Her mind is in chaos and even her footsteps falter.
Cheng Si Ran who had on a cold face and had been ignoring her the entire time, notice her unusuality couldn’t help but open her mouth, “Xi Xi, what are you thinking about. Pay attention when you’re walking.”
Lu Wei Xi nodded, her head still in a blank.
She suddenly felt like she had been spoiled by Jian Chi for her to unable to accept such a small setback.
She can’t accept that Jian Chi’s family already arranged for him a fiancee who is ten times more powerful than her.
But she really likes him a lot.
…..What is she supposed to do?
Her phone rang at this time.
The entire road is covered with colorful neon lights twinkling and dazzling, almost illuminating the night sky of the entire city. Maybe she is choked with emotions right now that she couldn’t speak. She looked at the familiar name on the caller ID for a long time and didn’t press the answer button.
The phone rang for a long time before it finally stopped. She looked at the silent phone for a moment before she finally came back to her senses and looked up. Thousands of pedestrians passed by. Each one has a pair of very cold eyes, each one has an unfamiliar face, they’re all…..not him.
Distracted, she followed Cheng Si Ran and the others as they crossed the road. Xia Nuan wanted to buy milk tea so she and Cheng Si Ran went to line up in the store while she and Mu Ran Ran waited on the side of the road.
Her phone rang once again.
Mu Ran Ran who had been busy beating levels on her phone looked up at her strangely, “Ah Xi, this is already the second time your phone rang. Why aren’t you picking it up?”
She felt her hand trembled, after all, she can’t keep rejecting him. Lu Wei Xi pressed the answer button.
This time, there isn’t any static so she doesn’t have to worry that the call would disconnect at the next second due to poor signals. His hoarse voice transmitted from the other side of the phone. He sounds very tired.
His voice doesn’t seem to have any emotion as he spoke, “Have you adjusted to the time difference?”
“.....Yes.” Lu Wei Xi replied, trying to keep her tone calm.
“Have you eaten dinner yet?”
The person on the other side of the phone was silent. The local time in the United States should be around seven or eight in the morning. However, he sounds very exhausted so he must have not slept the entire night.
He asked her a lot of questions all except for why she didn’t answer his call earlier.
“Jian Chi….you have to rest well. Your body is the most important.” When she heard his hoarse voice, her tone couldn’t help but soften.
When Mu Ran Ran who had been playing mobile games at the side, heard the name of the main cause of today’s disaster coming out of her mouth, she was caught off guard. When her line of sight returned to the mobile screen, she saw the bold words “GAME OVER” on the screen and regretfully sighed.
“En.” His voice is still cold, calm and elegant like silk, “You don’t worry about what people are saying on Weibo. When the computer is turned off, there is no one who has the power to get involved in our lives.”
When Lu Wei Xi who had been maintaining a calm mood from the beginning, heard these words, her nose turned sour, “How can I not be worried…..Jian Chi, you used to have 1 million fans on your Weibo, but these past couples of days, because of this matter, you’ve gone down to 980,000 fans. My heart feels uneasy when I see them causing trouble on the bottom of your Weibo.”
As soon as she looked up, she saw Cheng Si Ran and Xia Nuan walking over from the store with two cups of milk tea in their hands. The man on the other end of the phone was silent for a few seconds before he slowly said, “Wei Xi, in that list of fans, as long as you’re still there, it doesn’t matter if other people disappear.”
His voice was very slow and gentle leaving Lu Wei Xi in a daze, her heart in a mess.
The wind blew up her long hair. People come and go on the road. Lu Wei Xi helps the phone in her hand and sniffled as she whispered, “Jian Chi...when are you coming back.”
When Mu Ran Ran heard her crying voice, she didn’t feel like playing games anymore. She quickly turned off her phone and came over, “Why are you crying all of a sudden….”
The other side of the phone suddenly became very noisy but she could only hear his voice. Across the ocean, with a fifteen hour time difference, he tenderly said, “Be good, I will be back soon.”
She shamefully wiped away the tears on her face and took a deep breath as she put on a big smile on her face, “I am teasing you, you work hard. Don't worry, I will wait for you to come back."
Rather than lie to him, it is better to lie to herself.
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