"What happened?" He could sense her astonishment even across the phone line.
"I… I didn't expect you to return this early from your work trip." She decided that she would inquire about his return date in the future to avoid rude surprises like this!
"The business was resolved earlier than anticipated." Somehow, he had a feeling that his sweet wifey seemed to delight in his overseas trips and tended to lament that he returned too early.
"I'm about to leave the library now. Let me go to the washroom. Hubby, can you wait for me at the entrance, please?"
"Alright."
The moment his word fell upon her ear, she hung up the call, put on a surgical mask, and ran toward her bestie. Upon extending her arm to grab the hoodlum who was about to punch Li Meng, she flipped him over her shoulder and sent him crashing to the ground in one swift move.
Her perfectly-coordinated move was so suave that it sent the bystanders gasping in admiration!