Ming Yutong felt a feverish burn, with aches throughout her body..
Although the fever had subsided, the cold hadn't gone away.
Ming Yutong took another hot bath and made herself a bowl of ginger tea, washing down cold medicine with it.
As the medicine took effect, her head felt heavy, and she prepared to lie down on her bed.
As soon as her head touched the pillow, she heard distant music playing.
Ming Yutong stared blankly for a moment before realizing it was her phone ringing.
She had left her bag carelessly on the sofa in the living room when she returned earlier, exhausted, and had just come back to her bedroom.
Now hearing the muffled sound of her phone ringing in her bag, she wondered who could be calling her.
She worried it might be about work and reluctantly, with her body feeling sore and her head heavy, she made her way to the living room.
But she moved too slowly, compounded by her earlier daze.
By the time she finally crawled into the living room, the phone's ringtone had already stopped.
Ming Yutong sighed. Since she had come all the way here, she picked up her bag and returned to her bedroom to take out her phone and see who had called.
To her surprise, it was Little Jingshi's call!
Ming Yutong immediately answered, despite feeling unwell.
The "beep" sound on the phone was picked up after two.
Ming Yutong was almost eager to say, "Little Jingshi, are you looking for me?"
At the other end of the phone, there was a strange silence, and there was no sound.
Ming Yutong was puzzled, feeling a bad feeling, but also felt that she was scaring herself.
So she called again, "Little Jingshi?"
"He just called you?" Suddenly, Fu Yinxiu's cold voice came from the phone.
Ming Yutong was startled, and her hand loosened, and the phone fell from her palm.
"Bang," a sound, fell to the floor.
When Fu Yinxiu heard the sudden noise from the phone, he frowned.
What did the woman do over there?
He picked up the phone, and she was so scared that she hung up?
Did she fall with the phone too?
Ming Yutong didn't know Fu Yinxiu's guess, and hurriedly picked up the phone from the floor, thinking about not wanting to talk to Fu Yingxiu.
Fu Yinxiu was still waiting for Ming Yutong to pick up the phone and wait, and waited for a long time, and waited for the phone side of the busy signal.
Fu Yinxiu: ...
Did this woman just hang up the phone?
Did the phone break?
Fu Yinxiu thought the phone might have broken.
Frowning, he stared at the phone without moving.
He wouldn't call back, but Ming Yutong probably would call back.
But he stood still for a long time without receiving another call from Ming Yutong.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Little Jingshi came out in his pajamas after drying his hair from a shower.
His skin was washed white and had a hint of pink, smelling fresh.
Little Jingshi looked at Fu Yinxiu suspiciously, "Why are you standing still? And holding my phone?"
Fu Yinxiu pursed his lips, his face darkened, and he stuffed the phone into Little Jingshi's arms before leaving.
Little Jingshi took the phone and walked towards the bed, muttering, "Dad's temper is getting weirder. It must be because he's been single for too long and his hormones are out of whack."
"Hmph, if only he could make up with Tong Tong, he wouldn't be so weird-tempered!" Little Jingshi muttered as he unlocked the screen and called Ming Yutong.
At this moment, Ming Yutong was wide awake, sitting on the bed, staring blankly at her phone.
Why did Fu Yinxiu answer the phone just now?
Could it be that he also made the previous call?
Ming Yutong's mind was in chaos after Fu Yinxiu answered the call.
Suddenly, the phone rang again, startling Ming Yutong who almost dropped it.
She looked and saw it was Little Jingshi's number again.
But this time, Ming Yutong dared not answer it recklessly.
What if it's Fu Yinxiu again?
Although she didn't think Fu Yinxiu would willingly call her.
Didn't he even hate her?
But still, she didn't dare. She was timid.
But she was also afraid that it was Little Jingshi's call and that she missed it.
Ming Yutong hugged her knees and laughed self-deprecatingly.
She was unexpectedly so tangled and indecisive.
Finally, the phone stopped ringing, and Ming Yutong stared blankly at the missed call notification on the phone screen, feeling lost.
Just then, a WeChat notification sound came from the phone.
Ming Yutong quickly opened it and saw a voice message from Little Jingshi.
She clicked to listen and heard him ask, "Tong Tong, where are you? I called you twice, and you didn't answer. Are you busy?"
So those two calls just now were from Little Jingshi?
Ming Yutong felt relieved and quickly sent a video call request.
Little Jingshi immediately accepted.
"Tong Tong, you're at home!" Little Jingshi saw Ming Yutong's background through the video and said.
"Yeah," Ming Yutong explained immediately, "I left my phone in the living room just now, so I missed your first call. When I tried to call you back, it was... your dad who answered, and I accidentally hung up. I'm not sure if the second call was from you."
Little Jingshi silently thought to himself, 'What on earth did Dad do to scare Tong Tong like this, so she doesn't even want to talk to him or answer his calls?'