Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âMommy, whatâs wrong?â Lele saw her mother leaning against her fatherâs arms and asked with concern.
âItâs okay. Mommy is a little timid. Iâm not as brave as you, Joy. Mommy still has to learn from Joy.â Shu Pan smiled.
âMommy, itâll be fine if you come a few more times next time,â Joy said seriously.
âAlright, Iâll listen to you, Joy.â Shu Pan patted Joyâs little head.
Gu Shaoting looked at the time. It was already past five oâclock. They had played for so long and were very tired. They planned to go to the restaurant to eat before going back.
Just as they arrived at the restaurant and were about to sit down to order, Gu Shaotingâs phone suddenly rang. He was stunned for a moment. Why was there a call at this time? He took it out and saw that it was Charlene. He had saved her number before.
He frowned. Why did she call? Was there something urgent? It shouldnât be business-related. If there was something important to deal with, Secretary Zhang would have contacted him. But contacting him for a personal matter? They were not close.
Seeing that Shu Pan had come over, he was worried that she would let her imagination run wild again, so he muted the phone and ignored her.
Shu Pan looked at him strangely. Why didnât he pick up the phone when it rang?
The phone rang for a long time, but no one picked up. The phone hung up automatically.
Not long after, the phone rang again. Gu Shaoting glanced at it and saw that it was still the same number. He suddenly felt a little angry.
âIs there something important? If you have something to do, you can go first. Joy and I will take a bus back later.â Shu Pan heard the phone ring again and thought that Gu Shaoting didnât answer the phone because he was concerned about their presence.
So she reminded him.
âItâs okay. Itâs not an important person. Thereâs nothing important or urgent either.â Gu Shaoting said lightly and then declined the call.
The familyâs mood to have a good meal was ruined.
âAlright then.â Although Shu Pan said so, she was a little puzzled. She had called twice in a row. It was probably an emergency.
But Gu Shaoting didnât answer. Why?
Suddenly, she had an idea. Could it be that Charlene calling? That was why it was inconvenient for him to answer the call.
Thinking of this, Shu Pan felt a little uncomfortable.
If it really was Charlene, then it meant that she was interested in him, otherwise she wouldnât have chased him so relentlessly.
What was even more hateful was that Charlene actually framed her to make a fool of herself just to dance with Gu Shaoting.
âLetâs eat, you must be hungry.â Gu Shaoting saw Shu Pan was in a daze and reminded her.
âYes, Iâm hungry. Come, Joy, have some vegetables.â Shu Pan helped Joy pick up some food and covered up her loss of composure.
Shu Panâs guess was right. It was indeed Charlene. She wanted to strike while the iron was hot, but she remembered that she had just finished dancing last night, so she wanted to ask Gu Shaoting out for dinner tonight. Anyway, they were both not married, so she didnât need to feel guilty.
She was just giving Gu Shaoting another chance to choose.
When she made the first call, she thought that he would pick up very quickly. However, to her disappointment, he did not pick up. She thought that he did not hear her, so she called again. However, after two rings, he actually declined the call.
What did he mean by this? Did he not want to answer her call? Or did she offend him?
Charlene instantly felt depressed. She couldnât guess what Gu Shaoting was thinking.
Was it inconvenient for him to answer her call, or did he not want to answer her call?
This made Charlene feel a trace of panic and unease.
This morning, when she saw the news of her dancing with Gu Shaoting online, she thought there was hope because the comments online were all saying that they were a perfect match.