Chapter 186

After leaving the welfare home, Li Qingyao dragged his tired body back to Chaoyang Home. It was already ten o'clock in the evening.

When she got downstairs, she let out a long breath, raised her head, and subconsciously looked towards the window of Chen Pu's house first - just like she did every day when she came home.

Of course it was pitch dark.

She reached for the key in her pocket, and skillfully felt the extra piece based on the outline. She felt an urge to go to his house.

I don’t know what to do up there.

As she went upstairs, she texted Chen Pu: [I've finished my tea, I'll go to your house to get some.] This was of course an excuse.

Chen Pu replied quickly this time: [You don’t need to send me a message specifically about this kind of thing.]

Li Qingyao smiled, took out the key to open the door, turned on the light, and the room was cold and silent. She kicked off her sneakers and saw the brand new pair of women's red slippers on the shoe cabinet, placed in a very conspicuous position, next to a pair of men's black slippers.

She didn't know when this guy bought it secretly, or who asked him to put it at home. Clearly, he didn't have it that morning when he was away on a business trip, and she was wearing men's slippers.

Li Qingyao's originally depressed mood improved a little. He put on the slippers, which fit his feet very well and were very soft.

There was nothing to see in the house. It was just the way it was before Chen Pu left. An old house with simple furniture and a spacious space. Li Qingyao lay down on the sofa and stared at the ceiling for a while. Suddenly, she remembered that on the morning of his departure, he was sitting on the sofa, holding her on his lap and kissing her. His hands seemed to always be warm, and his chest was always hard. Everything was just like yesterday.

Li Qingyao got up quickly, walked out of the living room and came to the balcony. The night was dark, and countless similar old buildings stood around, forming the Chaoyang home that had trapped her brother and Chen Pu for seven years. She counted her own window in the darkness, and there was nothing in it. She turned back to the house.

Just as I walked back, my phone rang. It was a video call from Chen Pu.

Although he had set three rules with her before he went on a business trip, and claimed that he would video chat with her every day, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny. After a few days on the business trip, the two of them only occasionally called each other, and hung up after a few words. He never had time to make a video call. Today was the first time.

Li Qingyao immediately threw his phone on the sofa, letting it ring, and rushed to the bathroom at a crazy speed. He combed his hair in front of the mirror, and felt that his face was a little greasy from running around all day. He quickly wiped his face with water and rushed back to the living room before picking up the phone. With a change of mind, he lay on the sofa and raised the phone above his head at a 45-degree angle. While answering the call, he turned on the built-in beauty mode, and a smaller, whiter and smoother face appeared on the screen, with no trace of disguise.

Chen Pu on the other side actually looked quite healthy.

He was wearing a black jacket, with straight shoulders and not a single wrinkle. His hair was neat and his face looked clean, maintaining 90% of his usual handsomeness. From the background, he was sitting on an old dark red velvet sofa with blinds behind him, a bit like a particularly simple old hotel.

So the people on both ends of the phone were very satisfied with what they saw, and their hearts "banged" at the same time - although five minutes ago, Li Qingyao was still wandering around Chen Pu's house with a tired zombie-like step and a sad face; and Chen Pu had just thrown his coat covered with mud and spider silk in the bathroom, with a black face.

They both looked at each other for a few seconds without saying anything.

Chen Puxian smiled and asked, "Is it comfortable to lie down at home?"

"good."

"Then don't go back tonight. My mattress is very comfortable and you can sleep better."

"No, it's too much trouble."

Chen Pu didn't care. He stared at her face and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"have eaten."

"What to eat?"

"The fried noodles I ate with Little Bear near the welfare home."

"Little Bear?"

"Xia Yongze said this is his nickname, so I can call him that."

Chen Pu made a "tsk" sound, but he couldn't stand Xia Yongze's jealousy and didn't say anything sarcastic.

"have you eaten?"

On the table, behind Chen Pu's phone, there was a box of unopened food, but he said, "I ate it."

Fang Kai, who was in the same room with him and leaning on the bed looking at his phone, laughed.

Li Qingyao: "Who lives in the same room with you?"

"Fang Kai, it's okay."

Li Qingyao was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Is your side progressing smoothly?"

Chen Pu shook his head. "Those two guys are good at hiding. Guizhou Province is a large mountainous area, and the roads are very difficult to travel. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, our encirclement is shrinking. As for Xiang Siling, I don't know where she is hiding. The surveillance cameras on the road have not captured her."

Li Qingyao didn't ask about work anymore. She felt tired if she asked again. She also stared at the person on the screen carefully, shook her head and said, "You've become thinner and darker. If you continue like this, I will dislike you."

Fang Kai tried hard not to laugh and kept his face straight.

Chen Pu glared at him and said, "Wait a minute." He quickly stood up, took out the headphones from his bag and put them on, turning off the loudspeaker. Then he lowered his voice and said, "Why are you so picky? It's obviously not black."

But in the same room, how quiet could his voice be? Fang Kai stood up suddenly, exclaimed, opened the door and went out.

