"I didn't!"
"Ah, I asked, and they said it was just shopping with a girlfriend..."
Then there was a moment of silence on the other end, followed by a somewhat sour and defeated voice:
"I knew it, as long as she's there, I don't have to worry..."
"It's just a girlfriend, don't be upset, Captain. Let me, Iris, teach you how to sway her heart..."
"No need! And, I'm not upset."
There was another bout of noise from that side, but at least the issue was resolved.
It seemed that this person named Jiang Si was quite important.
Iris breathed a sigh of relief, which was rather rare.
"Ah! Honestly, that guy just refuses to answer his phone, it's infuriating. We're almost dead tired, and he's there whispering sweet nothings with his girlfriend, how infuriating..."
While listening to Iris's complaints, Cyan Simurgh was planning to sleep.
Her own phone rang too.
She had no choice but to get up and answer it.
A bird flew out of her phone screen.
