Inside the deputy director's office at the Treatment Institute.
After finishing their discussion of the subsequent plans, Madam Smoke did not leave the Treatment Institute. Instead, she asked for the key to a luxurious two-story house in the rear courtyard and planned to stay there.
The house had originally been reserved by a former director before taking office. Unfortunately, the moment he arrived at the Treatment Institute, he was replaced—and killed—by Su Xiao, the current deputy director. The luxurious house in the rear courtyard had remained unoccupied ever since.
Even more outrageous, around nine that evening, a steam freight wagon entered the courtyard. Three maids began directing movers to carry all kinds of furniture toward the rear courtyard.
Seeing this, Bubu Wang was dumbfounded. He had originally thought Madam Smoke had come to form an alliance, but now it seemed things were not that simple.
Inside the office, Su Xiao stood before the window, watching the busy movers. After a while, he looked toward Madam Smoke, who had changed into light summer clothes, was dressed rather scantily, and was applying skincare products.
"How long are you planning to stay?"
"A month or two, or perhaps longer?"
"Then what is..."
Su Xiao pointed downstairs. Several movers were carrying an oversized ceramic bathtub toward the rear courtyard. They had even brought along the bathtub from her home. Was this really a temporary stay?
"That's my bathtub. When you people go out, don't you bring your bathtubs with you?"
Madam Smoke undid her hair tie and reclined comfortably on a single sofa, beginning to place cucumber slices on her face.
Su Xiao had A'Mu order dinner from the restaurant kitchen. A'Mu was unusually enthusiastic about this. Although it had to run the errand, it got to decide what snacks they would eat at