Silence

Alright, it really was pretty cold...

But that probably wasn't what she truly meant, right? Ling Feng thought without hesitation.

Luo Xiyan didn't say another word along the way, because even she didn't know what she could say.

It seemed that even Ling Feng felt too embarrassed to speak.

After the elevator rose who knew how many floors, the two arrived outside a room.

Just then, Ling Feng's phone rang again. She glanced at it casually. It was Ling Xiaoyu calling again.

Just as she was considering whether to answer, Luo Xiyan spoke.

"If you don't want to answer it, then don't. Follow your heart."

"Mm."

Ling Feng didn't think much of it and hung up directly. Ling Xiaoyu was probably urging her to go back again. She didn't even need to think about it to know.

Yet the moment she hung up, her phone immediately rang again. She had thought it was Ling Xiaoyu again, but it was someone else this time.

When Ling Feng saw the caller's name, she jolted in fright. It was the bargain-bin mom from her memories—though now, her feelings seemed much more complicated.

While Ling Feng was still hesitating over whether to answer, Luo Xiyan directly took the phone from her hand and answered it?!

Ling Feng was completely stunned.

Was this really okay?

Before Ling Feng could say anything, Luo Xiyan spoke first.

"Hello? Feng said she's in a bad mood today and doesn't want to go back. Could you please stop calling?" Luo Xiyan said in a slightly cold tone.

On the other end of the call, Fang Lin was visibly stunned when she heard the voice.

What was going on? Xiaofeng was with a girl?

Fang Lin had originally been angry that Ling Feng planned to stay out all night, but for some reason, after hearing what the person on the other end said, she wasn't as angry anymore. She even felt somewhat...

Relieved??

"Um... miss, what are you to Xiaofeng?" Fang Lin hurriedly asked.

"What am I?"

Luo Xiyan thought for a moment, then looked at Ling Feng. Even she didn't know what kind of relationship she had with Ling Feng. They counted as friends, right?

"Oh, I'm her girlfriend."

After a round of rational analysis, Luo Xiyan replied in an even tone.

There really was nothing wrong with that statement if one analyzed it, but Ling Feng was left speechless for a moment. Girl, did she know what she was saying?

"Really??"

"Mm."

Luo Xiyan's tone was utterly flat when she spoke.

But Fang Lin on the other end was exceptionally excited, overwhelmed with surprise. At the same time, Ling Feng stared at Luo Xiyan with an incredulous expression.

Her precious son had finally grown up.

Perhaps even Fang Lin herself hadn't realized that she used to frequently lecture her son about puppy love back in middle school.

It was quite strange.

Noticing Ling Feng's odd look, Luo Xiyan was a little confused.

Had she said something wrong?

"Aren't we friends?" Luo Xiyan said, sounding inexplicably disappointed.

"I've considered you a friend since the last time we met!"

Ling Feng was startled by Luo Xiyan's sudden question as well.

This girl's way of speaking was a little different from other people's, wasn't it? Saying things like that could easily cause misunderstandings, hey!

"Then... where are you two now?" Fang Lin pressed.

"Then what are you to Feng?"

Perhaps because of what Luo Xiyan had just said, Ling Feng's heart was beating faster. She was flustered, her mind a mess, with no idea what she was doing.

"I'm his mother," Fang Lin said bluntly. They would have to meet sooner or later anyway, right?

"Y-you... you're Feng's mother?"

The moment Luo Xiyan finished speaking, Ling Feng froze.

Ling Feng had never seen Luo Xiyan speak so haltingly before. She was way too cute!

Her heart practically melted. Seriously, this...

"Um, sister? We're at a hotel right now."

"A ho—?!"

"Whoosh!" Before Fang Lin could finish, Ling Feng realized something was wrong, swiftly snatched the phone away, and hung up.

This was going to kill her! Letting her mom know she was at a hotel with a girl in the middle of the night—what was she supposed to think?!

After the call ended, Fang Lin stood there in a daze for over ten seconds.

A hotel?!

Wasn't this a little too soon, Xiaofeng?!

"What is it? You look completely spellbound. Did you win the lottery?" Father Luo was sitting on the sofa. He looked at Fang Lin, who had been standing motionless, lowered his newspaper, and asked curiously.

"Heh, anyway, it's something worth celebrating."

"Mom, how did the call go? Is Xiaofeng coming back?"

Just then, Ling Xiaoyu came out of the kitchen carrying a fruit platter she had just prepared and saw Fang Lin after she finished the call.

