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Chapter 81 Too Smooth

Xiaoqian was confused. Wasn't it a good thing that no one was targeting her?

"It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark." Shen Luo's eight words summarized why Cheng Mai felt uneasy. Knowing the target makes it easier to guard against, but now they can't find that target.

Xiaoqian understood and began to worry.

Shen Luo checked the time: "Then you rest first, I'll go follow Luo Linwen and see what she's up to tonight."

"Okay." Cheng Mai rubbed his temples. He knew he wouldn't find the answer by thinking about it or eliminating possibilities, so he might as well rest first.

"By the way, the boss said that all the evil spirits in Luo Linwen's house seem to have disappeared. Luo Linwen's background is also unclear now, so you still need to be careful." Cheng Mai reminded Shen Luo, thinking about what happened tonight. "It seems that City A is not entirely your territory anymore."

Shen Luo carefully considered Cheng Mai's words. The subtext was probably: Although you guys used to boast that you were putting all your energy into City A, it seems that you're not all that great now.

Shen Luo looked at Cheng Mai with a mournful expression. How could such a beautiful person say such cold words?
Cheng Mai ignored her mournful gaze, walked to the door, opened it to see her off, and said, "Let's go, I need to rest."

Shen Luo and Xiao Qian were leaving when Cheng Mai suddenly called them back as they were stepping out the door. Seeing the two of them turn around to look at her, she hesitated for a moment, then said, "Be careful on the road."

Shang Xingjian probably didn't want others to know about her injury, so she decided not to say anything.

Shen Luo & Xiao Qian: "..." Why is President Cheng being so polite this time? He even told them to be careful on the road?
Cheng Mai ignored their surprised expressions and ruthlessly closed the door.

Back in her room, looking at the names on the blackboard, she had no ideas for the moment, so she stopped thinking about it and decided to go back to sleep. She figured she'd be more energetic to think about things after a good night's rest.

Cheng Mai slept very soundly. The surroundings seemed to be completely silent, pitch black, and there was not even a sound.

She was awakened by the clanging and clattering of pots and pans outside the room, along with a strange smell.

Strange smell?

Cheng Mai suddenly remembered that Shang Xingjian was at her house. She quickly got up and rushed out. After opening the door, the strange smell became even stronger, and the room was filled with smoke.

"Shang Xingjian, what are you doing?" Cheng Mai shouted, waving the smoke in front of her. This wasn't blowing up the kitchen; it was blowing up her house.

Shang Xingjian emerged from the kitchen with a face covered in soot, holding a frying pan with a broken handle.

Cheng Mai forgot to cough and was completely captivated by Shang Xingjian's appearance for several minutes before finally bursting into laughter.

This must have been the most embarrassing time for the merchant.

Merchant Jian frowned, seemingly angry. He threw away the broken frying pan and cast a cleansing spell. Merchant Boss was clean again.

"This gas stove in the mortal world is too difficult to use," Shang Xingjian complained. He just wanted to make breakfast.

"So, why did you make breakfast yourself? Is your self-perception completely distorted?" Cheng Mai barely managed to suppress a smile as she went to the living room to open the window and called a cleaning service to clean up the mess.

"I just wanted to try it out, but who knew this thing would be so difficult to use," Shang Xingjian complained. This thing was completely different from grilled fish, which he could grill with ease.

"Boss, your grilled fish is pretty good, isn't it?"

“That is, top-notch.”

"So all you've ever done in all your life is grill fish?" Cheng Mai glanced at the kitchen, which was utterly a mess. Shang Xingjian stammered, though he didn't want to admit it, it was the truth, because in all these thousand years, he had only ever grilled fish himself.

"The housekeeper will be here soon. Let's go out for breakfast."

Shang Xingjian immediately followed, quite satisfied with the suggestion, but still trying to save face, "You wait, I'll be able to make breakfast sooner or later."

Cheng Mai pressed the elevator button, looking at Shang Xingjian with a puzzled expression, "The toxins have entered your brain? Why are you suddenly so fond of cooking?"

The merchant paused for a moment, glanced at her, and said, "Go eat the crab roe buns at that shop across the street, they're delicious."

Cheng Mai gritted his teeth. How could four small steamed buns costing over 500 yuan not be delicious?
“There’s a concept in psychology called the compensatory psychology. You’re so obsessed with cooking, is it because you regret never cooking for your ex-wife?” Cheng Mai suddenly realized and sneered.

He ate her food, used her things, but all he could think about was his ex-wife, who had probably been reincarnated countless times.

Cheng Mai grew angrier the more he thought about it, and he walked much faster.

Despite the merchant's accusations of framing her, Jian slowly followed her upstairs.

High-end breakfasts are not only high-end in terms of ingredients, but also in terms of environment. They offer private rooms with views of mountains, water, and forests, and the minimum spend starts at two thousand yuan, and this is just for breakfast.

Cheng Mai wasn't worried about not reaching the minimum sales target, after all, Jian, the merchant, could easily consume several thousand units of food by himself.

In addition to enjoying the scenery, the private rooms also have televisions to watch.

The morning news ends promptly at 8:30, and then we move on to the entertainment section.

Cheng Mai ate slowly, while Shang Xingjian finished his two meals, and she still had one in her mouth.

"Early this morning, Shen Yuanbai, president of the Shen Group, was taken away for investigation. The person who reported the incident was the famous actress Qin Mai. The Shen Group has not yet made any response to this matter."

The news footage showed reporters downstairs at the Shen Group building. Because it was still dark when Shen Yuanbai was taken away, no one had obtained any firsthand information and naturally missed the opportunity to interview Shen Yuanbai.

Shen Yuanbai has been arrested, but Qin Mai is still alive, and Qin Mai's studio has not yet made any explanation.

Luo Linwen posted a Weibo post with the caption: "What goes around comes around."

Upon seeing the news, Cheng Mai picked up his phone and started scrolling through Weibo. "Luo Linwen acted faster than I expected. She actually teamed up with Qin Mai?"

Shang Xingjian was focused on eating and didn't react to the news. Only when Cheng Mai spoke did he reply, "Go with the flow, catch the turtle in the jar, who knows who the turtle is."

"Insult me?" Cheng Mai gave Shang Xingjian a cold look, and then looked at Xiao Long Bao with a threatening expression.

Shang Xingjian immediately covered the steamed buns with his hand and coughed lightly. "What I mean is, things are progressing too smoothly, there must be something fishy going on. I'm just reminding you to be careful."

"Just reminding me? What do I need you for?" Cheng Mai cursed angrily. He had eaten plenty of food from her, but all she did at this crucial moment was offer sarcastic remarks.

"I definitely have something important to do." Shang Xingjian finished all the steamed buns in a couple of bites, and Cheng Mai couldn't threaten him anymore. "Didn't Shen Luo go to monitor Luo Linwen yesterday? Why don't you call her over and ask her what happened last night?"

Cheng Mai looked at Shang Xingjian with suspicion, "Didn't you go to sleep yesterday?"

How can we know what they said next?
Was he pretending to be asleep?