Chapter 1038: Passing By Each Other
Following Wu, Qin Ran entered the corridor connecting the small hall to the tavern's main room.
Wu stood beneath a wall lamp. The dark red carpet gave off a faintly soft impression in the light.
"Your cloak is nice."
"Crow feathers are very eye-catching."
Wu spoke slowly.
"It's a cape."
Qin Ran frowned and corrected the error in Wu's wording.
"A cape?"
"A cape without a hood is certainly unusual, just like my meeting you here... 2567, do you believe in fate?"
Wu's deep, hoarse voice grew increasingly slow, as though he had sunk entirely into his memories.
Qin Ran's brow furrowed even more deeply.
He could clearly tell that Wu had deliberately said that just now in order to bring up so-called "fate."
Fate?
Qin Ran did not believe in it.
Just as he believed that people were not born equal.
It might have been cruel, but that was reality.
However, Qin Ran did not enjoy discussing such things with a stranger, nor did he wish to be drawn into the other man's rhythm.
"Was that [Lucky Card] real?"
"Or was it a joke?"
Qin Ran carefully chose his words, changing "trap" into "joke."
Of course, if it really had been a joke, then even with Rachel mediating between them, Wu would inevitably have ended up on Qin Ran's blacklist.
Fortunately, it was not a joke.
Wu quietly watched Qin Ran for two seconds, as though he wanted to see through the system's concealment and glimpse Qin Ran's true face.
"It's not a joke."
"I merely wanted to speak with you a little longer."
As he spoke, Wu initiated a trade.
The [Lucky Card] appeared in the trade window, and Wu had already clicked confirm.
At that moment, all Qin Ran had to