A simple “hmm” indicated that the other person wasn’t interested in chatting with her. Shirley Wilson held her phone, trying to compose a message, but she couldn’t think of what to say to him.
After much consideration, she came up with an idea, “I’m also staying in this hospital, and it’s quite boring. Do you play Honor of Kings? Would you like to play a game together?”
She remembered that Skyler Robins enjoyed playing this game, and he had even taught her how to play before. If they could play the game together and use voice chat, she would immediately know if the person was Skyler Robins.
At that moment, Skyler Robins was bored and initially wanted to refuse, but he reluctantly agreed, considering that he had added her as a friend before. “Alright.”
Both of them opened the game and logged in. Because Shirley Wilson had been bored during her hospital stay, she had downloaded the game and played it many times. Her level had increased, but she was still only in the gold rank.
When she saw that Skyler Robins was in the undefeated king rank, she felt a bit helpless. She could only create a room and invite him to play a match. After a while, Skyler Robins joined the room and sent a message, “You’re in the gold rank?”
His words were filled with disdain. Shirley Wilson replied, “I used to play in the Telegram area, and I just started playing in the WhatsApp area. I’m pretty good at supporting.”
Skyler Robins: “…”
Feeling the other person’s disdain, and with the. game not entering the “ready” state, she worried that Skyler Robins would leave the room.
After hesitating for a while, Shirley Wilson opened the voice chat and said, “Do you… do you want to play?”
After saying this, Shirley Wilson immediately turned off the voice chat.
Thump, thump, thump!
Her heart raced, even though it was freezing cold outside and she was wearing a down jacket. She felt a sudden heat on her back, and sweat started to trickle down.
“Who… who are you?”
The other person immediately turned on the voice chat and questioned her. Hearing the familiar voice, it was the voice she had been yearning for day and night.
In that instant, Shirley Wilson’s eyes welled up with tears, which streamed down her face. She tightly gripped her phone, covered her mouth with one hand, and buried her head between her legs, immersed in sadness, unable to break free.
Skyler Robins couldn’t hear the other person’s response and became anxious, “Hey, I’m talking to you, can you hear me?”
“Where are you?”
“Say something?!”
“Hey, can you speak?!”
In the hospital room, Skyler Robins sat up excitedly from his bed, holding his phone and shouting at the person on the other end, questioning them, but he waited for a long time without getting a response. The familiar voice, unmistakably Shirley Wilson’s.
He was anxious, closed the game, opened WhatsApp, and clicked on the WhatsApp chat with Time Flies’. He initiated a video call with her.
Shirley Wilson, who was immersed in sadness, was startled when she received the video call. She wiped away her tears, hung up the call, and typed a few words: “My boyfriend is here.”
After sending the message, Shirley Wilson worried that Skyler Robins would become suspicious. Immediately, she searched online for a very ordinary, even somewhat unattractive photo and posted it on Instagram Stories with the caption: “Christmas is coming soon, I don’t know when I’ll be discharged from the hospital.”
While she was searching for the picture, Skyler Robins sent her multiple messages.
“Do you have a boyfriend?”
“What’s your name?”
“Where are you? I’ll come find you now.”
Seeing the rapid replies from the other side, Shirley Wilson could almost feel his concern for her. Amidst the gratitude and touched emotions, there was also pain.
So, she edited her response: “Aren’t you stating the obvious? I already said my boyfriend is here, how can I not have a boyfriend?”
“We’re not familiar enough for you to ask for my name, right?”
“Why are you looking for me? You’re not one of those men who try to flirt and hook up with girls online, are you?”
To avoid arousing Skyler Robins’ suspicion about her identity, Shirley Wilson, with tears in her eyes, suppressed her sadness and edited a few messages. However, each message had a tone of speech completely different from her own personality.
