C203 Silent
When the sky began to brighten, I finally couldn't lie down and sat up.
Hai Zhu was startled by my sudden action and turned to look at me.
I flexed my numb limbs and got out of bed. I sat on the sofa, and Hai Zhu got out of bed and sat across from me.
I looked at Hai Zhu's red, swollen eyes in silence. Hai Zhu also looked back at me in silence.
Silence. Silence. If they did not explode out in silence, then they would perish in silence!
I don't know if we're going to burst or perish.
After a long period of silence, what awaited him was neither an explosion nor an end.
Hai Zhu looked at her watch, stood up and said, "Brother, it's time to pack up and go to work."
I sat there, watching Hai Zhu go to the bathroom to change and wash her makeup.
Half an hour later, Hai Zhu packed her things and stood in front of me.
"Mm …" I still sat there.
"Bro —" Hai Zhu called me again.
I stood up and looked at Hai Zhu. Hai Zhu walked closer to me and looked into my eyes. With a pained tone and expression, she said, "You didn't sleep well last night. You should sleep a little longer."
I nodded.
"I know you've been watching me." Hai Zhu lowered her head and said this. Her eyes started to redden again.
I felt a little awkward.
"Hug me —" Hai Zhu looked up again.
Hai Zhu threw herself into my arms, wrapped her arms around my waist, and rested her chin on my shoulder.
"You don't love me —" Hai Zhu's voice was very soft and echoed in my ears.
"Hai Zhu, I …" I started to speak but then stopped.
"Don't say it, don't say it, don't say anything, let me deceive myself for a moment." Hai Zhu said in a pleading tone.
I shut my mouth. Hai Zhu tightly embraced my body just like that, tightly nestling in my embrace …
After a long while, Hai Zhu left my body and stroke her hair. Her expression became calm as she looked at me with a profound gaze: "When did you leave the Ningzhou?"
"After two days of activities here, I'll have to go to the surrounding cities to study for about a week." "No," I said.
"Before you leave, will you still come to Ningzhou?" Hai Zhu said.
"Probably." I said vaguely, "It depends on Boss Qiu's schedule."
"If you are still here before we leave, and if I am free at that time, I would like to …" Hai Zhu's bright eyes looked at me. "I think... "Talk to you."
"Talk?" I looked at Hai Zhu.
"Yes." Hai Zhu said earnestly, "I think, maybe, it's time for us to have a serious talk. Whether it's you or me, or Dong Xue, or anyone else in your heart, I think we need to face the reality and the situation seriously, and we need to have an open and frank conversation. "
I could see that Hai Zhu was serious.
"Don't you think so?" Hai Zhu looked at me.
"Yes!" I nodded seriously.
"When the time comes, if... Perhaps, I will tell you one thing, something that has been accumulating in my heart for quite a few days. " Hai Zhu said, "Alright, I'm leaving now. See you in a few days!"
With that, Hai Zhu left. I stood there in a daze. Before she left, Hai Zhu set up a suspense and sold it to me. What would she tell me in a few days? Was she really going to tell me something, or was it a decoy set up for me to meet her?
I quickly denied the latter. Hai Zhu definitely had something to tell me.
So what is it? I can't think of anything for the time being.
After breakfast, we gathered 200 people and divided them into four groups, divided into four luxurious buses, under the responsibility of a ZhongTian travel agency in the area of Ningzhou, each bus was equipped with a tour guide, the other side attached great importance to our large group, a director of the travel agencies specifically accompanied us, sitting on our bus.
This person in charge is said to be the chairman of Zhongtian Tourism, Hee Ying. She's a young and emotional beauty, about the same age as Qiu Tong and me. She's sitting right next to Qiu Tong in front of me.
Hee Ying seemed to have a good impression of Qiu Tong. While on the road, she chatted warmly with Qiu Tong. From time to time, she would turn around and give me a friendly smile.
I sat in the back, listening to what they were saying from time to time.
In order to receive this group, they had to optimize the original travel schedule. According to the request of the conference organizers, they combined Putuo Mountain and Fenghuokou into a single line, then went to Putuo Mountain today, then went back to Ningzhou in the evening, and went to Xuankou, Jiang's former residence tomorrow.
When I heard that, I couldn't help but to praise their nimble way of doing business. Hee Ying turned around and smiled at me. "There's nothing we can do. This business sometimes has to be tailored according to the customer's needs. It can't be too rigid!"
"Your travel company must have a lot of talented people, right?" "No," I said.
"There isn't a need for more people to be a true manager. One is enough." Hee Ying said, "This business also has the same twenty-eight laws. Twenty percent of people do eighty percent of the work. Many times, personal heroism is indispensable."
"Then Chairman He is this hero!" Qiu Tong said.
Hee Ying shook her head and said, "I can't be considered a real hero. She should be my predecessor. She is also a beautiful female chairman." At this point, Hee Ying's expression was a little dejected, and she had a guilty look on her face.
Qiu Tong and I were both puzzled. This individual private enterprise and its former chairman were both strange.
