On the top floor of the Rose Hotel, sobbing echoed from a room called "Red Ocean."
At the moment, the door was closed.
Wang Zhao lay on the large bed.
He looked at... Zhu Zhuqing, who stood near the door, fully dressed aside from her slightly disheveled hair, and his expression was somewhat helpless.
Don't misunderstand.
Nothing had happened in this room.
It was simply that, ever since Zhu Zhuqing had followed Wang Zhao upstairs in a daze and entered this "Red Ocean" room, she had suddenly been unable to stop herself from crying. She seemed to be doing her best to suppress the sound, yet faint sobs still escaped her.
The "understanding" Wang Zhao figured that the more concern he showed now, the louder Zhu Zhuqing would cry. So, he simply did not try to comfort her and lay alone on the rose-red bed for a while.
It had to be said...
As expected of you, Wang Xiao Zhao.
"Wuwuwu..."
Before long, Zhu Zhuqing's crying grew louder. She lowered her head deeply.
Seeing that the time was about right, Wang Zhao finally spoke.
"Zhuqing, you're about to cry yourself into a little tabby cat... Oh, I almost forgot. You seem to have been a 'cat' to begin with."
"..."
Hearing Big Brother Li Ming suddenly make such a lame joke, Zhu Zhuqing's sobs paused.
Only then did Wang Zhao seriously ask, "Why are you crying? Is it because of that One-Eyed Young Master Dai just now?"
Zhu Zhuqing said nothing, merely nodding slowly.
"What, seeing him fall so far made you feel that your life had lost all hope and color, leaving everything bleak and gray?"
Wang Zhao asked again.
Zhu Zhuqing still did not answer, and this time, she did not even nod.
However, her thoughts were plainly