Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: A Fatal Contract

The next day, Nalan went to work on time, and according to Qin Huai's request, checked some information about Zhaoyang Lake and Jiajingnian for backup, and the time passed in a blink of an eye.For a day, Qin Huai didn't write a single word, but read a book in his hands, which seemed to be a notebook literature from the Qing Dynasty. A blog book from hundreds of years ago. The lunch was delivered by Fang Wendong, a relatively high-end box lunch, and the three of them ate together.Fang and Qin gossip about the literary world, but Na Lan finds it boring, and she is glad that she is not a young woman in literature.

After Fang Wendong left, Nalan asked Qin Huai: "You forced me to go to the auction last night, you used me as a shield, right?" Qin Huai pretended to be innocent: "I am a man of seven feet, how could I need..." "Sikong Qing and I 'heart-to-heart' once." "Oh?" "I hope you won't make me your vase next time, causing others to misunderstand." Na Lan warned. "I've never seen such a prickly vase. It must be filled with roses." "Why did Sikong Qing say..." "I gave her a second life?" It seems that this is not the first time Sikong Qing used this term.Na Lan stared at Qin Huai, waiting for his answer.Qin Huai asked: "Do you believe it?"

Nalan said, "That's why I ask you." "Ever heard the word 'exaggeration'?" Nalan sighed: "I've heard of the word 'prevarication'." On the ferry back to Jiangjing, Boss Du came to chat with her again, and Na Lan almost asked him if he had heard of the affair between Si Kongqing, Sikong Zhu's princess, and Qin Huai. Fortunately, she wasn't bored to that point.Boss Du said: "What a coincidence, yesterday we just talked about the story of the coir raincoat man, and someone told me immediately that she saw it!" Nalan asked in surprise, "What do you see? The man in coir raincoat fishing? Who has such good eyes?"

Boss Du said disapprovingly: "You have good eyes. It was said by an old lady, the old lady of the Tan family. I always call her Aunt Tan. She is seventy-eight years old. You know those old men and women, they should sleep She can’t sleep when she shouldn’t, and she’s always in a daze when she shouldn’t. She said she couldn’t sleep last night, and she looked out of the window of her house and saw a man in a coir raincoat fishing on the lake. I said you missed it, it’s the middle of the night There must be people who fish secretly, but last night there was no wind or rain, why is that person wearing a raincoat? My words caused a lot of waves, the old lady was most afraid of being said to have bad eyesight, but she was angry, she Said, 'Not only did I see that man was wearing a coir raincoat, but there was no line on the fishing rod!'"

"Fishing for life!" "Isn't it? The more I talk about it, the more mysterious it becomes." "However, this statement cannot be inaccurate. Many people in Jiangjing die every day, which can be regarded as fulfilling the legend." Nalan felt more and more that the novelist's words were boring. In the ensuing conversation, the two seemed to have a tacit understanding, and both avoided mentioning Qin Huai. But apart from Qin Huai, Na Lan suddenly felt that Boss Du had little to talk about, coming and going, and it was all private things she didn't want to delve into. Apart from purely satisfying curiosity, she couldn't figure out why strangers needed to know this information, maybe to tell them to others. The next girl to come to Qin Huai?

So when the phone rang suddenly, Nalan breathed a sigh of relief.The call came at the right time, and she smiled apologetically at Boss Zhangdu, hoping that it would be Tao Zi who was bored. However, it was not Tao Zi who called. Actually, nobody. Nalan held the phone for a long time, and asked several times, "Hello?" Her heart tightened, thinking of Qin Huai's expression when he received that strange call in "Luoju".That look must be on my face now. She glanced at the phone, an unfamiliar number. "I'm sorry, I'm going to die." She felt that she was still not as ruthless as Qin Huai, so she gritted her teeth and said the threat of "the price of blood".

"I'm Ning Yuxin." Her soft voice was slightly hoarse. Nalan unconsciously clenched the phone tightly, what should she say?Get away from me, don't watch my every step behind your dark glasses.But she said, "What's the matter?" "Are you on the ferry?" Damn, is she still following me?Looking around, Nalan must be as terrified as Qin Huai was in "Luoju". The water bank and the small ferry boat were in sight, but Ning Yuxin was not there. Ning Yuxin who was next to her ear said, "Don't be afraid, I didn't follow you, I just heard the sound of the motor and the whistling wind coming from your mobile phone."

"Thank you, don't follow me anymore." Nalan didn't like teasing, but she couldn't help it at the moment. "Are you going or are you going back?" Ning Yuxin spoke slowly, as if she had taken too many sleeping pills and was ready to fall asleep at any time. Nalan wanted to say, don't bother you, but felt that this would complicate things, so she said, "Go back to Jiangjing." "That's good." But Ning Yuxin couldn't hear the "good" mood in her voice. "You are right to leave him." What good?what is rightConfirm that I will not spend the night on the island in the middle of the lake?unacceptable.

