458 Inviting a Fox into a Henhouse (1/2)
When the important 3 am arrived, Su Zheng was as fast asleep as a dead pig. When she was forced awake, she did not snap right back to reality. The blurry-eyed girl had completely forgotten about the escape plan and tried to crawl back into bed, mumbling incoherently that she needed ten more minutes.
”If you sleep for ten more minutes, you're going to stay here forever!”
”Hmm?” A thick nasally voice came from the bed. When she heard that it was a male voice, Su Zheng regained a trace of alertness and poked half of her head out of the covers. ”Brother Shuang? Why… Huh‽ Brother Shuang, why are you in my bedroom‽”
Ye Shuang resisted the urge to yank the girl out from the bed and kept reminding herself that she was in her male form to prevent herself from gaining the reputation of a pervert. ”We said to escape at 3 am, remember?”
Glancing at the watch, three minutes had passed, and it was wasted on an unimportant event like waking the hostage up! That was so unprofessional!
After wasting another three minutes for the brain to wake up, Su Zheng snapped out of it immediately. She crawled out from bed and revealed a bright smile. ”It's too hard to close your eyes and pretend to sleep, and it's already night, so… Achoo!”
”…Careful of catching the flu.” Ye Shuang was speechless. She picked up a jacket and tossed it over. ”Get ready to jump out from the window.”
”Wait a minute.” Su Zheng quickly put on the jacket and pulled on Brother Shuang, who was walking to the window. ”Before, in the bathroom, I forgot to tell you something. I just remembered this—there's a secret at this villa.”
”Hmm?” Ye Shuang turned around with confusion. ”They told you something like that?”
Su Zheng was confused as well. ”I also can't quite understand it. The big boss knows I'm a thief and Master Eight's pupil. I don't know where he got the confidence to trap me here and think I won't notice something is off.”
It was like inviting a fox into a henhouse.
”Now, safety is more important.” Ye Shuang thought about Su Zheng's professionalism and instantly understood that the big boss had probably underestimated her from her attitude. For an expert thief, analyzing the locations of important items was instinctual. If Su Zheng went into a house to steal at night, the private money that the wife failed to find for a month could be found by Su Zheng with one glance.
Even though she was intrigued, Ye Shuang finally shook her head regretfully. ”We'll talk about that when we're out. We'll get Brother Han's opinion first.”
She could not ensure that she would be in tip-top form. If her issue played up during an emergency, they would be in much bigger trouble.
…
The big boss already needed to rest, and his work was not as many as people imagined. The casino had someone to handle it, and after the business found its footing, it only needed someone to look over it. Other than that, there was nothing that really needed him to be present. In other words, the real thing that the boss was busy on was finishing a transaction with a foreign force. At midnight, when the moon was high, the big boss was soundly asleep. Other than the soft lights from the few outdoor sconces, the place was dark.