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Chapter 673 - 673 674 Girlfriend (6)_1
Chapter 673 - 673 674 Girlfriend (6)_1
?Chapter 673: Chapter 674 Girlfriend (6)_1 Chapter 673: Chapter 674 Girlfriend (6)_1 Jing Haohao, no longer preoccupied with her secret plan to surprise Liang Chen, picks up her phone and dials a call with no hesitation.
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Liang Chen arrives in Jiangshan City at 12:45 sharp.
Upon exiting the airport, a rush of long-lost familiarity hits him.
Perhaps it’s because of Jing Haohao’s presence in this city, a good deal of the resentment he’s been holding onto seems to lift.
Liang Chen bends down to climb into his assistant’s car.
The assistant starts the car and begins to drive out of the airport while casually glancing at Liang Chen’s expression through the rearview mirror, asking, “Mr. Liang, where are we headed?”
Liang Chen leans against the back seat and stays silent. His handsome face holds an air of aloofness.
After driving for a while, the assistant, unable to gauge Liang Chen’s current thoughts, ventures a quiet question, “The company?”
After asking these three words, the assistant clearly notices a slight furrow in Liang Chen’s brow. He quickly corrects himself, “Or is it Miss Jing’s house?”
Liang Chen’s expression stalls slightly. After a while, he closes his eyes and lets out a single affirmative grunt. He then leans back against the seat, devoid of all expression and remains silent.
The car is very quiet. Perhaps due to the few cars on the street in anticipation of Christmas Eve celebrations, the roads are clear. In just forty minutes, the assistant pulls up outside Jing Haohao’s apartment.
The assistant gets out first, opens the car door for Liang Chen, hands him the car keys and says, “Mr. Liang, I’ll head back to the office now if there’s nothing else.”
Liang Chen nods indifferently; only after the assistant has left does he head toward Jing Haohao’s apartment building.
Liang Chen takes the elevator to Jing Haohao’s floor.
Once out of the elevator, the corridor is silent and clean. On the balcony stand two potted plants, sprouting vibrant new buds in the winter.
He hasn’t seen Jing Haohao for twenty days, and now he’s about to see her again…
Liang Chen can feel the longing buried in his heart stir, surging forth like a torrent, instantly obscuring all his anxieties, uncertainties, and jealousy from that night. His mind is filled with questions after his long journey from Shanghai back to Jiangshan City, worried about seeing Shen Liangnian exiting Jing Haohao’s building and feeling a myriad of negative emotions.
Standing in front of Jing Haohao’s apartment, Liang Chen gently knocks on the door. Suddenly, he imagines if Jing Haohao saw him at the door, would she jump into his arms in delight?
Yet, after the knocking sound settles, no sound comes from within.
Didn’t she hear him?
Liang Chen once again raises his hand to knock.
Still, there is no response.
Is she not at home?
Liang Chen frowns, remembering he had taken a spare key from Jing Haohao’s place. He quickly pulls it out of his pocket and opens the door.
Liang Chen opens a side shoe closet, takes out a pair of men’s slippers lying next to Jing Haohao’s, slips them on, and walks in.
It’s quiet inside. No one’s around; the winter sun rays quietly shine through the floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room, illuminating the house.
The room is filled with a faint fragrance that eases his mind. As he looks around, he finds nothing changed since his last visit. On the balcony hang two pieces of clothing and a pair of socks; the potted plants seem to have been recently watered, their leaves adorned with fresh dewdrops.