Chapter 1249 This cannot be counted
Tick-tick-tick-
Tick-tick-tick-
At 11:59 pm country A time.
The cell phone on the table suddenly vibrated, and the ringtones floated in the air, as abrupt as a thunderclap.
Shen Pianpian sat up straight in an instant, staring at the table without blinking.
On the lit phone screen, the three black words "Mr. Cheng" are very conspicuous.
A sour feeling surged from deep in his chest, forcing Shen Pianpian's eyes to turn red.
She stared at the name but hesitated to pick up the call.
The ringtone rang once and then began to repeat. Shen Pianpian looked at his watch, his face expressionless and his eyes red, motionless.
Unanswered calls will generally be automatically disconnected after twenty seconds.
So twenty seconds later, the ringing stopped briefly, and then rang again quickly, sounding very anxious.
Shen Pianpian looked at her watch. Thirty seconds had passed since the fifty-nine minute mark, but she remained frozen in place without moving.
After the ringing was automatically disconnected for the second time, it continued to ring for the third time without stopping.
The vibration sound could be heard far away in the night, but Miss Shen's attention was more focused on the watch.
There was another round of ticking, and the girl's despair was almost revealed in the ringing sound. She pressed the answer button at the last second and put the phone to her ear.
Tick-tock—it’s exactly twelve o’clock in the morning in Country A.
The air seemed to quiet down in an instant.
The sounds of the wind faded away, and Shen Pianpian only heard some quick breathing, which seemed a bit distorted through the radio waves.
After a period of inexplicable silence, the breathing over there finally slowed down. After a rolling sound of the throat, she finally heard Mr. Cheng's voice.
"It's not twelve yet."
The voice was lower than usual, and slightly hoarse, as if it was suppressing some dark and indescribable emotions in its chest, and it was even darker than the night at this moment.
This sentence without a beginning or an end made Shen Pianpian's eyes instantly redder.
She tried hard to regulate her breathing, suppress the sour feeling in her throat, and said in a cold voice with forced calmness,
"I thought it was over."
"My watch showed it was off, so I answered the call."
The breathing over there suddenly stopped, and then fell into endless silence.
Shen Pianpian raised her head and tried not to speak, but she was reluctant to let the phone leave her ear even half an inch away.
After a long while, a hoarse voice was heard again, hesitant and suppressed, as if it was squeezed out through gritted teeth.
"No... your watch is broken."
Cheng Zhiyuan could hardly speak.
"Your watch is broken. It's not past twelve yet."
The light was dim, illuminating the tears that instantly flowed down Miss Shen’s cheek into a ray of light.
She lowered her head to stifle her tears, propped up her other elbow on the table and covered half of her face with her palm.
She fell into silence, and could only hear Mr. Cheng's explanation over and over again.
The tone was firm, but it was filled with extreme anxiety and fear.
"My time is correct. It is calculated according to international time."
"When you answered the phone, it was the last second, so it can't be counted as twelve o'clock."
"Your watch is broken."
"Shen Pianpian."
At the end, his voice was almost hoarse and inaudible.
"That doesn't count."
"That doesn't count."
Shen Pianpian listened to the voice in her ear, and her tears flowed more and more fiercely. In the end, she could only put the phone away for a few seconds, and after calming down, she put it close to her ear again.
The girl looked up at the light, trying to let her tears flow back.
The teardrop mole was vivid, and the small smile she finally showed made the night seem brighter.
"If you say it doesn't count, then it doesn't count."
Miss Shen said this in a serious and cold voice.
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