Pristine Darkness

Chapter 129

We hope all of you are staying safe and masked up. Big hugs from us to you!

Are you ready to have your heart broken? Read on for Fang Qing's phone call to Jin Xiaozhe . . .

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Translator: shl

Editor/ Proofreader: Anks

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Jin Xiaozhe felt herself slowly calming down, and the enthusiastic interaction with the live studio audience also helped her to get into the mood gradually. She responded to every question from the host with an appropriate and intelligent answer, infused with a slight degree of cool humour. Her responses not only rendered the host frequently incapable of holding back laughter, the audience members were also excited to the extent that they were almost unable to restrain themselves from rushing up the stage. Her manager, standing at the side, stealthily gave her a big thumbs-up. Jin Xiaozhe smiled faintly.

". . . Next question." The host smiled mysteriously and said, "This is the question that the fans in our studio audience, even the audience and fans in the entire country, are most interested in. That is, Xiaozhe, do you have a boyfriend?"

The studio erupted in a cacophony of shrieks.

Jin Xiaozhe smiled lightly and raised her hand, signalling the audience to quieten down. Actually, she felt a little tremor in her heart on being asked that question. However, the answer had naturally been prepared beforehand.

"This has to do with my private life," she answered with a smile. "Currently, no one worth marrying has appeared yet. However, if there should be good news one day, I will definitely notify everyone at an appropriate time."

The shrieks and cheers from the audience were unceasing.

Jin Xiaozhe laughed and lowered her head. At this moment, the host asked another question in a crisp voice, but Jin Xiaozhe did not hear him.

Because she felt the cell phone in her pocket vibrating.

It continued to vibrate.

It was highly impolite and unprofessional to answer a call in the middle of recording. Jin Xiaozhe had never done this before. But, at this time, she fell into a kind of trance, and for some inexplicable reason, took out her cell phone.

The host was startled and the audience fell silent, while her manager had an incredulous expression on his face.

Jin Xiaozhe kept looking at her phone screen. She forgot where she was momentarily. That was a very strange number. Once, Fang Qing had used a satellite phone to call her, and this number had been displayed.

She swiftly accepted the call and raised the phone to her ear.

Everyone present was silent.

"Hi," she said softly.

The other end of the line was especially noisy, as if something was continuously striking against something else. She waited patiently, and after a few seconds, she heard Fang Qing gasping lightly, then his hoarse, low voice said, "Hi, Xiaozhe."

She replied, "Hmm."

He laughed unexpectedly, and asked, "What are you doing?"

She heard some indistinguishable roaring and rumbling in the background, as well as the sound of rain.

"I'm participating in a programme."

The studio audience started whispering among themselves, excitedly conjecturing.