Falling tonight

Chapter 109 What I like

"Mr. Mu, let the media suppress the news for now. The boy's life is not in danger for the time being. The crisis here has basically been resolved. The project can continue to operate."

Mu Zhou rested his arms on the window sill, exuding a cold aura, and said in a dark voice, "This matter has been resolved, but the Bai family has not yet resolved it."

It was approaching dusk, and the scenery outside the window was gloomy.

Mu Zhou looked into the distance and was silent for a while.

He turned his head sideways, half of his smooth-lined face hidden in the dim light, "Let's sort out all the Xiyue Group's information. It's time to send it out."

Gao Songqing nodded, "Okay, Mr. Mu."

He couldn't help but spit on him, "We should have dealt with that kid a long time ago. If you hadn't been thinking about the past friendship, the Xiyue Group run by the Bai family would not have been able to survive in Asia City for two years. This time when I go back, I will take over everything." Kill them!"

Mu Zhou looked back at Gao Songqing, his mood unchanged, "This matter should be handled well."

Gao Songqing agreed, turned around and was about to go out, when Mu Zhou called to him.

"Last time I asked you to re-investigate Zhao Rou, what was the result?"

Gao Songqing frowned, "I checked, and the files she left in Asia and medical treatment abroad are the same as what I showed you before. Mr. Mu, do you have any questions about Miss Zhao?"

Mu Zhou turned around and walked up to Gao Songqing with a serious look on his face, "Same?"

Gao Songqing observed Mu Zhou's expression.

After following Mu Zhou for a long time, he could see the suspicion in Mu Zhou's heart at a glance.

"Mr. Mu, I will go back and investigate again this time to see if there are any gaps."

Mu Zhou nodded, "And Li Sijin will also check."

Gao Songqing was stunned for a second, "Okay, Mr. Mu."

He secretly thought, when did Mr. Mu become interested in men?

After dinner, Zhang Xiuying was cleaning the living room.

Zhao Rou was bored, so she returned to her room, opened the floor-to-ceiling windows, sat on a stool on the balcony, and blew in the evening breeze.

She didn't pay much attention to this balcony when she came to Mu Zhou's house before.

Now that the sky was getting dark and the lights were starting to turn on, Zhao Rou discovered that the balcony of Muzhou's room had a particularly good view.

Find tranquility amidst the hustle and bustle. Below the balcony is the quiet back garden, and the dots of lights in the distance are particularly quiet.

Zhao Rou sat comfortably on the chair and scrolled through her phone.

After reading the news in City B, she clicked on the chat box with Li Sijin.

The content of their daily chats was that Li Sijin was concerned about Zhao Rou's condition. Other than that, their contact was not frequent.

Thinking of Xu Xingbao's request, Zhao Rou hesitated for a while and sent a WeChat message, "Si Jin, what type of girl do you like?"

When the news came out, Zhao Rou was a little worried.

They had never talked about this kind of topic before. If she asked this suddenly, he would think she was strange, right?

After a few seconds, Li Sijin called.

Zhao Rou pressed the answer button.

"Xiaorou."

Li Sijin's voice on the other side of the phone was as vague as a piece of candy wrapped in his mouth, "Why...are you asking me this question all of a sudden?"

Zhao Rou was a little embarrassed, but fortunately he couldn't see her hot face through the phone.

"Didn't you go on a blind date with Xu Xingbao? What's your impression of her?"

There was silence on the other side, and Zhao Rou could only hear rapid and heavy breathing.

After a while, a deep burst of laughter suddenly came from the other end of the phone.

What is he laughing at?
Zhao Rou was surprised and waited for his answer.

"Xiaorou, ask me...how do I look at other women?"

Li Sijin's voice was extremely hoarse and his speech was slow, completely different from his usual gentle tone.

"Miss Xu? She's pretty good."

His voice was broken, "The ones my father chose for me were all from reputable families in Asia, and they were all women of similar status. However, when it came to marriage, she was the same as anyone else."

that's it?
Zhao Rou didn't like him saying such things.

If he picks a partner so casually, wouldn't Xu Xingbao be just a tool in his eyes?
She couldn't help but ask, "Don't you want to find someone you like?" As soon as she said this, there was another silence on the other side.

"Ah,"

Li Sijin's voice was full of helplessness and ridicule.

"With my current status, talking about love is so luxurious."

Zhao Rou listened quietly, seemingly troubled by the helpless emotion.

"Xiaorou, I'm very envious, Muzhou, do you know?"

Li Sijin's voice suddenly became muddier than ever before.

Zhao Rou could tell something was wrong with him now.

"What are you doing?"

Zhao Rou's eyelids twitched.

Then, she heard the crisp sound of a bottle breaking on the other end of the phone.

Li Sijin did not answer Zhao Rou, but just said to himself, "I like Xiaorou, you know her, she has been snatched away, I am a step too late."

"No, it's too late, too many years."

Zhao Rou's heart suddenly beat rapidly.

The garden below the balcony, shrouded in darkness, became blurry.

"Li Sijin."

She called his name, the cry in her throat becoming slow and hoarse.

"are you drunk?"

If he was drunk, he really shouldn't ask this question tonight, and he shouldn't answer his phone call.

The current topic seems to have deviated from the original track.

"How could I be drunk, Xiaorou? I'm not drunk, Xiaorou..."

Li Sijin raised his voice, still in a vague tone, accompanied by another sound of glass tapping.

Zhao Rou was sure that he must have been drinking.

There was a lot to drink.

She held the phone in one hand and rubbed her forehead with the other.

"Si Jin," Zhao Rou said, "You should go to bed early and stop drinking."

Zhao Rou pressed the phone button without waiting for Li Sijin's reply.

A gust of cool night wind blew by, diluting Zhao Rou's slightly chaotic thoughts.

Holding the phone and looking at the dark and boundless night scene in front of her, that sentence automatically popped into Zhao Rou's mind.

"The one I like, Xiaorou, you know her, she has been snatched away, I am a step too late."

"No, it's too late, too many years."

From past to present, she and Li Sijin had no other friends in common.

The "she" she knew...

Is that what she meant?

Zhao Rou pursed her lips, and the scenes from the past flashed back in her mind.

I have never been able to find any trace of Li Sijin's thoughts in any frame.

It wasn't until she stood in the night wind for a long time that the cool breeze made her face stiff that Zhao Rou put her thoughts aside and turned around to go back to her room.

In the evening of the next day, the sunset glow made the kitchen wall tiles look a little more beautiful.

Zhang Xiuying was making fish soup, and Zhao Rou was bored and helped in the kitchen.

"Oh, Miss Zhao, this is not the place you should be. You are a spoiled young lady. It will not look good if your hands come into contact with oil smoke or something."

While Zhang Xiuying sprinkled the fish soup with seasonings, she sighed and asked Zhao Rou to go out to the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)