Chapter Seventy-four: Indifference, Phone Call

  On the vast national highway, a black sedan sped away like a gust of wind, its speed incredibly fast, and from a distance, it seemed to be a beam of light, so fast that it was unbelievable.

  "Squeak——"

  But suddenly, a loud screeching sound of the sedan's tires rubbing against the ground pierced the sky.

  The car stopped narrowly at the edge of the national road, fortunately there was a guardrail, otherwise the cliff in front would be the burial site for the two people and the sedan.

  "Su Mo Ruo, what's wrong with you?" The car stopped, and Hao Gang felt his heart almost stopping. This girl was completely different from the one who had gotten on the car with him earlier, her eyes full of vigilance and sharpness. Now, she was pale, her lips colorless, looking like a lifeless doll. Her slightly furrowed eyebrows seemed to be trying to show her strength, but her heart was shaking violently. This girl looked so much like... but unfortunately, it couldn't be her.

  Forcing her eyes open, her chest felt like it was burning with thousands of flames, making her grit her teeth and clench her lips tightly, furrowing her brow in an effort to breathe normally and speak. She shook her head slightly, her voice barely audible, "I'm fine, drive."

  Because they were close, he could hear the faint voices of their previous inquiries and assessments before joining the Dragon Squad. Although spoken in a low voice, he still heard clearly, nodding repeatedly, "Your injury——" Suddenly thinking about when he became so nagging, he attributed it to Su Mo Ruo not being a member of the Dragon Squad, but willing to take risks with them, saving the Dragon Squad members and the object they were ordered to protect, Ning Shi Yang, feeling guilty.

  In the end, all the words of concern were swallowed back into his throat, and he started the car, speeding off in the direction ahead.

  And Sumo Ro, under that painful torture, slowly became powerless and eventually fell into a deep coma.

  ……

  "Young master, that girl is the one chosen by the old master." In the villa, the middle-aged man slowly withdrew his gaze after watching the sedan chair drive away into the distance. He turned his head to look at the young master who was standing beside him, also looking ahead, and bowed slightly with a respectful tone.

  "I have my own measure." His voice was light and even, impossible to discern his emotions, let alone fathom her thoughts at this moment.

  Although they knew that many things were not their own to ask, this matter was related to the future of their clan. The clan had been searching for so many years and still couldn't find a girl who could match the young master. Now that they finally had one, it was someone the old master had already decided on. Letting them leave like this, although they were confident in bringing the person back, but after all, the mistakes along the way were something they couldn't afford to take.

  "...But on the old master's side..."

  Her originally pale face, elegant facial features suddenly tensed up, a hint of a smile on her lips, her eyes looked at the middle-aged man, "Uncle Qi, it's not for you to ask, you'd better ask less."

  The middle-aged man known as Uncle Qi's body suddenly shook violently, but soon calmed down. Yes, although the young master had not thrown a tantrum in years, anyone who displeased him would end up dead, even if it was the old master who tried to protect them.

  Moreover, the young master's means and mind are also admired by him. In his heart, however, he has already placed this young master on an equal footing with the old master of the house. The entangled thoughts that originally existed suddenly became clear.

  Luò's eyes gazed forward, and before he knew it, that pair of cold, apathetic eyes appeared in front of him. How similar they were to his own! The corners of his mouth curled up into a gentle arc, one that even he himself hadn't noticed. This arc was so warm and tender. In his heart, he said to himself: Wait for me, little girl, I'll go find you.

  Before, he wasn't particularly concerned about the girl his family had chosen for him. As for this kind of person, he didn't care at all. Before coming over, he had also told himself that if he brought her back, he would bring her back, and if she became his wife, she would be his wife. However, his heart was something he couldn't give to her; it was just a way to reassure the family members and let everyone feel at ease.

  But now, he has overturned his previous thoughts. This girl, however, has easily moved his heart. Since she has piqued his interest, don't think about escaping so easily.

