Run Sheng and Yin ng both ca out of their rooms, and Lin Shuyou leaned out from the rooftop, pointing outside.
There's sothing going on.
Brother Pang Jin is back, and he's brought a group of new visitors, four people.
Leading them is a woman, very young, just in her early twenties, wearing white casual clothes, her hair tied in a ponytail, looking fresh and capable.
As she passed in front of Li Zhiyuan's room, she deliberately stared at him for a mont and smiled, saying:
"There's actually such a cute little brother here."
Behind her were three n, one in a short-sleeved shirt, one in a cotton jacket, and the last looking very old but was very short, only slightly taller than a typical dwarf.
The man in the short-sleeved shirt had a sowhat awkward walking gait, a sense of tension about him.
The man in the cotton jacket had his hands tucked inside his sleeves, looking genuinely cold, even exhaling white mist from his mouth.
The short man, besides his height, seed quite normal.
When he entered the house, he first ogled Brother Pang Jin's partner with an amused look and, upon seeing Yin ng, licked his lips while looking at her.
The leading woman turned around and pinched the short man's ear: "Are you looking to die?"
The short man cried out in pain and was dragged upstairs.
Li Zhiyuan returned to his room and stuck two talisman papers on the door and window for soundproofing.
Tan Wenbin pushed the door open and ca in, carefully closing the door.
"No need to keep night watch tonight, just remind them to be cautious in daily interactions."
"Understood."
At such extraordinary tis, any group suddenly entering the picture cannot be taken lightly, especially when the group looks so peculiar.
It's not entirely unexpected that they've stayed here; Brother Pang Jin is a crucial link in the clues, though these clues aren't solely for personal use.
After delivering the notification, Tan Wenbin was about to re-enter the room when he saw another guest arriving.
This new guest was a woman, about thirty, pushing a suitcase.
She ca on her own and didn't have Brother Pang Jin co to pick her up.
Her room was on the first floor; she went in on her own.
At first, Tan Wenbin didn't notice anything unusual about her until he saw the two white wheel marks her suitcase left behind.
The ground in the courtyard was paved with cobblestones, indicating just how heavy this suitcase must be to leave such marks, and the material of the wheels was quite special.
The door to the room was opened from the inside, and Li Zhiyuan stood at the entrance, glancing at the room opposite the courtyard.
The woman had moved in there.
Earlier in his room, Li Zhiyuan had heard the suitcase being wheeled, noting its terrifying weight.
Yet the woman effortlessly lifted it over the steps.
Interesting, with our group, there are already three groups staying here.
Two teams, one individual.
Li Zhiyuan had indeed considered whether to have his team remain hidden until the outside fracas was almost done, then make their move when the timing was right.
But Brother Pang Jin's crucial clue was sothing he was unwilling to give up.
While hiding is safe, it would an missing out on important information. By the ti they decide to host, the other two teams might already command significant clues, leaving them severely uninford.
Tan Wenbin asked, "Brother Xiao Yuan, should we test them out?"
Li Zhiyuan shook his head, "Before corpse energy appears on them, as a team without broken jade, we have no reason to bother."
Tan Wenbin: "But what if they make a move to test us?"
Li Zhiyuan: "That would an they have broken jade."
Tan Wenbin was puzzled and asked, "Then why wouldn't they be like us?"
Li Zhiyuan toyed lightly with the wooden box with his fingertips and replied:
"Because they can't suppress the corpse energy in the broken jade like I can."
As night fell, silence enveloped the surroundings.
The woman in white took a bath, changed into a loose white shirt, and reclined on the bed, her beautifully shaped white legs sprawling.
Yet, even the lecherous short man during the day dared not raise his gaze, sitting quietly with his head down on a chair.
The man in the cotton jacket and the one in the short-sleeved shirt sat cross-legged on the floor.
"Chatter, chatter..."
The teeth of the man in the cotton jacket began to chatter; he was really cold.
Lying on the bed, Zheng Ruxue's eyes narrowed slightly as she asked, "Leng, how much longer can you hold out?"
The man in the cotton jacket, known as Leng, opened his jacket, revealing his chest covered in frost, with a depression in the right side embedding a piece of broken jade.
"The corpse energy in this broken jade is getting heavier, I can barely suppress it."
Hearing this, Zheng Ruxue rubbed her forehead.
This thing is a treasure, but the sooner you get it, the hotter it is to handle.
If Leng can't hold back the corpse energy, it would burst out, making them a spotlight in the night, attracting many gazes.
The short man spoke up, "Why not take care of the nearby threats first? There are two groups downstairs. One seems normal, like tourists. There's a lone woman; my room is right above hers. I've listened carefully, and since entering her room, she hasn't made a sound, not a breath."
Zheng Ruxue shook her head, "If she's alone, she's actually more challenging to handle. Walking Jianghu alone, she must have her confidence. It's that other group I find peculiar..."
Short man: "What's peculiar about them?"
Zheng Ruxue: "Peculiar in that they're not peculiar at all."
The three n exchanged confused glances at this.
Zheng Ruxue: "At a ti like this, the more normal a target seems, the more dangerous they often are. This suggests they can calmly disguise themselves."
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