Chapter 960: Chapter 957: 1.5 Servings of Milk 5
In the friend circle, there’s no news whatsoever, whether from Wan Donglin, Huang Xiaojue, or even Zhou Ting. The most bizarre thing is that Zhou Xiaoxuan has gone quiet; her friend circle hasn’t been updated for two months.
Yan Xixi dejectedly held the phone, originally wanting to take a selfie, to go against the trend. But, her hand trembled, and she deleted it.
Finally, the phone rang.
Empress Dowager Liu’s voice was very gentle: "Xixi, I’m sorry, I can’t come to see you this Christmas."
At last, a familiar voice spoke, making her very happy: "Empress Dowager, what are you up to?"
"I’m spending it alone too. Dongmei visited me last week; their family went on vacation and asked me to join. I don’t like crowds and decided not to go."
She chuckled: "Being alone must be lonely for you."
"Who’s to say it isn’t? Donglin is busy with meetings..."
She immediately perked up her ears, only to hear Empress Dowager Liu continue: "Donglin has been in back-to-back closed-door meetings these days; he hasn’t called me in days..."
In her heart, there was suddenly a sense of relief.
"Empress Dowager, Brother Donglin isn’t in any danger, right?"
"Absolutely no danger."
"Is his injury healed?"
"All healed. That boy is resilient; when he was young, he once sneaked off with little companions to bathe in the river, two companions drowned while he held onto thorns at the riverbank and shouted loudly, barely escaping. When saved, his palms were full of thorny spikes, bleeding profusely... Xixi, don’t worry about him, he’ll definitely come see you when he has time."
"Empress Dowager, you must let Brother Donglin take care of his health."
"He knows his limits. Besides, in our view, Christmas isn’t a grand holiday; after all, we A Country people focus on celebrating New Year."
After hanging up the phone, her heart suddenly felt light.
Excitedly, she went to the fridge to take out the turkey Ms. Liu had prepared. What a big one, she cut off a large piece of the wing and took a few bites, deciding to relax well tonight.
At midnight, Christmas Eve reached its climax; it seemed all the people emerged, various big figures were also speaking, universally celebrating.
However, the phone remained silent.
Even though Empress Dowager Liu called, there was still a faint disappointment inside—people say a short separation is sweet, but a long separation leads to divorce. Is it that feelings simply fade after being apart for too long?
In her ears, faintly, there was knocking on the door again.
She thought it was a delusion and didn’t pay attention.
But after a while, the knocking sounded again.
Three continuous knocks, she heard clearly. Just as she stood up, the sound stopped. Raising her ears several times, there was no more movement. This area is an upscale residential zone with good security; she was home alone and didn’t arbitrarily open the door.
Opening her eyes again, the window was already dimly bright.
She suddenly found it strange and got up to open the door.
At a glance, she was completely stunned.
At the door, someone was indeed sitting there.
Seeing her, stammering: "Yan Xixi... I... I’m sorry... I didn’t mean to disturb you..."
She couldn’t believe it: "Li Zhen, did you arrive last night?"
Li Zhen’s face flushed: "I... I just wanted to see you... I was also afraid you’d feel troubled... Yan Xixi, don’t mind, I only came by on my way, I will leave, really, I have no other intentions... I’ll leave shortly..."
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