Mint trembled slightly, and Zhan Yifan added: "It's my fault. I only focus on work, but I'm not by your side at this time..."

Mint shook his head, gritting his teeth to prevent tears from coming out. However, his hands tightly grabbed the clothes on both sides of Zhan Yifan's waist, and his voice trembled with some suppression: "No, these things, I can still afford it. I won't tell you because I know your job is not easy either."

"Woman, do you really have to be so rational?" Zhan Yifan was so angry that he wanted to slap Mint's butt hard, but in the end he just patted her gently, and then hugged her tighter: "That person Beaten?"

Mint didn't know what to say, so she just kept silent. She was not defending that person, but if she was too shy to speak, being beaten twice by the same person, even though it was her own father, was a blow to her in different degrees. It was disappointing before, but this time it was despair.

"Tell me, did he hit you?" Zhan Yifan let go of Mint, grabbed her arm, looked into her eyes and asked persistently.

Mint nodded: "Because, I annoyed him."

Zhan Yifan's eyes were fierce, and a hint of sinisterness flashed across his indifferent face. He grabbed Bo Min's hand tightly, and his two big hands could hold Bo Min's slender arms. Bo Min knew that Zhan Yifan was angry, although he had never seen Zhan Yifan. Yifan is so scary when he is angry, but he knows that this man does not get angry easily.

"Whether it's a showdown," Mint smiled slightly, trying to comfort Zhan Yifan's nervous mood at the moment: "Severing ties with them, the Bo family... will no longer have anything to do with me from now on. If my mother hadn't called Bai He, I also want to give my last name Bai." But Bai He and Bai He have the same pronunciation, so it's hard to tell them apart.

Zhan Yifan cooled down, loosened his grip on Mint's arm, reached out and gently rubbed Mint's ointment-smeared face, narrowed his eyes and said softly: "This slap will never be in vain."

Zhan Yifan didn't come back to see Mint in vain, he also brought a very important information clue to Mint.

Taking out the photo of Bai He, Zhan Yifan took out four more pictures from his coat, spread them on the coffee table, pointed at them and said: "These four places all have the same background as in the mother-in-law's photo."

"Isn't there more than a hundred places?"

"Using the direct sunlight, oblique reflectivity, and geographical location, these are the four remaining places after exclusion. One is in the eastern United States, one is in southern Canada, one is in Jeju Island, South Korea, and one is right here in the sea of ​​clouds city."

"Unkai City?" Mint picked up the picture of Unkai City. It was a color-printed picture, and it was exactly the same as the background in her mother's photo. He picked up the other three pictures, which were also exactly the same. How could there be such similar places in the world? If not Zhan Yifan brought it personally. She didn't even believe it. Before it was taken, it was more than a hundred places bigger. Was it the people behind the men in black who used it as a cover-up? Did they do it on purpose?

"Where are these places?" Mint looked up at Zhan Yifan and asked again.

Zhan Yifan pointed to the picture in the United States and said: "This is a park. The one in Canada is a sanatorium, the one in South Korea is a resort, and the one in Yunhai City is not clear."

"Not clear? How can there be anything unclear?"

"Because it's very private."

"What on earth...is going on?" Mint felt more and more weird about this matter. Since he could extract this photo and found it in Yunhai City, why didn't he know where this place was?

"It seems to have been secretly located in a corner of Yunhai City. Some people have been here before and seen this place. However, when people who actually go in come out, they will forget everything that happened inside. So, there is no doubt about this place.

No one really remembers the impression. They only know that there is a place like this in Yunhai City." Zhan Yifan's expression was very serious. He did not handle this matter very efficiently and had nothing to say.

After all, he has only been in Yunhai City for a short time. He is in the stage of stabilizing his career and building relationships. While he is busy with his career, he also needs to personally find the truth behind this strange thing. This is already highly efficient.

