Gu Nian couldn't smile anymore, and the corners of her mouth narrowed little by little.
Her lips trembled unconsciously.
He was back, why didn't he tell her?
Obviously, she just had a phone call with him.
"When... did he come back?" Gu Nian asked absentmindedly.
Perhaps, when she called him, he hadn't come back yet?
Gu Nian was confused, but then she thought about it, it would take nearly four hours to fly back from Nanshi.
However, when she called him, it was only more than two hours ago.
At that time, since Chu Zhaoyang could answer the phone, he could not be on the plane.
"I'm not sure. Anyway, I just went there and he was already home. It was probably almost six o'clock by then." Chu Tian said.
Gu Nian's heart sank a little bit, but Chu Tian didn't know it.
She thought that Gu Nian was so happy that she was stupid.
"What's wrong? Are you so happy?" Chu Tian said with a smile.
Gu Nian said "Yeah" with difficulty and heard Chu Tian say cheerfully: "Oh, I won't tell you anymore. What if my brother is calling you and you don't receive it? I'll hang up. Bye! "
After hanging up the phone, Gu Nian couldn't describe her mood at this time. She was very disappointed and couldn't get excited no matter what.
She stopped doing sit-ups and clicked on the call history.
The time she called Chu Zhaoyang was 5:20.
In other words, Chu Zhaoyang had clearly come back at that time, and might even have been at home, but he didn't tell her.
Why?
For some reason, Gu Nian felt a little flustered.
Her heart was heavy and she always have a bad feeling.
She lowered her head and held her cell phone. Unknowingly, she was in a daze for nearly an hour.
When she woke up, she wanted to call Chu Zhaoyang to find out why he lied to her.
Yes, but she dare not.
Since he has not told her the truth, she was afraid that if she asks again, will she still be unable to wait for his truth?
She didn't know what she would do if that were the case.
Perhaps, she won't be able to sleep tonight.
But even if she didn't ask and deceived herself, she was still tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep.
***
The same person who couldn't sleep was Chu Zhaoyang.
Although the documents and photos were burned, they were already etched in his mind.
His thoughts were in a mess, and he couldn't calm down and couldn't figure out any clues.
Chu Zhaoyang stayed in the study and did not return to the bedroom.
On the coffee table in front of the sofa, there was a full crystal bottle of whiskey and a large exquisite crystal cup.
Chu Zhaoyang poured a full glass of whiskey, and the whiskey in the crystal bottle was obviously less than one-third.
He took a sip, stood up, went to the desk, and opened the drawer. There were several packs of cigarettes inside.
Chu Zhaoyang took them all out and took a closer look. There were five boxes.
They were all things he threw in a drawer and forgot about after he quit smoking.
They were all brand new and unopened.
The long fingers with clear bones picked up a pack of cigarettes, opened the package, took out a cigarette from the inside, lit it, and took a long puff.
Bleeding out pale smoke, and the slightly strong tobacco smell still lingering in his mouth, took another swig of wine.
He drank in a hurry, finishing a full cup in two gulps. The alcohol came to his head, and he was already a little confused.
Chu Zhaoyang moved slowly, holding a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. He took a few puffs of the cigarette and drank a few sips of wine.
When Nanny Yu came over in the morning, she found that Chu Zhaoyang was not in the bedroom.
She opened the study door and looked, and was startled by the scene in front of her.
Chu Zhaoyang sat on the sofa, staring at the empty air with his red eyes without blinking, without any focus at all.
Looking at Chu Zhaoyang's bloodshot eyes, it looked like he hadn't slept all night.
The wine bottle and glass were lying on the table, and a little wine was spilled. The ground was littered with cigarette butts.
Nanny Yu was really shocked. Ever since she came to work here, she had never seen Chu Zhaoyang so out of control, drunk so much, and smoked so many cigarettes so out of control.
When had his home been so dirty?
Nanny Yu walked in, but Chu Zhaoyang didn't react at all.
With his eyes opened, he looked like he was asleep.
Nanny Yu was really afraid that Chu Zhaoyang was ill.
