Only you are so different

Chapter 3 There are secrets in every detail

At night, she was drowsy and hardly fell asleep. After waking up in the morning, Lin Mei had to use a hot towel to remove the bags under her eyes, and put on a light makeup to cover it up before going to the editorial department.

Not long after she arrived, she was called to the editor-in-chief's office. Du Yuwen said to her: "From today onwards, you will be in charge of Teacher Su Xiu alone. Like Liu Han before, you don't have to come to the office every day to check in, but Su Xiu The teacher must go there every day."

As he spoke, he also took out a bag of things from under his desk and handed it to Lin Mei: "These are traditional Chinese medicines for Teacher Su Xiu to regulate his body. You have to supervise him to drink it twice a day." Then he added, " In the future, if there is anything I need you to bring to Teacher Su Xiu, I will call you to come to the editorial department to pick it up."

This is not a responsible editor, it is clearly a life assistant, right?If it hadn't been for such a big shock last night, Lin Mei would definitely be full of complaints at this moment.It seems that the fact that she owns a car should also be one of the reasons why she was selected as Su Xiu's editor.

Du Yuwen seemed to see her concerns, and added: "In the future, you will keep all the invoices for refueling, and the company will be responsible for reimbursement."

Lin Mei remembered his pale face after he hit Su Xiu with an elbow yesterday, so she asked a little embarrassedly: "Does Teacher Su Xiu have a stomach problem? He looked bad yesterday."

Du Yuwen nodded: "It's possible. He had a serious illness a few years ago, mainly because of heart problems and a bad stomach."

As he spoke, he stared at Lin Mei's expression, his eyes behind the lens were sharp, and he seemed to want to see something. Lin Mei had already prepared her mind, looked back calmly and said, "I see, then I have to be careful in the future." Take care of Teacher Su Xiu."

Maybe it was her calm performance that satisfied Du Yuwen, he smiled: "Then Xiao Lin, you can take your computer and materials to Teacher Su Xiu's place, as long as the work is done, you don't need to come back to check in at night."

This is really great preferential treatment. The person who enjoyed this preferential treatment before was Liu Han. No wonder he got to know Su Xiu's family so well, and it was said that he had gained ten kilograms over the years since joining the company.

Of course, Su Xiu's home is more comfortable than the office. He can eat and play whenever he wants, as long as he does his job well, besides playing PSP, he can also play with cats. Can he not gain weight?
Lin Mei took the bag of Chinese medicine and came out of the editor-in-chief's office, packed up her things and set off.She also shoulders the responsibility of delivering medicine, so of course she unceremoniously exercises the privilege of leaving at any time.

Seeing her leaving, the colleagues around her looked envious. Su Xiu was difficult to serve, but after serving her, not only the bonus was generous, but also many privileges in the editorial department. It really cannot be said to be hard work.

Liu Han also came to the company today. Seeing that she was going to Su Xiu's house, he quickly grabbed her and handed her another bag full of canned cat treats and cat toys.

Comrade Liu Han was very sad: "Although I will visit my Patriarch again before I leave City B, I can't guarantee that there will be too many things to take care of, so you can bring these to my Patriarch first, Tell it that the slave is still loyal to it..."

Lin Mei was really convinced. Anyway, Su Xiu was still his "good friend" who had been with him for five years. He even wrapped a big red envelope for him yesterday, but the status in his heart was far inferior to that of the one who had only been together for one year. Mr. Chun Shen.

With two bags of condolences for one person and one cat, Lin Mei arrived at the villa area where she had just been yesterday before ten o'clock.

The security here is very strict. Liu Han gave Lin Mei a pass yesterday, and the guards only let her go after showing it.

After ringing the doorbell, Su Xiu opened the door for her as before, took the two bags from her hand, and asked her to enter the room sideways.

He changed his clothes today. His lower body was light-colored trousers, but his upper body was only covered with a light blue sweater with a large collar. He looked more casual.

Lin Mei looked at his back, and suddenly called out: "Mr. Su."

She did not hide the tone of her voice, nor did she hide her discovery. The pen name is just a code name, and the pen name is "Su Xiu", which does not mean that her surname is "Su". People in the editorial department follow this principle and call him "Su Xiu". Teacher Xiu" instead of "Mr. Su".

Su Xiu's body was stiff for a moment, and then he turned his head as expected, his expression remained unchanged, he just smiled slightly: "Yes."

After answering lightly, Lin Mei felt that since last night, all the tense strength in her body had disappeared, and she breathed a sigh of relief: "As expected...you are really Su Xiuran?"

Su Xiu was still smiling, and his eyes were calm: "Since you asked me yesterday if I had stayed in City S, I knew you would find out sooner or later."

Even though his expression was calm, there was still a hint of sadness in his eyes. Lin Mei couldn't help apologizing: "I'm sorry, Mr. Su Xiu, I didn't mean to pry into your privacy on purpose. I suddenly remembered it after going to bed last night."

Su Xiu nodded: "It's okay, since you need to keep in touch frequently, you know it's inevitable, as long as you don't disclose it to others, it's fine."

Lin Mei hurriedly said: "I promise I won't tell the third person! I know there must be a reason for you to hide your identity, and I won't ask too much. If there is anyone in this world who wants you to be hurt the most, it must be Me!" At this point, she realized that what she said was too much like a confession, so she couldn't help but let out an "uh".

Su Xiu laughed: "I know, you are my book fan, right?"

Lin Mei hurriedly took out her mobile phone from her bag, and showed him the photos stored in it. Several of them were taken in a hurry in her den this morning. It is Su Xiu's works over the years. Not only has every book been kept from the first one, but it is also obvious that there is more than one book in each book, so it is quite spectacular to line up on the bookshelf.

Even Su Xiu himself was shocked: "You really..."

Lin Mei hurriedly added: "People in the editorial department don't know about this matter. If Editor-in-Chief Du knew that I was your diehard fan, he would definitely not send me to be your editor in charge."

This is true, the editor in charge is an enthusiastic fan of the author. Although the enthusiasm for work will be high, it will affect the editor's judgment on the quality of the manuscript itself and market expectations.

