July 18th. Only three days remained in the countdown to the official start of the underground auction in Tokyo.
At the Roppongi Grand Hotel, Host Body One, Gu Wenyu, woke up in his bed.
Looking at the clock on the wall, it was exactly nine in the morning, so he used a restraining band to fish his mobile phone out from under the covers.
Upon turning off the 'Do Not Disturb' mode, a flurry of notification sounds rang out endlessly.
Imdiately after, the backlog of ssages received yesterday appeared on the screen one after another. They piled up like cars rear-ending each other at an accident scene; before he could even read the previous ssage, the next one was already shoving its way to the top.
Without a doubt, these ssages were all from Gu Qiye.
He had ignored Gu Qiye all day yesterday, feeling that if Blue Arc wanted to find Ke Qirui, he only needed to go through the Exorcist Association.
That way, Gu Qiye could also reveal his identity directly to Ke Qirui and Su Zimai, making communication between the three of them much simpler.
However, it seed Gu Qiye did not want to contact Ke Qirui under his persona as Blue Arc.
Instead, he wanted to communicate with her solely as Su Zimai's brother, which was why he had specifically asked Gu Wenyu for her contact information.
'Sigh... is that really necessary? It would be so much easier to just reveal his identity to Ke Qirui directly,' Ji Minghuan thought. 'Does Big Brother simply not trust this woman, or does he just not want Su Zimai to find out he is Blue Arc?'
Yesterday morning, before dismissing their eting, the mbers of the core bodyguard team for the auction had stated that their next gathering would be on the 20th. At that ti, they would begin setting up the auction venue.
Therefore, Ji Minghuan did not bother getting up early today to keep watch.
Gu Qiye was likely resting in his own hotel room as well.
Ji Minghuan absentmindedly swiped through his phone screen.
He obviously could not scroll through every single ssage in the history, so he only read the very last one.
[Gu Qiye: When you wake up, could you send
that girl's mobile phone number? I want to ask her about Xiaomai.]
The tistamp on this ssage was 3:00 AM.
It was clear that Big Brother had stayed up all night worrying about Su Zimai. Gu Zhuo'an was probably in a similar state; Dad would likely utilize his underworld channels to investigate the connection between Su Zimai and the Exorcist Association.
Of course, whether they could actually find anything was another matter entirely. After all, Ke Qirui's status within the Association was anything but ordinary; forging a new identity for Su Zimai would be a breeze for her. Thinking of this, Ji Minghuan let out a yawn.
With sleep-induced tears blurring his vision, he typed on the screen.
[Gu Wenyu: I sent it to you on WeChat, look for yourself.]
Tapping the screen to send the ssage, Ji Minghuan extended a pitch-black restraining band from his fingertip, pressing it against the wall.
Following that, another restraining band slithered out from his cuff. This one maneuvered into the bathroom to retrieve his mouthwash cup, fill it with water, and then fetch his toothbrush and a towel.
The restraining band senses seeped through the hotel walls like rainwater.
Treating the situation like watching a morning sitcom, Ji Minghuan silently observed Gu Qiye's room while using a restraining band to wipe his own face.
Gu Qiye was standing perfectly straight against the wall, holding a book up near eye level as he read with excellent posture.
He wore a thin white jacket over a button-up shirt. The cuffs of the jacket were rolled up, revealing his lean, well-defined muscles.
Big Brother was still reading "The Outsider
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