He Jing's fist hardened unexpectedly, and she said with a forced smile, "Want to know?"
Yan Hanxi: "..."
It doesn't seem like I particularly want to.
He Jing was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore and contacted He Zhou directly. She already had the answer in her heart after the brief interruption.
The call connected quickly, and He Zhou's cold voice came through the receiver: "Hello."
He Jing took a deep breath and got straight to the point: "Third Brother, it's me."
He Zhou was surprised that the person who chose to exchange clues with him was He Jing. He was silent for a moment, then said bluntly, "You only have one chance to contact the other team members. Are you so confident that I will tell you what I know?"
He Jing wasn't annoyed at all. Instead of answering, she asked, "How is Xiao Guo?"
"Very good."
"That's good."
He Jing didn't seem to be in a hurry to know what clues he had gathered, but instead talked a lot of nonsense, such as—
"Third Brother, your cooking is delicious, I really like it."
Each group only had two minutes to communicate, yet she still had the mood to talk about these things. He Zhou couldn't help but scoff inwardly. It seemed she was facing considerable difficulties and was therefore panicking. In order to get the clues he had, she was trying to curry favor with him.
Unfortunately, she didn't understand him, and doing so would only make him more resentful.
“He Jing, you shouldn’t be calling me, you should be calling someone else, because your methods won’t work on me.”
To everyone's surprise, He Jing remained calm and smiled gently: "Even if Third Brother dislikes me, he will still tell me the clues. This call is the right one no matter how you make it."
He Zhou paused for a moment, then sneered, "What makes you think that?"
“Because Third Brother is not a despicable person.” He Jing’s clear and certain tone reached his ears. “If Third Brother were, Xiao Guo wouldn’t be so dependent on you. Third Brother’s character is evident to all, and I believe in Third Brother.”
He Zhou remained unmoved and continued to sneer: "Yes, you're right. Since you've called, I won't refuse to share the clues I've obtained with you."
However, he would mix a lot of wrong clues into the correct ones, leaving her to figure it out herself.
If she can't find the right clue among the wrong ones, then sorry, it's her own fault for not being capable enough, and she can't blame him.
Similarly, she could do the same to him; if he ultimately couldn't escape, it would be because he wasn't strong enough.
After saying that, he passed on the mixed clues, which were both correct and incorrect, and truthfully told him: "I'll give you four clues, two correct and two incorrect. You decide for yourself."
He Jing didn't need to make a judgment. The moment He Zhou revealed one of the clues, confirming her suspicions, she was already certain of her escape.
But she still passed on her clues and said, "Thank you, Third Brother."
His tone was very relaxed and calm.
He Zhou was suddenly extremely dissatisfied. Why did she always act as if she was completely in control of everything? Was she making this phone call just to deliberately annoy him? And praising his cooking was simply humiliating...
“He Jing, I swear I will always treat Xiao Yi as my little sister. No matter what you do, I will never accept you. I hope you won’t do such a stupid thing again. I can’t guarantee that I can still share with you openly next time.”
He Jing paused for a moment, seemingly surprised by his words, then said with a hint of pleasure, "Really? I was hoping that Third Brother would never treat me like a little sister."
"you……"
He Zhou was so angry he almost lost his mind, and he tried to hang up the phone.
However, He Jing's calm and composed voice came over: "I already have many brothers, but a good opponent like Third Brother is hard to come by. I haven't had the desire to completely defeat someone for a long time. Thank you, Third Brother, for letting me rekindle my passion."
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