It was already dark when Shen Ru left the Instance. Gu Changming brought him into the Villa, then stopped at the elevator.
"There's an open-air swimming pool on the Top Floor of the Villa. You'll see it when you get up there."
Although Gu Changming kept his expression perfectly composed, Shen Ru clearly caught the gloating amusement behind his glasses.
Ding!
The elevator doors slowly opened.
Shen Ru stepped inside and pressed the button for the Top Floor. Just as the doors were about to close, he blocked them as though he had suddenly changed his mind.
Gu Changming's brow twitched. He had already resolved to get Shen Ru upstairs today, no matter what it took.
But Shen Ru merely pulled a glowing stone from his pocket and handed it to Gu Changming with a beaming smile. While Gu Changming stared at the stone in surprise, Shen Ru pressed the button for the Top Floor again.
As the doors slowly closed, the young man's voice drifted eerily through the gap:
"I found this in that monster's gallbladder just now. It's a present for you."
"Thanks for all your hard work, Mommy Gu."
The elevator doors closed completely.
Gu Changming hurriedly dropped the stone, which was suspiciously likely to be a gallstone. "..."
He wasn't sleeping tonight, no matter what. He wanted to see just how Shen Ru would walk out of this Villa.
The Top Floor of the Villa.
The pool was easy to find. On the quiet Top Floor, the sound of the water was especially distinct.
Bright moonlight illuminated the rippling surface, its shimmering reflections constantly flickering and dancing, dazzling against the night.
The closer Shen Ru came to the pool, the more water he found on the ground.
He stopped at the edge, reluctant to go