it’s him

    The phone vibrated.

    Qi Ranyue picked it up and read it. It was a text message from an unknown number: “Tomorrow at three o’clock in the afternoon, see you at the same place.”

    She stared at the screen for a few seconds, not paying attention.Maybe it was sent by mistake.

    Delete it and continue working.

    The next day, it was the same time and the same number.

    “See you at the same place tomorrow at three o’clock in the afternoon.”

    She frowned but still ignored it.

    The third day.

    “See you at the same place tomorrow at three o’clock in the afternoon.”

    The fourth day.

    Day five.

    She was sitting at her workstation, her phone on the table with the screen facing up.

    Time passed by minute by second, and when it was almost three o’clock, she found that she couldn’t help but look at her phone.

    Three o’clock sharp.

    The phone vibrated.

    She picked it up and read it.

    “See you at the same place tomorrow at three o’clock in the afternoon.”

    She stared at the message, her fingers hovering above the screen, trying to dial it, but stopped.

    “The old place”.

    Which old place?

    She dug out the news from the past few days and read it word for word.The numbers are the same, the content is the same, and the punctuation marks are the same.It looks like a copy and paste, or someone presses the send button on time every day.

    It was already dark outside the window.

    The office light shines on the phone screen, reflecting her slightly frowning brow.

    She didn’t want to think about it anymore, so she clicked on the dialog box, her fingers hovered on the keyboard, thought for a long time, and then typed word by word:

    “Who are you? What do you want to do?”

    Send.

    The moment the news was sent, she suddenly regretted it.

    But the message has been sent and cannot be taken back.

    She put her phone on the table, stared at the ceiling, and waited.

    One minute.

    Two minutes.

    Five minutes.

    The phone is silent.

    She picked it up and looked at it. The screen was black.

    She clicked on it, but there was no new message.

    She put it down, picked it up, put it down again.

    Qi Ranyue suddenly felt a little stupid.

    Maybe the other party sent the wrong number, maybe he was a scammer, maybe he was a boring person…

    She stuffed her phone into her pocket, stood up, and prepared to go home.

    The phone vibrated.

    She took it out and looked at it.

    A new message.

    It’s that number.

    She clicked it.

    There is only one address on the screen: Qianbao!

    The next day at 2:50 p.m.

    Qi Ranyue arrived at the door of the coffee shop early.

    She waited for a long time in the snack shop next to her.

    Three o’clock sharp.

    She opened the door.

    There were not many people in the coffee shop. They were sitting in twos and threes and chatting in low voices.

    Her eyes swept over, scanning every table and every face.

    There was a man sitting there by the window, holding a coffee cup and looking at her.

    That person’s face.

    She will never forget that face in her life.

    She froze in place, her heartbeat first stopped for a beat, and then began to beat wildly, which made her chest hurt and her ears were filled with a buzzing sound.

    Cold sweat seeped out from his back, soaking his shirt in an instant.

    The man looked at her and moved the corners of his mouth, as if he was smiling.

    Qi Ranyue thought of that room, the nights she dared not sleep with her eyes open, the fear of having nowhere to escape, the moments that threatened her…

    Qi Ranyue wanted to move, but her legs seemed to be nailed to the ground.

    The man moved, as if trying to stand up.

    Qi Ran ran around and opened the door, rushed out, ran through the streets, through the crowds, and past passers-by who had no idea what was going on. She didn’t know how long she had been running, but she only knew that when she stopped, her lungs felt like they were going to explode and her legs were so weak that she couldn’t stand.

    She held onto the wall and gasped for air.

    The sun was so bright that it hurt her eyes.

    After that day, she seemed like a changed person.

    During the meeting, I suddenly became distracted and stared at the computer screen in a daze, with my fingers hanging on the keyboard for a long time.When her colleague called her, she had to be stunned for a moment before she could react.

    When eating, I put down my chopsticks after taking two bites, saying I couldn’t eat anymore.

    When I went to bed at night, I tossed and turned and couldn’t fall asleep. I finally fell asleep, but suddenly woke up again, sitting on the bed panting, covered in cold sweat.

