Chapter 55. Engagement Invitation (3)
“Hello, Xiaye? It’s me!”
Su Nan’s sweet yet worried voice came through the phone the moment the call connected. “Where have you been in the past two days? I called you and no one picked up. I went to your company to look for you and they told me you’re on leave. What’s happened? Where are you now?”
A whole bunch of questions was fired at her. Xi Xiaye could imagine that Su Nan was probably very frustrated.
“I’m alright. I’ve just not been feeling very well, so I’m taking a few days off. Don’t worry about me. Didn’t you already go back to work? Why did you go to my company to look for me?”
Xi Xiaye wanted to walk away from her spot, yet Xi Xinyi was holding onto her sleeve and preventing her from escaping. Huang Shanshan felt sorry to see the dejected expression on Xi Xinyi’s face and she glared at Xi Xiaye coldly.
Su Nan was concerned about her, she finally asked after a short silence, “I was supposed to go back two days ago, but I was worried about you… So, was everything alright at West Park the other day?”
Xi Xiaye glanced at Xi Xinyi who was beside her. After some thought, she then said, “Nan Nan, I have something to deal with right now and I’ll talk to you later. I have something to tell you too.”
She hung up before Su Nan could reply. Then, she glared at Xi Xinyi icily and said, “If you don’t want things to turn out like the last time, then let go of me!”
Xi Xinyi’s face turned pale as the cold voice struck her. Her whole body froze and she met Xi Xiaye’s icy gaze, trembling a little before letting go of her hand. She then mumbled, “S-sorry… Please don’t be angry… I’m just… I’m just…”