Terrifying
This time, waiting for the call to connect made her more anxious than it had the first time.
With the phone pressed against her ear, Gu Youxuan glanced around.
Little did she know, Master Xiao was in the crowd right behind her.
The second call failed, too.
No one answered.
Gu Youxuan pressed her lips together.
She was growing more and more uneasy.
What was wrong?
Why wasn't Master Xiao answering?
Had something happened?
Gu Youxuan tightened her grip on her phone.
She took a deep breath.
Master Xiao was nowhere to be seen.
One more call...
If Master Xiao didn't answer the third time...
Gu Youxuan pressed the call button again.
Gu Youxuan was frantic with worry.
Even one second felt like a long time.
Just when she thought this call wouldn't connect either...
"Hello."
After a brief moment of stunned silence, Gu Youxuan even lowered her phone to check the screen.
Then, as it dawned on her, she called out urgently, "Master Xiao!"
The calmness in Master Xiao's voice, along with his apology, dispelled all of Gu Youxuan's unease.
"...As long as you're all right."
"Master Xiao, where did you go?"
With her worry put aside, questions began to surface in Gu Youxuan's mind.
"Turn around."
Gu Youxuan did so without thinking.
"Ah—"
"Master Xiao!?"
Gu Youxuan's eyes widened.
Xiao Xiao walked toward Gu Youxuan.
His eyes crinkled slightly. "There were too many people where I was standing before..."
"So I moved somewhere else."
"It just happened to be where the ambulance had stopped."
"The firefighter was carrying the child over..."
"There were a lot of people."
"It was very noisy."
"I wanted to see how the child was doing, too."
"So I didn't get a chance to