I go north, you go south

Chapter 52 Distance
Nan Zishu stood up abruptly, dodging Ling Bei's approach.

"Ling Bei, I think it's better for us to keep our distance." Nan Zishu felt that when he said this, he was almost out of breath.

"Shu Shu, what's the matter with you? Why do you say that suddenly?"

Ling Bei wanted to reach out to pull her, but Nan Zishu avoided him.

"I just don't think it's appropriate." Nan Zishu's voice choked up uncontrollably.

From the beginning, Nan Zishu was very afraid that he was just a wishful clown.

She dared not say that she had secretly read the words written on the paper bag, let alone directly confess her feelings for him.

"I will move out tomorrow, thank you for taking in and taking care of me these days. Thinking about it, there is nothing I can do for you, I can only hope that your life and relationship will be smooth in the future."

Nan Zishu felt that he was deliberately saying these words, but it was better than maintaining a nondescript relationship.

"Shu Shu, what's wrong with you!?" Ling Bei directly reached out and grabbed Nan Zishu's wrist, this time he was really anxious.

Ling Bei could feel that Nan Zishu was slowly accepting him these days, even if the other party was just out of gratitude at first.

He didn't want to bind her with his years of feelings, he was careful in everything, he just wanted her to accept it step by step.

But now Nan Zishu's sudden change made him more and more confused.

"I told you, don't call me that!" Nan Zishu got the strength out of nowhere, and directly shook off the restraint between Ling Bei's palms.

She realized her gaffe, and ran back to the guest bedroom as if fleeing.

Then choose to lock the door.

Ling Bei knocked on the door for a long time, but Nan Zishu didn't respond to him.

Neither of them had any intention of having dinner, and they both had insomnia in a tacit understanding at night.

The next morning, when Ling Bei went to knock on the door of the guest bedroom with anxiety, he pushed it lightly and it opened.

The room was empty.

The bed was neatly tidied up, and the house was clean as if no one had ever lived in it.

Ling Bei first looked down at the scabbed wound on his fingertips, then closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

He guessed that Nan Zishu would choose to leave without saying goodbye, and he didn't even give him a chance to ask why.

There was a note on the table in the room, the girl wrote in delicate and neat handwriting: Ling Bei, thank you.

In this relationship, they both chose to look forward and backward and keep silent, and they seemed to have lost such things as "courage" at the same time.

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The day after Nan Zishu left Ling Bei's house, he returned to work in the design department.

After a brief greeting with Xu Huan and other colleagues in the group, Nan Zishu returned to work.

Now the entire company is spreading the news about the investigation of Li Jian, the director of the design department. Naturally, no one has come to gossip about Nan Zishu's whereabouts in the past few days.

Except for Xu Huan who knew the inside story.

During the lunch break in the tea room, Xu Huan asked Nan Zishu carefully: "Shu Shu, what about you and Ling Bei..."

"It's impossible for me and him."

Nan Zishu answered simply, and his voice was pretending to be calm.

But the fingers that kept rubbing the wall of the thermos in her hand and the eyes that dared not look directly at Xu Huan still betrayed the sadness in her heart that kept her sleepless for two days.

"But your state..." Xu Huan saw Nan Zishu's haggard face and thick dark circles, and could feel her extremely depressed mood.

But before she could ask a few more questions, Nan Zishu directly changed the subject.

"Hey, Xiao Huan," Nan Zishu tried hard to get into his usual state, "What's the matter with Director Li that was recently reported?"

(End of this chapter)