Rebirth: A Super Foodie and Her Cat Demon Husband

But what did her aunt mean when she said, "It's too late?" Liu Yuanyuan fell into deep thought, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment. This seemingly simple word seemed to conceal a huge crisis, leaving her feeling vaguely uneasy.

Tang Ziji frowned, a sense of foreboding welling up in his heart. He knew that every clue was crucial to uncovering the truth of the entire incident. If this clue were interrupted here, it would undoubtedly bring a huge obstacle to their investigation. He narrowed his eyes slightly, trying to find a clue from the unusual behavior of the eldest aunt of the Lu family, but no matter how hard he looked, he could not understand what this woman was thinking at the moment.

At that moment, a message chimed from the handbag that the eldest aunt of the Lu family had placed on top of the box. The crisp sound was particularly abrupt in the silent and oppressive atmosphere, like a thunderbolt shattering the tranquility. Liu Yuanyuan hurried over, opened the bag, and pulled out her phone. On the foldable phone's external display, a small envelope icon appeared, indicating that a text message had just arrived. Liu Yuanyuan clicked on the phone and checked the content. The sender was clearly written: "Old Immortal." The text read: "This is your last chance. Since you have failed, there is no need to come to see me again."

Liu Yuanyuan looked up in disbelief, looked at Tang Ziji, and handed the phone to him. Her eyes were full of shock and confusion. This sudden text message,

Liu Yuanyuan looked up at Tang Ziji in disbelief and handed him the phone.

Tang Ziji finished reading the message and sighed deeply. It seemed his premonition had come true. Although this lead was dead, he still wanted to give it a try, perhaps there would be unexpected gains. He frowned slightly, lost in thought, and began to plan his next response.

Meanwhile, the eldest aunt of the Lu family, who was standing nearby, seemed completely unaware of the text message and continued to smile foolishly. Her laughter was hollow and insubstantial, as if it came from another world.

Liu Yuanyuan shook her head helplessly and sighed, "I'll send a text message to my second brother to see if he can get a wheelchair to send my aunt out." As she spoke, she restrained her own Qi and sent another text message to Lu Mingtian.

After sending the text message, Liu Yuanyuan stared at the folding phone in Tang Ziji's hand, her eyes full of nervousness and anxiety.

She bit her lower lip slightly, turned her head to look at Tang Ziji, and asked with a hint of hesitation in her voice: "What should we do now? Are we alerting the enemy by doing this? Will he block the communication channel as soon as he notices? I was a little confused before. If she cares so much about that master, how could she easily tell us the contact information? In my opinion, the so-called method just now was probably used to inform them that their mission has failed so that they can retreat quickly."

Tang Ziji looked solemn and shook his head slowly, "It's not certain yet. However, you might as well think about it from your aunt's perspective. If you were in your aunt's position and received such a message, how would you respond?" His voice was low and magnetic, echoing in the slightly silent space.

"How can I know that? I don't know how she gets along with that so-called master on a daily basis. But judging from the panic-stricken look on my aunt's face just now, maybe she has always been cautious and compromising in front of that master. Do you plan to send a reply text message to test it out?" Liu Yuanyuan said, tilting her head, her eyes full of confusion.

"That's right. But don't you find it strange? If we can now contact each other directly with just a text message, then what your aunt said before is contradictory. She swore that this bracelet is the only way to contact that master." Tang Ziji frowned slightly, his eyes revealing deep thought.

He thought, if a simple phone number could solve the problem, why would Aunt Lu be so panicked just now? She didn't look like she was pretending.

Liu Yuanyuan is a typical action person, she does what she says. She quickly took the phone from Tang Ziji's hand, her movements as nimble as a little monkey.

Then, her fingers danced quickly on the phone screen, and soon she typed a line of words in the dialog box: "Please give me another chance, I promise I will succeed this time. After all, I still have this bracelet in my hand." After she finished typing, she gently bit the nail of her thumb.

However, to their surprise, the message was not sent at all. There was only a waiting icon on the screen that kept spinning in circles, as if it was stuck in an endless wait.

After a while, a prompt popped up on the phone screen, mercilessly showing that the message failed to be sent.

Liu Yuanyuan and Tang Ziji exchanged a glance, each with a flicker of surprise. They then decided to try calling the number again, but a cold, mechanical tone echoed from the other end: "This number is unavailable."

Liu Yuanyuan's brows were furrowed, her face filled with displeasure. She quickly walked over to her aunt, who looked a little mad, with her phone in hand. She squatted down and waved the phone in front of her. Her tone was unusually harsh, and she shouted, "I said I'd return the bracelet as long as you gave me the correct contact information. But now it turns out that the method you gave me was completely wrong. Did you just use that method to secretly send the other party a message stating that the mission had failed? So, you really don't want this bracelet anymore, right?"

As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on her aunt's face, trying to catch a hint of something unusual in her expression.

The eldest aunt of the Lu family, whose eyes had been distracted, slowly shifted to Liu Yuanyuan. Her gaze revealed a deep sense of bewilderment, like a child lost in darkness, as if she hadn't understood what Liu Yuanyuan was saying at all.

After a while, her eyes fell on the phone displaying the message again, and her eyes were still confused. But gradually, the confusion was like the morning mist, gradually dissipating under the sunlight.

Suddenly, a light gathered in her eyes, a glimmer of hope in a desperate situation. She reached out and grasped the phone, her hands trembling slightly as she spoke in a tearful voice, "He actually gave up on me! He actually gave up on me like this! No, this can't happen! I'm his only helper now. Give me the bracelet. I want him to give me another chance."

As she spoke, she leaned forward slightly, as if she was trying to use all her strength to grasp that glimmer of hope.