Chapter 70: Fever
"All right, let him recover well; I won’t go up," Xu Si said.
On the surface, Xu Si agreed not to go up, but her thoughts were entirely different. Maybe she wasn’t normal either. She was actually moved by such a crazy act. She didn’t want to stay away from him; on the contrary, she was quite concerned and wanted to find an opportunity to see for herself what he considered his ’bad shape.’
「That same night.」
Xu Si sat in the banquet hall on the first floor, talking on her mobile phone with Wen Jiaojiao. Slowly and methodically, she answered all of Wen Jiaojiao’s questions about the Underground City. Detecting Wen Jiaojiao’s longing to know more, Xu Si then changed the subject, asking, "Has Gu Jing been looking for you again?"
Wen Jiaojiao chuckled. "No. I thought he was my safe harbor, but it seems he’s not. Now I have to start a new life."
Xu Si’s mind stirred, reminded of her exceedingly kind husband from her previous life. She laughed. "Indeed, something better is waiting for you."
"You sound so sure. So where is your safe harbor?"
Xu Si was somewhat averse to discussing matters of the heart right then. She took a sip of her hot tea, her tone very calm. "What do I need a safe harbor for? Money is the ideal in this world."
"Okay, Boss Xu," Wen Jiaojiao laughed. "We should balance work and leisure, right? Earning money alone is no fun. That said, now that the foreign exchange issue is resolved, why haven’t you come back? Have you been bewitched by something? Do you need me to rescue you?"
"Indeed." Xu Si also laughed. She recalled how Wen Jiaojiao had tried her best last time, so she didn’t mention the dangers she currently faced. Squeezing the phone, she glanced at the Triad Society’s presence outside the mansion and joked, "The sea breeze here is too strong; I’ve been entangled by a Sea Monster."
"That must be a handsome Sea Monster then. I won’t interfere; I prefer humans," Wen Jiaojiao said.