"Ning Yuxin, I don't care what happened between you and Qin Huai. I was just hired by Haimantian to help him finish the manuscript. I went back today and have to go to work tomorrow." "No, don't go, leave him as far away as possible." Ning Yuxin didn't seem to hear Nalan's words at all. "I'm just a working girl, I go every morning and leave in the afternoon, far away." "You didn't understand what I meant," Ning Yuxin's voice had a tone, as if she had finally "lived". "I want to say, Qin Huai...he is an extremely dangerous person."

Na Lan wants to say, I understand that Qin Huai is indeed very dangerous, especially for you girls who are ready to fall in romantic love with idols anytime and anywhere.She sighed: "Ning Yuxin, let me tell you frankly, maybe you still have a lot of 'love' and really think Qin Huai is very attractive, but..." "You still don't understand what I mean, Qin Huai is extremely dangerous, it's... a real danger." What did Ning Yuxin's voice bring out?A trace of fear? "Then please speak more clearly." Nalan finally realized that Ning Yuxin's phone call was not a threatening confrontation with an imaginary "rival in love".

Ning Yuxin paused for a moment, as if thinking of words. "The people around Qin Huai...the people who love Qin Huai are all dead." Na Lan's heart trembled, and so did her hands. "I don't understand what you said..." "Qin Huai had parents who loved him very much, but they died of gas poisoning when he was a child; he was almost single-handedly brought up by his sister, who was as loving as a mother to him and devoted all her youth to him, but he Not long after graduating from college, his sister died before she could enjoy his blessings, and committed suicide by falling from a building; his new wife, who loved him deeply, had been missing for three years. Officials and private parties had counted her, so she must have died. So I figured if I stayed with him, it would end up the same way." Nalan felt a little seasick: "You mean, you left Qinhuai on your own initiative." "It's the opposite of the news on the gossip board, right?" "It also runs counter to what Fang Wendong said." "Fang Wendong is Qin Huai's 'mouthpiece'. If Qin Huai can't say anything or say something that will damage his image, Fang Wendong has to say it. However, Fang Wendong is the most daring and loyal person I have ever met. To be honest, such a Excellent men are almost extinct. But no matter what they say, there is a truth... I am indeed a little paranoid, and I fell in love with Qin Huai paranoidly, so I was so passive and fell into this situation." "Then why did you take the initiative to break the news on the blog? Those eclectic content..." Na Lan had just asked the question, but already had the answer in her heart. "You are so smart, you should know that I have no choice but to do this. I hope to anger Qin Huai, make him hate me and annoy me, so that I can stop my way back, but even so, it is not easy...Of course, this is mine You won’t believe one-sided words.” In fact, Ning Yuxin’s answer matched Nalan’s thoughts.But Ning Yuxin must not know that her revelation of telekinesis had little effect, Qin Huai still mentioned Ning Yuxin without a single word. "No matter who said it, I prefer to believe the facts. How did you get in last night's auction?" "If you look through the gossip editions more, you will find that there are not one or two so-called celebrities who have an affair with me..." Na Lan understood what she meant, and another big-name figure who pursued her brought her into the auction. "Why do you say I'm in real trouble?" "Didn't you hear what Sikong Qing said?" Ning Yuxin's voice trembled a little.Nalan never imagined that when mentioning Sikong Qing, a woman like a fairy, she would have such a strong reaction. "I heard, she said that Qin Huai gave her a second life, which means... I think she loves Qin Huai very much. I still don't see any trouble for me." I should have asked her last night, but at that time Ning Yu Xin disappeared immediately after appearing, and the two had no chance to talk much. "Can't you see it? It's actually very simple. At last night's reception, usually the husband brings his wife, or the diamond king and five bring their lover. Qin Huai brings you, which naturally shows that you are his new love." Nalan was almost seasick, if she had known this, she would not have gone to last night's Hongmen Banquet even if she was desperate. "Then what will happen to her... Sikong Qing?" Ning Yuxin sneered and said, "Sikong Zhu is famous for being a nice man, but Sikong Qing is famous for being ruthless. It is said that a large part of Sikongzhu's industrial group is currently under the control of Sikong Qing. Judging from her acquisition performance, If she sees it, if she wants it, she'll do anything to get it." "Including...love?" Na Lan felt more and more that she was "too stupid and naive" to be "dragged into the water" by Qin Huai, so angry that she wanted to throw away her phone. "How did you get my phone number?" "Where the sea is all over the sky." "Damn Hai Mantian, what right does he have..." "Don't blame him, I 'stolen' it. That day, I went to his office to report my resignation, and your work contract is on his desk..." Nalan felt that she heard it wrong: "What? Resignation? You also work for Haimantian?" "Qin Huai's writing assistant." "This position sounds familiar." Na Lan rubbed his temples. "Yes, I