He took a long drag on his cigarette without saying anything; the sound of crying continued as he held the phone next to his ear.
Her helplessness and despondency did not move him one bit.
He had lost all hopes in this niece of his, so even if she were to show him her most pitiful side, it would hardly move him into action.
"Brother Mu, can you come over? There's something I have to tell you!" The young lady sobbed on the phone.
Mulling on it a while, he eventually agreed. "Alright, where are you?"
"I'm at a downtown café. That's the one where I've invited you for coffee once. I'll wait for you in their private room!"
How she wished he would appear by her side within the next second!
He agreed and cut the line. Just as he was putting down the phone, he saw his wife walking into the bedroom. She heard him on the line just then when she was in the toilet and had an inkling on who might be speaking to him.
