"Lu Tianxing, what's going on? From your tone, it seems like you don't really appreciate me. Do I always have to need something when I call you?"
Xue Man's disgruntled voice came through the phone.
"Minister Xue, I didn't mean that. It's just that having a beautiful woman call me on her own makes me feel a bit flattered."
"Stop with the sweet talk; that trick doesn't work on me."
Xue Man couldn't be bothered to engage in verbal sparring with Lu Tianxing, so she cut straight to the chase: "Are you free tonight?"
"Ah!"
Lu Tianxing was slightly taken aback.
Before Lu Tianxing could speak, Xue Man, seemingly afraid he might misunderstand, said quickly: "Don't get any weird ideas, okay? It's because my mom heard about how you helped Chen Hao, and since you also saved her life, she wants to invite you over for dinner at our house. Besides, she said if you refuse, she'll personally visit you at work tomorrow."
