Those two agents didn't get any effective information in the end.
Among the only two people present, one knew the truth but didn't report it, and the other was only focused on playing with his mobile phone and didn't even realize that there was another person standing outside the supermarket.
There was no surveillance camera installed here either, except for a useless wide-angle mirror installed on the corner of the supermarket wall.
At this point, all possible clues were cut off.
Naturally, there was no need for them to stay here and waste time.
However, Lu Jia was a bit absent-minded. She made an excuse that she was a bit tired from driving and needed to rest for a while and stayed behind, but she just stood there watching the black Chevrolet drive away.
Looking at the highway in the dim night, Lu Jia couldn't help but think of what that agent had said again.
— He's very good at lying.
What kind of incident would make an agent have such an evaluation of Mr. Phoenix?
During the journey just now, could he have already lied to her?
If the answer was "yes", then what might Mr. Phoenix have lied to her about?
...
She felt a chill run down her spine, but also wanted to laugh at herself for believing a man who seemed to be on the run so easily.
Lu Jia couldn't help but fall silent. She felt her body getting heavier, as if she was falling into the icy and bottomless blue deep sea. All kinds of wild thoughts emerged in her mind.
To be honest, the politeness and self-cultivation engraved in her bones made Lu Jia want to wait for him to come back and set off with him to continue fulfilling what she had promised in order to exchange for the other party's ability to fulfill his promise in the future.
But perhaps because of what the white agent had just said, in the end, Lu Jia's suspicion prevailed. She couldn't help but re-evaluate the feasibility and risk level of this matter.
Dangerous.
After several hours of driving, there were only thirty or forty kilometers left to Las Vegas, and Mr. Phoenix hadn't shown up yet.
Lu Jia felt that she had already done her best. Anyway, she had just lied for him, and the risks she had taken were already far greater than the benefits. She couldn't wait for him to show up all the time.
So she decided...
— To leave him behind! Run away immediately!
Thinking of this, Lu Jia had already made up her mind.
So she immediately opened the car door, got in, started the engine in a flurry, and after taking a glance at the full fuel tank, Lu Jia paused for a moment and finally turned the steering wheel and drove onto the highway.
While driving, Lu Jia nervously looked through the rearview mirror. After confirming that there wasn't a handsome and tall man suddenly rushing out from the bushes, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head, and continued on her scheduled journey.
Feeling a bit more relaxed, she reached out and turned on the car stereo. The strange and surreal psychedelic pop music flowed slowly, and a hoarse and illusory male voice murmured, singing a story about a crazy wife killing her husband in a rather ambiguous way.
"In the summer
Took my gun
And made him go to Neverland."
"He was something
My old husband..."
Lu Jia frowned a bit irritably at this time. She reached out and switched to the straightforward and summery pop electronic music like Calvin Harris's, which made her frown ease a little. She tried to forget the episode that had just happened and immerse herself in this solo summer trip.
Yes, this was only the second day. She should enjoy it well.
The gambling city of Las Vegas was Lu Jia's next destination.
When it came to which casino in Las Vegas was the most famous and luxurious, the Caesars Palace Casino Resort was undoubtedly the one.
But being famous also meant being expensive. Lu Jia didn't have that much spare money, so she finally booked a moderately priced ordinary hotel. Even so, she was still full of expectations for it.
As time passed, the guilt of abandoning Mr. Phoenix had long been exhausted during the boring driving process. The scenery on both sides of the road gradually changed from the dim and desolate dry land.
Even though it was late at night, the bright and colorful neon lights still decorated the numerous casino hotels standing here, and even lit up the ordinary palm trees on the roadside. The faces of the pedestrians walking in groups were all bright and energetic, and the flow of people was still as lively as during the day.
Lu Jia couldn't help but be infected by such an atmosphere. While driving, she curiously looked out of the car window through the glass, as if the air was filled with the smell of money and madness.
This place had the most famous gambling industry in the world, and it was also a world-renowned entertainment capital and a wedding destination. Along the way, there were either casino hotels or white churches.
