Chapter 1596: Chapter 1596: Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

The heart suddenly tightened, and immediately dialed her number.

After a while, the phone was finally answered.

The voice coming through the receiver was somewhat groggy, as if she had just woken up from sleep.

"What’s wrong?"

"Where are you?"

"I’m at home... oh, no, I’m downstairs." Mengmeng pressed her head, "Shen Lingfeng, I’m at the place where I was before, and accidentally fell asleep. I’m fine."

"You lie down first, I’m coming down now."

His voice was as calm as ever, without a hint of emotion.

Mengmeng whispered, "There’s no need, I..."

"Wait for me."

The call ended.

Mengmeng lay on the bed, propping her head up.

Beside her was the big teddy bear that Gu Ziyou had bought for her.

Was he worried about her?

Or was it just routine concern?

Her head was a bit hazy from sleep, and being woken up by the phone call, she hadn’t fully come to her senses.

So she simply lay sideways on the bed, lazily leaning against it.

Soon, there was a sound outside the door; it must be Shen Lingfeng.

He had a key to her place.

Mengmeng didn’t bother to get up, just lay on the bed waiting for him to come in. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Shen Lingfeng, upon entering, first checked her condition and touched her forehead.

She looked up and smiled, "Why are you so tense? Did you think I was sick?"

He said nothing, moved his hand from her forehead, and effortlessly pulled her into his arms, "Good, no fever."

"I don’t often get fevers. Actually, I was quite sickly when I was young. But now my health is much better, I hardly get sick casually." She looked up at him, her chin resting on his lower abdomen, "I came back feeling a bit tired, just wanted to lie down for a bit, but fell asleep. I was a bit groggy just now, so my voice sounded blurry."

She was just lying on the bed, wanting to clear her mind and think about some things.

"As long as you’re not sick."

Mengmeng extended her hand to hug his waist, but then couldn’t help but wonder if maybe he just didn’t know how to explain her illness to her brother.

"Shen Lingfeng, you should go back first. I..."

For whatever reason, she suddenly said, "How about I come back and stay for a while?"

Shen Lingfeng’s heart suddenly leaped; like a thorn deeply piercing it.

His cold face showed no expression, quietly gazing at her for a moment.

"People say ’absence makes the heart grow fonder,’ maybe we’ve been together too long." She murmured.

On one hand, she really wanted to know if he would like her a little more if they weren’t together all the time.

On the other hand, if she wanted to move out, would he try to keep her?

However, once the words were spoken, seeing his silence made her particularly anxious.

Her heart was conflicted, like someone was twisting her internal organs.

In her heart, she didn’t want him to misunderstand anything.

"After all, my brother and younger brother are about to arrive, and I feel..." She brought up a relatively unimportant issue, "maybe it’s not too good for us to live together. Actually, nothing happened between us, but..."

"Alright, I got it." He reached out to touch her head, "I’ll help you bring down the things you need later."

Mengmeng was momentarily stunned, wanting to look at him, but with her face buried in him, she didn’t have the strength to lift it.

"You rest first, I’ll call you for dinner."

Mengmeng bit her lip, nodded vigorously, and when she looked up, she was still smiling, "Then I’ll sleep first, I think I didn’t sleep well last night, watched a... very sad TV drama."