Chapter 267 - Chapter 267: Chapter 193: You Really Are in Trouble! (Please Subscribe) (1/2)
Chapter 267: Chapter 193: You Really Are in Trouble! (Please Subscribe)
“You’re a girl, how come you like this kind of subject matter?”
Lin Chuan frowned slightly, asking in bewilderment.
In the private room of the esports internet cafe, Xia Qingqing twirled her hair on the right side, revealing her delicate right face, and smiled lightly, “I’m just curious about what those drug lords are all about.”
“Hmm, I’m curious too,”
Shen Qianqian nodded lightly and echoed softly.
Lin Chuan inwardly clicked his tongue. True to form for a police officer, her reading preferences were indeed a little different.
“When I have the time, I’ll binge-read your new book. Oh, what’s the overseas version called?” Xia Qingqing blinked, her face wearing a light smile.
It was evident.
Her mood was very cheerful when talking with Lin Chuan, without the previous heaviness and preoccupations, radiating once again a youthful and lively aura.
Lin Chuan could only share the names “Black Ice” and ‘Mr. Lin’ with the two policewomen.
The two of them made a mental note of it.
“The overseas one is in English, you all…” Lin Chuan hesitated.
“That’s not a problem for me,” Shen Qianqian said with a smile.
“Nor for me,”
Xia Qingqing also said with a smile.
“Okay, Qianqian, it’s your turn to ban a hero!” Lin Chuan glanced at the computer screen and reminded the two.
“Oh, right, I’m on it!”
Shen Qianqian immediately got into game mode, her gaze sharpening in concentration.
Beside her, Xia Qingqing covertly glanced at Lin Chuan next to her and smiled knowingly. Lin Chuan was mid lane, she was jungling, a dream combination of mid and jungle.
Shen Qianqian was playing top lane.
Wang and Xue, the little couple, took the bottom lane and support positions.
The private room was filled with laughter and cheer.
Without realizing it.
Outside the Forbidden Summit Esports Internet Cafe, the neon lights had already dimmed, summer cicadas chirped incessantly, and the occasional evening breeze brought a hint of coolness.
Indeed, the night had deepened.
In the private room, the five played together, with wins and losses.
Fortunately, they were all seasoned gaming buddies by now and knew each other’s temperaments and competitive levels, so the session did not turn into ‘the silent five in an internet cafe, growing quieter with each game’.
After a five-person ranked game, they were able to speak calmly, which was already a victory.
Shen and Xia, still smiling coyly, exited the private room with Lin Chuan.
By this time, the Forbidden Summit Esports Internet Cafe was not very crowded anymore.
At the small office in front of the internet cafe, a man emerged hurriedly and just as he looked up, he spotted Lin Chuan: “Lin, you’re here to use the internet!”
“Uncle, I didn’t expect to see you here,”
Lin Chuan said with a smile.
The man who greeted Lin Chuan was none other than the uncle of the little landlady, Zhang Xinxin, Zhang Ren.
After getting together with the little landlady, Lin Chuan, following her lead, also called Zhang Ren “uncle.”
“Coming to use the internet and not even saying hello to your uncle, we’re all family here, no need for formalities.” Uncle Zhang Ren’s tone clearly treated Lin Chuan as one of his own.
Lin Chuan smiled, “Then I won’t stand on ceremony, haha.”
Uncle Zhang Ren laughed heartily and then patted Lin Chuan’s shoulder, saying, “Lin, I’ve got things to do, can’t accommodate you right now. Another day, come over to my place and I’ll treat you to my newly acquired Da Hong Pao tea.”
With that, Uncle headed toward the door.
Carrying his briefcase, he walked swiftly. He dove into his car and with a press of the accelerator, vanished into the night.
Lin Chuan, however, was frowning, his nose sniffing the air once again.
When Uncle Zhang Ren approached Lin Chuan, a distinctive, subtle scent suddenly filled Lin Chuan’s nostrils.
That scent, Lin Chuan had only encountered in the virtual world.
Unexpectedly, he smelled it on Uncle Zhang Ren now.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing Lin Chuan standing still, Shen Qianqian asked.
Lin Chuan looked at Shen Qianqian and smiled, saying, “Nothing, let’s head back first.”
“Okay, I’ll drive you and Qingqing back.”
Both Lin Chuan and Xia Qingqing readily agreed.
As for Wang Zikai and Xue Qiqi, they had gone out for a late-night stroll.
The car meandered down the silent streets, under the dim neon and amidst the chorus of insects, all contributing to the tranquility of the night.
Lin Chuan returned to Linjiang Mansion, pressed his fingerprint to enter, and went up to his 30th-floor nest.
“Chairman, you’re back!”
The little landlady was wearing a light blue pajama set, her skin as white as snow, her graceful figure subtly revealed, shining like polished jade.
Lin Chuan sniffed his T-shirt and said, “I’m going to take a shower.”
“Okay,”
The little landlady nodded, poured a glass of water for Lin Chuan, and placed it on the coffee table, waiting for him to come out of the shower to drink.
Lin Chuan’s mind was still on Uncle’s matter, so he showered quickly.
“Xinxin, there’s something I want to ask you.” Lin Chuan sat down next to the little landlady and took a sip of water from the glass on the coffee table.
“Chairman, what is it?”
The little landlady blinked and asked with a smile, her lips pursed in a coy manner.
Lin Chuan’s expression became more solemn and serious: “Xinxin, your uncle doesn’t have any bad habits, does he?”
The little landlady furrowed her brows in confusion, “No, he does business legitimately, just loves to drink tea. He’s much more respectable than Old Zhang.”
Lin Chuan took another sip from his glass, his face lost in thought.
In his heart, he was recalling the scent he smelled upon meeting Uncle tonight.
Others might not recognize that scent and could mistake it.
But Lin Chuan wouldn’t misidentify it or mistake it.
Because that was the scent of ‘addictive drugs’.