Chapter 187: Don’t Look For Me Ever Again (1/2)
Lu Chenzhou’s voice was far too placid, so much so that Baldy felt a chill run down his spine, and even his excitement to see what would happen when the two of them met was quickly snuffed out. He nudged Xu Po with his elbow, wanting to pass the problem onto someone else. “Go fetch them.”
But Xu Po reacted even faster than him; he’d already retreated to one side long ago. “Weren’t you the one who called them over? You’re also more familiar with them.”
“……”
The two of them stared daggers at each other until Baldy finally relented and went downstairs to fetch Tian Rou and Cheng Xi. On the way up, he kept nervously repeating, “We really didn’t do much tonight. We’re only here to eat some food and play mahjong.”
But he repeated it so much that Tian Rou became suspicious. “Did you do something bad?”
“Peh, what bad thing could I have done?”
Tian Rou calmly replied, “If not, then why are you so nervous?”
Baldy didn’t have a reply to Tian Rou’s rejoinder, and Cheng Xi couldn’t help but smile slightly at his comical reaction. Tian Rou narrowed her eyes and then gently placed her hand on the back of Baldy’s neck as she calmly said with a hint of anger, “What’ve you done now? Come, let Cheng Xi go up by herself. We’ll have a little talk on the side.”
With that, she dragged Baldy to the side without even giving him a chance to resist as she said that she’d be lenient if he told the truth. But before he was dragged away, all Baldy managed to say to Cheng Xi was, “Zhou’s in the room right in front of you. If you walk a bit more, you’ll be able to see it……”
Then, Cheng Xi saw the two vanish into another corridor. She knew that this was Tian Rou’s way of excusing her and Baldy so that she could have a one-on-one conversation with Lu Chenzhou.
After thinking about it a little, Cheng Xi walked forward as Baldy instructed. There were no rooms along the straight and narrow open corridor, but at the end, she could see a standalone two-story bungalow.
The door to the room was open, and she could see lamplight and a few faint shadows spilling from it.
When Cheng Xi walked a bit more forward, she recognized one of the shadows as Lu Chenzhou’s. He was wearing a bathrobe as he sat in front of a desk and expressionlessly played with the tea set on the table. Besides him was a young girl, and opposite him, Xu Po. Xu Po was gazing outside, and he seemed to relax significantly when he saw Cheng Xi, as he quickly turned around and said something to Lu Chenzhou.
Lu Chenzhou nodded, and Xu Po stood up to greet her, waiting at the door for her to come closer. “Dr. Cheng, long time no see.”
Cheng Xi smiled back warmly. “Long time no see.”
“Have you eaten?”
“Yup.”
“Then please enter.”
Cheng Xi entered without further ado. Lu Chenzhou was still lazily playing with the tea set by him, but the girl by his side raised her head and looked at Cheng Xi curiously.
Cheng Xi smiled kindly at her as well. She walked in front of the table, looked straight at Lu Chenzhou, and asked, “Can we talk?”
Lu Chenzhou stopped playing with the tea set, but he still didn’t respond. Luckily, Xu Po understood his thoughts, and he brought the girl away. “Let’s go. We’ll wait at the door for the others.” The girl hesitated slightly, but when Lu Chenzhou didn’t object, she obediently followed Xu Po’s lead out.
And then, the two of them were the only ones left in the room.
But the door wasn’t closed, and Cheng Xi could still voices drifting in from outside. It was that girl, and she asked, “Mr. Xu, who is that person?”
Neither Cheng Xi nor Lu Chenzhou paid any attention to Xu Po’s answer. Cheng Xi sat down in front of Lu Chenzhou and asked, “You’re back from your business trip?”
Lu Chenzhou didn’t intend on exchanging pleasantries with her, and he directly asked, “What’s the matter?”