She was planning to bring another serving upstairs to Ling Wanqing, who was reading comics.

"Xiaofeng has something important to do tonight, so you don't need to worry about her~"

Ling Xiaoyu:??

Chapter 87: Silence

Ling Xiaoyu was extremely confused. She had never expected her mom to react like that.

Something important? What could possibly be more important than going home first to see parents she hadn't seen for over two years?

The scene shifted. Ling Feng had now been brought into a room by Luo Xiyan.

The first thing she saw upon entering was a large white bed. The room was spacious, clean, and tidy. Several thin canvases lay on the table, and the sparse colors on them showed how little care their owner had put into them.

Sharp-eyed Ling Feng also noticed several sets of clothes folded on the bed, along with some personal items?!

"This is your room, right?"

Ling Feng had originally thought Luo Xiyan would arrange a separate room for her.

"Mm. Rest for a while first. I'm going to take a shower."

Luo Xiyan spoke flatly, as though she didn't care at all that a boy had appeared in her room.

It wasn't that she truly didn't care. If it were an unfamiliar man in her room, he might never make it back out~

Seeing that Luo Xiyan didn't seem to find anything wrong with this at all, Ling Feng was speechless.

After Luo Xiyan cleared the clothes off the bed, Ling Feng finally couldn't help speaking.

"Xiyan! Aren't you worried at all?"

"Worried? No."

After saying that in a calm voice, Luo Xiyan walked into the bathroom.

She had grown used to wandering alone through the city with wounds in tow. The gentle spring breeze, the summer shade, autumn's yellow leaves, winter's frost—she had counted them all, and they too had been dyed with bleak colors.

Since this was fate, Luo Xiyan couldn't be bothered to change it. This was fine. She would just let things take their course~

But Ling Feng refused to give up, whether because she had promised Su Xiaoxiao to help Luo Xiyan or because it was what she truly wanted herself.

The bathroom glass in the hotel room was somewhat transparent, so Ling Feng could see the girl's graceful figure inside slowly removing her clothes—her shape and movements.

The sight nearly made Ling Feng spit out blood.

It was a kind of hazy beauty, carrying an almost ethereal feeling.

"No! What am I thinking? One must not look at what is improper!"

Ling Feng felt her blood boil throughout her body. If she stayed any longer, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to restrain herself.

Too sexy!

Was Luo Xiyan really not worried?

Being this beautiful meant she should be even more careful!

Instead, Ling Feng stood on the balcony with a strange sense of frustration, letting the wind clear her head.

Who knew how long had passed before Ling Feng heard a sound and raised her head.

A slender hand like white jade lifted the curtain, and Luo Xiyan quietly walked in, using one hand to dry her wet hair with a clean white towel.

She wore a gauzy white robe, seeming as though she stood amid smoke and mist. Apart from her long pink hair, she was white as snow from head to toe, her beauty peerless.

After her shower, Luo Xiyan seemed to possess an added air of a lotus freshly emerged from the water.

When she looked at Ling Feng, her eyes were like autumn water, carrying an indescribable softness and charm.

"Why are you being so restrained? Just treat this place like your own home."

As she spoke, Luo Xiyan began making the bed. There was even a trace of indulgence in her tone?? It was baffling.

Yet her expression remained unchanged, flat and indifferent.

After hearing that, Ling Feng no longer felt as restrained as before and instead teased her.

"Are you sure?"

"Mm."

"..."

Ling Feng was speechless. She really hadn't expected Luo Xiyan to agree so readily.

But this only strengthened her resolve!

"I'll definitely help you!"

"Help me with what?" Luo Xiyan asked. Thinking back to earlier, she finally recalled something. "Did Xiao Xiao tell you about me?"

"..."

"It's okay. I'm already used to it. I don't care what other people..."

"I care!"

Ling Feng immediately refuted her, her tone resolute and seemingly beyond question.

Luo Xiyan froze, lost in a daze for a moment, as though she hadn't expected Ling Feng to be so insistent...

The two of them clearly had almost no connection at all...

Why did she want to help her so badly?

Even Luo Xiyan's biological parents had never cared that much about her life.

As the Luo Conglomerate's first heir, her parents only knew how to cultivate her methods and abilities. They had never considered her physical or emotional well-being.

She had received the highest standard of education since childhood, leaving her peers far behind.

Luo Xiyan, who had long since gone numb, no longer possessed emotions of her own. Faced with the strange looks of others, her heart had always remained unchanged.

At that moment, she suddenly fell silent.