Unexpected Call

"The user you are calling is temporarily unavailable. Please leave a message after the beep..."

"...This is Zhen Xin."

Cheng Shi had just been about to hang up, but after hearing that name, the corner of his eye twitched. "Beep."

"..."

There was a brief pause on the other end, but soon the caller seriously left a message:

"Did she... leave any words?"

Hearing this, Cheng Shi was ninety percent sure the other party was Zhen Xin. After all, the feelings between her and the Blind Man were genuine. But even if there was only a one-percent chance, Cheng Shi still had to guard against becoming a clown.

Being toyed with by lips and tongues was embarrassing enough. If some unlucky bastard toyed with him over the phone as well, today would become an indelible stain in the clown's history.

Thus, after pondering for a moment, Cheng Shi cautiously responded.

"She did, but you need a password."

A password?

Zhen Xin frowned on the other end of the phone. Yet after thinking for only a few seconds, she realized what the password was. The absurdity of it was so inexplicable that it momentarily diluted her sorrow and made her laugh. "Fine. Do you want the new password or the old one?"

"Both!" A sharp glint flashed through Cheng Shi's eyes. He held his breath and concentrated, afraid of missing a single word she said.

"There are too many old passwords. I can't get through them all, so I'll tell you the one you're most interested in.

"I know who you're worried about, but there's no need to worry. Things went smoothly. We found Lucia.

"Hu Xuan is a good teammate. At least when our objectives align, she's fairly trustworthy. She originally wanted to persuade Lucia to return to Birth's side,