Just as she finishes texting, she hears footsteps behind her. She puts her phone on the counter, and washes her face. When she turns around, she changes her expression. It seems nothing happens to her.
John is already in the kitchen. Seeing that her eyes are red, he asks, "What happened?"
"It's fine. It's because the chili. It's spicy." Lily points at the chili on the board and grumbles, "It hurts so much even though I washed it several times with water."
John takes a napkin and wants to wipe it off.
"It's fine. I'll do it myself." Lily pulls the napkin out of his hand. "Please wait outside. I said I'll make breakfast today."
Hearing her words, John nods. When he leaves the kitchen, he sees the phone on the counter. It seems that he realizes something, and her eyes darken.
After breakfast, Lily says that she wants to wash the sheets. She refuses him when John wants to help her.
"I can throw them into the washing machine. It's fine. You can go to the garden."
"OK."
The greenhouse is warm. The green roses planted half a month ago have already sprouted. When the branches grow, there'll be buds. Then these roses will blossom one day.
John wishes they can grow faster. After blooming, the fragrance of the roses is refreshing. Then he'll pick one of them and put it in the living room. Besides, he'll also put one in Lily's room to accompany her when she falls asleep.
When John returns to the house, there is no one in the living room. Lily seems to be busy upstairs.
He tidies up the living room and notices that Lily leaves her phone on the table.
Thinking of Lily's expression in the morning, he picks up the phone.
There is no password on the phone, so John turns on the phone with no efforts. There are few apps, and only two numbers in the address book. But there is a record in the morning.
A call from Country F...
John realizes who the caller is, and he feels upset.
He sees the message sent by Lily. It's to a number that he doesn't know. "Louis, I miss you so much. Forgive me for being so willful. The research on Ixora goes smoothly and we still have to wait for 15 days. When John recovers, I will go back. I can make up for it no matter what you want me to do."
Lily seems to have shut down the network. The message isn't actually sent out, because there is a red exclamation mark in front of the message.
However, when John sees the message, his heart beats so fast that he feels like he is going to suffocate. He clutches his chest and suppresses the discomfort. His eyes become red.
He knows that she has been lying to him. She says that she will always be with him. That's just out of pity and sympathy. She never loves him.
The man she loves is Louis in Country F. Not John.
John touches his forehead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He murmurs, "Why didn't I just be selfish at that time? Why did I let her go back?"
She's his, but she's snatched away and not given back.
The thought of losing Lily panics him and a wicked thought appears. All he wants to do is to keep Lily here, not letting her go back forever and ever.
If he can have Louis abandon Lily, then she won't go back to Country Z.
At that moment, an idea forms in John's mind. He calls someone and asks him to change the program on a certain number.
The other party quickly replies, saying that it is done.
John turns on Lily's phone again. He turns on the Internet and resends the message that Lily failed to send.
The texting program of the phone is tampered with. The message seems to have been sent, but in fact, it does not. It stops in the process, and messages from others could not be seen in the phone.
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