After Ling Chuxia had said those words, there was silence on the other end of the phone. If she hadn’t been able to hear faint breathing near her ear, she would have thought that Shi Che had hung up on her.
Ling Chuxia’s hand clenched the phone tighter; her beautiful eyebrows furrowed deeply. She felt increasingly uncertain; honestly, she also felt that she was being shamelessly persistent. Shi Che had shown how much he disliked her, yet she was still trying to reach out to him...
But issues she had caused herself always had to be resolved.
Ling Chuxia’s gaze lowered to the ground; she lightly kicked at the dirt with her toes and bit her lower lip hard. Her lips twitched slightly and yet, she mustered up the courage to speak, "Um... do you have some time? I, I have something I want, want to talk to you about."
Although it was just a brief sentence, it seemed to exhaust all her strength. And as soon as she finished speaking, her heart began to tremble.
She didn’t know whether Shi Che would agree; if he rejected...
But before Ling Chuxia could finish her thought, Shi Che finally spoke up. His voice was as ever—deep, cold, devoid of any emotion, "What is it?"
Ling Chuxia unconsciously let out a sigh of relief; Shi Che hadn’t outright rejected her or hung up. It seemed there was still a chance, but sadly, Ling Chuxia had rejoiced too soon.
Just as she opened her mouth to say, "About that cooperation case..." those seven words, she heard a crisp snap in her ear, followed by the busy tone buzzing from the other end.
Ling Chuxia’s mouth was still half open, her throat clogged up with a flood of words that had been abruptly cut off, shocking her so much that she couldn’t react for a while.
Shi Che... had he just hung up on her?
Ling Chuxia’s eyes involuntarily widened as she stared blankly at her phone screen. Inside, she couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger rising. Honestly, she couldn’t understand why Shi Che was always angry at her. It was understandable in the past since she had indeed taken her elder sister’s place, but now... she had already stepped back, had made things right for them. What more could he be dissatisfied with?
Could it be that he just simply disliked her? She truly didn’t know what she had done to upset him. Everything used to be fine...
No matter how annoyed she felt, Ling Chuxia could only grumble to herself since she was the one asking for help. She took a deep breath and then exhaled heavily; her lips curved into a slight smile as she decisively picked up her phone and dialed swiftly again.
But this time, the phone buzzed longer, and no one picked up, until she hung up. Ling Chuxia persistently called again, only to face the same result—after several attempts, when she called again, the display read: The number you have dialed is busy.
She had been blocked by Shi Che...
The anxiety initially harbored in Ling Chuxia’s heart was slowly eroded away by these unanswered calls, and her frustration and indignation were rising.
Alright, he wouldn’t answer her calls, he had blocked her, had he? Then she would go to him directly!
She wouldn’t rest until she saw him today!
Ling Chuxia’s expression darkened with stubbornness, her red lips pursed tightly, and she remembered Xiao Zhao’s phone number and then dialed it.
Xiao Zhao had not accompanied her to Lin City this time because he had stayed in Liang City to investigate news about Ling Chuxia, but to think... she had called him directly.