The message showed as sent successfully. Ariel Morris pressed the power-off button, took out the phone card, and tossed it into the nearby trash can without hesitation, without any pause, then resolutely headed towards the boarding gate...
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Arlo Seys, who was leaving the classroom as school was dismissed, took out his phone anxiously. Seeing the empty inbox, his eyes filled with disappointment as his unease intensified.
Still not a single reply.
Ever since the two of them had been together at the hotel three days ago, Ariel Morris had disappeared as if off the face of the earth. The phone was always unavailable, and messages were like sinking into the ocean with no response whatsoever.
Unconsciously, Arlo Seys walked to the building of First Year, Class Seven, standing there staring at Class Seven's classroom in a daze.
Just then, a classmate of Ariel Morris passed by the dazed Arlo Seys, "Oh, Chairman Seys?"
