100,000/Hour Professional Stand-in Chapter 41.2: Men Are Easily Fooled (2)

It was then that it suddenly occurred to her that she ought to send a message to Zhang Ning to clarify that it was just an empty scare.

Surprisingly, a ringtone sounded in the car at that exact moment.

It wasn’t hers, so it could only be from Li Xiaoxing’s side.

Ji Fanyin thought that it was a business call, but the Secretary Fan suddenly covered the speaker, turned around, and told Li Xiaoxing softly, “It’s the first miss of the Zhang Family.”

“Ah.” Ji Fanyin raised her hand like an obedient student requesting for the right to speak in a classroom. “She’s probably looking for me.”

“… Mr Li?” asked Secretary Fan.

Li Xiaoxing’s eyes remained on the notebook computer as he replied, “Give it to her.”

Secretary Fan passed the phone to Ji Fanyin.

Ji Fanyin quickly placed the phone to her ear and said, “It’s me, Ji Fanyin.”

“Are you okay?” Zhang Ning visibly heaved a sigh of relief. “How did you get involved with him? It took me some time before I managed to get his contact number.”

“It’s a little complicated, but it’s alright now. Sorry for troubling you. Shall I treat you to a meal the next time we meet?” asked Ji Fanyin with a smile.

“Of course. Just a heads up, I’m quite particular with food.” Zhang Ning didn’t hold back at all. “It just so happens that there’s something I’d like to discuss with you… Is Li Xiaoxing still there? I want to talk to him.”

Ji Fanyin’s eyebrows shot up. She turned around and passed the phone to Li Xiaoxing.

However, Li Xiaoxing didn’t take the phone right away. He spent another ten seconds typing away on the laptop notebook and then hitting the ‘Send’ button before receiving the phone.

“Zhang Ning.”

A while later, he answered, “I see.”

He listened for a while longer, but he no longer gave any more responses. The call ended just like that.

He passed the phone back to Secretary Fan as he commented, “I didn’t think that you would prepare such a hand.”

“It doesn’t hurt to be prepared. My work is quite high-risk, after all.” Ji Fanyin threw his words back at him as she tapped into her email to

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