"Song Yunzheng! Call me after the meeting, no matter how late, you have to call me today!"
After sending the voice message, her heart jumped into her throat, filled with both anticipation and fear.
She felt like a small boat adrift on the ocean, about to be swallowed up by the surging waves at any moment.
She waited a very long time for his call, until the clock struck twelve, until her eyes were almost drowsy, when finally the WeChat message arrived: "What's up?"
What's wrong? Those three words were utterly cold, devoid of any warmth.
"Call me!" Lin Yue roared into the phone like an angry little lion, as if afraid the other end wouldn't realize she was angry.
Ignoring everything else, she dialed his number again and again, yelling, "Answer the phone! Answer the phone! Answer the phone! Tell me where you are?!"
The other end kept giving a cold, busy tone, indicating that the call could not be connected...
Lin Yue's eyes reddened with anger, her teeth chattered, and she gripped her phone tightly, wishing she could crush it!
Suddenly, the things he did before he left and the words he said flashed through my mind: "I'm not here anymore, you must take good care of yourself..."
Suddenly I felt my body go weak and my head was spinning.
"I'm not here... What do you mean I'm not here? Song Yunzheng, you bastard, didn't you say you'd be back in a month if things went smoothly? A month has passed, why haven't you come back? Why aren't you answering my calls? Why aren't you talking to me? Why are you avoiding me? What have you been doing?!"
Tears welled up in her eyes, a mixture of intense longing and anxiety. The pent-up frustration of the past month, like a floodgate bursting, overwhelmed her instantly.
Lin Yue sat helplessly on the sofa. The huge house was lit only by a table lamp. She was afraid of the dark, but she was even more afraid of being alone. The light was too bright and made the space feel too empty.
Loneliness followed her like a shadow, thick as ink, enveloping her tightly.
Pain. It turns out that longing can really hurt. The pain is unbearable. I wish I could bang my head on the ground and faint immediately, anything would be fine as long as I'm not awake.
But she was still conscious, and despite the pain, she was still breathing...
She couldn't sit still any longer. She immediately switched to a ticketing app. It's just Shanghai, it'll only take less than two hours! She had to go and ask him in person! Even if she didn't know his exact location, she was still going!
Shanghai is indeed not very big compared to the capital, but if the other party intends to hide, you won't be able to find them no matter how small the place is.
Suddenly, a caller ID popped up on the phone screen; it was Zhou Lirong calling.
Lin Yue wiped away her tears and answered the phone, "Hello, Mom, what's wrong?"
"Yueyue, you and Yunzheng come over tomorrow, Mom has made you some soup." Zhou Lirong's cheerful voice came through the phone.
Lin Yue gripped her phone tightly, fighting back tears. "Mom, Yunzheng and I both have things to do tomorrow. He has to work the night shift, and I'm busy with things like starting school and joining the film crew. I might meet with my advisor a little earlier than planned."
"Let Yunzheng be busy, we won't interfere. Come back, Mom will cook you something delicious."
"Mom, I'll bring him back to see you after I finish my graduation thesis. I've been so busy lately."
Lin Yue clenched her teeth, tears streaming down her face, her heart aching with bitterness and pain, but she stubbornly refused to utter a sound.
"Okay, but no matter how busy you are, you all need to take care of yourselves."
"Okay, Mom, I got a call coming in, I'll leave it at that for now." She quickly hung up the phone.
She didn't want to break down in front of her elders.
Lin Yue bought the earliest flight ticket, and the next day, just as dawn was breaking and before the sun had risen, she took a taxi to the airport.
Arriving in Shanghai, a completely unfamiliar city, Lin Yue had never felt so lonely. Looking around at the towering skyscrapers, her eyes were filled with confusion. Where was he? Where should she look for him? Why was Shanghai so big…?
During the day, she was like a headless fly, searching everywhere. She mustered up the courage to visit all of Song Yunzheng's friends in Shanghai, but none of them knew where he was.
Back at the hotel that night, she dialed that familiar number again and again, knowing he wouldn't answer, yet she persisted like a moth drawn to a flame. She wanted to know just how heartless this man could be!
I spent a whole week in Shanghai, either escaping reality by sleeping or desperately searching in the vast sea of people. Those once bright and clear eyes were now filled with endless sorrow.
...
On the outskirts of the capital, in front of a private villa with an extremely low-key appearance, the gate is majestic and solemn, the surrounding area is sparsely populated, and the natural environment is beautiful.
Zhuang Yucheng pushed open the door and entered. The living room was decorated in an elegant and generous Chinese style. The antique furniture, exquisite wood carvings and hand-painted walls made each space exude a tranquil and elegant atmosphere.
He moved to the sofa and sat down, his posture upright, exuding the air of a scholar.
A short while later, an elderly man with gray hair wearing a white coat came down from the second floor and sat down next to Zhuang Yucheng.
"Teacher, how is he?"
Dr. Jin shook his head helplessly. "The effect is minimal. He has a strong psychological constitution and his thoughts are very hidden. Every time I try to hypnotize him completely, he always wakes up quickly. He seems to cooperate very well and is happy to talk to me. However, once I touch on the root of his pain, he will subconsciously reject it, and his psychological and physiological reactions are extremely intense."
"Teacher, you previously said to let him temporarily distance himself from the source of his pain, which is his wife. Why not do the opposite and let him face his fear directly?"
As he spoke, Zhuang Yucheng took a photo out of his bag and handed it to him, saying, "Try this, it might help him."
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