Su Xiu raised his long eyebrows to look at her, Lin Mei understood, and confessed: "At the beginning, I applied for Xingwen Books because I knew Xingwen was your contracted publisher."

To be a fan and do this is simply pious enough to move the world.Su Xiu looked at her bright eyes, almost sticking out a tail from the back of her buttocks and shaking it, and then thought of her calm and professional posture in front of Liu Han and himself yesterday, and suddenly felt: women are really not to be underestimated. species.

No more unnecessary words, Su Xiu finally emphasized: "Don't call me Mr. Su anymore, you can just call me 'Su Xiu'."

Lin Mei nodded to indicate that he had written it down, Su Xiu...you can call him Su Xiuran now, before turning around to put the two bags in the kitchen.

Lin Mei still remembered Du Yuwen's advice, and hurriedly confessed: "Editor Du told me to watch you drink the medicine, you must not discount it."

Su Xiuran happened to put the bag of traditional Chinese medicine on the table in the open kitchen, and he frowned a bit embarrassed: "But the smell of boiled traditional Chinese medicine is a bit strong."

Lin Mei intuitively felt that he was afraid of taking the medicine more than the taste, so she raised her eyebrows: "Could it be that you didn't drink the Chinese medicine that Liu Han sent before?"

Su Xiuran was always calm, and simply admitted it directly, and coughed with a little embarrassment on his lips: "Liu Han is very good at bribery."

That's not it, a PSP, a cup of hot cocoa, and Chun Shenjun are enough for him to forget everything else.

Lin Mei didn't want to let go of this matter, and immediately rolled up her sleeves and walked into the kitchen: "The body is the capital of everything, so you can't be fooled like this. If you find it troublesome, I can cook it for you, and the smell of traditional Chinese medicine is not bad."

Yesterday's elbow had already given Su Xiuran a good taste of her executive power. He didn't dare to stop her, but instead cooperatively pointed to her the location of the casserole, and struggled in vain: "I need to bother Miss Lin to make the medicine. It seems that I am not polite."

Lin Mei raised her head and gave him a gentle smile, intending to show the tenderness of Jiangnan women: "It's okay, taking care of you is the task given to me by the editorial department, you don't have to be polite to me."

It's a pity that Su Xiu, who had already elbowed her yesterday, would no longer be confused by her, and stepped back a few steps vigilantly.

Lin Mei boiled the traditional Chinese medicine, and the slightly bitter herbal smell began to permeate.

Chunshen Jun ran out from some corner, stretched himself, wrinkled his nose in disgust, and ran upstairs along the stairs in three steps.

After taking the medicine, Lin Mei still remembered her duties. Lin Mei took out the laptop from her bag and opened it, placed it on the large square stone table in the center of the kitchen, called up the editorial department's planning plan for Su Xiuran's new book next year, and read it to him line by line. listen.

Su Xiuran put his hands in his pockets, stood casually leaning against the wall beside him, and nodded while listening: "Editor-in-Chief Du also sent a copy to my mailbox. If I have any comments, I will directly comment on the document."

Lin Mei expressed her understanding, and then proceeded to the next item, comments on the outline of Su Xiuran's new book.

Seeing that her gaze became brighter after opening the outline document, and her body involuntarily straightened, looking radiant, Su Xiuran smiled: "It seems that you really like reasoning."

Lin Mei raised her eyes to look at him, and nodded desperately: "Yes, I have liked reasoning since I was a child, and I think your novels are very real... Even if it is a case that seems outrageous, it is very convincing when written by you. This is the charm of strict logic!"

Su Xiuran smiled, and emphasized again: "You don't need to call me 'you' every time, just call me Su Xiu... Mystery novels are supposed to be divorced from reality, so this hypothesis must be consistent with general logic enough to make people convince."

Lin Mei agreed very much: "Yes. When I am free, I especially like to observe the people and things around me, and then guess the cause and effect of what happened. Whether I guess right or wrong, it is very interesting."

Su Xiuran smiled: "For example?"

Lin Mei thought for a while, and remembered Chunshen Jun who had strutted upstairs just now, and said, "For example, Chunshen Jun, you said yesterday that it came to your yard. I thought it was abandoned at the time, but I observed it later. The attitude towards humans is not like a cat that has suffered from strays. You only said that it came here by itself, but did not say that it is a stray cat, so I think it should be a cat raised by your neighbor and ran away on its own initiative I was adopted by you when I came here."

Su Xiuran couldn't help laughing: "It's really such a trivial matter that you have to use reasoning."

Lin Mei smiled embarrassedly: "I'm just guessing for nothing, anyway, guessing wrong doesn't break the law."

Su Xiuran shook his head: "Strictly speaking, no matter how rigorous the reasoning is, it is only a certain possibility, and even a one-in-a-million coincidence may happen... When I write a novel, I can arbitrarily make a certain possibility the only one." Possibly, but in reality no one can guarantee that they are [-]% correct.”

Lin Mei nodded in agreement, and at the same time looked at him with bright eyes: "That's true, so is Mr. Chunshen a stray cat?"

She really has the personality of breaking the casserole and asking the end, and the smile on Su Xiuran's lips deepened: "Congratulations, you guessed it right this time. It is my neighbor's cat. Because the couple often travels on business, there is only one cat on weekdays." The hourly labor union gave it some food every day, it probably felt lonely, and jumped into my yard one day and never left.”

Guessing Chun Shenjun's origin correctly, Lin Mei's eyebrows brightened immediately: "I'll just say, such a cute and flirtatious kitten, no one would be willing to throw it away."

Su Xiuran also smiled: "Now they come back occasionally, and they will come to visit it."

They talked for a while, and Su Xiuran was leaning halfway in front of the table, with a very relaxed look on his side.

He has a good family education, even if he moves casually, every move is elegant and free and easy in his bones, coupled with his excellent appearance, his smile is even more warm, brighter than the sunlight outside the French windows.

Lin Mei was already his book fan. Seeing the idol automatically bring holy light, after spending a short time with him, he felt his heart beat faster.

