Lin Xiaolu's second video call came not long after Lin Yun had taken his seat.
There were quite a few customers in the bar at this hour. The surroundings were not especially noisy, but they were far from quiet, either. Lin Yun had no other choice but to put on his earphones and tap the answer button on the screen.
—"Ah, it connected... Hello, hello, hello. Can you hear me?"
Once he answered, half a palm covering the camera appeared on the phone screen, followed by Lin Xiaolu's voice. "Why didn't you answer my call earlier?"
"Lulu?"
Rather than answering immediately, Lin Yun acted as though the call had caught him by surprise and knowingly asked, "Is that you?"
"It's me, it's me."
Lin Xiaolu did not suspect a thing. In her eyes, her surprise plan was flawless, and her dad should have had no idea what she was about to do. "So why didn't you answer when I called you earlier?"
That was what she cared about more.
"Sorry, Lulu. It was a little noisy around me, so I didn't hear it."
Lin Yun calmly made up an excuse. "I left my phone beside me and didn't notice the screen."
"Eh... At this hour, where are you?"
Lin Xiaolu noticed the somewhat noisy voices in the background. "Are you still working overtime? Entertaining clients?"
"At a bar."
Lin Yun did not hide this, because he knew he could not conceal it anyway. It was better to be open about it so he would not seem guilty. "I came out to discuss something with a colleague, but he had something to do and left. He said he'd be back later."
"A bar? A colleague?"
Lin Xiaolu immediately grew wary. "Don't tell me it's Hong Siyu? She asked you out on