am you three months ago." The old man was crying, but the new man was not laughing. The position of "assistant" must be cursed. Ning Yuxin said again: "Si Kongqing is just one of your troubles... I think you must have seen Qin Huai's so-called new work?" "A short essay of 5,000 words?" "Five thousand seven hundred and fifty-three words." Ning Yuxin spoke very seriously, but Na Lan was about to faint: Ning Yuxin and Qin Huai should be a natural couple.Ning Yuxin said more seriously: "This is your biggest trouble." Na Lan gradually understood Ning Yuxin's direction: "You resigned from this job and left Qin Huai because you were afraid of the 'same end', the curse of being close to Qin Huai, could it be related to Qin Huai's new work? What omen did you see?" Ning Yuxin almost blurted out: "I knew you would ask this question." "so?" "So I'm waiting to meet you. I... want to have a good chat with you. There are many messy things that happened in the past two or three months. I don't know who to tell." "Do you believe me?" Nalan wanted to ask: Am I the best listener? "I... researched you. I went to your department and read your recent graduation thesis. I think I know a lot about you. At least, I think you are very intelligent. I hope you don't take offense." It can finally be explained that Ning Yuxin is everywhere like a wandering ghost. "Where do you want to meet? What time?" Nalan looked at his watch, 4:06. "Can I trouble you, just come to my house. In the Yangliuqing Village community, after you get off the ferry, you can take the air-conditioned car No. 157 to go directly... You know, how many people are waiting to see my jokes, I am going out now What an inconvenience." But you have time to be my shadow.Nalan said helplessly, "Okay, I can be at your house before five o'clock." Before interrupting the call, Ning Yuxin paused and said, "However, you have to promise me one more thing." "Say it." "Promise me, don't fall in love with Qin Huai." Nalan smiled wryly, is there anything easier than this? The man watched Na Lan go ashore, and felt that he had been attracted by her gentle figure and pure and decisive temperament, so he imagined the picture of her becoming a corpse, which made the man full of regrets, but no one could stop the footsteps of fate , isn't it? how?She got on bus No. 157?The most direct bus back to Jiangda is obviously the "Wenhu Special Line".Where is she going? After scanning the bus stop names of No. 157 on the sign one by one, the man suddenly understood where Na Lan was going. The apartment Ning Yuxin rented was in a community called Yangliuqing Village, which was indeed not far from Jiang University.There are several high-rise buildings with 15-20 floors in the community. The doors of the buildings are all iron bars that lock automatically. Before entering the building, guests must enter the room number on the keyboard. Nalan pressed the room number: 1043, and it was connected. With a "click", the door lock popped open.After Nalan entered the building, she found that the elevator was broken, and a black and white letter was pasted on the elevator door, saying that it had been reported for repair, please wait a moment, or go up the stairs by herself. Nalan chose to climb the stairs.Swimming training does not stop, her lung capacity and endurance are not a problem. Walked to the 10th floor, thin shirt wet with sweat.Before entering the door of 1043, Na Lan felt the cold air blowing from the air conditioner. Why is the door open? Nalan felt that her vigilance was a little unnecessary. Ning Yuxin knew that she had entered the building and opened the door to welcome the guests in advance. What's so strange? She called "Yu Xin".No one answered.There is only the hum of the air conditioner in the room, setting off the dead silence. For some reason, she remembered at this moment that Ning Yuxin opened the door for herself just now, but didn't make a sound on the phone. She raised her voice and called again, but there was still no response.She pushed the door open and walked into the living room, but there was no one there. Her heart was seized, but she still slowly walked into the bedroom, and finally understood the definition of dead silence. The silence of death, the silence of death. An iron chain hangs from the ceiling. It used to hang a chandelier, but now it hangs Ning Yuxin. With long hair covering her face, Na Lan didn't even dare to confirm that it was Ning Yuxin. Under the comfortable nightdress made of light cotton, a pair of pale as ice jade ankles were exposed, and the faint scent of lavender melted into the dead breath. Nalan covered her mouth and exclaimed in her heart. It occurred to her suddenly that maybe all of this happened suddenly, before the twinkling of an eye.After all, he had just talked to her on the phone less than an hour ago.If Ning Yuxin dies soon, she may still be saved. She stepped on the edge of the bed to untie the rope wrapped around the iron chain and Ning Yuxin's neck, but she couldn't untie it eagerly.She ran into the kitchen, found a kitchen knife, and cut the rope. Ning Yuxin was laid flat on the ground, and Na Lan performed artificial respiration for her, a compulsory course for the swimming team. Mouth to mouth, then chest.But in vain. Ning Yuxin's soul has drifted away.Another person who loved Qinhuai passed away. Another youthful life disappeared in a cloud of smoke and rain. Same fate!