  ……

  On Ning's side, because Old Master Ning and the old lady were both in poor health, when they received news from the Ning family in Donghai, it was like a bolt out of the blue. On that day, Ning Tianhua hastily brought his wife Lian Hongya to the Ning residence.

  Ning Tianqin has always lived in the villa assigned by the troops, and this area is all inhabited by people from the troops. The security guards in the community are also extremely strict. On ordinary days, the quiet community is so quiet that even the sound of crickets seems exceptionally clear. However, tonight, the atmosphere in the entire community is eerily tense, with no extraneous sounds at all. Compared to before, the security in the community is now even stricter, and it's impossible to describe the current state of security in the community as "three steps one sentry, five steps one post".

  Without alarming the troops or anyone in Beijing and Donghai, Ning Tianhua and Lian Hongya quietly arrived at Donghai and went directly to the residential area of Ning Tianqin, the second brother.

  At the entrance of the residential area, Ning Tianqin personally brought his wife to wait at the door. When he saw his brother and sister-in-law coming over, thinking that his daughter was able to escape this time, thanks to the help of his brother and sister-in-law who had been separated from their daughter for many years, his heart was filled with guilt.

  They haven't even recognized Ning Jia yet, but they've already made Ning Jia owe them a huge favor. Now, the situation on their niece's side is very dangerous, and Ning Tianqin doesn't know how to face his brother and sister-in-law at this moment.

  He quickly walked up to the two, looking at Ning Tianhua's solemn face and then at Lian Hongya's red and swollen eyes and pale complexion. His throat seemed to be choking on a thorn as he spoke in a somewhat broken tone, "Big brother...big sister...about Ning Ning's matter...now..."

  "Alright, go ahead and say it." Looking at the second brother's expression, his subordinates had already reported this matter to him on the way here. It was indeed not the second brother's fault that his daughter and the second brother's daughter became classmates and roommates, and even friends. Originally, they were happy about it, but who would have known that such a thing would happen? And their daughter took Ning Shi Yang's place as a hostage, which was also her own choice. All of this had nothing to do with anyone else's fault.

  "The top priority is to rescue Ning Ning, how's the situation now?" He walked towards the villa and asked his second brother Ning Tianqin about the situation. At this moment, he was an absolutely charming high-ranking commander, exuding an aura of superiority, with a pair of eyes filled with absolute concern and care.

  Ning Tianqin repeated the situation he had just reported to Ning Tianhua, then said: "Big brother, let me lead the team, I must go and rescue Ning Ning."

  "What nonsense are you talking about now? You still have this kind of temperament. Now my daughter has already fallen for him, listening to your words, Ning Tianhua got angry and his tone was severe."

  "Never mind, Second Brother is also worried about his daughter." Lian Hongya's voice was shaking as she spoke, but she also knew that everything wasn't Second Brother's fault, so she didn't want her husband to have a conflict with him over this matter.

  "Big sister, I..." Ning Tianqin listened as Lian Hongya helped him speak, his eyes also reddening. His daughter's experiences in that place had already been described to him once before, and he had also verified the authenticity of these words with the team members from Long Zu who had accompanied his daughter back this time. The results were all the same. Just thinking about the intense fighting and dangerous situation made him feel frightened. And Big Brother's daughter, this girl named Su Moruo, was only a few months older than his own daughter, yet she had gone in her place to face such ignorant danger.

  Entering the villa, due to what just happened, Ning Tianqin was also unwilling for his daughter to go out again. From the time she returned until now, it has been a whole seven hours, and it is already past 5 am. He had kept his daughter inside the villa all along, not leaving her out of his sight.

  Ning Shi Yang heard the sound coming from the villa entrance, and immediately rushed to the door, looking at his familiar uncle and aunt, his eyes reddened in an instant.

