The phone screen flashed the four large characters 'Brother Yangyun'.
Lin Zhenzhen glanced at Huo Yeshuo beside her.
He was staring straight out the car window, his brow furrowed with impatience, his hands gripping the steering wheel tightly, his agitated mood palpable.
Lin Zhenzhen originally wanted to hang up the phone, but in her panic, she accidentally pressed the answer button.
"Hey, Xiao Zhen, why are you still not home so late?"
Lin Zhenzhen was still using the old phone with the broken screen. It had probably been flooded before, and all the parts had been replaced. The earpiece was the best quality among them.
Lin Zhenzhen observed Huo Yeshuo's increasingly gloomy expression and felt that there was no need for her to pick up the phone and put it to her ear, so she simply pressed the speakerphone button.
Because she didn't answer immediately, the person on the other end urged her to call out a few more times.
Lin Zhenzhen noticed an unusual urgency in Lu Yangyun's voice, and after a pause, she said, "I had a business dinner tonight and worked overtime. I'll be home soon. Is there anything I can help you with?"
Lu Yangyun was probably sitting in the car as well, and Lin Zhenzhen seemed to hear the sound of a car door opening and closing on the other end of the phone.
"I'm downstairs at your place now, and I have some very important things to ask you."
Lin Zhenzhen was taken aback: "Now?"
She looked up and saw the black sports car parked under the big banyan tree across the street, its taillights flashing twice.
A tall man stood by the car, one hand to his ear and the other holding a cigarette.
"That's right, now."
Lin Zhenzhen was silent for two seconds: "Okay, then wait for me."
Lin Zhenzhen put down her phone, remained silent for two seconds, and looked up at Huo Yeshuo beside her.
He suddenly curled the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a very faint smile, his tone full of sarcasm.
"Do you need me to drive the car out, get out outside the community, and then walk in yourself?"
Lin Zhenzhen tightened her grip on her knees.
She tilted her head back, her voice calmer than ever before: "Huo Yeshuo, you don't have to always say things that hurt me. I know you're not feeling good either."
Huo Yeshuo's mocking smile froze instantly. He quickly glanced at the rearview mirror, his eyes filled with icy coldness.
Lin Zhenzhen maintained her slightly tilted head posture, and the two people's eyes were separated, one above the other, yet they looked at each other from a magical angle.
They remained silent, as if they were awkwardly competing with each other.
Lin Zhenzhen's phone started vibrating again.
Lu Yangyun was indeed very impatient tonight; he couldn't even wait a few minutes.
"Goodbye then, thank you for taking me home."
Just as Lin Zhenzhen's hand touched the car door, she heard Huo Yeshuo's voice ring out.
"Lu Yangyun is not a good match for me."
Lin Zhenzhen stopped moving and turned to look at him.
"He's already engaged and has a legitimate fiancée. Even if it's just a clandestine affair, you're not his only one."
Huo Yeshuo stared into her eyes, speaking while observing her expression.
“There’s a woman named He Xiaoxiao who is pregnant with his child and has now been sent abroad.”
"Besides you, he will have a second, a third woman."
Lin Zhenzhen gazed calmly at Huo Yeshuo, the subtle light in her dark eyes shimmering slightly, reminiscent of a river flowing peacefully under the night sky.
However, those clear eyes made Huo Yeshuo somewhat annoyed at this moment.
He took a short, deep breath: "Do you even understand what I'm saying?"
“I understand, but what does that have to do with me?” Lin Zhenzhen frowned, seemingly puzzled.
"Huo Yeshuo, you're my boyfriend, aren't you?"
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After the torrential rain in the early hours of last night, the temperature in Haicheng dropped by more than ten degrees.
The old residential area lacks supporting facilities, and the people who clean it are mostly retired residents.
The old ladies weren't very enthusiastic about their work. A thick layer of withered yellow leaves was piled on the ground, making a rustling sound whenever someone walked on them.
However, Huo Yeshuo, lost in thought, could not hear any sound.
It wasn't until Lin Zhenzhen called his name a few times that he turned around as if waking from a dream.
"Brother Yangyun, here's your cigarette."
"Hmm?" Lu Yangyun followed his gaze and looked down, seeing that the cigarette butt on his fingertip had burned to the very bottom, the scarlet flame pressed against his skin, yet he hadn't felt any pain at all.
"Hmm, Xiao Zhen." Lu Yangyun absentmindedly threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground and crushed it with his foot. "You're only getting back at this hour?"
"Hmm." Lin Zhenzhen also remained silent for a while.
Lu Yangyun leaned against the hood of the car and, as if making conversation, said, "The environment here is really not good. There aren't many streetlights. Will you be able to adapt to living here?"
Lin Zhenzhen looked up: "Brother Yangyun, I lived in a basement for eight years, have you forgotten?"
Lu Yangyun was taken aback, then looked at her with some surprise: "Of course I won't forget."
“I’ve gotten through those days. Compared to then, things are much better now. What can’t I adapt to?”
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