When setting off, Tang Xiaowan turned on the black mobile phone that Leng Lingxiao gave her as soon as she got in the car. She also turned up the ringtone and set a very special message tone.
She waited for a reply, driven by curiosity.
When I opened my satchel, the beep sounded twice more, with a total of three messages before and after.
[Jumping out of any window is so embarrassing. This handsome guy comes and goes without a trace. He has his own way. I will teach you two tricks when I return to Meiyuan. 】
[Yuan Min is just a widowed old woman, is she worthy of being my undercover agent? You think too highly of her. 】
[She just got into the Li family by luck, otherwise she would be working in some nook and cranny, washing dishes to make a living. 】
Tang Xiaowan admired this arrogant tone, even Li Zishen's mother dared to slander him.
In Jincheng, Mrs. Li Yuan Min is a noble lady among noble ladies. Regardless of her status, her annual poverty alleviation and donations to orphanages are enough for an ordinary family to live for twenty years.
Therefore, even though she has lived in seclusion for many years, her reputation is very good, and her helpful deeds are often published in newspapers.
[I am already on my way back to Jincheng. 】
After Tang Xiaowan finished sending the message, she glanced at Cheng Shi.
Immediately, he moved his position with a slight hook in his mouth and sat in the middle: "Wow, I asked why there was a message notification sound. It turns out that I forgot to turn off my phone."
Cheng Shi didn't answer, but his eyes were scanning.
When she saw that Tang Xiaowan was holding a black mobile phone, her jaw clenched.
"Miss, didn't you mean..."
Before he finished speaking, he heard a ding-dong sound.
[Yeah, I know, I'm behind you. 】
While typing, Tang Xiaowan replied to Cheng Shi: "It's okay, it's okay, this car is your territory, how could that guy Li Zishen find out, right?"
"Well, yes, don't worry, miss."
"That's right, hahaha."
Laughter started, and the message was edited.
【Why did I not see it? Just now I took a special look, and there were all Li Zishen's cars behind me. 】
Leng Lingxiao: [A distance invisible to the naked eye. 】
Tang Xiaowan: "..."
Immediately, she remembered the brief conversation she had with Leng Lingxiao in the afternoon, and asked without hesitation: [Where is Lin Xiaoxiao, do you know? 】
On the other side, Leng Lingxiao lowered his eyes: [Last weekend, he died in Huangcheng due to ineffective rescue efforts. 】
The news was like thunder.
After reading it, Tang Xiaowan's hands trembled even when typing text, so she gave up after editing only half of it.
Gradually, my nose became sour and tears flashed.
Leng Lingxiao concluded that Tang Xiaowan would have a big reaction, so he sent another message.
[Take the medicine and lie down to sleep for a while. 】
Although Tang Xiaowan no longer remembered anything about Lin Xiaoxiao, she felt inexplicably uncomfortable in her heart, as if she was suddenly empty.
She looked at the message and said to herself: "Why is this happening? Why?"
Cheng Shi glanced at the rearview mirror and frowned.
"What happened, miss?"
"Lin Xiaoxiao... passed away, she died."
"Mr. Leng said that?"
Tang Xiaowan seemed not to have heard anything. She tilted her body and slowly fell into the back seat. Her mind was full of chaos, all of which were recent events.
"Miss, are you okay? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Do you want to stop the car?"
"I'm sleepy and want to take a nap."
"Oh alright."
Tang Xiaowan turned sideways, facing the backrest.
She didn't want to talk anymore and just wanted to stay quietly for a while. Unexpectedly, it didn't take long before she felt a sharp pain near her temple, as if she was being pricked by a needle.
Sweat instantly covered his forehead.
Tang Xiaowan quickly took out the small medicine bottle from her pocket, poured two pills into her mouth.
This was given to me by Leng Lingxiao last week, and it melts in your mouth.
Time passed like this little by little, and she fell asleep before she knew it.
In the dream, the familiar scene reappeared, but this time it seemed different from before. Not only was the picture a little clearer, but the distance was also much closer.
At night, in the rain.
I saw a girl in a floral dress sliding down from the third-floor balcony to the first-floor lawn. Then she started running quickly, crossing obstacles and hiding from surveillance cameras. Then she climbed over a dark gray wall and headed straight into the night.
The movements are light and yet free.
The rain was getting heavier and my skirt was soon soaked through.
Immediately, a man caught up and grabbed the girl's arm with his strong hands.
"Come on, come back with me."
"This is my business, it's none of your business."
"No matter what happens, I will help you handle it. I promise, trust me, you can't run away like this. When the time comes..."
"let me go."
"Do you know what you're doing?"
The girl replied hoarsely: "Let me go and don't stop me. Didn't you say before that you wouldn't care what I do?"
"What happened?"
"I have to go, let me go."
The man shook his head and punched the girl in the neck.
"you……"
"sorry."
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed across the dark night, thunder bursts, and the man picked up the girl and walked in the heavy rain with a frown on his face.
…
"Flower!"
Tang Xiaowan shouted, suddenly opened her eyes, sat up, and then gasped for air, her face very pale.
"Don't be afraid, miss. Are you having a nightmare?"
Cheng Shi took a direction and quickly parked the off-road vehicle on the side of the road.
"Here, drink some water and take it easy."
However, Tang Xiaowan didn't seem to listen to anything and just opened the door and got out of the car.
Cheng Shi followed closely.
"Miss, don't run around, this is a highway."
"Where's Huahua? Where's grandma? Has he come back? How long have I been sleeping? Is it already time? Can I go out? I'm looking for grandma. Where has grandma gone?"
Tang Xiaowan just talked a lot incoherently, her hands clenched into fists, her big almond-shaped eyes filled with tears, flowing down her face.
At this time, all the cars were parked on the side of the road. No one dared to act rashly without receiving orders, and could only watch from a distance.
Li Zishen came quickly, hugged Tang Xiaowan into his arms, and patted her back.
"Don't be afraid, Xiaowan, I am Zishen."
"I don't have a grandma anymore, right? Grandma is no longer here. My grandma...is no longer here. She had a car accident when she returned to Meiyuan and was not rescued. She is no longer here."
The sound became smaller and smaller and gradually stopped.
Not far away, Bailong waved his hand, and the bodyguards quickly returned to their cars.
Cheng Shi and Chen Xin looked at each other.
Immediately, the two of them got into the car, leaving Li Zishen and Tang Xiaowan alone.
"Xiao Wan, you can cry if you want. It's okay."
"Zishen, I don't have a grandma anymore. I'm really an orphan. She's right. I'm really an orphan. I have no father and no mother."
With tears in her eyes, Li Zi hugged Tang Xiaowan tighter: "It doesn't matter, you still have me."
"Huahua? No, I'm going to find Huahua. I want to ask him face to face. Why is this happening? Why is everything so coincidental, but when he leaves..."
Tang Xiaowan suddenly woke up and what she was about to blurt out suddenly stopped.
(End of chapter)
