C24 One step ahead

The dinner was filled with a fierce and aggressive atmosphere. The half of the spicy red soup in the mandarin duck pot was not enough to incite anger.

However, in Liu Chao's eyes, it was just an empty sentence for his lips to touch. It was not even worth mentioning, but it was filled with the fishiness of a fox, filled with scheming.

In a relationship of blood, in front of a young man who was wholeheartedly in love with a river, the former would tangle with him like mud in a river, while the latter would dirty the water.

Dinner goes down to the stomach, but people get indigestion.

His attitude towards the Liu Family was mostly distant, and he himself had a cold expression, as if he was unfriendly. As he sat there, he intentionally restrained his presence, which made it harder for people to get close to him. He was truly able to afford a sentence from an expert, but it was precisely this sort of profound calmness that caused one's heart to waver, and gradually, one's conviction in him.

No matter how much Liu Chao persisted, or how much he divided in the private box, Liu Bo just sat there with his brows furrowed, not making a sound, on any side.

Yu Sheng had no intention to become enemies with others, but she had no choice but to give the Liu Family a precaution in case someone from the Liu Family came out to obstruct them at a crucial moment, or to listen to Ying Xue and stand opposite to them. Naturally, she didn't hold much hope for her kinship, and naturally didn't mind being intimate with others. However, Yu Sheng couldn't really make her hurt him with a cold indifference that left him unable to react in the slightest.

The bait had already been put down, so Yu Sheng didn't intend to force anyone to take the bait. It would be easy to get rid of the hook.

"Uncle, think about it carefully." He stood up and was about to leave.

Lu Tianqing stood up as well, but he pushed his chair away and walked towards the room's window.

There was a window in the direction of the door. On the back of the Hot Pot Shop was a street with lush greenery, it was already autumn, and the street lamps had already been lit, and the lights slanted down from the gaps between the leaves. At this moment, both sides of the boulevard were filled with cars. There were people leading dogs on walks or gathered together to chat.

Lu Tianqing pushed open the window. A gust of wind came in from outside, stirring up his slightly long hair, revealing his shiny and clean forehead.

The lunar calendar is already in September, and it is already half-way through the seventh month of the Lunar New Year.

Today is the 8th of the 9th lunar month, just after the dew, day and night temperature difference is big, the sun behind the cool in the air, there will not be a strong wind blowing.

The wind blew strangely, and the room immediately became silent.

When the wind blew, the leaves rustled. The evil spirits that were watching the movements of the boxes from within the trees fled far away. The outsiders only felt the wind and didn't pay attention to this strange movement.

There were many people on the boulevard, so it would be inconvenient for Lu Tianqing to take action. He patted his shoulder and the Small Paper Man who was hiding himself crawled out and followed the escaping person out.

Lu Lianqing only stood by the window for a moment before he stuck his head out of the window and looked at the third floor. At this moment, there was a muffled sound from the ceiling, like something heavy had dropped onto the ground.

A thought flashed across Yu Sheng's mind. Without saying anything further, she got up and pushed open the door.

Seeing that, Liu Chao reacted and caught up.

There was no one in the reception area on the third floor. After considering the location of the sound, Yu Sheng ran to the tea room to check it out.

The doors on the left and right opened. There were guests inside, and another woman in a qipao was entertaining her. The sound that had just occurred was the fall of a wooden sculpture that had been placed against the wall in the teahouse. Yu Sheng opened the door and saw that the woman in the qipao was putting things away with her hands still on the wooden sculpture.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the other party turned around and saw the person standing by the door. He raised a smile and asked, "Guest, is there anything you need?"

Yu Sheng quickly scanned the tea room and shook her head apologetically. "Sorry, we went to the wrong teahouse."

Yu Sheng pulled the door shut, but before it completely closed, she opened it again and asked, "May I ask where is Miss Ying Xue?"

Liu Chao had already caught up. Hearing Yu Sheng's words, he asked unhappily, "What exactly do you want?"

Liu Chao's appearance made it impossible to pretend to be a guest, so Yu Sheng could only close the teahouse door and ignore Liu Chao's question as he walked towards the stairs.

"Sheng." Lu Jingqing's shout came from downstairs.

"He's coming." "Yes," Yu Sheng replied, picking up her pace.

However, he did not expect Liu Chao to rush over angrily like an enraged little beast. When Yu Sheng reached the staircase, he stumbled in a rush and stumbled as he rushed forward. A trace of ferociousness flashed across his eyes as he reached out for Yu Sheng's back.

Sensing that something was wrong behind him, Yu Sheng stepped forward, avoiding the hand that was reaching over with malice. At the same time, he reached out and supported Liu Chao, preventing him from falling down in a sorry state.

Yu Sheng held onto his opponent's arm tightly. Seeing the pain on his opponent's face, she pushed him to the corner of the staircase handrail. She approached and lowered her voice, saying, "Try to understand this attempted murder?"

Without waiting for Liu Chao to open his mouth to explain, Yu Sheng ran downstairs.

The three people in the box had already come out and were standing by the stairs, waiting.

Liu Bo and his son watched with their own eyes as Lu Zhiqing suddenly stretched out his hand, and a small piece of paper that had been burnt to ashes appeared out of thin air on his palm.

Seeing the person come down, with a flip of his palm, the ashes fell to the ground. He said lightly: "We have been discovered."

Yu Sheng knew that after the matter from last night calmed down, the two returning Small Paper Man s continued to follow Ying Xue. Most likely, these ashes belonged to the two Small Paper Man s.

"The Southern Latitude Hotel." Their gazes met, and the two spoke at the same time.

They looked at each other, smiled, then ran away.

Yu Sheng was anxious, but her thoughts were exceptionally clear. She ran downstairs to look at the wine rack behind the cashier and rushed to grab a random bottle of wine. "I'll pay in a while."

Before he could finish his sentence, Yu Sheng took the wine and ran through the door that Lu Jingqing had pushed open. He then slipped away like a wisp of smoke.

The cashier didn't even have time to say a word before he followed her to the door. He had already run away, leaving behind a bunch of people who were still in shock.

Liu Bo had just walked downstairs and saw that someone wanted to chase after him, so he stopped him, "Make a note of this on my account."

Since the boss had spoken, the staff naturally would not object. They would do whatever they had to do.

At the entrance to Gourmet Street, at the corner opposite the ATM where Yu Sheng had transferred the money, it took the hotel no more than seven minutes to get there.

Arriving at the entrance of the hotel, Yu Sheng handed the wine to Lu Jingqing. She adjusted the strap of her backpack, then grabbed Lu Jingqing's arm, pretending to be a friend of a tenant, and walked into the hotel in an honorable manner.

The two walked purposefully to the elevator. In the brightly lit lobby, the front desk was dutifully standing behind the counter.

Yu Sheng pretended not to see it from the corner of her eyes and turned her head towards Lu Zhiqing. She smiled and said, "Say, don't you think it's a surprise that Ying Xue saw us when she opened the door?"

"She doesn't seem like someone who would be surprised." Lu Piaoqing poured a bucket of cold water over them.

"So I brought a bottle of her favorite wine." "There's no better surprise than this when our best friend sends us wine."

The two of them did not intentionally keep their voices to themselves. The hall was quiet, and the content of their conversation fell into the ears of the bystanders.

He walked up to the elevator and pressed the button to open the door. "What's the room number?" he asked, feigning confusion.

"507."