Chapter 485: Chapter 485

The car slowly drove through the gates of the villa, and Ling Chuxia, who was separated from it by the car window, looked at the familiar mansion. A surge of emotion welled up from within. The night she left this place, she thought she would never set foot here again, yet she hadn’t expected...

She slightly lowered her gaze and unconsciously tugged at her collar. She didn’t know if it was because the temperature in the car was set a bit too high, but she gradually started to feel hot.

The car came to a stop at the door, and the old mansion’s Driver Chen got out of the car and opened the door for her. He respectfully said to Ling Chuxia, "Miss, Miss Chuxia, we have arrived."

"Oh, okay." Ling Chuxia replied, lifted her foot, and got out of the car.

Once she got out, a slight breeze came her way, and the heat that enveloped her seemed to dissipate quite a bit. Ling Chuxia took a deep breath, nodded to the driver, and then stepped towards the mansion.

The villa was very quiet, so quiet that Ling Chuxia’s footsteps could be clearly heard, even her breathing was distinctly audible. She walked step by step into the house, climbed up the stairs, and then made her way to the bedroom.

Standing at the bedroom door, she closed her eyes briefly to steady her spirit, then slowly turned the doorknob.

As the door opened, the pungent odor of alcohol hit her nostrils directly. Ling Chuxia couldn’t help but frown. The bedroom was dark and silent, deathly silent. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she hurriedly looked inside wanting to see where Shi Che was.

She searched while slowly walking further in.

Before she had taken many steps, she had already kicked numerous bottles of alcohol. Looking at them, her heart clenched. How much had Shi Che drunk?

"Shi Che? Shi Che, are you here?" Ling Chuxia called out softly but still did not receive the slightest response from Shi Che, until she arrived at the bedside. Only then did she find Shi Che sitting askew at the foot of the bed, leaning against it with a half-empty bottle of liquor still in his hand. His eyes were closed, and his handsome face was entirely etched with pain; his complexion looked terrible.

Ling Chuxia was startled and immediately squatted in front of him, hands gripping his shoulders, her face full of concern as she urgently called out, "Shi Che, what’s wrong with you? Shi Che?"

Shi Che’s brow furrowed even more tightly, his long eyelashes trembled, and his eyes slowly opened. Ling Chuxia’s visage gradually emerged in his vision.

He had drunk a lot, his head was dizzy, and the whole world seemed to spin. He couldn’t distinguish between reality and dreams. But he thought he must be dreaming now, and it had to be a beautiful dream; otherwise... how could Ling Chuxia appear here, in front of him?

He opened his mouth, his thin lips parted lightly, mumbling Ling Chuxia’s name, each syllable as if savoring it on the tip of his tongue.

Unfortunately, he hardly made a sound; only his mouth moved, and Ling Chuxia couldn’t hear what he was saying at all.

"Shi Che, what are you saying?"

Ling Chuxia couldn’t help but lean in closer to try and hear what he had said, but as her face grew larger in front of Shi Che’s eyes, his eyes were blurred, the light within them faintly rippling.

"Chuxia... Chuxia, I’ve missed you so much..."

His hand, unconsciously lifted, and as he leaned in to embrace Ling Chuxia, she hadn’t expected him to suddenly lunge at her. Unsteady on her feet, she fell backward and tumbled to the floor.