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"Yan Shuang, listen to me, the situation was urgent..."
"I know." Yan Shuang sniffed and interrupted him, her voice hoarse, "Actually, you don't have to explain to me. There's nothing we can do in that situation."
"Where are you?" Jing Ning asked.
"company."
"I'll be there right away." Jing Ning said and hung up the phone without giving him a chance to speak.
Yan Shuang stood there in a daze, holding her phone. Then she realized that Jing Ning said he would be there soon! How did he know where my company was?
Yan Shuang thought for a moment and sent a message: "Do you know the location? Do you want me to send you a location?"
Jingning: No need.
"Well, Jing'an, I'm leaving first." Yan Shuang returned to his workstation, said hello to his good brother, and hurried downstairs.
"Hey, Shuang'er, your girlfriend is waiting for you downstairs. Why are you running so fast? You've left me alone in the empty room again!" Ye Jing'an's voice was shouting from behind.
During the ten or so seconds the elevator was descending, Yan Shuang looked at himself in the mirror, his pale face smelling of school. He sighed and poked his cheek with his hand. The glass reflected his face, which was flushed from under his black hair. When the elevator opened with a ding, he almost ran out of the revolving door.
As soon as I walked out of the door, I saw Jing Ning leaning against a black SUV. He was still wearing the same white shirt as in the game, with the cuffs rolled up to reveal his well-defined arms, and his suit jacket was casually draped over his elbows.
Seeing him appear, Jing Ning waved.
"So fast?" The slightly long hair on Yan Shuang's forehead was blown into a mess by the evening breeze.
"I was just signing a contract nearby." Jing Ning opened the car door and let Yan Shuang get in.
Yan Shuang showed a look of admiration. How could an ordinary person handle this? In the last second he was being chased by ghosts in a horror game, and in the next second the game was released and he signed a contract.
"There won't be any sequelae from getting injured in the game, right?" Yan Shuang asked, remembering something.
"No." Jing Ning said,
Yan Shuang fell silent after that. Then his phone rang. It was Tian Yiyi, asking about his situation. Since the other players weren't from the same city, they could only send messages to show their concern once the game was over.
After Yan Shuang reported that she was safe, she turned off her phone and looked at the scenery outside the window.
The moon was bright in the sky, and the streets were ablaze with lights. Yan Shuang had lived in this city for over twenty years, but suddenly a sense of unreality began to arise.
Jing Ning drove very steadily, and Yan Shuang fell asleep unknowingly. During this time, he dreamed about the car accident again...
"Awake?" Jing Ning was replying to a message on his phone. Seeing Yan Shuang was awake, he locked the screen and asked, "Do you want to go up and take a look?"
Yan Shuang looked up and saw that the car was parked downstairs of his house. In an instant, all sleepiness disappeared, and he hurriedly opened the car door and ran upstairs.
The door of Old Man Li's house was closed tightly. Yan Shuang's heart was beating faster and faster, rising to his throat, and his breathing gradually became rapid.
He squatted down and rummaged through the shoe cabinet. This was Old Man Li's habit of always keeping a spare key in the shoe cabinet.
"Ding." The key fell to the ground, and Yan Shuang realized that his hands were shaking.
Jing Ning picked up the key from the ground, inserted it into the keyhole, turned it slightly, and the door opened.
Yan Shuang rushed in. Old Man Li was lying on the ground with a dazed look in his eyes. Seeing Yan Shuang, he mumbled, "Live... well... well...."
"Old man Li! Old man Li! Don't sleep, I'll call an ambulance for you!" Yan Shuang took out her cell phone and dialed 120. The doctor came quickly, but unfortunately, Old man Li still couldn't make it to the hospital.
That night, Jing Ning was busy until midnight, but did not go home. Instead, he stayed at Yan Shuang's house for the night.
Jing Ning finished his shower and naturally lay down on the bed. "Why are you still standing? Aren't you sleepy?"
Yan Shuang also quickly finished washing up, and Jing Ning gave up half of the bed for him to get up.
This person was as proficient as if he were at home. Yan Shuang felt a sense of schizophrenia, as if he had entered the game again.
Fortunately, he was really tired today. With Jing Ning next to him, he felt an inexplicable sense of security. Not long after, he fell asleep in a daze.
It was not until the next morning that Yan Shuang woke up, and the soreness in her body completely disappeared.
This was the best sleep he had had in recent days. He didn't even notice when Jing Ning left.
Old man Li's son rushed back overnight that night to deal with the funeral. Yan Shuang asked for leave from the company and it was seven days later that she attended the funeral.
"Hey, who was the person who picked you up downstairs that day?" Ye Jing'an came over and asked with a curious look on his face.
"My friend." Yan Shuang said.
"Oh?" Ye Jing'an was puzzled. "I haven't seen it before."
"I just met him recently." Yan Shuang worked hard on the work he had left behind a few days ago.
"Hmm~" Ye Jing'an dragged out the last word and began to nag earnestly, "There are quite a lot of scammers recently. Xiaoshuang, don't blame me for not reminding you, that guy is handsome..."
"Stop, stop, stop." Yan Shuang interrupted him, "Stop it, Miss An, and stop talking. You will always be the first in my heart, a position that no one can shake."
Ye Jing'an was finally satisfied. Yan Shuang looked at him with a smirk on his face and suddenly felt a sense of happiness as if she had survived a disaster.
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Their small group of four had a new member. Tian Yiyi was pulled in by Xu Yaoyu after she finished the game that day.
When they had nothing else to do, they'd chat in the group, sharing their day's fun moments. Xu Yaoyu even used the group as a study session, taking photos of puzzles she didn't understand and posting them online. Doctor Lin and Tian Yiyi usually explained them to her, and Yan Shuang would join in when she found a question she knew. Ever since Jing Ning left that day, he'd occasionally pop into the group to snap a photo of the scenery from his business trips.
Perhaps because they were friends for life and death, they gradually talked more and more.
Yan Shuang often smiled foolishly at the dialog box, and Ye Jingan suspected more than once that this boy was secretly in love behind his back.
That day, Yan Shuang had just taken pictures of the dinner he made when Xu Yaoyu sent him a message: Are you free tomorrow? Why don’t we go to Yan Shuang’s place? I haven’t been to City A yet.
Yan Shuang: Sure, you’re welcome anytime.
Xu Yaoyu: Then who will go tomorrow?
It was followed by an emoticon of a kitten with a question mark on its face.
Soon the group became lively, Tian Yiyi: I, I can do it!
Lin Haichen: I have a surgery tomorrow morning, but I can come in the afternoon.
Xu Yaoyu: Sure, sure. I'll go book the tickets. Where's Brother Jing? Yan Shuang, go ask him.
Yan Shuang looked at the lively group. Jing Ning hadn't said anything. He thought he must be busy at the moment.
So he opened the dialog box, and their conversation was still stuck on the last time Jing Ning came to the company to see him.
Yan Shuang thought about it and decided to send a separate message: Are you free tomorrow?
After a few minutes without any response, Yan Shuang added: They want to come to City A to play. If it’s convenient, can we get together?
This time, Jing Ning replied three times in a row: "Just in a meeting. Okay. But I might have to wait until tonight."
Yan Shuang: Okay.
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