  Ning Tianhua and Lian Hongya have always been very good to her, because of the disappearance of their eldest daughter. She herself was only a few months younger than Ning Ning, who had gone missing, making her the youngest among all the girls. As a result, she was naturally the most spoiled by the couple. Now that her elder sister has been found, but before she could even meet with her uncle and aunt, she got involved in such danger for her own sake. Ning Shiying couldn't help but feel guilty and hated herself so much that she wished she could stab herself to death. However, she also knew that the most pressing matter was for them to actively cooperate and find Su Mo as soon as possible to rescue her safely.

  "Shi Yang, you come, have a good talk with your aunt, was my lemon hurt when you left, was she scared..."

  Looking at Lian Hongya's hurried appearance, her reddened eyes, her throat choked, tears almost fell, but she quickly held back, lifted her head and smiled hard, pulling Lian Hongya's hand to walk towards the sofa.

  After sitting on the sofa, Ning Shi Yang began to tell Lian Hong Ya about what had happened bit by bit. Originally excited and frightened, Lian Hong Ya surprisingly calmed down her emotions, with only a pair of eyes occasionally revealing a hint of astonishment, and occasionally exclaiming in surprise, as if she was also on the scene, feeling extremely surprised.

  He also sat on the sofa, comforting his wife all the way, but he couldn't calm her down. Now, seeing his wife being comforted by Ning Shi's words, he slowly calmed down too. He stood up and said to his younger brother beside him: "Tianqin, let's go to the study."

  Time slowly passed by, but the Ning family's villa never received any news that could calm their minds. Every breath seemed to be stifled.

  "Reporting to the superior, Hao's team has safely escaped with Sumo..."

  Also don't know what time it is, a report, made everyone's spirits lift.

  "Hurry, where is the person? Go and respond quickly." The first to receive the order was Ning Tianhua. His eyes were filled with excitement, his voice was somewhat incoherent, and it took him a while to compose himself before he could issue the command clearly and continuously.

  "Bring a few more teams over to pick them up and bring them over here." Ning Tianqin added on the side.

  His subordinates obeyed and left.

  ……

  A faintly anxious voice echoed in Sumo's ears, occasionally entering her mind. Her head felt heavy and her heart was stuffy. Sumo didn't want to talk, she just wanted to sleep soundly and recharge her energy.

  However, her body seemed to refuse to let her do so, and slowly, her eyes involuntarily opened.

  Looking at everything in front of her, it still seems a bit blurry. In her eyes, she can only see the silhouette of a person, but the specific face is not clear.

  "Wake up——" Lian Hongya had been guarding Somoro's bedside all along, from sending her over to the military hospital, until the doctors finished checking and giving her medicine, hanging water and leaving. It has been a day and a night since then. No matter how others dissuaded her, Lian Hongya was determined to wait with this heart, without even taking a nap, her eyes fixed on Somoro all the time, until now.

  Her daughter had never been so close to her, but she had never thought that the first time she would be so close to her daughter would be in such a situation. Her daughter's body was severely injured and extremely tired, requiring absolute sufficient time to recover.

  Lian Hongya's voice also startled several others, Ning Tianhua, Ning Tianqin and his wife, as well as Ning Shiying, all rushed to the bedside.

  There were more figures in front of her, Su Mo furrowed her brow and spoke out, "Where is this place? Who are you?" After speaking, she suddenly furrowed her brow again, because she heard that voice from just now, it was as hoarse as a man's. And after finishing speaking, she felt like smoke was going to come out of her throat.

  Qin Hongya seemed to have noticed that her daughter's throat was uncomfortable, so she quickly took the water prepared beside her and let her daughter drink a sip slowly.

  Then he gently laid Sumo on the bed, his face soft and gentle, his voice filled with deep affection. "You get some rest, the doctor said you're overworked and need to take it easy."

  "Who are you?" She subconsciously heard this voice and wanted to resist, not wanting to hear it, and felt that the voice was familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before, but couldn't be sure. Now her head was heavy, and she didn't have the energy to think too much.

