Chapter 1013: The Story of Ling and Heng (276)
She thought she had seen wrongly. In the snow covered land, the white mist leaving her lips obscured half of her vision.
Feng Ling narrowed her eyes and looked in that direction carefully, but could not find anything.
Her gaze darkened. She turned to scan her surroundings, but still failed to find anything.
There wasn’t supposed to be anything for her to find in the first place.
She left the Christmas tree and headed to a nearby convenience store to buy a bowl of instant noodles. She then returned to her apartment.
The elevator arrived on the fifteenth floor. The instant she stepped out, she sensitively lifted her eyes and saw the man standing right in front of her apartment door.
The man was dressed in a set of casual sports wear. Both his hands were tucked into his pocket as he casually leaned against the door. When he heard the elevator doors opening, he lifted his eyes to look at her. His gaze shifted away from her startled and cold gaze, onto the bowl of noodles in her hands.
“You only bought one? What about mine?” The man lifted his brows. The words he spoke made it sound as though it had only been two days since they last met and not two years.
Feng Ling resisted the urge to crush the bowl of noodles in her hands. She watched him expressionlessly and hesitated if she should return to the elevator now to leave.
However, before she could decide, the man took his hands out of his pockets and approached her. He spread both his arms to press against the elevator doors and watched Feng Ling, who had subconsciously taken a step back, from his tall height: “Do you want to head to the rooftop where the temperature is below zero degrees to chat, or do you want to stand here and chat?”
Feng Ling watched him coldly. She understood that her heart was composed. It was already composed back then. What more could it be now?
However, Li Nanheng’s sudden appearance was truly beyond her expectation.
And so, he had already been in Boston since a few days ago. The presence she had felt following her was him.
She did not speak. She looked at the numbers on the elevator and spoke heavily: “Move aside.”
Li Nanheng watched the expressionless little woman with a deep gaze. As she desired, he moved his hands away from the elevator doors.
Feng Ling walked out of the elevator. She placed the bowl of noodles on the small shelf next to her door but clearly did not intend on unlocking her door.
“What are you here for?” She faced the door to speak to the man behind her; her voice did not carry any warmth.
“All of a sudden, someone who disappeared for two years; the person whom I searched desperately for two years, who had disappeared from the face of the earth as though she had completely disappeared, appeared on various big magazines as the beautiful champion of a close combat competition. You say, what am I here for?” The man’s voice was right behind her. His tone was mild and open as though everything had happened in the past two years were no longer important. As though everything would be fine now that he found her.
It was meaningless even if Feng Ling felt as though she was drowning in regret.
Back then, she had participated in that competition because she found life too dull and was looking for something to do. She had completely no idea that the competition would be featured on television and magazines. She also never expected that, even with a mask, there were still people who could recognize her.
If Wen Leqing had recognized her, how could Li Nanheng not?
She never expected to see him again.
Feng Ling turned around to look at the man who was much taller than her: “Mr. Li, the reason I left back then wasn’t because I was trying to escape. It’s because I was personally forced away by those people in the Li family who controlled the place. I lost in terms of reason and was completely humiliated, and then forcefully thrown out. The so-called two years of disappearance, and someone who desperately looked for me for two years, are all things that shouldn’t exist. I don’t have any reason to be searched for, nor do you have any reason to look for me. There’s also no need for you to be in this place.”
The previously young and inexperienced, short-haired girl had now become a young woman with shoulder length hair. Her emotions and her expressions were cold and unfamiliar, keeping everyone distant and not allowing anyone’s approach.
Li Nanheng watched her. He approached her and, just as Feng Ling took a step back warily, he lowered his gaze to watch her indifferent eyes. “What did you call me earlier?”
It wasn’t Boss. Nor was it Li Nanheng.
Mr. Li?
Feng Ling’s tone was composed: “I don’t belong to XI Base anymore. What else should I call you?”
As she spoke, she suddenly realized that she didn’t do anything wrong, nor was there a need for her to run away. She lifted her eyes to meet his heavy, cold gaze. “Mr. Li, I’ve heard someone say this before; that the love between a man and a woman is a common thing. Break-ups that happen without reason are just as common. Things like feelings come and go quickly. I won’t demand for you to explain the past. In exchange, please don’t cling onto me for that so-called past we shared. Let us part without hard feelings. I should have said these words to you two years ago, but unfortunately, your elders did not give me the opportunity to say these words before they made me scrammed.”
“Part without hard feelings?” Li Nanheng’s gaze suddenly became sharp. He leaned down and pressed close to her. Feng Ling did not anticipate his sudden movement and rushed to back away, but was startled when her back came into contact with the door.
The man pressed closed. Just as she was about to move away, he held her shoulders down and pressed her firmly against the door: “Feng Ling, I fucking searched for you for two years, and right now you’re telling me to part without hard feelings? Did I say I want a break up? Did I say that my feelings come and go quickly? When did I say that I don’t want you anymore? En?”
Feng Ling thought that she had heard wrongly.
For the last two years, she had always assumed that Li Nanheng was a reasonable man. At the very least, his values were normal.
As a married man, wasn’t he ashamed of refusing to break up with another woman? Wasn’t he ashamed of saying he still wanted her?
Even if she was very dense when it came to matters of the heart, she still understood what it meant to be an upright person.
She found that for the past two years, something had appeared in her heart, and something else had disappeared. It caused her to become even more sensible. When it came to Li Nanheng especially, she did not desire any justice, nor did she wish to argue with him.
Thus, she looked at the man standing before her; at the heavy rage and the hint of love that had been contained in his gaze for two whole years. She could only watch him in composure: “Oh, it’s simple. I suppose I’m the one who doesn’t want you anymore.”
I don’t want you anymore.
Li Nanheng had endured for two whole years.
He understood that she was strong minded and stubborn; there were too many things she could not easily accept. He had finally found her, but when he saw how she seemed to be living peacefully, he couldn’t bear to disturb her.
In the end, he caved when he saw her figure by the Christmas tree. He had wanted to embrace her too much. It was but a moment of impulse he couldn’t overcome. And all he received in exchange was the knife she had waited for two years to pierce into his heart.
The man watched her with a dark and heavy gaze. Feng Ling did not wait for him to speak up as she said: “Let go.”