novelraw Chapter 688 - 687: The Text Message Wasn’t Sent by Me (5)
Chapter 688 - 687: The Text Message Wasn’t Sent by Me (5)
Chapter 688: Chapter 687: The Text Message Wasn’t Sent by Me (5)
Xiao Zhao talked for quite a while, but seeing that Shi Che did not join the conversation, he couldn’t help but slightly lift his eyelids to look at him.
He saw Shi Che leaning against the bedhead, his handsome face expressionless, but his deep black eyes were narrowed, radiating complex and profound light that was intimidating at a glance.
It was noon, and the sunlight from outside slanted through the window, casting a faint glow across his face, slightly blurring his profile. Even though his complexion was a bit pale, he was still stunningly breathtaking.
Xiao Zhao unconsciously turned his head to the side; even as a man, he sometimes found himself absent-minded.
Shi Che seemed to have lifted his eyes without notice, lazily sweeping Xiao Zhao with a glance, and his thin lips parted lightly. "Give me the phone."
Xiao Zhao was still immersed in the scene before, not quite catching what Shi Che had said, and looked at him confusedly, "Huh?"
Shi Che’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, his voice growing louder, "Give me your phone!"
The deep voice slid past Xiao Zhao’s ears, jolting him back to reality. His gaze unintentionally swept over Shi Che’s cell phone on the nightstand. Though puzzled, he still reached out without a word, took out the phone, and handed it over to Shi Che.
Shi Che took the phone, keyed in the familiar number on the dial pad with practiced ease, then hit the call button, and put the phone to his ear.
After ensuring that Xiao Zhao had arrived at the hospital, Ling Chuxia finally left. There was a bus directly to Yi Garden in front of the hospital. She stood waiting for a while, boarded the arrived bus, dropped her coins in, and then walked to the back of the bus, finding an empty window seat to sit down.
At midday, the bus wasn’t crowded and was quite silent.
Ling Chuxia’s eyes looked out the bus window, watching the scenery retreat one by one, her gaze gradually becoming lost in thought.
Suddenly, her phone’s ringtone rang out. Due to the quietness in the bus, the ringtone seemed particularly jarring.
Ling Chuxia’s attention was abruptly pulled back. She fumbled for her phone from her pocket and saw Xiao Zhao’s name flashing on the screen.
At this time, Xiao Zhao must have already met Shi Che, so the person calling now...
Her beautiful brows slightly furrowed and her hand unconsciously clenched the phone tighter.
Everything she had to say to Shi Che, she had already said. She indeed had lost; she couldn’t restrain her heart. She still loved him, but... she could no longer entangle herself with him.
The matter with the child, her elder sister’s situation, there was so much between them. No matter whether his declarations of love were a mockery or... sincere, they were irrelevant to her now.
Ling Chuxia’s thick eyelashes slightly drooped, hiding the expression in her eyes. She bit her bottom lip fiercely, her fingers slowly but resolutely moved to the reject button, she closed her eyes, then pressed it.
"The number you have dialed is currently on another call. Please try again later..."
Listening to the cold automated message in his ear, Shi Che’s black eyes darkened. He immediately cut the call and continued to dial Ling Chuxia’s number, but this time the voice prompt indicated that the phone was turned off.
Shi Che’s eyebrows were tightly knitted, his handsome face suddenly clouded with gloom. If he weren’t currently unable to move, he would have gone to grab her directly.
Shi Che took several deep breaths to suppress the roiling emotions within his heart. Clutching the cell phone, he began to type out a message, letter by letter.