Xu Weilai's mind went blank. Having never expected Gu Yu to answer her call so quickly, she was caught unprepared. At that moment, she didn't know what to say.
The silence lingered until Gu Yu's voice suddenly rang out over the phone. "Speak!" he simply said.
After suddenly being jolted back into reality, Xu Weilai came back to her senses and bit her bottom lip. After all, her parents were watching her; she couldn't give him a half-hearted response before hanging up. After a moment's hesitation, she slowly forced out her words, "I… I just saw the news. Is the situation dire?"
On the other side of the line, Gu Yu went silent. Had she not heard his soft breathing, she would have thought that he had hung up on her.
Xu Weilai's hand clenched instinctively while holding the phone.
