“Are you really angry?” Meng Qing said: “I sent three messages that you didn’t reply to, while you only sent two. By calculation, you’re the one who owes me more.”
Yu Yi glared at him angrily and said: “Is this about how many messages were sent? You clearly didn’t leave but lied and said you did. Do you know how I felt seeing the empty room when I came over?”
Meng Qing’s eyes grew more amused, and he asked: “How did you feel?”
Yu Yi was momentarily speechless, then said stiffly: “The feeling of being deceived.”
Meng Qing shook his head: “No, no, at that time you didn’t know I was lying, you only knew that I had left.”
Yu Yi gave him the cold shoulder. Meng Qing stopped asking and picked up the bamboo box, pulling her towards the room. Yu Yi tried to struggle, but he held her wrist tightly. She shouted, “Let go!”
Meng Qing looked at his hands and put down the bamboo box in his left hand. Yu Yi laughed sarcastically: “I said let go of me, not the box.”
Meng Qing shook his head: “This is something I can’t let go of, I’ll hold onto it for a lifetime.
Yu Yi’s heart softened, and her previous anger suddenly dissipated, though she still didn’t give him a pleasant look.
Meng Qing pulled her closer, speaking gently: “I was wrong, I shouldn’t have lied to you. But seeing you unhappy just now made me very happy. Ah, something seems off…”
Yu Yi suppressed a laugh and scolded: “Everything about you is wrong.”
Meng Qing laughed: “If this husband has something wrong, his wife should point it out. For now, this husband needs to fill his stomach.” Saying this, he picked up the bamboo box and pulled Yu Yi into the room.
Yu Yi hesitated but was pulled inside. Meng Qing had her sit down, opened the box lid saying “Smells good,” and took out two bowls of rice, placing one in front of himself and one in front of Yu Yi. He added meat and vegetables to the table and then took out chopsticks, handing her a pair.
Meng Qing gently rested his head on her shoulder, looking together with her. When Yu Yi was scrolling through the list, he pointed to one task and said, “This one is good.”
Yu Yi opened the task details and carefully read through it, but didn’t think the task was anything special.
After completing the previous AA-level task, she and Meng Qing had split 10,000 points, bringing her account balance to 18,581 points. It seemed like a lot, but she still owed Boss 20,000 points, not to mention the daily household expenses.
The remaining silver from the previous point exchange, after buying the estate, was just over sixty taels. She gave her mother fifty taels to use, keeping just over ten taels for herself. The money was almost entirely spent on dining and buying jewelry when accompanying Yu Xin to the city, and yesterday’s stay and meals at the Longyun Hall were paid for by Meng Qing.
So when she saw that this A-level task only paid 4,000 points, which would be 2,000 points if split between them, she complained, “Isn’t there a 5,000-point task?”
Meng Qing replied, “Although it’s 1,000 points less, this task involves main body crossing over, and the task is easy with a good environment. We can consider it a vacation.”
The task location was a tropical small island, also known as Black Pearl, which was both a small country and a tourist destination. To the east of Black Pearl was a ring-shaped coral reef enclosing a saltwater lake, and the south had snow-white fine sandy beaches.
One, the Sapphire Hotel, had been experiencing frequent incidents leading to a sharp decline in customer flow. They suspected the other five-star hotel, Rainbow Hotel, of using despicable tactics to undermine them and had hired a private detective.
Meng Qing and Yu Yi changed into common clothing of that time and space and learned the island’s prevalent languages. The boss asked, “Where are you going?”
Meng Qing said, “The bathroom at Pearl Airport.”
The boss asked, “You’ll be going to different bathrooms, right?”
Meng Qing: “Nonsense.”
Boss: “It’s not nonsense. I’m asking out of concern. What if the mission requires you to be a pervert?”
“You’re the pervert who likes to spy on executors.”
“This is a professional need and care for you. My good intentions are being misunderstood…”
“Are you sending us or not?”
“Not sending… that’s impossible. Are you ready?”
Yu Yi had been smiling while listening to their banter. When Meng Qing looked at her, she said, “Ready.” Almost simultaneously with Meng Qing saying “Okay,” she found herself in a small compartment next to a flush toilet.
She had seen such toilets in Feng Li’s world and the island country task. However, this compartment had no water tank and no flush button. She noticed a sensor flush sign on the back wall with a metal plate and a small dark red light. She waved her hand in front of the light, and soon water rushed into the toilet.
She opened the compartment door, washed her hands, and left the bathroom.
Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the lobby of the Sapphire Hotel, and a middle-aged man in a dark gray suit came towards them. He was Griffin, the Executive Vice President of the hotel, around forty years old, with a charming smile, extending his hand to Meng Qing: “Mr. Li Zhi, hello.”
Meng Qing shook hands with him: “Hello, Mr. Griffin.”
Griffin then extended his hand to Yu Yi, “Is this beautiful lady your assistant?”
Yu Yi smiled and shook hands with him, “I’m Tina.”
Griffin politely shook her hand and then let go, saying to Meng Qing: “We have prepared a room for you, Room 0812, which you can use until our commission is completed. However, we did not know your assistant was a lady. Do you need another room?”
Meng Qing ignored Yu Yi’s gaze and refused: “No need.”
Griffin smiled: “Then let’s go up and talk.” He then walked towards the elevator.
Meng Qing quickly walked beside Griffin, walking shoulder to shoulder.
Yu Yi followed behind, glaring angrily at Meng Qing, though he couldn’t see her.
In the room, Griffin smiled: “You must be tired after just getting off the plane. Why not rest a bit? I’ll return to my office to handle some matters. If you need anything, contact my assistant Garry. When you’re ready, come to my office to talk.”
Meng Qing nodded, seeing Griffin and Garry off, then closed the door. Turning back, he saw Yu Yi staring at him angrily: “Why…”
Meng Qing raised a finger to his lips, making a hushing gesture. Then he opened the briefcase he carried, taking out a thin, long rod-like device, slightly larger at one end, held in his hand, with a black thin rod at the other end.
He swept the device around the room, including the bathroom, then returned to say: “You want to know why I refused another room? Li Te has modest abilities, barely maintaining a detective agency. His cousin Li Zhi is a part-time private detective. How could he afford an assistant? Griffin is experienced, seeing through everything immediately. You’re nominally an assistant, actually Li Zhi’s girlfriend. What couple would book two rooms?”
Yu Yi reluctantly agreed with his explanation and became curious about his action, looking at the black thin rod: “What is this?”
Meng Qing handed her the black rod: “It’s a sensor that can detect working electronic devices. This time and space already has listening devices and pinhole cameras, though the technology is crude.
Since This Room Was Arranged For Us, It’s Prudent To Check In Advance.”
