Chapter 500 Are you following me?
It's getting late if we delay any longer.
When Xu Fangye glanced at his watch, his brows furrowed again. "It's almost twelve o'clock. Isn't it time for you to eat?"
“…” What do you mean by “should”?
Fang Li didn't know that in Xu Fangye's heart, she, a pregnant woman, was a special protected animal. She couldn't be touched, couldn't be frozen, and definitely couldn't be hungry.
Otherwise, countless people would probably be against him.
Especially since he had made a promise to go out today, if Fang Li went out with him and got hungry, he would have to bear the consequences when he got home.
"Let's go, I'll take you to eat wontons."
As he spoke, he walked towards the wonton shop, his steps faster than before.
Fang Li followed behind and saw him take out his cell phone to send a message to Ye Ran. The brightness of the screen reflected the indifference in his eyes.
It was probably some polite words like "be careful on the road". Her brother has always been very stingy towards the people he really cares about.
There were more and more people on the street corner. People buying New Year's goods were carrying red paper with the word "Fu" written in gold, and children were holding marshmallows and making their way through the crowd.
Fang Li followed behind Xu Fangye, looking around.
No one noticed that since before, there was a figure following the two of them not far away.
Seeing the wonton shop just ahead, the two were about to go over when suddenly more people appeared around them and Fang Li stumbled because of being squeezed by a half-grown boy.
Her lower back instantly hit someone else's shopping bag, and she almost instinctively arched her back, her hands tightly protecting her lower abdomen.
The movement was so fast as a flash of thought that even Xu Fangye didn't react at the first moment, but it didn't escape the eyes deep in the alley.
In an unnoticed corner, Song Yuchen huddled in the shadow of the candied haws stall, with his hat brim pulled down very low and his scarf pulled up high, leaving only his eyes exposed.
He watched Fang Li protecting her stomach, his knuckles turned white from pinching, and the silver watch on his wrist made his heart ache.
No wonder she went to the hospital today!
So, she went to the hospital for a checkup?
She...she's actually, actually pregnant? !
Song Yuchen suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the watch on his wrist, with shock and unwillingness surging in his eyes.
This watch was from the summer after graduation. She tiptoed to put it on him and said, "Song Yuchen, we are..."
The rest of the words were swallowed by the cicada, but he remembered them clearly.
She said, let’s be together.
Thinking of this, Song Yuchen gritted his teeth, suddenly pulled the watch off his wrist, took out an envelope from his arms, stuffed the watch into it, and stopped a passing flower girl.
"Please give this to the lady in the black down jacket."
"ah?"
Meeting the flower girl's puzzled look, Song Yuchen quickly lowered his head and covered up, "After giving it to her, tell her someone is waiting for her in the back alley and ask her to come over."
He stuffed two hundred-dollar bills over, but his eyes never left Fang Li in the distance.
The girl was hesitant at first, but when she saw the two red bills, she immediately accepted them.
Here, after Xu Fangye settled her in a less crowded place, he went to queue up to sell wontons.
Fang Li was taking out her phone and browsing the online comments and criticisms of Song Yuchen when a pair of brown deerskin boots suddenly caught her eye.
"Hello, is this Miss Xu?"
Fang Li raised her eyes and glanced at the completely unfamiliar girl, "Who are you?"
The flower girl handed her the envelope and said, "Someone asked me to give it to you. He said he's waiting for you in the back alley."
Back alley?
Fang Li took the envelope, glanced at the narrow alley in the distance, and her heart skipped a beat.
The kraft paper felt rough, and the contents inside were bumpy and hard, exuding a familiar heaviness.
She opened it with a puzzled look and her breathing stopped abruptly. It was the watch she had bought more than two months after working part-time. The dial was broken and there was a long, thin spider-like crack on it.
Fang Li immediately understood who sent the letter.
She suddenly looked up and around, but saw only dense crowds of heads and nothing else.
At this moment, her cell phone vibrated in her bag. She took it out and saw that it was an unfamiliar number.
Fang Li clenched her hand tightly and picked up the phone quickly after a moment's hesitation. Soon, a low breathing sound mixed with the sound of the wind came from the other side, as if it was coming from far away.
"Don't look for me anymore. Just go to the alley behind the old street and you'll find me."
Song Yuchen's voice.
Fang Li clenched her watch tightly, her fingertips sliding across the cold case.
She glanced around. The crowd was bustling, but she still couldn't see where Song Yuchen was standing and calling her.
Fang Li's heart skipped a beat.
So, when she felt someone following her in the hospital today, it wasn't an illusion?
The cold wind blew snow foam onto her face. She suddenly curled her lips coldly and said into the phone, "Are you following me?"
"I want to see you."
Fang Li's brows turned cold, "I won't come."
"Really? Don't regret it!"
After hanging up the phone, Fang Li held the phone tightly in her hand.
All she could think about was Song Yuchen's gritted teeth and sinister words on the phone: "Don't regret it."
After a long while, Fang Li suddenly turned around and raised her chin to Xu Fangye, who had just come out with wontons: "Brother, I'm going to the bathroom and will be back soon."
"Restroom? There seems to be one in the store."
Fang Li smiled and left, "There are fewer people in the back alley, and we still have to queue here."
Xu Fangye was half-believing and half-doubting. He looked back at the crowded Chaos Shop and saw that there were not many people at the bathroom door. He was about to say something when he saw that Fang Li had already left.
She turned and walked towards the end of the alley, her steps slightly quicker.
The wind lifted her scarf, revealing half of her taut jaw. Xu Fangye watched from behind and felt a little strange.
The back alley of the old street is an old alley with residential areas on both sides.
The alley is not long and is very narrow. The residential buildings on both sides are gray and old. The roadside is filled with damp and moldy smells and messy debris.
Fang Li walked to the alley entrance but did not go in.
She looked around and quickly went into the convenience store next door.
She picked out a large scarf, a hat and gloves, fully armed herself, then paid the bill and left.
Fang Li hid in the corner of the porch of a house at the entrance of the alley and looked quietly into the alley.
After waiting for a while, a figure walked in from the other end of the alley.
The other person was very tall, wearing a black hoodie, a black baseball cap on his head, and a high scarf covering half of his face. He looked around.
Fang Li knew at a glance that it was Song Yuchen!
She watched Song Yuchen walk to the middle of the alley, then stop, staring deeply in her direction, waiting confidently for her to keep the appointment.
Fang Li paused, took out her cell phone and called Wen Yang.
"Are you still in touch with the paparazzi and big Vs in Haicheng?"
Wen Yang was at work and was startled: "What are you doing?"
"Send them an anonymous message saying Song Yuchen is in the back alley of the old street. Come over here if you want firsthand news."
Wen Yang was startled, "Li Zi, where are you?"
The worry in her voice almost came through the receiver. "I'm telling you, don't do anything rash. Song Yuchen is a rat crossing the street now. Don't push him too hard, or he might do something desperate!"
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