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Chapter 93: The Burial Coffin Later, the two of us chatted some more, and I realized that He Yu had an extremely stereotyped view of the Lu Clan. It was so intense that I started to wonder if someone from a branch of the Lu Clan had offended his family in the past. Otherwise, where would all that resentment come from? Chen Canghai turned out to be pretty skilled at wilderness survival. I had been too caught up in conversation to notice earlier, but now I realized the pile of coffin boards we used to…- 540.0 K • Completed
- Chapter 92: The One Who Carved the Words Liu Sanshui was a man shrouded in mystery. He was the youngest among the Five Masters of his generation, the first to die, but also the first of the Liu Family to rise to prominence. It was no exaggeration to say that the Liu Family's vast client base today was built largely thanks to him. Of all the people my grandfather disliked dealing with, Liu Sanshui topped the list. I had heard bits and pieces about his early years, such as how he once joined a group of…
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- Chapter 91: Breaking Free This wasn’t the first time I’d been bitten by a snake. When I was a kid, I got too caught up playing and wrestling in the grass with some friends. Just my luck, I landed right on a snake that had been lounging in the shade. I must’ve disturbed its nap, because it twisted its neck and sank its fangs into me. Thankfully, it wasn’t venomous, but it still left me miserable for quite a while. The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I became. In the end, it was just…
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- Chapter 90 - A Rash Decision The water below was pitch-black, and the nighttime chill cut straight to the bone. Honestly, if it had been daytime, I probably wouldn’t have jumped into the river so easily. As someone from the Central Plains, I’d grown up learning about the Yellow River. So I knew all too well that the most dangerous things in rivers weren’t the visible currents, but the hidden undertows and whirlpools. Those could silently drag even the strongest swimmers to their deaths. That…
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- Chapter 89: Snake Tide He Yu and I stood in front of the rear cargo hatch. We exchanged a glance, I gave him a nod, and he stepped forward to kick the door open with a loud bang. The space where the diving gear, once covered with waterproof tarps, should have been was now completely empty. I let out a long breath of relief. He Yu came over and clapped me on the shoulder. "See? I told you you were overthinking it. They probably found something, maybe even struck gold. Seeing that we were busy suiting…
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- Chapter 88: Mass Disappearance As soon as the boat slowed down, Lu Ayao was the first to dash up to the deck. I noticed the visibility outside was dropping fast, so I turned to nudge He Yu, who was slumped beside me. After a few tries, all I got out of him were drunken mutterings. Left with no choice, I threw on my windbreaker and went out alone to check the situation. The moment I stepped onto the freighter's deck, I realized the mountain ridges that should have been faintly visible in the dark had…
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- Chapter 87: The Disappearance in '98 Calluses from handling guns? The moment I heard that conclusion, a sudden chill swept through the air around me. It wasn’t that I was afraid of guns. According to He Yu, his marksmanship was pretty sharp. Every year when the He family went into the mountains to hunt pheasants, he could practically sweep the woods clean. Yet even with all that, the calluses on his hands were just a thin layer, nothing like the thick ones on Chen Canghai’s hands. Chen Canghai…
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- Chapter 86: Chen Canghai Han Jian was hiding a lot from us. After we finished sorting the contents of the packages on the second floor that night, there was still a good amount left over. These items were clearly contraband in the country, yet Han Jian didn’t seem the least bit worried. Around midnight, I heard muffled voices coming from the living room through the door. The next morning, when I went upstairs again, the black packages had completely vanished. At five sharp, I packed up and…
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