no appointment

On the other hand, the relationship between Jing Han and Ruan Mu has been particularly rigid since the past week or so, since he shared everything that night.

To say it was stiff, it would be better to say that both of them were struggling to maintain a superficial peace.

At first, Ruan Mu still insisted on asking Jing Han every day, driving to her door to pick her up in the morning, and asking her out at night with various reasons, but except for the morning, Jing Han basically used various reasons to shirk, and the answers were very different. Consistent: Say she is busy, say she is really tired.

After a week, Ruan Mu seemed to be a little tired, and no longer took the initiative to ask her out. He didn't even insist on driving her to work every morning. There was only a short text message: "Sorry, I have to go directly to see the client in the morning, so I can't I'm sending you off."

And Jing Han didn't reply either.

Strictly speaking, the reason why the relationship between them took such a turn for the worse was because of Jing Han's sudden change of attitude.

There seemed to be a string stretching between the two of them, and neither of them wanted to break it first.It's not that Ruan Mu doesn't know what she's thinking, but she's been enduring it, waiting for the day when she can't take it any longer.

Finally, one evening.

At about 11 o'clock, Jing Han had already changed into her pajamas, and was leaning against the bedside with a book to read. Suddenly, the phone vibrated by the bedside, she turned her head to look, and frowned, "..."

Jing Han didn't seem to want to answer the phone, but after it rang a lot, she still picked it up.

"Are you asleep?" It was Ruan Mu's voice.

"..."

Jing Han took a deep breath and looked down at the book in hand. She actually didn't plan to go to bed so early, but she frowned slightly and replied, "I've already laid down, and I'm going to sleep soon."

Still indifferent.

As if she already had the expectation that the other party would not pester her anymore, Jing Han's eyebrows eased a little.

But the voice of the woman on the other end of the phone stopped, and she said suddenly, "I forgot a piece of clothing, can you let me get it?" She seemed to be afraid that Jing Han would refuse, and her voice suddenly softened, "Sorry, I don't want to disturb your rest, I'm at your door now, take me and leave soon."

Ruan Mu's voice sounded almost pleading.

Jing Han had never heard Ruan Mu lower his attitude to such an extent. All of this was a little strange. She was startled for a while, and then suddenly felt sour in her heart. Said, "Okay, wait a moment."

……

Not long after, Jing Han went downstairs and opened the door for Ruan Mu, "Come in," she whispered.

The tall woman stood at the door. Ruan Mu took off her thin coat before entering the door. She looked a little tired, but she still smiled at Jinghan, "Sorry for disturbing you so late." A polite word.

Jing Han had just walked to the kitchen counter at this time, picked up a cup of warm water and looked back at her, "..." For some reason, she felt very awkward when she thought about Ruan Mu's words repeatedly, as if, as if the two of them shouldn't be like this at all. Same as courtesy.

It's a bit weird to be polite.

After a while, Jing Han just said, "I'll pour you a glass of water."

Ruan Mu looked at the sight she immediately avoided, and smiled, "Thank you."

……

Then, as if they felt guilty, the two talked a little more normally.

While drinking water slowly, Ruan Mu asked about some business matters, "Today I saw that your group... seems to be missing a few people."

"Well," Jing Han didn't look at her, and replied softly, "Machal took an analyst to South Africa, and there are a few people from Barclays, and they won't be back until next week."

Ruan Mu looked at her straight, as if he knew Jing Han's work very well, "Are they going to see the mine?"

Jing Han nodded, but that was all she said, "Hmm..." The cold eyes moved away a little, and then focused on the cup at hand.

Seeing that she was absent-minded all the time, Ruan Mu gently put the cup on the kitchen counter and smiled at her, "Let's go up and find that skirt. I'll go home early, and you should go to bed early."

Jing Han looked up at her and agreed.

……

Then, Ruan Mu went upstairs with Jing Han.

In the master bedroom, the two rummaged through the two large wardrobes for a while, but they couldn't find the skirt Ruan Mu mentioned. Jing Han frowned, and looked carefully at the bottom and end of the bed, but there was nothing there.

About half an hour passed, and the two of them were a little tired from searching.

Ruan Mu sat on her bed tiredly, stroked her forehead, "Forget it, maybe I remembered wrongly,"

Jing Han frowned and looked at her, "I'll look for it on the weekend, if there is any, I'll send it to you."

Ruan Mu pursed his lips and nodded in agreement.

Up to this time, the atmosphere between the two has maintained a strange politeness. After this strange politeness lasted for a while, it suddenly broke because of something Ruan Mu saw.

