The light in the bedroom was blazing down.
After putting the young girl back in bed, Xu Jingxi undid his shirt, which was soaked through—half with sweat, the other half with her tears.
The man let out a snorting laugh through his nose as he walked bare-chested to the balcony to light up a cigarette.
On the other end of the phone, someone surnamed Guo was inquiring, "Why did you suddenly come back from Jin City? Is there some big issue at your side? Everyone thought something happened when you returned in the middle of the night; I couldn't sleep, worrying. I asked Xiao Li, and only then did I find out you were at home."
They were all just concerned because they knew he had suddenly taken a helicopter back from Jin City. They thought some major incident had occurred, rising in the middle of the night to check on him, only to find he had even turned off his phone.
Xu Jingxi grudgingly replied with two words, "No matter."
