Caught and Chased

Victor observed one thing uncommon: “Yi, are you a bit out of it?”

Yi Zhize casually defined, “Sorry, I am a bit drained.”

“Did you deal with a variety of work right now?”

“En.”

“You are all the time like that, the work by no means stops, what is the rush?” Victor refilled his glass with some purple wine: “Take a sip to alleviate your fatigue.”

Yi Zhize lifted his glass.

The glass mirrored the determine of Ou Tingyun not far-off.

He was taking a look at him.

Yi Zhize choked on his drink and coughed gently.

Victor pulled out a tissue and handed it to him, gently rubbing his again within the course of, “Yi, are you okay? Why are you so careless?”

“No…nothing.”

“Haha, this jogs my memory of a scene whenever you first arrived at UCL, do you bear in mind?” Victor raised his eyebrows, “On the bar close to the faculty.”

Yi Zhize wiped the nook of his mouth with a tissue, “Do, not, bear in mind.”

“You have been so, so harmless again then.” Victor chuckled, “Naturally you attracted a variety of eyes attributable to your good-looking oriental appears.”

“You’ll be able to cease now.”

“No, I will go on.” Victor’s grin was very disagreeable: “You have been approached by a stupendous lady with a sizzling physique, however sadly your English was atrocious. She spoke to you want a rooster and that is all, and also you blushed and spilled your drink on her skirt, haha!”

Yi Zhize was so embarrassed that his ears turned purple: “Victor, I am warning you. If you happen to preserve speaking, I will depart.”

“Ah sorry, I will shut up instantly! I will simply say yet one more phrase.” Victor smiled, “It is due to that that we met, is not it?”

“En, you are the one who acquired me off the hook.” Yi Zhize requested, “I all the time wished to know, why?”

“I am half Chinese language. My mom is Chinese language, so I used to be naturally interested in you. And, properly…” Victor pretended, “I assumed I ought to meet you.”

“You have been simply attempting to study Chinese language.”

“Haha, do not be so blunt.”

“I do know you properly.” Yi Zhize mentioned, “You do not do meaningless socialising.”

“Yi, it is a win-win, is not it? You train me Chinese language, I train you English. An ideal friendship is born!”

“I did not assume so, I discovered that again at UCL.” Yi Zhize’s voice was detached: “For you, solely curiosity could make you , proper?”

Victor’s smile froze on his face.

The ambiance instantly dropped to a freezing level.

Yi Zhize continued, “If it weren’t for that worldwide felony case tonight, we would not have crossed paths in any respect, would we?”

Victor was silent for a very long time, his pale blue eyes rippling, “Yi, you misunderstand.”

“It would not matter.” Yi Zhize mentioned, “Let’s get proper to the purpose and get straight to enterprise.”

“Yi!” Victor stopped caring about gentlemanly manners, took his wrist and whispered, “I’ve already apologised to you for what occurred on the ceremonial dinner again then! Why do you retain alienating me due to it?”

“Let go.”

“No.”

“You are being impolite, Mr. Victor.”

“My manners are imagined to be disguised, not that you do not know that.”

“What would you like?”

“Yi, forgive me, okay?”

“Is there any level in speaking about this now?” Yi Zhize acquired up from his seat, “I will the washroom, so you need to calm your self down. After I come again, I need you to regain your sanity and we will proceed to speak concerning the case.”

Yi Zhize left his seat and walked within the path of the washroom.

As he handed a darkish hall, somebody pulled him in.

It was Ou Tingyun.

The hall was twisted and this nook was hidden from view.

Ou Tingyun pinned him towards the hall pillar and requested in a low voice, “Who’s that man?”

Yi Zhize spoke intentionally, “Dr. Ou, I haven’t got to elucidate to you.”

Ou Tingyun did not hear, “Inform me, Zhize.”

Yi Zhize couldn’t resist him and sighed, “A colleague.”

“Zhize, you do not wish to have private relationships with individuals.” Ou Tingyun pursued, “What’s extra, that man should have one thing else in thoughts for you. You steer clear of him.”

Yi Zhize laughed, “Dr. Ou, why is that this all the time the case? Do you’ve gotten a prejudice towards everybody round me?”

“Certainly,” Ou Tingyun leaned nearer to him once more, “I detest those that encompass you.”

“What about your self?” Yi Zhize mentioned, “A good looking scene, flowers earlier than the moon?” (Angel: These are two sayings put collectively, the primary that means good time and surroundings, and the second that means a spot to speak about love.)

Ou Tingyun checked out him in shock for a second, then laughed lowly, ” Zhize, you’ve gotten misunderstood.”

He gave the impression to be in a pleasing temper as he spoke in Yi Zhize’s ear, “She’s a colleague of mine on the hospital. I am conducting scientific analysis in psychology and wish her assist, that is all.”

“You do not have to elucidate.” Yi Zhize mentioned, “It is none of my enterprise.”

“Actually?” Ou Tingyun teased him, “I assumed you have been jealous.”

“No,” Yi Zhize instantly denied, “how is that doable? We aren’t in that form of ambiguous relationship.”

“Then what do you assume, what sort of relationship do now we have?”

“A physician-patient relationship in psychotherapy and a cooperative relationship in authorized issues.” After a protracted pause, Yi Zhize mentioned, “In a private sense, a relationship of associates.”

Ou Tingyun listened patiently to him end and mentioned gently, “For me, it is slightly greater than associates.”

Yi Zhize’s breath stalled barely.

His coronary heart skipped a beat.

Ou Tingyun mentioned, “Greater than associates, slightly extra, slightly deeper.”

———

At night time, returned to his residence.

After washing up, he lay in mattress.

Yi Zhize couldn’t sleep.

It was not just because he was anxious, moderately it was a mix of inexplicable feelings.

Ou Tingyun’s phrases lingered in his thoughts and he felt like he was drifting.

No.

This was not proper.

This emotion, Yi Zhize thought, appeared to have crossed the road slightly.

At that second, his cellphone lit up.

It was a name from Ou Tingyun.

Yi Zhize stared on the display for a very long time, not understanding whether or not he ought to reply it or not.

Earlier than the cellphone hung up, he pressed the reply button.

“Zhize.”

“En.”

Simply listening to his voice was all it took, however it appeared to lift some nice sense of satisfaction.

“The moon is gorgeous, do you see it?”

“En.”

He did not really see it, however he felt that if Ou Tingyun noticed it, he noticed it too.

“I used to be watching you whereas we have been eating tonight.”

Sufficient.

Do not say any extra, thought Yi Zhize.

He felt his coronary heart beating quick and livid.

He did not know how you can reply.

So he stored silent.

Ou Tingyun mentioned, “Are you free tomorrow night time?”

“Sure.”

“We could meet up?”

“Okay.”

“First we’ll go to dinner, then I will hypnotise you.”

“En.”

“Truly, these are all excuses,” Ou Tingyun instantly whispered, “I simply wish to see you.”

Yi Zhize’s thoughts exploded.

He felt as if he had misplaced his footing and had fallen into some nice whirlpool.

Sanity started to crumble.

He was being,

devoured inch by inch.