Li Zhao finally managed to suppress the itch in his throat, swallowing the cough back down. He cleaned up the dirtied table surface and sat up straight.
"Sorry 'bout that, haha. I'm always like this, careless and inattentive," he said, scratching the back of his head with no visible sign of apology on his face. "Right, what were you about to say just now?"
"The cruise party."
"Oh right, the cruise party. What about it?"
Li Zhao's gaze seemed normal, but to Zhou Mingchen, it carried an unintentional hint of mockery. Although this was just an unwarranted thought in his own mind, unrelated to others, it still left him feeling a bit displeased.
"I heard you were with my wife the entire time that day. She lost something very important, so I wanted to ask if you have seen it." Before Zhou Mingchen could pull out the picture, Li Zhao had already spoken casually.
"The necklace, right? Xia Lu had already asked me about it, I hadn't noticed it."
