The middle-aged man was beginning to regret it.
Maybe he shouldn't have called the girl?
He'd disrupted her normal life.
She'd just gone abroad, and it was the busiest time for her.
Had he... really stuck his nose where it didn't belong?
He couldn't help sighing. "If I'd known Tomb Ghost would be so angry..."
"I'll go take a look."
Xiao Xiao's words brightened the middle-aged man's face. "Really?"
"Student Xiao, I called because I wanted to ask you to go take a look."
"Either way, you and Chu Kexin will have a better chance of finding Tomb Ghost together than she would alone."
"Sorry for the trouble, Student Xiao."
"Should I come pick you up now?"
The middle-aged man could hardly wait, but then he realized how eager he sounded and coughed a few times. "Sorry, Student Xiao. I'm too anxious."
"Are you free this afternoon?"
"Should I drive over and pick you up now?"
He'd assumed Student Xiao would be free because it was the weekend.
But as soon as he said it, he remembered that Student Xiao might be out having fun.
Or he might have something else to do.
He'd been presumptuous.
Fortunately, Student Xiao gave him a definite answer.
"I'll be right over."
The middle-aged man hung up.
"Student Xiao!"
The middle-aged man spotted Xiao Xiao standing at the school gate from far away.
The car hadn't even arrived yet, but his voice had already reached him.
Xiao Xiao got into the car.
"Student Xiao, I'm really sorry to trouble you again."
The middle-aged man turned the wheel smoothly and merged into traffic.
"I didn't expect this either..."
The middle-aged man smiled wryly. "I thought that now Chu Kexin was back and had gone to see Tomb Ghost, it would be a perfect