Back To The 90s: The Resilient Daughter-In-Law
Chapter 398 - Chapter 398 Chapter 398 Phone Call_1

Chapter 398: Chapter 398 Phone Call_1 Chapter 398: Chapter 398 Phone Call_1 He Jinlan, who had been pretending to be engrossed in chatting with Wu Shanshan, suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with unhidden resentment. Before she could even withdraw her gaze, it was met with the mocking eyes of Nan Fei.

Their eyes crossed in the air, and He Jinlan, embarrassed, glared at Nan Fei.

“Move it, Student Jiang Nanfei,” urged the monitor on duty.

“Yeah, I’m coming!”

He Jinlan didn’t remove her resentful gaze until Nan Fei left the classroom.

Huo Linong was her father. His office had been her playroom since childhood. Why should Jiang Nanfei be allowed to go there now?

What right did she have?

Hmph!

What should be hers, she’d surely take back.

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Huo Linong’s office was equipped with a private telephone. The entire school only had phones in the headmaster’s office and the school office. As Nan Fei approached the headmaster’s door, her heart was full of uncertainty.

She didn’t know why the headmaster wanted to see her.

“Reporting!”

“Come in!”

Huo Linong was packing up his things, and seeing Nan Fei enter, he waved her over with a friendly air. “There’s a call for you! I have to go to the education office for a meeting. When you’re done, just close the door.”

Only then did Nan Fei notice that the phone on the headmaster’s desk was off the hook. The only person who could call her directly at the headmaster’s office at this time, aside from Huo Beijiang, would be no one else.

She didn’t know why, but she, who had been calm and collected, suddenly felt at a loss.

“Alright…Alright, headmaster.”

“Yeah!” Huo Linong nodded, picked up his briefcase, and left.

Nan Fei walked to the phone. Her slender fingers trembled uncontrollably as she reached to pick it up. When she remembered how she excessively looked at the medal every night before going to sleep, her cheeks burned.

Pathetic!

After despising herself inwardly, she decisively brought the phone to her ear. A deep, slightly raspy voice soon came through.

“Comrade Huo Linong’s work efficiency is really poor!” Huo Beijiang had been waiting for a while and was a bit dissatisfied when the phone wasn’t answered. He muttered to himself, “Too inefficient. I have to criticize.”

Listening to his monologue, Nan Fei couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Wife!” The man who had been talking to himself, upon hearing her laugh, shouted with surprise. “Wife, I missed you.”

Hearing his unabashed words, Nan Fei’s face turned even redder, her heart pounding, her lips moved but no words came out.

On the other end of the phone, the truck seemed to have just left the sand dunes; its speed was not fast. The sun shining directly on him still had considerable power.

The rescue mission that had lasted over a month was finally over, and Snow Eagle’s team, along with the other international rescuers and researchers, were all starting to withdraw.

As the commander, Huo Beijiang had to stay behind until the very end.

As soon as he got out of the desert, he made a call to his wife as soon as his phone got signal.

Huo Beijiang stood on the truck, appearing a tad bit wilder than before. His slightly narrowed eyes were like cold and sharp swords.

They were glaringly sharp, chillingly bright.

He seemed to have lost a bit of weight since entering the desert. The rolled-up sleeves revealed his muscular, well-defined arms. His arm holding the phone looked a bit stiff as he leaned against the truck railing.