Interrupted by Shen Ruxing and Gu Jibai, Lin Qiao was long gone from the restaurant. Fortunately, he had overheard her room number, so Su Zhengxing wasn’t in a hurry to look for her.
He needed to deal with his recurring strange symptoms more immediately.
Back in his room, Su Zhengxing dialed his psychologist’s number.
“Did you only recently develop these symptoms, or…?”
Su Zhengxing’s post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) hadn’t flared up for many years, but the car accident he witnessed a few months ago triggered those memories, causing his somatization symptoms to relapse. The uncontrollable feeling he felt every time he met Shen Ruxing was exactly after that relapse of somatization symptoms. Su Zhengxing did not believe in ghosts or gods and thought that there was something wrong with his mind.
“It’s been about a month, and it’s been happening more frequently lately.” Su Zhengxing replied.
The psychologist on the other end of the line thought for a moment and asked, “Has anything been causing you a lot of stress lately? Or do you often feel tired? Are you overthinking and having trouble sleeping?”
In the company, the Green Home project had reached a critical stage; it concerned Baitian’s development for the next ten years. Su Zhengxing needed to maintain a high level of focus every day, not daring to relax even for a moment.
Privately… Lin Qiao’s almost direct advances had indeed disrupted his composure…
In the beige armchair of the resort room, Su Zhengxing leaned forward, one hand holding his phone, the other resting on his knee. Behind his clear glasses, his eyes were dark and unfathomable.
“Here’s what you’ll do: come to the hospital for a checkup when you have time. Rest well these next couple of days, don’t think too much, just follow your heart, relax, and keep a good mood.”
After hanging up the phone, Su Zhengxing leaned back on the sofa. He took off his glasses, and his well-defined hands hung down from the cuffs of his impeccably tailored suit.
Outside, the snow was falling heavier and heavier, and the cold wind was howling. Warm light from the room cast circles of light and shadow on the ceiling, and the large French windows reflected his solitary figure.
He suddenly remembered Lin Qiao sitting in his living room, laughing heartily on New Year’s Eve. The light then was warm, warm against his skin; her hand, handing him a red envelope in the snow, wishing him a Happy New Year, was warm too.
Should he follow his heart?
Su Zhengxing thought for a long time, then got up, put on his coat, and went out.
When Lin Qiao heard a knock at the door, she thought that it was Bai Mengying returning. Without any warning, she opened the door and found Su Zhengxing. Her first reaction was to quickly close it!
Su Zhengxing placed a hand on the door, preventing her from closing it.
“What? You think you can just run away after kissing someone?”
Seeing Su Zhengxing’s posture of settling scores, Lin Qiao was filled with regret!
She had finally mustered up the courage to act recklessly, and not only had she lost face because the other party didn’t react at all, but now she was also being confronted by him. What kind of suffering was this!
When you’re under someone’s roof, you have to bow your head. Lin Qiao slid to her knees, pleading, “Mr. Su, I’m guilty, I’m terribly guilty! I was foolish! I was bewitched! I…”
Before Lin Qiao could finish her several hundred words of repentance, Su Zhengxing lifted her chin and manually muted her.
“Alright, come out.”
Su Zhengxing didn’t give her time to refuse, directly leading her to a deserted high platform within the resort.
Lin Qiao had looked at the map of the resort and knew that this was the site of an ancient imperial palace’s observatory.
During the construction of the resort, a glass cover was specially made on the outside of the observatory to protect the ancient building, which would not only prevent the building itself from being weathered, but also would not affect its function of stargazing.
Although it was still indoors, the temperature at the observatory was a bit lower than in the room. Lin Qiao was originally planning to go to bed, but she was unexpectedly dragged out without even having time to put on a coat.
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