C11 If You Can Come Back

In hunger, a person could live seven days at most, and she could live three days without eating or seven days without drinking, or she would face death.

From the day of the earthquake until now, it had been four days.

Feng Yuling took out a cigarette from his cigarette box and lit it up. He took a deep breath and dialed Shen Lingyi's number with his phone.

"Hello, the number you have dialed cannot be picked up for now. Please call again later."

The door was pushed open. Feng Yuling pulled back his thoughts and pressed the button to lock the phone screen. He turned his gaze to the file.

Lin Manqing handed him a steaming cup of coffee. She stared at Feng Yuling.

When he saw her hesitant look, he frowned. "Manqing, what is it?"

Lin Manqing bit her lips and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I heard Shen Lingyi is in S City and her life is unknown..."

Feng Yuling's action of drinking coffee paused. After a long while, his Adam's apple rolled and he swallowed the coffee in his mouth.

His expression was cold. "Yes."

Lin Manqing saw that he did not seem to care about Shen Lingyi's life or death and the moment she lowered her head, the corners of her lips curled up.

When she raised her head, the joy on her face disappeared. Pretending to be worried, she said, "Yuling, aren't you worried about her? That woman who accompanied you for ten years might very well have died."

"She has nothing to do with me. If she is killed, others will care."

Feng Yuling felt that the coffee today was a little bitter. His mouth was bitter, and his heart was bitter.

Lin Manqing observed his expression carefully. "Yuling, if you want to find her, I will go with you."

Feng Yuling's dark gaze made Lin Manqing feel as if a light was on her back. It was as if all her little thoughts had been exposed.

He flipped through the documents and asked casually, "Manqing, do you really want me to look for her?"

Lin Manqing pursed her lips and tears rolled down her cheeks. She lowered her head and sobbed with grievance, "I'm just afraid that if you don't go, you will feel guilty. I don't want you to be absent-minded when you are with me because of Shen Lingyi's matter."

Feng Yuling subconsciously held her in his arms. "Don't cry. Don't cry."

Lin Manqing tightened the clothes on Feng Yuling's chest and acted like she was completely dependent on him.

Feng Yuling's voice was low and gentle when he noticed her actions. His gaze was Yao Yao, but he did not know who he was talking to. "Don't be afraid, it's fine..."

Lin Manqing, who was snuggling in his embrace, smiled. She knew Feng Yuling well. If he really had feelings for Shen Lingyi, he would have heard that she might have died when he heard that she might have died. It would not be this indifference now.

Shen Lingyi, ten years of your company is like a joke!

After Lin Manqing returned to her room, Feng Yuling lit another cigarette for her. Smoke curled up, blurring his angular and handsome outline.

"Shen Lingyi..."

"If you can come back, if..."

The pungent smell of smoke went back and forth in his lungs. It was so stuffy that his lungs were burning and he did not spit it out.

He held the cigarette in his hand, his dark and heavy eyes staring out the window at the street that had been beaten white by the moonlight.

The smoke that was accompanied by a flame burned slowly between his fingers, but he did not seem to notice it at all.

The next morning, when Feng Yuling woke up, Lin Manqing was busy in the kitchen.

Seeing him, she smiled and said, "I made millet porridge for you. You can eat it later."

Feng Yuling leaned against the door. His eyes were filled with affection and gentleness. No one noticed that there was a trace of bitterness in his smile.

Last night, the thought of breaking up with Lin Manqing actually appeared in his mind. It was simply absurd.