The call rang only once before it was answered.
A clear female voice, tinged with drowsiness, came through the receiver.
"Hello? Xiaofei, what made you think to call me? Did you miss me?"
The voice on the other end brimmed with youthful energy and a hint of mischief.
It belonged to Lu Zhenhua's granddaughter, Lu Qingxue.
Yue Xiaofei wasted no time on pleasantries and got straight to the point. "Qingxue, let me ask you something. Does the Hua Gate have a member called Louis, or someone whose Chinese name is Liu Boer?"
"Louis? Liu Boer?"
Lu Qingxue seemed to pause on the other end, then the sound of typing followed.
"Give me a second. I'll check our internal personnel database."
Yue Xiaofei had the call on speaker, so Bai Xinxin and Liu Boer could hear every word clearly.
Hearing Yue Xiaofei actually make a show of "investigating" him, Liu Boer laughed so hard his eyeliner nearly smudged.
He leaned toward Bai Xinxin's ear and said mockingly, in a voice just loud enough to be heard, "Xinxin, did you hear that? He's still acting! He even got a woman to play along. They're putting on quite a convincing show, hahaha!"
Bai Xinxin covered her mouth, shaking with laughter.
"Right? It's hilarious. Does he really think he can scare us like this? What a naive country bumpkin."
The two mocked him without restraint, treating Yue Xiaofei's call as nothing more than a pathetic performance.
Beside him, Su Wanning stamped her foot anxiously.
She tugged at Yue Xiaofei's sleeve and urged him in a lowered voice, "Yue Xiaofei, don't do this. Let's go. There's no point stooping to their level."
To her, Yue Xiaofei was merely putting on a brave face.
If this continued, he would only embarrass himself further.
But Yue Xiaofei