Cheng Ling’s WeChat messages were always very concise. She would not urge people if they did not reply to her messages. It was as if the replies did not matter to her.
Lu Qi walked to the window and opened it.
The wind at night was very refreshing with a chill.
Lu Qi had been consistently taking the medicine Cheng Ling gave him recently. He felt that his health was visibly better than before.
Previously he would feel the effect of the poison two-three times a day, but now it was not even once a day. The quality of his work and sleep had also improved a lot.
For the past few years, it was only the past few days that he felt normal.
[ Lu Qi ]: It’s not convenient to tell in WeChat. I’ll give you a call.
[ Farming Professional ]: Okay, let me get an earpiece.
Cheng Ling was worried that it was too late, and calling would disturb others from resting. Her Bluetooth earpiece was in the school drawer; she didn’t bring it back. So she rummaged through the drawer for a long time before she found a wired earpiece.
[ Farming Professional ]: Okay.
Lu Qi’s WeChat voice call came in.
For some reason, the moment she saw the caller ID, Cheng Ling was a little nervous.
It was just a phone call!
Didn’t she call every day? What was there to be nervous about?
Cheng Ling pressed the green button to answer the call.
Lu Qi’s voice came from the other side two or three seconds after the call connected.
“Hello, Cheng Ling?”
People had such a strange habit when they called. They knew who the other party was, but they still had to confirm it again and again.
“Yes, speaking.”
Lu Qi’s voice on the phone was no different from the voice in real life. It was cold and pleasant to hear, like a spring flowing through a mountain stream. It was very comfortable to listen to.
“It’s so late. Did I disturb your rest?”
“No, I have just taken a shower.”
The Lu Group was in the most prosperous CBD business district. There were many high-rise buildings and endless traffic.
It was almost 10 p.m. but there were still many cars on the road. The lights of the windows of the high-rise buildings still lit up. Countless people were still working hard quietly for their living.
Ever since Lu Qi started taking medicine, he was not afraid of cold as before.
Today, he wore a black T-shirt and a thin coat.
He rarely wore formal clothes because it was too eye-catching.
In the Lu Group, everyone treated Lu Qi as Lu Xiu’s younger brother who was an assistant.
If he dressed too differently than usual, not only would he attract the attention of the higher-ups of the Lu Group, but he would also attract the attention of the Lu family.
Everyone knew that all were eying on the position of the head of the Lu family. They would not let a person with a terminal illness be in the position.
To not cause too much trouble, Lu Qi had been living in seclusion in a high position.
These casual clothes were his best camouflage.
But at this moment, even though he was only wearing the simplest clothes, he still had the demeanor of a king standing at the window.
He stood on the highest floor and looked down at everything, but he did not feel lonely. Lu Qi knew that it was entirely because of the person on the other end of the phone.
The person on the other end of the phone might be the person he had been looking for seven years.
Till now, only that person had given him a unique warmth.
“It’s good that I didn’t disturb your rest,” Lu Qi said softly.
A gust of wind blew, and Lu Qi’s hair swayed.
Cheng Ling keenly heard the sound of the wind.
“Are you taking in the wind by the window now?”
Lu Qi raised his eyebrows, puzzled.
“How do you know?”
Cheng Ling didn’t answer Lu Qi’s question. Instead, she said to him seriously, “Your body is still recovering, and your foundation is still very weak. You can’t let the wind blow on you this way. Hurry up and close the window.”
He did it faster than he thought. Before Lu Qi could react, his hand had already closed the window.
Realizing that he was indeed so obedient, Lu Qi smiled helplessly.
It seemed that since he met Cheng Ling, some things had been out of his control.
Cheng Ling heard that Lu Qi had stopped talking and continued to speak.
“If I catch you disobeying the doctor’s orders again, you’ll be fined.”
Lu Qi was amused by Cheng Ling.
He had never seen such a doctor in all his years of searching for a doctor.
“How much is the fine?”
“Well, a hundred yuan. It has to carry some weight. Otherwise, you won’t take it seriously.”
Lu Qi also agreed with a straight face.
“Okay, a hundred yuan. I have to work for a few minutes to earn it. It does carry a lot of weight.”
“Then didn’t you lose a lot of money by calling me?”
Cheng Ling didn’t know why she joked with Lu Qi.
They hadn’t known each other for long, but they got along very well.