Rust II

The moment the door was pushed open, Lin An's thin figure quietly jumped into sight.

The curtains on the bay window near the bathroom were half closed, leaving only a ray of soft light filtered by tulle projected in through the gap, faintly shining on the TV cabinet and the head of the bed not far from it.

Xu Xinjing stood at the half-open door, looked at the other party's bloodless face in the half-bright light for a while, closed the door gently, and walked slowly towards the same pale hospital bed.

I saw the warm body of the person who was held in his arms more than an hour ago, now lying extremely quietly in a dazzling white quilt.Lin An's eyes were closed tightly, and the dark eyelashes cast a shadow on the pale face, slightly covering up the fatigue under the eyelids.

Xu Xin's gaze was fixed on the other party, starting from the slightly messy but soft hair covering the other party's forehead, slowly moving downstream inch by inch, past the thin shoulders and neck, and passing over the slightly undulating hair. The chest, finally, landed on the gauze-wrapped right hand that was slanted at his side.

He stared at the hand covered with scars for a long time, and the words Hou Weiting said when he just sent the person 40 minutes ago echoed in his ears——

"Give him a glucose injection, this kid, how did it happen, the blood sugar is so low, and he bleeds so much blood suddenly, it's no wonder he doesn't faint." Then he asked him: "Eh? He usually doesn't have this kind of thing What's wrong with me? I mean hypoglycemia or something."

Xu Xin didn't respond, he just froze when he heard the words, his eyes were still only looking at the direction of the debridement room where the door was closed just now, it took seven or eight seconds before he came to his senses, pressing down The voice asked again: "What did you just say about him..."

Hou Weiting had never seen him so distracted, so she couldn't help but turned sideways, looked him over carefully, and replied thoughtfully: "It's okay, I guess it's because I haven't eaten for a long time, and I'm tired. Yes, look at his eyes are black and blue, isn't he sleeping well recently? He was injured, and it's a coincidence that they are all stacked together." After finishing speaking, he glanced at him again, and continued: "If you are worried, After everything is taken care of later, I will take him for a more comprehensive examination later."

Xu Xin's eyes moved, and after a short pause, he nodded.

After Hou Weiting finished speaking, she stared at him for a while, and chatted with him casually after deliberation. It was nothing more than the things that Xu's mother often whispered in her ear: object, marriage, or starting a family.

Xu Xin was uncharacteristically silent, listening without saying a word, but there was no other unnecessary response.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and there was no sound in the slightly dim ward.

Xu Xin's eyes lowered slightly, under Lin An's tall figure was Lin An's emaciation that quickly became prominent in just a few days.

He looked at the man's hand with distinct wrist bones slightly protruding from the cuff without saying a word, and for a moment, something seemed to flash through his deep eyes.

Hou Weiting's summary and description of the reason for the other party's sudden collapse just now could not help but reverberate in his slightly chaotic thoughts at this time.

Exhaustion, fatigue, and even the slightly ridiculous so-called "hunger", these unimaginable and absurd words that appear in a self-disciplined adult and easily destroy them, fall into Xu Xin's ears, but one by one Accurately restored the true meaning behind it——

The inability to eat and worry when faced with a bleak future; the anxiety and panic when being entangled in rumors; and the sleepless nights and tossing and turning when there is no way to ask for help and the verge of collapse.

This scene after scene, which seemed both real and illusory, lingered in Xu Xin's mind one after another, and after a while, it gradually fit closely with the weak and pale face in front of him.

But it failed to bring the slightest satisfaction and pleasure as expected.

In the extreme silence, a trace of memory that should have been uncovered or faded away was suddenly brought back to the front.

It was the same late autumn three years ago as it is now.

At that time, Xu Xin's company was still in the preparatory stage of the cooperation project with City B, and all the trends were still unknown.However, Xu Guang and Li Ping, who had just gained a firm foothold in City B, decided to find a suitable township in the several townships and counties that were newly included in the jurisdiction of City C after private discussions in consideration of the future transit needs. It is intended to be the sub-site of a new pharmaceutical factory to be established in the near future.

After various considerations and multi-faceted investigations, the two finally unanimously decided to locate the branch factory in X County, which has the best development momentum in recent years and also has the best geographical location.