  Looking at her daughter's appearance, Hong Ya's heart skipped a beat. Her daughter seemed to be resistant to the Ning family, and also resistant to her as a mother.

  Ning Tianhua also saw Su Mo's expression, that slightly furrowed brow, like a sharp dagger, pierced his heart, making his lips pale, and he couldn't help but say: "Ning Er——"

  As soon as she heard the voice, Su Mo's face changed instantly, her whole body like a hedgehog standing up its quills, resisting the people in front of her. And slowly, her vision also gradually cleared up, scanning the crowd around her, pausing for a moment on Ning Shi Yang's face before equally ruthlessly withdrawing her gaze, lowering her head, "I'm fine now, please leave."

  It was said that the daughter found by Big Brother and Sister-in-law had a somewhat stubborn temper, and it would take some effort to recognize her. Today is the first time they really met, listening to Su Mo's words and looking at the girl's attitude towards Big Brother and Sister-in-law, I knew that she was indeed not easy to recognize, and it might still require some twists and turns.

  "Ning'er——" Ning Tianhua still didn't give up and called out again.

  Su Mo's face turned cold, she raised her head, her voice was cold and hard, like sharp thorns, all her defenses were erected, "I don't know what Ning Er is, please don't casually give people random names, I'm not used to it, nor do I like it."

  Ning Tianhua listened to these words, his heart fiercely shook, and looked at his wife. Seeing her shake her head at him, he still forcibly suppressed the impulse in his heart. His daughter had now been found and confirmed, it was just a matter of time. In his heart, he vowed that he would definitely make this daughter truly accept him, accept him as her father, and the entire Ning family.

  "Alright, you rest first, we'll leave." Lian Hongya stood up, took a glance at her daughter who had already closed her eyes and was ignoring them on the hospital bed, shook her head at her husband Ning Tianhua, and pulled him out of the room.

  In the room, Ning Tianqin also took his wife away, leaving only Ning Shiying behind, hoping that her daughter would stay and ease the atmosphere.

  When the room was left with only Ning Shi Yang and Su Mo Ruo, Ning Shi Yang walked directly to the bedside, sat down on the chair where Hong Ya had just sat, her eyes reddening. At this time, her thoughts were more focused on Su Mo Ruo's physical condition, as for helping Da Bo and Da Bo Mu speak, she seemed much less concerned, at least now, she was more worried about Su Mo Ruo's physical condition.

  "Mo, is there anywhere else on your body that's uncomfortable?"

  The tone of concern, with carefulness, made Su Mo slowly open her eyes, which had been closed. She could feel that Ning Shi Yang was genuinely concerned about her at this moment, and she didn't have the heart to help speak up and ease the atmosphere regarding the Ning family's matters.

  In her heart, she no longer resisted Ning Shi Yang, and slightly shook her head. She knew that she must be blaming herself for letting her encounter such danger, so she said: "Just rest for a while, it's just too tiring." Thinking about the scene of her fighting with that man, there was still an inexplicable sense of relief in her heart. Fortunately, she had this special ability; otherwise, she didn't know how she would have gotten rid of that man.

  "What did they do to you afterwards?" Su Mo was so seriously injured that when she was sent over, Hao Gang had said that she vomited blood. After the military doctor came to check on her and also heard that she vomited blood, she knew that her injuries wouldn't be as light as they seemed on the surface.

  Recalling what happened after Ning Shi Yang left, Su Mo Ruo slightly shook her head, "It's all in the past, aren't I already safe?"

  Ning Shi Yang stared straight at Su Mo Ruo for a long time before nodding reluctantly, knowing she wouldn't say anything else. "Thanks for saving me this time," he said, "but next time, I hope you'll consider your own safety."

  "Alright, I know, don't worry."

