Chapter 84: Chapter 84 Trust or Not
At this ti, late into the night, it was the peak hour for bars, bustling with people and lively with eyes.
After arriving at the bar, Su Luo didn’t go straight into the Qing Zhi Bar.
Instead, he chose to enter from an alleyway behind, through a window, directly into the room he shared with Rose, which was also the room Su Luo had previously lived in.
The light in the room was on.
Inside the bathroom, there was the sound of splashing water.
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Su Luo confird that the person bathing inside the bathroom was indeed Rose.
He went over to check again, confirming that the door was locked from the inside.
Only then did he approach the bathroom.
"Sister Rose,"
called out Su Luo.
"Who is it?"
Rose, inside the bathroom, was startled upon hearing the voice.
"It’s , Su Luo," Su Luo replied.
Rose let out a sigh of relief, but imdiately after, she fired off a series of questions, "Why are you here? How did you get in?"
"I climbed in through the window. I’m here to ask you so questions," said Su Luo.
Even though Rose was bathing at that mont, and Su Luo’s earlier Divine Sense had seen her, right now Su Luo clearly had no interest in dwelling on the won’s side of things.
"Wait a mont, I’ll co out right away," Rose realized that Su Luo must have an urgent matter, otherwise he would not have stealthily broken into the room and called out to her from outside the bathroom.
"Okay," Su Luo nodded.
However, soon after, Rose’s voice ca out again, "Su Luo, can you... can you bring
my clothes?"
Rose thought that Su Luo would not co back again after he said goodbye and moved out, so she did not bring clean clothes into the bathroom.
This had always been her habit, except recently, when she and Su Luo were living in the sa room, she would take the initiative to bring clean clothes into the bathroom if she wanted to bathe.
She didn’t expect Su Luo to return, and if she were to go out, she would have to do so naked.
But obviously, that was impossible.
"Where are the clothes?" Su Luo looked around, didn’t see any clean clothes, and had to ask.
"In the wardrobe," Rose hesitated for a mont before saying.
Then, she added, "Don’t snoop around too much, okay?"
"Alright," Su Luo smiled wryly.
He opened the wardrobe and found that Rose had already placed the clean clothes she prepared together, including underwear, all in one spot.
"So Sister Rose likes lace," Su Luo thought to himself.
Because not only did he see Rose’s prepared clothes, he also saw other items in the wardrobe, including regular coats, T-shirts, and various undergarnts, which dazzled Su Luo’s eyes.
This was his first ti seeing a woman’s wardrobe.
Under normal circumstances, Su Luo might have indulged in his imaginations, but at this mont, he clearly had no such intention. He took out Rose’s clothes and brought them to her.
"How do I give this to you?" asked Su Luo.
Rose opened a small crack in the bathroom door, stretched out her snow-white arm like a lotus root, and the steam from the bathroom followed through the crack, emanating a sense of mystery as if it was tempting soone to explore.
However, after receiving her clothes, Rose imdiately closed the door.
Su Luo smiled and returned to sit on the couch.
Rose was quick. In no ti, she had dressed, with a towel drying her damp hair, she ca out and asked, "What did you want to ask about?"
"How is Aunt Shen doing now?" asked Su Luo.
"Shen Jie? What do you an by that?" Rose’s complexion suddenly changed, especially seeing Su Luo’s grave expression, which made her heart skip a beat.
Su Luo glanced at Rose’s reaction and knew that, perhaps, Rose was also unaware of Aunt Shen’s current whereabouts.
"I’m worried that Shen Jie might be in danger," Su Luo recounted the events of the night.
"You an Zhou Shihao sent Xiao Da, who is ranked seventh among Jiangbei’s Top Ten martial artists, to kill you, and then you killed him instead?" Rose looked at Su Luo in utter shock.
"Yes. It all happened too coincidentally, so I’m concerned about Aunt Shen’s safety, but I can’t contact her directly. I can only see if you have any news," Su Luo said.
"I will contact Shen Jie right away." Rose didn’t care about drying her hair anymore, nor was she shocked by Su Luo’s strength. She quickly grabbed her phone and dialed Shen Qingzhi’s number.
At the sa ti.
In Jiangbei, at Zhou Mansion.
Zhou Shihao and Wan Chuanxiong were still playing chess, and Shen Qingzhi, upon Zhou Shihao’s request, was sitting by and watching, occasionally asking Shen Qingzhi about the next move in the ga.
Shen Qingzhi had no choice but to study the chessboard.
Just then, Shen Qingzhi’s phone vibrated.
A tremor ran through Shen Qingzhi’s heart.
She saw on the screen that it was a call from Rose.
Shen Qingzhi’s expression remained calm, but her breathing hitched, and the knuckles she clenched together turned sowhat pale. Her heart was far from as tranquil as she appeared on the outside.
"Why not answer it?" Zhou Shihao asked with a smile, looking at Shen Qingzhi.
Shen Qingzhi didn’t reach for the phone but said, "If I answer the call and get distracted, when you ask
about the ga afterward, I might not be able to respond."
"It’s okay, go ahead and answer it," Zhou Shihao said with a smile.
Shen Qingzhi picked up her phone, about to step away to take the call.
"Just answer it here," Zhou Shihao said.
Shen Qingzhi’s body tensed slightly.
To take Rose’s call here... she was afraid she might hear terrible news, and even if she tried to maintain her calm, Zhou Shihao and Wan Chuanxiong might detect sothing amiss.
Moreover, Rose’s words would surely be overheard by them.
Any slip could an doom.
Shen Qingzhi took a deep breath.
The more critical the mont, the more she needed to stay calm and not lose her composure.
Then she handed her phone directly to Zhou Shihao, saying, "Since you don’t trust , you take it."
Zhou Shihao looked at Shen Qingzhi but did not reach for the phone in her hand. Suddenly, he smiled again and said, "I trust you. If you want to step away to take the call, go ahead."
Shen Qingzhi didn’t respond but walked to the side with her phone.
She was very clear that the best action under the circumstances was not to leave but to answer the call in the presence of Zhou Shihao.
That way, Zhou Shihao wouldn’t suspect anything.
But Shen Qingzhi couldn’t guarantee that if she heard news of Su Luo being in trouble, she would be able to act flawlessly.
She had no choice but to make this decision.
At least, with her back to Zhou Shihao and the others, any subconscious reactions she might have upon hearing bad news would not be seen by them.
Of course, Shen Qingzhi didn’t go far.
She rely stepped a few ters away before pressing the answer button.
At this mont, Zhou Shihao also turned his gaze to Wan Chuanxiong. Without speaking, Wan Chuanxiong understood Zhou Shihao’s intention.
As a Martial Arts Grandmaster, not only did he possess imnse martial arts power, but his senses, such as hearing, were also far sharper than those of ordinary people.
At this distance, even if Shen Qingzhi didn’t put the phone on speaker, he could completely hear the content of the conversation.
Wan Chuanxiong’s ears twitched as he listened attentively to the noises coming from Shen Qingzhi’s direction.
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