"I know, babe. Take care of yourself. I'll be back soon."
After talking about something else for a while, they finally hung up.
In the evening, Angela received a WeChat message from Arvin. He told her not to worry about Cheryl because her vitals were stable and her surgery would be conducted three days later.
'It felt so good to have you around, Big Wing.' Angela replied with a big grin.
Arvin smiled. Then, he asked why she had mentioned Chandler and Malik last night.
Angela almost forgot about this matter.
She told Arvin about what Malik's mother had told her on the phone that day. Then, she added, "I don't know her personally, so you don't have to do anything if you don't want to."
"Angela, let her talk to Sansa and then tell her that she can have her son come to me." He would do anything to break his engagement with Rosa and be with Angela.
After causing such trouble, Malik was willing to work and earn money to fix his car. After considering his relationship with Chandler, and since he was thinking of having a new assistant anyway, he wanted to take up Malik's mother on her offer.
No! Angela had forgotten something very important. "Who is Sansa?", she asked.
Arvin was silent for a while, and then he answered, "Rosa's mother."
"..."
The next day, Angela received a phone call from Professor Cheng not long after she had woken up.
"Angela! You haven't been to work for days. Is this a place where you can come and go anytime?"
Listening to his angry voice, Angela could easily imagine how furious he must be right now.
She smiled and said, "I'm sorry, but I can't go to work right now. After two to three days, I'll-"
"What do you mean two to three days? Don't you think I know nothing about the scandal between you and Arvin? I heard that you two are in a relationship. Is that true?"
... That was true. Angela didn't try to defend herself and said, "I just want to escape from the media..."
All that she wanted was to wait for the matter to cool down, instead of creating more scandals.
She was not a celebrity anyway. She didn't want to appear in public to make herself famous.
"Other people will say whatever they like. You can't force them not to."
"... Yes, you are right!"
"You should have expected this when you two started dating each other."
"..." Angela had thought of thousands of other outcomes about it, but it had never occurred to her that their relationship would be exposed online.
"If you keep being bothered by journalists, in the future, will you just confine yourself at home every day instead of going to work?"
"..." Her professor had a valid point, one that she hadn't heard from anyone.
Before Angela could say anything, Professor Cheng demanded, "Come back to work, right now! I will deal with whomever dares create trouble in the R and D department.
After saying these words, Professor Cheng ended the call.
Angela was startled. She checked her call log. It was indeed Professor Cheng who called her just now.
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