The Whole Internet is Shipping Me with My Ex-Boyfriend

Chapter 666: Yiyi, Why Are You Coming to M Country…

This made her think, he has never expressed his liking for her, not even a hint or words spoken. Could his affection simply be admiration? Because only admiration maintains such a constant distance."Sigh." Thinking of this, she heaved a sigh.

For a moment, she forgot she was still on the phone.

She heard the man’s low, gentle voice inquiring through the receiver, "Is Miss Sheng Yi troubled by something?"

Sheng Yi realized she shouldn’t have sighed over the phone, but then again, since she sighed and he asked, she might as well tell him, "I’ve been secretly in love with someone, but I don’t know how this person feels about me. Just thinking about how he might not like my type makes me feel frustrated."

She finished speaking.

There was another silence from the other end of the phone.

This silence was even longer than before.

Long enough for Sheng Yi to start feeling uneasy, with no sound coming through the receiver.

Just when she wondered if the call was disconnected and was about to check the screen, she finally heard a voice from the receiver, "Sorry, Miss Sheng Yi, there was a document that needed approval just now."

Hearing his voice, Sheng Yi finally felt relieved, but hearing him mention approving documents, was he working right now?

Sheng Yi only considered whether talking to him for so long would affect his work and didn’t notice any difference in his tone when he spoke just now.

"Sorry, Dao An, I talked too long just now. Did I disturb your work? I have nothing more to say now, so maybe let’s just leave it at that." She considered Dao An’s work and offered to hang up first.

The man on the other end responded in a low voice, "Hmm."

Then waited for her to hang up first.

Before pressing the hang-up button, Sheng Yi didn’t forget to say, "I’ll contact you when I arrive in M Country."

The man on the other end replied with a single word, "Okay."

Still a one-word response.

It seemed he really was busy.

The call ended.

Sheng Yi thought, he patiently listened to her ramble out of courtesy, perhaps to him she was just a naive little child... Ugh, thinking about it this way, Sheng Yi felt quite foolish, maybe she’s been going too smoothly in the entertainment industry for so long without encountering any real setbacks.

The endorsement for Tiffany’s watches was true, but going to M Country for filming was false. It had been completed internally, and her Weibo had already officially announced it, with the posters already displayed on the LED screens at the square. She lied about this because she believed Dao An wouldn’t pay attention to her work in the entertainment industry, and even if he did, it didn’t matter since she was indeed the endorser for Tiffany’s watches, not just blowing smoke.

Moreover, she lied because she didn’t want him to know she was already in Manhattan.

He was on a business trip in Los Angeles, and his secretary said he wouldn’t return for another week. If she had said she was currently in Manhattan, she couldn’t very well continue saying she would wait for him for a week; otherwise, it would seem too odd, as if she were deliberately waiting for him.

It’s okay for plans to be intentional, but saying it directly out loud would be unwise, a truth she understood well.

With her phone in hand, she returned to the dining table.

The temperature in the suite was just right, and the steak hadn’t gone cold. After this phone call, Sheng Yi felt her appetite return.

...

At the same time.

Los Angeles.

Secretary Cheng Xuan was trotting behind the man, catching up, speaking fluent but very anxious English, "Ann, Ann, your schedule in Los Angeles isn’t finished. The earliest is the day after tomorrow, but you said to book a ticket back to Manhattan for tomorrow, Ann..."

The driver stood beside the car door.

As he saw the man walking over, he immediately opened the car door.

The man bent down to get in the car, lowering his body but not his head.

Once the door closed, Cheng Xuan stood outside the car, panting heavily. With the windows tightly shut, she couldn’t see Ann’s expression, but she knew Ann’s face didn’t look well, and it was apparent that Ann’s mood was significantly affected by that phone call.

Who on earth was on the phone?

Cheng Xuan collected her thoughts and quickly walked around the car to open the door and get in.

The car was already in motion, smoothly driving on the wide road.

Cheng Xuan cautiously glanced at the man beside her, who was resting his eyes, wearing his usual mature and steady deep blue pinstripe three-piece suit, tailored and precise, accentuating the strength of a grown man in every movement.

His hair was combed neatly back, as polished as old-school style, handsome, steady, restrained, yet never giving off a cold or distant vibe. Having stayed by Ann’s side for so long, Cheng Xuan had already grasped 70% of Ann’s personality. It was rare for anything to stir his emotions in any situation or setting.