"What are you doing there?" he asked.
"This..." Su Jiuyi felt a bit troubled. She couldn’t just tell Shi Aoju that she was investigating her future fiancé.
Hearing her hesitant tone, as if she wanted to hide sothing, Shi Aoju coldly said, "Get a cab back yourself."
With that, he hung up the phone directly.
Listening to the "beep beep" sound from the receiver, Su Jiuyi was stunned for a few seconds, filled with regret.
If she’d known, she would have just made up an excuse, and perhaps Shi Aoju might have softened. Now, he had hung up the phone without even giving her a chance to speak; he must be angry.
Su Jiuyi hesitated, wanting to call back but lacking the courage, afraid he wouldn’t answer or might scold her if he did.
After much deliberation, she couldn’t make a decision.
If Shi Aoju really didn’t co, she couldn’t leave the crowded place for the ti being.
But why was this?
What exactly was Jingren doing?
Su Jiuyi was confused, recalling Qi Jingren’s expression at that ti—very serious and cautious, deliberately lowering her voice as if afraid of being overheard.
Could it be... that the person who had wanted to shoot her appeared again?
Su Jiuyi was startled by her own thoughts, but then dismissed the idea. If that were true, then Jingren would be too dangerous.
Perhaps it was the "temporarily no alcohol" sign that had upset custors, leading soone to complain to the manager, who ca over to ask if the waiter had seen Qi Jingren.
Su Jiuyi sat on the ground hugging her knees, not making a sound.
The night was dark and the wind was high.
Qi Jingren followed the person to a corner; the corridors of Ciaos were very long. That person was just in her line of sight, wearing a black T-shirt and pants with a black baseball cap. His shoulders were broad, matching the mummy-like figure she had seen on surveillance—178cm, 70kg, about right.
He kept his head down as he walked, turning into another corridor in a few steps.
Qi Jingren dared not be careless and kept closely following behind, calling Qin Shaobai to inform the security in the monitoring room to keep an eye on this floor’s surveillance.
She followed the person from corridor to corridor, eventually exiting through the safety exit behind the main door.
This exit was little known, initially opened just as a passage for dealing with ergencies for the staff.
How did this person know about this passage? Could there really be a mole inside?
Qi Jingren observed the surrounding facilities. This was a small street behind the bustling comrcial district, quite ordinary.
She squinted her eyes, a gleam flashing in them.
It was quite close to the backyard of the corner Ciaos, which ans if soone had indeed eavesdropped on her and Jiuyi’s conversation that day and then hid to shoot at her, it made sense.
Could it really be Sister An...?
She pondered this while following the person into an alley.
This path seed abandoned for a long ti, with garbage piled up in the corners giving off a stench. She pinched her nose, tiptoeing softly.
At that mont, the person suddenly stopped, seemingly observing the surroundings, paused for two seconds, then turned his head.
A stray cat darted out from beside the trash bin, owing, and gnawing on a discarded plastic bag.
The man looked around again, finding nothing unusual, then continued forward.
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