Chapter 919: Chapter 346: Qi Jiayi’s Secret
The whole process was uneventful, and Zhou Wang indeed kept his promise, staying silent throughout, as if participating solely out of curiosity. Qi Jiayi, fully immersed in her work, temporarily ignored his presence.
The only thing that annoyed Qi Jiayi was that the client was also a chatterbox. Knowing well that her consultation time wasn’t cheap, he still dragged on the conversation for over an hour.
When the meeting finally ended and she politely declined the client’s dinner invitation, it was already past six o’clock.
After seeing the client off at the elevator, Qi Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly turned to Zhou Wang, saying, “Mr. Zhou, your curiosity was satisfied, and it’s my off time now, so shall we…”
“You probably need to go to the parking lot, right? Let’s go together; my car is parked downstairs too.”
Zhou Wang interrupted her.
Seeing that Zhou Wang didn’t invite her for dinner was the best outcome, Qi Jiayi immediately nodded with a smile.
The two of them went to the building’s parking lot. Qi Jiayi saw Zhou Wang’s Lamborghini SVJ63 parked next to her Aston Martin and said with a smile, “What a coincidence.”
“Quite a coincidence…”
Zhou Wang also smiled, and as they approached the cars, Zhou Wang deliberately lagged a bit. Just when Qi Jiayi got into her car ready to start it, Zhou Wang was just opening his car door.
As expected, the Aston Martin wouldn’t start. Qi Jiayi quickly got out to check, and when she saw her tire, she let out a gasp.
“What happened?”
Zhou Wang, who hadn’t gotten into his car yet, turned back in surprise.
“My tire is flat, seems like it burst…”
Upon hearing this, Zhou Wang quickly walked over. Seeing the left front tire of the Aston Martin deflated, he couldn’t help but frown.
“It does seem like a flat tire. It’s a bit late now; why don’t you get someone to repair it tomorrow?”
“I guess that’s the only option… Strange, it was fine when I drove it here this morning, how could it burst suddenly?”
Qi Jiayi said helplessly.
“Maybe you ran over something on your way here… No worries, have the service center check it tomorrow. Come on, take my car, I’ll give you a ride home.”
“Mr. Zhou, there’s no need to trouble you, I’ll just call a taxi.”
Qi Jiayi immediately shook her head, refusing without even thinking.
“It’s no trouble at all, just on the way. I remember you live not far from here, right?”
Zhou Wang insisted, walking directly to the passenger side and opening the car door for Qi Jiayi.
Seeing Zhou Wang looking at her like that, Qi Jiayi found it hard to refuse further and could only get into the passenger seat of the Lamborghini.
For some reason, Qi Jiayi had an inexplicable bad feeling, but after glancing at her watch again, she reassured herself…
No problem, no problem, there’s still time. According to past patterns, as long as it hasn’t become completely dark, “she” won’t appear.
…
Zhou Wang wasn’t wrong; Qi Jiayi lived quite nearby, in a district called Pearl River Imperial Scenery, located between the East Third Ring and East Fourth Ring, just a twenty-minute drive from the International Trade CBD.
What bothered Qi Jiayi was that despite driving a Lamborghini, Zhou Wang’s speed was very slow. Though traffic congestion due to evening rush hour played a part, on several occasions he could have accelerated through yellow lights, but repeatedly stopped at the last moment.
He even claimed it was “safety first.”
“Mr. Zhou, can you… please drive a bit faster, my stomach isn’t feeling well.”
Finally, unable to bear it, Qi Jiayi urged him.
Zhou Wang agreed readily, but the speed didn’t increase much. Qi Jiayi was extremely anxious but knew she couldn’t jump out of the car midway, so she kept looking up at the sky, praying the last hint of sunset would hold a bit longer.
In the enduring agony that seemed to last a lifetime, the car finally arrived at the Pearl River Imperial Scenery District.
Zhou Wang glanced at the garden community, which had a distinct European architectural style, and smirked, “This district must be pricey, over a hundred thousand per square meter?”
“About that, but it’s nothing compared to the high-end Beidou No.1 Court, Mr. Zhou, don’t make fun of me…”
Qi Jiayi forced a smile.
Zhou Wang said no more, but to her surprise, he didn’t stop at the entrance of the district but directly drove into the underground parking lot.
“Mr. Zhou, what are you…”
“My stomach suddenly feels a bit uncomfortable too. You probably have more than one bathroom at home, right? I might need to use it.”
Zhou Wang said with a grimace, lowering the car window for the security booth guard to verify Qi Jiayi’s face.
“But…”
Caught off guard, Qi Jiayi hadn’t expected Zhou Wang would also want to go upstairs. Before she could figure out how to refuse, the car had already entered the underground parking.
At this moment, Qi Jiayi began to sense something amiss, yet she wasn’t sure what exactly felt wrong…
Helplessly, she could only attribute everything to “coincidence.” After all, Zhou Wang’s behavior seemed so natural; under regular circumstances, Qi Jiayi wouldn’t feel anything unusual.
The blame could only lie on today being that special day…
In any case, she could only hope Zhou Wang quickly used the bathroom and left.
Guiding Zhou Wang to park properly, Qi Jiayi quickly led the way ahead, taking the elevator to the top 15th floor, and opening the door to 1501. She didn’t let Zhou Wang change his shoes but directly pointed to the bathroom near the entrance.
“Mr. Zhou, the bathroom is right here. Could you please be quick… I need to return to the master bedroom. I might take a while, so once you’re done, feel free to leave without telling me. Sorry, I can’t have you stay longer today.”
Qi Jiayi spoke quickly, and without waiting for Zhou Wang to react, she hurriedly walked inside.
Watching her somewhat staggering steps, Zhou Wang pondered.
…
[Diagnosis Record: … the patient unusually possesses multiple personalities. Currently, four different types of alternate personalities have been observed, but according to the patient, there exists a fifth special personality. This is also the personality the patient most wishes to cure. It typically appears at the end of the month and requires conditions like complete darkness to be present…]
[Due to a lack of observation, this personality’s details cannot be illustrated, but its existence seemingly brings significant distress to the patient…]
…
Recalling the description in the files, Zhou Wang glanced again at the now completely dark sky outside, clicking his tongue.
Could it be such a coincidence?