By the time Henry Mitchell had finished treating the injured patients, six hours had slipped away quietly.
At this time, the sky outside was gradually shrouded as if by a black curtain, and night was about to fall.
In the office, Sophie Lawrence had long been gone. Henry Mitchell frowned slightly and raised his hand to dial Sophie Lawrence's number, with a hint of imperceptible eagerness in his voice: "Where are you?"
"I'm home," came Sophie Lawrence's voice from the other end of the phone.
After getting the answer, Henry Mitchell's tightly - furrowed brows slowly relaxed, and he gave a soft "Hmm."
After hanging up the phone, his eyes fell on the somewhat messy documents and files on the desk, and he reached out to tidy them up. While tidying, Henry Mitchell suddenly noticed that the order in which the files were placed had changed. Quite a few non - professional files had been mixed in among those professional materials. Just as he opened a file to re - organize it, a photo suddenly slipped out of the file. Henry Mitchell picked up the photo, and his face instantly turned gloomy. He had studied image processing in college, especially photo - manipulation (P - picture) techniques, so he could tell at a glance that there were signs of composition on the photo. In the blink of an eye, Henry Mitchell threw the photo into the shredder without hesitation. A moment later, the photo was shredded into pieces, as if those false things that attempted to disrupt people's minds had been completely destroyed.
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When Henry Mitchell got home, Sophie Lawrence had already fallen asleep. By the time Sophie Lawrence woke up again, she had already left for the Fire Brigade Station. In this way, for several days in a row, Henry Mitchell and Sophie Lawrence hadn't seen each other while they were both awake. Even if Henry Mitchell had been careless before, at this moment he also noticed something strange about Sophie Lawrence.
On this day, Henry Mitchell deliberately chose an early shift and returned home early. When Sophie Lawrence came back, Henry Mitchell was already sitting quietly at the dining table waiting for her. The moment Sophie Lawrence entered the door, she敏锐地 (keenly) sensed that the atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn, as if a repressive air filled the air. While changing her shoes at the entrance, she gave herself a great deal of psychological preparation in her heart before slowly walking towards the dining table.
After sitting down at the table, Sophie Lawrence said softly, "You didn't really need to wait for me."
"Did you see that photo?" Henry Mitchell asked this question while keeping his eyes tightly fixed on Sophie Lawrence. None of her slightest reactions escaped his eyes. He saw Sophie Lawrence's face suddenly turn pale and already understood everything in his heart.
"That photo was a composite," Henry Mitchell suddenly explained.
Hearing this, Sophie Lawrence couldn't help but be slightly stunned, but an uncontrollable joy welled up in her heart. She quickly lowered her head, her eyes fixed on the food in the bowl, and gave a soft "Oh."
When they went to bed at night, Sophie Lawrence uncharacteristically moved closer to Henry Mitchell. Henry Mitchell didn't avoid her but instead took her into his arms. That night, they both slept extremely soundly.
The next morning, Henry Mitchell drove Sophie Lawrence to the Fire Brigade Station. On this day, all the team members at the Fire Brigade Station noticed that Sophie Lawrence was in an exceptionally good mood. No matter how much the team members frolicked and made a fuss, Sophie Lawrence didn't punish them. After Mark and Frank Richardson noticed this, they made even more of a ruckus, and even the instructor thought it was a bit too much.
"Captain Sophie, you're being too indulgent with them," the instructor said helplessly.
Sophie Lawrence spread her hands and had a relaxed smile on her face: "It's a rare occasion."
At a little after six in the afternoon, Henry Mitchell sent a message saying that he had to work overtime. Sophie Lawrence sent an emoji in reply and then walked to the roadside to wait for a bus. Seeing that the bus hadn't arrived yet, she opened her mobile phone and browsed casually. When she saw someone in her WeChat Moments posting about the trendy cakes in a Bakery Shop in the City Center, Sophie Lawrence suddenly thought that Henry Mitchell liked these things, so she turned around and took a taxi to that Bakery Shop.
When Sophie Lawrence arrived at the Bakery Shop, she found that there was already a long queue inside. She walked into the shop and stood at the end of the queue. Just a few minutes later, someone suddenly tapped her gently on the back. Sophie Lawrence turned around and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.
"Boss Jason Lu is also here to buy cakes?"
Jason Lu waved his mobile phone, on the screen was the chat interface with a cute - girl - avatar: "My sister likes them."
Sophie Lawrence smiled and said with a hint of teasing: "I didn't expect Boss Jason Lu to be such a sister - control."
Jason Lu quickly noticed that Sophie Lawrence was different from before. He straightened his expression, with a faint smile on his lips, and said, "Miss Sophie looks in an extremely good mood today. Is there anything to be happy about?"
Sophie Lawrence was stunned for a moment and was just about to answer when a shrill female voice suddenly came from behind.
"Sophie Lawrence, how could you be so shameless!"