Chapter 159: The Sudden Farewell 6_1

This unexpected phone call from He Teng sent He Zhilan's emotions soaring. Even through the phone line, the marked contrast between her initial greeting and her subsequent questions was something he could easily perceive.

"No, I'm still at the SWAT team base, I'll leave soon." He Teng replied. He borrowed the phone from the SWAT team. This call hadn't initially been part of his schedule. But the pained look in He Zhilan's eyes as she sat in the car, made him ask for the phone.

He Teng knew that his quiet, laconic nature might be off-putting. From the moment he accepted this mission until his separation from He Zhilan, he had been neglectful. Apart from the time they spent together while moving from the army base to the SWAT team base, he hadn't spent quality time with her or explained anything to her.

Even though He Zhilan did not express the dissatisfaction he feared, he easily noticed the reluctance in her last glance.