His voice carried a suppressed, indescribable emotion. "Where did she go?"
Ou Mama spoke with deep concern in her tone. "She said she was staying over at a classmate’s house tonight. What’s going on between you and Xiyan?"
Ou Jue snapped out of his daze, lowered his eyes, and his long lashes cast a faint shadow on his resolute face.
He didn’t directly answer Ou Mama’s question, only responded lightly, "I know."
"What do you an ’you know’? Did you two have a fight? Go and bring Xiyan back for right now."
"Mom." Ou Jue interrupted Ou Mama, "I have sothing to handle here. I’ll hang up now."
As soon as he finished speaking, he hung up the phone without hesitation.
Then, without delay, he imdiately called Chi Cheng. "Did she go to your house?"
"Hm? Which ’she’?"
"Who do you think I an?" Ou Jue’s expression was blank.
"I don’t know." Chi Cheng’s voice dripped with teasing amusent.
Ou Jue took a deep breath. "Xia Xiyan."
Chi Cheng let out a light chuckle. "No."
"Chi Cheng!" Ou Jue’s voice turned a few degrees colder. "You know I’m not in the mood for jokes."
"But I’m being honest." Chi Cheng shrugged. "She really hasn’t been to my house. Not only that, my ’little rabbit’ isn’t ho either."
"Then where the hell did she go?!"
Chi Cheng decided to stop ssing around. If he kept this up, things might really escalate. With a leisurely tone, he said, "Calm down. While she didn’t go to the Chi family’s house, the two of them went to Ruge’s place. They’re staying over there tonight."
Ou Jue pressed his thin lips together slightly and refocused his gaze on the docunts in front of him. "Hanging up."
Seriously?
Chi Cheng looked helplessly at the abruptly ended call.
This guy really has nerves of steel.
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Lan Family.
This was Xiyan’s first ti visiting Ruge’s place—just a small apartnt.
Ruge lived alone.
She grabbed three bottles of Coke from the fridge, dashed back to the living room, and plopped down on the soft cushion beside the coffee table. "Have sothing to drink first. Later we’ll head out for dinner; there are several great spots downstairs."
The place was situated in a bustling comrcial street. Though it was just an apartnt, it was incredibly pricey real estate.
An Ran blinked her lively eyes, taking in her surroundings. "Wow, Ruge, do you really live here by yourself?"
"Yep. My parents are in Arica. If I don’t live by myself, who would I stay with?" Ruge rested her chin on her hand, lazily. "But you’re always welco to co hang out with . Otherwise, it’s just here every evening, so empty and lonely—"
As she finished speaking, Ruge paused and glanced at the silent Xiyan. Nudging her lightly with her elbow, she asked, "You didn’t go ho today. Has Ou Jue not contacted you?"
Xiyan took a sip of her cold Coke and said nonchalantly, "Who cares if he contacts or not."
Ah, the classic love-struck tsundere...
Even though she’s been checking her phone the entire ti.
"I’m telling you, this ti, you need to have so backbone." Ruge slapped the table with force and declared fiercely, "Teach him a lesson! No matter what, don’t move back. Don’t give in, even if he begs! Right, An Ran?"
"Uh-huh." An Ran thought for a mont, nodding in agreent. "Exactly. Even if it’s not about pride, you need to stand your ground."
Hearing this only made Xiyan more annoyed. "Beg ? By now, Ou Jue definitely knows I didn’t return to the Ou Family, but does he look the slightest bit concerned?!"
Let alone begging her—he hadn’t even called once!
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