Xu Xin clearly remembered that on the evening when he made an appointment to have dinner with the local Planning and Construction Bureau and other leaders, Xiao Wang happened to park his car at a crossroad near the gate of a certain school on Qinghe Road, County X, on his way to the hotel.At that time, it was the evening rush hour for get off work and school on various road sections, and their car was blocked behind a lot of buses and private cars, and they stopped for more than ten minutes.

So bored, he picked up the C city morning newspaper from the seat beside him that he hadn't finished reading when he went to work that morning, but after reading a few words on the financial page, he suddenly heard the news that he was on the other side of the back seat. On the window glass of the car, there was a very slight knocking sound, and at the same time, a clear human voice sounded outside.

"Sir, may I ask if this briefcase...was left in your car?"

Xiao Wang was startled when he heard the words, turned his head to look at the boss who was sitting obliquely behind, and wanted to open the car window that was only leaking a crack.Unexpectedly, as soon as his left hand touched the lift button above the doorknob, Xu Xin, who had lowered his head and concentrated on watching the news, suddenly stood still and said to the smiling face outside the window: "Don't move."

Xiao Wang was taken aback by the sudden condensed coldness in that tone, he glanced in the rearview mirror cautiously and suspiciously, and made no extra movements.

The young man who asked outside the car waited for a while on the side of the water-tight road. Seeing that there was no response from inside, he bent slightly curiously and moved forward.

So all of a sudden, a face that was still white and handsome after many years, without any warning, moved a little closer to Xu Xin, who was sitting upright and looking like lightning.

The eyes of the two parties meet silently through a glass.

In an instant, it was staggered and taken back by one of the parties.

A few seconds later, Lin An finally straightened his body in this silence without any response, then he habitually pursed the corners of his lips, and spoke softly to the window glass that coldly reflected his own image in a little embarrassment. He said, "Sorry to bother you." Then he turned and left with his bag in his hands.

Xu Xin was sitting in the car, still not making a sound, just following the distant figure with his eyes, watching the thin figure who was no different from his memory cross the road, and then walked towards the intersection at the other end , After another two seconds, he handed over the man's briefcase that he accidentally picked up in his hand to a guard box next to the street lamp. After some communication, he turned back and pointed in the direction of the road section he had just passed.

The afterglow of the setting sun clearly outlined the man's slightly thin figure, and it fell into Xu Xin's eyes that seemed to be frozen.

He looked at the direction of the person without moving a muscle, and 2 minutes later, he saw the thin silhouette bent slightly, as if he was writing something quickly on the blue-bottomed registration board outside the booth. Hou Fu raised his head again and smiled at the traffic policeman who was taking a break from his shift, turned around and returned to the direction he came from.

Xu Xin moved his hand on the newspaper slightly, watching the other party approaching him step by step, then paused, and then made a turn less than ten meters away from him, and walked straight into the A high school named X County No. [-] Middle School.

At the congested and busy intersection, after a lot of directing and clearing, the long traffic flow that was biting each other finally began to loosen.

Xiao Wang glanced at Xu Xin who was still looking in an unknown direction through the rearview mirror, and called him softly, "...Mr. Then he asked tentatively: "...What are we next?"

Xu Xin's eyes lingering on the school gate not far away moved, and after a while, he lowered his eyes and looked at the morning newspaper in his hand again.

After a while, he returned to his usual calm expression, and said in a low voice:

"Go to the hotel."

The dinner in the evening went smoothly. When Li Ping was in charge of economic and trade management in City C, he had done a lot of hard work. By the end of 2000, he had negotiated 5 projects for C City in terms of cooperation with overseas projects. More than [-] million, and this naturally also includes driving and benefiting the development of several surrounding county-level cities and towns.And County X is one of those who got a little bit of this bonus.

