After Divorce, Hidden Marriage Husband Became Addicted to Me
Chapter 372 - 262: Are You Investigating Me?

Chapter 372: Chapter 262: Are You Investigating Me?

"Tang Xi, are you talking in your sleep?" The man’s fingers paused on the keyboard, his gaze darkening as he picked up the phone; something was off with this woman.

She should be asleep by now.

Thinking I’m some delivery guy?

How could that be!

Wasn’t she going to block my number and never see me again?

"I... I seem..." The woman’s voice was gentle but broken and intermittent.

"I’m not talking in my sleep..."

Fu Tingzhou leaned back in his executive chair, turned around, and looked out the floor-to-ceiling window behind him. It was 11 PM, with the night sky of the Northern Island.

"Tang Xi, do you know who you’re calling?"

"Delivery guy..."

"I’m not a delivery guy. Tang Xi, look carefully at who you’re calling!" The man growled softly.

There was no sound on the other end, only the woman’s breathing could be heard.

Fu Tingzhou felt his irritation dissipate as if hitting a puff of cotton...

He set the phone on the desk and went to take a shower. Fifteen minutes later, he came out, and the call on the phone had not been disconnected.

Fu Tingzhou walked over, drying the water droplets on his hair with a towel while picking up the phone.

He called out, "Tang Xi."

There was silence on the other end for a dozen seconds.

"Whimper... Mm..."

Fu Tingzhou gradually realized there was an issue on the other end.

He fell silent for a few seconds, "Tang Xi, are you sick? Do you have a fever?"

This obviously didn’t sound like sleep talking.

And Fu Tingzhou never expected Tang Xi to reply.

"Yes, both my daughter and I have a fever..."

Fu Tingzhou lit a cigarette, took a few drags, his voice hoarse yet softened, "Did you take any medicine?"

After he spoke, he was somewhat stunned.

He was actually starting to care about this woman.

Whether she had a fever or not, what did it have to do with him?

This phone call lasted until Tang Xi’s phone ran out of battery and shut off automatically.

Fu Tingzhou stared at his phone the whole night, but he couldn’t fall asleep.

He listened to the sounds coming from the phone—the woman’s heavy breathing with a nasal tone, the sound of turning over, and even her sleep talking.

-

The next morning, Tang Xi opened her eyes, drenched in sweat, and touched her forehead. Her temperature was back to normal.

The woman sat up with some effort and moved around a little to feel better.

She measured her temperature; the fever had subsided.

But she was severely congested.

She walked out of the bedroom. Su Wenhe was preparing breakfast and hurriedly said upon seeing her, "How are you feeling, still feverish? I just checked on Tangtang, Tangtang still has a fever of 37.5 degrees, the child’s slight fever is lingering but she is in good spirits, she’s awake and playing with my phone, and she said she wants to eat tomato and egg noodles."

Tang Xi checked on her daughter and was relieved. She went back to her room, took a shower, and got ready to turn on her phone to call her director to ask for a leave; she couldn’t go to work today and needed to rest one more day.

When she looked for her phone, she found it was turned off. She remembered that before she went to bed last night, her phone had 35% of battery left. Could the battery be draining so quickly?

She charged her phone.

The moment she looked at the call log, Tang Xi was stunned.

She widened her eyes.

??

What?

A 5-hour call record with Fu Tingzhou??

Has she gone crazy?

Has she gone crazy?

Is it her or Fu Tingzhou who’s gone crazy?

She only had a fever, how did it turn into a sci-fi blockbuster last night?

Tang Xi suddenly felt her head spinning.

What on earth did they talk about for these five hours?

She was feverish and confused, did she blurt out something?

Tang Xi subconsciously tapped on the call log and dialed the number once again.

She felt the phone was burning her hand.

Her brain temporarily crashed.

The next second, she hung up immediately!

Tang Xi rubbed her temples, feeling bewildered by the five-hour call all day long.

She kept wondering, what could they have possibly talked about for five hours?

Five hours is enough time to recount the entire history of the past five thousand years.

What worried her the most was that, in her feverish delirium, she might have mentioned having a daughter with him.

Buzz buzz, her phone vibrated.

An incoming call came through.

She saw it was an out-of-town number and frowned slightly, but she still answered it.

"Hello, may I ask what this is about?"

"Good day, Madam. This is XX Clothing flagship store. You’ve purchased an item from our store on the 10th of this month. I am sorry to inform you that your parcel has been lost, and we will be providing compensation..."

Tang Xi gritted her teeth, "Scram! Scammers like you deserve no good fate!"

She was already annoyed, and a scam call only added to her irritation.

But after hanging up, Tang Xi suddenly recalled that she seemed to have received a similar scam call last night.

But how in the world did she end up talking to Fu Tingzhou?

However, for the following two days, Tang Xi’s phone remained quiet, and so did her life. Tangtang recovered from her illness and returned to school, and Tang Xi continued working as if the five-hour call had just been a dream.

It didn’t affect her life at all.

Tang Xi gradually became reassured, thinking that during those five hours, she had been tight-lipped and hadn’t said anything.

After work in the evening, Tang Xi had originally planned to meet up with Gu Zhiyi for a small gathering at Si Ruoli’s shop, but a call from an unfamiliar number came in.

To Tang Xi’s surprise, on the other end was Shen Qinglin.

She suddenly felt a bit panicked, "Miss Shen, may I ask if there’s anything you need?"

"Nothing much, I am new to Beidao and wanted to meet and chat with you. Are you available right now?" Shen Qinglin’s voice was gentle, with no forcefulness.

Gu Zhiyi on the side quickly gestured for her to accept the invitation, not to waste such a good opportunity.

Tang Xi hesitated for a moment, "Okay, then please send me an address."

-

Qinggui Tea House.

Following the staff’s guidance, Tang Xi arrived on the second floor.

Shen Qinglin was already there; she looked at Tang Xi, "Come and sit."

Tang Xi felt uneasy inside, not understanding why someone like Shen Qinglin would want to see her.

Could there be a problem with the designs she created?

But if there was a problem, they could have just fired her, why did she come to find her personally...

She anxiously started to ask what the matter was.

Shen Qinglin poured her a cup of tea.

"This is the new tea from this shop this year, give it a try."

Tang Xi calmed down and took a sip.

The environment here was pleasant, the music was refined, and it gradually soothed her heart.

"Tang Xi, you previously mentioned to me that you were adopted? Where did you live before that? In an orphanage?" Shen Qinglin looked at the woman in front of her, examining Tang Xi’s face carefully, expressing her doubts.

Tang Xi didn’t reply immediately; she had her own caution.

Even though Shen Qinglin was of esteemed status, it didn’t necessarily mean...

"Miss Shen, are you investigating me right now?"

Shen Qinglin smiled faintly, "Not at all. I just feel that you resemble someone I used to know. It’s as if we’ve met a long time ago, a sense of familiarity."