At exactly noon, Yao Tang appeared by the airport entrance, waiting patiently for another person's arrival.
Just then, a man in a dark suit appeared next to her. "Are you Yao Tang?" he asked. He looked quite familiar as if she had already seen him from somewhere.
She raised her eyebrows at the man. "Who are you?"
"I'm Qin Rui." The person smiled. "Qin Hao's cousin. It wouldn't be reasonable to take a taxi this late at night, so Brother Cheng had asked me to pick you up."
"Hm." With a purse of her lips, she nodded and followed suit.
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Imperial Palace.
Yao Tang was pushing open Cheng Yan's door when someone called her on the phone. Seeing the name on her screen, she answered.
"You're here?" A smooth velvety voice echoed across the line.
"Yeah," she responded, turning on the lights. After gingerly placing her bag on the carpet, she pulled out her laptop and turned it on.
