Chapter 835: Mysterious Phone Call

The next day.

Early in the morning, Laoqi knocked on Li Xiao's door with a hurried expression.

"What is it?"

Li Xiao leaned against the door frame, clearly not fully awake, forcibly suppressing his morning grumpiness.

Seeing this, Laoqi hurriedly leaned into his ear and asked in a low voice, "Is Madam still resting? Perhaps we should go to the study..."

Li Xiao paused slightly, suddenly realizing something, and a dark glint flashed across his eyes.

Without another word, he closed the door and walked toward the upstairs.

The two of them entered the study one after the other.

As soon as they entered, Laoqi immediately spoke, "Shura, last night I monitored abnormal signal fluctuations in Wanwan's room. She made two phone calls last night, and both were encrypted signals; we have no way to trace them."

"Wanwan? Twice?"

Li Xiao was startled upon hearing this, clearly not having expected such an "unexpected harvest."

He had originally been worried that someone would use Li Beichen to contact Cai Xiaotang again.

But he hadn't expected to discover...

Li Xiao's brow furrowed tightly, and he did not speak.

Immediately after, he heard Laoqi say again, "By the way, there is one more thing."

"Speak."

Li Xiao replied.

Only then did Laoqi continue, "This... it isn't a very big deal, it's just that I went to find Wanwan earlier and discovered bloodstains on the floor of her room. I asked and found out that she accidentally bumped herself last night and the wound split open again. Lao Wu has already changed her dressing. I don't know if her clumsiness has anything to do with the phone calls last night."

Li Xiao pondered for two seconds without speaking; his brain, which had just regained clarity, was somewhat chaotic for a moment.

Two encrypted phone calls.

Wanwan hadn't... for so many years.

Who would contact her at a time like this?

Or could it be... her appearance this time...

Li Xiao's expression gradually became somewhat serious. After a long while, he suddenly said, "Who knows about this currently?"

Laoqi replied, "Only Lao Wu. I went to find him to dress Wanwan's wound just now and mentioned it in passing."

Li Xiao paused slightly and nodded gently, "Do not spread the word to anyone else for now; only the two of you should know. I will go see Wanwan."

Having said that, Li Xiao left the study and went directly to the floor where Luo Wanwan was staying.

As soon as he reached the doorway, he ran into Lao Wu, who was just coming out.

"Shura."

Lao Wu greeted Li Xiao.

Li Xiao nodded and asked, "How is Wanwan's injury?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lao Wu immediately said helplessly, "It's a bit serious. Wanwan's wound became inflamed last time, which already slowed down the recovery progress, and now she accidentally bumped it again. I'm afraid it will take quite a while to recover."

"Mm, I'll go see her. You go ahead and get busy."

Li Xiao didn't say anything more. Seeing that Luo Wanwan's door was ajar, he pushed it open and walked in.

He immediately saw her sitting on the edge of the bed, looking down and fiddling with the wound Lao Wu had just bandaged for her.

"You'd better not move around; be careful not to let the wound split open again."

Li Xiao hurriedly reminded her.

Luo Wanwan had heard him speaking at the door just now, but she pretended to have only just noticed him. She raised her head with a face full of surprise and smiled at Li Xiao with some embarrassment.

"Li Xiao, you're here."

"Mm."

Li Xiao turned and sat down on the sofa. His gaze swept around the room calmly, then slowly landed on the mobile phone not far from Luo Wanwan's hand, before quickly shifting away.

Then he asked casually, "How were you so careless?"

Luo Wanwan paused upon hearing this, and a look of surprise flashed quickly across her eyes.

She knew it!

Li Xiao still cared about her!!

Luo Wanwan quickly suppressed the ecstasy in her heart and explained, "I got up in the middle of the night yesterday and felt a bit thirsty. I was too lazy to turn on the light, so I got out of bed to find water to drink, but I accidentally bumped into the table and lost my footing..."

As she spoke, she suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Why did you suddenly come to see me? Is there something wrong? You wouldn't just be here to care about me, would you?"

Luo Wanwan deliberately blinked playfully at Li Xiao.

Li Xiao paused slightly for two seconds, then smiled and followed her lead, "Actually, I came to chat with you. You've been here for so long, and it seems we haven't really talked much."

Luo Wanwan was somewhat surprised to hear this, but her hand resting on the edge of the bed couldn't help but clench slightly.

Of course he hadn't talked much with her!

It was all because of that Cai Xiaotang!

Who knew if she was whispering in Li Xiao's ear behind her back, telling him to stay away from her!

Luo Wanwan complained silently in her heart, but her face remained warm as she asked with a smile, "What do you want to chat about with me?"

Li Xiao raised an eyebrow and did not speak.

After a long while, he asked, "I wanted to ask you, what are your plans after your injury heals? Also... has that side contacted you?"

Once these words were out, the atmosphere suddenly stiffened for an instant.

The smile on Luo Wanwan's face seemed to freeze for a second before returning to its previous state.

Only this time, the smile on her lips looked somewhat bitter.

"You know as well as I do that I'm a useless person now. How could they possibly still contact me? After all, I am of no use to them anymore."

Li Xiao's gaze flickered for a moment, and he did not speak.

He was silent for two seconds, then asked again, "Then do you still want to..."

"I don't want to anymore."

Luo Wanwan seemed to know what Li Xiao wanted to ask; she interrupted him directly before he could finish.

Immediately after, there was another bitter smile.

"Although I lied to you before, saying that someone was taking care of me, the other things were not fake. I only want to live a peaceful life now. Looking back, the days of the past already feel like something from a previous life to me..."

When she reached the end of her words, her expression suddenly became somewhat melancholy.

Then, as if she had thought of something, her tone suddenly became somewhat anxious: "Li Xiao, don't worry. Once my injuries are healed, I won't bother you again. I can live on my own..."

"That is not what I meant."

Seeing her misunderstand him, Li Xiao hurriedly explained, though his mood was somewhat complicated.

She said she wanted to live a peaceful life...

Then who exactly was on the other end of those two phone calls last night?

Li Xiao could not sort out his thoughts for the moment, so he had to stand up: "Let's go downstairs for breakfast first. I was just asking casually; you don't need to think so much. Just rest and recover in peace."

"Mm..."

Luo Wanwan nodded obediently and followed behind him out of the room.

The two walked one after the other, neither of them speaking.

Li Xiao had a preoccupied expression, while Luo Wanwan's eyes were fixed tightly on his back, not knowing what she was thinking.

The two walked through the corridor and arrived at the corner of the stairs.

Immediately, they heard the sound of someone coming downstairs suddenly from the direction of the upper floor!

Apart from Cai Xiaotang, there could be no one else.

Luo Wanwan's gaze flickered for a moment, and she suddenly and deliberately made a soft sound with the crutch in her hand, then let out a cry of alarm and fell straight toward Li Xiao!