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"??" Su Yun looked at this system-generated prompt, her eyes wide open.
For a moment she didn't react, just staring blankly.
"What does this mean?" Su Yun was stunned. Even after she came to her senses, she still didn't want to believe this fact and tried sending the message again.
(Sister Xue, I need to go back to my hometown for a few days, so I can't come to your house)
(!)
An exclamation mark.
(...Friend verification has been enabled...Send friend verification)
"..." Su Yun fell silent, her mood slowly sinking to rock bottom.
Qin Xue had deleted her?
This was impossible, impossible!
Su Yun quickly opened the friend verification, then exited WeChat, preparing to call her.
"Beep..." A brief and urgent beep sound came from the phone.
"The number you dialed is temporarily unreachable. Please try again later. Sorry..." Soon, a mechanical female voice reached Su Yun's ears.
After repeating several times, the call automatically hung up.
Thinking that Qin Xue just hadn't seen it, Su Yun anxiously waited for more than ten seconds before making another call.
But no matter how many times she called, the result was almost the same - after one beep, a mechanical female voice would immediately tell her the call couldn't connect.
This made Su Yun very anxious, so after several attempts she began searching online for what this meant.
"Been blocked..." This was what she found in the search results.
Of course, it was also possible that the other person hadn't seen it, but Su Yun felt in her heart that this worst-case scenario was very likely.
Why would she block her?
Had she not convinced her sister yesterday? Qin Xue had told her she was fine.
"No, that's not right..."
Only then did Su Yun remember yesterday's events. Qin Xue had never specifically explained how she convinced her sister, she had just been chatting casually with her, telling her not to overthink.
"..." Su Yun sat on the edge of her bed, stunned as she recalled everything today that might have made Qin Xue dislike her.
But in the end, she couldn't think of anything. The only possibility was that yesterday's sister had said something.
Thinking this, Su Yun looked at 10:02 on her phone screen and immediately dialed the unfamiliar number she had added to her contacts that afternoon.
"Beep, beep..." This phone number was different. It didn't quickly tell her the call couldn't connect, but kept ringing.
"Hello, where is Qin Xue now? What is she doing?" The moment she saw the call connect on screen, Su Yun immediately spoke up.
"What's wrong? Miss is in her room right now, hasn't come out." The voice on the other end sounded confused, apparently not realizing what had happened.
"Hasn't come out? Why?" Hearing this, Su Yun immediately pressed for more information.
"After Eldest Miss finished talking with Second Miss, she went upstairs. Eldest Miss looked like she was in a good mood, the two didn't seem like they had argued. After that, Second Miss hasn't left her room."
"What did Qin Xue eat for dinner?"
If Qin Xue's sister was in a good mood, then why would Qin Xue block her? This obviously didn't make sense.
"Little Miss brought her food. I heard... what's wrong with Miss?"
"Qin Xue blocked me..."
"Huh? How is that possible?"
The maid had thought everything was fine until hearing Su Yun's words, then suddenly became stunned.
"Should I help you find Miss?" Soon, the sound of bedsheets rustling came from the phone.
Su Yun guessed the maid might have already gone to bed to rest.
"Yes, thank you." But she was really anxious now and could only ask her for help.
"Okay." With the sound of a door opening, Su Yun's heart also lifted.
It was very quiet there now, quiet enough to hear the maid's footsteps.
Su Yun didn't dare speak at this moment, afraid the maid would be discovered.
"Knock..."
"Miss, could you open the door?"
"..."
"What is it?"
"!?" After the maid's gentle call, a familiar female voice came through the phone.
But that voice was also somewhat unfamiliar, because it sounded very cold. Usually Qin Xue was very sweet and gentle with her.
Hearing the voice, Su Yun immediately stood up. She wanted to hear what came next.
"Your friend is looking for you."
"Oh."
The maid said another word, and soon there was a second door opening sound.
"Who?"
A few seconds later, that familiar voice came closer, sounding like someone else had taken the phone.
"Sister Xue, it's me... why did you block me..."
Su Yun asked with some choking in her voice, afraid that Qin Xue's sister had said something that would make her never see Qin Xue again.
"..." After Su Yun finished speaking, the other side was obviously silent.
"Sister Xue, say something!" Not hearing a reply made Su Yun even more anxious, her voice carrying a crying tone.
She wasn't usually this fragile, but just thinking that Qin Xue suddenly didn't want her anymore made her feel inexplicably wronged and hurt.
"..." But even though Su Yun was this pitiful, the other end of the phone still didn't speak, as if there was no signal.
"I don't want to leave, Sister Xue... can you tell me what happened?"
"Beep, beep"
But after Su Yun said another sentence, two urgent beeps came from the phone, just like when Su Yun first tried calling Qin Xue.
"Beep..." Her legs felt somewhat weak as she collapsed powerlessly to the floor.
The next second, she called the maid again, not believing this.
But the result...
"Um..."
"What happened? Was it bad signal just now?" Hearing the maid's voice, Su Yun almost immediately asked.
But the maid's answer left her unable to process it.
"Miss said she doesn't want to see you and told you not to look for her anymore."
"How is that possible?!"
"..."
Then Su Yun chatted with the maid, but even so, the maid had no solution.
Although she didn't believe it either, Qin Xue had indeed said this to her.
......
For the next ten minutes, Su Yun continued talking with the maid like this.
Although the maid usually seemed like the kind of obedient robot, at this time she still gently comforted Su Yun throughout, just like a gentle sister.
The maid told Su Yun that maybe Eldest Miss had said something that made Miss act this way.
Su Yun also believed this idea more.
After hanging up the phone, Su Yun fell backward to lie on the cold floor.
Tears glistened in her eyes, and her originally rosy eyes now looked frighteningly red.
In that instant, Su Yun had a very terrifying thought.
That was to kill Qin Xue's sister so that Qin Xue would be with her again.
But soon, this thought was rejected by what she considered reason.
What should she do...
Thinking of all the moments she had spent with Qin Xue these past days, Su Yun momentarily resented her previously timid self.
And tomorrow, she had to go back to her hometown.
In this situation, if she left for another week, she was afraid she would really become strangers with Qin Xue and never see her again.
(End of Chapter)