The Suspicion

"Oh my God! Chen Chen! How did you arrive here?" Su Xin Yu was really surprised when she heard a familiar grumbling coming from beneath the roots.

Rocky had stopped there for she knew there could be traps at the dome. And Chen Chen was not really light to drag all the way. And the guy stank of evil intentions. That was why she just left him under the roots and sat down, staring at her owner with pupper eyes for praise.

Li Ming Hao mouthed 'good girl' towards her, and Rocky wagged her tail. She had to see to it that her master got the girl he was aiming for. And she would make sure that any hurdles are dealt with properly.

"Ugh, I have saliva of this animal all over me," Chen Chen got up and tried to dust his clothes. Rocky had dragged him here by his collar, so the back of his neck was quite moist right now. It was irritating to the maximum.

He glared at the good girl sitting and waving her tail. Rocky growled lowly, immediately making Chen Chen shut up.

All the equipment from Su Xin Yu's bag, that he had kept aside had landed over him when he had fallen through the ditch. Su Xin Yu actually hopped towards him to take an account of how heavily damaged he was, when she noticed the stuff over him.

"Oh Chen Chen, did you locate my bag on the way? They look like my equipment," she commented, recognizing her gun. She took it from over him and pointed her gun at him.

"Ah! Ah! Sister, don't kill me. I really found it at the original place," he folded his hands and begged. His forehead started sweating buckets. Did she suspect him or something?

"I know cousin, don't worry. I was just checking if it was in working condition or no," she pointed it down and filled it with bullets. She was so fast that Chen Chen did not even see when she had taken the bullets out earlier. Li Ming Hao could not help but admire her in his heart. What was this girl? She had just become an adult most probably and she already knew how to use a pistol?

"Don't look at me with such curiosity. I need to use it sometimes. You never know what you find in places like this. This was my backup but good to have found it again," she almost chuckled at Li Ming Hao's sparkling eyes.

"Thanks brother, for finding it. Did you happen to find my whole bag or just some things?" Her demeanor changed to slightly cold one and Chen Chen trembled a bit, he knew she was pissed. And it was not good to mess with this girl when she was angry.

Su Xin Yu actually did not know why she was feeling a rage bubbling up in herself. She always knew that Chen Chen was not really an ideal person to rely on when it came to her life. But she really did not have a choice. It was not right to suspect him, and there was that fourth person too.

But she was angry because she had really hidden the gun in a compartment not easily accessible to anyone. But here was this guy with most of the things out of her bag. Rummaging a bag is done totally differently.

If that fourth person had really taken her bag, why would they leave everything outside like this without taking anything? Even if they were after something particular in her bag, would they scatter everything like this and make their presence known, when they made very sure that they remained secretive enough to not be noticed by any one of them at all?

Then, she could not help but point her fingers to this guy in front of her.

"Ah! Don't worry about it. Some animal might have torn it, just let it be," Li Ming Hao came from behind and put his arm around her shoulder, pulling her body towards himself. The sudden warmth and his familiar scent really made her calm for some reason. Why was that?

It did not matter. She understood his signal, she could always take the account of everything after they arrived outside. Right now was the time to look for an exit.

For the couple, not one of them moved to take any action for that position was just so comfortable. Su Xin Yu felt like her eyes were getting hot. She just wanted to lean against this guy and cry herself out. Never, she would never trust anyone again.

Li Ming Hao could sense the turbulent emotions in the girl. He gave a tight squeeze to her shoulder, he just wanted to hug her and let her emotions out on his chest. It would be so nice if this girl relied on him a bit more. But he needed to control, he could not show his interest in front of his dad's pawn.

Interestingly, both of them were still staring at Chen Chen who only saw the devil lord and demon empress in front of him. There was even fire in the background. Goner, he was a goner!

After getting recharged a bit from that half hug, Su Xin Yu broke through his embrace and went back to work on the pillar. If it really contained a map as she speculated, then she needed to take pictures and decode it to know where to go.

This room with cement tiles on the floor definitely must have some kind of way out. Either another hidden chamber or an exit.

Rocky was tasked to keep an eye on the chubby guy by Li Ming Hao. Of course he would not deliberately give away that Su Xin Yu was suspecting him too. He would take that fall for her.

"Don't mind him but I am glad you recognize that he is more loyal to my dad than you think," Li Ming Hao whispered it into he ear, his breath tingling her whole being. Why was she feeling like this? Was she being affected by the caves?

Earlier too, as long as he was in her proximity, her heart would start racing. No. she needed to get out of here before these fake feelings became real.

"What about you Mr. Li? Who are you loyal to?" she asked abruptly, her voice with a hit of coldness. But she could not bring herself to be very harsh to this guy. Was it his charm?

"After everything, you are still distrustful of me? It's okay though, I had expected it. I am only loyal to myself, it's that simple," there was an expression of hurt on his face. Su Xin Yu's heart squeezed when she saw those eyes, which were screaming anguish. She averted her gaze, she would really fall for him if she kept interacting with him like this.

"Okay, I will trust you, for now," she muttered one last sentence before she went back to her work.