The Show Begins

Zhu Zhuqing flushed bright red and shot him a fierce glare, but could not be bothered to explain.

After spending more than a day with him, she had more or less figured him out. This man loved to run his mouth and had no sense of propriety!

She quickly finished washing up. The moment she stepped out of the washroom, she discovered that Lin Feng had somehow already leaned against the doorway, watching her with perfect composure.

"W-what are you standing here for?" She subconsciously took half a step back.

"To eat, what else? Aren't you hungry?"

Lin Feng said it as though it were only natural, then added, "Oh, right. Same rule as before—you're treating."

Zhu Zhuqing nearly choked on her breath.

The words, "Why am I paying again?" nearly slipped out, but she swallowed them back down.

Forget it, forget it. He had saved her life. She would accept it.

She said irritably, "Fine, fine, fine! I'll pay! Happy now?"

She made up her mind that she had to leave today, no matter what. If she stayed any longer, her pitiful little stash of Gold Coins would truly run dry!

The two of them did not leave the hotel and simply had lunch at the hotel restaurant.

Afterward, they found a relatively quiet corner in the lobby and sat down, ordering several exquisite pastries and drinks.

Watching Lin Feng across from her eat with great relish, Zhu Zhuqing could not help grumbling inwardly. A dignified Soul Saint, yet he was this stingy?

When ordering just now, she had deliberately placed her shriveled coin purse in the most conspicuous spot on the table, hinting that she was nearly out of money!

Why was he still pretending not to see it?

She had even paid for the desserts and drinks!

Lin Feng, meanwhile, felt entirely justified. If he could spend someone else's money, why spend his own?

When it came to women, he had to be stingy when it was time to be stingy!

"Lin Feng."

Zhu Zhuqing put down her fork and said seriously, "I really have something very important to take care of. Can you let me handle my business first?"

Lin Feng reclined calmly against the back of his chair, slowly took a sip of his drink, and shook his head slightly. "If you leave, where am I supposed to find you? Don't rush. Wait a little longer."

His gaze swept over the hotel entrance, a faint smile curling at his lips. "If we're lucky, we might even get to watch a good show for free."

Seeing how Calm and Composed he looked, Zhu Zhuqing only felt a ball of stifled frustration lodge in her chest, yet there was nothing she could do.

What an annoying guy!

Lin Feng's patience was not wasted.

Just as Zhu Zhuqing was bored out of her mind and Lin Feng was nearly ready to study the desserts into a work of art, the light at the hotel entrance was blocked by two figures.

A lively girl in a pink dress, her long hair tied into a scorpion braid, walked in side by side with a young man dressed in simple blue clothes and sporting a center-parted hairstyle, chattering away without pause.

They headed straight for the front desk.

The girl bounced with energy, while the young man appeared steady and composed, though his brows still carried the vigor of youth.

Lin Feng's eyes lit up. He lowered his voice and said to Zhu Zhuqing, "Disciple, see that girl in pink? Remember what she looks like."

Zhu Zhuqing was already bored, so she instinctively looked over and asked in confusion, "What do you mean? Who is she?"

"Oh, nothing in particular."

Lin Feng gave a mysterious smile. "You'll understand in the future."

That way of saying half of something while hiding the other half made Zhu Zhuqing experience the agony of Inch Stop!

She was speechless with anger. His words had left her curiosity itching, and there was definitely something seriously wrong with this man!

At the top of her list of most hated people, cryptic riddlers had now claimed first place!

"You really are annoying!" she could not help shooting him another glare.

Just then, Lin Feng gestured with his lips toward her, wearing an expression of someone watching a show. "There. The show's starting."

Zhu Zhuqing turned toward the entrance again in confusion. The instant she looked, she was struck as though by lightning!

Three more people had entered through the lobby entrance.

Leading them was a handsome young man with a tall build, shoulder-length golden hair, and luxurious white robes.

He looked lazy and wore a carefree, rakish smile as he held two beautiful, voluptuous women in his arms, twin sisters who looked almost identical!

That golden-haired young man was none other than Dai Mubai, the fiancé she had crossed a thousand miles and endured pursuit and assassination to find!

Lin Feng said nothing more. He merely quietly fixed his gaze on Zhu Zhuqing, closely watching her reaction.

Zhu Zhuqing clenched her hands beneath the table!

The familiar tremor from deep within her Martial Soul left her with no need for further confirmation!

This was the fiancé she had been longing for?

This was the fiancé she had believed was struggling alone in a foreign land?

Look at that frivolous posture, those practiced movements, the ease with which he held the twins as though it were completely routine...

How could this be the behavior of someone who had only just arrived?

He was clearly a regular here, a seasoned playboy!

An icy chill mixed with fury swept through Zhu Zhuqing's entire body!

She ground her silver teeth together, her body trembling uncontrollably.

Traveling a thousand miles to find her fiancé?

What a laughable, ironic feat!

So he had long since drowned himself in soft embraces and pleasure, casting aside his fiancée in the distant Star Luo Empire and forgetting her completely!

What, then, did she even count as in his heart?

A heavy burden? A ridiculous liability?

Her rage had reached such an extreme that she instead wanted to laugh.

It was a bleak, self-mocking laugh that carried the taste of blood.

She forcibly suppressed her resentment, fury, and grief, then turned to stare at Lin Feng. "You! You deliberately held me back just so I could see this?"

Her eyes were filled with Shock and confusion. "This all looks like a coincidence, yet it also seems as though you expected everything. How did you know?"

Lin Feng neither admitted it nor denied it.

He merely looked back at her calmly, his gaze unfathomable.

Maintaining an air of mystery made people want to investigate, didn't it?

He stood and straightened his collar. "I said I'd give you three days to think it over. Now, I want to go out for a walk. Are you coming?"

He glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, who looked somewhat lost and distraught. "Never mind. You can do as you please."

He understood Zhu Zhuqing.

With her pride and composure, she would never rush over and put on some ridiculous scene of tearing apart the other women.

She would only be like a wounded beast, silently licking her wounds and digesting this humiliation and pain alone in some corner.

Sure enough, Zhu Zhuqing merely sat there in silence, watching Dai Mubai and Tang San's group come into conflict over the rooms, watching them eventually seem to reach some sort of agreement.

She watched Dai Mubai leave with the twins in his arms, until the lobby became empty once more.

She rose listlessly and dragged herself back to the hotel suite step by step.

Right now, she only wanted to be alone and think things through.

Persist? Was there still any meaning in persisting?

Lin Feng, meanwhile, strolled out of the hotel and blended into the bustle of Suotuo City in the afternoon.

Of course, he was not wandering around without purpose.

He was searching for that inconspicuous little shop.

Hadn't he said he would make things difficult for Tang San?

Then he would start now!

Do nothing at all? That would be far too boring.

Lin Feng simply treated Suotuo City as a sandbox map and slowly wandered all over it, familiarizing himself with the terrain.

Finally, at the corner of a remote, deserted street, he found his target.

It was an unremarkable little shop. On a reclining chair outside, a middle-aged man with a flat face, glasses, and a hooked nose—rather conspicuous overall—was resting with his eyes closed.

Flender!