When Zhou Xiaoman and Mu Wen arrived at the small courtyard, what they saw was the padlock on the courtyard door and the iron door covered with spiders. Her heart immediately turned gray. This was not a house where people lived.
Mu Wen stepped forward to check the door lock and found that the lock cylinder was rusty. It was conceivable that Bai Shuang had not come back here.
He was a little depressed. This was the last clue. Apart from that, he didn't know where to look. Some bad thoughts sprouted in his mind. What if Bai Shuang hid and gave birth to the child alone?
If you show up to look for Qiao Ye, it will be troublesome.
Seeing his silence, Zhou Xiaoman understood his disappointment and said with relief: "You wait here, I'll go to the neighbors and ask around, maybe someone knows." However, Bai Shuang didn't seem to have any extra relatives, so she went
There won't be any unnecessary people anywhere who know about it, so I can only ask around and give it a try.
Mu Wen said to her back: "Don't say too much, just ask."
She didn't turn around and replied: "Yes, I know."
Mu Wen walked around the small courtyard. The courtyard did not occupy a large area. There were only two or three rooms inside, all made of red bricks. The window glass was covered with newspapers, so he could not see what was going on inside. This small courtyard was different from other rooms.
Compared with home, it is indeed a bit worse.
After a while, Zhou Xiaoman came back and said disappointedly: "I asked, but no one knew. They said her brother had moved away a few months ago, and they have never come back." There was high humidity in the air, and it was not used, and the lock was rusty.
normal.
As if he had expected such an answer, Mu Wen took her back the same way and said calmly: "Okay, let's go back."
"Just left like that?" Zhou Xiaoman was puzzled. He drove all this way and didn't find anyone, so he turned around and went back?
There was no one in the surrounding alleys, and their modest voices seemed loud in such a quiet afternoon.
He stopped, looked at her sideways, and asked, "What else can I do? This house is covered in ashes. She has never come back, and she will never come back." Since Bai Shuang hasn't come back these days since he disappeared, this place is not the place.
She made a short-term choice.
Zhou Xiaoman had no choice but to follow him and walk back, frowning and saying, "What should we do? How should we find it now?" If she wanted to ask more about Bai Shuang, she really didn't know.
Mu Wen knew that this matter could not be rushed, so he said calmly: "It's okay, I'll go back and find a way."
Zhou Xiaoman saw how indifferent he was at this moment, so he curled his lips and said nothing.
The sunshine at three or four o'clock in the afternoon is no longer strong, but it still reflects sparkling waves when it shines on the ponds around the village. There is a salty smell of sea water in the air, and there are square fish ponds on both sides of the road.
Mu Wenzhan looked around and asked casually: "Has she been familiar with you before?"
Zhou Xiaoman rolled his eyes, twitched the corner of his mouth, and replied: "We are familiar with her, I guess. We are often together, and she is not a bad girl."
After hearing this, he looked at her sideways with a smile and said, "Neither are you." Their status is special, but they are not bad people, and most of them are good girls.
She raised her hand in front of her forehead to protect herself from the sun and chuckled, "I've never seen anyone so complimentary." Her eyes flickered towards him, thrusting into the air and then withdrawing, fleetingly.
When Mu Wen saw her smile, he knew that she would never smile like that in the hotel. He stopped with her for a moment to look at the countryside scenery, and then continued to walk to the car.
When they arrived at the car, the two looked back at the small fishing village together, feeling disappointed. She asked in a low voice: "If you can't find Bai Shuang, how will your boss punish you?"
Mu Wen opened the car door and said nonchalantly: "It's impossible to fire me. He still has a lot of things for me to do." Moreover, Qiao Ye didn't have that much energy to devote to these small and lax problems and people.
If you can't find it, you can't find it, so you can't make one yourself.
Zhou Xiaoman felt relieved and said with a smile: "That's good. If he can't live without you, he won't embarrass you too much."
"Yeah." Mu Wen nodded slightly and sat in the driver's seat, thinking about Qiao Ye's reaction and how to deal with it.
Zhou Xiaoman sat in the passenger seat and looked out through the windshield. There happened to be men returning from fishing. They all came back with a full load, unlike them who caught nothing.
She confirmed again and asked: "Will you drive back now?"
"Yes." He said calmly, fastened his seat belt and looked sideways at her.
Zhou Xiaoman felt a little sorry for him and asked with concern: "Can you do it? I see you are quite tired." His fair and gentle face was covered with a layer of gloom, and he didn't know how long he had been suffering from it.
Mu Wen knew that he was indeed tired, but such a topic had nothing to do with the woman around him. He asked instead, "Can you drive?" But even if she could, he wouldn't trust her to drive the car.
She shook her head, looked at him with her eyes, and said succinctly: "No."
"That's it." Mu Wen inserted the car key into the keyhole under the steering wheel and prepared to start the car.