It was the first time that the persons in charge sent by the Bureau of Planning and Construction met Xu Xinduo, so the ways and preferences between each other were just hearsay, and they had never really understood each other. Some open and secret inquiries and prying, so as to estimate which step the entertainment project will be able to progress in the future.Everyone was eloquent, and during several exchanges, a few who were used to all kinds of flattery, took the opportunity to brag about Li Pingshang's achievements in City C during the banquet, as if to the former deputy The achievements and honors left by the mayor before he left City C.And in the second half of the praise, it was inevitable that the late Xu Boda was also brought out, and he desperately praised and felt a lot in front of Xu Xin, which was similar to "Without these old revolutionaries, how could we have the peace we have today?" "Days" mandarin clichés and occasional words can be uttered inexhaustibly, resulting in a good table of delicacies from mountains and seas. Halfway through the meal, it turns into a meal of socialist ideological education.

Xu Xin was sitting facing the entrance of the box, facing wave after wave of flattery compliments but kept silent, and occasionally answered a few words, most of which were to raise a glass in return for the wine that had been gathered.

The business had already been discussed within half an hour of the start, and Xu Guang had already called out privately one by one, so Xu Xin came here from the city to have such a meal, and it was more just to be among the crowd. In front of the big and small "Buddhas and Gods", Xu Guang, who was inconvenient to show up, showed his attitude and showed his face.

So the rest of the long night, in desperation, can only be completely reduced to the foil and foreshadowing of the "sensual dog and horse" that will open later.

Xu Xin was seated safely, holding a goblet with his left hand that was idle on the table, holding the cold neck of the cup slightly between the warm index finger and middle finger, leading the bottom of the cup that was attached to the table to move slightly from time to time shaking.

The dark red wine rippled frequently in the bright lights, and the faint aroma of the wine also floated on the tip of the nose.He looked at the glass quietly, and in the midst of the noise, a smiling face that was slightly raised in the sunset on Qinghe Road more than two hours ago suddenly appeared in his mind inappropriately.

Seeing his sudden silence, Secretary Zhang of the Planning Bureau, who was sitting diagonally opposite and on the right, couldn't help but glanced at each other, looked at the untouched dishes on the table with a smile, and then said with a hint Raising his voice, he pretended to chat with several colleagues beside him: "Hey, old Wu, I heard that there are some other performances arranged at the Red Bean Villa tonight?"

Section Chief Wu of the Planning Bureau immediately took over the conversation and said with a smile: "It seems that they have performances on the third floor here every Friday night, usually singing and dancing, but today is a coincidence, it is said It was just in time for the anniversary celebration of the villa, and I invited two little celebrities to join in the fun, hey, it's just from that TV series that Channel C missed a while ago..."

When Section Chief Wu mentioned Channel C, he naturally looked at Xu Xin at the other end, but he didn't expect that the other party still didn't respond. He just stared at the red wine glass in his hand with his eyes slightly lowered.

Section Chief Wu was a little embarrassed at once, coughed a little, called Xu Xin again, winked at the ceiling above his head and asked, "Mr. Don't have to go to work, let's have fun and relax."

Xu Xin still didn't say a word.

Section Chief Wu couldn't help but looked at his surroundings, thinking to himself: Isn't it a good idea?He called him again: "...Mr. Xu?"

Xu Xin finally got out of his thoughts and looked at the people opposite him.

Section Chief Wu heaved a sigh of relief, and quickly smiled again. He wanted to repeat what he said just now, but before he could open his mouth, Xu Xin stood up directly from his seat, and then took the miniature rack next to him and hung it on the hook. With his coat on his arm, he declined with a faint smile, "No, I have something to do after nine o'clock. You guys play."

Secretary Zhang hurriedly stood up, and asked to stay: "Hey Mr. Xu, look at you, it's rare to come to County X, don't rush to leave. No, the big guys haven't talked enough yet."

Unmoved, Xu Xin took a rough look around the audience, smiled again, and replied meaningfully: "No hurry, I will come often after the next year, as long as Secretary Zhang doesn't mind the trouble, we can talk to you." There will be plenty of opportunities in the future." As he spoke, he went forward and shook hands with all the leaders attending the banquet one by one, exchanged a few simple greetings, and left the box amidst the continuous footsteps.

Xiao Wang was quite surprised when he received the notice that he was picking up people at the gate, because according to his past experience, it was impossible for the other party to leave so early in a similar dinner.

At [-]:[-], logically, it should be the time when the wine is intoxicating, ears are hot, and the interest is high. How could you say you want to leave at this point?

