The two of them remained nestled against each other like that for about ten minutes.
Including the time they had spent "battling" earlier, seventy minutes had already passed. Zhang Chen estimated that Gu Chen had probably infiltrated the company by now and gathered some important intelligence.
"Someone's coming! It's the old woman who lived on the thirteenth floor."
Zhang Chen's flesh-and-blood perception immediately fed information back to him. A minute later, two soft knocks came from the living room door. Knock, knock!
When the door opened, Zhang Chen had already transformed into Tengben Xu. He looked at the old woman standing outside, the brain matter and blood on her hands still not completely washed away.
"Old Lady Shangye, is there anything you need help with?" Zhang Chen asked warmly.
"There's too much dinner for the old man and me to finish tonight. I'd like to invite you and Mrs. Tengben over for a meal." Her words were calm, yet carried a faintly strange undertone. Zhang Chen merely took it as an ordinary manifestation of how these brain-realm creatures lacked human emotions.
"I'm sorry, but my wife today..."
"Old Lady Shangye, since you've invited us, the Tengben family won't stand on ceremony."
Before Zhang Chen could finish, a middle-aged woman's voice came from the sofa in the living room. Zhang Chen turned to look at "Mrs. Tengben," who was clearly Wang Yizhi in disguise. He had originally intended to decline, but since Wang Yizhi was being so proactive, refusing now would likely cause considerable trouble.
Did this old woman already suspect me in the elevator?
Zhang Chen and Wang Yizhi followed the old woman into the elevator. She pressed the button for the thirteenth floor, and the elevator swiftly descended.
"Mr. Tengben, where are the two friends from the elevator earlier?