Yun Xiaoran silently gazed at the sea of lights beyond the floor-to-ceiling window.
He opened his chat with Shen Jin on his phone, but there were still no new messages.
Scrolling up, he saw nothing but the location updates he had sent every hour or thirty minutes. Shen Jin had sent an "OK" and had not replied since.
An inexplicable impatience and a deeply uncomfortable feeling stirred inside Yun Xiaoran, urging him to send his location again as soon as possible.
If not for the storm, he might have been able to stay calm. But night was fast approaching, and the storm made it even harder to settle his nerves.
Shen Jin stood all alone at the side of the street. While she waited, the torrential downpour had eased into a drizzle, but that did little to improve her situation.
Her mermaid dress was soaked through. If its color had not been somewhat dark, it might have exposed more than she intended.
Her once-fair arms and thighs had lost all color and warmth.
Her legs trembled. She held her phone in one hand and her umbrella in the other, helplessly hugging her arms against her chest.
Her beautiful peach blossom eyes still searched in every direction, hoping to find that familiar figure, hoping to catch sight of Yun Xiaoran.
"Where are you?"
After nearly thirty minutes outside in the rain, Shen Jin was so anxious she was on the verge of tears.
Sister Hua sat in the car, impatiently cursing Yun Xiaoran in her heart.
If not for Yun Xiaoran, would her precious Jin'er have spent so long out in the rain?
Come to think of it, this was the first time Shen Jin had waited outside in such heavy rain for anyone. No sponsor or boss had ever