Jiang Ning slowly walked over to the bungalow by the Dam when his phone rang. He answered it. "Hello, Mom. There's traffic on the road, so I'm not sure when I'll arrive. I'll call you half an hour ahead of time."
Jiang Ning could have gone to Wencheng earlier, but his research over the past two days had delayed him.
After hanging up, he headed back to the rental house.
Shao Shuangshuang had sent over the method for Network Search, but Jiang Ning had not looked through it yet. He planned to research it after returning to Wencheng.
The moment Jiang Ning entered, he met Xue Yuantong's resentful little gaze.
He walked over and tapped Xue Yuantong on the forehead. "Who upset you?"
"You!"
Xue Yuantong counted on her fingers. "I called you to eat during the day, and you said you were busy. I called you for lunch, and you were still busy. I asked you to go fishing in the afternoon, and you were still busy. At night, I asked you to set off firecrackers, and you were still busy."
"Jiang Ning, have you changed?"
Jiang Ning gave a dry laugh. "I've really been busy lately."
"Hmph, busy with nothing." Xue Yuantong did not believe him at all.
"I really have been busy with nothing." Jiang Ning mocked himself. He had spent several days blindly studying the Law Fragment, yet had failed to figure anything out.
"Did your grandparents come?" he asked.
"They're in the kitchen. Come eat at my house for lunch." Xue Yuantong invited him.
"I'm afraid I can't. I need to go out of town," Jiang Ning said.
Xue Yuantong knew he was probably going to see his parents.
"Is it far?"
"Seven or eight hundred kilometers."
"That far?" Xue Yuantong was surprised. If that