Magic City's morning still carried a hint of chill after the bustle had faded.
In the presidential suite on the top floor of the Peninsula Hotel, the curtains were drawn tight, leaving the room dim and quiet. On the custom-made bed large enough for three or four people, Xia Lin was curled beneath the velvet blanket, sleeping like the dead.
Yesterday—or rather, not until the early hours of today—had she truly understood what it meant to play with fire and get burned.
She had thought that after taking Su Bai around the track and to the art exhibition, the past few days of exertion would have exhausted even this "iron man." But she had never expected that, after returning to the hotel, Su Bai would seem to have had some strange switch flipped by Abyss. In that river-view bathtub, he gave her a private lesson lasting several hours on "human anatomy and underwater mechanics."
Now, Xia Lin could barely move a finger without feeling as if her entire body had fallen apart, much less get up to see him off.
"Mmm... beast..."
She turned over in her sleep, mumbled the word, and sank back into deep slumber.
Meanwhile, Su Bai was already sitting in first class on a flight to River City, refreshed and energized.
Looking out at the sea of clouds, he leisurely took a sip of champagne. The trip to Magic City had been quite fruitful. Not only had he gotten his diving license and acquired a Patek Philippe, but more importantly... well, those who knew, knew.
Still, new "toys" were waiting for him in River City.
River City International Airport.
Su Bai had barely stepped out of the arrivals gate when he spotted a woman in a beige trench coat and sunglasses leaning against a white Porsche