Retired for A Hundred Years: Re-Employment for the Apocalypse Bigshot!-Chapter 293 - 288: This Person Is Not Easily Fooled

Chapter 293: Chapter 288: This Person Is Not Easily Fooled

Ji Hong’s lips curled up as she pressed the button to hang up.

The elevator in front required a card swipe to enter, and the elevator buttons were densely arranged in two columns, with the top floor being the VIP level.

The bodyguards swiped the card, and the VIP level lighted up.

Ji Hong suppressed the sharpness in her eyes, looking diagonally forward.

Instead of being at someone’s mercy, it’s better to forge one’s own path.

That person asked her to drug someone, indicating that the target’s status is very high.

There must be High-level Superpower Users around.

Or he himself is a High-level Superpower User, with keen senses that can easily detect drugs in his drink.

Yet the man still asked her to drug him, only showing that he wanted to confirm through her whether the masked man was the target.

If he was, there would certainly be other plans, if not, it wouldn’t be a loss to them.

They just didn’t expect her to warn the masked man.

Now, her being brought here means there’s a chance to escape the man’s control.

"Ding——"

With the sound of the elevator arriving, the elevator door slowly opened in front of her.

Two bodyguards gestured for her to proceed.

Ji Hong took a step forward.

Outside the elevator was a red carpet, leading to a deep corridor.

There were large doors on either side of the corridor.

Many bodyguards in black stood outside.

They were not Huazhou people, with tall statures, fairer skin, mostly brown and chestnut-colored hair, and eyes different from Huazhou people, typical Californians.

Ji Hong was taken to one of the doors, where a bodyguard checked her up and down, and then spoke into the intercom in Californian.

She understood Californian and knew he was calling a female bodyguard out to search her.

Heh...

Soon, a brown-haired female bodyguard with a ponytail stepped out from inside.

She was around 175 centimeters tall, quite tall for a woman.

She was slender yet full of strength.

Her upper body wore a cool sleeveless tight-fitting vest, showing muscular arms, and her lower body was in tight black sports pants, with a slim waist and a curvy figure.

The female bodyguard looked at Ji Hong with a trace of disdain, scanning her up and down as if disliking her appearance and figure, and inspected her roughly, grabbing at her clothes for a search.

Ji Hong suppressed the impulse to chop her hand off, her eyes shadowy as she let her finish the search.

The female bodyguard was very displeased with her arrival, and after the search, even asked a male bodyguard to cuff her.

This time Ji Hong truly didn’t feel like enduring, about to make a move when the door opened again.

This time a female bodyguard with a Huazhou face emerged, with short, neat black hair, an ordinary face, but looked tough and intimidating.

She coldly said to the Outer Continent female bodyguard, "Finished searching? No issues, let her in. Sir’s time is precious!"

The Outer Continent female bodyguard seemed to dislike her, rolling her eyes, released Ji Hong, and replied, "Finished."

Then she bumped the doorway bodyguard on the shoulder, pushing the door open.

The Huazhou-faced female bodyguard did not get angry, only frowning slightly, then looked at Ji Hong gesturing for her to proceed, saying in awkward Huazhou, "Sir has been waiting for a long time."

Ji Hong slightly nodded, walking inside the door.

Through the door was a foyer, around the screen wall, the view opened wide.

The living room here was large, combined with the open kitchen, it was seventy to eighty square meters.

A man sat in the center on a leather sofa, back facing her, looking towards the floor-to-ceiling window ahead.

The light inside the room made the outside seem gray, with nothing visible.

Ji Hong’s eyes were cautious, her muscles tense.

Indeed, the person at the party was not the main one.

And just the back of the man ahead gave her immense pressure.

If she dared to act, it would certainly end disastrously.

"Sir, the person is here." The female bodyguard who brought her in walked two meters from the man, stopping, speaking respectfully.

But the man didn’t respond, his body motionless, as if asleep.

The room was frighteningly quiet, only the sound of rain outside could be heard.

A fine layer of sweat appeared on Ji Hong’s forehead, her body shaking as if out of control.

Finally, just before she was about to speak, she heard the coughing of the man on the sofa.

"Cough cough... cough cough..."

A man dressed like a butler stepped forward to soothe, "Sir..."

The man raised his right hand, stopping the butler’s words, speaking in a deep voice, "Come over and sit."

The unfamiliar Huazhou made Ji Hong pause.

This man actually spoke Huazhou?

Ji Hong steadied herself, cautiously walking toward the sofa under the bodyguard’s gesture.

As she rounded the sofa to sit opposite the man, seeing his face, she was momentarily dazed.

The man in front of her was too handsome, with features like sculpted from stone, carrying a mature and steady aura.

She originally thought the man she’d meet would be much older, unexpectedly young-looking.

"Are you the one who warned me not to drink the water?" Joe Lane looked Ji Hong over, his gaze landing on her earlobe.

Ji Hong felt uncomfortable under his direct gaze, "Someone asked me to drug you."

As soon as these words came out, the room’s atmosphere tensed, especially Charles standing beside Joe Lane, who fixed his eyes on hers, questioning, "Who wants to harm Sir?"

Ji Hong was about to answer but was interrupted by Joe Lane.

"This bold young lady, please introduce yourself simply."

Ji Hong paused, looking into Joe Lane’s deep grayish-blue eyes, feeling a tightening inside.

This person cannot be easily deceived.

After thinking, Ji Hong replied, "Ji Hong, Water Ability User. A suspect wanted by the Security Bureau."

Joe Lane’s eyes narrowed slightly, his look at Ji Hong becoming more profound.

"Your last name is Ji?"

Ji Hong nodded slightly.

"How old are you?"

"20."

Joe Lane set down his crossed leg, straightening his body, staring intently at her face, asking, "Who brought you here?"

"I don’t know."

Ji Hong removed the earbud hidden in her ear, opening her palm, "They gave it to me."

Joe Lane glanced at Charles, who immediately stepped forward, taking away the mini earbud from Ji Hong’s palm.

"Do you have family?"

Ji Hong thought of the three younger brothers in her mind, saying with a bit of sentiment, "I had three brothers, but they have all passed away."

Joe Lane’s eyes brightened a bit, then said, "Since you helped me, you are my benefactor. Your Hua Continent has a saying, ’A drop of water given in need should be returned with a spring.’ What are your wishes?"

Ji Hong grew cautious, feeling that the man’s gaze had an assessing quality, like he was looking through her at someone else.

After pondering, she said, "My memory has gaps, I want to find out my true identity."

Joe Lane seemed surprised that this was her request, pausing before asking, "You’ve lost your memory?"