Seeing our puzzled expression, Hee Ying smiled lightly. "Let's not talk about this anymore. It's another sweet and romantic affair. "However, the previous marketing manager of our company was also a marketing prodigy. His name was Zhang Wei and he was about the same age as you. His performance was quite outstanding. Unfortunately, he left."
At this point, Hee Ying's expression suddenly turned bitter and sour.
Seeing Hee Ying's expression, Qiu Tong and I exchanged a look and didn't ask any further questions.
Instinctively, I seem to feel that there is something between Hee Ying and her former beauty chairman and former marketing manager Zhang Wei.
So we changed the subject and talked about other things, and Hee Ying's expression gradually improved.
After the bus ride, we went on to make fast wheels and soon arrived at Putuo Mountain, the Blessed Buddha Nation.
The four teams were led by four tour guides from Zhongtian Travel, Hee Ying, Qiu Tong and I walked together alone, Hee Ying was interested in serving as a tour guide for both of us.
Putuo Mountain is a small island in the Zhoushan Islands of the East China Sea. It is known as the four famous mountains of Buddhism, together with Jiuhua Mountain, Emei Mountain and Wutai Mountain.
During the tour, the sea mountain fully displayed the natural beauty of the sea and mountains, the mountains are connected, looking even more beautiful and majestic.
I had no interest in Buddhism, just sightseeing and feeling the fresh air and the sea breeze on the island.
Hee Ying took us to visit the three great temples of Putuo Mountain: Putian Zen Temple, Fa Yu Zen Temple and Hui Ji Zen Temple. The explanation was very detailed, and Qiu Tong listened very carefully.
At Qiu Tong's request, Hee Ying brought us to a few other nuns' nunneries. Qiu Tong seemed to be more interested in this place. She had been focusing her gaze on the nuns around us …
"Today's time is limited. We can only say that we're just visiting a random place. If we really want to visit Mount Putuo, we would have to spend a few days here to slowly savor it." At the end of the tour, Hee Ying told us on the yacht back home.
With reluctance, Qiu Tong gazed at the gradually disappearing Blessed Sea Buddha Kingdom and said, "You have to slowly savor it."2
Looking at Qiu Tong's expression and gaze, a thought suddenly flashed through my mind. She couldn't be planning to break out of the mortal world and come here to start a family, right?
As soon as this thought popped into my head, I was startled by it.
After that day's tour, we returned to the Dongqian Lake Resort and went to Fenghuokou tomorrow.
On the way back to dinner, and even after dinner, Qiu Tong did not say much and remained silent. Her eyes carried a sense of loss and absent-mindedness, as if she was thinking about something.
After dinner, I took the initiative to invite her to visit the Ningzhou City. She said that she was tired and wanted to rest early, so she rejected me.
Not feeling tired or sleepy, I sat in my room for a while and decided to go downtown by myself. I wanted to see Lee Shun's baccarat casino.
I first called Qin and got the location of the casino. Qin was eating outside and was going to recycle a loan after his meal. He asked me if I wanted to wait for him to come back, so I said there was no need.
Then, I took a taxi to the city, to Lee Shun's baccarat, I wanted to see what this casino I created looked like.
When we arrived at the Pan Yi community in Yinzhou, I got out of the car. According to Qin's address, I walked along an alley without street lights. I turned and turned, stopping in front of a small building on the second floor that looked ordinary.
There was a courtyard in front of the building. The black metal door was shut tightly, and there was a small door inside. About a dozen meters in front of the house, there were about a dozen cars parked in the empty area.
The surroundings were very quiet. Only a few people in black trench coats were walking around nearby, occasionally looking in my direction.
I lightly knocked twice on the door.
After a while, the gate opened and a head popped out to look at me. It looked me up and down and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
"He's here to play!"
"Wait!" The head looked around again, then closed the iron gate, not letting me in.
After about five minutes, the small metal door opened again, and the head popped out.
I stepped inside and saw that it was a boy with a crew cut.
"Please come with me," the young man said expressionlessly, and went straight inside.
I followed the boy with the crew cut through the yard and into another iron gate.
At this point, I had a clear view of the surrounding area, and it was as if I had drawn out the blueprints in my plan. According to my plan, after passing through this door, I would turn left, walk through a 20 meter long corridor, and then enter a small metal door. After that, I would turn right, walk about 10 meters, and enter a metal door before reaching the casino hall.
The teenager with a flat head didn't turn left, but turned right instead. I hastily reminded him, "Hey, brother, we went the wrong way. We should turn left first."
"That's right, that's how he walked!" The young man said without stopping.
Could it be that he changed routes again? I thought, as I followed the young man around to the right and into a long corridor with no dim light.
After walking for about 20 meters, the corridor came to an end. It was a dead end.
Just as I was about to ask the young man, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at me.
"I said you went wrong!" Just as I said this, the waiting in the corridor suddenly went out. It was pitch black.
Before I could get used to the sight, a door opened in the wall at the end of the corridor, and then, very quickly, something hard and cold pressed against my forehead.
It all happened so suddenly that I was caught off guard and stopped at the muzzle of the gun.
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