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Chapter 45: The File Folder After the police finished questioning me and taking my statement, they left. I sat in the chair, watching Xiao Wu direct people to clean up the scattered account books on the floor, my mind still in a daze. "Young Master, stop thinking about it. It’s definitely that bastard Hou Jinshan! Didn’t you say he tried to steal our box on the train? And now, right after that Lu family heir left, our shop gets hit—who else could it be?!" Xiao Wu squatted on the floor,…- 540.0 K • Completed
- Chapter 44: A Thief in the Night I was completely thrown off by what he blurted out. It definitely wasn’t something good, so the moment I heard it, I instinctively reached out and pulled Lu A’yao, who was standing in front of me, behind me. I was afraid that Hou Jinshan, shameless as he was, might lash out in anger. If Lu A’yao got caught in the crossfire, that’d be bad. But to my surprise, Hou Jinshan didn’t explode. Instead, he smiled warmly at Lu A’yao and said, “In the dead of…
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- Chapter 43: An Uninvited Guest For the next few days, I stayed holed up in the shop. Most of the businesses in the Outer Eight Trades are soaked in blood, and even after years in the game, my Fourth Brother still moves with caution. I had no choice but to be extra careful myself, watching my back every step I took. But maybe I was being too paranoid. I couldn’t even step out for a meal without dragging Lu A’yao along, or I’d just have one of the shop hands bring food straight to me. Most days,…
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- Chapter 42: Waiting I dragged him onto one of those old, rickety buses. The two of us bounced all the way back. Infrastructure wasn’t exactly great back then—the bus was slow to begin with, and the driver even detoured to a gas station to refuel. It took over half an hour just to get to the county town. Luckily, just before we got off, I called one of the clerks at Fourth Brother’s shop. They sent a young guy to pick us up in a minivan. He looked pretty young, went by the name Xiao Wu, with…
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- Chapter 41: Another Version I thought for a moment, then quickly steered the conversation back. “Senior, from what you just said, does that mean you know the origin of this casket?” The old man coughed a few times, then suddenly lowered his voice. “It’s a long story. As of now, I’d say no more than three people in all of China know the true origin of this Nine-Ring Jade Casket. I only caught wind of it because of my previous line of work. Are you sure you want to hear it?” I was…
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- Chapter 40: An Old Acquaintance and a Web of Doubts The moment I slammed the bag onto the table, the old man panicked. His smooth-talking spiel quickly unraveled into a mess of incoherent babble. It didn’t take long for me to notice—he seemed both wary of the casket and deeply curious about it. I thought for a moment, then pushed the bag toward him. “Didn’t you want to see it? Go ahead.” He froze, instinctively reaching for the zipper, but then pulled his hand back the next second. He…
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- Chapter 39: The Thief I stared at the casket, frozen in the act of unzipping my backpack, and stayed that way for over half an hour. The auntie on the lower bunk kept glancing up at me, probably thinking I had some kind of problem. When I first saw the Jade Casket sitting untouched in my bag, I could hardly believe it. My mind instantly flashed back to all the terrifying things Tian Yuqing had said about its origins. But truth be told, I’d never taken those stories seriously. In this world, at…
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- Chapter 38: He Yu’s Theory We carried the injured men into the tent—many with broken arms and legs. He Yu’s left leg was in bad shape, a large chunk of flesh bitten off by those insects. Tian Yuqing and Tan Qiu didn’t look so good either; we must’ve lost quite a few people down there. Those few days had left me utterly drained. I tore the rune-covered white paper from the wall, stuffed it into my backpack, and collapsed into rest. I slept for two full days straight, and when I finally woke…
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