Xu Xin quickly walked out of the halo hotel door, opened the door and got into the car with a trace of cold wind that foreshadowed the cold winter.Then he closed his eyes and whispered, "Let's go."

Xiao Wang was taken aback by the sudden instruction from the other party. He had always thought he understood the boss's mind, but at this moment he couldn't help being a little dazed.

Walk?Where are you going?Is it the hotel I booked in advance, or is it still early to rush back to City C overnight?

Xu Xin leaned against the back cushion of the back seat with his eyes slightly closed, and there was still a faint scent of wine on his body from the private room just now.

He seemed to understand the question in Xiao Wang's heart very well at this time, and after a short pause, he received it in vain: "Walk casually."

"...Okay." After receiving the second relatively clear instruction, Xiao Wang immediately responded, started the car and drove back.

In County X in 01, except for repairs on some important main roads, most of the other roads had not yet been expanded in time, so when the car entered a relatively densely populated area, the speed had to be slowed down.

Then a gust of cool wind blows in intermittently but very gently through the window slit specially left by Xiao Wang.

Xu Xin supported his forehead with one hand, closed his eyes and rested for a while in this quiet space, but after a while, a line that was dyed red under the setting sun flashed out from his chaotic and tired mind. On the boulevard, and on that road, a person who appeared without warning, but quickly disappeared from sight and evacuated.

Over and over again, it is like a drunken dream that endlessly rotates and disturbs the tranquility, but cannot be stopped.

So 10 minutes later, Xiao Wang, who had already turned the area closest to the expressway for nearly two and a half laps, suddenly heard an almost raving order from his boss from behind: "...Go to Qinghe Road."

The passing streetlights suddenly stretched in the opposite direction like a rewinding film that had broken free from its shackles.

Fifteen minutes later, the car was parked on Qinghe Road, which had just passed by during the day.

Xu Xin looked at a certain place outside the car window for a while without saying a word, and after tens of seconds, he raised his hand and completely lowered the entire window.

A gust of cold wind suddenly poured in from the suddenly wide-open window, making Xiao Wang, who was sitting in the driver's seat in front, shiver suddenly, and quickly reminded: "Sir, be careful of catching a cold."

Xu Xin ignored it, and just continued to focus on the narrow school gate not far away in an unusually silent manner amidst the slightly wild and biting wind.

I saw that the gloomy scenery in front of me became more three-dimensional and clear without the cover of the glass that blocked me during the day.

The lighting on the side of the road echoes the lights in the guard room at the school gate, illuminating the simple and neat words "X County No. [-] Middle School" on the gate.He stared at the old school plaque without saying a word. After a long time, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and took out a cigarette case from his coat pocket.

A cigarette was immediately caught between the cool fingers, but before it could be lit, a long-lost vague voice suddenly sounded in the ear, as if passing through many broken times, it fell on the ear very vaguely .

"...Brother Xu."

He fixedly stared at the fire that was blown to this side and swayed constantly in the wind, for a long time, he let out a breath slowly, and put all the things in his hands back into his pockets.

Then he lifted up the car window, lightly rushed to the little Wang who was sitting at the front and was secretly observing him, and said, "Go back."

Xiao Wang hurriedly rubbed his cold hands, and agreed, "Hey!" After putting the gear on, he couldn't help asking: "Sir, where are you going back to?"

It really can't be blamed that he performed abnormally twice in a row this night, and he didn't understand the two instructions issued by the boss at all.It was because Xu Xin was too abnormal this night compared to usual. No, maybe it should be said that since the two of them were blocked on this Qinghe Road in the afternoon, the other party's state seemed to have undergone some subtle changes. .

But exactly where the change was, Xiao Wang couldn't tell for a while.

He only knew that in the five or six years since he first came into contact with Xu Xin, the other party has always been a person who seldom externalizes his inner emotions. Manager Xiao Ding will only show rare warmth when he is together, and at other times, most of them can be called courageous and calm, and even because of this extreme rational and calm, sometimes the other party will give people a kind of ruthless or Impressions and illusions of indifference.It would be an exaggeration to say that he has been busy running around with Xu Xinhou for so many years. It can be said that even the most common situations among men, such as borrowing alcohol to relieve their worries or buying drunk to vent their sorrows, have almost never been seen on each other. been.

