It was already morning when Mu Wan woke up. She exited the bedroom, but the house was empty, and there was no sound of a cat meowing. She saw that Liu Qianxiu’s bedroom door was closed tightly, and then she raised her eyes to check the time. It was already eight o’clock in the morning, so Liu Qianxiu should have gone to work.
The cats were sent to Xu Xingkong yesterday, so she was left alone at home. Mu Wan entered the kitchen and saw breakfast and a glass of orange juice on the table.
Everything was the same as when she spent the night at Liu Qianxiu’s house for the first time. Liu Qianxiu prepared breakfast for her, went to work, and left her at his home unaccompanied.
But there is a difference.
Mu Wan’s mind was a little chaotic. Her memory seemed to be covered with a thin layer of paper. She could only see the outline, but she could not see the specific content.
She sat on the high stool of the dining table. It was raining outside the window again. With the rain pattering, Mu Wan was thinking about what Liu Qianxiu had said before she went to bed yesterday.
After biting the sandwich, Mu Wan put the phone beside her on the marble dining table. Liu Qianxiu was very busy yesterday and back home late, then went to work again this morning. Liu Qianxiu is probably as busy as yesterday, so she didn’t call but texted him.
[Mu Wan: Liu Qianxiu.]
Unexpectedly, Liu Qianxiu quickly replied to the text message.
[Liu Daochang: Yes.]
Her lips curled up along the edge of the glass, and Mu Wan put her arms on the dining table, which is smooth and delicate. When her arms touched it, she felt cold. She listened to the rain’s sound and called him. He picked up the call as soon as the ringtone was over.
There was a sound of flipping through files on the phone, and Mu Wan asked: “Are you busy?”
The sound of flipping the files stopped abruptly, and Liu Qian Xiu said: “It’s okay.”
“Oh.” Mu Wan paused and said, “Shall we go to the Taoist Temple this afternoon? What do I need to prepare? I have nothing to do today, so I can buy it first.”
There was a knock at the door, and Xiao Tan came in. Liu Qianxiu glanced up at him, then looked down at the document and said: “Buy a few books you like to read. The signal is not good, and the mobile phone can’t access the Internet.”
“I don’t have a book that I like to read.” Mu Wan thought for a while and said, “I’d better watch you read.”
Liu Qianxiu didn’t say a word, and he pursued his lipline.
There was unexpected silence on the other end of the phone, and Liu Qianxiu was silent almost every time she spoke like this. Mu Wan rubbed her fingers on the marble dining table, and her fingerprints were soaked in the coolness of the stones.
“You said something to me last night.” Mu Wan said. She organized her words and said, “I fell asleep in the end, so I can’t remember what you said. What did you tell me?”
Liu Qianxiu looked up at Xiao Tan, and Xiao Tan pointed to his watch. They were going to a meeting.
“It’s not important.” Liu Qianxiu said, “I’ll return at one o’clock in the afternoon. You can eat something by yourself. When I go back, we go directly to the Taoist Temple. I will go to the meeting first.”
Yeah.” Mu Wan’s voice was obviously sinking a little.
With eyes drooping, Liu Qianxiu hung up the phone. He sorted out the materials on hand, got up, walked to Xiao Tan’s side, and said, “Let’s go.”
“Miss Mu?” Xiao Tan opened the door and asked Liu Qianxiu.
The two walked towards the conference room. The nurses and patients greeted them while passing them. Liu Qianxiu nods one by one and finally answers Xiao Tan’s question.
“Yeah.”
Xiao Tan just listened to the conversation and made a guess. When he confirmed that it was Mu Wan, he was somewhat surprised. Like a fire, Liu Qianxiu is as cold as water, and Mu Wan’s enthusiasm is quite suitable for him.
But he was slightly surprised. He looked at Liu Qianxiu and smiled: “I didn’t expect you to take her to the Taoist Temple.”
“Yeah.” Liu Qianxiu replied lightly, saying, “If she wants to go, I’ll take her.”
Liu Qianxiu refused to tell her, but she didn’t believe it was unimportant. After hanging up the phone, Mu Wan thought for a while. The memory’s outline became clearer, but she couldn’t break the thin paper.
After eating breakfast, Mu Wan gave up without thinking of a reason. She cleaned up the kitchen and left Liu Qianxiu’s house. She then went home first to pick up her luggage.
Liu Qianxiu said they went directly to the Taoist Temple after he got off work. They should be in a hurry, and the timing was very tight. So she went home first, brought the luggage to Liu Qianxiu’s house, and then set off directly from Liu Qianxiu’s.
It will rain intermittently as August approaches, six or seven times daily. When Mu Wan came out of Liu Qianxiu’s house, the rain was still not heavy. But when she got home, it had become pouring rain. Under this kind of rain, even if she held an umbrella, she would get half wet, not to mention that she had to carry luggage.
It was still early, and she was not in a hurry, so she waited at home for the rain to decrease. While she waited, she searched the Qingyuan Temple, which they were going to.
There are many Taoist and other temples in Xiacheng because the city is well-developed, full of incense, and fragrant. But Mu Wan had never heard of this Qingyuan temple. She looked for it on the map and only found Qingyuan Mountain.
The topography of Xiacheng is mountains and the seas. Qingyuan Mountain is located on the north side of Xiacheng. The North District is full of mountains, with a river in the middle called Sujiang.
The view there is quite good, with the mountains overlapping, and a river traverses among the mountains. The scenery is exceptionally amazing.
Xiacheng developed rapidly, and its development is also remarkably fast. However, the original ecology of the mountains is maintained. Apart from the construction of several resorts, it has yet to be developed.
Qingyuan Mountain is located on the innermost side of the Sujiang River and has yet to be developed. The mountain is low, and there is a small town below. The town might access the Internet, but the mountain signal is weak.
It was the first time Mu Wan found such a place, even though she grew up in Xiacheng. According to Liu Qianxiu’s personality, he is not a Taoist. At best, he is regarded as a man of pure cultivation. He does not seek to become immortal but pursues peace of mind.
“Mind...” Mu Wan murmured, grabbing the keywords and a flash of inspiration in her mind. Yesterday, Liu Qianxiu seemed to be talking about the state of mind.
Her mobile phone rang as she tried to think about it, and Mu Wan’s memory was interrupted. She said ‘ugh’ regretfully. She picked up her mobile phone and saw that it was Gao Mei.
Gao Mei was on a business trip two days ago and did not shoot in Xiacheng’s photography base. She returned last night and was on the same crew as Mu Wan today. However, after she went to the crew, she found that Mu Wan was not there.
“It was deleted?” Gao Mei couldn’t say anything. “Your role part is very crucial. You can delete it when you say you want to delete it?”
“It seemed so.” Mu Wan sat cross-legged on the bed. The rain outside the window was getting weaker, and she said, ““I haven’t had a shoot this week, and Li Nan hasn’t notified me about next week’s schedule.”
At this point, Gao Mei also noticed something wrong. However, she had the same idea as Li Nan. Mu Wan was filming quietly on the set. Because she was in a supporting role, she has never been involved in any work, and there is no director or leading role to pick her fault, so why didn’t she film for a week?
“Do you know what’s going on?” Maybe the person concerned knew about it.
“Yeah.” Mu Wan replied.
Hearing what Mu Wan said, Gao Mei was anxious and said, “Then what are you going to do? You will not work this week. There is no plan for next week. There has been no filming, so how do you eat?”
“I’ll deal with it when I come back next week.” Mu Wan had something on his mind that didn’t involve matters in the circle, so she didn’t talk much about it.
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