She glanced at the screen anxiously, and the name 'Yan Rusheng' appeared. She answered immediately.
Without waiting for him to speak, she began lecturing him, "Yan Rusheng, where are you? Why did you take a taxi when you're drunk? Do you know how dangerous it can be at night—"
She hadn't finished talking when Yan Rusheng interrupted her, "Wife…"
The familiar—and drunk-sounding—deep voice softened her heart in an instant when she heard him addressing her as 'wife'.
Xuxu couldn't bear to continue berating him and spoke gently instead. "Have you… reached the house?"
There was a long pause…
The lack of response made Xuxu anxious. "Hello? Yan Rusheng… Hello…?"
After several attempts to get a reply from him, she stopped when she heard his deep breathing sounds.
She knitted her eyebrows and called out for him once more.
