Chapter 377 One Last Thing


    Nina''s phone buzzed.


    Through droopy eyes, Nina looked up and reached out to answer it. In her sleepy state, she couldn''t


    see the phone number clearly.


    "Hello?"


    "Nina, good evening." Vivian''s sprightly voice sounded in the phone as if she was talking to a long lost


    friend.


    "Vivian?" Nina sat bolt upright in her bed, with shock in her heavy eyes.


    Nina could only receive calls form numbers she had saved. How did Vivian manage to call her then?


    Before Nina could even try to investigate, Vivian asked,


    "Do you want to know how I am able to call you? Nina, you''ve really hidden yourself well. You are both


    the renowned artist Elk and the high-level hacker Elk. You must really like elks. No wonder Brother


    John has an elk pendant hung from his phone."


    Nina was stunned. She never thought that Vivian would find out her true identity. Nina always used the


    same alias because she was toozy toe up with a bunch of different names. Besides, Elk was


    such amon name that it only added to her protection.


    Over the years not a single person was suspicious of Elk, the hacker, and Elk, the artist, being the


    same person. Well, nobody suspected it until Vivian came around anyway.


    She had underestimated Vivian.


    With the breeze blowing, Vivian looked at the sea and sighed, "I really envy you. I envy you for having


    Brother John''s love. I envy that he has done a lot of things for you which he would have never done


    before."


    Nina frowned at Vivian''s downtrodden tone. Knowing how Vivian behaved, she knew that there was no


    way that she was calling for no reason.


    "What''s the matter?" Nina said frankly. She had no energy to beat around the bush anymore.


    Vivian smiled again. Instead of just answering Nina''s question, she started her games again. "Guess


    where I am."


    Vivian turned her phone to the sea breeze, letting it blow against her, wafting her hair and dress in the


    wind.


    "Go ahead." Hearing the sound of the sea wind, Nina frowned and got out of bed to draw the curtains.


    She looked at the deste beach and the boundless sea. The sky looked a little gloomy as if it were


    about to rain.


    Nina opened the window and the sea wind blew in, messing her hair up.


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    It seemed far too simr to what she heard from Vivian. Nina frowned and asked, "Are you in Spring


    City?"


    "Yes, you are right. Congrattions!" Vivian smiled. "I''m not the only one here though, Brother John is


    as well."


    "Are you trying to tell me that he is with you?" With a sneer, Nina recalled what happenedst night.


    She was so obviously disgusted that it sounded through the phone. "Don''t try your luck. You were only


    lying together for a short while and he was so disgusted that he had to scrub his skin clean. There''s no


    way he would be around the likes of you."


    Vivian''s face turned pale. ''Did John think I was dirty or something? I didn''t do anything or even get very


    close to him. I was just lying in the bed. Does he hate me that much?''


    Vivian gritted her teeth and her face turned pale. She was squeezing her phone so tightly that at this


    rate, she was going to crush it in her hand


    The soothing sea breeze calmed her down. Sheposed herself and gently said, "Nina, you are


    angry. You can believe him, but there''s no reason to try and upset me. You know that I love John very


    much, but he only has eyes for you,"


    She initially called to taunt Nina, but she was the one who got mocked.


    "Nina, Brother John didn''te with me. He doesn''t know I''m here, but I have something to tell you. I


    followed you here. I happened to luckily get the same flight that he did though." Actually, it wasn''t she


    was lucky that she got the same flight as John. She didn''t believe in luck.


    She wanted to be on the ne with John so she had to make it happen. She knew others believed in


    fate but she only believed in herself.


    Nina was stunned. ''Has John reallye to Spring City?


    Why though?


    Why didn''t he tell me?''


    Nina kept her doubts to herself and turned her attention to Vivian. She calmly asked, "What do you


    want?"


    "Brother John came to surprise you." Vivian didn''t care if she was spoiling anything. "He''s nning on


    proposing to you here, in Spring City. He''s been nning it for a while. When he wasn''t working, all he


    did was make calls to Spring City to arrange this whole affair for you. Surely you''ve noticed some


    difference in himtely, right?"


    "Hmm." Nina could only muster up a little snort. Her emotions were all over the ce. One second she


    was happy and the next she was hit with a wave of sadness. She was sick of this emotional roller-


    coaster.


    She was so excited to hear about this surprise but she couldn''t help wanting to go back in time so she


    could actually be surprised.


    She should''ve ended the call when Vivian mentioned the word "surprise."


    She couldn''t help but feel like Vivian was constantly trying to vex her.


    "Just get to the point. What do you want from me?" There was a hint of impatience in Nina''s cold voice.


    She just wanted to see what John had in store for her now.


    Although she knew he was going to propose, she still didn''t know how. Nina was still holding onto this


    glimmer of joy.


    Vivian ignored her eagerness. She was just toying with Nina to carry out her n at this point.


    She stuck to her guns and said, "I concede. He''s clearly willing to do anything for you so there''s no


    point in me trying anymore. I''m never going to win his love. Forcing the issue won''t help me. There''s no


    point trying to achieve the impossible."


    "You''re giving up?" Nina was astonished.


    What surprised her was not that Vivian said she wanted to give up, but rather that Vivian told her that


    she wanted to give up. Usually when a person has lost all their will, they prefer suffering in silence.


    Nina just couldn''t trust her. Vivian had to have some tricks up her sleeve.


    "Yes, I''m giving up. But before that, I have to do onest thing," Vivian said seriously.


    "Go ahead." Obviously, Nina knew she wasn''t going to give up without a fight. She raised her eyebrows


    and rolled her eyes.


    Vivian finally got to the point. "After Brother John proposes,e to the seaside. I''ll wait for you by the


    massive reef. I won''t hurt you. If you don''t trust me, you can bring him as well."


    Nina asked suspiciously, "You''re going to allow me to bring him?"


    She thought, ''This isn''t like her. Is she actually going to give up? Is that why she''s so calm?''


    "Yes. I have a little condition though. Don''t let Brother John know that I''m here. Just tell him that you


    want to go to the beach for a while and ask him toe with you." Vivian''s eyes beamed cunningly but


    she managed to keepposed over the phone.


    "Just ask him toe with you. If he doesn''t want to, you have toe alone."


    Nina was too curious to see her plot to turn it down, so she responded, "I know."


    "See you then. Even though I hope hees, I don''t think he will." Vivian hung up the phone without


    saying another word.


    Nina was a little confused.


    ''How does she know that John won''t go with me?''