In a high-end apartment somewhere in reality, Qiao Dingwu sat staring at his phone screen with a complex expression, utterly lost.
On the phone's display, a contact named "Jing" was currently shown.
Qiao Dingwu's thumb kept swiping back and forth over the "call" icon, yet he couldn't muster the courage to press it.
Every time he prepared to press it, he would pull back at the last moment.
After several such hesitations, Qiao Dingwu's face was filled with a bitter smile and helplessness:
"Forget it."
Qiao Dingwu tossed the phone onto the sofa and was about to get up to exercise when the phone suddenly rang.
Having just stood up, Qiao Dingwu bent down at lightning speed to grab the phone.
But when he saw the caller ID, the excitement on his face quickly turned to deep disappointment.
Seeing it was an unfamiliar number, Qiao Dingwu, who was about to hang up, ended up answering it on a whim.
Then, a projection of an unfamiliar man appeared on the phone and he began,