  The two chatted for a while longer, and Su Mo's mood had obviously improved a lot. As for the appearance of Lian Hongya and Ning Tianhua, she didn't have much memory of it either.

  When Su Mo was getting tired and fell asleep slowly, Ning Shi Yang got up and left after watching her.

  Due to physical reasons, Sumojo didn't insist or ask to leave, and after resting at the Ning's house for three days, her body slowly recovered. Although her complexion was still a bit pale, her physical strength had already recovered by about 70-80%.

  Every day, Ning Tianhua and Lian Hongya would come to see her, but Su Mo had never responded to them. The two were willing to cook soup for her, and she put aside the concern they showed her, and she had never spoken a word to either of them.

  Actually, Ning Tianhua and Lian Hongya's treatment of her was also moving to Su Mochou, but she was never the real Su Mochou. The couple's kindness always made her feel a bit uneasy, so naturally, she didn't want to accept it either. Although this made her seem somewhat inhumane and cold-blooded to the couple, there was still another soul living inside her body - that of Longzhong's top agent, Gu Niang Muqing.

  Three days later, Sumo dressed neatly, ignoring Lian Hongya's dissuasion, got out of bed and came to the living room to bid farewell to everyone.

  "Thank you General Ning and his wife for letting me stay here for three days, I'm sorry to have troubled you, now I'll be heading back."

  Su Mo's words made everyone sitting in the living room a bit stunned.

  Ning Tian knew that Su Mo Ruo would definitely leave after resting for a while, but his eyes unconsciously looked towards the person following behind Su Mo Ruo, Lian Hong Ya with an anxious expression, and also Ning Tian Hua sitting on another single sofa.

  As for Ning Tianqin's gaze, Su Moye seemed to have not seen it and shifted her line of sight to Ning Shiying, "You've been troubled these days."

  Ning Shi Yang's relationship with Su Mo Ruo was different, and she didn't have to be as reserved as Ning Tian Hua and Lian Hong Ya. She got up and walked over to Su Mo Ruo's side, "You don't look too well, take a few more days off, I've already excused you from school."

  "That's enough, I'm leaving." The voice was soft but revealed absolute firmness, brooking no further refusal.

  Listening to her tone, Ning Shi Yang understood Su Mo Ruo and could only let out a deep sigh. He looked at his parents helplessly and said, "Dad, Mom, Mo Ruo says she wants to go back to school. I'll just go back with her."

  For the past two days, the news from outside was that those people had stopped taking any action for some unknown reason. Today, early in the morning, they all left Country Z. Ning Tianjin and his wife had also decided to wait for Su Mo to recover and then head back to school together. At this moment, he wouldn't say anything else, so he just nodded, "Alright."

  Ning Tianhua glanced at his reluctant wife, then looked at his daughter who was expressionless and didn't even glance at him. His heart felt sour, knowing that the years of affection couldn't be made up for all at once. His daughter had been living away from them since she was young, and there was a sense of distance between her and him and his wife, which was normal. Moreover, over the years, his daughter had suffered so much...

  Outside the villa, the car was already ready. Ning Shiyang had a bag in his hand, which should be his personal clothes. He walked towards the sedan with Su Moruo.

  At this time, Lian Hongya finally couldn't help it, and ran a few steps to Suomoruo's side as he was about to get on the car. She tapped on the window, and when it slowly rolled down, revealing a calm face inside, she quickly took out a small box from her pocket and handed it to Suomoruo. "If you don't mind, wear it on your body; if you find it annoying, throw it away." After saying that, she ran back to Ning Tianhua's side.

  Su Mo stared blankly at the exquisite red box in her hand, her eyes flashing, and without looking back, she closed the car window.

  Ning Shi Yang was still talking to his parents outside the car, while Su Mo Ruo couldn't resist the temptation in her heart, slowly reached out and opened the box, revealing what was inside.

