"Mister Xu, are we heading back now?"
"Let's go to the dical hall first. I need to assess the situation and get the stall set up," Xu Ke said from the back seat.
Tang Yingchang nodded and gently pressed the accelerator.
Xu Ke looked out the window, sighing wistfully. Although he had just held a warm, soft woman in his arms, reveling in an affection that lted him to the core, Xu Ke still felt a tinge of regret.
Only the lingering scent on my hand…
Xu Ke sighed.
I still haven't made any key breakthroughs. I need to continue my diligent exploration… It wasn't that he was consud with lust and wanted to do sothing with Wong Qifu prematurely. He simply desired to demonstrate his prowess and aim for the peak. Alas, that path was closed!
However, the chance to share a few intimate monts with Wong Qifu was already a rare gift. As for doing anything more unspeakable, both of them felt the ti wasn't right.
"Mister Xu, have you watched the surveillance video Feng Wei sent you?" Tang Yingchang asked.
Xu Ke slapped his forehead. "Right, I almost forgot."
"Thank you for the reminder, Elder Tang."
"You're welco!" Tang Yingchang smiled.
Xu Ke took out his laptop, pulled down the rear center armrest, and placed the computer on it.
"Let's see what these old gents were up to…" A subtle smile played on Xu Ke's lips.
Before leaving Sui City the previous night, Xu Ke had asked Xie Jiancheng to install surveillance caras. He originally feared Shi Hongda might try sothing in the car and wanted to be able to collect evidence.
As it turned out, that wasn't necessary.
However, Xu Ke never expected that he would, by a twist of fate, end up chasing Shi Hongda and his group into that very car. Now, the caras could finally serve their purpose.
「The surveillance footage began to play.」
Inside the car.
Han Wang: "Are there any listening devices or a dashcam?"
Zhuge Changyang: "We checked before we got in back in Sui City. There's nothing."
Later, Han Wang took out a piece of paper to communicate. The Yin-Yang Elders were also scribbling on it.
Once their exchange was finished and they had found the passerby who bought the clothes, Han Wang and Ye Lang got out of the car.
Still in the vehicle, Shi Hongda laughed smugly. "We really should thank Xu Ke. If it weren't for him, how could our gains have been so great this ti?"
"Exactly! We really should thank him!" the Yin-Yang Elders cackled wickedly.
After watching the video, Xu Ke nodded in approval. "Han Wang is quite cautious."
"Even though the Yin-Yang Elders said they checked and found no listening devices, he still insisted on writing instead of speaking… Impressive!"
Tang Yingchang couldn't help but shake his head with a snicker. "Mister Xu, that was dripping with sarcasm."
"How is that sarcastic?" Xu Ke laughed heartily. "I'm genuinely praising him!"
"It's just a pity. They're so engrossed in martial arts that they have no concept of modern technology."
As he spoke, Xu Ke made a ntal note to properly thank Feng Wei when he got back. The man had helped him far too many tis.
A trace of sympathy appeared on Tang Yingchang's face. If I were Han Wang, I'd probably have died from rage a dozen tis over by now…
Han Wang had no idea that Xu Ke hadn't installed simple listening devices, but surveillance caras.
After watching the entire clip, Xu Ke clucked his tongue twice.
Aside from the mont he passed the note, Han Wang had revealed almost no useful information during his conversation with Shi Hongda.
Xu Ke couldn't help but reflect… If it weren't for the well-placed caras, I'd really be on pins and needles, worried about what they were discussing.
"Let see what nonsense they wrote down…"
Xu Ke began to rewind, zooming in fra by fra.
When he finally made out the contents, his eyes widened.
"Interesting, very interesting," Xu Ke chuckled. "However, this sche is built on a false premise. It's probably going to fail…"
"Why?" Tang Yingchang couldn't help but ask, curious about what Han Wang had written.
"Han Wang was a bit wordy, but it boils down to three things."
"First, he noticed the grudge between and Fang Caizhe. He wants the Huang and Qin Families to ally with Fang Caizhe to fra or cause other trouble. The goal is to make the entire Northern Dragon Guard hate and despise ," Xu Ke explained.
Tang Yingchang asked, "Why would he do that?"
Xu Ke smiled. "Because they think Bai Qian'er's performance indicates that so people in the Northern Dragon Guard still want to go to the Northern Border. They believe it's very likely I'll use the Northern Dragon Guard as a powerful backer in the future."
"They're afraid my support network will grow stronger, so they want to cut off this path for in advance. If they successfully fra , it would be impossible for to join the Northern Dragon Guard, right?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Tang Yingchang showed an extrely odd expression. "But… haven't you already joined the Northern Dragon Guard?"
"That's why I said their sche would likely fail," Xu Ke said with a grin.
Tang Yingchang chuckled. "I think 'likely' is an understatent. It's one hundred percent dood."
"Haha…" Xu Ke laughed softly and continued, looking at the monitor. "As for the second point, after they get the bounty on the Ghost-Poison Elders rescinded, they plan to leak the news that the elders have sought refuge with , but in a way that doesn't implicate themselves."
"Leak that news?!"
"Exactly. And not only that, they plan to fabricate a very convincing lie. They want to let all martial artists who use poison know that the Poison Elder's poison body was only achieved because I possess so secret thod for creating them."
"By their logic, anyone who gets their hands on will get this thod, plunging into enormous trouble. Once I can no longer handle the trouble, they will offer to intervene on my behalf in exchange for the antidote."
"It seems Han Wang still doesn't believe I'll give him the antidote. So much for the trust between people…" Xu Ke's expression was strange as he said this.
Those guys had no idea they had inadvertently stumbled upon the truth.
Han Wang's initial thought was that since Xu Ke was going to cook up a story about how the Poison Elder achieved his poison body, he might as well go with the flow and pin the creation of the poison body on Xu Ke.
Little did he know, he had guessed correctly.
Tang Yingchang was at a loss for words, a wry smile on his face. "This is…"
"Haha." Xu Ke laughed again, shaking his head. "Han Wang must have co up with these two plots on the fly, so they're still a bit unrefined. But overall, if he had succeeded based on the information he had, I would have been in deep trouble."
"Fortunately, I can resolve this ahead of ti."
Tang Yingchang nodded. It was indeed just as Xu Ke had said.
Xu Ke smiled as his eyes fell on a string of numbers on the surveillance footage. "Additionally, the biggest gain is the phone numbers that Han Wang and Ye Lang left for Shi Hongda."
"Shi Hongda probably thinks their gains are so great because he managed to get both of their numbers. You have to understand, these top assassins are always contacted through the Assassin's Alliance staff. They never leave their personal contact information."
"They really went all out this ti, just to cooperate with the Huang Family against ."
"And here I was, wondering how I could contact Han Wang to urge them to hurry up and get things done for …"
"I really have to thank Shi Hongda. Excellent, superb!"
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