His Wife Calls The Shots
Chapter 526: Secretly telling you, I’m scared too

Chapter 526: Chapter 526: Secretly telling you, I’m scared too

Chapter 526

As Chloe was wondering whether to tell Alexander directly, she saw him looking at his phone.

After a while, he unplugged his phone from the charger and handed it to her to take a look.

"I found out, as you suspected, it wasn’t just an accident."

Chloe looked down, and the information was strikingly similar to what Heijii had sent her.

"How did you find it so quickly?"

She stared at Alexander, puzzled.

She was able to quickly investigate because she knew in advance that the murderer was from the Dark Alliance and even knew his code number. This made it easy for her to find out more.

But Alexander didn’t know about the Dark Alliance or the code numbers, yet he found out so quickly...

Was the Dark Alliance useless or were his people too strong?

Alexander said, "Not really fast. But now that we know about the enemy, it makes things much easier."

Chloe nodded slowly.

"Are you cold?" Alexander suddenly asked.

Chloe glanced at her coat, "Not cold."

She had just finished saying this when she saw Alexander handing his own coat to her.

"Put this on; it’s warmer."

"I told you, I’m not cold."

"There are two reasons for not being cold: either you are really not cold, or you are already numb. When you applied the medicine for me earlier, your hands were freezing."

He was making a valid point.

Chloe lowered her head and smiled. She took the coat with her outstretched hand, hung it on her casually, and then sat down.

She suddenly remembered something and casually said, "Once, I was stuck in a place with -7°C temperature for three days and nights, surrounded by ice. I was wearing only one set of clothes. There were more than 20 people trapped with me; twelve of them couldn’t hold out for more than three hours. Of the remaining eight, only I persisted until the end, without getting sick or freezing, and safely walked out of there. Can you guess what I relied on to keep warm?"

Alexander’s eyes widened, full of shock.

"Where was that place you’re talking about?"

Chloe: "You have an interesting focus."

As she looked at his inexplicably anxious eyes, Chloe thought for a moment and said, "It was an adventure game."

"Adventure game?"

"Yes, I like exploring."

The puzzlement and surprise in Alexander’s eyes faded somewhat, and he returned to the topic, "How did you keep warm at that time?"

Chloe picked up an orange slice and put it in her mouth, smiling, "I asked you to guess. Here’s a hint, it’s related to you."

Alexander looked at her fox-like sly smile and felt even more amused, enjoying the current moment.

He cooperated seriously in thinking, recalling the details of their past interactions and looking for clues.

After a while, he said, "Constant movement?"

Chloe said, "Almost there. You haven’t mentioned the part that relates to you."

Alexander thought again.

Then, he raised his hands in surrender, gently said, "I admit defeat, please enlighten me, Miss Collins."

His gentle eyes, filled with indulgence, looked at her.

Chloe pointed to her eyes and said, "Blindfold your eyes and try your best to move your body to keep it at the warmest state."

Alexander raised an eyebrow: "Why do you need to blindfold yourself?"

Chloe leaned close to her chair and said softly, "Once you blindfold yourself, you can’t see the icy world around you. It’s like blocking out fear. Most of the people who were eliminated were actually defeated by their own fear."

She looked into his eyes and continued, "When controlled by fear, a person’s body will become cold and numb, like destroying one’s own defenses."

Alexander noticed that the fruit plate had been quickly emptied, so he started peeling another orange without making any noise, casually asking, "How old were you when you participated in that game?"

"Sixteen."

"Were you scared?"

Chloe thought for a moment, then nodded honestly, "Yes."

"But after blindfolding, it was much better."

Alexander stared at her, speaking mysteriously as if talking to a child, "Let me tell you a secret, at that time, I was also scared."

Chloe looked into his smiling eyes, doubtful, "What were you afraid of?"

"I was afraid that my eyes would go blind forever and I wouldn’t be able to see what that mischievous little monk looked like."

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A certain author spoiled: It’s not an adventure game.

Chloe: Hush——Keep it a mystery.

Alexander: What are you two whispering about?

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