No one else could have guessed Ling Qianhe's location.
However, Lin Muci knew exactly why he would be there.
She hurried downstairs. It was late at night, and the hallway was deserted. The plush carpet of the luxury cruise ship muffled her footsteps. Her heart pounded erratically. As she ran, anxiety filled her eyes.
The warehouse door was unlocked. The staff member guarding it muttered to himself.
"Strange, doesn't the ship have air conditioning? Why would anyone want to come to this cursed place?"
The word "anyone" implied there were others.
Lin Muci grabbed a cotton coat left outside and carefully pushed the door open.
She shivered from the cold.
It was pitch black inside, not much different from how she remembered it from Ling Qianhe's memory in the acting space. Recalling the warehouse layout from her memory, she navigated past numerous refrigerated containers and finally found Ling Qianhe.
In her memory, the child was five or six years old.
Now, he was a handsome young man.
But he still looked as pathetic as he did as a child.
He was huddled among a pile of containers, not even wearing a cotton coat, still in a thin suit shirt.
Hearing footsteps, he immediately raised his head with extreme caution. The moment he saw Lin Muci, there was no joy in his eyes. Instead, he coldly questioned her.
"How did you find me?"
If it weren't for distinguishing the girl's aura, a faint scent of lily-of-the-valley drifting in the frigid cold storage, he might have directly broken her neck!
He didn't want anyone to set foot in this place.
Ling Qianhe was filled with defensiveness.
He looked at her, ready to throw her out directly. In his mind, dark thoughts flashed, such as making it impossible for this girl to speak again, or hypnotizing her to forget seeing him in the cold storage.
But the girl opposite him simply looked at him with sparkling eyes.
Then, in the next moment.
She rushed forward and hugged him tightly.
Ling Qianhe was completely caught off guard by her audacity!
Because he hadn't expected it at all, he was unprepared.
Taken by surprise, he was held firmly by the girl. His entire body stiffened. In the icy cold storage, she hugged him tightly. Warmth radiated from her. In an instant, he felt, through the thick cotton coat, the girl's earnest, burning heart. She stood on tiptoe and said in a particularly sweet voice.
"Ling Qianhe, don't be sad."
Ling Qianhe said.
"I'm not sad."
Lin Muci felt he was just being stubborn and refusing to admit it. If he wasn't sad, why would he come to a place that could freeze someone to death? He just missed his mother.
The system prompted Lin Muci with surprise.
"Host, his favorability has increased by another five points! It's back to thirty-five now. Is one hug that powerful? Hug him a few more times quickly!"
But Ling Qianhe didn't give Lin Muci another chance. He pushed her away.
The young man glanced at her nose and chin, which were red from the cold, and snorted. He started to walk out.
How did this girl guess he was in the cold storage?
Lin Muci found an excuse for herself with belated realization.
"Uh, someone at the banquet just now handed me a drink, and I was feeling too restless, so I had to come down to the cold storage to clear my head. I didn't expect to run into you. Oh my, do you think someone saw my beauty and wanted to sleep with me, so they drugged me?"
She was spouting nonsense. Ling Qianhe glanced at the girl. She was shivering and stuttering, yet her eyes were still fixed on his profile.
Ling Qianhe sneered.
"What drug? A drug that only gets better by sleeping with me? Can't you think of a better lie before you start talking? Lin Muci, why are you here to find me? Don't you have your psychologist? Are you having a crush relapse?"
"Just... full of jealousy."
Lin Muci lowered her head, saying meekly.
"I won't sleep with you."
"I have to have idol self-awareness."
Ling Qianhe pulled her out and then raised an eyebrow at her. His face was so beautiful it could make one dazed for a lifetime.
"Idiot."
"I'm not interested in you either."
How could she compare to Sister Muci! She wouldn't, she absolutely wouldn't comfort him!