Chapter 67: Something Feels Off
"Pfft...shy? I couldn’t tell." Chen Tianlong burst into laughter and teased.
"Hmph, not giving it to me?" Shen Yan pouted.
"Alright, I won’t look then. So pretty, yet you don’t let people take a few more glances." Chen Tianlong mumbled.
At this moment, the waitress just headed out and ran into someone at the stairway entrance; it was Bao.
"What the hell, are you blind?" Bao, with his bad temper, would easily flare up, getting mysteriously bumped by a woman made his chest hurt, could he not be angry?
"Sorry, big brother, I was just walking too fast..."
"I don’t care if you were walking fast..."
"Alright, Bao, let it go, we’ve got business to attend to!" Tian Ji interrupted Bao’s words directly, they were here to tail Chen Tianlong, yet hadn’t found where he was, couldn’t afford to stir up trouble.
"Hmph, lucky for you!" Bao cursed before walking forward. They had just booked a VIP room on Tian Ji’s suggestion.
Earlier outside the grilled fish shop, Tian Ji had noticed Chen Tianlong’s BMW X6 parked at the entrance, so undoubtedly he was eating inside, not seen on the first floor, he must be on the second.
"Gentlemen, where is your room?" Suddenly a waitress approached from the left corridor, asking respectfully.
"Over there." After Tian Ji spoke, he signaled to Bao and the other two men, and the four of them walked to the right, intentionally pushing open a room door to peek inside.
Chen Tianlong and Shen Yan were waiting for the waitress to serve their food, suddenly seeing the door open, they froze for a moment, thinking she was so quick, out just now but already bringing the dishes.
"Ah? Sorry, wrong room, hahaha, my apologies." Tian Ji saw Chen Tianlong, feeling a burst of joy, glad he’d seen the waitress come out first or else would have had to search one by one.
"Oh, it’s fine."
Chen Tianlong glanced at him; he looked scholarly with glasses, appearing harmless, so didn’t think more about it.
Tian Ji, having gotten the information he wanted, hurriedly shut the door and led the three into the adjacent room, preparing for the next move.
After Tian Ji left, Chen Tianlong started communicating with Shen Yan again, only suddenly feeling chest tightness, a bad omen. Furthermore, the ring on his right middle finger kept tightening.
"Chen Tianlong, what’s wrong?" Shen Yan noticed Chen Tianlong’s actions, curiously asking.
After all, Chen Tianlong’s expression seemed a bit uncomfortable.
"It’s nothing, it’ll pass soon." Chen Tianlong took a deep breath, using the Nine Yang Celestial Dragon Technique to adjust his breathing; this had happened many times, yet always resolved with deep breathing.
However, whenever this happened, danger appeared, later summarized by Chen Tianlong as: danger warning.
Could those people have issues?
Chen Tianlong considered it for a moment, then returned to normal.
"Oh dear, what’s wrong with you, not careful even walking." Suddenly a commotion came from outside; although Chen Tianlong’s hearing was sensitive, ordinary people couldn’t make out what’s being said outside, given it’s a soundproof room.
"Sorry... huh? Isn’t it the waitress who bumped into me, shows we have fate, how about being my girlfriend?" Bao had already poured a small bottle of colorless, odorless potion onto the grilled fish.
"Go away, who wants to be your girlfriend, wishful thinking!" The waitress saw the man eyeing her lecherously, feeling repulsed, hurriedly turned heading towards Chen Tianlong’s room, muttering: "Psychopath, not even worthy to see your reflection, no one would be your girlfriend!"
Bao scratched his head deliberately, then moved aside to smoke, signaling his distant men, indicating task completed, telling them to wait for opportunity.
Inside the room.
Seeing the waitress’s somewhat poor complexion, Chen Tianlong asked deliberately: "Miss, is someone teasing you outside?"
"Oh, you mean that charcoal man, as dark as charcoal, thinking I’d be his girlfriend, wishful thinking, not watching where he’s going, bumping into me hurt, annoying to death." The waitress complained.
"Hehe, don’t mind him, some people are just scum." Chen Tianlong comforted.
The waitress nodded, evidently having a favorable impression of Chen Tianlong, promptly placed the served items before leaving.
"Chen Tianlong, everything’s ready, want to try this fish, see if it’s tasty!" Shen Yan said impatiently since she ordered without Chen Tianlong’s permission; if it didn’t suit her taste, she’d feel awkward.
Chen Tianlong smiled faintly, nodded, picked up the chopsticks towards the grilled fish.
As the chopsticks touched the fish, a scene flashed into his mind, a flood of fragmented information appeared before Chen Tianlong’s eyes.
Chen Tianlong put down the chopsticks without eating the fish but didn’t reveal the truth, at times saying it could hardly persuade Shen Yan.
Who would believe such nonsense?
"What happened?" Seeing Chen Tianlong withdraw his chopsticks after touching the fish, Shen Yan asked curiously.
"Haha, nothing, I think we should toast before eating the fish." Chen Tianlong said intentionally, believing as long as delaying, those people would burst in.
"Okay then!"
Shen Yan chuckled bitterly, Chen Tianlong truly distinct, but she didn’t think too much, many did have a drink before meals.
The two filled their wine glasses, clinking them, each taking a sip.
Shen Yan felt somewhat uneasy with an empty stomach, decided to eat some fish, but at this moment Chen Tianlong suddenly placed a prawn in her bowl.
Shen Yan was initially surprised, then smiled slightly, began eating.
Chen Tianlong breathed a sigh of relief, unveiling the truth now would likely panic Shen Yan, might act recklessly, alerting outsiders, making counter-move difficult.
With Chen Tianlong’s keen hearing, he knew someone was eavesdropping at the door, thus seeking an opportunity to approach Shen Yan to speak.
"Yan, you’re truly beautiful today!" Chen Tianlong grinned.
"Oh, what are you up to flattering me?" Shen Yan sensed something off, this guy always had an agenda when praising people, glimpsing intent from his lewd eyes: "I’m warning you, don’t try tricks on me, I’ll tell Lin Wushuang."
"Hehe, meaning if not for Lin Wushuang, you’d accept me, right?" Chen Tianlong flirted deliberately, intending for an opportunity to approach her.