Chapter 587 - Hatred (1/2)

“I see,” Xiao Luo said, nodding in acknowledgment.

He then immediately cut to the chase. “Oh, by the way, I have to make a trip to Ri Nation in a bit,” he told her.

Su Li reacted with surprise and wondered why Xiao Luo kept such unusual schedules. “Why are you going there? And why so suddenly? You have your passport with everything else sorted out already?” she asked.

Not long ago, they had planned to travel to the Maldives together, but suddenly Xiao Luo decided to go by himself. And now, out of the blue, he’s telling me he has to go to Ri Nation at such an odd hour! There was no prior mention of the trip at all. There was something fishy about this, she thought.

Xiao Luo gently held her hand and smiled. “I can’t give you an honest answer yet, but I will tell you everything one day,” he said, expressing his thoughts aloud and shaking his head.

NSA agents could not divulge any of their missions to civilians, and Su Li was, of course, no exception.

Su Li looked at him and allowed him to hold her hand. “Will you just answer two questions for me?”

“If I can,” Xiao Luo said and nodded solemnly.

“Will you be doing anything illegal on your trip this time?” Su Li asked as a frown formed on her face.

Xiao Luo thought about the question briefly and then said, “I don’t know if it’ll be legal in Ri Nation, but it will be legal here in Hua Nation.”

“My second question—you said you went to the Maldives the other time. Was that true?” Su Li probed.

“No, I didn’t. But I didn’t lie about leaving the country,” Xiao Luo replied. He answered truthfully but was evasive about the details.

That’s all I wanted to know.”

Su Li pulled her hand away from Xiao Luo’s grip and stood up to get herself a glass of orange juice. She stuck a straw in and started to sip from it.

“You don’t have anything else that you want to say to me?” Xiao Luo felt that Su Li had still not been put in her place yet. Although she had changed a little, it was not enough. She was still as cold as ice to him.

“I don’t,” she replied.

Su Li continued to sip her orange juice, then picked up her book, sat on the sofa opposite Xiao Luo, and turned her attention back to reading her book.

Xiao Luo felt a little despondent, but not too much. It was Su Li that he was addressing, after all. She was one of a kind, and he had come to expect prudishness from her.

“Alright, then I’ll head out. Tell Xiaobei I’ll be back with a gift for her when she wakes up,” Xiao Luo said as he was about to take his leave.

“Mmm…”

Su Li did not raise her head, and she seemed more interested in her book.

Xiao Luo heaved a long sigh, stood up, and started to walk out of the apartment. Just as he opened the door and was about to step out, Su Li’s voice drifted over from behind him.

“Let’s go to the Maldives together when you come back!” she called out to him.