Chapter 71 It Was Wonderful to Hear Her Call Out Beicheng (1/2)

Yan Beicheng trailed Cheng Ziming to an old housing area. This area had typical old housing with grey, cement walls. The residents later renovated with white-framed sliding windows made out of plastic and steel. There was no official entrance to this place and there was no security.

This area was part of the old city. There were bound to be a few neglected areas in the fast progressing B City that was developing very slowly. This was such a location.

This was Cheng Ziming's home. He was living with his parents. He still did not have the capability to move his parents into a better home. He did not dare to use any of Lin Yuwen's money before marrying her for fear of failing through his final effort.

Yan Beicheng kept a distance with Cheng Ziming's car to avoid him noticing he was being trailed.

After taking note of Cheng Ziming's parking space and car plate number, Yan Beicheng went to find a parking space. There were no designated parking spaces in older areas like this, but with the high ownership of private cars in times like these, it was still difficult to find a place for parking as it was filled with cars.

Yan Beicheng got his car parked with much difficulty and got off. He took a good look at the environment. There were not many streetlights, which made the surrounding quite dark. There were also no security cameras.

With that, Yan Beicheng went to the back of his car with a poker face and took out a set of fishing tools from his car boot. He took out a fishing hook from it. This was a brand-new set of fishing tools he had bought as a gift for Old Master Yan; it had every type of fishing hook available in the market.

Yan Beicheng narrowed his eyes and took out the thickest hook. He walked nonchalantly towards Cheng Ziming's car.

He looked around and once he confirmed there was nobody, quickly used the fishhook to give the car tire a vicious stab. He pulled the hook out gave the tire a few kicks to ensure it was leaking air. Then, he quickly stabbed the remaining three tires with the fishhook.

After that, he once again walked away nonchalantly.

…

Cheng Ziming came home with a grim expression and saw Wang Jinglin with the same miserable look, ”Mum, have you called Lin Chu?”

He had told Wang Jinglin about what happened tonight while on the way home. He thought that since Wang Jinglin had a good relationship with Lin Chu, she would not give her trouble and asked Wang Jinglin to persuade her.

Wang Jinglin nodded but did not look happy, so he asked quietly, ”She didn't agree, did she?”

Wang Jinglin sighed and nodded, ”I've always thought that Lin Chu was a good girl. She had a good personality and was kind. I didn't expect her to be so calculative. I've apologized and comforted her, but she refused to listen. Looks like she must have been hurt badly by you. The more she loved you in the past, the more she hates you now. Even though she deserves pity but to be so unsentimental and hard-hearted, even someone pitiable would become someone hateful.”

”To think that you felt sorry for her,” Cheng Ziming said angrily.

Wang Jinglin sighed as she shook her head. ”Sigh! No wonder the Lin family doesn't like her. I used to think that it was not right of the Lin family to treat an adopted this way, it was unbecoming of them. But it looks like the Lin family had spent a long time living with her and know Lin Chu better. They've long seen her for what she is.”

”Damn it! This is all because of Lin Chu,” Cheng Ziming punched the air angrily and helplessly.

”What do we do now? The Lin family would think less of you, right? What can we do to fix this? Do you… Do you need me to have a chat with Mrs. Lin?” Wang Jinglin asked worriedly.

”They would definitely be prejudiced about me. Mum, don't go rushing over first. Let me think of a plan. There must be a way to redeem my image with them,” said Cheng Ziming.

…

Lin Chu laid in bed. She did not put Cheng Ziming and Wang Jinglin's matter to heart. She was angry at that moment, but the anger had now subsided. She did not want them to affect her negatively. She did nothing wrong and there was no point in self-torture.

Her mind was filled with everything to do with Yan Beicheng. She tossed in bed, unable to sleep, so she picked up her phone by her pillow and started swiping through Weibo. She then turned on WeChat after finishing with Weibo.

There was a new message in her contact book. She clicked it open and there was a friend request named 'When the swallow returns'. Other than that, there were no other introduction from it nor any other message validating its identity.

Lin Chu frowned and chose to ignore it. Although it was not a frequent occurrence but occasionally, there would be strangers adding her for no reason. Most of them would usually come with a message though.

For example, 'Hi, pretty lady'.

Or, 'Hey pretty lady, let's get to know each other.”

Words like these.

Lin Chu was aware that these people were only looking for a one-night stand.

…

Yan Beicheng returned to Ding City. He did not even go home before adding Lin Chu as a friend on WeChat after he got out of the car. He walked through the door and changed his shoes and lowered his head to find out if Lin Chu had approved him. But she had not.

He went to his bedroom to change his clothes and looked again. Lin Chu still has not approved. He went to take a bath and came out to look again. Still not approved.

Yan Beicheng sat frustrated on his bed. He checked his WeChat every few minutes. After a while, he continued looking intently at his phone while walking downstairs to get a glass of water.

Coincidentally, he bumped into Aunt Zhuang holding a cup of milk while her head was lowered, looking at the phone. Yan Beicheng swiped through his friends in WeChat and saw Aunt Zhuang had shared a news link: [Zhong Nanshan says, ”If we don't control the use of pesticide, China won't be able to produce children in another 50 years!”].

Yan Beicheng, ”…”

Ever since he added Aunt Zhuang, he had been reading shocking news like this every day. It made him feel that Earth is no longer safe.

”Master Yan,” Aunt Zhuang called out upon seeing Yan Beicheng.

Yan Beicheng thought that Aunt Zhuang has been using WeChat much longer than he was, so he asked, ”I've sent a friend request to someone, but the friend hasn't replied. Is there a chance that my friend hasn't received it?”

”That won't happen unless your friend didn't see it. Otherwise, your friend must have ignored it. There's no reject option in WeChat. Either you accept it, or you leave it there to ignore,” said Aunt Zhuang.

She quickly added upon seeing Yan Beicheng's expression turn dark. ”Of course, if Master Yan took the initiative, your friend won't ignore you, they just haven't seen it.”

Aunt Zhuang hurried back to her room after saying it.

Yan Beicheng got his glass of water and went back to his bedroom. He waited for far too long and was getting impatient, so he gave Lin Chu a call.

Lin Chu had just finished swiping through her friends' accounts and was forcing herself to shut her eyes and go to sleep when the phone rang beside her ear. She picked it up and saw an unfamiliar string of numbers. She thought that it must be some scammer calling, but the phone continued ringing as if there was something important to tell her. She looked at the number and recognized it as a local number.

So, Lin Chu picked up the call, ”Hello.”

”What do you mean by just hello? I'm not having a good time here,” she was incredulous at the familiar voice coming from the phone.

Lin Chu blinked, she was surprised but hesitant, ”Yan…Beicheng?”

Yan Beicheng was delighted. Lin Chu had a three-second delay when calling out his name because she was hesitant, but Yan Beicheng took it upon himself to delete his surname from her words. His mind kept Lin Chu's call of 'Beicheng' in a loop. He was overcome with extreme joy.

It was wonderful to hear her call out Beicheng!

Yan Beicheng smiled. His heart was beating with excitement and he jumped on his bed and rolled around.

He rolled around while gently answering, ”Yes, it's me.”

He sounded sweet, like someone madly in love.

Lin Chu was stunned by his antics.

He sounded unhappy when she picked up the phone, and suddenly, he turned all sweet and gooey after just calling out his name.

Lin Chu tried to rub off all the goosebumps on her arm. She had wanted to ask 'Can I help you with anything?', but the thought of Yan Beicheng's unpredictable temperament had her changing the question, ”You haven't gone to sleep?”