Welcome to Trapped in the Same Day for a Thousand Years, written by Sang Ze and narrated by Wang Xiaomo and Lao He.
Li Ruobing walked forward with her arm linked through Wu Chen's, ignoring the fierce-looking bodyguards. She had brought only two guards upstairs and left the rest below, but her presence was formidable.
Her bodyguard, Yang Kuo, stayed alert, one hand tucked inside his jacket, ready to draw his gun at any moment. It was professional instinct; he needed no orders.
The twenty or thirty bodyguards Song Xuan had arranged watched them like hawks. The corridor felt tense, as though something serious was about to happen.
In truth, the guards Song Xuan had brought to make a show of force were all bewildered. Something was wrong. Strictly speaking, they worked for the Wu Family, and their boss was Wu Yurong. Song Xuan had cleared it with her before calling in so many of them, though she had said they were there to look after An Menglan.
They had arrived at Yuelaixuan Grand Hotel an hour earlier and had followed Song Xuan's instructions ever since.
Song Xuan had told them that her senior would bring an older woman with him. They were to intimidate the woman; they did not need to do anything beyond glaring at her. It was all about the spectacle.
They had understood exactly what Song Xuan wanted and had done as instructed.
But when Wu Chen and Li Ruobing came upstairs, they glared at Li Ruobing and immediately realized something was off. Why was she a beautiful young woman in her twenties? Where was the older woman?
That was not even the main problem. Some of the guards recognized Li Ruobing.
Li Ruobing had been in East Sea for four years. Among the guards working