"If you can’t wait, you can start eating." Gu Lili supported her waist with one hand, slowly stepping into the room, her eyes catching sight of the wine on the table. "Can I have so wine too?"
"We’ve prepared red wine for you, you can have a little."
Gu Lili moved forward and sat down, Gu Xichen poured her half a glass of red wine, "To celebrate your discharge, cheers, everyone."
All four clinked glasses, set their cups down, and Gu Lili said to Gu Xia, "Xiao Xia, bring my phone."
"Alright."
Gu Xia went upstairs to fetch the phone and soon ca back down, handing the phone over, "Here you go, sis."
Gu Lili turned on the screen and saw that Ma Shijie had called many tis, and then asked, "Xiao Xia, did Director Ma co looking for at ho?"
"Yes, I told him you were not feeling well and in the hospital, so he left."
Gu Lili thought about it and returned the call, placing her phone on the table on speaker mode.
The call was quickly answered.
"Director Ma, was there sothing you needed for earlier?"
"Miss Gu, I’m relieved to have finally gotten through to you. I heard you were not feeling well. How are you now?"
"Much better." Gu Lili asked as she ate, "What did you want?"
"Well, it’s like this, Mrs. Lin’s relative seed to have encountered sothing unclean a few days ago and wanted you to take a look."
"Why didn’t she ask her daughter?" Gu Lili’s face showed no change, "Her daughter is clearly capable of handling it but they still co to , thinking that I’m easy to order around? Director Ma, if they co to you for such matters again, just convey my ssage directly. I don’t want to be involved with the Lin Family’s issues any longer. I’m too busy to deal with these strangers’ problems."
Ma Shijie beca stiff on the other end of the line, "Miss Gu, that’s not very nice to say, is it?"
"Just relay my ssage as I said. Don’t co to for anything related to the Lin Family again. If there’s another ti, I’ll block your number as well. Did you hear clearly?"
Ma Shijie hastily replied, "Since Miss Gu has said so, I’ll keep that in mind."
"Good, that’s all, I’m eating. Hanging up now."
"Okay, okay."
Ma Shijie ended the call, puzzled. She had attended the Lin Family grandson’s full month celebration, so why was she so adamant this ti?
Did sothing happen?
He redialed the Lin Family’s landline and Mrs. Lin quickly picked up.
"Who is this?"
"Is this Mrs. Lin? I’m Xiao Ma from the A City Public Security Bureau. You ntioned that your relative might have encountered sothing unclean. Has the issue been resolved?"
Mrs. Lin replied, "No, nothing yet. Did you contact Gu Lili?"
"I’ve just been able to contact Miss Gu; she was in the hospital because she wasn’t feeling well."
"So when will she co over?" Mrs. Lin pressed.
"Miss Gu asked to tell you that if it’s sothing your daughter can handle, please don’t bother her. She also said not to co to her with the Lin Family issues, as she’s busy and doesn’t have ti for other people’s affairs."
"What?!" Mrs. Lin’s voice involuntarily rose, "Did Miss Gu say that?"
Ma Shijie swallowed hard, "Yes, she did."
"Has she eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard to talk like this? Does she think she’s so remarkable?"
Ma Shijie chuckled uneasily, "Well, I’ve delivered the ssage, so I’ll hang up now."
After hanging up the phone, Ma Shijie picked up his tea cup leisurely and said, "People are like this, help them 99 tis, but if you fail just once, all 99 good deeds are forgotten, and their faces change instantly. Such is human nature."
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