Sheng Zui changed his clothes and waited with a frown for Mei Chengyu and Yu Sui to reply. When he looked up and saw Gu Gan still standing in the doorway, he asked Mu Mengbai, "Why aren't you closing the door?"
Mu Mengbai turned to Gu Gan. "Then I'm closing it."
He really was going to close the door.
Gu Gan knew that, so he grabbed the doorknob with one hand. Looking past Mu Mengbai at Sheng Zui, he asked, "Where did he say Sui Sui is?"
Sheng Zui couldn't even be bothered to speak to him. He turned away and waved Mu Mengbai over, signaling for him to hurry up and get rid of this nuisance.
Mu Mengbai tried to close the door, but Gu Gan slapped the doorknob and sent him staggering back. The anger in Sheng Zui's heart flared up in an instant and wouldn't be contained. As he rose to his feet, golden Five Elements Body Protection Qi ignited around him.
"Wait, don't fight!" Mu Mengbai steadied himself and stood between them, stretching out his hands to stop them. "Unless you two can guarantee no one on this floor will notice—or that you can kill each other with one move."
Gu Gan stared at Sheng Zui. "Where is she?"
"Why don't you just ask Mei Chengyu?" Sheng Zui laughed in exasperation. "If I knew where she was, would I tell you?"
He had asked, but Mei Chengyu wouldn't say.
Gu Gan's intention had been to get Sheng Zui to ask Mei Chengyu for the information. But he hadn't expected Sheng Zui and Mei Chengyu to seem closer than he'd thought, and that left him feeling even worse.
Not long after Sheng Zui finished speaking, the Listening Wind Ruler in his hand began to buzz. He opened