Not long after leaving the cemetery, Old Ma suddenly regretted it a little. He had left in too much of a hurry and had never thought to bring Little Luo out with him.
The cemetery in the southern suburbs was so remote that he did not even know whether he could hail a taxi willing to go there. This was how he usually acted, too. Whenever he got anxious, he would simply stop interacting, put on his pants in front of Mrs. Ma, and leave.
"Hey, Er Lengzi, it's me."
"I'm off work. No business talk, and don't ask me out for drinks either! Your wife already gave me strict orders not to go drinking with you! Otherwise, she'd beat me every time she saw me! You know I don't hit women. I can only take the beating, and I don't want to!"
"Business..." Old Ma's mustache twitched. "It's really urgent."
Er Lengzi said nothing on the other end and was about to hang up. He still had his children's homework to grade at home!
Bang!
A sudden loud crash came from the other end of the phone. Leng Feng, who was about to put down his phone, froze, his expression turning startled. "Old Ma? Old Ma? What happened? Old Ma, say something!"
"No, no, it's fine... No, something happened. There was a car accident." Old Ma spoke in a shaken voice. "A heavy truck suddenly came charging over!"
"Did it hit you? How serious is it? Give me your location!"
"No... No one was hurt, and the car's fine." Old Ma blinked and said instinctively, "I saw the light was about to turn yellow, so I hit the brakes and stopped... I happened to avoid it!"
Leng Feng, at home, immediately let out a sigh of relief. "That's rare.