Su Xiuran obviously also noticed Lin Mei's increasingly fiery eyes, although his brows were slightly wrinkled, he still smiled softly: "Miss Lin?"

Unlike those women who liked to stare at him before, and would restrain themselves a little after he reminded them, Lin Mei still stared at him blankly after being smashed.

Fortunately, she finally knew she was embarrassed, cleared her throat, and said cautiously: "Su Xiu..." She was obviously still not used to not adding the word teacher, so she swallowed her saliva after a pause and continued, "Since We are already considered colleagues, and we will meet often in the future, can I... bring all the books in my collection for you to sign?"

Su Xiuran froze for a moment, then continued to smile gracefully: "Of course."

The blazing light in Lin Mei's eyes was even stronger, it was exaggerated to say that it almost gave off green light: "Then can you write 'for Lin Mei'?"

Su Xiuran smiled slightly: "It's a little effort."

Lin Mei cheered and almost jumped up on the spot: "I have finally waited until this day! Su Xiu's exclusive autograph book! Everything is worth it!"

Under the ecstasy, she obviously didn't pay attention to maintaining her calm and professional image.

Su Xiuran's eyelids twitched a few times. He looked at the new editor-in-chief whom he only met yesterday, and when Lin Mei's frenzy calmed down a bit, he asked a question that he thought was purely self-defeating: " Lin Mei, if I fell into the water together with those books in your collection, which one would you save first?"

Lin Mei looked at him, and did not hide her inner entanglement at all: "You should know how to swim... The book will be ruined if it gets wet, and there is also the first edition of "A Woman Worthy of Me", which is out of print." No, the editorial department is gone.”

Fortunately, after she struggled for a while, her professional ethics finally played a role: "Let's save you first, the new draft hasn't been handed in yet."

Su Xiuran couldn't hold back, put his fist on his lips and coughed a few times, and then said softly after coughing: "So... thank you for taking care of me."

Lin Mei pretended not to hear the gnashing of teeth in his words, and smiled: "Where, you're welcome, even if there is no new draft, we are all friends now."

After all, the manuscript is the most important thing, Su Xiuran felt that he understood.

Lin Mei turned to look at the casserole, then looked at the wall clock, and found that it was already eleven o'clock, so she said, "Editor Du said you have a bad stomach, and you usually make your own meals, right? How about I cook lunch?" , I am very good at food with a light taste."

The tastes of people in City S are generally light. After coming to City B, she was not used to the salty and spicy flavors of the north, and she really practiced good cooking skills.Su Xiuran was not polite, nodded and said: "Then I will be troublesome."

Lin Mei still nodded with a smile.Su Xiuran's attitude towards her suddenly became a little colder, although his expression was always calm, but this time the coldness was a bit obvious.As if he didn't even bother to stay downstairs, he pointed to the refrigerator, told Lin Mei that the ingredients could be taken as he pleased, and then turned and went upstairs to the study.

Of course Lin Mei found out, but she was not familiar with Su Xiuran. Seeing him like this, he just thought he was suffering from the moodiness of young literary and artistic youths. He shook his head and continued to work in the kitchen.

Lin Mei made Yangchun thin noodles and fried two refreshing side dishes before she asked Su Xiuran to go downstairs to eat. Naturally, there was a bowl of carefully brewed Chinese medicine after the meal.

Su Xiuran looked at the bowl of black juice medicine, his expression was bitter and bitter, and his long and straight eyebrows were all wrinkled together.The way he frowns is so handsome that it breaks your heart. If someone else is less resolute, he might have to surrender.

It's a pity that Lin Mei has a heart of stone, and her mind is full of tossing this person's body so that he can write more manuscripts. Lin Mei is not at all moved, so she puts her chin on her cheek and smiles as he swallows the medicine... and even The dessert and sugar after the medicine are not prepared.

After Su Xiuran finished drinking the medicine, he could only rely on himself to get a cup of warm water to rinse his mouth. Lin Mei was still waving her finger behind him and said, "Twice a day, otherwise it won't work. Do you want me to supervise before leaving at night? "

Su Xiuran, who was still drinking water, choked without paying attention, and coughed for a while while leaning on the table before barely stopping, and said with a stiff expression: "No... I never do things halfway."

Lin Mei raised her thumbs up and praised: "I respect you for being a hero!"

According to Liu Han's explanation, the afternoon is the prime time for Su Xiuran's creation, so it's best not to disturb him.Sure enough, after lunch, Su Xiuran went for a walk in the backyard, and then went upstairs to the study.

Of course, Lin Mei would not disturb her cash cow to create monetary value, so she honestly worked downstairs, and took time to communicate with Chun Shenjun, who was lying beside her and basking in the sun.

Before leaving get off work, Lin Mei cooked millet porridge, added medicine, added cat food and water to Chun Shenjun, cleaned up the cat litter, and then went upstairs to say goodbye to Su Xiuran.

Sure enough, Su Xiuran was concentrating on his work in front of the computer, and there was a stack of open materials and books beside the table. Hearing her farewell, he just raised his head and responded indifferently.

Lin Mei intends to stay and continue to supervise him, but thinking that she still has some things to go to the editorial department today, she can only remind him not to forget to eat and drink medicine, so she bids her farewell and leaves.

She drove back and finally arrived at the office before the evening rush hour. At this time, some colleagues had not finished get off work yet, so she greeted them with a smile, then returned to her seat and copied the materials from the desktop computer.

She went to Su Xiuran's place in a hurry today, and she didn't have time to copy some data from the desktop computer to the laptop. Considering that she will most likely use the laptop to work most of the time in the future, she decided to copy the data all at once. It is more convenient to back up.

In addition to the documents, there are some editing software and some photocopied picture files in the materials, which add up to a lot, and the copying is not fast.

The colleagues around him lowered their voices and were discussing something. Lin Mei had nothing to do, and waited and listened.

"Is it really lost? Mr. Su Xiu just changed the editor, and Liu Han's computer was lost. What if the outline of the new draft is leaked?"

