"Little Brother Guan!"
Hearing Guan Tong's voice, Chen Na let out a soft cry. She hadn't expected him to be the one calling.
Guan Tong asked, "Xiao Na, I saw your car in the development zone parking lot. Didn't you go to Yong'an? By the way, how did your mother's hospital examination turn out?"
"I, we, Mom, she—"
Chen Na wanted to say they hadn't gone to the capital, wanted to say her mother's examination results were terrible, but when the words reached her lips, she remembered the short-haired woman.
When they had first met and parted ways, the woman had specifically told her not to mention anything about them or the assessment to anyone else.
If she found out the information had leaked, the previous invitation would be canceled.
Chen Na couldn't accept that. It was the only lifeline she had to save her mother.
"Mom is fine... We went to the capital by high-speed train... We don't need that big car anymore," Chen Na said quietly.
"Is that so?"
"Little Brother Guan, I, I have something to do here, so I'll hang up first."
"Okay."
Chen Na quickly pressed the end-call button, her little face flushed red. Even though it had only been over the phone, lying still made her terribly nervous.
"Sorry, Little Brother Guan..." she murmured as she looked at her phone. "I didn't mean to deceive you. I have to get medicine-type items to treat Mom's illness..."
Meanwhile, Guan Tong, who was in the parking lot, put away his phone. He felt that Chen Na's tone had been a little strange during the call. She had also seemed eager to hang up, ending the call after only two or three sentences.
But since she said she had gone to Yong'an by high-speed train, Guan Tong