Back at the hotel, Lu Mingfei plopped down onto the sofa. It was as if all the bones had been pulled from his body, and he sank limply into the cushions.
He stared at the unopened box of tissues on the coffee table, his eyes unfocused.
Caesar sat across from him. Separated by the glass coffee table, those ice-blue eyes stared straight at him without a word. His gaze was neither cold nor warm, like he was looking at an unsolved math problem.
The atmosphere in the room was somewhat heavy.
Finn wandered over from the fridge with three cans of Coke in hand. He walked over and set them on the coffee table with a loud clang.
"Here, have some Coke to calm your nerves—" He sat down beside Lu Mingfei, cracked open a can for himself first, gulped down a huge mouthful, then burped.
He set down the can and took the lead in broaching the subject.
"Let's talk about these three people first," he said, his tone unusually serious. "Erii, Chu Zihang, and Senior Brother He."
Lu Mingfei's lips twitched.
He raised his head, looked at Finn, then at Caesar, and softly asked, "What about Xia Mi? Do you remember her? He Xiaomeng's younger sister. Her True Name is He Xiaoyu, and Xia Mi is her nickname."
Finn froze for a moment. "This He Xiaomeng is the Senior Brother He you mentioned before? What's his deal?"
"He was also a student at Kassel College," Lu Mingfei said. "Like me, he was a freshman. But he was a Hunter recruited from outside, and he was already an official Executive Department agent. That year of study was to make up for some professional knowledge and skills. It was basically a Fast-Track Class."
He paused, as if organizing his thoughts.