Walking to the window, Lin Yi put down the flowerpot and returned directly to the side of the table.
The caller ID wasn’t from Suzhou; it was a stranger’s phone number?
Who could this be?
Lin Yi knew her circle was quite simple, and she barely interacted with people outside it.
As for who this call could be from, Lin Yi had no idea.
"Hello?"
After answering the phone, the person on the other end didn’t intend to speak, which made Lin Yi feel strange.
This person was interesting; the call connected, yet they said nothing.
"Hello! If you don’t speak, I’ll hang up."
Lin Yi tried to make the other person speak, but despite this, they still said nothing.
In the end, out of helplessness, Lin Yi had to hang up.
Lin Yi thought it was over, but within seconds, the phone rang again.
Seeing the caller ID was still the sa number, Lin Yi was completely baffled—what’s wrong with this person?
Calling her repeatedly.
At this ti, she really didn’t have the patience for such pointless gas.
As the phone kept ringing, Lin Yi got thoroughly annoyed, and eventually, she turned off her phone.
Not long afterward, she turned it back on, in case soone was trying to reach her with sothing important.
Tangtang and Guoguo hadn’t contacted her in a long ti.
Who knows where the two of them had gone? They had promised to take care of Suzhou but were nowhere to be seen now.
As Lin Yi was complaining in her heart about Tangtang and Guoguo, the phone rang again?
Upon looking, it was still the sa number.
"Hey, what’s wrong with you, calling repeatedly? If there’s sothing you want to say, just say it directly—stop beating around the bush. Is this amusing to you? Do you think I’m a three-year-old, willing to play gas with you?"
Lin Yi said all this in one breath, completely unaware that her tone had beco a bit too forceful.
"Lin Yi, it’s Guoguo. Why are you speaking to like this? Did I do sothing foolish, haha."
Upon hearing Guoguo’s voice, Lin Yi realized her tone earlier—but there was no way to take back the words already spoken.
After exchanging a few casual words with Guoguo, Lin Yi hung up the phone.
The next day. The wedding proceeded as planned.
Under the bright sunshine on the green lawn, Lin Yi gently stroked the white fur of the Tibetan Mastiff, beads of sweat forming on her forehead; the Mastiff didn’t fare much better, panting heavily as its belly rose and fell.
Seeing the Tibetan Mastiff’s silly and cute look, Lin Yi chuckled softly, stood up, looked at Chen Ma who stood far away, and smiled helplessly, walking over.
"Chen Ma, shall we go?"
"Ah, okay, alright, Young Lady." Chen Ma had yet to recover from the shock; the Young Lady brought her such surprise. The Mastiff was notoriously fierce; except for the young master, no one else could make it listen—even Master Liao had been bitten several tis. It was unexpected that the Young Lady managed to ta it.
On the way, Chen Ma couldn’t contain her curiosity and asked Lin Yi how she managed to make the Mastiff behave so well. Lin Yi did not want to elaborate or let anyone know she wasn’t the real Lin Yi, so she casually made up a reason, and Chen Ma didn’t suspect anything.
As soon as they entered the hall, Lin Yi heard the whispers of the servants.
"Have you heard? Mrs. Su wants the young master to marry the eldest daughter of the Lin Family; supposedly, Chairman Lin insisted on marrying his daughter to the eldest master."
"Really?" A servant asked doubtfully.
Seeing the disbelief, the first servant who spoke looked a bit unhappy, "Of course, why would I lie to you? It’s already trending and in the news; if you don’t believe , you can look it up.
Since she spoke so convincingly, everyone guessed the matter was most likely true, and sighed in astonishnt. "You an, the news about Master Su’s wedding is trending?"
The sudden voice startled everyone, and they all looked up to see Lin Yi and Chen Ma, their legs trembling, "Young Lady, we—."
"I asked, did you say the news about your young master’s wedding is already in the news?" Lin Yi interrupted the servant, gripping the shoulder of the one who first spoke, her tone involuntarily serious.
The servant was quite startled by Lin Yi, her lips trembling, stuttering: "Yes, yes.
Seeing the servant’s painful expression, Lin Yi realized what she had done, quickly released her grip, and softened her tone: "I understand."
Without waiting for Chen Ma and the servants to say anything, she hurried upstairs, packed her things quickly.
She rushed downstairs, saying to Chen Ma at the front hall: "Chen Ma, I have sothing to do; I won’t be ho for lunch.
"Ah..." Chen Ma called out, but unfortunately, Lin Yi had already left, shaking her head, Chen Ma murmured: "This child."
"Ah..." Chen Ma called out again in vain, noting Lin Yi had already gone, shaking her head, Chen Ma muttered: "This child, planning to send the driver, but she left in such haste.
In the taxi, Lin Yi kept urging the driver to speed up; the driver, initially questioning why Lin Yi wanted to go to the abandoned orphanage, now found her continuous urging increasingly annoying.
Unable to resist asking: "Miss, what are you going to the old orphanage for? It was demolished years ago."
"I have business."
Lin Yi replied coldly, having no inclination to speak further to the driver.
Seeing her attitude, the driver understood she didn’t want to talk and pursed his lips, saying no more.
After paying upon getting out of the cab, Lin Yi sprinted all the way to a piece of ruins, looked around but saw no one, feeling anxious.
Beside a desolate ruin, a woman in a pale beige dress fluttering like a butterfly, searched through every corner of the ruins.
Finally, she halted beside a thick locust tree, sitting quietly on the ground, arms hugging her knees, her shoulders trembling.
As a gentle breeze blew, a few leaves drifted down, her silhouette appearing frail and helpless.
Lin Yi stepped forward, approaching her side, clearly hearing her stifled sobs: "Xiao Xinran, how could you do this? You promised we’d be together forever. How could you leave first?"
Moistening her dry lips, Lin Yi called: "Tangtang, Guoguo."
The cries abruptly ceased, Tangtang and Guoguo raised their heads in surprise, but upon seeing Lin Yi, the brightness in their eyes dimd: "Who are you? I don’t know you.
Seeing Tangtang and Guoguo’s eyes swollen like walnuts, Lin Yi said nothing, silently sitting down beside them.
Tangtang and Guoguo found this sowhat odd but before they could speak, Lin Yi’s gentle voice, like a pebble dropped into calm waters, stirred ripples in their hearts: "Do you rember? When you were young, you cried often, so I deliberately nicknad you Snot, which made you so mad." At this, Lin Yi couldn’t help but laugh softly.
"You," Tangtang, Guoguo parted their lips.
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