Arielle’s phone rang suddenly.
It was Vinson.
“Sorry.” She turned to Selena and continued, “I’ve to take this call.”
Smiling, Selena waved her hand and stated, “I shall stop taking up your time. Since you haven't visited the university for such a long time, you should take a walk around. I'll head back and prepare for the student's thesis defense the day after tomorrow.” “Okay, sure.” After Serena left, Arielle answered the phone. “Hello, Darling.”
Her voice was relaxed and soft. Hearing that, Vinson suddenly had the urge to fly from Horington to Lightspring.
“You're playing with fire.” He gulped, and his voice was hoarse.
Chuckling, she responded, “Didn't you ask me to call you that? Fine. I won’t call you darling anymore.”
“Don't.” He hurriedly stopped her. “I like you calling me that.”
Lowering her head, she smiled faintly.
“If I went bald, would you still love me?”
Despite being startled by her question, he still replied in a low voice, “Even if you're bald, you're still my precious baby.”
“TskArielle pouted. Only a fool would believe that'.
Nonetheless, he could guess why she asked that. “The people from the lab asked you to join them?”
Surprised, she queried, “How do you know?” “Back then, they asked me to join
them too.”
Abruptly, Arielle remembered that Vinson was also one of the four people who obtained full marks in the final exam and came to a realization.
After a short moment of silence, she uttered, “Actually, I'm a little tempted. Joining the lab is equivalent to participating in various research that are classified as top secrets. Perhaps, I can learn more about Turlen from there.”
Upon hearing the word Turlen, Vinson's tone became serious.
“Did you manage to find anything?” “Yes.” Arielle nodded. When she realized that he could not see it on the other end of the phone, she said, “Ms. Selena told me that the man in the photo, who's probably my biological father, graduated from Maxwell University. After graduating, the university made an exception and let him teach for a year. It was when he went to Jadeborough University for exchange learning that he knew my mother.”
“What happened after that?”
“He disappeared.”
“I see.” Obviously, Vinson was not surprised by the answer.
He paused for a while before adding, “You suspect that he's from Turlen because only people from Turlen need to hide their identities and can disappear from the world.”
“Yes.” Arielle bit her lip and stated, “Ms. Selena said that the current principal was his mentor and should know something. However, the principal is recuperating in the hospital and won't see anyone. So, I can only wait at the university.”
“I'll wait with you after I finish dealing with the matters here.”
Arielle did not reject him and inquired, “You just arrived in
Horington?”
“Yeah. I just got off the plane. Now, I'm heading to the branch office by car.”
“Be mindful of your health and take care. Work is never as important as your health.”
Smiling bitterly, Vinson enunciated, “As expected, great minds think alike. I wanted to say the same thing as well. Sannie, I know that revenge is very important to you, but to me, the most important thing is your safety.”
“Don't worry. I'm safe at Maxwell University.”
Having said that, she glanced at her watch and commented, “It's almost dinner time here. I'll go for dinner with Jared and Trisha. You can get back to work.”
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