Chasing
For a moment, Zoe, Ende, Jahadorei, and Chloe all turned their eyes from the stage to Lu Qi Zhen. Some audience members nearby also looked back along the staff's line of sight.
Lu Qi Zhen's face flushed at once. She looked as though her whole body was itching, leaving her unable to sit still.
Her phone began vibrating just then. In a panic, she pulled it from her bag, and her boyfriend's name appeared on the screen.
She answered, lowering her voice. "...Are you crazy?"
"I'll give you thirty seconds. Come over here yourself."
Lu Qi Zhen gripped her phone. "Can't you just—"
The voice on the phone sucked in a breath. "Don't push me."
Just then, the woman seated in front of Lu Qi Zhen turned around irritably. She glared at the hand holding Lu Qi Zhen's phone, her eyes practically spitting fire.
Lu Qi Zhen smiled apologetically and hurriedly put her phone away. Only then did the woman turn back around.
Zoe leaned slightly toward Lu Qi Zhen and spoke in a low voice. "Is that man at the entrance...?"
Lu Qi Zhen turned slightly toward Zoe, but her gaze dodged everyone's. "Sorry, I need to use the bathroom..."
"Again?"
Zoe stared at her without saying a word. When their gazes met, Lu Qi Zhen shuddered.
"I'll be right back..." She solemnly patted the bag she had left on her seat, as if to show her determination to "definitely come back."
Lu Qi Zhen stood up and hunched over as she made her way upward.
Behind her, Zoe and the others had all stopped watching the stage. Everyone's heads slowly turned to follow Lu Qi Zhen's retreating figure.
Seeing that Lu Qi Zhen was about to reach the entrance, Ende looked at Zoe hesitantly. "Shouldn't we... go