  It was a platinum chain with a crystal clear Maitreya Buddha on it, surrounded by platinum inlays. Upon closer inspection, the platinum chain and the platinum edges around the Maitreya Buddha had engravings. She pursed her lips slightly, quickly put away the chain, closed the gift box, and casually slipped it into her pocket.

  At this time, Ning Shi Yang also entered the car from outside, and the door closed with a bang. "Start the car."

  The car slowly drove out of the small district within the troops and headed towards the city center.

  ……

  Back at school, Sumo Rou only then realized that the school anniversary was approaching without her noticing. Each class had prepared programs for it, but because she and Ning Shi Yang were not around, the school had vaguely revealed to everyone that the two of them were not feeling well, so they did not add any programs for the two of them on the anniversary celebration.

  There were only Sumo and Ning Shi Yang in the dormitory. Qian Meng Yu and Min Jing had gone to the school auditorium to rehearse their program.

  "Depend on it, I don't know what kind of dog luck you two have encountered this time. Our old class has already spoken out, and all the students who were called to participate in the program must attend the rehearsal, but you two are good at dodging this matter. I just can't understand how you two can even get sick together. As for what happened that day, Qiu Mengyu and Min Jing only experienced the first part, and they didn't know about the rest. Moreover, many things were not meant to be known by outsiders, so Ning Tianqin created a lot of confusion to distract people's attention, so neither of them knew the real reason for their leave."

  "If you also had a high fever of over 40 degrees, lay in bed for a few days, and hung IV bottles to suffer, I could go ask the coach not to let you participate in these drills." Ning Shi Yang listened to Min Jing's complaints, chuckled, and returned to her previous crazy girl state.

  But Ning Shi Yang's words made Min Jing and Que Meng Yu both turn around to look at Su Mo Ruo.

  From the very beginning, Meng Yu felt that something was off about Su Mo Ruo. Now, after hearing Ning Shi Yang's words, she realized that Su Mo Ruo's complexion wasn't good-looking. Although they hadn't known each other for long, in a dormitory, the emotions between classmates were always the most genuine. She walked to Su Mo Ruo's bedside and sat down, looking at Su Mo Ruo who was lying on the bed. "Mo Ruo, you haven't come to school these past few days, is it because of a high fever?"

  "......uh." This should be it, although it's excessive fatigue and drowsiness, high fever is also drowsiness. Su Mo couldn't say the real reason, so he could only acknowledge it.

  "Look at your face, it's still so pale, are you not fully recovered yet?" Quan Mengyu was a person with a cold exterior and a warm heart. Although her words were toxic to many people, she always showed great care for those she cared about.

  Min Jing also came over at this time, looking at Su Mo with a concerned face. "Mo, you're not feeling well, why don't you take a few days off and come back later? The school hasn't said anything about it either."

  "It's no big deal, I'm not that fragile."

  Min Jing and Qu Mei Yu were both rich young ladies, born into powerful families, who had never suffered before. They also vaguely knew about Su Mo Ruo's family situation. Thinking that for the past few days, Su Mo Ruo should have been staying in the hospital, they thought that the cost of living on this side of Donghai was high. Generally, the daily expenses for staying in a hospital would be at least several hundred yuan, and staying for several days would probably cost her over a thousand yuan. Both of them thought that Su Mo Ruo had left the hospital early because the medical expenses were too high, without even properly taking care of her body.

  "If it's really about the cost, we can help out. Don't always deprive us of the chance to help." Ming Jing hastily said.

  "Yeah, we're friends, and between friends, we shouldn't be so clearly divided because of these things. You must feel uneasy in your heart. Later, when you graduate and become successful, remember that there's still us, this group of friends. When we need help in the future, just lend us a hand, and that's it?" Qiao Mengyu's words behind her back were entirely to comfort Su Moruo, hoping she wouldn't be so stubborn, hoping she could open up to these friends when things got tough, and they would definitely help out."