Lin Mei keenly heard the word "Suxiu", and leaned over to interject: "Liu Han lost his computer?"

The two colleagues obviously didn't intend to avoid her, so they replied after listening to her question: "Yes, everyone went out for dinner at noon to send Liu Han off, and there was no one in the office, but when they came back, they found that Liu Han's laptop was lost , can't find it anywhere."

Liu Han follows Su Xiu and spends most of his time working on a laptop, where almost all important information is stored.

Although those materials had been handed over to Lin Mei after yesterday's handover, the files in his computer hadn't been cleaned up yet.What's more, as long as the hard disk is not directly damaged, even deleted data can be recovered. Everyone knows this.

Now that his computer is lost, it is really a bit of a concern at the critical moment when the editors are handed over and the outline of the new draft of the Soviet revision has just been discussed and formed.

First of all, Liu Han definitely did not do this on purpose. Among other things, Lin Mei has seen the friendship between Liu Han and Su Xiuran, and knows that he will not betray Su Xiuran.

What's more, Liu Han's departure from the editorial department is not to change jobs, but to go back to his hometown to get married. He has opened a coffee shop in the local area, and he will be a happy little boss in the future. No motivation.

Seeing Lin Mei's solemn expression, the two colleagues quickly comforted him: "It's okay, you were at Teacher Su Xiu's house when the incident happened, and Editor-in-Chief Du said not to disturb your work, and he will find a way to solve it."

Having said that, most of this matter will end without any results. Even if the police call the police, it is just an ordinary property loss case. Even if the information involved is very important, it can only be regarded as commercial secrets at most.

Lin Mei frowned and thought, and thanked those two colleagues before returning to her seat.

She looked down and saw that the data was almost backed up, and then looked up to see Liu Han's seat not far in front of her. She thought in a flash: since this matter is related to her and Su Xiu's vital interests, why should she Can't investigate?

When I went to Su Xiuran's house the next day, Lin Mei told him about this matter, and then said that she would start an investigation.

What was missing was Su Xiuran's new draft outline, but he himself didn't say anything after hearing it, but raised his long eyebrows slightly: "It's okay, it's not a big deal."

Lin Mei was a little bit aggrieved: "The outline is quite detailed, if someone steals it and asks the gunman to write it, it will be an insult to you!"

Compared to her righteous indignation, Su Xiuran was very indifferent, slightly hooked his lower lip and said, "You want to insult me? He has to have that ability too."

Lin Mei was still worried: "Then do you need to revise the outline of your new book?"

Su Xiuran looked at her with a little surprise: "Why did you change it?"

Lin Mei reminded him: "What if someone uses this outline to make a book one step ahead of us?"

Su Xiuran didn't take it seriously: "Even if you take my outline, writing it out is nothing but self-defeating."

It is not without confidence that Su Xiuran dares to say this. As a well-known writer with a lot of reputation, his writing skills and control over the plot can be called supernatural.

After he became famous, it is not that he has been imitated and borrowed. There are even very blatant plagiarists who shamelessly plagiarized all the plots in his book, took a similar and vulgar name, published it and sold it on the market.Just put those books in front of Su Xiu's works, and you will know how clumsy and vulgar they are, which is unbearable.

He became popular so quickly that it is inevitable that people will be jealous. Back then, there was an author who plagiarized him. Not only did he copy and paste it so badly, but he also led people to hate him on forums and post bars in an attempt to replace him.

As a result, this author’s character was too indecent, and he was picked up by righteous passers-by who couldn’t stand him. Not only did he plagiarize Su Xiu, but he also habitually plagiarized several other authors. The comments on the account disappeared for a while.

Why does Lin Mei know these old things so clearly?Because she was one of the "envoys of justice" who chased and denounced that shameless author back then.

Now Lin Mei thought about it after listening to Su Xiuran's words, and felt that it was true. Nowadays, authors and publishers who are somewhat self-aware know not to try to fight Su Xiuran head-on in the frontal battlefield.

If the outline was really stolen by a competitor, maybe the other party just wanted to forcefully revise the outline instead of stealing it?It is well known that Su Xiuran puts a lot of effort into the outline, and the preliminary work of a book usually takes a long time. If the outline is revised now, it will definitely affect the publication progress of his new book.If Su Xiu really revised the outline, it might be in the hands of the other party.

As a fan of brains, Lin Mei immediately gained confidence when she thought of her idol's ability to sweep away everything. She nodded repeatedly and said, "Your Majesty is right in everything you say! Your Majesty is wise!"

Su Xiuran looked at her flattering appearance, and thought of another creature in the family who liked to be flattered. He suddenly had a bad feeling, took a light breath, and warned himself not to be like Chun Shenjun I don't know who I know.

They were all sitting on the sofa at the moment, Lin Mei saw him turn his head to the side and cough lightly, so he naturally raised his hand to stroke his chest, and said, "I've been here for three days, and you just coughed After three days, did you catch a cold? Or did you feel unwell somewhere else? You are not in good health. If you feel unwell, you need to go to the hospital for an examination. Be careful that a minor illness will turn into a serious illness."

When she said these words, her eyes were very attentive and caring, and her heart was full of fists, which could be expressed in the world.

It's just that Su Xiuran looked at her natural and unpretentious demeanor and movements, and felt as if what she was stroking was not a opposite sex of her age, but something else, such as a computer that can automatically spit out manuscripts. humanoid computer or something.

So he automatically interpreted the deep meaning in her words: Since you are sick, you have to go to the doctor, otherwise what should you do if you are too sick to write a manuscript?
Smiling with some reluctance, Su Xiuran held her wrist and took her hand away from his chest: "I'm fine, the weather is dry and it's just a seasonal cough."

Lin Mei didn't notice her disrespect at all. In her eyes, Su Xiuran was firstly her idol, Da Da, and secondly, her co-author. Except for the surprise that caused her, it can be ignored at present.

In short, in her mind, Su Xiuran can be equivalent to adding a living typewriter to a mobile bookshelf... Apparently, Su Xiuran himself has noticed this.

