The person on the other end of the phone, as if he hadn't listened to what Assistant Zhang Te said at all, or rather, as if he didn't care about anything at all, ignored Assistant Zhang Te's words and asked with a hint of tension, "Is she still okay?"
Busy talking, Assistant Zhang Te didn't register the question for a moment and continued with his previous talk, "…wouldn't that be a wasted effort?"
"Is she still okay?" The person on the other end of the phone spoke again, uttering the exact same words as before.
Assistant Zhang Te let out an "Ah?" in surprise and quickly realized who Han Jingnian was referring to: "She... doesn't seem too bad, just that her dark circles look pretty serious, as if she hasn't rested well recently. She's lost a lot of weight, her chin has become much sharper, her eyes don't shine as they used to, she doesn't talk much and is always daydreaming. When I was looking for her, I called her several times, but she didn't respond..."