  Ning Shi Yang listened and knew they had misunderstood, so he hastily said: "You're overthinking, Mo Ruo just said that their bodies are fine, they just need to rest, it's the same whether they go back to school or stay in the hospital. It's boring here, that's why they want to be discharged, there's nothing else going on."

  Although Ning Shi Yang explained it this way, Min Jing and Que Miao Yu did not believe him at all.

  Sumo thought that if she hadn't started her own business, maybe she would have been like what they thought - a poor and white-collar worker from a small town who came to study at university, and even paying the hospital bill would be a struggle.

  Subconsciously, she just smiled at the two of them and then said: "It's so late already, you guys must be tired too, hurry up and go wash up and sleep."

  In the following days, Su Mo did not go to morning exercises due to physical reasons and forced the three people to stay in the dormitory without going to class, resting and taking care of their bodies.

  During this time, Ji Lan called her to report on the progress of work in M country and also mentioned that Donghai has developed rapidly in recent years. He plans to open a real estate company in Donghai, which Su Mo had also thought about before. In the future, Donghai will be as prosperous as Beijing, one of the important iconic cities of Z country. It would be absolutely beneficial to establish a presence in the real estate industry there, so she naturally wouldn't refuse. She made an appointment with Ji Lan, and next week he will bring the person in charge of the real estate company to meet her in Donghai.

  After resting in the dormitory for three days, Ning Shi Yang and others took her to the hospital for a check-up, confirming that her body had recovered before allowing her to attend classes with them.

  After entering the classroom, Su Mo found that Hao Gang had not left yet and was still staying in school to attend classes with them. His seat remained at the back of Ning Shi Yang's.

  After seeing her come to class, she actually nodded slightly to herself under the astonished gaze of everyone, which was considered a greeting.

  At that moment, everyone in the class looked at them with a changed gaze.

  Hao Gang had just transferred to Donghai University, and whether it was in the department or class, he was notorious for being aloof and having no friends around him. Even people from the same dormitory knew very little about him, and opportunities for conversation were scarce. But today, he surprisingly took the initiative to greet Su Mo, who was also known for being cold and distant in the class. Many people looked at the two of them with different thoughts in their minds.

  Gradually, a piece of information spread among the class that there seemed to be some unknown relationship between Departmental Flower Hao Gang and Ice Beauty Su Mo Ruo. As a result, Su Mo Ruo and Hao Gang's study life for nearly a month would occasionally suffer from harassment and disturbance by some people.

  During morning exercise, Hao Gang and Su Mo Ruo met again. After running a few laps, both of them stopped under a big tree to rest.

  As time slowly entered June, the weather also became sweltering. The two of them were both wearing simple short-sleeved shirts, one black and one white, with styles that were surprisingly similar. From a distance, even though Hao Gang was nearly 1.9 meters tall, Su Mo didn't seem out of place at all. They looked like they matched perfectly.

  Looking at Su Mo Ruo's pale face with a hint of red, he felt slightly relieved, but thinking about what happened that day, he couldn't help but say, "Take good care of your body, the doctor said so too, you need to take good care of yourself after what happened last time."

  "There's nothing much to worry about now." Surrounded by more or less attention, Su Mo had also gotten used to it over time and wasn't very interested in clarifying those rumors. How others wanted to talk was up to them, their mouths were on their own faces, she didn't want to force the issue.

  During this time, the news that both of them liked to exercise in the morning was naturally dug up by the "paparazzi" within these schools. So every day in the early morning, their morning exercises would always have many "followers". However, because they got up too early, many people lost interest after watching for a long time. Therefore, there are now much fewer "followers".

  Didn't chat with Hao Gang for a few sentences, looked at the time, it was almost time, today was slightly earlier than usual. Su Mo Ruo went to the cafeteria and waited for a while before the cafeteria opened its doors.

  Bought a steamer basket of freshly cooked buns and mantou, heading towards the dormitory.