She said she wanted to investigate by herself, but the matter was not that simple. In order not to make Liu Han more embarrassed and sad, she did not ask Liu Han the details of the day, but asked a few colleagues.

Anyway, everyone went out to eat together and came back together at that time. There were many colleagues and they looked at things from different angles. I am afraid that the details mentioned were more than Liu Han himself remembered.

A colleague even remembered that Liu Han was in a hurry to get dressed, so he put the computer on the table, and the position was a little crooked, maybe it fell to the ground.

Although Liu Han looks a bit sloppy, he is actually meticulous in his work, but since he is about to leave his job, he may already be in a relaxed mood, and it is not surprising that this kind of thing happens in a hurry.

However, the editorial department of Xingwen Books is very safe. There is an access control under the office building where they are located, and there is another access control on the floor outside the editorial department. Apart from the colleagues in the editorial department, there are only two people who go in and out of the office on weekdays. Sister Cleaning—she was hired by Xingwen Books herself, and the cleaning of the building cannot enter the office area.

No matter how powerful Xingwen Books is in the book company, it is just a book company. The profit and scale of the book company are incomparable with certain industries, such as finance and real estate. For things like commercial espionage, the distance They have always been far away.

Du Yuwen did call the police, but just as Lin Mei expected, this was just an ordinary theft case. Apart from the invaluable data, what was lost was only a laptop worth several thousand yuan. After the police came to make routine inquiries, Never came again.

Lin Mei wrote down all these clues in the small notebook she had specially prepared for "independent investigation", and when she went to Su Xiuran's home, she would tell him the latest progress and her own speculation.

Su Xiuran listened casually, without expressing his opinion, and seemed to have no intention of investigating with her at all.

This incident did not affect the progress of Liu Han's resignation. A few days later, on Friday, Liu Han's last day at work in the editorial department, he followed Lin Mei to Su Xiuran's house to say goodbye to him.

Although Su Xiuran didn't mind, Liu Han still apologized for losing his computer.

They have worked together for five years and have always been very happy. When this incident happened when they were parting, they couldn't start well and end well. It can be seen that Liu Han was very depressed. Even when he stroked Chun Shenjun's fur to say goodbye to him for the last time, he was depressed. a lot of.

Lin Mei eavesdropped on the conversation between him and Chun Shenjun, and found that he had been muttering to Chun Shenjun who was squinting and enjoying himself: "My lord, you must use your supernatural powers to punish that thief. My lord, I know that you are omnipotent." , Lord, you must vent your anger on the slaves!"

Lin Mei thought to himself, besides himself, this "slave" should also include Su Xiuran, and maybe she, the new slave, should also be added.

On the first weekend of becoming Su Xiuran's editor, Lin Mei dutifully drove to his house. After ringing the doorbell this time, Su Xiuran still didn't come out to open the door.

Lin Mei almost thought that he was not at home, until she heard "wait a moment" from the intercom, and a few minutes later, the door opened from the inside.

As usual, Su Xiuran stood at the door, and when Lin Mei walked in, he found that his hair was still steamy, and his clothes were somewhat messy - at least not the casual but definitely well-matched feeling of a few days ago.

Lin Mei immediately understood: "You were taking a bath just now."

Su Xiuran is still very elegant, smiling gracefully: "When writing is not going well, I am used to taking a hot bath."

Lin Mei suddenly realized: "Then I disturbed you?"

Su Xiuran still smiled: "It's okay...it's just that Liu Han never comes over on weekends."

It's a pity that his reserved accusation didn't work at all for Lin Mei's familiarity. After listening, she smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "I promised Editor-in-Chief Du that I will supervise you to take medicine every day." .”

The difference in height between the two is not 01:30, but Lin Mei has the ability to stand on tiptoe and perform this shoulder-patting action to the realm of "brothers are good", without half the self-consciousness of being the opposite sex.

Su Xiuran has long been used to it, and adjusted his mentality in time, persuading himself not to regard the little girl in front of him as an ordinary woman, but to treat her like Liu Han.

Lin Mei happily brushed past him, Su Xiuran closed the door and followed behind her.Unfortunately, he didn't know whether he was a little dizzy after soaking in the hot bath, or the soles of his feet were a little slippery. When he turned around, his body slanted and he almost fell down in the aisle.

Lin Mei's eyes were quick, and she turned around and wrapped his arms around his waist to support him, but Su Xiuran was a man after all, not to mention his height, and his weight was much heavier than her, so she quickly supported the wall with one hand, just to be safe hold him.

After stabilizing her body, Lin Mei felt lingering fear: "Master, please be careful when you walk, the floor is so hard, what should you do if your arm is broken?"

She patronized to see if Su Xiuran was bumping against each other, of course the focus was on the head and the fingers of the arms, she didn't notice her current posture...not only was she hugging him tightly, her face was almost on his shoulder.

Su Xiuran silently looked down at her face, which was close at hand, and then at her arm propped on the wall beside him: "You are taking revenge... What did I do to you on the first day we met?"

Lin Mei really didn't have that kind of thought about revenge, she was never one to hold grudges, she usually took revenge on the spot, for example she had already elbowed Su Xiuran that day.

Now that the two of them are too close, Lin Mei has already smelled the faint fragrance from Su Xiuran's hair and neckline. After hearing Su Xiuran's words, she first raised her head and gave him a disapproving look, then leaned closer to his neckline Smell it: "Mint-flavored shower gel? Quite refreshing."

Su Xiuran was silent for a moment, and then said: "Lin Mei, you are already close to sexual harassment."

Lin Mei suddenly took back the hand holding his waist, and stepped back a little. She smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "What are you so mean? Others don't care, it's not like you don't know me I'm not interested in you at all."

Su Xiuran looked down at her, feeling some inexplicable complex feelings in his heart: he always felt that his masculinity seemed to be completely denied.

Lin Mei saw that he was still leaning against the wall behind him weakly, and his face was slightly pale, so he asked with concern: "What's wrong with you? Is there any discomfort? Stomach pain? Or dizziness?"

