Sensational! Fake Noble VS Real Genius
Chapter 597: Leaving the Ghost Market; The Return Journey

Chapter 597: Chapter 597: Leaving the Ghost Market; The Return Journey

The vendor was silent for two seconds, then lifted their hand and pointed in the direction of the Ghost Market entrance, speaking in an eerie tone, "You go."

Gu Zhiqi: ?

Why start kicking people out without even a word?

The vendor would not sell, so Gu Zhiqi did not insist and left.

The black market was indeed filled with rare treasures, but there were even more fakes. Gu Zhiqi roamed the black market for another half an hour. Seeing that it was getting late, she couldn’t bother with whether she had seen everything or not and simply left.

By the time she exited the black market, it was already eleven o’clock.

Gu Zhiqi called for a ride online. While waiting for the car, she remembered something and opened Su Yunling’s chat to send a message.

[Child: Are you asleep yet?]

The message was sent, but Su Yunling did not reply immediately.

Thinking he might be asleep, Gu Zhiqi did not wait for his message and instead opened Gu Mengyang’s chat.

Gu Mengyang had sent her several messages.

The first one:

[Gu Mengyang: Why aren’t you at home, did you go out?]

This first message was sent at eight-thirty.

[Gu Mengyang: Where are you?]

After that, messages were sent every few minutes, roughly asking her to reply after seeing the messages.

[Qiqi: Out, will be back soon]

As soon as the message was sent out, Gu Mengyang immediately sent a reply.

[Gu Mengyang: Where are you? Do you need me to pick you up?]

After the message was sent, more messages quickly followed.

[Gu Mengyang: Send your location, I’ll come pick you up]

[Gu Mengyang: It’s quite late; it’s not safe for a girl to be out alone]

Gu Zhiqi looked at his messages and let out a light tsk before replying.

[Qiqi: It’s safe]

After sending the message, she didn’t bother with any more messages from Gu Mengyang and immediately exited the chat.

Just as she did, she noticed that Su Yunling had replied.

[Su Yunling: Haven’t slept yet]

[Child: Didn’t you say you had a childhood friend that needs to see a doctor? I’ve got three days free]

Since the Yuan Force was sealed, she couldn’t set up an array and naturally couldn’t return to help Mo Weiran deal with things. Since she had free time, she could go and check on Su Yunling’s childhood friend.

This time, not long after sending the message, Su Yunling replied quickly.

[Su Yunling: Will you go to the capital tomorrow?]

[Child: Can do]

[Su Yunling: What time can you get up?]

[Child: After eight]

[Su Yunling: Hmm, I’ll pick you up at nine. I’ll buy the plane ticket]

[Child: Okay]

Thinking the conversation was over, Su Yunling sent another message.

[Su Yunling: It’s quite late, haven’t you slept yet?]

[Child: I’m laying down now]

After the business talk was done, Gu Zhiqi subconsciously switched to perfunctory mode.

[Su Yunling: Then sleep, good night]

[Child: Good night]

She sent a casual good night message and then exited WeChat, burying her head to start repairing her mental method.

**

Gu Zhiqi usually went to bed at midnight, so as soon as the clock struck twelve, sleepiness hit her.

Gu Zhiqi turned off the editing software and shifted her gaze away from her phone to glance outside the car, only to realize that an hour had passed and yet the car hadn’t even left Shadow Mountain.

The drive from Shadow Mountain to Moon Falling Bay should take about an hour and a half, and from Clear Shadow Villa to the foot of the mountain, only about fifteen minutes.

But an hour had passed, and the car hadn’t even left Shadow Mountain.

Gu Zhiqi’s eyes narrowed slightly, and she withdrew her gaze from the window to glance at the driver.

Just one look was enough for Gu Zhiqi to realize something was off with the driver.

It seemed like he was under an Illusion Technique.

"Master, how much longer until we arrive?" Gu Zhiqi stuffed her phone into her pocket, leaned leisurely against the seat, and asked the driver.