After hanging up, Yu Yanyan opened her call history.
Among Ruan Nuan's several calls, there was one from Xiao Xiao.
It was the call she'd accidentally made that morning.
Seeing it now gave her an idea.
Should she... tell Xiao Xiao about this?
The thought suddenly occurred to her.
Maybe...
She remembered Xiao Xiao's "glorious achievements" from before.
Even if it was just luck...
Right now, Father Chen and Mother Chen needed a little luck.
Though she thought that, her finger hovered over Xiao Xiao's number without pressing it.
She hesitated.
Was it really a good idea to drag Xiao Xiao into this?
Was it right to pin her hopes on him like this?
Was she being too presumptuous?
After agonizing for a long while, her hand unconsciously pressed the call button.
Yu Yanyan was startled when she saw the screen showing that the call was connecting.
But this time, she didn't hang up.
She put the phone to her ear.
"Xiao Xiao—"
A strange sound came from the phone, and Yu Yanyan paused. She pulled it away to look. It was a call from Ruan Nuan.
"Xiao Xiao, hold on. Nuan Nuan's calling."
She answered Ruan Nuan's call.
"Nuan—"
She'd barely gotten one word out before Ruan Nuan's excited voice interrupted her. "Senior, Chen Xi called me!"
"R-really?!"
Yu Yanyan was startled. "Then she's all right, isn't she?"
"I don't know."
Ruan Nuan's voice immediately sank.
"You don't know?"
Yu Yanyan was a little confused. "Didn't you say she called you?"
"Yeah."
"But she only said my name once, and then the call cut off."
Ruan Nuan had immediately called her back, but all she heard was the message, "The other party's phone is switched off."
Unwilling to give up, she called again and again.
The same