Chapter 477
Zhang Manhua shook her head helplessly when she saw her daughter throw a tantrum .
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“What nonsense are you spouting, child? Hurry up and return Xiaoyu’s call . That poor child is worried sick of you . ”
With that, she forced the phone in her hand to her daughter .
“If she’s worried, then what about me in these few days? She even hung up on me earlier! Hmph!” she snapped angrily, refusing to take the phone .
“That lass didn’t hang up on you . ” Seeing how angry her daughter was, she tried to explain what had really happened . “Xiaoyu’s phone ran out of battery . That’s why the call disconnected . ”
“Ran out of battery? How did she manage to call me, then?” A ball of anger formed in her heart at her best friend’s acts of disappearing for a few days and hanging up on her .
Understanding her daughter’s source of anger, she could somewhat empathize with her .
Empathizing was one thing, but what had to be said must still be said .
“Ge Ge, I know you worry about Xiaoyu more than anyone else in this world, so don’t throw a tantrum and quickly return her call,” she urged helplessly . “Xiaoyu didn’t have it easy these few days, too . She really has a good reason—”
“What happened to her?” her daughter anxiously interrupted .
“That… is for you to find out . Call her . ” She smiled .
“… I’ll call her now, but you have to tell me what’s going on with her,” Pei Ge asked again, truly anxious now .
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How would she dare to throw a tantrum with her current state?
“All right, all right, all right . All this while, Xiaoyu’s boyfriend was in a coma in the hospital . She did not have her phone with her, so she forgot about it in her anxiety,” Zhang Manhua explained softly .
She frowned at her words, a look of displeasure flashing across her eyes .
“Forgot? She forgot about me because of that?” Her chest felt stuffy because of her best friend .
She had been so worried this whole time, yet her best friend had forgotten her because of a boyfriend?!
Did she have any loyalty left in her?!
This was clearly a case of her prioritizing a boyfriend over a friend!
“You child, Xiaoyu’s boyfriend was caught in a terrible accident; of course, she wouldn’t care about other matters . Just give her a call . ”
Her mother urged again upon seeing how angry she was .
“Fine, but I’ll call her with my phone and not yours . ” She pushed her mother’s phone away .
Zhang Manhua nodded . “Hurry up and do so, then . She’s close to tears when she called earlier . ”
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“All right; I’ll call her now . ” She quickly took her phone out with that knowledge .
Switching her phone on, she discovered that she had eight missed calls and two messages, and all of them were from her best friend .
Seeing these many notifications, her lips curled up slightly before they twitched wryly .
“Mom, I’ll head out to give her a call . ”
She headed to the door and wore her shoes .
Seeing that her daughter was about to leave again, she asked tentatively, “You’re just gonna call her; can’t you do that at home?”
“I ate a lot earlier; I’m thinking of taking a stroll to digest the food while I give her a call . ” She gave this excuse on her way out of the house .
Don’t joke with me; I’ve got so much to say to Xiaoyu, and they aren’t exactly proper for my mom to hear .
She made her way down the stairs as she waited for her best friend to answer her call .
Du, du, du… As the phone continued to ring, she began to grumble suspiciously . Why isn’t she picking up my call?
She was starting to entertain some morbid thoughts when the phone connected .
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Overwhelmed by her indignation, she launched into a lengthy tirade without giving her best friend a chance to say anything .
“… Rascal! Now you know how worried I was in these past few days!”
Concluding her rant, she waited for her best friend to explain herself, only to receive a shock .
“… Xiaoyu isn’t here . ”
A raspy yet sexy voice, which certainly belonged to a male, sounded over the phone . It seemed that the person had just woken up as his voice was thick with sleep .
“Wh-Who are you?!” she exclaimed .
“I am—”
She did not wait for the man to introduce himself and just said, “Ah, I know! You are Xiaoyu’s boyfriend, right?!”
“Seriously . Why didn’t you say something when I was saying all that?”
Since this boyfriend, Gu Zhengrong, was the cause of her being unable to contact her best friend, she had a lot of opinion about him!
As such, she was slightly very direct with her words .
“Miss Pei, sorry about that; you spoke too fast earlier that I didn’t get a chance to cut in,” the man replied politely without a hint of anger .
Hearing such a polite reply, she could not continue her scolding .
“Forget it; forget it…” What was the point of getting angry with a sick person, anyway?
As she opened her mouth to say something else, she heard her best friend’s voice in the background .
“Zhengrong, why did you take my phone? Ah…”
A rustling sound could be heard before the clear and crisp voice of her best friend came through the phone .
“Ge Ge, you finally called me! Are you still angry? I didn’t mean to hang up on you . My phone’s battery got drained, so—”
Hearing her best friend’s energetic voice, her eyes brimmed with tears in relief .
“Tang Xiaoyu, you a*shole, who values a lover more than a friend!”