"I'm going to get a change of clothes." Tong Yi had never worn a dress before. This gown made her feel uncomfortable. Moreover, there was no way the engagement banquet was still going on, so there was no need to wear it anymore.
Ling Rui nodded. "Yes, I agree. This outfit is beautiful but it looks weird on you."
Tong Yi was speechless.
Half an hour later, Tong Yi came out of the mall and opened the car door. "Let's go."
Ling Rui put his phone aside and was about to drive when he saw Tong Yi's outfit. He was shocked. "Sister Yi, why… why are you dressed like this?"
Tong Yi looked down at her clothes.
She was wearing a windbreaker and a pair of leggings, it looked casual and trendy. Seemed fine to her.
Tong Yi thought about how Ling Rui had said that she looked out of place in a gown and guessed that it was probably because Tong Yi did not usually dress like this in the game. She asked casually, "What should I wear?"
"Leather, of course! Leather top, leather pants, and Dr. Martens boots. You look cool that way!" Ling Rui's gaze shifted to Tong Yi's head, and he shook his head in disdain. "And your hair, it's time to dye it back. The black color makes you look too pure and innocent, like a little girl who hasn't grown up. Ash gray suits you best. It's wilder and spicier."
"…" What kind of fashion sense is this?!
Tong Yi fastened her seatbelt. "Let's go."
About half an hour later, the car stopped at the hotel's basement parking lot.
Tong Yi got out of the car and walked toward the elevator. After walking for a while, she felt like something was wrong. It felt like someone was following her. She stopped and turned around.
Noticing Tong Yi had suddenly halted, Ling Rui asked, "What's wrong?" When she did not respond to his question, he followed her line of sight and his eyes widened. "Damn, why is it him again?"
Tong Yi also had that similar thought. 'Why is it him again?'
The man walked toward them and stopped when he was three to five steps away from her. He lifted the cigarette away from his lips and exhaled a puff of smoke. His hand that was holding the cigarette fell to his side and the smoke between his fingers curled upward. His other hand was in his pocket.
"What a coincidence," he said.
Tong Yi frowned. She suspected that he was following her but she had no evidence. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to attend the engagement party." After saying this, Lu Zhanbei walked towards the elevator.
Tong Yi rolled her eyes internally. This guy was obviously lying through his teeth. She had gone to the police station to save him. How could the engagement party still be on? Furthermore, she had just told him that she wanted to get engaged to him, hadn't she?
'Whose engagement is he attending?'
'Mine?'
"Not coming?"
Lu Zhanbei's low and pleasant voice came from within the elevator.
Tong Yi turned to look. The man was standing inside the elevator with one hand in his pocket and the other blocking the elevator door that was about to close. The cigarette in his hand had disappeared at some point, he looked at her from afar.
It was good that he was there. She could settle everything all at once and save herself the trouble.
Thinking this, Tong Yi walked toward the elevator.
When she reached the elevator, she remembered Ling Rui. She turned around and scanned the parking lot but Ling Rui was nowhere to be seen.
Where could he have disappeared to?
Could he have left while she was talking to Lu Zhanbei?
How cruel!
Tong Yi ignored Ling Rui's absence and entered the elevator.
A while later, the 'cruel' Ling Rui saw the elevator door close and walked out from behind the pillar. What a joke. He didn't want to take the elevator with Lu Zhanbei.
Lu Zhanbei's cold and solemn aura was creepy. Ling Rui was rather afraid of him.
However, Ling Rui admired Tong Yi for her courage to provoke such a dangerous man. She was definitely worthy of being his Sister Yi. She was so freaking cool!
Inside the elevator, Tong Yi stared at the elevator wall that was as smooth as a mirror. Lu Zhanbei's figure was clearly reflected in it.
He had his hands in his pockets and his eyes were slightly lowered. She couldn't tell what he was thinking, nor could she see those deep and oppressive eyes of his. His wolf-like presence also seemed to have vanished into thin air.
He had suddenly turned into the familiar Lu Zhanbei she knew outside the game, in real life.