In order to take better care of Su Xiuran, she has learned a lot about heart disease and stomach problems these days. If it wasn't for Su Xiuran's privacy and not being able to read his medical records, she would be more concerned about his physical condition. understand.

Su Xiuran turned his head and coughed unnaturally, the faint blush on his ears betrayed his embarrassment at the moment: "Maybe it's because I soaked for too long and accidentally fainted."

Lin Mei was taken aback for a moment, and then couldn't help but laugh: "Master, you can faint in the bath at your own home, if I don't come, wouldn't you faint in the bathtub?"

After being denied his masculine charm and being ridiculed for his physical fitness, Su Xiuran narrowed his eyes slightly, almost throwing a knife in the eye, but fortunately he held back, raised his eyes and hooked the corners of his lips, and gave her a slight smile Smiled: "It's okay, it's too urgent to come out, I'll just take it easy."

Even if he doesn't have much contact with the outside world now, he is very aware of how lethal his smile is to women. As expected, Lin Mei over there was dazed by the shaking, and blushed unconsciously on her cheeks.

But Lin Mei is Lin Mei, as the number one psychological quality in the editorial department, the calm goddess who did not change her face before Mount Tai collapsed, she quickly returned to normal, and gave a slight sneer at Su Xiuran's obvious bragging behavior Without further ado, he took his arm and carried him to the sofa in the living room to lie down.

He took a pillow to prop his legs up, and poured him a glass of warm water to drink. Lin Mei walked around him a few more times: "My God, you have a bad heart and like to take a bath. This is a bad habit." .”

Su Xiuran was weak all over at the moment, and could only endure her watching herself like a gorilla, and patiently explained: "I usually pay attention, but I really got up too quickly today."

The implication is still to hint at Lin Mei: If you hadn't come here on the weekend to make me unprepared, I wouldn't get up too hastily, and I wouldn't get dizzy.

Lin Mei couldn't understand what he said, but unfortunately she was born immune to this kind of insinuation, and continued to put salt on Su Xiuran's wound with a smile: "Although you are quite pitiful and beautiful now, but man Well, it’s better not to be too weak, writing a book is also physical work.”

Su Xiuran still had a good temper and smiled: "Thank you for your concern, I still have the energy to write a book."

Lin Mei saw that she couldn't take advantage of anything, so she wisely stopped pestering her and asked for help upstairs to clean the bathroom.She expected him to be so dizzy, he might still have a little strength to put on his clothes, and the bathroom would definitely not be able to clean up by himself.

Su Xiuran declined politely, then nodded reservedly.

After running up to the third floor and passing through Su Xiuran's bedroom, Lin Mei understood why Su Xiuran said that he would like to take a bath when he was not inspired.

The bathtub with massage function and advanced equipment, which can accommodate two people, is built in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows. From the window, you can see lush trees and clear distant mountains. It is indeed a pleasure to take a comfortable bath in such a bathtub. It's a very pleasant thing - it's a pity that she interrupted it today, and it indirectly caused Su Xiuran's dizziness.

Lin Mei stroked her chin and thought, didn't the surrounding residents discover his hobby and peep?The picture of a beautiful boy coming out of the bath is still very evocative, right?
Draining the water and wiping the wet floor of the bathroom, Lin Mei took a clean towel and went downstairs, and handed it to Su Xiuran, asking him to wipe the sweat that came out due to dizziness.

Even though he was lying on the sofa and couldn't move, Su Xiuran still kept a calm smile, and smiled at her gently after taking the towel.

After getting along for a week, Lin Mei has almost figured out his character.

He usually looks absolutely gentle and elegant, even if he has dissatisfaction in his heart, he seldom expresses it directly in words, especially for women, he is even more polite, this is his self-cultivation and etiquette.As for his bones, he was a bit critical and arrogant, and he was not as kind as he showed.

Just like now, he doesn't know how much he has secretly slandered, but he still has to insist on being a gentleman. Seeing how hard he is pretending, Lin Mei just secretly laughs in her heart, and doesn't say it out loud.

After a while Su Xiuran got better, and then sat up on the sofa, feeling dizzy immediately followed by a headache, he stretched out his fingers to support his forehead and gave himself a moderate massage.

Lin Mei felt somewhat embarrassed seeing him in such pain, and apologized first: "I'm sorry, I thought I was coming over on the weekend, did I bother you?"

Su Xiuran shook his head and said it's okay, he doesn't like to drink medicine, he doesn't have the habit of blaming others when he's uncomfortable, instead he has a surprisingly good temper, and comforted Lin Mei: "It's okay, it's because I didn't make it clear in advance."

Lin Mei still felt a little guilty in her heart, so she said, "Then let me make it up to you, and cook some good food for you?"

After a few days, Su Xiuran still recognized her cooking skills, and nodded with a smile: "Thank you very much."

Lin Mei also smiled, took out the rubber band and hairpin from her bag, combed her hair and prepared to go to the kitchen, Su Xiuran looked at her and smiled: "Speaking of which, I still have to thank you, I have enjoyed a lot these days Good food."

Lin Mei was praised, and she smiled complacently: "I dare not say anything else, I am confident that my cooking skills are better than Liu Han's, right?"

Su Xiuran smiled helplessly: "When Liu Han came, I was the one who cooked..."

Lin Mei suddenly felt that her three views had been refreshed again. Before she dared to love, Liu Han came every day not only for cats and PSPs, but also for food. He was really carefree and happy as the editor.

Lin Mei said regretfully: "Looks like I made a mistake again... If I had known I wouldn't be so active, I could eat and drink as well."

Su Xiuran smiled: "Then, next time you come, let me cook?"

Lin Mei nodded again and again: "Okay, I want to eat the dishes made by the hand who wrote such a great book!"

Su Xiuran smiled slightly, and his smiling eyes softened.

Because she was worried about Su Xiuran, Lin Mei didn't leave until the afternoon. Now that she knew she wouldn't come on weekends, Lin Mei didn't plan to come over tomorrow. Before leaving, she told Su Xiuran several times to drink Chinese medicine on time, for fear that he would secretly don't drink.

In the end, Su Xiuran was a little helpless: "Don't worry, I can take a photo to prove it when I drink the medicine."

