Deep Fog Kiss

On a busy roadside, a white figure sat on a stone bench in the shadows, looking particularly lonely and forlorn.

Jiang Li didn't care how humble or pitiful her tone was at that moment. Like someone who was about to drown in the deep sea, she desperately wanted to grab onto Gu Zhishen as a lifeline.

Until the man on the other end of the phone said, "Wait for me."

She finally felt a sense of belonging, as if she hadn't been abandoned by the world.

Whether it's a responsibility or an obligation.

As long as Gu Zhishen still cares about her and wants her, she'll accept it all.

After hanging up the phone, she wiped away her tears and sat down by the roadside.

Like a child obediently waiting for their parents to pick them up from school.

As night fell, a pair of straight, slender legs suddenly came into view, their black leather shoes gleaming.

She looked up in surprise, but the surprise in her eyes vanished in an instant.

Upon seeing who it was, she was slightly surprised.

"Don't you recognize me?"

The other person's voice was clear and gentle like spring water, and a soft smile graced their handsome face.

He reached out, his long, slender fingers holding a box of exquisite chocolates.

"You said eating something sweet would improve your mood." The man's lips curved into a smile. "I guess you need it now."

Jiang Li stared blankly at the other person; the man's handsome face overlapped with a name in her mind.

She was taken aback. "Xiang Jingcheng?"

"Looks like you still remember me." The man smiled, looking at her fair face, her nose and eyes flushed with a faint red.

She had obviously cried.

During those two years at school, what impressed him most was her smile with her dimples, like a bunch of daisies in winter, so beautiful that it was hard to look away.

For those two years, he never had the chance to see her cry.

Unexpectedly, the first time we met after I returned to China, I found her sitting by the roadside crying.

The white figure blended into the darkness, appearing so frail and pitiful.

Her long hair hung down, obscuring her delicate face, which was streaked with tears, making her look like a broken porcelain doll.

This must have been incredibly unfair.

Seeing that he was staring at her, Jiang Li realized what was happening and quickly turned her head away to tidy up her disheveled appearance.

"The wind was too strong, and sand got into my eyes."

"Yes, then we should need this too." Xiang Jingcheng didn't expose her lie, and handed her the pocket square from his suit jacket, along with the chocolate she hadn't taken earlier.

"Thank you." Jiang Li accepted it without hesitation.

Just as she was about to stand up, a tingling numbness shot through her legs, and as she staggered, Xiang Jingcheng gentlemanly steadied her by the arm.

Jiang Li steadied herself, thanked him softly, and subtly withdrew her arm.

"You're still the same as before." Xiang Jingcheng looked at her, keeping her distance, "Not giving her even the slightest chance."

Xiang Jingcheng never hid his feelings for Jiang Li, and Jiang Li was well aware of it.

She then noticed a pure black Bentley parked not far behind him, a very expensive car.

She changed the subject, looked up and smiled gently, "Congratulations! I heard you returned to China a few days ago and became a partner at a top-tier law firm."

"You know about my return to China, doesn't that prove..." The man looked down at her, smiling gently, "that I have a chance?"

It was Shen Nianchu who told Jiang Li about his return to China to become a partner at a law firm. Seeing that he had brought up the topic again, Jiang Li smiled helplessly, "Xiang Jingcheng, I—"

Don't rush to reject me.

The man unfolded his suit jacket and gently and gentlemanly draped it over Jiang Li's shoulders. "When we were abroad, I had the patience to wait. Now that we're back in China, I still have the patience. As long as you're single, I have a chance."

Xiang Jingcheng has always liked to be direct. When they were abroad, Jiang Li would politely refuse at first, but when refusing didn't work, she would pretend she didn't hear her.

I didn't expect him to still be so straightforward after all this time.

She asked with a laugh, "How did you know I'm single?"

Xiang Jingcheng's smile remained unchanged. "If you weren't single, how could your boyfriend bear to see such a beautiful girlfriend sitting alone on the roadside crying? Doesn't he worry about her being kidnapped?"

Jiang Li chuckled, wearing a man's coat and exuding a fruity and woody fragrance.

It's a completely different scent from the cool, woody fragrance she's familiar with and likes.

"It's cold," Xiang Jingcheng asked gently. "Would you like to get a hot cocoa, or I could take you home?"

Jiang Li glanced at the time, smiled, and politely declined, "No need, I'm waiting for someone."

Xiang Jingcheng nodded, and was about to say that she would wait with her when her phone suddenly rang.

After finishing the call, he turned around and saw Jiang Li had already taken off her coat, straightened it, and handed it to him.

"You can go ahead and do what you need to do," she said with a smile, thanking him. "Thank you."

Xiang Jingcheng took the clothes, smiled gently, and asked, "Are you sure you don't need me to take you?"

Jiang Li shook her head, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

Xiang Jingcheng didn't say much and drove away.

Across the street, a white car was parked.

Inside the car, the woman smiled, opened the photo she had just taken on her phone, and sent it.

Then another text message was sent:

[Zhishen, I just passed by the Guanwai Avenue and saw a girl who looks a lot like Xiaoli. Can you tell if it's her? Has she gone back to China?]

After sending the message, she put away her phone, leaned back in her seat, and turned to look at the white figure opposite her.

She sat quietly on the stone stool, glancing at her phone every now and then.

Yu Wanqing rested her hands on the steering wheel, tapping them rhythmically in a good mood.

......

A black Maybach drove along a wide road, and a cell phone notification sound came from the quiet cabin.

Yin Ming turned the steering wheel, glanced at the rearview mirror, and saw the man in the back seat open his phone. The cold white light of the screen reflected on his cold features, and instantly, he felt the temperature in the car drop sharply.

Gu Zhishen tapped the screen, and a photo appeared.

The photo shows a man and a woman.

The image freezes on the man draping his black coat over the girl.

Gu Zhishen's cold and deep gaze was fixed on the girl.

She wore a white dress with a black suit jacket over it, and looked up at the man opposite her with a bright smile.

The atmosphere was extremely harmonious, even...sweet.

"Gu Zhishen, I'm so cold."

"Gu Zhishen, please don't abandon me."

The girl's pitiful sobs still seemed to echo in my ears.

He couldn't help but sneer and forcefully turned off his phone.

She played him time and time again, and he fell for her tricks time and time again.

They treat him like a dog.

"Turn around!"

The voice was chillingly cold, and Yin Ming was taken aback. "Not to answer—"

How many times do I have to say it?

The man looked up, his eyes as cold as frost.

"Yes, boss." Yin Ming quickly turned the steering wheel.

The black Maybach turned around and sped away.

......

The night was deep, and the crescent moon hanging high slowly disappeared into a patch of dark clouds. A few pedestrians hurried along, muttering, "Hurry up, it's going to rain."

Jiang Li sat on the stone bench with her arms crossed, looking up at the dark sky.

It's going to rain, and the person she's waiting for hasn't arrived yet.

He said he would wait for him and would definitely come.

He is not a man of his word.

A cold wind blew by, and Jiang Li shivered all over.

She looked down and picked up her phone; the time on the screen had already passed midnight.

Just as I was about to turn on my phone, a crisp sound of footsteps suddenly rang out.

She looked up abruptly, her eyes narrowing.

"You're not waiting for Zhi Shen, are you, you little brat?"