She walked over cautiously and called anxiously: "Sir?"
Chu Zhaoyang was still sitting there blankly, unresponsive.
The red eyes full of bloodshot eyes were unfocused and unfocused, as if they didn't even hear Nanny Yu come in.
Nanny Yu was really frightened and quickly pushed Chu Zhaoyang's shoulder: "Sir? Sir, what's wrong with you?"
After a long while, Chu Zhaoyang blinked his dry eyes and found that his eyes hurt badly.
He squinted his eyes, enduring the strong dry pain in his eyes, and turned to look at Nanny Yu.
"Sir, what's wrong with you? I... I'll ask Dr. Shi to come over." Nanny Yu said.
"No need." Chu Zhaoyang finally said.
However, because of a night of drinking and smoking, his throat was terribly dry and hoarse.
Hearing him speak, Nanny Yu herself felt a sore throat.
"Sir, you are like this..." Nanny Yu said worriedly.
Chu Zhaoyang stood up: "It's okay."
After saying that, he returned to the bedroom.
He packed himself up mechanically, changed his clothes, and went out.
Nanny Yu saw her and asked hurriedly: "Sir, you don't want breakfast?"
"I won't eat anymore." Chu Zhaoyang said calmly and went out.
Nannt Yu stood still at the door for a long time, with a worried look on her face.
Chu Zhaoyang was like an empty shell now, with no soul inside, and everything was like a walking corpse.
***
On this day, even when Gu Nian was working, Chu Zhaoyang's affairs were always on her mind. There were several times when she was absent-minded.
Even once, Mo Jingsheng scolded her and criticized her.
Gu Nian knew that she couldn't do this anymore.
At noon, she was still worried and called Chu Zhaoyang.
Gu Nian was hiding alone on the rooftop, the cold wind was blowing, and she seemed to be unconscious.
When Chu Zhaoyang picked up the phone, Gu Nian didn't know what to say.
On the other end of the phone, Chu Zhaoyang was also silent and did not speak.
At this moment, Gu Nian completely lost the sweet mood she had every time she called him before.
The rest was just uneasiness.
For a long time, she haven't felt like this when facing Chu Zhaoyang.
"Zhaoyang." Gu Nian called out with difficulty.
Hearing her voice, Chu Zhaoyang was shocked, but still... liked it very much.
He closed his eyes and said with difficulty: "Hm?"
"Are you back? I...miss you very much." Gu Nian said, her eyes were red, and she didn't know whether it was because of discomfort or being blown by the wind.
Chu Zhaoyang sighed slowly and said, "I'm back."
Gu Nian's eyes lit up, and her heart seemed to beat again just because of his simple answer.
"When did you come back?" Gu Nian asked immediately.
Chu Zhaoyang thought that Chu Tian might have said something to her.
His eyelashes lightly covered: "Yesterday evening."
"You...didn't tell me." Gu Nian couldn't hide her disappointment, but she was also happy that Chu Zhaoyang didn't hide it from her.
She thought that she was overthinking it, and there was no change between her and Chu Zhaoyang.
Hence, there was a bit of coquettishness in her tone unconsciously.
Chu Zhaoyang really wanted to go find her right now, hug her, and listen to her act coquettishly with him.
But, he thought of that document and things that had not yet been confirmed.
Chu Zhaoyang closed his eyes, tormented by contradictions in his heart.
He thought that maybe he should calm down before facing her.
The person he least wanted to hurt was Gu Nian.
"Because I'm too busy, I haven't been able to find time to see you recently." Chu Zhaoyang said hoarsely. He paused and said, "There are still a lot of things to finish in Nanshi when I get back."
"Well, it doesn't matter." Gu Nian's heart sank a little again.
She didn't know if she was paranoid, but she always felt like... something happened.
"Chu Zhaoyang." Gu Nian called.
Chu Zhaoyang was startled. Gu Nian had not called him that since the night of her birthday.
"Is there something wrong with you?" Gu Nian asked, was it like before that he encountered something dangerous but didn't tell her.