Therefore, in Xiao Wang's cognition, when such a person does anything, even if he encounters setbacks for a while, his purpose is always clear and unambiguous, and at the same time, he will not easily feel hesitant or entangled because of something, or simply lingering,

But tonight's Xu Xin inexplicably gave people a faint sense of bewilderment, or a sense of hesitation.

From the inability to look back at the young man who saw the bag in the evening, to returning to the road a few minutes ago, staring silently in the same direction.

There are also the eyebrows that were originally stretched but condensed for no reason, and the cigarette that was picked up and put down lightly.All of them show the out of place and unusual hesitation and hesitation in him.

Xiao Wang didn't dare to ask more questions, although the other party's expression immediately returned to indifference and calm after closing the car window again, but he still had the intuition that Xu Xin's mood at the moment should not be considered very happy, so he just looked at Xu Xin silently. He started with the steering wheel in his hand, waiting for the other party's answer.

I don't know how long it took before the familiar deep voice finally resounded in the exceptionally silent compartment.

"Go back to City C."

Xiao Wang immediately turned his head, facing the thick night, all the way to the direction of the highway.

But what was unexpected was that this time, in his eyes, the abnormal performance that was extremely rare on Xu Xin didn't just stop on that seemingly ordinary night.

A month later, the approval from the Health Bureau was officially issued, and the county X sent another invitation, saying that they wanted to conduct further verification and discussion on the relevant details and regulations of the factory.At that time, Xu Xin was running around in City B to lay the groundwork for the cooperation case. It would be too much to rush back before the time agreed by County X, but as soon as the other party learned about Xu Xin's situation, he immediately changed his statement and said It doesn't matter if you don't meet in person, you can also communicate online, or send a management team who knows more about the construction of the factory.

Xiao Wang originally thought that Xu Xin, who was running out of skills at that time, would definitely not go to this dispensable situation of selling dog meat again. Even if he didn't reject it, he would only find another trustworthy company such as Manager Ding went there with such a close friend, but what surprised him was that on the afternoon when the two parties finally decided to have dinner, Xu Xin appeared downstairs in the company without any warning, and randomly searched for He made an excuse to keep Ding Hua behind, and drove to County X with Xiao Wang alone.

So after nearly two hours of driving, the two of them inevitably came to Qinghe Road, which must be passed when going to Hongdou Mountain Villa.

Under the same sunset, it is the same crowded intersection.

And the car was also unsurprisingly, once again forced to temporarily stop at the gate of the No. [-] Middle School in X County.

A large number of students are pouring out of the gate of No. [-] Middle School, accompanied by the ringing of bicycle bells one after another from time to time, and they are chatting enthusiastically with parents waiting outside the gate.

Xu Xin lowered the car window halfway, and his eyes looked out of the car calmly, as if he couldn't bear the car's long stagnation and waiting.

Xiao Wang still just sat quietly in the driver's seat, paying attention to the road ahead, while secretly observing the expression on Xu Xin's face through the central rearview mirror inside the car.

Sure enough, less than 5 minutes later, a slightly familiar figure of a young man suddenly walked out of the gate of X County No. [-] Middle School.

The other party was carrying a generous and simple briefcase on his shoulders. He was obviously very good-natured and popular, just like the one I met when I picked up lost items on the side of the road and asked around. A gentle smile on his face.

Students or parents who knew him constantly greeted him warmly on the side of the road and at the school gate.

"Mr. Lin, see you tomorrow!"

"Mr. Lin, are you coming out for dinner?"

Or "Mr. Lin, do you still have to watch the self-study at night? It's hard work, our children like to be lazy, please help me to read more about memorization and classical Chinese."

One after another, "Ms. Lin" came from all directions, and Xu Xin's sight, also in this greeting after another, was firmly locked on the gentle silhouette who responded to everyone with a smile on, and never moved away.

The traffic soon loosened up, and after a while, the figure that attracted Xu Xin's attention also quickly stepped onto the sidewalk not far ahead, and quietly disappeared at the other end of Qinghe Road after a few seconds.

