Chapter 158: In-depth Consultation

Night.

A quiet bar.

The warm lighting cast upon the bar top gave the glasses scattered across it a dreamlike quality.

Sun Wen sat in a corner, a cigarette dangling from his lips, gently swaying his glass and staring somewhat entranced at the lights above him.

He didn't know why he came here, just that when he hesitated in the cab, he couldn't think of anyplace else to go, so he came.

At least it was quiet here.

Moreover, this quietness was different from the solitude of a rental room—there, it was the loneliness of one person; here, it was the loneliness of a group.

Being surrounded by people was always better than stewing alone.

Even if they did not know each other and didn't talk, just the sight of others' forlorn expressions was far better than lying alone on the bed in his rental.

Sometimes there were even surprises, an extra person to relieve the monotony, like—

"Great Sage Equalling Heaven?"