of Bai Yu’s so-called inhuman identity, nor was it because of the other party’s monopolization of the Sea Nightmare, nor was it because of the extremely absurd scene in the positive and negative dreams.
What made him sad was that Bai Yu hadn't come to see him for a full forty-five days, let alone give him an explanation or even a word of concern.
“Coral Island....”
With her long silver eyelashes drooping, Bai Qiangwei quickly thought of a point.
"Are you mad because I shot you in the first place? Then how about I stand here and let you shoot back at me?"
Chu Zehuai:......
Others: ...
The atmosphere should be serious and sad, so why does it always develop in strange directions?
"I sometimes feel like there's a tragically thick barrier between us."
Chu Zehuai took a deep breath, dug his nails into his palms, and forced himself to calm down.
Ever since Bai Yu stopped pretending to be a human, his way of thinking, which is something that no normal person would have, has become increasingly obvious.
“Is it the plant cell wall?”
Bai Yu, who had studied biology books, reacted instantly and asked.
In this case, there is indeed a wall between them.
Chu Zehuai didn't know what to say for a moment.
"You don't seem to understand what I'm thinking."
After a long time, Chu Zehuai looked up at Bai Yu and said in a complicated tone.
"Are you thinking about how to kill me?"
One of Bai Yu's important purposes was to clarify this matter. Plants were not like humans who always said vague things, so he just asked directly.
"Clang"
Chu Zehuai knocked the metal pen holder off the table, looked at Bai Yu in disbelief with his golden-orange eyes, and then fell into self-doubt.
Did he do something? Why did Bai Yu have such an idea?
“I never thought of it that way.”
Some dry sentences fell. Chu Zehuai had never thought that there would be such a conversation between them.
Bai Yu said "Oh", "That's fine, I'll leave first then."
If the situation wasn't so bad, there would be no need to push people too hard, and there would be no need to return to the way it was in such a short time.
Shen Rong, who helped him analyze the situation, said that the reason why Chu Zehuai chose to escape was probably because he was too anxious.
Don't be anxious, take your time, and muster the patience you had when you first lurked in the Cult of Light. Once you're sure of the situation, then set up your network little by little.
While thinking about Shen Rong's words, Bai Yu helped pick up the scattered pens on the ground and the pen holder that rolled to his feet, and placed them on the side of Chu Zehuai's desk as usual.
His movements were so skillful and natural, as if he was still the auxiliary member of the first team, or the subordinate and lover of the other team who could write reports, handle bandages, and make honey water.
Chu Zehuai couldn't quite believe it.
Just like he couldn't understand how Bai Yu forcefully kissed him in Linhai City Hospital and could walk out as if nothing had happened, he now couldn't understand how Bai Yu could remain so calm.
"Goodbye, take care of yourself."
Bai Yu was not quite aware of Chu Zehuai's complicated emotions, so he put down the pen holder and turned to leave.
"Wait a moment."
Chu Zehuai reacted and grabbed the silver robe with rose patterns and the emblem of Liuyin City on the plant.
"You're just leaving like that?"
"yes."
Bai Yu nodded and looked at the hand that was tightly grasping his clothes, with veins bulging from grasping too tightly.
"Be gentle."
"Are Liuyin City's clothes better than Qinghe City's uniforms to you?"
Chu Zehuai asked with gritted teeth, it has only been a short time since the other party abandoned Qinghe City and happily moved to Liuyin City, even his clothing style has changed.
He had never seen Bai Yu cherish or protect the uniforms of the Qinghe City Investigation Bureau.
"That's not what I meant. I meant that I had nothing on underneath."
Bai Yu blinked his light green eyes, looked at the misunderstood Chu Zehuai, and explained seriously.
For plants, clothes on their bodies are actually a burden. If they didn't deal with humans frequently, they would actually want to transform into vines and crawl over.
Being able to put on clothes after transforming into a human form is the greatest respect that plants can show to human customs.
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Zehuai froze on the spot, not knowing whether to let go or not to let go of the other person's clothes.
Lin Mo talked to Yuan Xue in a low voice as usual: "I knew their conversation couldn't be serious. Look, it started again."
Yuan Xue quietly glanced at the recorder that was already working: "Yeah, that's it."
The conversation between the two bystanders did not affect Bai Yu. He looked at the stunned Chu Zehuai and felt that he had not said the whole story, so he added:
"If you want to watch it, at least not now. There are so many people watching. Even if I don't mind, I still have to consider your reputation."
"you--"
Chu Zehuai kept saying "you" for a long time but couldn't utter the second word. Visible red spread from the tip of his ear to his neck.
No, why do things always turn out so bizarrely?
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