Chapter 318: Being Tricked
Xie Zhaoyuan is now a prominent figure in Yuncheng. Once he appears in public, he will definitely cause a huge uproar.
So the couple thought about it and decided to go home for dinner.
"What do you want to eat?" Pei Xingzhi asked as he drove out of the parking lot and adjusted the navigation.
"Hmm..." Xie Zhaoyuan thought about this question seriously, and after a moment, he gave his answer.
“I want to eat hot pot!”
"Okay." Pei Xingzhi agreed with a smile, "Then I'll call the hot pot restaurant now and ask them to send the food directly home."
"Yeah!" Xie Zhaoyuan nodded, his eyes smiling into crescents, "By the way, when will big brother and the others be back?"
Pei Xingzhi: "They won't be able to leave Linzhou until tonight, so they will probably arrive home in the early morning."
"...Okay." Xie Zhaoyuan was a little disappointed. "I was just thinking whether I should wait for them to get home and eat together."
"It's okay, let's eat first." Pei Xingzhi freed one hand to touch Xie Zhaoyuan's face and comforted her softly, "All those who deserved to die are dead, and all that's left for us in the future are good days. Our family still has many meals to eat."
Xie Zhaoyuan: “Yeah!”
The hot pot restaurant delivered the food very quickly. As soon as Xie Zhaoyuan and Pei Xingzhi arrived home, all the dishes had been delivered and sorted by the nanny.
Xie Zhaoyuan didn't have to do anything. He just needed to wash his hands and change his clothes, then he could sit at the table and eat peacefully.
The servants in the house were very happy that she was back. While she was eating, they prepared fruits and drinks, and almost took out everything in the refrigerator.
Later, Xie Zhaoyuan saw that there was really no room on the table, so he asked them to stop reluctantly.
“Buzz——”
“Buzz——”
Lu Yibai's call came at the time Xie Zhaoyuan expected.
Xie Zhaoyuan put down his chopsticks and took the phone from Pei Xingzhi. She first made a "hush" gesture to the servant in the living room, then answered the phone and pressed the speakerphone.
"Hello."
"I'm already at Brilliant Plaza, where are you?" Lu Yibai's voice was small and soft.
Xie Zhaoyuan did not answer but asked: "You have arrived? Which gate are you at now?"
Lu Yibai put on his sunglasses tightly and turned to look at the stone tablet not far away: "I'm at Gate No. 3 now." "Gate No. 3..." Xie Zhaoyuan opened his mouth and ate the tripe that Pei Xingzhi fed him in one gulp, "Gate No. 3 won't work, it's too far from here. Go to Gate No. 5 first, and I'll show you the way when you get there."
"Okay." Lu Yibai had no doubts and immediately followed her instructions.
Instead of hanging up, she threw the phone on the table and ate while listening to Lu Yibai walking.
Brilliant Plaza is the largest commercial plaza in Yuncheng, with a total of eight gates of various sizes. Each path is far apart, making it very difficult to walk.
Lu Yibai used the navigation and circled the square several times before finally finding Gate No. 5 that Xie Zhaoyuan mentioned.
"I've reached Gate 5. What should I do next?"
Xie Zhaoyuan: "Next, turn right and look at the tall building in front of you."
Lu Yibai did as he was told: "I saw it, and then what?"
Xie Zhaoyuan quietly took a sip of Coke: "Then you go in and take the elevator to the 18th floor."
"Yeah." Lu Yibai still didn't think much about it. He just went wherever Xie Zhaoyuan said.
He walked into the building in front of him and took the elevator to the eighteenth floor.
"I'm here, where are you?"
"You've arrived?" Xie Zhaoyuan was still a little unconvinced. "Take a photo and show it to me. I want to confirm whether you are lying or not."
“…” Lu Yibai was a little speechless, but still did as he was told.
He turned on his camera, took a photo of the floor and sent it to Xie Zhaoyuan as proof that he was not lying.
Xie Zhaoyuan carefully checked the photo several times to make sure that Lu Yibai had really arrived before letting him proceed to the next step.
"Go knock on the door of room 1807 now."
"1807?" Lu Yibai walked around the building but didn't see the house number "1807" at all.
"I don't think there's 1807 on this floor?"
"...Really?" Xie Zhaoyuan's tone was somewhat guilty.
Lu Yibai frowned and began to get impatient: "Of course! I searched the entire 18th floor, but I only found 1806. There is no 1807 at all!"
"Qin Song, you didn't give me the wrong directions, did you?"
"...No." Xie Zhaoyuan lied stubbornly, "I didn't give you the wrong directions, I just gave you the wrong house number. It's not 1807, it's 1804!"
"Are you sure?" Lu Yibai didn't believe it immediately.
"I'm sure!" Xie Zhaoyuan opened her mouth and let Pei Xingzhi feed her a piece of beef. "I'm really sure this time! Go and knock on the door of room 1804. You can see me when the door opens."
"You... are in room 1804?" Lu Yibai caught some hidden information.
"Yes." Xie Zhaoyuan lied with his eyes open, "I am in 1804."
"What are you doing in 1804?" Lu Yibai finally began to feel a little suspicious.
"I'm eating hotpot." Xie Zhaoyuan rarely told the truth. "You can see me if you knock on the door of room 1804."
"...Okay." Having come this far, no matter how weird Xie Zhaoyuan's words were, Lu Yibai had to knock on the door and check.
He found the house number 1804 and knocked on the door in front of him while talking on the phone.
“Knock knock knock—”
"Anyone there?"
"Pfft..." Xie Zhaoyuan on the other end of the phone almost laughed out loud.
"He. Knocked.!" She grabbed Pei Xingzhi's arm and mouthed to him, "Lu Yibai, that idiot, he really went to knock on someone's door!"
Pei Xingzhi covered his mouth and laughed wildly, his face turning red.
On the other side, Lu Yibai was still knocking on the door seriously.
“Knock knock——”
"Excuse me, is anyone there?"
"Who is it?" Someone in the room finally responded.
"Shh!" Xie Zhaoyuan put his index finger to his lips, signaling Pei Xingzhi not to make any sound.
Pei Xingzhi laughed so hard that he couldn't speak. He could only bury his head and nod repeatedly.
"...I'm here to find someone." Lu Yibai said directly.
"Who are you looking for?" the man outside the door responded as he walked over to open the door.
“…”
Lu Yibai looked at the bearded burly man in front of him, and his expression went blank for a moment.
"I'm asking you a question!" The man had no patience. Seeing Lu Yibai standing there stupidly without saying anything, he immediately got angry.
"Who are you looking for?" He looked up at Lu Yibai, and the fat on his body was shaking as he spoke.
Lu Yibai blinked: "...I'm looking for someone named Xie, she said she's waiting for me here."
"Your surname is Xie?" The man turned around and looked into the room. "Isn't your surname Wang? When did you change it to Xie?"
"Who the hell is surnamed Xie?" A woman wrapped in a bath towel walked out of the room and looked at Lu Yibai who was standing at the door with a confused look on her face.
"Who has the surname Xie? There is no one here with the surname Xie."
Lu Yibai glanced at the woman and saw the ambiguous red marks all over her body.
He hastily looked away, but the man still noticed something.
"Where the hell are you looking at?!" The man pushed Lu Yibai hard, "If you look at me again, I'll beat you up!"
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