Ruthis had planned everything so cleverly that even Xue Pingyuan, the general permanently stationed on the Northern States' frontier, had been kept in the dark.
Shen Yangge kept watching the door, his expression gradually shifting from grave to dark. The servant stood beside him, not daring to make a sound or study his expression too closely.
"Did Lord Chu say when he would return?"
The servant shook his head. "No."
He wanted to say that the lord's gaze had been terrifying. The man had hurried off right before him without so much as a glance his way. He had only caught sight of that look by accident, when a bolt of lightning struck and startled him into glancing over.
Remembering that scene, Xia Zao felt prickles down his back. He truly feared that gaze might become a real blade and slaughter him.
Shen Yangge knew that haste would get him nowhere, so he quietly waited for Chu Xuanzhen to return. Lightning struck every so often, followed by successive explosions of the same kind.
Only after much of the cloud cover dispersed and the sky slowly grew calm again did that expanse of crimson near the heavens finally vanish.
Ruthis's status as a bug left an indelible mark on Shen Yangge's mind. Although System 615 had said this was not the book world he knew, with so many details matching up, he still largely interpreted events through that story.
Thus, Shen Yangge remained extremely wary of Ruthis, someone he believed had never appeared in the original novel.
That night, Shen Yangge lay soaking in the water, unable to sleep. His mind was such a jumble that his head felt ready to burst.
Chu Xuanzhen still had not returned, leaving him torn. He wanted to hurry and tell him about seeing Ruthis