Lu Huan thought this over and glanced into the alley again.
He was about to turn and leave.
"Lu Huan."
A faint call.
"Hm?"
Lu Huan answered instinctively.
Then his body went rigid.
He had looked around carefully just moments ago. There had clearly been no one else here.
That voice just now... Had he imagined it?
"Lu Huan!"
This time, he heard it more clearly.
It was a woman's voice.
It sounded... a little familiar?
But the speaker's low, tense voice was grave and urgent, with a hint of panic.
Those vivid emotions masked her natural tone, making it difficult for him to recognize her.
"Lu Huan."
Another call.
But it came through in broken fragments, as if the signal were poor.
"Help..."
"Find Xiao..."
"...Master."
Lu Huan looked around anxiously, a helpless look in his eyes. "Who's there?"
"Who is it?"
"Come out!"
"Lu Huan, it's me."
This time, the voice was clearer than before.
Lu Huan was shaken.
He recognized it!
No wonder the voice had seemed familiar.
It was...
"Yingying!"
Lu Huan shouted.
How had he failed to recognize her right away?
It was a voice he could never forget.
Even after seeing her for the last time, he had told himself to let go, to forget her.
But the more he tried to suppress it, the more... deeply it was etched into his heart.
Perhaps saying it was etched into his heart was a little exaggerated.
But not by much.
His first love... had been a girl who was a monster.
What a storybook kind of romance.
It was practically like something out of a novel.
But it had really happened to him.
A precious memory he would carry with him for the rest of his life.