The sacred and the depraved coexisted in the same place.
Following the car navigation all the way forward, Lu Jia finally arrived at her accommodation for tonight and tomorrow night, the Golden Brick Casino Hotel.
In order not to have to pay tips, Lu Jia refused the valet parking service offered by the doorman. She carefully parked the rented car and then took her luggage out of the trunk. She entered through the magnificent gate and prepared to check in.
Just before leaving, Lu Jia caught a glimpse of the mobile phone thrown on the back seat of the driver's seat out of the corner of her eye. She couldn't help but stop in her tracks, frowned, and put the phone without a SIM card into her pocket.
It was really troublesome without a SIM card... Fortunately, there was Wi-Fi in the hotel, so she didn't have to worry about the network for these two days for the time being.
Lu Jia arrived late, and the front desk was quite empty with no one around. She only waited for a short while before she completed the check-in procedures. She took the room card, got on the elevator, and then smoothly found her own room following the signs.
However, just as Lu Jia took out the room card and opened the door, the sound of footsteps approaching from far to near suddenly quickened.
She just raised her head in confusion and looked back when a tall black figure immediately loomed over her. The aggressive male hormones made Lu Jia's whole body stiff and unable to move. Immediately after that, an irresistible force wrapped around her and forcibly dragged her stumbling into the room.
"...Mmm!"
Lu Jia was just about to scream loudly when she was horrified to find that she could only make muffled whimpering sounds!
Almost at the same time, she realized that there was a hot and powerful palm tightly covering her mouth, and the other hand was tightly wrapped around her throat with the elbow part, patiently and professionally, not allowing her to make any sound that would affect other guests. The movements revealed extreme proficiency.
"Don't move."
The hairs on her ears stood on end. The hot breath brushed across her skin, making her shiver subconsciously.
But all the slight tremors were stifled in the cradle. Lu Jia found that she couldn't even breathe smoothly. Then there was a "snap—".
It was the sound of the room door being gently closed.
After a long time, so long that Lu Jia even felt that the whole space seemed to be stagnant like glue, she finally managed to figure out the owner of this sound from her blank mind.
Casper Phoenix.
But... How could it be!?
Realizing who the other person was, Lu Jia felt blood rush to her head instantly, and her limbs could only weakly lean against the man behind her.
... No, wait.
Too close.
Although it was already night, the summer night wind still carried a bit of warmth.
Lu Jia was still wearing short sleeves at this time. Although she couldn't see clearly what clothes the man behind her was wearing in the dim light, she could easily feel through the exposed skin that the other person was only wearing a thin shirt.
Two layers of fabric were neither too much nor too little. But in this situation, for Lu Jia, it was an experience she had never had in her life. Her brain had never had such a clear sense of touch before. It was as hot as a furnace and so full of fluctuations and vitality.
"Gulp—"
Lu Jia swallowed subconsciously. She clearly wanted to keep her voice as low as possible, but unfortunately, due to the squeezing of the throat muscles, she made an unpleasant sound.
For a while, the dim hotel room became even quieter.
After a long while, the man's authoritative palm slowly loosened in an extremely slow manner, but it seemed that the pressure of the palm lines remained on her lips.
Like a mark that wouldn't dissipate in a short time.
Lu Jia turned her head with difficulty. For the first time, she felt that her head was so heavy. It took her a long time to finally focus her sight on the blurry figure and asked in a hoarse voice that surprised even herself, holding her breath, "How did you..."
She had so many questions in her mind.
How did you follow me here?
How did you suddenly disappear?
How did you...
"They're all very experienced agents, but your performance surprised me."
"...!"
Although he had removed his hand covering Lu Jia, the restraining movements still remained unchanged.
Perhaps because of this reason, even though the man's voice was very light, Lu Jia could still hear all the details in his voice, including the slight dental sounds caused by the collision of lips and teeth, which made the whole world seem more magnetic.
"Looks like our journey together will go far beyond Las Vegas."