Chapter 078: Remember, Do Not Leave the Tutoring Center

Duan Feihan said, "I was in the elevator just now, so I answered your call late."

The old ancestor let out a rare, soft cough, feeling a hint of embarrassment—yet having lived for so long, what grand scenes had she not witnessed? A thousand years ago, when war broke out and the city fell, the enemy army marched in and the common folk ran, weeping and fleeing in all directions—yet she could still sit at home calmly, brewing tea.

Bai Chuwei curled her lips back into her usual languid smile, her tone unhurried and composed. "Yes, it's exactly as you heard."

Perhaps it was the old ancestor's thick skin that left her entirely unbothered, while on the other end of the line, Duan Feihan instead fell into silence.

Sitting beside her, Duan Xingye thought to himself, "…I really shouldn’t have asked that question!"

Duan Feihan cleared his throat and changed the subject. "Did you finish studying at Xu’s place? I’ll come pick you up for dinner."

Bai Chuwei glanced at Duan Xingye and said, "Just come to the front of Duan Xingye’s tutoring center and pick me up there."

Duan Feihan agreed, hung up the phone, left the company, and drove off.

Duan Xingye still had to attend tutoring every week, the sessions lasting until ten at night.

The Duan family’s private car stopped outside the vast office building, and workers getting off shift were filing out.

Bai Chuwei looked up. "Your tutoring class is on the 28th floor?"

Duan Xingye nodded. "Yes, but lately the top three floors are under renovation—maybe a new company is moving in."

The tutoring center teacher had already notified students in the group chat not to play on the top floors for safety reasons.

Duan Xingye checked his phone with a complicated expression. "Class starts in two minutes. I’ll head up now."

He was about to get out of the car when a white, jade-like hand suddenly reached out and gripped his wrist.

Bai Chuwei tapped his forehead with a curved finger. "Remember, don’t leave the tutoring center. We’ll come fetch you after class."

She didn’t quite trust this boy, so she discreetly left a small spell on him. The moment anything happened, she would know at once.

Though she felt a bit sorry for the boy, Bai Chuwei wasn’t about to skip dinner with Duan Feihan just for him.

Duan Xingye nodded, distracted by thoughts of what had happened at Xu’s house, and didn’t take Bai Chuwei’s warning to heart. Slinging his backpack, he headed into the office building.

Meanwhile, Bai Chuwei got out and sat on the lobby sofa, waiting for Duan Feihan to pick her up.

She waited for more than twenty minutes—long enough to nearly ask every receptionist on the first floor for their names—before her patience ran thin.

She took out her phone to call Duan Feihan, and just then, a news alert popped up.

A major accident between two trucks had occurred on Xihua Road, causing a traffic jam. Drivers were advised to take alternate routes.

Xihua Road was exactly the way Duan Feihan would take to the tutoring center.

No wonder he was running so late.

Bai Chuwei stood up and walked out of the office building, hailed a taxi at the entrance, and sent Duan Feihan a message:

[Your old ancestor: Hanhan, just drive straight to the restaurant. I’ll meet you there.]

Smiling, Bai Chuwei gave the driver the restaurant’s address and the taxi pulled away.

Inside the tutoring center—

"Duan Xingye, you seemed distracted in class today. Is it because you didn’t do well on the last school assessment? You need to pull yourself together," the teacher reminded him gently after class.

Duan Xingye, looking weary, replied, "Mm, I’ll go wash my face."

He went to the boys’ restroom and splashed some water on his face, but his mind remained a mess. Through the glass window, he gazed outside—the evening sky was thick with clouds.

He hesitated a moment, then left the tutoring center and headed up to the roof.

Maybe taking in the evening view from the rooftop would lift his spirits.

But the moment his foot touched the rooftop, his whole body tensed, and suddenly, he began to lose control…