Why did you suddenly stop coming back?
Zhong Xuyang had just finished showering and was video chatting with Xiao Yao while drying his hair.
Ever since he came to G City to see her last time, Zhong Xuyang has been making video calls to her almost every night to meet and chat.
Xiao Yao looked at Zhong Xuyang's slightly open bathrobe, his well-developed pectoral muscles filling out the dark blue robe, and the gold hotel logo embroidery on the chest was particularly prominent.
He was on a business trip out of town today, saying he wanted to make time for her when she came back. He specially arranged to leave early, but who knew she suddenly couldn't come back.
"Yueji has something urgent to attend to at home, so I'll have to wait for her to come back before I go back."
Looking at Zhong Xuyang's wet hair and bathrobe, Xiao Yao noticed that while he had a fair complexion and a youthful appearance, his muscular physique exuded masculine hormones, creating a contrast that was undeniably sexy.
Looking at him like this, she suddenly missed the feeling of being embraced by him.
She had planned to go back to Yun City this week to tell him about her pregnancy. She hadn't taken a pregnancy test yet because she wanted him to be with her when she got back to Yun City so they could take the test together and wait for the results.
She hoped that if the baby really came, they would know the news at the same time, rather than her calmly telling him after she had calmed down. She wanted to remember his true reaction the moment he found out the baby was coming.
When will Gu Yueji be back?
Zhong Xuyang casually tossed the towel he was using to dry his hair onto the sofa, picked up his phone, and went to the refrigerator in his room to get a bottle of mineral water.
"It might take two weeks."
As the images on the screen began to move, Xiao Yao subconsciously looked at the room behind Zhong Xuyang.
Zhong Xuyang has high requirements for sleep, and he always books expensive hotels whenever they go out to stay. The hotel he is staying at now is also a chain star-rated hotel.
In a fleeting scene, Xiao Yao saw a spacious room lit by bright yellow lights, a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the city night view, a double bed with one corner of the blanket lifted, and a bathroom with the light on behind frosted glass. Finally, the scene shifted, and Zhong Xuyang's camera was pointed at the refrigerator, and nothing else could be seen.
After smelling his perfume last time, she became uncontrollably anxious to check up on him constantly, and at one point demanded that Zhong Xuyang video chat with her every time he went on a business trip, showing her every corner of the hotel room.
Such sensitivity and suspicion were exhausting for both of them, so Xiao Yao now forbids herself from doing so. Even though her eyes still can't help but stare at that little screen searching, she doesn't mention a single word to Zhong Xuyang about wanting to see the room.
Zhong Xuyang unscrewed the mineral water bottle, tilted his head back, and took a big gulp. His raised chin was sharp and angular, and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down like the corner of an ice cube.
Xiao Yao recalled a time in college when she went to watch him play basketball. During halftime, he came to his seat, sweating profusely, to get a drink of water, but the bottle was empty after just one sip. She was sitting in the row behind the players at the time, and naturally handed him her bottled water. Zhong Xuyang glanced at her, just once, then said thank you, took the water, and drank it down. She had been sitting on the steps then, and she had seen him with that same raised chin and prominent Adam's apple. It was such a distant memory, yet it remained so vivid in her mind.
But Zhong Xuyang didn't remember this at all.
Xiao Yao had wanted to ask Zhong Xuyang several times if he remembered meeting her in college, but each time the words were on the tip of her tongue, she couldn't bring herself to ask. She was afraid to ask, afraid to hear him say no. That would be him personally proving that all the memories of their meeting in her mind were just wishful thinking on her part. Besides, Zhong Xuyang had never brought up college with her before. If he remembered, he wouldn't have kept quiet about it.
"Why are you looking at me like that? Did you miss me?" Zhong Xuyang had put down his water bottle at some point and was staring at her intently.
Xiao Yao then came to her senses, met his gaze, and quickly looked away shyly, "No, I didn't."
Her unconsciously pouting lips resembled those of a stubborn child who craved candy but dared not ask for it. Zhong Xuyang's heart softened, and his fingers traced her face back and forth on the screen.
"I'll come visit you after my business trip," he suggested.
Xiao Yao was taken aback. She opened her mouth to say no, but then she thought that if he came to G City, she could tell him about her pregnancy in person, so she wouldn't have to wait until she returned to Yun City.
Xiao Yao nodded in agreement, "Come over if you have time, I also have something I want to talk to you about."
Zhong Xuyang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go over as soon as I finish what I'm doing here."
Xiao Yao didn't expect that before Zhong Xuyang arrived, she would receive a WeChat friend request. The message that accepted the request simply read: Lin Wenwen.
Xiao Yao's heart skipped a beat as she stared at the name that had echoed in her mind countless times for a long time.
Xiao Yao had met Lin Wenwen many times and heard her name many times. She was familiar with Lin Wenwen from Zhong Xuyang's side, from Zhong Xuyang's friends, and from Zhong Xuyang's various social media platforms. However, she and Lin Wenwen had never met or even greeted each other directly.
At this moment, Lin Wenwen suddenly took the initiative to add her on WeChat. Xiao Yao had the illusion that she had been discovered while spying on someone in the dark, and she felt a momentary panic.
But in just a moment, Xiao Yao calmed down and immediately accepted the friend request.
Xiao Yao was still wondering what Lin Wenwen would say when a sentence popped up in the blank WeChat chat box.
“I’m pregnant, but Zhong Xuyang refuses to see me.”
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