A thick silence followed her words.
"Ummm… can you hear me?" Maybe it was her phone? She immediately looked at her phone, wondering why Chris wasn't saying anything. "Oh… are you on loudspeaker? Hello?" Maybe her phone is broken? She stared at her phone, confused. Did she say something wrong?
Did he faint on the other line?
"It's noontime." Finally, Chris said something. She nodded. It only meant that Chris was not in Xu Country, right?
"Oh… "And it also meant, he is in the middle of something. "Then… I will call you again." She ended the call without waiting for him to say anything. After a few seconds, she decided to call Xu Je'er to discuss a few projects, just to take her mind off those scheming people.
