Gu Yusheng and Lu Bancheng had just finished their meal upstairs in the dim sum restaurant. As they walked out of the elevator, they were conversing with a few other men.
All were dressed in formal suits but, based on how they talked, they were more like friends than business partners. Qin Zhi'ai assumed they must be taking part in some important gathering.
Qin Zhi'ai didn't recognize the two men being led by a waitress to the front desk to pay the check.
Two other men were drunk and stumbled their way to the bathroom.
Gu Yusheng, Lu Bancheng, and another man stood by the elevator and talked.
She couldn't hear what they were discussing, but Gu Yusheng was quiet the entire time. He took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, opened it, and put one cigarette between his lips before passed the pack to Lu Bancheng and the other man. It wasn't long before they were enveloped in a cloud of smoke.
