Outside, Vincent remained composed upon hearing Situ Xuan’s question, but Lu Jiayuan frowned deeply and remained silent.
Since Jian Anning had chosen Yu Zexiao, although he felt regretful, he also felt helpless. But what was with Situ Xuan’s tone, as if it was taken for granted?
It was almost as if Jian Anning should be with him!
Situ Xuan, however, did not rudely burst in; instead, he leisurely took out his phone and dialed her number!
Inside the room, Jian Anning, upon hearing the dialing tones, was on the verge of losing her mind with worry. She was terrified that at the moment he made the call, the phone lying not far from her feet would suddenly ring. If that happened, could she even face living?
But she didn’t dare move, for fear that making any noise would let those outside hear everything!
One second, two seconds, three seconds... She dared not budge until the cellphone outside seemed to have connected, but suddenly a pleasant female voice announced, "Hello, the number you are dialing is currently on another call. Please try again later..."
What was going on? She hadn’t changed her phone! She looked down at her phone by her feet—it showed no sign of activity. Could it have been broken from a fall?
That didn’t seem right either. If it was indeed broken, Situ Xuan’s handset would likely indicate, "The phone you’re trying to reach has been switched off."
Not "currently on another call"!
What she didn’t know was that Situ Xuan’s number had already been blacklisted by Yu Zexiao.
Meanwhile, Situ Xuan outside, after hearing that voice, glanced inside once more. Still no movement.
He then returned the phone to his pocket, pretending as if nothing had happened, and smiled at the two men behind him, "It seems she’s on a call right now!"
Indeed, if she was making a call, naturally she wouldn’t return to the private room—where there was a cacophony of wailing and howling as people sang!
Lu Jiayuan remained silent, merely glancing at Situ before being led away by a chuckling Vincent, "Then Mr. Situ, we won’t bother you any longer and will head back to the room."
"Alright." Situ Xuan didn’t continue to fuss. His gaze lingered once more on the partition—perhaps it was just some other man and woman inside.
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He didn’t wait long before washing his hands and leaving. Only when his footsteps had completely faded did Jian Anning completely collapse into Yu Zexiao’s arms, feeling as if she had been in a fight, with all her strength and energy drained.
Only then did she feel up to bending down to pick up her phone to check it. It wasn’t broken, so why couldn’t Situ Xuan’s call come through?
"Zexiao, is there something wrong with the phone?"
"How would I know?" Yu Zexiao couldn’t possibly tell her the truth. He immediately looked away, pretending to be unaware of anything, and didn’t tell her the actual situation.
Jian Anning was frightened by the incident, thinking the phone was broken, and said immediately, "Looks like I’ll need to get it fixed when we get back."
As she spoke, she tried to stand up, but because she had been too tense just moments before, her legs stiffened, and she fell back down again.