Then Meng Jixi keenly sensed something unusual in Xiao Xiao's mood.
"Master Xiao..."
"This case... have you heard about it?"
Xiao Xiao smiled. "I've met the person who reported it before."
"Those girls?"
Meng Jixi checked.
"Mm, those girls."
Xiao Xiao gave a slight nod. "The cause of the incident... should have something to do with one of them."
"Master Xiao knows what happened?"
Meng Jixi's eyes lit up.
"It was a coincidence at the time—"
"Bzz, bzz, bzz~"
Xiao Xiao's phone suddenly vibrated, cutting him off.
He took out his phone.
An unfamiliar number.
But...
A thoughtful look crossed Xiao Xiao's face.
A few seconds later, he answered.
"..."
There was no sound from the other end.
Xiao Xiao could clearly hear the other person's slightly hurried breathing.
"If you don't say anything, I'm going to hang up."
"Wait!"
The next second, a girl's anxious voice rang out.
"Ahem~"
"Hello."
There was a trace of awkwardness in the girl's voice.
"Hello."
Xiao Xiao's polite, gentle reply eased much of the girl's nervousness.
"Um... do you remember me?"
"I'm the girl who asked you before whether you'd picked up a feather..."
"Do you remember the feather?"
"Have you seen it again since then?"
"You..."
"Ah, sorry."
"I think I asked too many questions all at once..."
The girl touched her ear.
They'd only been on the phone for a little while. Why were her ears already burning?
But she had been acting strangely, too.
She still hadn't gotten an answer to her most important question...
"Um, do you... remember me?"
What if he thought she was making a prank call?
If she'd known she'd really end up calling him, she should have given him her number back then.
Xi Anya regretted it.
She had never had such an