Hearing that Qing Wanglai was in the kitchen, Li Huowang said nothing and slowly shook his head.
Just then, the familiar sound of an engine suddenly drew near from afar. Li Huowang immediately signaled Yang Na and Yi Donglai with his eyes.
With a thunderous BANG, the front door was kicked open. A completely different Zhao Shuangdian walked in from outside. "Where's Li Huowang?!"
Li Huowang stared at Zhao Shuangdian before him, his pupils dilating. Her once-smooth hair was now a greasy, tangled mess, as though she had not washed it for days. Her clothes were clearly a size too large and hung awkwardly on her. The light makeup she used to wear had been replaced by a completely bare face.
He remembered the Zhao Shuangdian from before. If he recalled correctly, she had once been an intellectual beauty, but the Zhao Shuangdian before him now was utterly different, as though she had become an entirely different person.
As Li Huowang stared at her, Zhao Shuangdian quickly noticed him. She laughed loudly and walked toward him.
Yang Na was just about to step forward and stop her, but Zhao Shuangdian shoved her aside. "Li Huowang, why did you ask me to come? What was so important that you had to tell me face-to-face?"
"W-what?!" Li Huowang's mind exploded with a hum. Her words completely threw his plans into disarray.
At that moment, Li Huowang could no longer spare any thought for his previous plans. He immediately pulled Zhao Shuangdian out of Qing Wanglai's villa.
Beneath the Bamboo Forest, Li Huowang looked at Zhao Shuangdian before him in disbelief. "Why are you like this? Why?"
"What are you talking about? You're acting all crazy." Zhao Shuangdian crossed her arms, displeasure on her face as she sized Li Huowang up.
Thinking swiftly