An Unexpected Situation

"Gulp..."

Xu Yanwu swallowed.

He did not place the keycard against the door.

Instead, he slowly pressed his ear to the door.

Xu Yanwu's actions quickly allowed him to hear sounds coming from inside the room.

Dull thumping...

There was also a faint lightness to it.

And judging by the rhythm... it was one hand striking slowly.

The sound was not especially loud either. It seemed that not much force was being used...

Putting all those sounds together, Xu Yanwu could practically picture the scene inside the room.

Fu Hua was clutching a pillow in one hand and venting with the other, punching the pillow.

Was Fu Hua angry?

Xu Yanwu swallowed again, unsure what he should say.

Had she gotten angry because he had left Fu Hua behind to look for the Shennong Cauldron?

But the Shennong Cauldron was extremely important... how could he not go look for it?

Besides... hadn't he properly settled Fu Hua on the bed to rest before leaving?

Why was she angry?

What was she still angry about?

Xu Yanwu scratched the back of his head.

It was a little hard to understand...

Even now, Xu Yanwu still had not figured out exactly what he had done to make Fu Hua so angry.

After all, he had no memory of that brief period...

But...

Xu Yanwu gritted his teeth and held his keycard out toward the door.

A short pain was better than a long one.

To hell with it!

With a beeping electronic sound, Xu Yanwu's room door opened as he steeled himself.

He even heard the rhythmic thumping inside abruptly stop.

Where was Fu Hua now...?

Xu Yanwu cautiously poked his head into the room. Just as he was about to see what was going on inside, he felt someone tap his