……

Because Jing Han's cell phone vibrated beside the bed, Ruan Mu glanced over there inadvertently, and saw his name, "..." Before Jing Han could react, she picked up the cell phone.

At this time, Jing Han also seemed to feel that something was wrong. She wanted to get back her mobile phone. When the two were in a stalemate, Ruan Mu held the mobile phone, and her attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.

She looked straight at Jing Han, her voice suddenly became a little colder, "Suet, why can't I watch, tell me what are you afraid of?"

This sentence actually made Jing Han's fingertips stop.

Then, after Ruan Mu took a deep look at her, he looked down at the text message between Jing Han and Shen Qin. It was not long before she drove to Jing Han's house. The two first exchanged work matters. Conversations are within the normal range.

Then Shen Qin said politely: "I'm sorry to disturb your rest."

Jing Han replied: "It's okay, I'm watching stardust, and I may not go to sleep until very late."

Ruan Mu saw this, and then raised his eyes to look at Jing Han, "..." She didn't say anything, but the meaning in her eyes was obvious.

Then, Shen Qin replied, "Are you dating Ruan Mu?"

It obviously took a while for Jing Han to reply: "Why?" She didn't want to answer the question directly at first.

But Shen Qin didn't mind at all and continued to ask: "Everyone says that Ruan Mu has been chasing you for a long time, and that you have a very close relationship recently. I'm just curious."

As for the last sentence, Jing Han's next reply made Ruan Mu look down for a long time: "That is her own business. I have not and will not associate with her. Focus on your own work."

Ruan Mu just kept looking down at the reply, and didn't speak for a while, "..."

The atmosphere was frighteningly cold. It was the first time Jing Han saw the silent woman in front of her. She felt a little uneasy, "Ruan Mu, I didn't mean that."

Ruan Mu raised her charming eyes to look at her, and under the unconcealable coldness in her eyes, the smile on her lips deepened, "I didn't expect you to treat me like that these days, reply goodbye The little girl is quite fast?"

"..."

Jing Han could clearly see the emotion in her eyes, and felt a little uneasy for a moment. She was a little choked by Ruan Mu's words, but insisted on answering in a low voice, "She is my colleague, and the reply is a basic courtesy."

"Basic manners?"

Ruan Mu seemed to find it a little funny, stood up, and stuffed the phone into her palm, "..." She looked straight at Jing Han, her lips curled up, and she spoke directly, "Yes, you are right except me. Everyone else is really polite."

"'That's her own business, I don't have...and won't date her'—really?" She finally mentioned the content of the text message.

"It's been a whole week. Did I make you feel more comfortable when I treated you so carefully?" Ruan Mu's deep eyes looked into Jing Han's eyes, as if he insisted that she look at him.

Jing Han was startled, unable to speak.

"No, you're not comfortable," Ruan Mu looked straight at her, his thin lips curled up, and he replied, "You want me to behave more naturally, so that you don't feel much guilt, am I right? "

"..."

The neglect he had received for more than a week, together with the resentment towards this woman five years ago, burst out all at once.

"You do that every time, really."

The corners of Ruan Mu's lips curled up, and he seemed to be smiling, but Jing Han could feel it, she had never seen Ruan Mu look so angry, "You are still like this after so many years, hot and cold, cold and cold Sudden heat... Is there anything that cannot be said directly?"

"I don't know what you want to do. Sometimes I feel strange. Could it be that I haven't hinted enough?"

"I just want to associate with you, but what are you running away from?" Ruan Mu looked straight at her, thinking of the woman's shrinking behavior over and over again in the past few years, she felt distressed. With a fire.

"If you are willing, then we will be together. If you say no, I will never pester you again. When did this become my own business?"

Ruan Mu looked at her, and the smile on his lips gradually disappeared, "Because I didn't dare, so I just spend time with me indifferently. Does this make you feel particularly safe?"

"I did say that I won't force you, but that's based on your serious thinking. What do you want to do now, are you going to be my gun,, friend?"

"..."

Jing Han finally couldn't listen anymore, she had never been so embarrassed before, "Stop it," she stopped with a trembling voice, her eyes were inexplicably stained red, but in the end, she couldn't find any words to refute, "..."

After a while, she said with red eyes, "I'm sorry, I'm tired."

This excuse was so used that she couldn't stand it anymore, so she turned her eyes away after saying it.

……

And Ruan Mu looked at her and curled his lips in a funny way, "Yes, you are tired."

She bent down to pick up her coat and bag, and after taking a final look at Jing Han, she turned and went downstairs without saying anything, without turning her head before she left.

Jing Han stood there all the time, looking at the empty doorway, she didn't know what was there, but the tip of her nose was a little sore, and the redness around her eyes deepened a bit.