Lin Mei turned her head and thought for a moment: "It's easy to fake photos, take videos..."

Rao Su Xiuran was so conceited that he had excellent language skills, but she was too choked up to say a word.

What Lin Mei didn't know was that after talking to her for so long, he said "you can come over tomorrow" several times, but he still didn't say it.

In the second week after Liu Han's computer was lost, another minor incident happened in the editorial department. A female editor named Zhang Lili hadn't come to work since Monday.

At first, everyone thought she was asking for leave, but she didn't show up for three consecutive days. When Du Yuwen asked her colleagues who had a good relationship with her, if they knew where she had gone, everyone felt something was wrong.

Only then did everyone realize that Zhang Lili hadn't asked Du Yuwen for leave, nor had she explained her whereabouts to anyone in the company. Her mobile phone had been turned off, and no one answered the emergency contact number she filled out.

At this point in the matter, Du Yuwen began to consider whether to call the police and say that she was missing.

Lin Mei was naturally also worried about her colleagues, but she also noticed that Zhang Lili's desk happened to be next to Liu Han's original desk, and their desks were two and a half arc-shaped desks, that is to say , Zhang Lili's chair and Liu Han's chair form an angle and are relatively close to each other.

Liu Han's laptop had only been lost for a few days, and Zhang Lili left without saying goodbye, without even a letter of resignation, which was a bit of a coincidence.

In any case, finding someone is the first priority. Du Yuwen asked the personnel department to contact her family according to the emergency contact information Zhang Lili filled out, to see if they could find someone first without going through the police.

As a result, the personnel department searched all day, but the reply was that Zhang Lili's parents couldn't get through to her phone number, and Zhang Lili's hometown is out of town, and his family members are not in city B. two days.

Things started to go beyond expectations. After learning about Zhang Lili's disappearance, Lin Mei originally thought that she might be the one who stole Liu Han's computer, but even so, she didn't have to disappear so completely.

No one ever suspected that she stole the computer, and no one will investigate it now. If she really stole it, she can leave the job normally as long as she submits a resignation letter, and there is no need to hide it from her family.

There was a new development in the matter, when Lin Mei went to Su Xiuran's place, she naturally recounted the matter to him.

After Lin Mei finished speaking, Su Xiuran was silent for a while. He was sitting on the armchair on the terrace in the backyard, with his chin resting on one hand, his eyes slightly lowered, his appearance was elegant and noble yet faintly domineering, just like an ancient A prince who kills and decides.

However, what he held in his hand was not a scepter or a sword, but a fluffy cat teasing stick. The cat teasing stick swayed up and down, left and right with the movements of his slender fingers, but Chunshen Jun was on all fours. Lying on the mat, not even moving, leaving only a haughty jaw for stupid humans.

Lin Mei looked at the pair of master and servant again and again, and couldn't help but took the cat teasing stick from Su Xiuran, and used the feather on the top of the cat teasing stick to lightly wipe Chunshen Jun's wet nose. Jun really moved like a rabbit, jumping up and down like an epilepsy, playing left and right, having a great time.

Su Xiuran put down the hand supporting his chin, and looked at Chun Shenjun, who was as lively, cute and cute as if he had changed into a cat in an instant, the corners of his lips twitched indiscernibly.

He got up and left the terrace, walked back to the room, poured himself a glass of warm water and drank a few sips before saying to Lin Mei: "I want to visit your office."

This news surprised Lin Mei so much, she couldn't even care about Chun Shenjun, she turned her head to look at him in surprise: "Master, you want to inspect our office? I'll tell Chief Editor Du to arrange it right away?"

Su Xiuran seemed to be speechless by her reaction again, held his water glass in silence for a moment, and then continued: "I didn't make it clear, about the lost laptop and the missing Zhang Lili, although you gave a lot of details, but I still want to go to your office to see for myself...it's best to find a time after get off work, when no one else is around."

Lin Mei said "Oh" and suddenly realized, her eyes sparkled: "Master, do you have any guesses in your heart? Let me tell you!"

Su Xiuran looked at her, and was silent for a moment: "The current details are not enough to confirm any speculation, I want to see more."

Lin Mei nodded again and again. In fact, Su Xiuran was not a professional detective, and there was no indication before that whether he had participated in detection activities in reality, but Lin Mei, who worshiped him blindly, obviously thought that as long as Su Xiuran stepped out, he would immediately You can solve the puzzle and immediately start cheering and finding time.

The best time is of course at night, especially after nine o'clock in the evening, even most of the colleagues who work overtime have left. Considering that Su Xiuran wants to keep secret, it is even more hidden at night.

After hearing this, Su Xiuran paused for a moment: "I don't like going out at night."

The young master is quite picky... The next day is Saturday, Lin Mei thought for a while and said, "Why don't you go tomorrow morning? Usually no one goes to work overtime in the morning on weekends."

Su Xiuran nodded reservedly and said yes, but for some reason, Lin Mei felt that there was a soft smile in his eyes, and he looked a little happy?
Lin Mei, who had a rich imagination, first thought that he seldom went out on weekdays, then thought that it must be boring to be locked at home every day, and then thought that just going to the office would make Su Xiuran, who hadn't been out for a long time, show a rare happy expression... ...The master must be too lonely at ordinary times!so poor!Being able to go out and play like a child is so fun! It couldn't be cuter!
After going through this series of divergent thinking, Lin Mei's gaze at Su Xiuran melted instantly, and she was almost full of maternal love.

Over there, Su Xiuran saw every detail of her changed expression, and suddenly felt a black line all over her head, so she could only sigh softly, turn around and go upstairs.

On Saturday morning, Lin Mei and Su Xiuran made an appointment to pick him up at nine o'clock. When she drove downstairs, Su Xiuran had already packed up and was waiting for her at the gate of the courtyard.

He usually dresses neatly at home, but now that he is going out, he has changed into a suit and a silver-gray tunic. The cover model for the photo—if you ignore the large white mask covering his chin and nose.

