Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 2068: Chapter 2004: The Guess Was Correct

Chiang Xiao didn’t actually want to spend the night at the guesthouse; she just wanted to shake off the Bearded Man’s attention and not let him see through her plans.

She ran into the guesthouse, where a receptionist auntie was sleeping soundly on a camp bed behind the counter, not even waking up to the noise she made.

Chiang Xiao thought about it and didn’t wake her, carrying her luggage upstairs instead.

Once upstairs, she found a dark corner, slipped into the Space, and first drank a cup of Spirit Spring Water.

Her heart was pounding rapidly.

She had truly never encountered anyone who made her feel so endangered.

Clearly, the man hadn’t done anything, yet her nerves remained stretched tight, unable to relax.

She felt that even staying with him a moment longer was dangerous.

If not for that, she could have just pretended to be unafraid, let him drive her, and simply mentioned another address.

But once she guessed he intended to sniff her for any scent to confirm if she was the person at the tavern that night, she had no desire to stay in a car with him.

She just hoped that after some time, he’d no longer remember her scent.

Overall, she had to act now.

If she could run, she must.

She picked a few kinds of flowers, swiftly creating a sachet of dried flowers at the Jade Pot, and hung it directly around her neck.

The fragrance of these flowers was intense, definitely enough to mask her own scent.

After finishing all this, she suddenly heard light footsteps outside.

Chiang Xiao immediately looked out.

A man.

This man was one of those she suspected on the plane.

Seeing him now, Chiang Xiao confirmed that her suspicions were correct.

This man was one of Second Master’s henchmen.

As expected, they had sent someone to follow her, wanting to continue the surveillance.

If she remained in the Space and didn’t come out, the person might report back, and the Bearded Man would continue to suspect her.

As long as he harbored suspicions, he might investigate her information tomorrow.

Though they traveled by plane, and personal information wasn’t as readily accessible now, it wasn’t impossible to find her name.

Chiang Xiao felt uneasy about them finding out her name.

Therefore, she had to dispel this person’s doubts about her tonight.

After the man turned into another corridor, Chiang Xiao quickly exited the Space, tread lightly downstairs, and approached the reception desk, knocking on the counter and calling to the sleeping auntie, ”Auntie, hello, I’d like to use the phone.”

This guesthouse inside the airport occasionally served leaders, so it had a phone specially installed.

The auntie woke up, rubbed her sleepy eyes, casually wiped away a bit of sleep crust from her eye corner, and looked at her.

”So late, why is there still someone coming?”

”I’d like to borrow the phone.”

”The phone charges are expensive, you’ll have to pay.”

”Okay, I’ll pay, Auntie, I’ll just make a local call.”

The receptionist auntie muttered something, seemingly annoyed at being woken up, but she still led Chiang Xiao to the phone room.

Taking the phone, Chiang Xiao thought for a moment and dialed a number at Qing University.

She remembered this number thanks to the previous life’s Chen Liting.

Her memory was quite good, having memorized it after just calling twice.

Once connected, she said a couple of random words and then hung up.

”Yes, since it’s so late, I’ll stay at the guesthouse for the night.”