Zhou Xiaoman took his arm and persuaded: "You should sleep in the car for a while. Refresh yourself and let's drive back. Otherwise, you will feel sleepy as soon as you get on the highway."
Mu Wen hesitated, but agreed, "Okay, you can call me in half an hour." He lowered his hand and adjusted the seat to half-lying, and closed his eyes.
She opened the car window halfway and said with a smile: "Well, sleep peacefully, I can't run away."
When the two drove back to Qinzhou, the city was shrouded in night, and from the hillside entering the city, bustling neon signs and warm lights flashed.
There were many cars heading into the city, and there was a long queue. Zhou Xiaoman yawned and murmured to the driver: "Take me back to the hotel, I have to go to work at night."
Mu Wen saw that she looked obviously sleepy, so she was not suitable for going to work, so he advised her: "It's been a long day of running around, let's rest." After traveling for more than 200 kilometers, she was tired enough whether she was driving or taking a car.
She turned her face to look at him and muttered: "You pay me to take a break?" Today he reminded her that if you want to realize your dream, you have to keep persisting.
He drove the car through the city streets and said calmly: "I told you before, the reward will be paid to you."
She was shaken in her heart, and finally said: "Okay, since I'm not feeling well today, I'll just take a day off." There are only so many days in a month, so it's better to take a rest.
He asked: "Where to eat?"
Zhou Xiaoman has never been a picky eater, so she said: "Whatever, just don't use your hands." She had been driving for a day today and walked a lot. She was really tired.
Mu Wen didn't have any ideas, so he finally said: "Why don't you go to my house? Just order takeout. It tastes pretty good. It won't be a peak period, so you shouldn't have to wait too long." Although she was going to his house, he thought she was
Won't mind.
Zhou Xiaoman smiled and said, "Whatever, as long as you have food and shelter."
"Um."
Another half hour passed, and Mu Wen's car finally stopped in the parking space downstairs of his house. He took her upstairs, and she hugged his shoulders in the elevator, probably because she was not used to the cooler environment outside.
The two of them walked into his apartment one after another. It had a kitchen, a living room, a bedroom, and a bathroom. It was very small and exquisite. There were a lot of scattered clutter on the sofa on the floor. She joked: "Oh, it's not as messy as I thought." She thought he was
I just dress myself up nicely, but the room is a mess.
Mu Wen felt tired, threw down his briefcase, and sat down on the sofa. After taking a few breaths, he said: "I like to keep the house tidy, but I have been too busy recently and I don't even have weekends." When Qiao Ye gave him a two-day weekend, he
Clean it up again.
After being quiet for a while, she looked around the room and asked, "Do you also like to watch TV?"
Mu Wen shook his head, "It's just a decoration, I don't even have time to watch it." She had turned on the TV and leaned forward to find the remote control on the coffee table, her back was in good shape.
Zhou Xiaoman searched for a long time, found the remote control from the pile of magazines, adjusted it for a long time, and finally found the channel she wanted to watch. She revealed: "This is my favorite show, and I especially like Austin."
Mu Wen turned his attention to the TV screen, which showed two men catching a big snake in a damp and dark cave. The man who took the lead was bitten. The cameraman focused on his bleeding hand, which was still stained with mud and water.
The stains are really unbearable to look at.
He couldn't help but asked: "How come there are still girls who like snake-catching programs? Aren't you all afraid of snakes?" Could it be that she is an exception and has no fear of snakes.
Zhou Xiaoman's eyes stayed on the TV screen, not looking at him, and replied: "It's quite exciting, nothing scary."
Mu Wen got up from the sofa, handed her the money and business card, and said, "I'll give you the takeout phone number. You can order whatever you want for me. Call me when you get here. I'll call my boss." For today.
After spending an afternoon with no results, he really didn't know how to tell Qiao Ye.
Zhou Xiaoman took the business card and asked carefully: "Okay, is there anything you don't want to eat?"
He simply said: "I don't like spicy food." As he spoke, he entered the bedroom, leaving her alone outside.
"Oh," she said one word helplessly. She was really out of tune with him, and she was very hot and unhappy.
Mu Wen didn't know what his boss was busy with at this time, so he called the number at home in the villa.
Unexpectedly, Butler Feng replied that Qiao Ye and his wife had not come out for a long time after entering the room, so they could only wait until he came out before reporting. This should mean that Qiao Ye and his wife had reconciled, which was a good thing.
He told Butler Feng to tell Qiao Ye that he had time to report, and then hung up the phone.
She put the information in her briefcase away one by one and thought about her plans for tomorrow. Her voice came from outside, "Yang Muwen, it's time to eat."
He put his cell phone in his pocket and walked out of the bedroom. She was already eating takeaway risotto, and there were still several men catching big snakes in the jungle on the TV.
