After speaking, Pu Qinghan went on, "Those were his previous words, but later he added... 37 degrees with a slant after 28,"
She tried hard to recall, but couldn’t rember at all, and could only apologize depressingly, "Sorry, I just can’t seem to rember. Perhaps at that ti, I found him too strange, extrely dangerous and eerie, so I hurriedly left. But I vaguely rember sothing about degrees followed by a slant..."
"Geographic coordinates," the other three quickly concluded, "It’s very likely the location of that weapon... east longitude 37°28′, and certainly a north latitude to follow..."
"Eh? I rember our Jiangdu’s coordinates are exactly this in east longitude..." Gong Jiu said, sowhat astonished, "So that weapon... But Jiangdu is so vast, how can we find it without the north latitude?"
"It’s been so long; those people must not have gotten the weapon’s location from him, that’s why they ca after you later... But I don’t understand why they didn’t just... well, excuse my bluntness, but they could have simply captured you for interrogation..." Gong Jiu looked at Pu Qinghan, who also felt helpless, "I don’t understand either, ever since Li Yu... I’ve been clueless..."
"Unless they knew you didn’t have a clear mory, and were uncertain if you could recall it, they didn’t dare startle the snake by hitting the grass... so they held their forces in check," Su Zimu’s words caught Pu Qinghan off guard, "Knew that I can’t rember? That’s impossible... I... I... I only ntioned it to..."
She suddenly furrowed her brows, then clenched her hands together, "It’s impossible."
"Perhaps soone from their side has been planted close to you,"
Like... Li Bo.
Sui Yi diverted his gaze, "They’re certain you carry an uncertainty of value, so they’re not in a rush to kill you, but since they have gone to such lengths, maybe they’ve already found soone else who could satisfy their need for answers..."
"Xiao Xianting, Zhuang Ziliu... or... you," Sui Yi’s finger pointed at Gong Jiu’s expression.
"What’s that got to do with ?"
"Indeed, it has nothing to do with you... You can choose to stay out of it if you like..."
"It’s about my grandfather?" Gong Jiu suddenly realized.
"Yes... that’s why I will get involved."
Sui Yi hastily tore off a few sheets from the notebook, crumpled them in his palm, and turned them into dust, "From now on, you must all learn to forget what you’ve heard before, yet ensure you can rember it when necessary... including you, Miss Su... and from now on, try to make as little contact with others as possible."
"Others?" Su Zimu pondered, "Apart from us four, we shouldn’t trust anyone else?"
"No, although those living with us shouldn’t be trusted either... but we are an exception," Sui Yi pulled back the curtains, gazing at the moonlight outside, "I just checked... all of you are indeed yourselves."
Holy shit!
Gong Jiu and the others imdiately grasped the underlying aning in Sui Yi’s words—there’s soone in this house who is not who they appear to be!
Thus, even without opening the window, they all felt a chill.
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Why is this matter related to Ninth Master’s grandfather, and how does Sui Yi know about it? From the information that Gong Jiu was mysteriously transferred to the Imperial Guards’ reserve camp and today’s mysterious selection, Sui Yi sensed sothing.
Others might not be aware of the old man’s true colors, but she knew them. That man was deceitful and ruthless, and wouldn’t fear the Imperial Guards simply because they were powerful, but he had used such a sanctimonious excuse to recall Gong Jiu... This only hinted that the Imperial Guards made him feel threatened, a threat originating from what he knew or possessed that could draw the Imperial Guards...
If one can’t be an adversary, with the character of that old fox, there would be two choices. If it’s an object, pass on the hot potato, shift it away!
If it’s a person! The inferior choice is an on-the-spot execution, which easily brings all the attention onto oneself. Sending soone away to be out of sight forever is the superior strategy...
So, that young businessman might have been acquainted with the old fox... or, potentially with Xiao Xianting...
Now he’s probably dead.
Sui Yi closed her eyes; only in death would the target shift.
And the weapon is still buried sowhere unknown... Provincial City, perhaps?
Suddenly, Sui Yi felt the need to et Xiao Xianting.
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