"Hello, why aren’t you speaking?" Leng Xuan looked at his phone, confirming the call was connected and growing slightly annoyed. He then placed it back to his ear and said, "If you don’t speak up, I’m going to hang up."
"Don’t hang up, it’s, it’s me!" Finally, a voice came from the other end. However, the voice was soft, and the sound of cars was much louder, so Leng Xuan couldn’t make out what she was saying.
"Are you listening?" Perhaps realizing that Leng Xuan hadn’t heard her clearly, the voice from the other end got louder, "I’m Zhou Li."
Her?
Leng Xuan was taken aback, wondering why this girl would be calling him. Could it be that Huang Xiaojun was troubling her again? He immediately asked, "Is Huang Xiaojun causing you trouble again?"
"Ah?" Zhou Li seemed stunned for a moment and then said, "It’s not him causing me trouble." As she spoke, she sobbed twice!
Leng Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, but his brow quickly furrowed again as he detected a tinge of sobbing in Zhou Li’s voice and asked, "What’s wrong?"
Zhou Li said, "..."
Leng Xuan asked, "Why aren’t you answering me?"
Zhou Li sniffled, barely keeping her emotions in check, and said, "Are you free tomorrow?"
Leng Xuan was somewhat startled. Even though it was just a phone call, he could sense that Zhou Li was very upset and immediately said, "Just tell me what it is, and if I can help, I definitely will." The moment he spoke those words, he felt an odd sensation. Why should he say such a thing? Was it just because he and Zhou Li had a relationship in name?
Zhou Li said, "If you’re free, meet me at the school gate at nine o’clock tomorrow morning. I’ll tell you then!"
Leng Xuan asked, "Aren’t we not going to school tomorrow?"
Zhou Li said somewhat embarrassingly, "I’m not familiar with this area..."
With a sigh, Leng Xuan chuckled, "Alright then!"
With a hum, Zhou Li promptly hung up the call.
"Leng Xuan, come and take these things." Just as Zhou Li hung up, Leng Xuan heard Ling Xuejiu calling him. Turning around, he saw that she had several more bags in her hands, indeed a good haul. He walked over to take them and then placed them in the trunk of the car.
"Alright, let’s go eat at the food street. We don’t need to drive there; there’s hardly anywhere to park," Ling Xuejiu said as she patted her hands clean.
Leng Xuan was a bit distracted and didn’t speak, just following the girls towards the food street.
As they walked, Li Mengjie noticed Leng Xuan’s expression and remembered seeing him on the phone from a distance. She turned back and said, "Hey, Big Leng, the bodyguard, what’s with you? You seem out of it. Who were you talking to just now?"
Snapping back to reality, Leng Xuan said, "Nothing. It was just a friend."
"A friend?" Li Mengjie asked, "Could it be Su Yurou?"
Leng Xuan was taken aback by her tone, which sounded a bit jealous. Could she be jealous? However, it seemed unlikely. Why would Miss Li, with her cars worth millions, be interested in a poor guy like him? Amused by the thought, he intentionally replied, "Why are you asking so many questions?"
"You..." Li Mengjie glared at Leng Xuan, infuriated, and fell silent.
The food street that Ling Xuejiu and Li Mengjie were talking about was actually a gathering place for famous snacks from all over the country; it wasn’t just an ordinary street of snacks. Stepping onto that street, the crowd was exceptionally dense, with some spots so packed you had to squeeze through. Beauties like Ling Xuejiu and Li Mengjie naturally became the focal point to which many amorous gazes were drawn.