Lin Fan stared at the text message on his phone screen, his heart tightening abruptly.
A chill crept up his spine.
With slightly stiff fingers, he quickly replied: "Received, be careful!"
The message was sent successfully, but sank like a stone in the ocean.
No reply.
Lin Fan immediately called Mu Qingxue's backup number.
A cold female voice came through the earpiece: "The number you have dialed is switched off."
Switched off.
A strong sense of foreboding enveloped him.
Zhao Yali had made her move.
What was the situation with Qingxue over there?
Had her identity been exposed?
Anxious, Lin Fan stood up and began pacing the living room.
Mu Family Estate, Mu Qingxue's room.
After sending the warning message, Mu Qingxue immediately ejected her SIM card.
Her fingers trembled slightly with tension.
Carefully wrapping the small card in a tissue, she wedged it into the very bottom layer of her old jewelry box.
She quickly factory-reset the backup phone, confirmed that all traces had been erased, and hid it back in its old spot beneath the mattress.
When she finished all this, she slid down to sit on the carpet, her back against the cold wall.
Her chest heaved violently, and a fine layer of cold sweat beaded on her forehead.
The memory of Zhao Yali's chilling gaze when she mentioned "Director Wang" still made her shudder.
Zhao Yali did not make a move immediately.
Over the next few days, far from showing any harshness or anger, she acted unusually "reasonable."
She no longer forbade…
Chapter 57