Ling Momo hesitated for a long time but eventually, lacking the resolve, she sent Li Qingshen a text message instead of calling him. She bit her finger, her body trembling for quite a while, then with a hard resolve, she texted him without spine, "Teacher, are you busy?"
After receiving Ling Momo’s message that day, Li Qingshen had not responded, and the two had not been in contact since. In the villa, he would occasionally stare out the window, lost in thought.
You Yi, sensing that his mood was particularly gloomy, gathered Qin Sheng, Su Chen, and a few others for a chat. Li Qingshen was there but spoke very little. It seemed as though he was listening to everyone’s conversation, but it was vaguely apparent that his mind was wandering. Thus, when his phone rang on the table, he had no reaction whatsoever.
Su Chen, sitting next to Li Qingshen’s phone, glanced at it unintentionally and saw a message from Momo. He immediately reached out and nudged Li Qingshen, "Qingshen, your student sent a text."
Li Qingshen snapped back to reality, quickly picked up his phone, and saw the simple message, "Teacher, are you busy?"
A surge of joy and excitement filled Li Qingshen’s heart, and he instinctively replied, "Not busy."
After a moment, he thought it over and sent another message, "Is there something you need?"
After sending it, Li Qingshen pretended to be very calm as he placed his phone back on the table, seemingly chatting with others, but his eyes kept drifting back to his phone.
In one minute, he checked his phone no less than twenty times. Finally, Qin Sheng couldn’t help but suggest, "If you’re anxious, why not just call her?"
"What a great opportunity, she sent a message, and you can legitimately return the call!" Su Chen nodded in agreement.
Li Qingshen thought for a moment, then suddenly stood up, took his phone, and walked to a quiet place to call Ling Momo.
Ling Momo was initially typing letter by letter into her phone when it suddenly rang. It was Li Qingshen’s name. Startled, her hand shook, and the phone dropped to the ground. She quickly bent down to pick it up, bit her lower lip, and after hesitating for a long time, she answered the call.
"What’s wrong?" Li Qingshen’s voice was elegant and gentle, and flowed into Ling Momo’s ear, word by word, through the phone.
Ling Momo didn’t know why, but upon hearing Li Qingshen’s voice, her eyes suddenly reddened, and tears began to roll down her cheeks. She looked at her great-grandfather’s coffin, biting her lip fiercely.
Li Qingshen waited a long time, but she didn’t speak. He frowned and called her name again, "Momo, are you still there?"
Ling Momo nodded, opened her mouth, and managed to say, "I," but then she couldn’t say another word.
Li Qingshen immediately sensed something was amiss from her choked voice and asked anxiously, "What’s wrong with your voice?"
Ling Momo tried to regulate her breathing, making her tone sound calm, but she couldn’t suppress the sorrow and tremor in her voice, "I’m fine."
There was immediate silence on Li Qingshen’s end.
He held the phone, pondering for a while, then realizing the girl was crying. He felt a sudden sharp pain in his heart and spoke, "Where are you?" Official source is NoveI-Fire.ɴet
Unable to hold back, Ling Momo cried out loud on the phone. Little did she expect that her choked "I’m fine" would elicit such heartache from him and a concerned "Where are you?"