Free Web NovelChapter 708: Chapter 4: Sheng Yi Knows He’s Here
There was no way to get Sheng Yi’s phone card back from Qin Bing, and getting a replacement was troublesome, so she could only temporarily get a phone card for use in M Country for convenience in communication.
The network that Qin Bing had once blocked through manipulation had also been restored.
It seemed there were no more problems that needed solving.
"Yuanyuan, do I really just need to wait at the hotel for Dao An? What if he forgets about me when he leaves? Should I go to the Empire State Building..." She couldn’t continue, thinking what was the point in going to the Empire State Building; Dao An was busy and didn’t have time to entertain her.
"There’s no need to go to the Empire State Building specially. Dao An will come to pick you up," Gu Yuan knew what Sheng Yi was worried about. "Just wait here for him."
Sheng Yi nodded.
"Oh, by the way..." Gu Yuan suddenly mentioned.
Sheng Yi was startled by the reaction, her heart racing: "What is it?"
Gu Yuan tried not to laugh as she said seriously, "Dao An’s return schedule hasn’t been finalized yet, probably in the next couple of days, not too long. As for the work back home, you handle it yourself, call Liu Ru, or I can arrange it for you. And your phone card is a new number, currently convenient for temporary use in M Country. If you can’t remember a number to call, let me know, and I’ll send it to you."
Sheng Yi said, "I’ve saved all the numbers in the phone."
Gu Yuan nodded: "That’s good. Is there anything else you’d like to say?"
Not really...
Sheng Yi considered a scenario where Dao An’s return was delayed for several days, meaning she would have to stay alone in the hotel for the next few days.
"Yuanyuan, do you think Qin Bing will come again?" Sheng Yi was very worried about this.
Gu Yuan replied without hesitation: "Even if he comes again, he won’t just burst into your suite like last time."
This was said with certainty.
Sheng Yi guessed something and quietly asked, "Yuanyuan, did you hire someone to protect me secretly?"
Gu Yuan neither confirmed nor denied, only nodded in response to this question.
This nodding action made Sheng Yi feel more secure. After all, Gu Yuan spoke with such certainty, she must have hired someone to secretly protect her life and safety.
Now Sheng Yi felt much more at ease.
She was about to chat a bit more when Chi Yu came over, putting his arm around Gu Yuan’s waist; "Wife, let’s go."
Sheng Yi showed a frantic expression.
Chi Yu glanced at her, laughed, and said meaningfully, "Someone has taken their career to such heights, yet I thought their vision was already impeccable, hissing... but on another look, it turns out I overestimated it, the vision is just that."
What does that mean?
What impeccable vision? What did he overestimate?
Sheng Yi listened without understanding, not knowing how many meanings Chi Yu’s words held: "Be direct, if you have the guts to be clear about it."
"No, if I make it clear, it just proves you lack intelligence, you still have to rely on yourself to figure it out."
"..."
Gu Yuan, caught in the middle, had nothing to say.
A few minutes later.
Sheng Yi stared at the car tail until it was no longer visible before she withdrew her gaze.
She stood in place with no intention of going inside immediately, arms akimbo, looking up at the sky.
"Such good weather, what a pity, I’ll just have to enjoy it alone in the hotel."
The fright Qin Bing gave her still lingered like a shadow in her heart. Thinking of how Qin Bing quietly broke into her hotel that day, and the things he said with determination, Sheng Yi not only felt lingering fear but also some confusion.
There’s a saying, you can dodge the first day but not the fifteenth.
Can she really dodge Qin Bing when she returns home?
She didn’t know.
Life is like each person experiencing their own snowfall, each with their own clarity.
She stared at the sky for a long time, long enough for her neck to get sore, reluctant to look away. On the way back, she wondered what to have for dinner tonight. Thinking about it made her lose her appetite.
Sheng Yi returned to the suite, which, until today, had Gu Yuan in it, and suddenly it was quiet and empty again, so unaccustomed.
Her mood suddenly became more melancholic.
Forget it, maybe I won’t eat tonight, after all, I don’t have an appetite anyway.
Sleep for a while. If sleep is enough, it might last until morning, and all worries and unhappiness would disappear in dreams.
However.
This sleep did not last until the next day as Sheng Yi had hoped.
The ringing of the phone woke her up.
Half-asleep, she reached for the phone, seeing a string of numbers without a name listed on the screen. In her drowsiness, she didn’t catch the unfamiliar number and pressed the answer button, placing the phone to her ear, feebly saying hello.
"Open the door."
The voice from the other end was very familiar, so familiar that Sheng Yi didn’t need time to clear her mind; she knew the person’s full name, how tall, how old, what hairstyle he had, what kind of clothes he wore, what watch he wore, and how handsome his knuckles were...
She froze for a few seconds holding the phone.
After a few seconds, she suddenly sat up.
"Ah!"
A cry escaped from Sheng Yi’s mouth, followed by a ’thump’ as she rolled off the bed and hit the floor.
Hiss, that hurt—
She realized she had been sleeping on the edge of the bed. Rising suddenly, she must have gotten up too quickly and saw the world spinning before landing on the floor.
Her knees and butt suffered.
It truly hurt!
But she couldn’t be bothered with the pain in her knees and buttocks now.
Where was the phone?
It was just in her hand!
Sheng Yi was anxious, suddenly unable to find her phone, thinking it was still on the call. What had he just said to her on the phone? Why couldn’t she remember...
She was frantic looking for the phone, turning every corner, the more she couldn’t find it, the more anxious she became, on the brink of tears from urgency.
Fortunately, she found it under the blanket in the end, accidentally covered.
Looking at it, the call had ended!
She gazed blankly at the lock screen for a long while; it was her own portrait, a bit sultry. Staring at it for a dozen seconds till the screen dimmed slowly, sadness surged like a collapsing dam, a sorrow that seemed to suffocate her chest.
Of all times to drop the ball, it had to happen when he called!
But now... should she call him back?
Will he call again?
And what did he say when she picked up earlier?
While Sheng Yi was feeling very lost and troubled, the bedroom doorknob suddenly turned. This sound scared Sheng Yi, followed by a few knocks at the door, ’knock, knock, knock’ a few light sounds but very eerie to Sheng Yi, sending shivers all over her skin.
The doorknob moved a few more times, Sheng Yi jumped up abruptly. Because of what happened that day, she had locked the door before going to sleep, afraid of waking up to Qin Bing again.
At this moment, fear and anxiety covered her heart; she searched the room for something to defend herself, panicked but found nothing.
The tension that had built up made her cry, big tears rolling down her face, dropping to the floor.
Qin Bing!
It must be Qin Bing again!
’Knock, knock, knock—’
Another set of knocks came, like a death call to Sheng Yi. Then she heard a click, the sound of the door opening. A great terror engulfed her, retreating to a corner by the wardrobe, crouching down, hugging her knees, and burying her face in her legs, shaking all over.
The entire bedroom was quiet, apart from a jarring footstep sound magnified several times over in her ears, amplifying her internal fear a hundredfold.
Tap, tap, tap,
The footsteps were very light but getting closer, Sheng Yi knew he was coming.
