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"He won't answer my phone."

"Maybe he's taking a bath."

"If he calls me, I'll tell you."

"Alright."

After hanging up, Cheng Jue thought, was the possibility of Meng Xi bathing, or was it more likely that he did not pick up the phone on purpose?

No matter how he thought about it, it was the latter.

Cheng Jue sat on the sofa for nearly an hour before she came to Meng Xi's door again