Chapter 480: Going to a Place
Bai Youwei and Shen Mo visited the residences of Zhu Shu and Yan Qingwen together.
It took a long while for the door to be answered.
Zhu Shu opened the door and paused slightly upon seeing them. She then stepped back to let them in, saying, “I was just looking for you two over there…”
Bai Youwei and Shen Mo were also startled.
As Zhu Shu was wearing an apron, she had an air of a dutiful wife and loving mother.
This might seem ordinary to others, but for Zhu Shu who was once a star, it appeared somewhat refreshing.
Once inside, they noticed that the living room was cluttered with supplies.
—— They also had these stuff. These were gifts from the organization as a token of gratitude for passing the 21st game.
As Zhu Shu moved rice, flour, oil and salt to the kitchen to make room for Bai Youwei and Shen Mo to sit down, she explained, “Brother Yan hasn’t eaten anything or had any appetite since he exited the game yesterday. I thought of making some nourishing soup, and just finished preparing the ingredients. It’s just a bit troublesome starting the fire…”
Hesitating slightly, she made a bitter smile: “In other aspects, I’m not much help either.”
Shen Mo glanced at the bedroom door, which was tightly closed, “Is it because of Lun Ang?”
“…Yes.” Zhu Shu also looked towards the bedroom door, “He didn’t sleep all night. He said that the moment he closed his eyes, he saw Lun Ang standing in front of him. After he found out that Su Man disappeared, he was more unable to sleep… I was worried that his body couldn’t take it, so I got some sleeping pills from the medical team and he just fell asleep.”
Shen Mo paused briefly, then said, “It may take Yan Qingwen some time to come out of this.”
Zhu Shu merely uttered a low, “Mm”. “Now…I am the only person left by Brother Yan’s side, and I want to take good care of him.”
The five of them had come together through a series of coincidences. Perhaps at first it was because of debts, mission, or benefits, but along the way, they had formed an irreplaceable bond as a team. But after coming here, Li Li returned to the research group, parting ways with them, followed by Lun Ang’s unfortunate death, and now Su Man’s mysterious disappearance——
Out of the original five, only Zhu Shu and Yan Qingwen remain.
As Zhu Shu thought about this, she let out a deep sigh, “Brother Yan may seem indifferent to everything, but in reality, he cares about teammates more than anyone else … Lun Ang’s death was a huge hit to him, and now with Su Man’s incident, I really worry about him.”
At certain moments, Yan Qingwen and Shen Mo seemed similar: both indulging in aloofness. But if you interacted more with them, you would find that Yan Qingwen is “sociable”, even though he is aloof, and can easily command attention in a group.
Shen Mo’s coldness is genuinely cold, like a lone drifter, emitting a lax indifferent to people and things unlike others.
Losing teammates is definitely a heavy blow to Yan Qingwen, who naturally belongs to a “team”.
It’s like an orchestra conductor losing his band, a flock of geese scattering, or a leading general finding himself charging alone… The loneliness and desolation are something that ordinary people can’t comprehend.
Bai Youwei asked Zhu Shu, “How could Su Man suddenly disappear? Are you sure she is alright?”
Zhu Shu gave a bitter smile, “Yesterday, her family came looking for us with a handwritten letter Su Man left behind, asking if we knew where she went. In the letter, Su Man wrote that she was heading off to somewhere, and that her family should take care of their health and not to worry about her.”
Bai Youwei widened her eyes, “… she is heading off to somewhere?”
“Brother Yan suspects she entered the labyrinth.” Zhu Shu sighed again, “When Su Man left ‘The Last Bride’, her right hand was severely injured. Brother Yan and Lun Ang brought her back from the underground parking lot at the time, and they were the ones who treated her wound. She didn’t want us to worry, so she asked Lun Ang and Yan Qingwen to keep it a secret and didn’t inform her family. Now I think about it, she probably ran off without saying goodbye because of this, heading to the labyrinth.”