Chapter 116   Entire Breadth of His Literary Skills (2)

And then he jumped back. Louise scrambled to the window and looked down, and saw that he was using the architecture on the building wall to deftly make his descent to the ground. He landed, waved wildly to her, then quickly disappeared into the darkness.

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The door to Ian’s room opened just as she arrived there. The young official was coming out. As he cautiously closed the door, Louise paused in the hallway. Her fists were clenched with tension.

Finally, the official turned and spotted Louise. She was worried about what to do if he left or simply ignored her.

Instead, he smiled and faced her. With a rather friendly expression.

Louise approached him and spoke in a low voice.

Fortunately, he responded to the conversation right away.

He gave a nod of his head. There was no way to know what the apology was for, so Louise could not receive it.

He took his index finger to his lips.

Louise was relieved at the unexpectedly kind answer. It turned out she was more worried than she needed to be.

He smiled again at Louise.