Soul Patch

Chapter 19 The little deer collides

Bai Yu stared at Wen Jie in astonishment, as if he were meeting him for the first time:

"Really asleep?"

"Bored," Wenjie muttered softly, glancing at the time; it was already past ten.

"Put out your cigarette! Let's go back to work."

"Director Wang isn't here, what's the rush?"

Bai Yu didn't seem to care. After finishing speaking, he continued to leisurely swallow and spit, fiddling with the Zippo lighter the girl had given him.

He lifted the lighter cap, and it fell back down, lifted it again, and it fell back down, the crisp, pleasant sound echoing in the small smoking room with its own rhythm.

Upon hearing the mention of Director Wang, Wenjie seemed to recall something. He leaned closer to Bai Yu and asked, "Last time we were in the cafeteria, didn't you say you saw the lady who was having dinner with Director Wang when you were shopping?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yu looked at Wen Jie, his dark eyes flashing with an expression that Wen Jie couldn't understand.

"Well, what happened?"

"That woman is dead. She jumped into the river and committed suicide the day before yesterday."

Bai Yu's gaze suddenly focused on Wen Jie's face, but he said casually, "Yeah, I saw the news."

He chuckled to himself after saying that, reverting to his usual nonchalant demeanor: "You follow these gossips too?"

"Hehe, I saw it by chance, it's just a bit of a pity. She was a very beautiful woman, I saw her just a couple of days ago and she was fine, and then she just died."

Wenjie chuckled awkwardly.

Bai Yu was still preoccupied with Wen Jie's relationship, so upon hearing Wen Jie's words, he teased, "What? Prettier than your girlfriend?"

Wenjie was taken aback by the question. This... he really hadn't compared them before!

After Bai Yu brought it up, Wen Jie actually started comparing Yang Shanshan and Qin Fen.

Well, they're both beautiful, but they're completely different types:

Yang Shanshan is youthful and lively, charming and lovely, while Qin Fen is dignified and beautiful, with graceful bearing.

Uh... if we're talking about figure, Qin Fen might have the edge.

When Qin Fen fell into the water, he wrapped his left arm around her and forcefully pulled her into the crook of his arm.

I felt as if I had touched a soft, boneless body, all of which was soft and smooth, especially the chest area.

As for Yang Shanshan, that glance at her collar that day...

……

Seeing Wenjie seriously comparing things, Bai Yu was furious and shoved him, saying, "Come on, hurry up and get back to work!"

"Oh, oh," he mumbled in response, got up, and followed Bai Yu out of the smoking room.

Walking down the corridor, Wenjie silently followed behind Bai Yu and asked out of the blue, "Bai Yu, have you heard that someone has drowned in the artificial lake in the wetland park next door?"

Bai Yu didn't turn his head and answered in a muffled voice, "No."

Wenjie said "Oh," and after returning to his workstation, he began searching for drowning incidents at the Canal Wetland Park in his browser.

The search results shocked him; six people had drowned in this artificial lake in the last three years. Including Qin Fen, that made seven.

In the five years prior, two people had drowned.

Are there a lot of cases lately?

It was quite strange that Qin Fen refused to jump into this artificial lake yesterday.

Wenjie pointed out news reports about drowning one by one.

Qin Fen, female, 38 years old;

Wang Gang, male, 48 years old;

Guan Xiaonan, female, 16 years old;

Xu Mo, 15 years old;

……

Lin Yufei is a 14-year-old girl.

The news about the 14-year-old girl is in the search bar, but clicking on it results in a 404 error.

These two pieces of information, from five years ago, lacked detailed news coverage. Clicking on them redirected to an advertising page, which seemed a bit like clickbait.

There is too little information on the internet, and he doesn't have permission to access some of the data.

Hey!

Wenjie slumped dejectedly at the table, when he heard Bai Yu call out to him, "Come on, let's go to the cafeteria!"

"You go first, I'll go later," Wenjie said weakly.

That's strange. He's usually quite enthusiastic about going to the cafeteria, so why is he acting so unusually today?

Bai Yu glanced at Wenjie's computer desktop and saw the search results for "drowning in an artificial lake" in red. A sense of unease crept into his heart, and his gaze towards Wenjie became increasingly complex.

This kid doesn't eat lunch. He keeps asking Qin Fen about her relationship with Director Wang and then investigating the drowning incident at the artificial lake. What is he trying to do?

Just as he was lost in thought, he heard a commotion in the office, as if everyone was talking about something.

He couldn't help but look up towards the entrance of the office area.

He was stunned when he looked inside: Yang Shanshan was standing at the door, holding something in her hand, peering inside.

Yang Shanshan wore a light blue spaghetti strap dress today, with tassels framing a patch of spring color on her chest, and a bow on each of the thin straps.

A bow landed on her full, jade-like shoulder, swaying gently with each step... attracting attention as she walked towards Bai Yu.

She's so shapely and sophisticated, yet exudes both intelligence and sexiness!

Even Bai Yu, who has seen the world, was stunned by Yang Shanshan's all-out attack.

As Yang Shanshan gracefully approached, Bai Yu glanced at her long, black, lustrous hair that fell naturally to her waist, and deliberately asked, "What? Didn't you come to work today?"

Isn't that obvious? How could she possibly dress like that for work?

Wenjie heard the sound of high heels and looked up to see Yang Shanshan walking towards Bai Yu.

The flame that had ignited in his eyes suddenly went out, and his gaze dimmed.

Yang Shanshan gently placed the insulated lunchbox on Wenjie's desk.

She turned around and smiled faintly at Bai Yu: "I had to make soup for Wenjie today, so I didn't go to work."

Bai Yu's facial expressions were truly varied, ranging from surprise to indignation, followed by a feigned indifference.

She quickly overturned all of the previous arguments, gave Wenjie a cold look, and turned and left without looking back.

A wave of negative emotions washed over him, and he couldn't help but think of Wenjie's "hmm."

Even if Wenjie were to date a girl, he wouldn't mind too much if she was just average-looking, since that's their private matter.

But Wenjie is actually dating Yang Shanshan!

He not only dated Yang Shanshan, but he also slept with her!

But it was clearly me who made the first appointment with Yang Shanshan!

Wenjie was a little taken aback for a moment, then sat down with a thud.

She said in surprise, "Yang Shanshan, thank you... thank you for making soup for me."

As he spoke, he lowered his eyes. Yang Shanshan was so radiant and beautiful that she seemed so distant to him.

"Don't be shy," Yang Shanshan winked playfully, then casually pulled over a chair and sat down next to him.

She unscrewed the lid of the insulated lunchbox, scooped out a spoonful of pork rib soup, and held it to Wenjie's lips:

"Try it. If you like it, I'll make it for you when I have time."

Wenjie wasn't used to being fed, so he took the spoon from Yang Shanshan.

He took a sip and exclaimed, "Delicious!"

(End of this chapter)