Chapter 601 The Unexpected Phone Call Lu Lei took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently. He reached into his suit pocket and pulled out his phone, his fingers trembling slightly from the force: "I'll make a call and tell Xuexue to come back first."
The light from the screen shone on his face, making it half bright and half dark.
He dialed Lu Xuexue's number, his fingertip hovering over the dial button, but he hesitated to press it.
I don't know how to start the conversation—should I interrogate her, scold her, or pretend to be calm and let her go home?
Only Lin Ting's suppressed curses and the occasional chirping of insects outside the window remained in the study. That still red dot, like a thorn, pierced the hearts of the couple.
On the other hand, the atmosphere in the presidential suite was completely different.
The huge LCD screen flickered with light and shadow, displaying intense game battle scenes.
Lu Xuexue knelt on the soft carpet, controlling a petite loli hero with pigtails, who was being forced into a corner of the map by the berserker warrior wielding a giant club, controlled by Gu Luo.
"Oh no! Here we go again!" Lu Xuexue watched as her loli hero on the screen was completely overwhelmed by the opponent's "Savage Charge" followed by "Whirlwind Slash" combo, her health bar instantly reaching zero and the screen going dark again. Her face turned bright red with anger, as if steam was about to rise from it.
She rolled her eyes dramatically several times in protest.
Gu Luo grinned, revealing a row of neat white teeth, reached out and ruffled her hair, just about to say something—
A sudden, piercing cell phone ringtone shattered the playful atmosphere, like a bucket of cold water poured into a warm room.
Lu Xuexue was so startled that she shuddered and took a slight breath, her chest rising and falling gently.
She picked up the phone from the corner of the bed following the sound, and was clearly stunned when the word "Dad" flashed on the screen.
Lu Xuexue quickly lowered her head, raised her index finger to Gu Luo's lips, and made a rapid and forceful "shh" gesture.
Seeing this, Gu Luo immediately held his breath and focused his attention.
Lu Xuexue took a deep breath, trying to calm her somewhat disordered breathing, before pressing the answer button. Her voice trembled slightly, and she tried to sound relaxed: "Hello... Dad, what's wrong?"
On the other end of the phone, she was met with a deathly silence.
The silence lasted for two or three seconds, but it felt unsettlingly long.
Then, Lu Lei's deliberately suppressed, emotionless voice came through: "Xuexue, where are you now?"
Lu Xuexue's breath hitched, and her knuckles gripping the phone turned slightly white from the force, but her voice remained calm and cheerful: "I'm playing outside, I'll be home soon, Dad, don't worry."
There was another suffocating silence on the other end of the phone.
The unusual silence made Lu Xuexue's heart sink. She swallowed nervously, her throat dry, and tentatively asked in a soft voice, "Dad... are you still there?"
Just as Lu Xuexue felt her heart pounding so hard it felt like it was about to burst out of her chest, her father's voice came again. This time, beneath that calm lawyer's tone lay an undeniable hardship and a deep sorrow. His question was as sharp as a dagger: "Xuexue, have you... taken proper precautions?"
"boom--!"
These words struck Lu Xuexue like a thunderclap.
Gu Luo clearly heard those words and immediately sat up straight, his back ramrod straight.
The two stared at each other, their eyes locked, and the air seemed to freeze completely at that moment.
A deathly silence spread across both ends of the phone.
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