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The light in Pei Luoyi's eyes dimmed, and a faint layer of desolation covered her face.

It was a difficult question to answer, and he couldn't give her an answer for a while, so she couldn't blame him for anything.

But there was always a bit of disappointment.

As if he knew what she was thinking, Gong Yan subconsciously tightened his arms and held her tighter. His throat tightened as he replied in a low voice, "Since I already have you in my hands, I won't give up so easily."

"I'll do a good job of investigating the accident. You don't have to worry too much about it, and I won't allow you to sentence us to death before I get to the bottom of it, you know?"

It wasn't easy to love, but it was even harder to love each other.

Pei Luoyi snuggled up to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. After a long while, she finally answered, "Yes."

"..."

The next day.

Pei Luoyi had taken an entire week of leave, and had returned to the topic at hand. Naturally, she was ridiculed and allowed to leave.

But perhaps she had disappeared too often, and the others were no longer surprised.

But she also knew that her colleague didn't say anything on the surface, but suspicion was inevitable.

In fact, she had also thought that if such a situation were to persist, she would have to consider resigning her position.

After all, taking frequent leave of absence, in addition to delaying the process of work, would also cause dissatisfaction among the other employees. She could ignore their gazes, but she could not feel at ease.

She had finally managed to send the group of people back to their seats. She had thought that the amount of work she had put into her hoard would require her to work overtime, but instead, she found that there were no documents on the table.

Even some of the papers that were halfway through last week were gone.

"Amy," Petrov stood up, just in time to see a colleague pass by and ask her, "I would like to ask, did you put away the documents related to the personal exhibition held in Shuangdao Bay in December?"

If she was busy, she would ask Amy to help pack some papers.

"A personal exhibition in Shuangdao Bay?"

Amy hugged a stack of paper she just printed and shook her head. "No …" "Oh right, the Director should be looking at you taking a leave of absence recently and giving this part of the work to Tong Jia. You can go and ask her."

"Tong Jia?" Pei Luoyi asked in puzzlement. She carefully searched her mind for this person, but was unable to recall him.

Amy hurriedly explained, "Oh, I forgot to tell you. I've recruited a new colleague, so I think she should be out in the field now. You can ask about it when she gets back."

She smiled and said, "Like you, she came back from England to study, but she is a bit shy. I saw that she has been here for a few days and didn't say much to anyone. If you have time to talk with her, you have stayed for a long time and should have some common topics to talk about."

Pei Luoyi nodded, "Alright, you can go back to your work."

"Yes."

Pei Luoyi sat back down at her desk and stared blankly at the computer screen.

New colleague... Although this didn't mean anything, everyone should have guessed the reason.

She sighed and began to work, holding the mouse.

"..."

At noon, Pei Luoyi raised her head to look at the time. Seeing that it was almost time to leave work, she started packing up her things.

When she touched her phone, she suddenly remembered something that she had been thinking about all morning.

Relax.

She had been dragged out of the hospital by Miyazaki last night and had forgotten to call her.

He wondered how she was doing with Chi Yufeng.

She picked up her cell phone and opened her contact list. Soon, she dialed a number.

He dialed, but no one answered until he hung up.

Pei Luoyi took out her cellphone and frowned. A hint of doubt appeared in her eyes, and without any hesitation, she dialed the number again with her fingertip.

After about three rings, the other party finally answered.

"Yiyi? "What is it?"

On the other end of the phone, the woman's slightly panting voice could be heard, as well as … It was hard to tell what the background was saying, but it was definitely a man's voice.

The knuckles of Pei Luoyi's hand stiffened as he held the phone. Even the expression on his face froze for a moment.

She could not be blamed for automatically thinking about what was happening over there. It was truly the woman's delicate breathing, as well as the commotion from over there … It was easy to misunderstand.

"You … What are you doing? " She was so shocked that she couldn't even speak properly as she stuttered.

Over there.

Xin Xin stood in the kitchen with one hand holding her phone and the other holding a spoon to stir the soup that was already ready. She heard the woman's slightly weird tone and thought it was a little strange, "I'm making lunch, what's wrong? You speak strangely. "

When she was cutting vegetables in the kitchen, she didn't hear her cell phone ring, but the man sitting in the living room reminded her that she had to go out and answer the phone. When she turned around, she saw that the soup had spilled out of the pot and had to run back to the kitchen to turn it off.

Pei Luoyi naturally did not know about this. Just as she was about to reply, she heard the male voice that acted as a background. However, this time, she heard it clearly.

"What is this?"

"Stewed pork foot soup, you're injured, drink more quickly."

"Why is my hand injured? Can you make me some pig foot soup?"

"Tsk, haven't you heard of eating something to make up for it?"

"…"

Pei Luoyi was on the other end of the phone, her red lips slightly parted. Her small face was filled with unspeakable shock.

This is... What was going on?

If she didn't hear wrongly, the man over there seemed to be … Dr. Chi?

The two of them had been talking back and forth in the hospital last night, discussing the stew for lunch?

This was already beyond her imagination.

"That... I called you just to ask if you want to have lunch together, but since you're with someone else, that's fine. Let's do it first.

Xin Yi quickly hung up the phone, took off his phone and was stunned for a moment.

Wait, did that woman misunderstand something?

Only then did she suddenly remember that the man beside her seemed to have interrupted her with a few words. Since that was the case, she should have heard the man's voice …

She swallowed her saliva as she felt a bit panicked. Pei Luoyi usually looked the most serious, but after knowing her for so long, she knew that it was just a surface phenomenon. Her brain's size often made her gasp in admiration.

Xin Yi put down his phone and silently prayed that she wouldn't think of any nonsense for her.

"..."

As usual, the group went to the restaurant they frequented, booked a private room, and ate together.

It was at this moment that Pei Luoyi finally saw her new colleague, Tong Jia. She was a petite girl with delicate makeup and spoke in a refined manner. During the meal, she did not speak much to anyone else, and even when everyone was joking around, she almost did not participate.