Lin Jing's Conspiracy

  With this painful realization, I spent another two days in a state of depression until I received Lin Jing's phone call.

  He said, "Sī Xǐ, I have a favor to ask of you."

  I was quite surprised that Lin would have something to ask of me. The first thing I thought of was whether Yu Tian had gotten into some kind of trouble again, but Lin told me it wasn't that.

  But also not entirely not.

  Because Yu Tian is in the hospital, the contract he discussed halfway in N city has some problems. Only Lin Jing participated in this matter, but it's definitely not convincing for him to continue negotiating alone. Now I'm Yu Tian's assistant, if we go together, it will be much smoother.

  Actually, since Yu Tian's incident, I haven't been to work either. Probably because he's not around, the people in the company have also subconsciously ignored me. Now Lin suddenly says this, and apart from feeling bewildered, I think I should indeed help Yu Tian complete this matter.

  Lin thought I didn't object and told me to hurry up and prepare, we will meet at the airport in two hours. Before I could respond, he hung up the phone.

  I always feel that there must be something fishy inside, but I just can't figure out what it is, so I quickly pack my luggage. When I'm about to leave, I run into Lin Yue who has just returned. We haven't spoken in days, and Lin Yue has been leaving early and returning late every day. Now the two of us are standing face to face, feeling even more awkward.

  After standing for a while, Lin Yue asked expressionlessly, "Where are we going?"

  I dragged a suitcase in, "Going to N city for a few days, something about work."

  "Oh." Lin Yue lowered her head, her eyes suddenly dull and lifeless, like two dead pools of water. "And Yu Tian?"

  "No."

  I wanted to quickly get around him, but Lin Yue just happened to be blocking me.

  "Then I'll take you there."

  "It's okay, you must be busy lately, take a good rest. I'm leaving, goodbye."

  I pushed Lin Yue away a bit and squeezed through the gap between him and the door, it was quite difficult, he intentionally tried to block me.

  "I know," Lin Yue said behind me. "Don't worry, what happened at the hotel that day won't happen again."

  I pretended I didn't hear it and continued walking forward. But in my heart, I was thinking about what he said, whether it was that time when he almost kissed me or something related to Su Lu.

  With a "bang", a heavy door-closing sound came from behind. It's impossible to say that there was no sense of loss at all.

  Half an hour later, I arrived at the airport. Lin saw me and asked for my ID to print out the boarding pass. But I felt that he was acting strangely today. Normally, he's so talkative, but today he seemed to be following Lin Yue's style of being frugal with words. Just now on the phone, it was like he was afraid of saying something wrong.

  As I got on the plane, I finally couldn't help but ask him, "Lin Jing, I think you have an ulterior motive. Tell me now and I promise to leave your corpse intact."

  Lin unexpectedly put our luggage in order, then looked at me with an especially sincere gaze.

  "I guarantee, no conspiracy. Are you still afraid I'll kidnap and sell you?"

  "Really?" I still don't believe it.

  "I swear. I am a man of faith, detached from base tastes. Really, I believe."

  "What about Yu Tian? Has he recovered a bit? How long will it take for him to be discharged from the hospital, and have you found someone to take care of him after I left?"

  "Brother Tian said I'm not allowed to tell you about his business."

  "Oh." I nodded, feeling especially sad inside.

  It wasn't until later that I realized Lin Xiang's "teaching" was actually just sleep. All the way until the plane landed at N city airport, he didn't open his eyes again.