After a brief daze, she suddenly realized.
'I, the one and only Shen Huoshui… have been played?'
'And by a frustrating scumbag, no less?'
She snapped back to her senses, a flash of intense hostility crossing her eyes.
'…Does he think this is funny?'
This reminded her of a time in a previous world when he'd played her for a fool. 'What did I do then? …Right. I uprooted the priceless sapling he had painstakingly cultivated as payback for being teased.'
In this world, she had been played yet again.
'How should I repay him this time?'
Frustration churned in her chest, but she ultimately forced it down, pulling out her phone to make a call.
The call connected, and a man's magnetic, pleasant voice came through.
"What is it?"
Shen Lang slowly stretched her lips into a smile, her tone calm. "…I should be the one asking you that."
"Be more specific."
"The safe won't open."
The man didn't seem surprised. He simply asked, "Do you need me to come back in person?"