    Chen Rong asked her what was wrong, and she shook her head and said it was okay, but she was too tired from work recently.

    Chen Rong didn’t believe it.

    On the fifth night, Qi Ranyue woke up from her dream again.

    She sat on the bed, her chest heaving violently, and her palms were covered in sweat.He appeared again in the dream, and the face was very close to him, so close that he could see the lines in the corners of his eyes clearly.

    The lights are on.

    Chen Rong sat up and looked at her, her eyes full of worry, “Yueyue, what’s wrong?”

    Qi Ranyue opened her mouth and wanted to speak, but her throat seemed to be blocked by something.

    Chen Rong reached out and hugged her, “Yueyue, tell me, what happened?”

    Qi Ranyue still didn’t say anything.

    Chen Rong asked her. She just shook her head and kept shaking her head. Her eyes were red and her lips were pursed, as if she was afraid that she would cry if she opened her mouth. She hugged her and held her trembling.

    “It’s okay,” Qi Ranyue’s voice was so hoarse that it was almost inaudible, “It’s really okay.”

    Chen Rong looked at her and didn’t ask any more questions.

    The next morning, Qi Ranyue had already gone to work, as if nothing had happened.

    Chen Rong lay on the sofa, staring at the ceiling, in a daze for a long time.

    Then she picked up her phone and opened the location software.

    She hadn’t used it for a long time after that accident. Now she remembered it and clicked on the historical track.

    In the past few days, besides home and company, Qi Ranyue has only been to one place.

    Six days ago, around three in the afternoon.

    A coffee shop called Qianbao.

    Chen Rong wrote down the address.

    The cafe is in an old neighborhood. The store is not big and the facade is a bit old.

    Chen Rong parked the car on the side of the road and stood at the door for a while.There are new posters on the glass door, and the strong aroma of coffee wafts from inside.

    Chen Rong pushed the door open and went in.

    There were not many people in the coffee shop. They were sitting in twos and threes and chatting in low voices.A girl behind the bar was cleaning glasses. She looked up at her and asked with a smile: “Hello, who are you?”

    Chen Rong walked over and said with a natural smile, “Hello, I would like to ask, my friend came here to drink coffee a few days ago and lost his mobile phone. Can he check the surveillance camera?”

    The girl was stunned for a moment, a little embarrassed, “Well… we usually don’t let people show surveillance cameras casually…”

    “Please,” Chen Rong said in a sincere tone, “There is something very important on the phone. She was so anxious that she didn’t sleep well for several days. I just want to take a look to make sure she left it here, okay?”

    The girl hesitated for a moment, looked around, and then nodded, “Okay, come with me.”

    In the monitoring room, the girl helped her retrieve the video from three days ago.

    The picture popped up, showing the entrance of the coffee shop at about 2:50 in the afternoon.

    Chen Rong stared at the screen.

    A little before three o’clock, she saw it.

    Qi Ranyue appeared in the screen, standing at the door. She didn’t come in. She just stood there, looking inside the coffee shop, motionless.

    Chen Rong stared at her on the screen, feeling a little pinched in her heart.

    That stance and expression showed fear.

    At three o’clock sharp, Chen Rong saw her open the door, walk in, walk a few steps, suddenly stop, stand there, her whole body seemed to be frozen, and then Qi Ranyue turned around and rushed out of the coffee shop, running out of the screen.

    Chen Rong frowned, “Please go back a little.”

    The girl rewinds the picture and freezes it at the moment when Qi Ranyue just walked in.

    Chen Rong moved closer to the screen and carefully observed everyone sitting in the coffee shop.

    There was a man by the window, holding a coffee cup and looking towards the door.

    That person looked familiar.

    Chen Rong stared at that face for a few seconds, then suddenly froze.

    Anger rushed up to her, and she stared at the face on the screen. Blood surged to the top of her head in an instant, her sun rays jumped, her ears buzzed, and she clenched her hands into fists until her nails dug into her flesh.

    It’s him!

    Chen Rong stared at the screen and slowly clenched her fists.

    The man in the picture was sitting there, holding a coffee cup, with a smile on his lips.

    Banxia novel, a lot of fun

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