But what happened to Mint yesterday, although she didn't want to talk about it in detail, put a fire in Zhan Yifan's heart. He knew that if this matter was not resolved this morning, it would only bring more fatigue to Mint.

Tiredness and distress.

Mint shook his head and looked at Zhan Yifan: "Why is there such a place in Yunhai City? Why is it so difficult for me to find my mother?"

Zhan Yifan reached out to hold Mint into his arms, lowered his head and kissed her on the forehead: "Baby, we will definitely find our mother."

Mint rested her forehead on Zhan Yifan's shoulder. The news was good news but not good news. Intuitively, she knew that her mother could not be abroad and must be in a secret and unknown place called Yunhai City.

"By the way, Yifan." Mint suddenly raised her head. How could she have forgotten this matter? Remembering Aunt Wei, Mint immediately said, "The afternoon before yesterday, an aunt came to the procuratorate to find me. She said her surname was Wei. She

Said, I was very similar to a certain person when I was young, and she seemed to have something to tell me. But then dad...then that person showed up, and she ran away before I even asked her carefully. I felt

This Aunt Wei is likely to be a key figure and will be more useful than this photo. I have asked Zhang Yuhan to retrieve the photos of Aunt Wei's surveillance route and go to the household registration department of the police station to check it for me. This matter... should be reliable

!" In a moment of frustration, you might think that the road has reached a dead end, but it turns out that the road just turned a corner, and maybe this turn will be closer to the end.

Zhan Yifan touched the mint happily and looked up at his head: "Look, there is no end to the road." Just after he said this, Zhan Yifan's phone rang.

Mint stood up and Zhan Yifan answered the phone. He spoke in a low voice, but he could tell he was talking about business. Mint went into the bathroom and looked at himself in the mirror. This half of his face seemed to be much better. The swelling should be gone tomorrow.

.To be honest, when Zhan Yifan just came back, she

She was a little embarrassed to let him see her like this. She had never been so ugly in front of him. Even though she was embarrassed at the beginning, she still had a different image, never like what she is today... Mint sighed, but fortunately his performance did not let him down

Disappointed, it turns out that I am not a man who cares about appearance.

"Baby," Zhan Yifan suddenly appeared at the door of the bathroom, looking at Mint with some embarrassment. Mint shook off the water drops on his hand, opened the cabinet on the side and took out a razor and shaving water, and then waved it at Zhan Yifan.

Waved: "You come here first."

Zhan Yifan understood Bo Mint's intention, touched his chin that was a bit prickly, and walked over slowly.

Mint pulled up the chair, then pulled Mint to sit down, and sprayed shaving water on his chin.

"No matter how tired you are, you must sleep well and have a good rest. Career is important, but your body is more important. Also, don't come back for my affairs again. I know how to handle it myself." He wiped half of his face with foam.

Zhan Yifan just looked at her and said nothing.

Mint razor is the most primitive razor, not an electric razor. Zhan Yifan put that thing in the car and forgot about it in his anxiety all the way back. After such a night, his beard grew and became hard.

Stinging, shaving water can help the razor shave these beards better and smoother.

After shaving gently, a strip of clean skin was revealed. Two, three, Mint carefully touched Zhan Yifan's chin and shaved for him the beard that had grown because of her. Finally, it was shaved clean, it should be

There was not a single one left. Mint wiped his face with a clean towel, and while wiping his hands, he was gently held by Zhan Yifan.

"Baby." Zhan Yifan swallowed softly, stretched out his hand and took her into his arms.

Mint looked at Zhan Yifan in surprise, and pointed at his face: "You won't see my face like this, what else do you want to do?"

"Hmm..." Zhan Yifan nodded angrily. After nodding, he no longer hesitated, lowered his head and kissed Mint's lips. Mint felt that his face hurt, so he was in no mood and had no desire, so he pushed Zhan Yifan

, pushed Zhan Yifan a few times, gave her a taste, and then let her go.

"I'll go for a few more days and come back after finishing the matter."