He frowned and asked, "Are you eating while watching TV?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?" She stared at the TV without looking at him.
Mu Wen had no choice but to lift her portion of rice from the table and sighed: "Oh, you can eat all this." There were the scales of the big snake and the muddy beach, but she could still eat it with gusto.
.
Zhou Xiaoman glanced at him with a smile and said deliberately: "No, you don't have the ability yet."
"Well, indeed not." Mu Wen didn't like the scene on TV, so he took the bowl to the window sill and watched the night view while eating.
Late at night, Mu Wen never waited for a reply from Qiao Ye, so he had to wash his face and go to bed.
When he walked out of the bedroom, Zhou Xiaoman had already fallen asleep on the sofa. He no longer looked like the wealthy man in the hotel. He looked gentle and stubborn. He had to bring her a blanket to cover her.
Looking at the girl in front of him, Mu Wen's heart softened. Perhaps she was innocent, but fate had placed her in such an environment.
He squatted in front of her, and his shallow breathing made her slowly wake up. She glanced at the blanket covering her body and rolled her eyes at him.
"You go to the bedroom and I'll sleep on the sofa."
She said nothing and stretched out her arms to him from under the blanket. Mu Wen was stunned for a moment, then leaned over to pick her up and walked into the bedroom.
Zhou Xiaoman landed on the slightly hard mattress, pulled up the blanket on his body, and looked at Mu Wen standing beside the bed with hazy eyes. Mu Wen looked back at her without saying a word.
She stretched out her hand and pulled his wrist, but she couldn't drag him to the bed. She said displeasedly: "Why are you pretending to be crazy? Let's sleep together." It's not a Korean drama, so why should we keep such a long distance?
He let go of her hand, turned around and took out a quilt from the closet, and said calmly: "No, I sleep on the sofa."
She said angrily: "You think I'm disgusting?"
He turned to look at her and denied: "It doesn't happen, how could it happen?"
Zhou Xiaoman turned over and sat up on the bed, stared at him and said: "Then you don't want to sleep on the same bed with me? It's not not enough for two people. You don't know who I am, so there's nothing we can't do in the same room.
Hypocritical."
He ignored her excitement, put the quilt at the end of the bed, squatted down in the corner by the wall, and said with his hands, "I'll help you put on mosquito-killing tablets. There are still mosquitoes during this period."
She was so angry that he fainted, threw herself back on the bed and lay down on her back, cursing: "Yang Muwen, you are such a hypocrite." Isn't he just a man? She has never seen anything before, why would he hide so far away from her?
Mu Wen put down the anti-mosquito tablets, stood up and looked directly at her and said: "I just want to respect you and give you the best." The sofa is definitely not as good as going to bed, and he can't neglect girls.
She moved forward, grabbed the quilt he took out, and stared up at him. She said righteously: "Come on, you are willing to lie on the same bed with me as a sign of respect for me."
Mu Wen had no choice but to compromise and lie down on the side of the bed.
Zhou Xiaoman lay down with her back to him and said unfairly: "I'm going to save face and suffer the consequences!" She stretched out her hand to put out the lamp and pulled the blanket tightly around herself.
Mu Wen lay down on the bed, feeling much more relaxed all over, and the burden on his sore waist was relieved a lot. He whispered to her: "I woke you up." She was obviously sleepy just now, but now she is completely awake.
.
There was a loud movement and she turned over. She said angrily: "Yes, I'm not sleepy at all now."
Mu Wen sighed softly, "I'm sleepy, go to sleep." He covered himself with a quilt, tiredness rising in his mind.
In the darkness, the two of them were lying with their backs facing each other, and only the faint sound of breathing could be heard.
Zhou Xiaoman lost his sleepiness and called him: "Yang Muwen."
Mu Wen was really sleepy at the moment, and secretly scolded her for being annoying, "Huh?"
"Do you want to do it or not?" She turned over and faced him.
Mu Wen suddenly became furious and said angrily: "Be like yourself and sleep!"
She was happy and asked again: "Should I do it?" She asked a few more times to see if he didn't waver.
"Shut up!" Mu Wen held back his helplessness and quickly recovered the sleepiness that had been dissipated by her interruption.
She laughed heartily in her heart, stretched out her hand under the quilt towards him, just grabbed his arm, and confirmed again: "You really don't want to do it?"
Mu Wen pushed her hand away and threatened, "Shenfan, believe it or not, I will throw you to the sofa in the living room."
She was greatly disappointed and said contemptuously: "Oh, if you don't do it, I won't charge you any money."
"..."
Hearing his silence, she almost burst into laughter and said, "It's fine if you don't do it. I was joking anyway."
"..." Mu Wen was helpless and almost fell into the trap of this little girl. His sleepiness became more and more intense, and he stopped paying attention to her and fell into sleep.