Chapter 890. Lovesick
Ji Zitong stared at that flickering phone screen for close to half a minute before she frowned and picked it up. She had just answered when Su Chen’s deep, annoyed voice came from the other end. “Why did you take so long to pick up? It’s late. Aren’t you home yet? It’s already past 8 p.m. Ji Zitong, how many times have I told you, you can just finish work at 6. It’s not safe for a lone woman like you be out late at night, especially when I’m not around. Don’t you know that?”
Before Ji Zitong could reply, Su Chen began to release everything he wanted to say everything at a go. She never knew that he could speak this much. In fact, he seemed to be becoming more and more like a butler, quite like the typical male chauvinist.
As Ji Zitong listened, she instantly frowned. When he finished, she answered calmly, “Su Chen, repeat what you just said again.”
When she made that request, Su Chen seemed to have realized something, so he fell silent for a moment, then explained in his deep voice, “Missus Su, I’m just…I don’t want to control you. I’m just worried that you won’t be safe. A few days ago, the city’s public security bureau just set up a special investigation team to investigate the serial murder cases of young girls. They haven’t been solved yet, so I’m worried.”
Ji Zitong reacted quite quickly and somehow managed to say, “Chief Su, did you not watch the news yesterday? The murder has already been caught by the police last night. In fact, there aren’t any secluded spots between the house and my shop. The security in our villa area is doing well, so what are you worried about? I’m home right now. Your sister came over to make me dinner today, and I’m eating it now.” Her brows were practically furrowed into a knot as she could not quite digest this man’s concern.
Su Chen was standing underneath a streetlight in another city as he called Ji Zitong at the moment. As he watched his long shadow, he spoke to her, “The murderer was caught? How did I not hear about it? Is it raining back home?”
“Nah, the weather’s been really good these past few days. It’s just been a little hot and stuffy.”
Ji Zitong just turned on the loudspeaker on her phone, and then put it aside. After that, she picked up her chopsticks and began eating.
“Oh, isn’t that so? The weather’s been really good on my end too. Tonight’s moon is really round and bright, but it looks just a tad bit smaller than it does from City Z…”