Chapter 172: Chapter 173 His Heartbeat Sound_1 Chapter 172: Chapter 173 His Heartbeat Sound_1 Fed up with arguing, the agent walked straight out of the door, leaving Luo Hong standing there with a stunned expression. After hearing what her agent said, Luo Hong felt a chill creeping down her spine. She knew showbiz was a harsh world, but was she already going out of style before she even hit her peak?
No! She wouldn’t allow it!
And so, that tragicomic farce ended. Closing the Weibo page, she sighed once again at how some people just loved to create a drama when they had nothing else to do. Did they really think she had all the time in the world to play along?
Rubbing her slightly sore shoulder, Xiaren was about to put her phone into her bag when it vibrated. A name flashed across the phone screen: Si Limo.
Xiaren felt as if her fingertip had been burnt as she picked up the phone, suddenly recalling the fireworks from that night and the words he had whispered in her ear.
Xiaren felt uncomfortable, but she couldn’t pinpoint why. Why had Si Limo suddenly started calling her Ranran?
It was strange. As someone who had been reborn, she should be quite calm and experienced when it comes to emotions. Why did she feel so lost now?
After wrestling with these thoughts for a while, Qiao Xiaren suddenly felt relieved. He had only suggested that she needed time to adjust, without pressuring her into anything.
The heart that had once yearned for love might have already withered away. Inside it, there was only desolation and dry grass.
“Could you come out for a bit? I need to talk to you.”
Qiao Xiaren responded with a calm expression, “Okay.”
Si Limo stood at the door, watching as her slender figure emerged. He stared at her delicate profile, and at that moment, it seemed as though he could only hear his own heartbeat.
Qiao Xiaren walked over to him, her demeanor as warm as that of an old friend. His tall figure stood there while the sunlight fell on him, leaving him half-hidden in the shadow.
Old friend? Those words in his mind made his heart ache.
That was not what he wanted to feel.
He stared at the petite figure in front of him, full of strength despite its small stature. Sometimes, he could sense a feeling of world-weariness and loneliness in her.
Sometimes, he felt very sad for her, for her loneliness, her solitude. Despite her frailty, she would never admit defeat.
Si Limo took a few steps forward.
Having died at the hands of a man in her previous life, Qiao Xiaren was determined not to let it happen again. Her heart had already been burned, she wouldn’t easily give it away to love someone else. She barely survived those who talked about love yet turned their back on her, let alone those who couldn’t even speak of love.
Qiao Xiaren felt the irony of it all.