The ivory tower has no autumn

"I work, you do what you want."

After returning home, Lin Zhiyuan left this sentence and hid in the study. Ji Huaizhi imagined that the job of a writer should be to write stories in front of the computer, or to hold a meeting with the publishing house to discuss publishing matters and follow-up benefits for readers, etc. Well, the fact is of course the same. She recently has a novel that has been printed, and when it is on sale, the film and television company also came to ask for the copyright, so there are many things to deal with.

She walked up and down the room bored, looking here and there, and when she came to the study, she saw that the door was ajar and Lin Zhiyuan's voice came from inside, so she went to the living room to sit.

Looking at the black cigarette case on the coffee table, she glanced at the location of the study, picked it up quietly, and took out a cigarette from it. She put it in her nose and sniffed like a puppy, but she could only smell the tobacco. smell.

It seemed to be no different from ordinary cigarettes. She didn't understand why the peppermint smell would come out when lit.

Suddenly there is a moment of confusion, what are you doing here?

Her family can be said to be a family of policemen, and her ancestors can be traced back to the farthest generation, who were all working in the yamen. It was her turn, the only daughter, who had no desire to be a policeman at all, but was forced by her parents to work in the police station. After graduating, she took the police academy entrance examination. Although her grades were all so-so, she still miraculously graduated and entered the city's police station.

Everyone in the bureau knew how she became a policeman, and she was the only one who got in the criminal investigation team spot that many people failed to get. Of course, those people were dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do about it, because she had a The father who has a good relationship with the chief.

Her father used to be a policeman, but he retired because of a gunshot wound. Now he is in business, but his previous network of relationships is still there, especially after he traded his leg for the chief's life...

The director handed her over to the Criminal Investigation Team [-]. Wang Jue, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team [-], is a proud and arrogant person. What he dislikes the most is someone who abuses her relationship, so since she joined the team, he has targeted her everywhere. Instead of taking her to the scene, let her handle the paperwork at the bureau and basically ignore her existence at all.

But to be honest, Ji Huaizhi was very happy.

The police found nothing about Lin Zhiyuan, but they couldn't bear the fact that the reporter was a famous writer. If she used her public influence to make inappropriate remarks to the police, this would definitely be the result that the police did not want to see, so Wang Jue thought of asking Ji Huaizhi to be responsible, which can not only appease Lin Zhiyuan, but also temporarily throw Ji Huaizhi out of sight. In case something happens, Ji Huaizhi will be blamed.

Thinking of this, Ji Huaizhi burst out laughing unconsciously, and she didn't know what she was laughing at, but Lin Zhiyuan behind her stared at her dark head and evoked a meaningful smile.

"Think of something funny?"

As soon as Lin Zhiyuan spoke, Ji Huaizhi was obviously shocked twice, but she quickly changed her facial expression as if nothing happened, and said, "It's nothing, I just remembered that you just knelt down for others while crying." look."

"So it's so funny?" Lin Zhiyuan reached out to hook the cigarette case while talking, looking at the position of the cigarette case, she paused for a moment, in less than a second, she picked up the cigarette case, from He took out a cigarette, and suddenly thought of something, and put the cigarette back.

Ji Huaizhi watched her act of putting away the cigarette, and said, "If you want to smoke, smoke."

Lin Zhiyuan glanced at the other party, didn't say anything, took out the cigarette again, lit the cigarette butt with the lighter, and as she inhaled and exhaled, the faint mint smell appeared again.

"This is your home, you can do whatever you want, you don't need to change anything because of my presence." Ji Huaizhi opened the floor-to-ceiling window next to the living room, and a gust of cold wind blew into the room, taking away a lot of warmth.

"Those grasses are very sensible, aren't they?" Lin Zhiyuan stood beside her with a cigarette between her fingers, she looked at the weeds on the ground and said, "I've never trimmed them, but they only grow so tall, just the right height."

"For the first time in my life, I heard someone use the word sensible to evaluate weeds."

Ji Huaizhi shrugged, she tilted her head and could just see light goose bumps and red ears on the white neck of the other party, so she closed the French windows and let the remaining smell of smoke linger in the room.

Lin Zhiyuan snuffed out the cigarette butt, looked at the ashes between her fingers, patted it, and said, "Just like the hair on a person's body, your eyebrows will not continue to grow, they will only stop when they grow just right. , it will grow back when you scrape it off next time."

"Even weeds and eyebrows have a sense of proportion these days, really sensible." Following the other party's meaning, Ji Huaizhi was not very interested in weeds and eyebrows, she just wanted to quickly end this strange topic.

Seeing the other party's thoughts, Lin Zhiyuan didn't continue the chat, but instead asked, "Can you cook?"

"Do instant noodles count?"

"Forget it." Lin Zhiyuan didn't express any opinion on Ji Huaizhi's sudden shrewdness, she just went on to say: "But I can cook other things, and we haven't fallen to the point where you have to cook instant noodles for a living."

