Could it be that he... ran out of food?
Do you still want to eat fresh?
Zi Xi hovered her fingers over the virtual keyboard for a long time before finally replying with just one word: "Okay."
Mainly, she was also craving barbecue.
After sending it, I felt it was too cold, so I quickly added a (＾▽＾) smiling emoji.
The other person replied instantly: 【Is class over yet? I'm at the west gate.】
Zi Xi tidied up even faster! So fast?!
But halfway there, as she was looking down at the GPS navigation to find He Lanyuan, her bracelet suddenly popped up a video call request from Luo Ming.
Zi Xi's hand trembled, and she almost dropped the bottle of barbecue sauce she was holding.
She hesitated for three seconds before finally pressing the answer button.
The holographic image unfolded, and Luo Ming's cold and stern face appeared in the air, with the Luo family's hovercar in the background.
"Xiao Xi, are you done with get out of class? Your brother is here to pick you up and take you home. I'm at the east gate."
His voice was soft, but you could tell it was much gentler than when he spoke to others.
"Uh...brother, I..."
Zi Xi felt a chill run down her spine. Didn't her brother go to work?
"You're already out? Where are you going?"
Luo Ming narrowed his eyes sharply.
"I'm at Ximen... um, I have an appointment with someone..."
Feeling guilty, Zi Xi's voice grew softer and softer.
"who?"
Luo Ming already had a guess in his mind.
"Helan invited me to have a barbecue by the river! I said yes."
Zi Xi finished speaking in one breath and felt completely relaxed.
An eerie silence fell over the air.
In the holographic image, Luo Ming's expression visibly turned cold.
Zi Xi could even hear the cracking sound of his knuckles.
Send me your current location, and I'll come pick you up and take you home.
Luo Ming finally spoke, his voice sounding as if it had been pulled from an ice cellar.
"Brother! I already promised them! I can't go back on my word."
Zi Xi was a little anxious; one cannot break one's word!
"So what? Go out with him alone and make him a barbecue?"
"Is he the leader of the Federation? Why would he need a young girl like you to serve him?"
"Let him eat air by himself!"
Luo Ming sneered and, in a sarcastic tone, directed the spaceship to full speed toward the West Gate.
"Brother! I want to eat barbecue too, how about you..."
Before Zi Xi could finish inviting her brother to go with her, a black military hovercar silently stopped in front of her.
The car window rolled down, revealing Helan Yuan's expressionless face.
"Get in the car."
He spoke briefly, his grey-blue eyes sweeping over the holographic projection on Zi Xi's wrist, and nodded to Luo Ming.
"Mr. He, it seems the First Legion is really free. You even have time to go barbecue by the river with my sister alone!"
Luo Ming's voice came through the communicator, chillingly cold.
Zi Xi silently hid herself. Even though her brother rarely got angry with her, she was still afraid. "Xiao Xi, let's go home."
"We have a grill at home, so our whole family can have a barbecue in the backyard."
"The riverbank is too dangerous. There have been some strange animals migrating there recently, and the water quality tests are also substandard."
In the communicator, Luo Ming's holographic image narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice deep and gentle.
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