Xiao Wang turned his face slightly, quickly glanced at Xu Xin behind him with the dim light outside the window, and then called him with a hint of invitation.

Xu Xin didn't respond, just like the last time I met him here, he looked at the place where he left in silence for a while, then stretched out his hand to close the car window again, turned around and closed his eyes as usual.

After experiencing all kinds of "abnormalities" that Xu Xin showed when he was in X County last month, Xiao Wang has been able to deal with the similar situation quite freely now. The gear followed the traffic that gradually began to move forward at a slow speed, and drove all the way to the direction of the hotel.

Three hours later, Xu Xin withdrew from Hongdou Villa early again, and then asked Xiao Wang to drive around, and then turned back along the road to Qinghe Road.

With the previous experience, Xiao Wang automatically parked the car opposite the X County No. [-] Middle School, then silently turned off the engine, and sat in his seat without making a sound.

Xu Xin looked at the school gate not far away, which was illuminated by sporadic lights, for a while, then suddenly opened the car door and got out of the car, leaning against the window and lit a cigarette.

Immediately, a mist rose faintly from between the fingers one after another, drifting under the dimly lit street lamps.The boundless line, like the thoughts entangled in the heart that are difficult to grasp, has not waited to write a complete word under the dark night, it was blown by the sudden wind again, and disappeared without a trace .

Sitting in the car, Xiao Wang couldn't get a glimpse of the expression on Xu Xin's face who was silently turning his back to him at the moment, so he could only make indirect guesses based on the other party's continuous swallowing of clouds and fog.He didn't know who was that young man who had attracted Xu Xin three times in succession, but kept hiding in the dark and never showed up in front of the other party, and he couldn't discern the truth behind Xu Xin's stagnation and hesitation Whether it is sadness, happiness, worry or anger.He only knew that the other party sat back in the car with a blank expression after a cigarette, and then on the way back to City C, he suddenly spoke in a low voice | confessed:

"Go and check this No. [-] Middle School." After a pause, he added: "...don't let other people know."

Xiao Wang suppressed the surprise and doubt in his heart, and immediately responded.

Another week later, Xu Xin's itinerary in City B finally came to an end temporarily, ending his half-month-long business trip.

And Winter officially landed in City C from the day he returned to Bamboo Garden.

In the study, there appeared on time a detailed material about that person that Xiao Wang had prepared.

Xu Xin sat in front of the table, staring silently at the cowhide seal lying peacefully under the light. After a long time, he stretched out his hand and slowly unwrapped the seal.

There are not many things in the paper envelope, except for a piece of paper written information, the rest are all photos about that person taken near or far, or taken during the day or night.

Xu Xin quickly scanned the people in the photo, then put them together, and temporarily closed them on the side of the table with the back facing up. After a short pause, he picked up the person that was pressed under the leather cover. Vivid text information was placed in front of him.

Xiao Wang has always been thoughtful and diligent in his work, and his understanding of the implication of what he explained a week ago is obviously very good. He said he was going to check the school, but in fact, the stack of materials he got in his hand, no matter from pictures to text, among them are really Few of them involved the No. [-] Middle School of X County, and most of the feedback fell on the young teacher surnamed Lin with incomparable accuracy.

Two thin pages, dozens of lines of words, plus a form, easily outline the trajectory of the survey object in the past 9 years in detail.

Xu Xin's eyes moved quickly among these messages, making the words that were originally illusory and unrealistic instantly paint a picture scroll about the details of that person's life in front of his eyes.

Lin An, male.

Born in Qinghe Town, X County in 72, graduated from Qinghe High School (later renamed No. 89 Middle School of X County) in [-], and was admitted to the prestigious X University with the highest score in the county.

Enrolled in September of the same year, took a year off due to illness in 92, returned to school in early 93, graduated in 94, and returned to his hometown in early 95 to work at his alma mater, X County No. 98 Middle School. Therefore, from [-] to now, he has been left in the third year of high school for four consecutive years.

Xu Xin looked at those mechanical and cold summaries word by word, and the old memories related to that person in his mind gradually overlapped with the cold report in front of him.

While moving his eyes, his eyes finally settled on a line of inconspicuous small characters left at the bottom.

Marriage status: None.

