Chapter 222 Sorry, I'm Late
It was so quiet that I couldn't hear anything.
It seemed as if she was the only one left in the world.
The darkness was like an impenetrable net, trapping her tightly. At this moment, any sound or clue seemed to be magnified countless times.
The suffocating feeling I had when I was a child playing hide-and-seek with my friends and accidentally got trapped in the cellar came back to me.
For a whole day and night, the dark cellar was filled with nothing but the smell of various foods and mold.
She was only six years old at the time. She kept shouting and crying, but no one came to save her.
Xu Fangli curled up in the driver's seat, staring at the dim light on the dashboard. At this moment, she seemed to be back in the cellar when she was six years old.
At that time, my parents and grandfather searched almost every corner of Haicheng, and even called the police, but they still couldn't find her.
Later, a neighbor's child woke up and said he seemed to have seen her enter the cellar, and that's how everyone found her.
What about this time?
She curled up in the seat, trying to fall asleep, but she couldn't.
The darker the scene, the clearer the heart.
As the panic subsided over time, I felt more sounds penetrate the darkness and enter my ears.
For example, the waves lapping against the coast in the distance, and the chirping of unknown insects hidden in the grass.
Because it was so quiet, she could even hear the slightest fluctuations in the air.
And these fluctuations were like an invisible big hand, constantly teasing Fang Li's tense nerves.
Her body began to tremble slightly. Suddenly, a scream of some unknown animal came from outside the car. She was so scared that she trembled all over and buried her face in her knees.
And the North City at that time.
The black car was speeding in the night.
The moment Jiang Bei received Han Xi's call, he immediately contacted his subordinates and learned the direction in which Fang Li and Lu Jie drove away in the evening. He instructed them to continue to determine the exact location while driving towards that direction.
"How about it?"
Han Xi sat in the back seat, tightly gripping the phone in his hand, his dark eyes looking at Jiang Bei through the rearview mirror.
Jiang Bei: "We found out that Lu Jie's car got on the highway heading towards North City, but we're not sure which exit he got off from."
"Let them continue investigating."
"yes."
Fang Li curled up in the chair with tears falling uncontrollably, but she was too scared to even cry out loud. She could only bite her lips to try hard not to cry out loud.
......Time passes slowly yet quickly without us noticing.
Every second feels like a year.
At this moment, Fang Li's longing for the man who had just left during the day reached its peak.
Han Xi.......
Perhaps God heard her plea, and suddenly, a beam of dazzling car light pierced through the night.
Fang Li subconsciously raised her hands to cover her eyes. When her hazy eyes adjusted to the bright light, she vaguely saw the tall, handsome and upright man running towards her step by step under the light.
Fang Li blinked and looked at the scene indifferently.
As she watched, she couldn't help but feel a soreness in her eyes, and tears gathered and rolled out from the corners of her eyes.
Fang Li couldn't help but cover her face and sob softly.
Han Xi, Han Xi, if this is true, how great it would be, if you really appeared in front of me right now...
"Ali!"
The car door beside me was suddenly opened, and a familiar voice came into the car wrapped in the cool evening breeze.
Fang Li's suppressed crying paused, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat.
Before she could look up, her body was embraced by a pair of strong arms.
He still had the chill of the night on him, but his chest was so warm that it made people want to cry.
"Han...Xi..." Fang Li couldn't help but choked and called out the man's name.
"Yes, it's me." Nervous and worried kisses fell on the top of the head one by one.
It is the familiar cool pine scent.
It is the body temperature that is slightly cool at first but can gradually warm your heart.
Tears were still hanging in the corners of Fang Li's eyes. She stood there blankly, letting the man hold her tighter and tighter with increasing force, as if he wanted to embed her into his body.
I don’t know how long it took, maybe a long time, or maybe just a few seconds.
The dazed Fang Li finally felt reality and realized that the scene before her was not an illusion. The man she had been thinking about was really here.
The mist in Fang Li's eyes condensed again, gathering more and more, and finally...
"Wow...!" He burst into tears!
"Han Xi...Han Xi, you are finally here..."
"Sorry I'm late."
For the first time since she was old enough to understand, Fang Li burst into tears in front of someone without any image.
She raised her head and looked at the man in front of her through her tears, "How did you know I was here?"
Han Xi was wearing black trousers and a white shirt. Looking at his clothes alone, there was no difference from usual, but Fang Li's eyes immediately fell on his right leg, which was half-kneeling in the car.
There was a little dust on his neat trousers, and he was still wearing the hotel slippers.
It was only then that she noticed that his hair was not as neat and tidy as usual, but was lying messily on his forehead. His face seemed calm, but there was still anxiety in his eyes that had not yet subsided.
"It's Lu Jie."
When Lu Jie was mentioned, his eyes were instantly filled with gloom.
"He sent me a message but didn't tell me where you were. I asked someone to locate your phone and found it here."
"I'm sorry, I, I didn't intend to come here with him. He took the photos to threaten me, I..."
Fang Li clutched the corner of Han Xi's clothes tightly, and her tears soaked his clothes.
Thinking of that photo, a dark color flashed across Han Xi's eyes. He patted Fang Li's back gently and comforted her softly like coaxing a child: "It's okay, I know everything."
"Han Xi, I'm really scared. There's no one here. I heard a lot of random noises and I felt like many pairs of eyes were staring at me. I..."
"Don't be afraid, it's okay, I'm here."
Lu Jie's car was just thrown by Han Xi on the side of the road.
On the way back to North City with Fang Li in her arms, she just curled up in his arms, hugged his neck tightly, and cried from time to time.
Later, perhaps because she was tired of crying, she fell asleep in his arms.
Han Xi lowered his head to make sure she wouldn't hear him, then looked coldly at Jiang Bei who was driving.
"Go smash that car!"
Jiang Bei didn't even turn his head: "Yes."
The black car quickly returned to North City in the dim light of early morning.
When we arrived at the hotel, it was almost five o'clock and dawn was already breaking.
Han Xi carried Fang Li all the way back to the hotel room.
Jiang Bei sent them to the door but did not go in. He watched them enter and then turned and left.
In the room.
Han Xi gently placed Fang Li on the bed and then pulled the quilt over her.
The woman on the bed had a pale face, her cheeks were covered with tear marks, her clear eyelids were slightly swollen, and even in her sleep she would occasionally sob softly and restlessly.
Han Xi felt a pang of heartache.
He looked at her calmly for a while, tucked the corner of the quilt for her, and then stood up silently.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, his hand was tightly held by a soft hand.
“No, don’t go…”
Han Xi turned around suddenly.
The woman on the bed still had her eyes closed, but her face was wrinkled with anxiety.
Her red lips trembled slightly, and moisture seeped out from the corners of her eyes bit by bit.
"Don't go, don't leave me, don't..."
Han Xi felt as if someone had hit him hard with a club, and his heart was painful and sore.
He quickly took her hand in his backhand, squatted down beside the bed, gently patted the quilt on her body, and coaxed her in a hoarse voice: "Be good, I won't leave, don't be afraid, I'm here, right here with you."
Perhaps it was his voice that made Fang Li feel at ease, and gradually the sobbing sounds in her nose became quieter.
Han Xi kept patting Fang Li until he was sure that she had fallen asleep again, then he slowly stood up, supporting himself with his knees.
He gently let go of her hand and dragged his numb legs into the bathroom.
A few minutes later, he came out of the bathroom holding a warm towel.
He leaned over and sat on the edge of the bed, carefully and gently wiping away the tears on Fang Li's face bit by bit. Then he withdrew his hands and just looked at her quietly.
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