"……Um."

"If you find her, call me too."

"Um……"

"I'm leaving."

"Well... go ahead. Be careful on the road."

Zhan Yifan took a deep breath, stood up suddenly, put down the mint, turned around and left without looking back or stopping.

Mint didn't follow him out. He just turned around and sat down on the chair where he had just sat. In fact, loneliness and isolation are something you just get used to. Being too dependent on one person is not a good thing... Just in Mint

When I was melancholy, my back suddenly tightened, Mint's breath was suffocated, and I didn't even dare to look back.

"Baby, I love you. Really." Hot breath sprayed on Mint's ears, and then her arms relaxed, and then, without looking back, she left again.

The sound of the door closing heavily shook Mint's shocked mood back. After a long...long time, she seemed to know what had just happened, as if she remembered just now...what did he say? He said...he loved her.

!?

Mint grabbed his fists in shock, stood up suddenly, ran to the balcony, and looked downstairs at the empty space. Mint turned around and ran to the balcony on the other side, and it was also empty downstairs. Mint turned around and ran upstairs again, and downstairs.

There is still no sign of him. Has he... gone?

Mint swallowed hard, and his nervously beating heart seemed to want to jump out of his chest at this moment. Sitting down on the swing, taking out the phone, Mint hesitated to broadcast Zhan Yifan's number, but he didn't know

Why are the numbers deleted one by one?

, but couldn't help but type in those few numbers again with his own hands. After repeating this for a few times, Mint finally got tired of being so hesitant. He pressed the dial button, picked up the phone and put it to his ear, and then heard

The 'beep-beep-' sound came from the other end of the phone.

Mint took a deep breath, and Zhan Yifan's voice sounded in a low voice: "Hello?"

Mint swallowed nervously and asked in a low voice: "Just...what did you say?"

Zhan Yifan on the other end was silent for a few seconds, and then slowly said: "I... love you." In fact, if this thought hadn't echoed so strongly in his chest, he wouldn't have caught the earliest flight.

I came back because at nine o'clock, that is, at this moment, there is still a very important meeting going on.

Mint, who had endured so many grievances, finally shed tears silently at this moment. In this world, would a person say such words to herself, and would someone love her? How important it was to her.

thing.

"Yifan... thank you..." Mint didn't know what to say, but she really thanked Zhan Yifan from the bottom of her heart for his love for her, which inspired her at this moment and gave her a quiet and tired feeling.

Life has ignited a fire. In fact, it’s not that I don’t understand it. His kindness to her penetrates into life bit by bit, but hearing such a confession with my own ears gives me another feeling.

, another thing.

"...There's nothing...you want to say to me?" Zhan Yifan's voice sounded a little lonely.

"Waiting for you to come back..." Mint suddenly panicked, and Zhan Yifan just said a faint 'hmm', "Then I'll hang up."

The call was quickly hung up, and Mint held the phone tightly. She knew what he was expecting. But when the words came to her lips, she couldn't say them. She was not used to expressing her inner feelings, but now she has a much more cheerful personality.

She was influenced by Zhan Yifan. If he hadn't held her hand and walked out of the ivory tower step by step, she would still be the same gloomy person.

I. Therefore, my feelings for Zhan Yifan are very complicated. I thank him, he is like a father who teaches me. I admire him, because he is more resourceful than me, crueler, decisive and more convenient than me. This

This was something she had to admire. But sometimes, he was like a child, childish and in need of her coaxing and persuasion.

Mint doesn't know who has ever heard it said that a good husband is like a father, an idol, a lover, and a son. Similarly, a good wife should be like a mother, a sister, and a daughter.

She also loved Zhan Yifan, right? At this time, Mint discovered that she was actually very selfish. She was happy about Zhan Yifan's confession to her, but she was not sure about her own feelings.

*

Mint returned to the West District in the evening.

The swelling on my face has dissipated, but there is still some slight redness.
To be continued...