He stared at the five words for a while, and after a few minutes, he moved his eyes slightly and turned the page in front of him silently.

The content covered in the second report was very vague, mainly including the other party's daily work and rest habits, and a few pitiful hobbies.

Lin An's work and rest are very regular, and at the same time very monotonous. From what Xiao Wang has learned in the past few days, for so many years, the other party has almost gone out for activities outside of work, such as business trips to hold seminars or Listening to speeches, or social practice activities organized by the school two to three times a year, etc., the state in private can be described as "a pool of stagnant water".

He has been leading the third year of high school year after year, and has been subjected to extraordinary school entrance indicators and pressure. Even on weekends, he is forced to stay in the teaching building in order to watch various self-study.

And this kind of busy state with almost no gaps has dragged down his emotional life repeatedly-after six or seven years, almost all the blind dates or suitors arranged by his mother were in Rejected or repelled under the same reason, it is a job that is too busy to even have a chance to breathe.

At the end of the report, a table containing the specific information of the class the other party has led in recent years, as well as all the courses and teaching activities of this semester, is also listed in the bottom blank space in detail.

Xu Xin carefully read the contents of the form one by one, and after 5 minutes, put the two pieces of paper back on the table.

After a while, he raised his hand and picked up the dozen or so photos of that person stacked aside, and slowly flipped through them one by one.

I saw that the protagonist in the photos was dressed plainly, and seven out of ten photos were dressed in the same style as when I met him in front of the No. At the time, she wore a simple gray coat without any extra decoration.The remaining few pieces were cut from the school’s previous school magazine, and it coincided with the two-day autumn sports meeting held in mid-September of the No. [-] Middle School. I wore a few black or white ones for sports Short-sleeved T-shirt and trousers.

Under the bright sunshine, the other party's exposed skin was as white and shiny as ever, and his whole figure was also the same as when he was in Guolian No. [-] Factory, thin and slender.

Standing by the guardrail of the playground, he sometimes smiled and handed a bottle of water to the students in his class who just got off the field, and sometimes turned his head and said a few words to the colleagues standing beside him, but no matter what the situation was , there is always a gentle smile on his face that cannot be concealed even from a long distance.

Xu Xin stared at the smile without moving, and after a long time, he retracted his slightly dazed gaze, put all the things in his hands back into the paper seals one by one, turned around and locked them in the drawer of the bookcase middle.

In the following half a year, people in the company gradually discovered that Mr. Xu seemed to pay special attention to and cared about the affairs of the pharmaceutical factory in X County. If others have room for maneuver in City C or the arrangement of time, then they will definitely not cheat others.

At the same time, Xiao Wang, who often follows Xu Xin in and out, also found that since the other party told him that he had checked the No. I went to Qinghe Road twice, and sometimes I even stayed in the local area for an extra day or half a day after the business trip. I drove out alone, and drove back alone a few hours later.

Such an inexplicable but extremely firm cycle continued until the winter of the next year before it suddenly stopped.

To be honest, Xiao Wang was a little perplexed and puzzled by Xu Xin's actions and performance.

He originally thought that the person who could attract the boss to spend so much time to investigate and continue to observe personally, no matter what kind of relationship the two are, would definitely trigger the other party's next move after a period of time, but it was unexpected. For more than a year after that, Xu Xin went to County X six or seven times, but all he did was silently follow behind that young man named Lin An, following the trajectory of the other party's activities, silently. I lingered over and over again and again.

Apart from that, there is no other action.

The construction work of the branch factory was quickly implemented. With the support of Xu and Li, the two invisible passes, the various approvals of the pharmaceutical factory were passed in just a few months, and in the spring of 02, the company quickly The construction started, and then in more than a year, it was basically completed before the end of the winter of 03 efficiently and quickly.

But this also meant that Xu Xinye temporarily lost all excuses and reasons to go to County X.

Xu Xin couldn't tell what was the reason for the sudden and vague sense of relief in his heart when he realized this, and naturally he couldn't explain the emptiness and loss hidden behind the sense of relief, or even the meager feeling of relief in his heart. , I don't know the sudden resentment and sullenness that came from it.

Fortunately, the busy work that followed made all this inexplicable that it was about to overflow and get out of control.