Chen Pu immediately took off his headphones and said, "Fang Kai is gone, you can say whatever you want to say."

Li Qingyao: "I don't have anything to say."

Chen Pu smiled, and leaned back on the sofa, one arm resting on it. Even when he smiled, the lines on his face were simple and sharp, and his eyebrows were always dark and steep.

"I have read the daily work report. You have done a great job during this period. Every step you take is decisive, effective and sophisticated. Is Lao Ding very satisfied?"

Li Qingyao was praised by the whole team by Ding Guoqiang yesterday. But she just said, "It's OK."

Chen Pu stopped talking, his eyes seemed to have substance, as if he had stared at her with such serious and deep eyes every night after they confessed their feelings. Gradually, Li Qingyao lowered her eyes, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Her eyelashes drooped, covering her eyes. Chen Pu could only see a faint light of water, and was not sure. But she rarely looked so depressed, even though she did not say a word. Chen Pu only felt that his heart in his chest was gently grasped by an invisible hand, and he felt suffocated. He wanted to comfort her, but he knew very well that any words would be powerless in the face of the huge pressure and panic she faced. Not to mention her, every time he opened his mobile phone to check the progress of Li Qingyao's investigation recently, he had to calm down first.

He just stared at her for a while, then tilted his head to look to the side, and said with a self-deprecating smile, "I really want to grow wings and fly back. At such a critical moment, I am not by your side."

Li Qingyao turned the phone to the side, away from his face, and quickly wiped away his tears with the back of his hand, his tone still nonchalant: "How do you fly? Fly for me to see."

"To the face, let me look at the table."

Li Qingyao then turned the phone back, his eyes still lowered.

"Look at me."

"dont see."

Chen Pu knew she was uncomfortable and was always afraid to show her weakness, so he didn't force her. He just comforted her softly, "If you feel unhappy, send me a text message anytime. I'll call you when I'm free."

"Ah."

God knows how much pressure Li Qingyao has been under these days. Every time she takes a step, she is afraid that her brother's bones will suddenly appear in front of her in the next second. But fate leads her forward step by step, getting closer and closer to the truth of seven years ago, but it never gives her a satisfactory result.

She suddenly realized that she missed Chen Pu very much. This yearning was not strong, not sticky, and not every minute of every day and night. It was just that when she felt suffocated, she really wanted him to be by her side. Even if he didn't say anything, just stood there and let her see, her suffocation seemed to have a way to breathe.

This person can't be anyone else but Chen Pu. Because in this world, he is the only one who has been with his brother for many years. And now, he is with her. The two of them have become the two closest people in the world. Li Qingyao knows very well that she fell in love with him because of her brother. He is her brother's best brother and he has never let her brother down. But so what? All the roads they have walked and the choices they have made have made Chen Pu a person. And what she loves is everything about this person.

So when Li Qingyao made this call, she realized these facts. When she looked at Chen Pu again, she felt something different. Her feelings for him seemed to have become more profound.

So she said decisively: "Chen Pu, I love you."

Chen Pu...

Chen Pu was completely stunned.

Then he smiled quickly, his handsome face visibly turned red, but he said, "What did you just say? I didn't hear clearly."

Li Qingyao didn't indulge him and continued to express his thoughts: "I feel that we will definitely find my brother this time. We are not far away from him."

When Li Jincheng was mentioned, Chen Pu became distracted and his face darkened.

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and Fang Kai poked his head in: "Are you done? It's really cold outside. The people next door are asleep again, so I can't get in."

"Come in, I didn't ask you to hide away."

Li Qingyao said when he saw this: "Okay, I also need to go home to take a shower and sleep. We'll talk next time."

"...Let's talk next time."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Pu picked up the box of food that was only slightly warm, and while eating, he thought about Li Jincheng. Sometimes he felt that it was fate that made him look for Li Jincheng for seven years. And in the early stages of this series of cases this year, how far and how many twists and turns had he and Li Qingyao walked together? In the end, when the truth was in front of him, he was transferred.

Although arresting Luo Long and Shang Ren was the same case as seven years ago, Chen Pu felt a little uncomfortable because he could not walk with Li Qingyao to the final answer, and could not personally remove the last piece of black cloth covering his eyes and then see his best brother.

After thinking for a while, he remembered that he had not yet responded to Li Qingyao's sudden confession.

During this period of time, when the two were in love, there were a few times when Chen Pu wanted to say that, but he didn't say it in the end. He didn't know why, because he was sure of his feelings. It was as if he felt a little ashamed and embarrassed to say it out loud when facing Li Qingyao's calm and relaxed attitude towards his feelings. But now, besides being excited, he was also a little annoyed that he reacted too slowly just now.

Send a text message? Absolutely not. It's too frivolous. There's no sense of ceremony at all. Chen Pu couldn't possibly do such an insincere thing.

Next time, next time, you must say it. Think of the words in advance. Yes, it is best to wait until you are in person to say it. His confession must be much more touching than her three dry words.

My child at home has a low fever today. I will update one chapter every day for the next three days. If I really cannot update, I will give you a note for leave.