Teacher Ke had just fallen asleep when a waitress from the Bright Inn woke her, saying there was a call for her at the front desk.
Still dragging her slippers, she hurried out, raced down the stairs, and dashed for the first-floor front desk.
Her heart was in turmoil.
It was Lunar New Year's Eve, and a call had come at this hour. Its meaning was already plain without words.
"Success? Or failure?"
Teacher Ke felt as though two little people in her mind were hacking at each other with swords, determined to fight until one of them died.
She crossed three flights of stairs in less than half a minute. She even tripped on the second floor and lost one slipper, yet did not stop to pick it up.
She snatched up the phone, with no time left to catch her breath.
"Hello. This is Ke Zhiyu."
"Xiao Yu! It's Uncle Peng."
"I recognized your voice."
Teacher Ke's heart seemed to leap into her throat as she waited for fate's verdict.
"Come pay me a New Year's visit tomorrow!"
Boom~
Teacher Ke felt as if her head had been struck hard. Fierce joy, like warm sunlight, instantly spread through her whole body and drove away the damp, cold gloom.
There would be plenty of people visiting Uncle Peng on the first day of Lunar New Year. The fact that he had asked her to come already said more than enough.
"I understand. Thank you, Uncle Peng."
"Mm, remember to come early!"
"Beep beep beep beep~"
The call ended. Teacher Ke, whose heartstrings had been stretched taut moments ago, slowly crouched down on the floor, her soft sobs lingering without end.
"Woof woof woof~ Woof woof woof!"
In his sleep, Li Ye seemed to hear a dog barking.
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