Chapter 67: Forced thoughts of you
Pei Zhen had slept for a few hours on this soft bed, plagued by strange dreams. Xu Si was still exhausted. Knowing that Pei Zhen was all right, the nerve in her brain she mentally labeled ’concern’ relaxed considerably.
It was already afternoon.
The temperature was abnormally low. She didn’t know if it was due to the rainy weather or the air conditioning being turned up too high, but it consistently made her mood fluctuate.
Suddenly, the electronics in the resting area kept emitting a BEEP. It was the mobile phone that had fallen onto the couch last night.
Xu Si’s eyelashes trembled. She walked over in her slippers, glanced at the familiar number, and answered the phone.
The first voice that came through was Anshi’s. He said in a steady voice, "Miss, I have contacted someone who can get two invitations to the Underground City. It’s been confirmed that he’s your classmate from Germany. He said his name is Aier, and he’s on his way to the Underground City. He will go directly there to find you and will call you once he arrives. Please, Miss, ensure your safety at all costs. If he doesn’t arrive, I will think of another safe way to get you out."
There were too many classmates named Aier.
Xu Si felt heavy-hearted. Counting the days, she figured it would take several days to get from Germany to the Underground City.
In these few days, she wanted to figure out what exactly had happened. That shipwreck in the past—did he survive, or did he never board the ship in the first place? How did he get into the Underground City? And... that troublesome and elusive confession. In her world, everything could be priced. She needed to have a serious talk with Pei Zhen. Otherwise, even if she managed to escape back to Hong Kong Island unharmed, Pei Zhen, once he woke up, wouldn’t let her off the hook. She remembered that in her previous life, the powerful families not absorbed by the Triad Society were ultimately wiped out by other gangs, meeting even uglier fates. As a merchant, Xu Si naturally possessed greed. The future political landscape would only become more turbulent, with powerful families rising and falling at a rapid pace. In just a few short years, many of her old friends and acquaintances had already vanished from the upper echelons of Hong Kong Island. It’s good to have a powerful backer for protection. Now that she had the opportunity, she still wanted to obtain an Identity Card and also mend her kinship with Pei Zhen, achieving the best of both worlds.