Chapter 15: He and I Could Never Happen (5) (2/2)

After some time had passed, the phone in the car rang. He reached for it and glanced over at the screen as a flash of impatience crossed his eyes when he saw the contact's name, ”Lin Ya”.

The phone rang incessantly. He furrowed his brows and eventually answered the call calmly, ”Lin Tongxue 1, what's up?”

After he hung up, He Jichen continued to sit in the car for a while. Then, he gently stepped on the gas and skillfully drove slowly out onto the road again.

...

Lin Ya and the others still hadn't come back, so the dorm room was pitch-black.

Ji Yi turned the lights on then headed straight for the bathroom.

After taking a shower, Ji Yi glanced at the time—it was just past nine o'clock. She grabbed the book she hadn't finished reading in the afternoon, climbed into bed, and continued to flip through it.

Just as she immersed herself in it, the landline rang. Ding-ling-ding-ling.

Everyone in the dorm room had their own cell phone, so the landline served no purpose. If Ji Yi remembered correctly, nobody had called that phone for over half a year now. This is truly strange ... At that thought, Ji Yi put her phone down and climbed out of bed.

As she was reading just now, she had been chewing on a piece of sesame candy, so she wasn't able to immediately answer the moment she picked up the phone.

After a while, seeing as nobody spoke, the person over the phone let out a simple, ”Hello?”

Ji Yi suddenly stopped chewing, and her fingers felt a little numb as she held the phone.

That voice, she'd recognize it even if he turned to ashes. But, why would He Jichen call the dorm room landline?

Seeing as there was still no answer, He Jichen let out another ”hello” over the phone.