Less than two minutes after they hung up, another text popped up on Ning Chunchi's phone.
Jiang Yumiao glanced at it. It was from Ning Kangxu again.
He read Ning Kangxu's message aloud to Ning Chunchi. "Chunchi, I have something to discuss with you. Pick up the phone."
Ning Chunchi stared at the road ahead. A few seconds later, he murmured, "Baby said my name... it sounded so lovely."
Jiang Yumiao: "..."
Was that really the point?!
Before he could respond, Ning Kangxu called a second time.
Ning Chunchi still told Jiang Yumiao to hang up.
Jiang Yumiao rested his finger on the screen and hesitated. "Could it be something important? Like... business? Are you sure you don't need to answer?"
Ning Chunchi gave a cold laugh. "What business could he possibly have? He spends all day doing nothing. His greatest 'contribution' to the world is producing carbon dioxide and making global warming worse."
Though he knew he shouldn't laugh right now, Ning Chunchi's cutting remarks still made the corners of Jiang Yumiao's lips twitch.
Since it had nothing to do with business dealings, Jiang Yumiao decisively hung up again.
On the other side of City A, Ning Kangxu gripped his phone so tightly that the veins stood out on the back of his hand. After being hung up on twice, his blood pressure soared, and he nearly passed out from anger.
If he hadn't seen something as momentous as Ning Chunchi getting married on Trending Searches, he would never have called that heartless son of his.
He hadn't even told him or the Ning Family before registering his marriage. He really was... as terrifying as ever!
Whenever Ning Kangxu remembered how brutally Ning Chunchi had dealt with everyone in the Ning Family who had offended him, dread filled his