Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Silly girl, you finally decided to contact ?
At the sa ti, in a villa on the other side of Z City.
Lan Shan walked out of the bathroom with a towel in her hand, drying her hair.
She walked to the drawer, picked up a hairdryer, and started to blow-dry her hair.
Her phone, placed on the table, made a "ding" sound, indicating a new ssage.
Lan Shan glanced at the phone but didn't reach for it. Instead, she turned on the hairdryer and started drying her hair.
Once her hair was dry, she put the hairdryer back in the drawer, grabbed her phone from the table, and sat on the bed.
She swiped the screen to unlock it and saw a missed call.
Her eyebrows furrowed slightly.
An Arican number?
What the hell, an overseas call?
Lan Shan thought for a long ti but couldn't rember which friend she had in Arica.
She simply ignored it and went back to the interface where there were unread ssages for several days.
When she opened them, they were all useless, and she was about to delete them right away.
Out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a ssage content.
Her hands instinctively stopped moving, and as she looked at the ssage, her pupils contracted sharply.
The ssage content was simple, just two words.
But it was these short two words that startled Lan Shan.
One second,
Two seconds,
Three seconds,
Four seconds.
......
Staring at the text ssage from an unfamiliar number on the phone screen.
She was stunned for a full ten seconds before recovering, her fingers trembling as she opened it.
"Shanshan."
The two words "Shanshan" appeared on the screen.
She stared at these two words for about three seconds and then the corners of her mouth lifted in a smile.
In this world, probably no one else would call her that except her!
Since she left, she hadn't allowed anyone else to call her that...
Without second thought, she tapped the detailed information in the top right corner and then dialed.
Ye Xinluo was lying in bed, almost asleep when the phone on the bedside table vibrated.
She rubbed her eyes and reached out towards the bedside table.
"Hello."
After waiting a while, there was no sound from the other end of the call, and Ye Xinluo felt puzzled.
She thought it was a wrong number.
Just as she was about to hang up, a woman's loud voice ca from the other end.
"Ye, Xin, Luo!"
The voice startled Ye Xinluo, causing her eardrum to ache, and she held the phone further away, suddenly awake.
She glanced at the caller display.
The screen showed the words "Shanshan."
Thinking she had seen wrong, she rubbed her eyes and looked again, but it still showed "Shanshan."
"Don't play dumb, I know you heard ." From the other end of the call, Lan Shan sounded a little agitated as Ye Xinluo didn't speak for a long ti.
Ye Xinluo was dazed for a full ten seconds before coming back to her senses.
She was about to say sothing, but when the words reached her mouth, she didn't know how to begin.
She cald her emotions and then spoke.
"Shan...Shanshan..."
As she spoke, she realized her tone was sowhat choked.
"You little brat, you finally decided to contact ?"
"I thought you weren't going to reach out to
at all?"
Hearing her speak, Lan Shan imdiately launched into a tirade.
"Why so fierce? You'll end up scaring everyone away like that."
Ye Xinluo smiled helplessly, afraid of waking up the little one sleeping soundly next to her, she got out of bed and went to the balcony.
Once she was sure the little one couldn't hear, she spoke softly.
"Oh my god, Ye Xinluo, you heartless girl, where have you been all these years?"
Lan Shan's voice was loud, full of anger.
If she were standing in front of Ye Xinluo right now, she would probably hit her without holding back.
"Shanshan, let's be ladies, no cursing."
Ye Xinluo was helpless.
It seed she hadn't changed a bit over these four years, her temper was still the sa.
"Ladylike, my ass..."
"Girl, do you know how crazy worried I was when you disappeared?"
"Do you know how much I've..."
missed you over these years?
Lan Shan added this in her heart, her tone softened slightly.
"I'm sorry..."
At this mont, that was the only thing Ye Xinluo could think of.
One simple "I'm sorry."
The circumstances back then didn't allow much consideration, nor did she have the ti to think it over.
She knew her sudden disappearance would surely make Lan Shan worry.
But she had no choice.
There were several tis when Ye Xinluo was about to give up, and she thought of calling Lan Shan to say forget it.
Yet, she didn't.
Back then, Ye Xinluo was pregnant, and telling her about it would only add to her burden.
Scenes from the past replayed in her mind.
"Xinluo, do you think this bracelet looks nice?"
"Look, one for each of us, and from now on, we'll be good sisters."
"Share blessings and endure hardships together!"
Glancing at the athyst bracelet on her left wrist.
It was the first gift Lan Shan gave her the year they t.
Back then, Ye Xinluo was 16, Lan Shan was a little over a month older.
They once vowed to be lifelong sisters.
The corners of her mouth lifted in a knowing smile.
She had a lot to say to Lan Shan, but as countless words surged to the tip of her tongue, she didn't know how to start.
In the end, all she had was "I'm sorry."
"'Sorry' is useless..."
The Lan Shan on the other end of the phone was clearly not accepting her apology.
"Can a 'sorry' simply erase the worry I've had for you all these years?"
"Did you know, after you left, I never let anyone call
'Shanshan' again?"
"Do you know I've waited for you for four years, Xinluo, how could you be so heartless, not contacting
for four years.
You said we were best sisters, yet you didn't tell
anything, it really hurts, you know..."
Lan Shan spoke at length, her tone slightly choked.
Finally able to express words suppressed for several years at this mont.
Her eyes grew moist as she covered her mouth, sobbing quietly.
Ye Xinluo listened silently to the quiet sobs coming from the other end of the call.
Her heart twisted with sorrow.
Lan Shan was her first good friend, Ye Xinluo cherished their friendship dearly.
Now, she was crying.
It made Ye Xinluo's heart ache involuntarily.
Especially hearing her cry her own na in accusation, it hurt unbearably.
"I'm sorry, I didn't an to, forgive , please?"
Her tone softened considerably as she spoke.
However, Lan Shan didn't seem inclined to forgive, saying nothing, only sobbing quietly.
"Shanshan..."
Before Ye Xinluo could finish, Lan Shan interrupted her.
"Don't call
Shanshan, I'm not Shanshan, I'm Lan Shan."
Back then, without a word, you vanished, not contacting
for four years.
Now you want to win
over?
No way, no chance...
Hmph...
Lan Shan thought to herself, then spoke again.
"Be honest, where have you been all these years, confess and be lenient, resist and face harshness."
Ye Xinluo was stunned for a while before coming back to her senses.
What did she just say?
Not calling her Shanshan? What did this an? Were they not good friends anymore?
Just as Ye Xinluo was feeling puzzled, Lan Shan opened her mouth again.
"Be honest, where have you been all these years, confess and be lenient, resist and face harshness"
She instantly understood.
Lan Shan's earlier words "Don't call
Shanshan" were just a joke.
Well, she thought, how could Shanshan be like that towards her anyway.
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