It was almost time for dinner, Lin Zhiyuan opened the refrigerator door, there were not many ingredients left in it, and he couldn't cook anything delicious, so he dragged Ji Huaizhi to the supermarket.

Ji Huaizhi has a very clear understanding of the task this time, that is, to find the prisoner who threatens her without affecting Lin Zhiyuan's daily life, so if Lin Zhiyuan wants to go to the supermarket, then go, if She wants to go to the amusement park, so she has to go.

When he came to the supermarket, Lin Zhiyuan ran around like a wild horse, and quickly filled up one shopping cart. Ji Huaizhi had no choice but to get the second shopping cart, and used the wild horse with a heavy shopping cart. The car is tied up.

Looking at the back of the other party, Ji Huaizhi supported his head. According to the information, the writer in front of him is 27 years old, even two years older than her. When he came to the supermarket, he was like a seven-year-old child, wanting everything Want to buy anything.

The only difference between her and the seven-year-old is that she has money, while the seven-year-old does not.

"Does coming to the supermarket make you happy?" Pushing the shopping cart, Ji Huaizhi couldn't compare the lively person in front of him with the person who was smoking a lady's cigarette and exuding a sense of decadence all over his body.

"The last time I went to the supermarket with someone else was when I was 15."

"Didn't you come again with anyone else?"

"To be precise, the last time I went to the supermarket was when I was 15 years old."

Ji Huaizhi nodded clearly, the last time she came to the supermarket was with someone else, and it was also the last time she came.

"Online shopping is quite convenient, you don't have to go to the supermarket."

Ji Huaizhi glanced at the strawberries on the shelf. She reached out and picked up a box of the largest ones. She was about to put them into the shopping cart, but saw that there were already four or five boxes of strawberries in the shopping cart. She paused and put the box of strawberries back It was put on the shelf, but Lin Zhiyuan reached out and took down the box of strawberries again, put it in the shopping cart, and put it on top of other strawberry boxes.

"You can never have too much delicious food." Lin Zhiyuan looked at the box of strawberries and silently marked it in his mind.

To be honest, the first day of their acquaintance was so ordinary and boring, more like the past, as if today's experience will be stored after today's end, and they will go through it again when they wake up tomorrow morning.

But what is different from usual is that before today, there was no Lin Zhiyuan in her life, but after today, every day in her life is Lin Zhiyuan.

When Ji Huaizhi parked the car, she caught a glimpse of Lin Zhiyuan looking at the phone, and then said: "Stay in the car for a while and chat."

Ji Huaizhi, who was about to get out of the car, withdrew her hand reaching for the door handle, adjusted the seat, and asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Talk about you, or talk about me." Lin Zhiyuan put his arms on the car door and looked at her with his head on his head.

Ji Huaizhi felt that she had nothing to talk about, not to mention that she was not used to telling others about herself.

"Talk about you."

Lin Zhiyuan raised the corners of his mouth and began to speak to himself.

"Your first impression of me?"

Ji Huaizhi didn't expect that the so-called "talking about you" is talking about you through my mouth, not you talking about yourself.

She thought for a while, and chose a compromise: "Home."

"Well, home..." Lin Zhiyuan pondered, and then said: "Actually, after I received the call, I originally wanted to wear a high-end dress to greet you, but I couldn't help it. I didn’t draw it well, I couldn’t make it, so I can only see you like this.”

Ji Huaizhi probably felt that his brain had crashed.

To be honest, she was a little speechless. What Lin Zhiyuan said sounded like she was trying to tease her, but after hearing it, she didn't feel funny at all, and was even a little embarrassed.

"Well, I can see that it's difficult to make fun of you." Lin Zhiyuan smiled and asked again: "Do you know what the best way to eat strawberries is?"

"Hmm... add condensed milk or chocolate?" It seems that most people eat like this.

"Wrong, add chili sauce."

Ji Huaizhi felt that he couldn't hide his shocked expression no matter what. Strawberries and chili sauce, this is obviously a devil's cuisine.

"I'm just kidding, I'm still a bit particular about eating, I don't eat strange things, the best way to eat strawberries is to dip them in sugar, especially the sour ones, try it next time." Lin Zhiyuan slapped He snapped his fingers, and then began to lower his head to think again.

"Are you talking about these inexplicable things with me now to delay time?" Ji Huaizhi felt that it was a waste of time, really a waste of time.

Lin Zhiyuan tilted his head and said, "It's for delay, but I want you to see the best sunset. In 5 minutes, you will be able to see the most beautiful sunset in the world."

Ji Huaizhi felt a little guilty in his heart, because Lin Zhiyuan was delaying time so that she could watch the sunset.

"You just say it next time, and I will wait with you directly."

Ji Huaizhi opened the car door and got out of the car, walked half a circle around the car, leaned against the side of the passenger seat door, folded his hands on his chest, Lin Zhiyuan rolled down the car window, lay on his head, and the two of them stared at the orange light in the distance together .

