It was getting late, and although Mu Qian enthusiastically asked Jingli to stay overnight, Jingli still declined.
Huo Qiran should have sent her to the hotel as a matter of course, but after sending her there, she never returned home.
They had just started, and it was a time when they were deeply in love, but they were separated and the time they could spend together seemed to be squeezed out, so every minute and second seemed particularly precious.
Jing Li will return to Huai City the next day, so the time this night becomes extremely short, but also extremely long...
It wasn't until two or three in the morning that Jingli finally fell asleep in Huo Qiran's arms. She finally fell into a deep sleep, but suddenly she had a dream.
In the dream, it was the silent phone call during the day.
She answered the phone, and the sound of breathing on the other end gradually became clearer, filling her ears bit by bit, and gradually filled the entire dream.
Jing Li was about to ask who the other party was, but when she opened her mouth, no sound came out.
She was very anxious, but the more anxious she was, the less able she was to speak.
Eventually, the clear breathing sound gradually faded away, and the voice on the phone became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared...
Jing Li suddenly woke up from her dream and sat up from the bed.
Huo Qiran was also awakened by her movements. He opened his eyes and found her holding the quilt, sitting there breathing rapidly. He quickly sat up and took her into his arms, "What's wrong? Are you having a nightmare?"
Jing Li was still in a daze after being comforted by him. When she finally regained her consciousness, she suddenly broke away from his arms and turned around to reach for the mobile phone on her bedside.
Huo Qiran had no idea what was going on, so he watched her take the phone, quickly opened the communication history, and stopped when she scrolled down to a certain place. Then, she clicked on an unfamiliar number.
Huo Qiran could tell at a glance that the number was one that had called her twice today. Seeing her pull out the number, he couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong? Do you remember whose phone number this is?"
Jing Li shook her head, and the next moment she reached out to press the dial button.
Just when her hand was about to touch the dial button, Huo Qiran reached out and held her hand, saying softly: "Look at the time, it may not be appropriate to call at this time."
Jing Li looked at the four o'clock in the morning display on the upper left corner of her phone. After a while, she finally came to her senses and slowly retracted her hand, but still stared at the phone.
Seeing her reaction, Huo Qiran asked again: "What happened? Did something happen?"
Jing Li suddenly turned to look at him, "Can you help me check where this number is?"
"Now?" Huo Qiran asked.
Jing Li looked at the time on her phone again, then slowly shook her head and whispered: "No, let's talk about it during the day..."
As she said this, she was about to put the phone back to its original place, but she accidentally put it away. When the phone almost fell to the ground, Huo Qiran reached out to catch it.
Jing Li was about to take it and put it away when Huo Qiran suddenly turned around with her phone in hand. Then, Jing Li saw him pick up her phone on the other side and said, "I'll ask you now.
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"No need." Jing Li quickly took his arm and said softly, "It's not convenient at this time. I'll ask you again during the day..."
While unlocking the phone, Huo Qiran said to her: "If you can still sleep without making this call, then I won't make it."
Jing Li's lips moved slightly, but no sound came out.
Huo Qiran lowered his head and kissed her, then took two mobile phones, sat by the bed and started making calls.
At this time, as soon as the call was connected, an angry roar came from the other end.
Jing Li sat behind Huo Qiran, leaning on his shoulder and listening to the call. She couldn't help but tremble when she heard the voice on the other end of the phone.
Huo Qiran held her hand with one hand, comforted the person on the other end of the phone with a few words, and talked about the specific matter.
The person on the other end of the phone was still very angry. He said "get out" viciously and hung up the phone immediately.
After hanging up the phone, Jing Li felt a little guilty and shook Huo Qiran's hand, "I told you to wait until dawn before calling again. I can fall asleep. Can't I just lie down and sleep now?"
As she spoke, she pulled Huo Qiran to lie down on the bed again, nestled into his arms and closed her eyes immediately.
Huo Qiran didn't say anything, but after a few minutes he asked: "Are you asleep?"
"Asleep..." Jing Li's muffled voice came from his arms.
Huo Qiran reached out and stroked the back of her head, and whispered: "Want to talk to me?"
After a while, she finally heard Jing Li's answer: "It's not that I don't want to tell you... I just don't know how to say it..."
"It doesn't matter..." Huo Qiran whispered, "If you don't want to say it, don't say it. Wait until you feel like it."
Jing Li couldn't help but bury herself in his arms. At this moment, Huo Qiran's cell phone suddenly rang.
The two of them looked up at the same time. Huo Qiran took the phone and saw the call back from the call he just made.
"The number is in Tongcheng!" Only five angry words came from the other end of the phone, and then the phone was hung up again.
The sound was really loud, Jing Li heard it through the phone, and for a moment, she couldn't help but fell into a trance again.
Huo Qiran put down the phone, took her into his arms again, stroked her hair, and whispered: "If you really want to make that call, then go ahead."
Jing Li didn't answer, and after a while, she finally spoke in a low voice: "I seem...I have never told you in detail about my family..."
"Yeah." Huo Qiran responded in a low voice.
She did not say anything. The information he got from Mu Qian was only a rough idea. However, such a "rough" caused great pain to her, so he never asked.
"My family... used to be pretty good..." Jing Li continued to speak in a low voice, "I have my parents, my brother, and me. My father is in the snack business, so I have eaten a lot of candies since I was a child, so I
There will be those candies I gave you... But later, something happened at home... Dad disappeared... Something happened to my mother and brother at the same time. My brother left at that time, and my mother lay in bed for two or three years.
He left...so only me and Xi Xi were left..."
"It's been too long. Everyone thinks I have become an orphan. Even I feel the same way, because I really have no father, no mother, and no brother..." she said, "even I don't know much about it."
Remember... my father just disappeared. The police classified it as a missing case. He just disappeared... No one can confirm his death... What if, what if... he will come back? "