(one hundred and ninety-nine)
Ye Wenyu was stunned for a moment before stubbornly insisting, "I just haven't had time yet, I'll be there soon—"
Yuan Yuan's smile vanished instantly. She gritted her teeth, sent Lin Tingfeng's phone number to Ye Wenyu, and said to her, "I'm sincere towards you, but I won't force you to continue being friends. Goodbye!" After saying that, she turned around and left.
Ye Wenyu, on the other hand, stared at the private message Yuan Yuan sent her, which contained Lin Tingfeng's phone number. Her heart pounded, but she finally mustered up the courage to dial the number.
When Ye Wenyu called Lin Tingfeng, he had already returned to his top-floor office, feeling depressed and as if his chest was filled with lead. He was engrossed in his work, but because his beloved girl had stood him up that day, he was feeling terrible. The printed words on the documents seemed to have grown wings and kept swaying in front of his eyes, and he couldn't concentrate on reading a single word.
After forcing himself to persevere for a while, Lin Tingfeng finally gave in. He threw down his pen, leaned back in his office chair, and let out a long sigh. He looked at the floor-to-ceiling windows not far away, with the cityscape of S City spread out before him, but his mood was so gloomy.
Like the pinnacle of the Forbidden City, loneliness seeps into one's very bones.
He couldn't help but think of Ye Wenyu, that strange girl. Why was she so afraid of him? It seemed like they had known each other before, and he had hurt her deeply. She saw him as a monster. Several times, they were about to meet again, but after she learned his true identity and saw him in person, she would always flee like a frightened deer.
How strange. Lin Tingfeng wearily pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers. He felt like he was in a fog. He used to think that once he got to know this strange little girl properly, he would become less strange when he got close to her. But when he deliberately tried to get close to her, he found that the mystery was getting bigger and bigger.
I racked my brains but couldn't figure out the reason.
He was shrouded in a thick fog.
Lin Tingfeng found it amusing. He thought to himself, "Is this how my whole life is going to be? Loving someone I can't have, and then being unable to forget her. No, no, I don't want that."
He forced himself not to think about Ye Wenyu and buried himself in his work. But after a few minutes, Ye Wenyu's face appeared on the document: big, grape-like eyes, a face wearing a light blue medical mask, skin so white it was almost transparent, and hair as black as ink.
He threw down his pen again, letting out a deep sigh in his heart. The Buddha said that the most precious things in life are what one has lost and what one cannot obtain. She was someone he could not obtain.
Just then, his phone rang. Lin Tingfeng picked it up and saw it was an unfamiliar number. Who could it be? Normally, when he was focused on his work, he would never answer a call from a stranger. But today, he was restless and needed something to distract him from his thoughts of Ye Wenyu, so he answered the call from the stranger.
"Hello, Lin Tingfeng, this is Ye Wenyu—"
"What?!" Lin Tingfeng was taken aback. He stood up from his chair as if he had been burned. Then, realizing that this was really happening, a mysterious smile appeared on his face.
Seeing that the other party didn't respond, Ye Wenyu had no choice but to ask on the phone, "Hello, are you listening?"
Lin Tingfeng finally calmed himself down. He slowly sat down in the chair and tried his best to calm himself down. He deliberately slowed down his speech and said slowly, "The signal was bad just now, but it's fine now. What's up?" He deliberately slowed down his speech to cover up the tremor in his voice, which was caused by tension and surprise. By covering up the tremor, he could appear nonchalant.
But in fact, the shock he felt was almost overwhelming. He really couldn't understand this little vixen. Just an hour ago, she had disappeared from his sight as if fleeing from a demon, but an hour later, she called him and told him that she was Ye Wenyu.
This was the first time she had taken the initiative to call him, after she learned her true identity.
My original intention to forget her collapsed in an instant, like a house of cards.
While Lin Tingfeng was in shock, Ye Wenyu was also flustered. It was incredibly difficult for someone who had lost everything and committed suicide in their previous life to remain calm and composed when facing the villain who caused all their tragedies in this life.
But she did it.
She spoke politely, feigning gratitude, "Yuanyuan returned my student ID. She said you gave it to me. Thank you, Mr. Lin."
She respectfully addressed him as President Lin, and Lin Tingfeng couldn't help but smile. He looked around and thankfully, there was no one else in the office, so it didn't matter if he smiled.
My heart is warmed; that joy is beyond words.
Ye Wenyu continued, "I broke some drinks at the bar before, and you paid for them for me. I want to meet you today to return the money."
What? She not only called him first, but also asked him to meet up? Lin Tingfeng's eyes widened in surprise. Happiness and surprise came too quickly, and his heart was pounding so hard he could hardly take it.
Seeing Lin Tingfeng remain silent, Ye Wenyu worried that she wouldn't be able to persuade him to come out. After all, she had stood him up today, making him come all this way for nothing. Therefore, she pretended to be apologetic and stammered, "Well, Mr. Lin, it was my fault today. When I saw you today, I found that you looked like a successful person in society, and you were so good-looking. I was too, too nervous, so I broke my promise."
What? Lin Tingfeng pricked up his ears, as if he had misheard. She actually said that the reason she stood him up today was because he was too handsome?
Lin Tingfeng couldn't stop smiling, like water overflowing from a basin. He looked down and saw his face reflected on the shiny desk, smiling slightly, like a fool.
This girl is so strange.
Seeing that Lin Tingfeng remained unmoved, Ye Wenyu recalled his past life and felt uneasy. She wanted to escape and retreat, but then she thought that if she did, she would live the rest of her life in fear that Lin Tingfeng would appear at any time and destroy her peaceful and happy life. As the saying goes, a short pain is worse than a long one, so she should be brave and take the initiative to face Lin Tingfeng, end everything, and then she would never be affected by him again!
Therefore, Ye Wenyu mustered her courage, cleared her throat, and said again, "President Lin, I didn't know you were busy. Tell me where you are, and I'll come find you. I can't let you come looking for me again."
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