The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 353 - 0353 It’s Too Late

Chapter 353: Chapter 0353 It’s Too Late

"Booked it?" Tang Haowan was somewhat surprised, "Hey, when did this kid become so generous?"

While Tang Haowan felt surprised, he also sensed something strange.

This really wasn’t Shen Wei Qian’s style.

The driver, uncertain, said, "Is it because he fears others gossiping? Therefore, he specifically cleared this area, so if you and he don’t get along well, no one would know."

Tang Haowan snorted, this old fool, still so cunning!

After getting out of the car, Tang Haowan was wheeled by the driver into the building.

Chu Ge was quietly following, sensing a hint of danger from the moment he exited the vehicle.

He wasn’t sure where the danger came from, let alone who the threat was.

But this sense of danger strangely felt familiar, yet he couldn’t recall why at that moment.

Upon entering the Zuixian Inn, a receptionist in uniform humbly approached Tang Haowan and said softly, "Mr. Tang, we have prepared a private room for you, I’ll take you there."

She spoke very softly, her head bowed so low her facial expressions were unclear.

Chu Ge noticed the slip-up from her hands; they seemed elegantly clasped in front of her, yet on closer inspection, they were pinched white.

She did it to herself.

Chu Ge was even more certain something was off in the Zuixian Inn.

Could it be the Shen Family?

But it shouldn’t be; Shen Congwen always hoped for a win-win situation for both families, and if these two old masters were intelligent enough, they should see the current situation clearly.

Tang Haowan asked the driver to leave, and while sitting in the wheelchair, he looked up at Chu Ge, starting to say something but then saw Chu Ge signaling him to be silent.

Tang Haowan nodded slightly, and the two followed the waitress to the largest private room on the second floor, where a faint fragrance lingered. Chu Ge quickly used his technique to block these gases from entering his body.

The waitress, proceeding as usual but frightened, spilled all the tea outside while pouring.

Upon noticing this, Chu Ge glanced at Tang Haowan, who also observed the waitress’s abnormality.

Curious, he asked, "Are you new here?"

"Yes," the waitress kept her head down very low, indeed she had only been here for less than a month.

Tang Haowan smiled, "Alright, no need to tidy up here, you can go out."

Upon hearing this, the waitress looked up at him gratefully and almost fled.

Chu Ge put his hand on the table, rhythmically tapping, "Mr. Tang, have you noticed something?"

"Yes," Tang Haowan’s smile held a chill, "It seems someone does not want to prevent my meeting with Shen Wei Qian."

Chu Ge looked at him astonished, "Old Master, how can you be so sure it wasn’t Shen Wei Qian?"

Tang Haowan chuckled bitterly, "That old guy and I have been rivals for decades. We know each other too well; if one of us even farted, the other would know whether it smelled sweet or foul."

Tang Haowan pointed at the Zuixian Inn, "Moreover, Shen Wei Qian is too stingy, even with his own brothers he wouldn’t spare half a penny, let alone show mercy to a long-time archenemy like me?"

Chu Ge nodded, "If I’m not wrong, it should be the same group who tried to drug you."

"What?" Tang Haowan was shocked, an idea he hadn’t considered.

He had noticed no clues about anyone trying to drug him.

Meanwhile, he was curious, curious how Chu Ge had noticed it.

Chu Ge smiled, "In my hotel, there are three Japanese who thought we couldn’t understand Japanese, so they spoke in front of us about the Public Sea Banquet and then I noticed the long-lost Japanese art of the Soul-locking Technique on you. Combining these facts, everything fits."

Tang Haowan frowned; he had heard about the Public Sea Banquet, but being far from Shanghai, he only got the gist of it. He heard that the Duan Family Patriarch lost his life at that public sea event.

Chu Ge did not explain in detail about the event at the Public Sea because he noticed that some people were approaching slowly nearby.

Among them, three footsteps could hardly be heard unless one held their breath and listened carefully.

Chu Ge knew, those were uniquely Japanese techniques of invisibility.

"Mr. Tang, how about I show you an intriguing play in a while?"

...

Elsewhere, at the Shen Family.

Shen Wei Qian slept until eleven before waking up, groggy and in a daze, he glanced at the time and jumped when he saw it was already eleven.

Why had he slept so late?

Just then, his room door was knocked, and Shen Xianming entered with a pleasing smile, holding a cup of ginseng tea, "Dad, you’re awake?"

Shen Wei Qian glared at him, "What are you doing in my room?"

Shen Xianming, feeling wronged, "Dad, I came especially for you. Seeing you slept in so late, you must have been tired last night, so I made you this ginseng tea, have a taste."

Shen Wei Qian frowned at him, this disappointing guy being so thoughtful all of a sudden?

He didn’t believe it!

Though thinking about last night, he hadn’t done anything exhausting, why did he oversleep and feel so tired?

Shen Wei Qian scratched his head, feeling puzzled, then got up to dress. Well, let that old fool wait there.

Seeing Shen Wei Qian not drinking the ginseng tea, Shen Xianming did not urge further, as drinking the tea didn’t really matter anymore.

The poison had already been administered last night.

Now that Shen Wei Qian had just gotten up, by the time he dressed and reached Zuixian Inn, an hour had passed.

He had also completed what those people had asked him to do.

Yet, what puzzled him was that he still didn’t understand how those people would help him gain control over the Shen Family.

Shen Wei Qian, now fully dressed, noticed Shen Xianming still spacing out, frowning unhappily, "What are you dawdling here for? Hurry up and leave!"

Shen Xianming pouted, then walked out leisurely, deliberately moving slowly and even blocking Shen Wei Qian.

Shen Wei Qian was completely enraged, "Shen Xianming! Walk faster!"

So slow and dragging his feet, even slower than an old man like him.

Shen Xianming, with a quiet "oh," watched Shen Wei Qian’s anxious demeanor, looking nothing like someone about to meet their decades-old rival but rather like someone about to rendezvous with a sweetheart!