Chapter 61. To tell you a secret (2)
Su Luo’s pair of eyes were like water, but her speech held icy-coldness. It seemed as if she could see through everything. As she gazed at the sky outside of the window, she smiled faintly. “I don’t know, but I do know that I like myself the most.”
“Girl, I also like you the most too.” Nangong Liuyun’s phoenix-like eyes narrowed slightly. His eyes resembled clear ocean water on their surface, but a half smile seemed filled with half truths like the murky depths below.
“Then wouldn’t you be suffering a huge loss?” Su Luo’s words secretly held a double meaning.
“This king never invests in a losing business.” Nangong Liuyun’s smiled like a sly fox that had been cultivating for a millennium. Phoenix eyes narrowed again, and his entire person give off an indolent impression. “Don’t believe me? Hmm… How about we make a bet then?
“Not betting!” It certainly would be another case of the winner is king and the loser warms the bed. Su Luo was not going to play the fool again.
Just then, a fit of noisy quarrelling could be heard coming from the first floor lobby.
Numerous soldiers had encircled the entire restaurant and formed a densely packed, impenetrable formation such that not even a fly could escape.
After the senior provincial official Zhao found out the news about his son’s death, his entire body almost collapsed. He secured a pike to his back, then straddling the back of a horse, he sped over to the restaurant at a whirlwind’s speed.
Just when Liu Weiming and his companions were discussing when they should take their leave, the troops Official Zhao brought just happen to conveniently arrive to detain them at the door.