Chapter 147 - Tripped over a Rock... (1/2)

When Chen Mu made that phone call, he was in one of the empty private conference rooms at the hospital. After dropping off Ariana and Chen Nan, he drove back to the hospital where Zi Yan and Lin Que followed up with what they needed to do.

Lin Que had to attend to a few patients, while Zi Yan had to gather Susu's belongings. There was also luggage at the hotel that they have to retrieve later on. Lily accompanied Susu's side as Chen Mu requested for her to undergo another full body checkup.

Not allowing any risks or chances of her body condition to have deteriorated under his supervision, Susu had to go through multiple examinations before discharging from the hospital. Even though the chances were slim, he still wanted to make sure that she was in a good condition to leave the hospital.

His worries were reasonable since her body has gone through too much lately with the drug and new cancer medicine. Lin Que also compromised and said that he would personally visit them during her appointment dates.

Although it was more work, but it was all worth his time. When Chen Mu thanked him and apologized for the inconvenience, Lin Que made him pause his words and said, ”Stop, what bother? You guys or never a bother. I'm a doctor and she's my patient. It's only natural that I need to do what a doctor needs to do. Besides, this is far from what Ariana and Chen Nan are doing.”

”Thank you..” Chen Mu hugged this cheesy doctor and patted his back.

”Hey, hey. Hugging is fine, but watch where you're touching.”

”but I'm too moved by your words~ Come on~ don't be shy~ it's not like we haven't seen each other's nude bodies before.” Chen Mu naturally hugged Lin Que around his shoulders and laughed off his own joke.

From a distance, their girlfriends had been observing the guy's interactions and whispering their thoughts to each other.

”You are thinking what I'm thinking?” Lily smiled and took out her phone.

”The same as what you're thinking.” Susu reached out her palm for Lily to give her her cellphone. Earlier, she had to run some tests, so she put Lily in charge of her phone. With a similar naughty smile on their faces, they snapped a few pictures using their high-quality camera from their phones and shared it to the family group chat.

”Wow! Nice angle!” Lily bent down to review the photos that Susu had taken.

”Yours have very nice lighting!” Susu complimented Lily's photos as well. Because she had to run multiple examinations, Susu had to sit in a wheelchair in case she gets tired. Lily has been wheeling her to different rooms without a single complaint. They were talking about various topics that would help Susu feel more relieved when they came across their boyfriend's mini moment.

Since the group chat was muted on Chen Mu's phone, he didn't know about the picture. Once everything was all set at the hospital, they all headed to the hotel to pack Professor Luo Xia and Zi Yan's luggage. By the time they had finished, Chen Mu gave Zhi Hei to inform him of their estimated arrival time. Zhi Hei also confirmed that everything was ready for them to move in.

It took them a little after 1 PM to reach the private residence. When they arrived, Zhi Hei was standing by the gates with a gentleman smile. It was a relief to see them arrive safely.

”Welcome.” As each of them stepped out of the vehicle to gather around Zhi Hei, one of the butlers walked over to the driver's seat and asked for the car key. Chen Mu wanted to refuse his offer, but Zhi Hei interrupted.

”You can let Uncle Tom take your car. I want to help you guys familiarize yourselves with this private place. It's along the way to the main entrance, so it's not too far from where we are standing.”

Chen Mu turned to the middle-aged man, who maintained the same smile as before to confirm that it was no trouble for him to drive the car to the house. After seeing no signs of inconvenience, he handed his car keys to Uncle Tom.

Soon, the crowd followed Zhi Hei's lead and started exploring around the area.

- Underground Tunnel-

It's been less than twenty-four hours and Ariana realized that she's been going around in circles. Since she marked her tracks as she went deeper into the tunnel, she could tell where she was headed towards. After walking nonstop, she stopped to take a rest.

”What am I doing wrong? Why am I going around in circles? Unless there are some weird secret pathways that I missed? But there are various entrances...But same lock? Maybe I should start playing with the walls as I walk.”

After ten minutes of rest, she decided that it was time to try again. She stumbled over a rock that bounced off the wall and rolled to her side. Feeling frustrated by the current situation and the sudden scare from the fall, she picked up the rock and threw it against the wall. The rock ended up rolling back her way, but this time, she noticed something odd.

She squinted and compared the wall in front of her to other parts of the same wall. After knocking several times, she curiously smiled, ”So, there is a pathway and it was here all along. How many times did I have to pass through this route to find you, hmm? Let's see...”

Observing the area around her, she quickly realized that there were many visible cracks on areas of the wall, except for the area in front of her. Moving from one spot to the next, she knocked continuously and traced the pathway's opening using her eyes. Finally, a smirk appeared when she figured it out.

”There is only one crack within this opening. I suppose it isn't just here for decorations, huh?” She carefully inspected the crack and recognized the similar size between this hole and the rock that's on the floor. With the same rock in her hand, she tossed it onto the floor and watched it roll away.

”As expected, the key to this door is you. If it was a regular rock, at least some fragments of it would have fallen from the original piece when it landed on the floor. This is still the same shape as before.”

Taking the rock in her hand once again, she rotated it and stuffed it to fit into the crack on the wall. Once the rock was pushed into it, the wall slowly slid open. ”Well, adventures mean staircases and more work.”

She glanced one last time towards the entrance before walking into the pathway. Right after she had entered, the wall closed and she could hear the key to the wall fall back onto the floor. Because it was pretty dim near the staircase, she had to turn on her mini flashlight.

Using the flashlight, she looked around to see if there were any levers, buttons or anything that could open the same door in case she needed to flee later. Unfortunately, there were none. That wall could only be opened from the outside. After a short sigh, she continued walking forward and raised her guards up as she grew closer to the next exit in front of her.

---END OF CHAPTER: THE FOLLOWING IS THE SYNOPSIS FOR LILY AND LIN QUE'S NOVEL--

THE NOVEL IS NOT POSTED YET. This synopsis may be updated later on and it's to see my reader's opinion of whether they would like to read this novel hahahaha. I will try to make this a regular romance with less drama....We'll see where it goes ;) As for her profession, it's a mystery~