When He Comes, Close Your Eyes [Ding Mo]

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Raindrops come pelting out of the sky.  It’s a busy yet somewhat soothing sound as the rain brushes the windows and hit the roof. But it is not enough to calm the anxious minds.  

    Of course, there is still one person in the Orange Hill resort that is calm and collected.  Bo Jinyan  is sitting in front of the monitors, observing the reactions of each staff member of Customer 3 Division.

    "Zhou Qin is next?" Jian Yao is trying to brush away some of the water vapours that’s on her wet garment.  She is wearing a blue dress today, similar design to the one Wang Wan Wei was wearing that night. 

    "No, that’s not necessary." Bo Jinyan  leans back and rest with hands behind his head, “Their reaction have told me everything I need to know.”  

    Jian Yao is a little baffled.

    He used the earring to force Pei Ze and Qian Yu Wen to admit that they were having sex just so that he can see the reactions of others? 

    -

 A man’s hand, holding a dark blue handkerchief appears in front of her.

    “Hair." Bo Jinyan  says.

    "Thank you." Jian Yao wipes off the water drops that are on her face.   Bo Jinyan  is starring at her forehead.  Her hair, still wet from the rain, is resting on her soft supple skin.

    “Don’t you feel uncomfortable?" He looks at her.

   Jian Yao wonders why he is suddenly interested in her wet hair. He stands up and walks over to her.  He takes the handkerchief.

   - Surely he is not going to dry my hair.  A thought flashes past her. 

He uses his handkerchief to blot up the water drops that hanging at the tip of her fringe.  It has a clean cotton smell, as well as a slight warmth that’s been transferred from his hand.

    And he is looking down at her, with a  “can’t you even take care of yourself properly?”  look on his arrogant face.  But his gaze is gentle and warm.  The handkerchief is gliding down her face, past her ears, along the cheeks.  His slender fingers ‘accidentally’ touches her skin from time to time. 

   

 Jian Yao's face starts to blush.

    The man ......

    What is in his mind as he is doing this?

   Just giving her a hand because she can’t even do such a trivial task properly?  

———-

 Bo Jinyan  walks over to the phone.  He picks up the receiver and ask Yin Ziqi’s assistant to arrange for a vehicle to send Pei Ze, Qian Yu Wen and Mai Chen to the resort conference centre.  He tells them that the investigation is over.  They can relax now.  

    -

Five people are standing in the pouring rain, in the dark.  They are standing on the grass area between Zhou Qin and Lin Yu Wen / Shen Dan Wei’s room.  This is Bo Jinyan ’s idea.  He will ask a few questions with all of them there. Jian Yao asked him why they had to stand in the rain.  To which, Bo Jinyan  replied,”It’s harder to hide one’s guilty conscience under such circumstances.” 

   Bo Jinyan  is holding a big black umbrella.  Jian Yao is leaning towards him as they are sharing the shelter.  He looks at Zhou Qin: “ Your turn.”  He talks above the white noise of the rain hitting the ground.