overdue lover

"...I don't know who to tell about this kind of thing, but I think I should talk to others and listen to different opinions."

"I don't know how Mr. Floys thinks this matter should be handled?"

Mr. Floys still didn't reply, Ji Qinglin pursed his lips hard, wondering if he was too talkative to be annoying.

Or Mr. Floys was too lazy to deal with such trifles.

This feeling of worrying about gains and losses is very familiar - somewhat similar to the feelings for Gu Yinmo back then.

Ji Qinglin suddenly felt bad, but when he thought about it, it was too late. He found that he had put Mr. Floys in a special position at some point.

I am willing to say anything to him, share any mood with him, and want to be encouraged by him in everything I do.

He seems to be a person living in a parallel world. Ji Qinglin feels that as long as he knows that there is such a person in the world who understands him deeply, it is enough, but sometimes he wants to be a little more greedy, and he can't help but secretly think for Flo. Mr. Yisi secretly delighted in replying to every sentence he gave himself.

Ji Qinglin yearns for a romantic acquaintance that he has never met, but he has to brace himself to face the reality.

He clearly knows that it is wrong to have illusions about an illusory person, but he is willing to do so.

Putting down the phone, Ji Qinglin looked at the person on the hospital bed with closed eyes and sighed, picked up the kettle and walked into the hot water room to fetch water.

When he came out of the hot water room, he saw a familiar figure.

The man was wearing an expensive, well-ironed suit, as if he had just undergone strenuous exercise, his shoulders rose and fell with his breathing, and Ji Qinglin could even hear his heavy breathing.

He was standing at the door looking into the ward.

Ji Qinglin narrowed his eyes, and the first thing he noticed was a few white hairs on Gu Yinmo's trouser legs.

...he has a pet?

Ji Qinglin thought of the past when Gu Yinmo said that pets were not allowed at home, so he immediately denied his thoughts.

He wasn't sure if Gu Yinmo was looking for him, and he didn't want to be affectionate, so he planned to go back to the ward from the other corridor.

He just turned around and didn't take two steps when he heard his name ringing behind him.

"Ji Qinglin!"

The voice was urgent and tense like never before.

Ji Qinglin turned his back to the man and shook the handle of the kettle, trying to give himself some courage, then turned around and said softly, "Gu Yinmo."

Even against the light, Ji Qinglin could clearly see that Gu Yinmo's face was not in a good mood. His hair was a little messy and his face was pale, as if he had suffered some serious blow just now.

Meeting Gu Yinmo's eyes, Gu Yinmo, who was slightly arched, was stunned, opened his mouth, and made no sound.

It was the first time Ji Qinglin saw such a panicked Gu Yinmo.

"What happened?" Ji Qinglin thought through all the bad situations in his mind.

But he really didn't know what could make Gu Yinmo become like this.

Gu Yinmo didn't answer right away, and stood on the spot to stabilize his mind. Finally, he walked slowly in front of Ji Qinglin, and his breath was still unsteady when he spoke: "...I'm here to pick up Dr. Liang."

Ji Qinglin was stunned for a moment, and expressed doubts about Gu Yinmo's lame excuse, but he still followed him and said: "My mother caught the first bus and left, didn't she arrive?"

Gu Yinmo seemed to be aware of the loopholes in the excuse, the embarrassment on his face was obvious, but he still insisted, "Dai Xingruo asked me to come."

Just in case, Ji Qinglin dubiously called Liang Jing.

Sure enough, Liang Jing said that she was busy in the laboratory and had no time to chat with Ji Qinglin, so she asked him to find the attending physician if he had something to do.

Ji Qinglin tilted his head and looked at Gu Yinmo, wondering if he could find any excuses.

Unexpectedly, Gu Yinmo admitted his mistake with a blank face, "I was late."

Please, brother, you are four hours late... Ji Qinglin couldn't laugh or cry.

He knows that Gu Yinmo is not such a person who has no sense of time, and it is enough to embarrass him if he can come up with such an unreliable excuse.

Immediately afterwards, Gu Yinmo gave Ji Qinglin an even more unexpected answer: "...I came to visit the staff on the way."

The smile on Ji Qinglin's face froze, and he looked at Gu Yinmo with the eyes of a rare species, not knowing what disease he was suffering from today.

Since he didn't know what to say, he simply replied "Oh".

The two of them were a little embarrassed standing in the corridor, Ji Qinglin said "I'm going back" to him, and walked around him to the ward.

Before he took two steps, someone grabbed his wrist from behind.

"Is there anything else Mr. Gu needs?" Ji Qinglin's tone was a little anxious.

"No." Gu Yinmo uncharacteristically avoided Ji Qinglin's gaze, retracted his hand, as if he had been burned, and took a step back.

He didn't pursue Ji Qinglin for calling him "Mr. Gu", and he didn't care about Ji Qinglin's impatient tone - the "normal reaction" that was trying to cover up made it appear that he had something to hide.

But he is not such a person who is easily influenced by things, Ji Qinglin really can't think of what stimulated Gu Yinmo.

Ji Qinglin's phone vibrated, indicating that there was news.

Thinking it was Mr. Floys, he picked it up and looked at it.

While Ji Qinglin was looking at his phone, Gu Yinmo suddenly turned around and walked quickly to the stairwell.

Almost at the same time, Ji Qinglin heard several familiar bells.

"……baffling."

Ji Qinglin frowned, looked at Gu Yinmo's back and complained.

Until he returned to the ward, he was still thinking about where he had heard the similar bell sound.

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Sitting in the car, Gu Yinmo felt that the air was unbearably stuffy.

He spread out his palm, and there were a few strangle marks on his palm because he was holding the wooden keychain tightly.

Ji Qinglin probably didn't see this, Gu Yinmo let out a long sigh of relief, put the keychain carefully on the co-pilot, and turned on the air conditioner.

He put his hands on the steering wheel, his forehead against the back of his hands, and the cold wind slowly recalled his reason.

After being quiet for a few seconds, a voice in Gu Yinmo's heart began to desperately accuse him of being so sentimental, and that he should think of an excuse to go to Ji Qinglin again.

Gu Yin agrees with the voice in his heart by default, but he doesn't know what's wrong with him.

Thinking that Ji Qinglin would undertake such a heavy task alone, and thinking that he might pretend to be nonchalant about his background and continue to be a "tool" for Liang Jing's family succession, Gu Yinmo always had the urge to take Ji Qinglin away from his original family.

But the reality does not allow him to act willfully as "Gu Yinmo". Fortunately, he can still be called "Mr. Floys".

He closed his eyes, Ji Qinglin's mobile phone vibrated, and Ji Qinglin's expression of eagerness and surprise when he thought he received the news appeared in the black background.

Are you... in love with Mr. Floys?

Gu Yinmo was so shocked by this question that his chest felt tight, and his heartbeat began to slow down.

He stretched out his hand to Ji Qinglin in his imagination, but he couldn't touch his face. In the darkness, Ji Qinglin and another person walked further and further away.

Instead of guessing alone, it is better to ask directly.

Gu Yinmo clenched his molars, read the message Ji Qinglin sent to "Mr. Floys" again, and then edited out a line.

【Speak】

At this moment, the "reasonable" old Gu made a decision he regretted for the rest of his life hhh

There are two hints in this chapter that correspond to the previous foreshadowing: the white hair and the sound of the bell.

Good night in advance! ! !