Ji Huaizhi didn't know what was so special about the sunset at this moment, it was the same as she had seen countless times before, but since Lin Zhiyuan agreed, she didn't want to say anything to spoil her interest.

Lin Zhiyuan tapped the screen twice, glanced at it, and said, "It's getting late, let's cook!"

Ji Huaizhi looked at the back of her getting out of the car, and always felt that she was a little strange, but she didn't know what was wrong. She glanced at the time, and it was showing 35:[-] in the evening.

Before ending the day, Lin Zhiyuan chose to end with a movie.

Ji Huaizhi was sitting next to Lin Zhiyuan, looking at the dazzling array of big and small movies on her computer. Some of the covers and titles made people feel shy, but Lin Zhiyuan didn't show anything, so of course she had to pretend that she couldn't see it. .

"Will you be embarrassed?" Lin Zhiyuan was still picking out the film intently, moving the mouse back and forth between several covers.

Ji Huaizhi glanced at the place where the mouse stopped, and the nude cover made her move her eyes uncomfortably and said, "As far as ordinary people are concerned, it would be really embarrassing, especially if you read it with others."

Lin Zhiyuan had a sense of joy of having succeeded in a prank. She moved the mouse away from the nude cover and clicked into another movie with a little foreign girl as the cover.

"Don't get me wrong, although there is nothing to criticize for normal people watching these films, after all, this is human nature and instinct, but I only watch them when I need to work, to observe the relationship between the sexes and the same sex. Behavioral skills help me write."

Holding a small pillow in his arms, Ji Huaizhi said with a careless expression on his face: "Actually, you don't need to explain anything. As you said, this is human nature and instinct. There is nothing to criticize. That’s how I look at you in any strange way.”

Lin Zhiyuan pressed the play button, she glanced at the side face of the other party, and raised the corners of her mouth.

"Well, I'm afraid you might misunderstand."

At the end of the movie, Lin Zhiyuan came to his senses. It might be better to say that she was in a daze for two hours and didn't see the plot at all. On the contrary, Ji Huaizhi beside her had already closed her eyes.

She reached out to hook the phone on the table, glanced at all the unread messages and schedule, the next two months will be very busy, Ji Huaizhi's arrival is in time.

Thinking of the strawberries in the refrigerator, she decided to get a box to eat, picked the biggest strawberry in the box, she frowned as soon as she washed one and bit into it.

"It's practical on the outside, but empty on the inside."

Although it is big, it is sour, and it really needs to be dipped in sugar.

Ji Huaizhi woke up in the middle of the night, the TV in front of her was turned off long ago, the sound of light rain came from outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the house was very warm, she was covered with a blanket, and the owner of the blanket was curled up on the small sofa next to her sleep.

With this posture, I will definitely not be able to walk tomorrow.

So she woke up Lin Zhiyuan cruelly, and dragged her into her own room while the other party was in a daze. After the quilt was covered and the door was closed, she also went back to sleep in her own room.

Her room was opposite to Lin Zhiyuan's room, and she couldn't fall asleep when she lay down.

Colleagues all said that Lin Zhiyuan was mentally ill and had persecution delusions, but after getting along with her all day, Lin Zhiyuan was very ordinary and normal, and definitely did not look like she was sick.

I don't know how much time has passed, she felt tired, and she was in a daze. She heard the sound of "dong dong dong" knocking on the glass, and she woke up suddenly. She opened the door lightly and wanted to listen carefully again, but why No sound came out either.

At this moment, Lin Zhiyuan opened the door and came out, with a terrified and helpless expression on her face, she pointed to her room and said, "Someone..."

Ji Huaizhi quickly walked in sideways and turned on the light. The bright fluorescent light made her eyes dizzy. After she got used to it, she looked around and saw nothing. Thinking of the sound of knocking on the glass just now, she pulled Lin Zhi away. The only curtain in Yuan Yuan's room, but seeing a clown-like smiling face reflected on the window, she unconsciously took two steps back.

The rain outside became heavier, and the rain sprayed on the clown's face. The red paint melted away from the rain and then flowed down, forming another scary grimace.

Ji Huaizhi felt that it was absolutely impossible to go out to find someone at this time. She had to wait until tomorrow morning to find the community business to monitor. She took out her mobile phone and took two pictures of the window.

"Did you see anyone?"

Lin Zhiyuan shook his head and answered her: "There are only shadows."

Ji Huaizhi scratched her head. At this moment, she was at a loss. She didn't know how to deal with the situation. Long-term handling of paperwork in the office weakened her ability to respond to crises outside.

When she was still in a daze, it was Lin Zhiyuan who asked first, "I can't sleep in this room alone, can I?"

"Ah."

"Then shall I sleep in your room or you in mine, and sleep together?"

"Come here!"

Ji Huaizhi mechanically cleared a place for his bed, and after Lin Zhiyuan came over with a pillow in his arms, he went to the kitchen and took a knife and put it on the bedside table, then locked the door behind him.

"Go to sleep! Don't get up if there is a sound at night."