The Deal with God

Sure enough, it was Mom!

Before answering the call, Lu Xin had already sensed it coming and silently thought to himself.

Receiving Mom's call all of a sudden inside the Kindling Building seemed strange and difficult to understand.

Yet for some reason, Lu Xin didn't find it surprising.

He was silent for a moment before asking softly, "Where are you now?"

Mom chuckled lightly. "I'm in Kindling City too. It's just that this place is a little strange. We can't meet yet."

Lu Xin nodded without probing further. "Are you all right?"

Mom seemed to fall silent for a moment. A faint trace of static came through the receiver as she spoke softly:

"What if I really wasn't doing too well right now?"

"..."

Lu Xin was silent for a moment before saying, "Then of course I'll hurry over and help you vent your anger."

Mom laughed. From her voice, he could tell that she was extremely happy and relieved. "There'll be time for that. You don't need to worry about me too much right now. Finish what you need to do, and then we'll be able to see each other..."

"Beep, beep..."

The call ended, leaving only the busy tone.

Lu Xin was silent for a while before hanging up. He turned to Xia Chong and said, "She isn't upstairs. She's underground."

"The eighteenth underground floor."

"..."

"You..."

Xia Chong stared at Lu Xin.

She didn't understand why Lu Xin had received a call inside the Kindling Building and immediately known where the thing they were looking for was.

In her eyes, all of this was unreasonable and difficult to understand.

But when she saw Lu Xin's calm face, as though everything were only natural, and saw that he had no desire whatsoever to explain, she inexplicably felt a