Lin Mei thought he would wear sunglasses, after all, he usually pays attention to his appearance, but he didn't expect him to wear such a big mask at the expense of ruining his image.

A little reluctantly opened the car door to ask him to get in, Lin Mei snickered: "Master, you are really willing to cover up this beautiful face."

It was inconvenient to speak while wearing a mask, so Su Xiuran glanced at her sideways, the meaning was obvious: it's important to do business.

Lin Mei nodded again and again, and with a suppressed smile, she started the car and took the Great God to investigate the scene.

The road conditions were good on the weekend morning, and they arrived under the office building in less than half an hour. Even on weekends, there was still a regular security check under the building. Lin Mei received the visitor's badge for Su Xiuran, and went through the security check. go upstairs.

The elevator under the building is also accessed by swiping a card. After Lin Mei swiped her work card, the floor automatically corresponds to the [-]th floor where Xingwen Books is located, and the buttons on other floors are all dark.

Such strict security measures have already exceeded the standard of ordinary office buildings. No wonder Liu Han would carelessly put the computer on the table, and no wonder the loss of a laptop would greatly exceed the expectations of the editorial staff.

In the elevator, I could see the doubt in Su Xiuran's eyes. Lin Mei explained: "This office building was newly built two years ago, and the rent is considered high compared to the nearby office buildings. The selling point is that the security measures are tight. After all, it is There are many companies in the complex, some of which are financial and R&D companies with high security requirements."

Su Xiuran nodded to express his understanding.When they reached the seventeenth floor, there was a large glass door outside the elevator, and there was also a door guard at the door.

The big security guard on duty inside the glass door is hired by Xingwen Books. He has known Lin Mei for a long time. Seeing that she came with someone, he opened the door and let them in without saying anything. Come to work overtime, who is this? Your boyfriend?"

Lin Mei asked Su Xiuran to go in first, and said with a smile: "Where, this is my second cousin from my hometown. I made an appointment to have dinner with him at noon today. I happened to think that I forgot to order something in the office yesterday, so I took him with me." Come up together."

The big security guard saw that Su Xiuran didn't take off his mask after he came in, so he asked a little strangely: "Your second cousin isn't used to the air in city B, right? Why are you still wearing a mask inside the house?"

The air quality in City B is notoriously poor throughout the country. Nowadays, many people are used to wearing masks during outdoor activities, but it is quite rare to wear masks indoors.

Lin Mei covered it up with a smile: "Where is it, he has a cold and is afraid of infecting others... Yesterday he was allergic to seafood and had a rash on his face, so he couldn't see people."

When Su Xiuran heard that his second cousin was there, he already wanted to leave in a hurry, and he couldn't help coughing a few times when he heard this, which just confirmed his "cold cold".

The security brother was a little shocked: "You still eat seafood when you have a cold, your second cousin is also very hard..."

Su Xiuran couldn't bear it anymore, but his good upbringing still made him politely nod to the security guard, and then he walked away from the front desk.

Lin Mei was afraid that he might go wrong, so she hurried over to lead him the way. Xingwen Books not only had an editorial department, but also a publishing and copyright department. The staff all sit in the big office.

As expected, the entire office area was empty, so Lin Mei brought Su Xiuran in and introduced everyone to him.

Her desk is in the last row, next to the large floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The row in front of her is facing Liu Han's seat. It is now cleaned up and no new colleagues have been arranged. Zhang Lili.

Su Xiuran walked over to look around, but didn't say anything, but he stopped at Liu Han's original position and looked out the window.

Outside the window is another newly completed office building, which is also magnificent. The large floor-to-ceiling glass windows occupy the entire wall, reflecting dazzling light in the sun.

Su Xiuran raised his hand to look at the mechanical watch on his wrist, and without saying anything, nodded to Lin Mei, indicating that he had finished watching it.

Lin Mei was still expecting him to take out a set of professional detective equipment, and even took out a magnifying glass to look at the fingerprints on the table like Sherlock Holmes, but he just looked at it casually, and it was fine.

The office is where she works every day, and she is so familiar with it that she can no longer be familiar with it. Lin Mei really couldn't think of anything new that he could discover, so she said, "Do you want to look elsewhere?"

Su Xiuran shook his head and said no. There were only the two of them in the office. Seeing Lin Mei's surprised eyes, he simply took off his mask and said in a low voice, "Have you found Zhang Lili now?"

Lin Mei shook her head: "Her parents just arrived in City B last night, and the police asked the landlord to open the apartment she was renting. There was no one inside. Whether or not something was lost belongs to the details of the police handling the case, and the editorial department has no right to know... But there is indeed no computer that Liu Han lost, this is certain."

Su Xiuran slightly curled the corners of his lips. Although he made a gesture of smiling, it seemed to Lin Mei that there was no smile: "If this is the case, then I don't have anything to look at."

After speaking, he put on the mask again, signaled to Lin Mei that she could go, and went out first.

Lin Mei took the elevator downstairs with him, and Su Xiuran didn't speak any more along the way, until they got into the car and Lin Mei drove the car out of the parking lot of the office building, he was still silent.

It was Lin Mei who couldn't hold back his breath first, and asked, "Master, what did you see?"

Su Xiuran looked at her, took off half of the mask, and said softly: "It's nothing...do you still remember the classification of deductive reasoning?"

Lin Mei was obsessed with reasoning. How could she not know this, and replied without thinking: "Syllogism, hypothetical reasoning, selective reasoning, relational reasoning... What's wrong? How simple is this."

Su Xiuran raised the corners of his lips and smiled slightly: "You have already collected a lot of details, but... your reasoning premise may be wrong."

Was her premise wrong?Did she miss something when she first gathered the details?
Lin Mei was of course very surprised, and couldn't help turning her head to look at Su Xiuran, but he reminded softly: "Concentrate on driving, we'll talk about it when we get home."

Lin Mei didn't realize that they had only known each other for only two weeks, and Su Xiuran naturally called going back to his own residence "going home", as if their relationship was so close that they could not be separated from each other.

With doubts, she dutifully drove back to Su Xiuran's villa.

(End of this chapter)