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Although the news hadn't spread widely, Xu Fang caught whispers of it, and those whispers had blown in from below.
From top to bottom, news travels quickly, but it's slower from bottom to top.
So the rumors hadn't reached the top floor yet.
That afternoon, as a light rain began to fall, Jiang Muwan was curled up on the study's sofa, taking a nap with a white cat sprawled on top of her.
The peaceful afternoon was shattered by the ringtone of a cell phone.
A woman and a cat were jolted awake from their dreams.
The white cat meowed, turned over, and went back to sleep, while Jiang Muwan reached for the phone on the coffee table.
Seeing it was Gu Jiangnian, she hesitated to answer but decided to pick up as he showed no sign of hanging up.
Groggily and with a note of irritation in her voice, she answered, and Gu Jiangnian on the other side fell silent for a few seconds before a warm voice finally said, "Sleeping?"
"Yeah," Jiang Muwan responded lazily.