  Just as I arrived at the dormitory door, my phone rang. I picked it up and saw that it was a call from Tang Yuning. I was slightly stunned, realizing that in all this time since coming to school, she had never found the time to contact me. In fact, over these nearly six months, we had only spoken on the phone two or three times, each time initiated by Tang Yuning, and our conversations never lasted more than a minute.

  And today this phone call was their first in over three months, and they couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

  As soon as the connection was made, a clear and cold voice with a hint of warmth and fatigue came from the other end, "Have you had breakfast?" He was very familiar with Su Mo's schedule and guessed that she might be just about to eat now.

  The corners of his mouth curved up slightly, "Ready to eat, how about you?"

  "Just got back." The brief four words revealed his exhaustion at this moment.

  Hearing this, Su Mo raised an eyebrow, "Just back? Where did you go?"

  "I've just returned from a village after conducting some research recently."

  Upon hearing this, Su Mo was taken aback and for a moment couldn't react.

  He actually chose this path, she was too busy during this period, the first two calls only talked about some family affairs and didn't ask about other things in detail. Now listening to it, I'm afraid that in these six months, she hasn't asked about his situation at all, but he has already made a start in these six months.

  "I knew you were busy, so I didn't even have time to tell you." Not hearing Su Mo say anything else, he knew she must already know what he was doing now, so he explained in a simple sentence, but the cold voice carried a hint of intention, and Su Mo still heard it.

  "Where are you now?" She knew that politics was not an easy path to take, and his words made her feel that his position should be quite high; but in just half a year, the political circle is all about accumulating experience or having background. Tan Yun Ning is a rich family's abandoned son, he can't even talk about experience, a university graduate of only one year, although with a high diploma, but time-wise it's only been half a year, no matter how high the position, should also not be able to get anywhere.

  "I'm at SY." Tan Yunning's voice was cold and clear, but could be lowered, making it sound softer.

  SY, I didn't expect him to go to this place. Anyway, SY is now a big city, and due to its subsequent rapid development, it will become a metropolis. Tan Yunning was amazed that she could enter SY as soon as she started her political career.

  "I'll tell you slowly later." Tan Yunning's voice was clear and light, but it comforted Su Mo Ruo.

  "Go rest." Suddenly remembering what Tan Yunning said when she just came back, she added a sentence, "Remember to eat breakfast first."

  On the other end of the phone, Tan Yunning's icy face slowly melted like ice and snow at dawn, his facial features became softer, his eyes were filled with a hint of warmth, and the corners of his mouth curled up into an arc that even he himself didn't notice. His voice was clear and cold, "Alright, you go eat breakfast too."

  After a phone call, Su Mo felt exceptionally good. Looking at the breakfast in her hand, she had talked to Tan Yunning for over ten minutes before hanging up the phone. The buns were still hot due to the weather and hadn't gone cold. Entering the dormitory, she saw that the three others were already up and put the things on the table.

  "Today is later than usual, did something happen on the road?" Recently, because of Su Mo Ruo and Hao Gang's affairs, Ning Shi Yang and the others have been particularly careful, fearing that she might encounter something. Except for morning exercises, at least one person has been following Su Mo Ruo at all times.

  Looking at Ning Shi Yang, Su Mo Ruo slightly curled up the corners of her lips, and a faint smile appeared on her face. "Nothing, just received a phone call."

  Looking at Su Mo's smile, Ning Shi Yang blinked her eyes and stared blankly at the person in front of her. Until Su Mo had already left her line of sight, she still couldn't come back to herself. Just now, was he smiling at her?

  She slowly came back to her senses, and couldn't help but wonder what kind of phone call could make her so happy.

  Digression

  Haha, Wan Geng will be delivered, and the update time later will also be adjusted to around 7:30 in the morning, depending on the review time. Anyway, it won't exceed 9 o'clock. If there's something that can't be updated on time, I'll make a report in advance to apply for everyone, hehe, muah, happy reading!