Seeing that the police had left, Jiang Lin looked at the man standing by the water. His calm figure flickered in and out of the night, like a layer of gauze, alternating between light and dark but without luster.
"Mr. Lu." He walked over, "It's too dark at night to continue salvaging, why don't you go back and have a rest first?"
After a pause, he still said something that was not in line with his status, "After all, your body is your capital. If you fall down before you can find your wife, wouldn't it be more difficult to find her?"
Lu Shiqian didn't know where he was looking, as if he was frozen in a certain place.
His thoughts were floating in the air with the river current, thinking about nothing without focusing. After a long time, he slowly turned around and said, "Let's go."
Jiang Lin breathed a sigh of relief, "Mr. Lu, where are you going?"
"go home."
Jiang Lin was stunned for a while, and then realized that he should be talking about the place where he and his wife lived before, and nodded: "Okay, Mr. Lu."
Lu Shiqian closed his eyes after getting in the car. His black eyelashes fell on his eyelids, casting thick black shadows.
The car drove for nearly 40 minutes. Almost at the same time as it stopped, he opened his eyes and said to the front seat: "Don't worry about me, go back and rest."
"OK."
Jiang Lin breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Mr. Lu is willing to rest.
Originally, the old chairman was still in the hospital. If he collapsed again, the Lu Group would be really in danger.
Lu Shiqian returned to his familiar home alone as if nothing had happened. On the shoe cabinet when he entered the door were Gu Nian's shoes.
At that moment, all disguises faded away, and Lu Shiqian's mind felt dizzy.
He can't stop.
As soon as he stopped, he missed her like crazy.
Miss her so much...
Lu Shiqian strode to the wine cabinet, picked up a bottle of red wine, opened it, and drank it all in one breath.
Alcohol has always had some magical effects. As long as you drink enough, you can forget everything that happened before.
In a daze, he even had the illusion that she had always lived in this house and never left.
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse outside the window, no longer like the violent storm last night.
There were wine bottles and a drunk man all over the house.
A gentle and tender voice came out of the man's mouth——
"Nian Nian..."
Lu Shiqian had never dared to call her that in person before, as if he was trying his best to hide some secret, fearing that she would know, but also fearing that she would not know.
Suddenly, a figure blurred before his eyes.
Not far away, Gu Nian was sitting on her favorite lazy sofa with a book in her hand, and she seemed to hear him calling her.
Gu Nian raised his head and looked at him with smiles in his eyes.
"Nian Nian..."
Lu Shiqian couldn't help but stood up and rushed towards the figure.
His arms were empty, he fell weightlessly, and his forehead hit the cabinet heavily.
"Nian Nian!"
Ignoring the pain, Lu Shiqian turned around anxiously.
The girl on the beanbag disappeared without a trace, leaving not even a trace, as if she was avoiding him on purpose.
The pain on his forehead could be heard clearly, and his nerves numbed by alcohol became slightly more awake.
The more awake I am, the more obvious the pain in my heart becomes.
She won't come back...
Lu Shiqian's eyes instantly dimmed, he stumbled over and picked up the bottle and continued to pour it into his mouth——
As long as he can see her, let him see her...
I don't know how much he drank, but the figure in Lu Shiqian's mind gradually became clearer.
From the first time they met until now, every scene is like watching a lantern, but it is obvious that the smile on her face is getting less and less.
"Nian Nian..."
"Nian Nian..."
He kept mumbling the name, and finally fell asleep without any consciousness.
…
For a whole week, Lu Shiqian worked with the salvage team on the river during the day, asking around with photos, and used alcohol to numb himself at night.
Jiang Lin came over early in the morning and was about to ring the doorbell, but found that the door was not locked at all.
He opened the door and walked in, and was shocked by the scene in front of him.
At this time, there were wine bottles all over the floor. Mr. Lu, who looked normal during the day, was lying slumped among the wine bottles, seemingly asleep.
"Mr. Lu!"
Jiang Lin quickly put down the things in his hands and went to help the person up, "How...how much wine have you drunk?"
There was a turmoil in his heart, and he was almost certain that this was how so many people in Tianlu lived.
The wine bottles in this place cannot be drunk in one night!
Lu Shiqian opened his eyes, and there was a moment of confusion in his eyes. Then he blocked him with his hands, raised his hands to pinch his eyebrows, and asked in a hoarse voice: "What time is it?"
"... half past seven."
He hummed and felt dizzy when he stood up. He just pressed his temples and said, "Let's go to the riverside."
Jiang Lin helped him, and after thinking for a moment, he finally told the news, "Today is Madam's first birthday. Mr. Huo will hold a funeral for Madam at the Gu family's old house and prepare for burial."
Lu Shiqian's footsteps paused, and his whole figure seemed to have pressed the pause button.
I don't know how long it took before he finally said with difficulty: "...buried?"
"Bury what?"
Jiang Lin looked at Mr. Lu who really had no image to speak of, and felt uncomfortable, "If there is no body, the clothes... can still be buried."
"I told you that there is no body, she is not dead at all!"
Lu Shiqian raised his head and looked at him with scarlet eyes, "Haven't we been unable to find her for so many days? If we haven't found her, it means she is fine."
"..." Jiang Lin's lips moved, but he couldn't say anything.
Lu Shiqian didn't wait for him to say anything, and went back to his room to change his clothes. When he came out again, his face was cold and indifferent, "You go back to the company, I'll go by myself."
If you don't look at the vicissitudes and haggardness on his face, his working condition is almost the same as before.
Jiang Lin didn't ask anything, it was clear where he was going.
The Gu family's old house had been unoccupied all year round. Huo Huaijin specially hired someone to take care of it. Now it looks just like a normal inhabited house.
Wearing a black suit with a white flower on his chest, he stood at the door to greet those who came to express their condolences.
Until I saw Lu Shiqian getting out of the car.
I haven't seen him for many days, and the man's face is covered with stubble. He seems to have lost a lot of weight, but his sharpness has not decreased but increased.
Is it because of Nian Nian?
Huo Huaijin's lips curled up with a trace of sarcasm, the belated affection was worse than grass.
"What are you doing here?"
Lu Shiqian looked at him with cold eyes, "She has not been found. Who asked you to hold a funeral for her?"
As long as he doesn't find her for a day, he won't believe that she is dead!
"What Mr. Lu means is that if we can't find her... we won't let her be buried forever?" Huo Huaijin didn't look too good, and said solemnly: "It's been a week... If I could find her, I would have..."
Even though he didn't want to believe it, what else could he do?
We can't let Niannian have a place to go.
Lu Shiqian's eyes were full of stubbornness and he said word by word: "I told you, she's not dead!"
After saying that, he walked in with a cold attitude.