Chapter 216: Chapter 215: You Miss Me…
Xiao Qimo made this judgment immediately.
A sense of wariness rose in his heart.
Surrounding himself with a concealed yet unreleased aura, thinking that he was still on the call, he sat in the back seat of the car, his well-defined fingers rubbing his temples, yet his tone remained calm, “Do you have a friend at home?”
Lu Mian glanced toward the kitchen, where Yuren was apologetically mouthing “accident” to her while quietly closing the cabinets.
She gave a thumbs-up, signaling to Yuren that it was okay.
Turning her head without much concern, she said “yes” and changed the subject, casually asking, “When will you be back?”
Upon hearing this, the man, whose breath had been somewhat heavy, felt a warm breeze blow through his heart.
The little rascal finally noticed that he wasn’t at school.
He wasn’t asking for much, being noticed by her was already progress. Moreover, the little rascal even took the initiative to ask when he would return this time.
The Shadow Guard sitting silently in the front seat, his face cold and stoic, inexplicably turned his head to look at Xiao Qimo and then turned back.
Xiao Qimo ignored him, for the moment not thinking about who the friend at her house might be, and with a slight smile on his lips, he countered, “Do you want me… to come back earlier?”
What he actually wanted to ask was “Do you miss me?” but changed it last minute as the words reached his lips.
Soon, from the other end of the phone came Lu Mian’s lazy, tender, and softly laughing voice, “Not exactly, the students all say that the days without Director Qimo feel like a holiday. I’m just asking on their behalf, how much longer this holiday will be.”
“…” The temperature inside the car dropped again, and the Shadow Guard furrowed his brows.
Xiao Qimo took a deep breath, “Soon.”
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Qimo got out of the car expressionlessly.
His black leather boots crunched noticeably as they stepped on the snow.
The man frowned slightly, and adjusted his overcoat and scarf before moving forward.
This was a vast expanse of a winter landscape.
As far as the eye could see, there were continuous snowy peaks, and the branches of the trees were covered with layers of snow and ice crystals.
The place where he had parked was a snowy road, and a hundred meters ahead was an icy lake. The lake surface was covered with a thick layer of ice, solid enough for skating.
However, there were not many people around. There was only one person wrapped in a red jacket sitting quietly on the lake, holding a fishing rod in hand.
He seemed to sense that Xiao Qimo had finished his phone call, looked up for a moment, and the eyes beneath the Black Mask held a hint of teasing and playfulness.
“Finished your call?” The masked man’s voice was also altered by a voice changer.
Xiao Qimo walked over the snow, unhurried, and responded with a “hm.”
The masked man keenly sensed a slight difference in Xiao Qimo’s aura before and after the phone call. It was unclear to whom he had spoken when he returned to the car, but his emotions had changed.
The voice beneath the voice changer chuckled, “Was it your girlfriend?”
Xiao Qimo didn’t speak, silently picking up a fishing rod from the ground, quietly accompanying the masked man in fishing amidst the icy and snowy landscape.
In fact, his thoughts had already drifted to who knows where.
The masked man glanced at Xiao Qimo’s motionless float and shook his head in resignation, “I don’t know what wind blew you to this old man’s spot.”
Xiao Qimo’s tone was as cold as the weather here, “You know why I’ve come.”
Meanwhile, Lu Mian contentedly ate the meal Yuren brought, patting her stomach with enjoyment.
This was probably the most comfortable menstrual period she had had in the past two years.
Yuren found her behavior strange, for even if she could endure, she wouldn’t be able to feign such nonchalance.