Chapter 446: Revised: Chapter 457 Cheng Ying, what do you want me to do?
She leaned powerlessly against the man’s embrace, crying softly. Warm tears gradually soaked through the shirt, burning Leng Yixiu’s chest, and he could do nothing but silently accompany Lin Yixun.
After an unknown period, Lin Yixun seemed to have exhausted herself and fell asleep crying in Leng Yixiu’s arms. Seeing her asleep, the man gently placed her on the bed, dimmed the bedside lamp, instructed Sister Yi briefly, and then left the ward.
Shortly after the man left, Sister Yi’s family called. She glanced at the still-sleeping Lin Yixun on the bed and tiptoed out of the ward.
"Hello, what is it? I’m busy right now..."
...
At the time, Sister Yi thought that taking the call inside the ward would wake Lin Yixun. She didn’t expect that leaving for just a few minutes to take the call would lead to regrettable consequences.
Although Lin Yixun slept deeply, she was plagued by nightmares. Sometimes, she saw her mother jumping from the road, and other times she heard a baby’s crying.
She ran frantically following the baby’s cries, only to find a vast ocean before her. She could hear the baby’s cries but couldn’t see a trace of the child.
Lin Yixun was awakened by the ringing of her cell phone. She thought it was a call from Leng Yixiu and that he had found the child, but the screen showed an unfamiliar number.
She hesitated for a moment but ultimately answered the call, speaking softly, "Hello?"
... There was no response from the other end.
Lin Yixun’s heart skipped a beat as an inexplicable unease arose from within, "Hello? Who are you? If you don’t speak, I’ll hang up!"
Just as Lin Yixun was about to hang up, a woman’s voice suddenly came from the other end, "Lin Yixun, do you want to know the whereabouts of your daughter?"
"You know where my daughter is? Who are you? Did you take my daughter?"
"That’s right, your daughter is indeed with me."
"Who are you? Why did you take my daughter? What kind of grudge do you have against me to take it out on a newborn baby?"
"Grudge?" The woman suddenly laughed, "Lin Yixun, the grudge between you and me can’t be explained in just a few days and nights."
Lin Yixun found the woman’s voice familiar and suddenly a name popped into her mind, "Cheng Ying?! Is that you?"
"So, you’re not deaf after all, you can recognize my voice."
"Why are you doing this? If you hate me, come at me directly. Why take my daughter? She’s just a baby. How can you be so cruel?"
Cheng Ying’s voice came through the phone indifferently, "It’s not her fault, but she’s unlucky to be your daughter. Lin Yixun, I hate you as much as I hate this child. Now that the child is in my hands, what do you think I should do to justify myself?"
"Don’t hurt her!"
"Whether I harm her or not depends on your behavior."
"Cheng Ying, what do you want me to do?"
"My request is simple. I just want to have a good, private chat with you."
Lin Yixun understood that Cheng Ying was not just looking for a "chat." Nonetheless, she braced herself and asked, "Where are you now?"
"Seaside, until midnight tonight. After that, I won’t wait." Cheng Ying paused and added, "But Lin Yixun, you have to come alone, remember alone. If you try any tricks, be prepared to collect your child’s body."