Help The Villainess Trapped in the Beast World's Drama (by Lotus Seeds) novel Chapter 967

Chapter 967: Chapter 729: Fu Is Jin!

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At the moment the mask fell, Shen Tang was completely stunned.

Underneath the mask, the face was nothing like she was familiar with—ordinary, unfamiliar, completely devoid of the shadow she remembered.

Her heart, which had been racing wildly earlier, suddenly sank to the bottom, and the expression on her face froze.

She was so stunned, staring blankly at the man before her, suddenly unsure how to face him.

The man looked down at her, with a bit of surprise and concern in his eyes, released his hold on her, and put her down, his tone quite caring, "Are you alright?"

Shen Tang came to her senses, shook her head, "I... I’m fine, just exhausted from the earlier exertion, thank you."

She suddenly didn’t know what to say.

It felt rather ridiculous to her; she shouldn’t have been thinking in that direction, knowing that Jin had said they would go their separate ways and he’d never come to see her again. Yet she still thought Fu might have something to do with him.

Their aura was different, build different, appearance different; she really shouldn’t have clung to unrealistic ideas.

Fu bent down to pick up the mask from the ground and put it back on.

He looked down at Shen Tang as if carefully studying her expression, paused for a moment, and then asked, "What were you thinking just now? You seem a bit... disappointed?"

His fingers at his side lifted slightly, as if wanting to touch her dimmed brows and eyes, but ultimately remained silent, lowering them again.

He just gazed at her, his eyes seemed to stick to her face, his voice was lower than before, "The way you looked at me just now was very different than usual, as if you were trying to see through me... see someone else?"

Shen Tang didn’t expect him to notice this at all, felt slightly embarrassed, pursed her lips, and decided to be honest, "Sorry, I was indeed trying to test you just now because you’re so kind to me sometimes... I always feel like you seem familiar, like you resemble someone I knew before... a friend."

Friend.

Fu remained silent for quite some time before asking another question, "Do you want to see him?"

Shen Tang lowered her eyes, unable to determine what she was feeling inside.

She recalled what Jin said before, her eyes darkened, and she shook her head, "We’ve already parted ways, saying more of this now is meaningless."

Fu’s Adam’s apple moved, but in the end, he didn’t say anything, turned his head to look at the air beside him, and changed the topic, "Now that we’re in the city, what do you plan to do next?"

Shen Tang said, "I want to find someone, but his situation is quite special. To be honest, I don’t know what to do now; I don’t know how to help him."

As she said this, her face displayed a sorrowful expression, her eyes were red, as if she could shed tears at any moment, her voice was a bit choked, as if blaming herself.

If it weren’t for her, Lu Xiao definitely wouldn’t be in the current state.

But it’s too late to say anything now; his situation is so special, even if she wants to save him, the thing inside him...

Fu watched her helpless appearance and didn’t know how to comfort her.

He lifted his hand, paused for a few seconds in the air, then gently patted her shoulder as if to reassure her, "Anyway, at least we’ve mixed into the city; let’s find a place to settle down first. Whatever you want to do next, you must have a place to settle first."

Shen Tang thought the same.

But her identity is special now, and knowing the Hand of Trauma has spies in the city, regular hotels are not advisable to stay at since it’s easy to be recognized.

Fortunately, Fu took her to a place.

It was a villa estate in the outskirts of the city, uniquely located on an independent Floating Island in the Sky.

The entire villa and the surrounding Floating Island territory belonged to the island owner.

Rumor has it that even the rulers of Sky City can’t control the place legally.

Shen Tang was filled with shock when she saw the Floating Island villa.

She remembered that buying such independently governed Floating Island villas was absurdly expensive; even though she was considered wealthy now, it was a sky-high price.

It was said that in the entire Sky City, fewer than ten people could afford such villas, all mysterious big shots, whose identities had never been disclosed.

Fu, what kind of person is he? So wealthy?!

But this also indicated that he indeed had property here and indeed had business to conduct, not just following her around; she had overthought it earlier.

However, the villa seemed to have barely been used; from the outside, it appeared luxurious, resembling a castle in the Imperial Palace, but the interior was quite simple and basic.

There was almost no trace of life, so it was quite clean, requiring hardly any cleaning.

Fu directly took her to the second floor and arranged a room for her separately.

Shen Tang felt quite grateful to him, not only for saving her but also for providing her a place to stay.

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