Chapter 184 Entrapment
Pei Hening finished rinsing her teeth and, seeing that he still hadn't replied, fell silent.
What's holding him back?
Given Chu Xuange's strength, the probability of him getting into trouble is too low; she's more inclined to believe he's just gotten himself into a lot of trouble again.
Sang Jincheng watched as Cui Bisi's aura turned cold after she finished brushing her teeth.
"Ding-dong—"
Pei Hening and Sang Jincheng exchanged a glance, then decisively left the bathroom and closed the door.
She rummaged through the dressing room, picked out a white coat, put it on, and stuffed the pistol and bullets that were on the table into her pockets.
Just in case, she also put the samurai sword card in her pocket.
She glanced at the video doorbell, and after confirming that it was Jack outside, she opened the door with her hands in her pockets and let him push the food cart in.
"Ms. Tribes, I'm here to deliver your food. I'd also like to pick up your dirty clothes and take them to be washed and ironed."
Pei Hening hummed in agreement. After her personal butler, Jack, placed the food on the table, he took the dirty clothes and left.
Pei Hening sat down at the dining table, a silver spoon appearing in her hand. The tip of the spoon was a neatly arranged flower, and a demonic pattern was engraved in the concave area in the middle. The neck of the spoon was a solid light blue stream of light. The handle looked plain, but it would sparkle under the refraction of light. There was a bud-shaped hole at the end.
This is the A-grade item she drew at the gym: [Soul Spoon].
[Soul Spoon] (Grade A)
Guess what the next spoonful will scoop up: a secret, a fear, or the deepest desire of the soul? Upon use, a spoonful of'soup' will be randomly scooped up. Scooping up a secret will randomly sync that secret to a fellow member of your race currently using the spoon; scooping up fear will automatically put you into an overcoming state—successfully overcoming it dissipates the fear, while failure doubles its intensity; scooping up the deepest desire of the soul will grant you a guidance of uncertain nature. Each use consumes 400 mana, with a 50-hour cooldown.
(Note: It can also be used as a magic spoon to determine whether food is edible. It does not consume magic power and has no cooling effect.)
After Pei Hening used her [soul spoon] to determine that the breakfast brought by her personal butler was edible, she quickly finished the breakfast, picked up a plate of steamed buns and a glass of water, and headed to the bathroom.
She opened the bathroom door, walked up to Sang Jincheng, and pulled off the towel that was covering her mouth.
"Azure Silk!"
Pei Hening picked up the steamed buns and stuffed them into her mouth one by one, silencing her from the words she was about to say.
"eat."
"eat."
"eat."
Sang Jincheng glared angrily at Pei Hening, quickly chewing the food that Pei Hening had stuffed into her mouth.
She's starving!
Torture of prisoners!
They have absolutely no humanity!
After Pei Hening saw that she had almost finished eating, he fed her a glass of water.
"Very well, I'll lock the door when I go out later, so you just stay here obediently."
Sang Jincheng swallowed the water in his mouth and said, "Your father—"
Pei Hening quickly grabbed a towel and covered her mouth again, shaking his head: "Young man, calm down, you scared me, you know?"
Sang Jincheng: "..."
She'd been wanting to curse someone for a whole day and night, but then—who on earth is this woman?! How could she be so annoying!
Ugh, why are there players like this?!
Sang Jincheng is almost driven to depression by her.
Pei Hening left the glass of water, took the cutlery and went out. Before leaving, she glanced at Sang Jincheng's left pocket. She had put Sang Jincheng's phone there yesterday—after she deleted Sang Jincheng's assistant and bodyguard.
If she were Sang Jincheng, she would definitely try to contact someone she trusts to save her. Who would she contact?
Pei Hening changed out of her pajamas, her long black curly hair clipped up with a yellow flower diamond clip, and wore black pencil pants, ankle boots, a white long-sleeved shirt, a white coat, and a pearl necklace.
She arrived at the bathroom carrying her pearl-embellished handbag, smiling at Sang Jincheng: "See you tomorrow, Ms. Sang."
As soon as she finished speaking, she locked the bathroom door.
Even after confirming that the camera couldn't be opened, I still felt a bit uneasy, so I turned the camera that was pointing at the jewelry cabinet around and pointed it at the bathroom door.
After confirming which camera it was, Pei Hening promptly connected it to her phone.
After confirming that everything was in order, Pei Hening gracefully left room 27-02 carrying her pearl-embellished handbag.
She wanted to see who Sang Jincheng would call to save her!
Of the ten people in the group photo who were associated with the royal family, Cromwell and Peter were already dead, and the only remaining males were the botanist Jefferson and another unknown member.
Besides Sang Jincheng and Wan Xiya from biopharmaceuticals, there are three other unknown women. Hopefully, Sang Jincheng can help her snag the hidden gem.
She was really looking forward to it.
Pei Hening switched to Anna's chat dialog box.
[Tsuibisi]: I want to play outside by myself for a while, don't follow me.
[Anna]: Should I have my bodyguards follow you?
Pei Hening raised an eyebrow, took out the silver pistol given to her by Blanche, snapped a quick photo, and sent it over.
[Trappis]: "Image"
[Turbid]: You should wish me a good time.
[Anna]: Have fun! I'll contact you if you need anything, so please don't lose touch.
[Anna]: Be careful, and Blanche's temporary office is on the 8th floor. You can contact her if you need anything.
Pei Hening zoomed in on the surveillance footage and found a corner on the 27th floor to wait, making it easier for her to catch the person later.
——
Chu Xuange did indeed get into a lot of trouble; to be precise, trouble came knocking on his door.
Last night, he followed the two electronic voices to suite 27-04 and saw them use their room cards to open the door to 27-04 and go inside.
After weighing his options, he quietly followed them, but the suite was empty.
The two electronic voice actors mysteriously disappeared, and even Carter, the founder of Blue Space who originally lived in suite 27-04, was nowhere to be found.
He sensed something was wrong and decided to go back, get some rest tonight, and try again tomorrow.
However, just as he stepped out of apartment 27-04, he saw a woman wearing a clown mask and a casual suit carrying a tightly wrapped item, hurrying towards the stairs.
Seeing that the other person's behavior was suspicious, he took off after him.
At the corner of the stairs, the woman wearing a clown mask noticed someone behind her, glanced back, and moved even faster.
Chu Xuange felt inexplicably familiar with the woman wearing the clown mask, but couldn't quite place where he had seen her before, so he decided to continue pursuing her.
He was interested in the thing that was wrapped up so tightly!
And so, he chased them all the way to the underground casino.
The casino on the lower level of the Dawn Entertainment Center was bustling with guests. Some became rich overnight, while others lost everything. It was very lively, and he lost track of them.
Chu Xuange felt that what the person had must be very important, so he gritted his teeth and went to find the person.
Ironically, instead of finding the person, he had the misfortune of running into that loser, the explorer Ben!
He was once again forced to share the tracking duties with the explorer, and he was overwhelmed.
Logically speaking, escaping should not have been difficult for him. The key issue was that he discovered something he shouldn't have during his escape!