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After listening to Li Bai's somewhat strange account, Yao Shunyu and Fatty both fell silent. Yao Shunyu stared at Jiang Cheng's face, as if trying to see through his disguise and grasp his true nature.

"So…you left the phone case in the box, as the relic of the Underworld Mirror?"

After a long ideological struggle, Yao Shunyu decided he should confirm.

Jiang Cheng nodded with some reluctance, "That's right."

Fatty knew this phone case. The doctor had bought it online not long ago. It had a green dinosaur on the back, which could be opened and used as a stand. The doctor liked it very much.

Thanks to his excellent ability to imagine, Fatty could even picture the Third Master's shock when he found the box, opened it, lifted the red cloth, and saw the dinosaur phone case for the first time.

"It seems the mastermind behind this is the Third Master. Old Master Wu and the First and Second Masters were all schemed against by him."

Recalling the Third Master's actions, Li Bai still felt lingering fear. Considering the Third Master's age, his scheming and methods were truly terrifying.

After Fatty thought through the entire course of events, he believed he had found a loophole. "That's not right. Look, our mission is to ensure that the Wu family leaves behind a bloodline. To put it bluntly, whether it's the First Master, the Second Master, or the Third Master, as long as one of the Wu family's three sons survives, the mission is a success. So even if we don't intervene, don't stop the Third Master, when his plan succeeds and he smoothly inherits the Wu family's wealth, he certainly won't die, so our mission will naturally be a success."

According to the mission's consistent pattern of not being satisfied until they're driven to death, this was simply incomprehensible.

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng sighed softly. "What you said makes sense, but have you thought about what the Third Master will do to us if he succeeds?"

Fatty understood immediately. The doctor had emphasized more than once that the dangers in missions never came only from ghosts; the people in the mission were also dangerous.

After all, they were the Second Master's hired help. Now that the Second Master was still alive, the Third Master still had some reservations. Once the Second Master died and the Third Master completely controlled the Wu family, the first to be dealt with would be them, the Second Master's people, who would be eradicated completely.

Understanding this, Fatty finally understood why Jiang Cheng and the others looked so bad. "So, that means we must protect the Second Master's life. This is our last chance."

"That's right."

Fatty couldn't help but inhale. The Second Master was now entangled by the vengeful infant, his life hanging by a thread. How easy would it be to save him?

At the same time, there was another matter before them: the repair of the main gate tonight, which was essentially digging out the infant remains buried under the threshold.

That thing was filled with immense resentment. A single slip could lead to disaster. Luo Tianhe and Yuan Shanyuan clearly understood this as well, which was why they wanted to drag them along as shields.

"For now, we need to stabilize these two old guys. We'll call them first, but I don't think they'll answer. Then we'll go to knock on their door, acting very anxious, and try to make them lower their guard as much as possible."

These two old guys were not easy to deal with. To deceive them, they had to put on a full show. Yao Shunyu suggested asking Lai Fu to knock on the door again, tricking them into thinking the Second Master needed them. Based on the old guys' alertness, they would definitely guess that it was them, so they definitely wouldn't open the door.

Li Bai agreed, adding that the two old guys would only tell the Second Master to come to the door himself if he had something to say, and talk to them through the door.

Fatty listened to Jiang Cheng, Yao Shunyu, and Li Bai, each saying a sentence, chatting enthusiastically. Suddenly, he felt that this didn't sound like normal people discussing the mission plot, but rather like a group of con artists sharing their professional experience at an annual summary meeting.

Perhaps sensing that they had neglected Fatty, Yao Shunyu considerately looked at Fatty, his attitude relatively polite. "Brother Wang, leave these trivial matters to us. The three of us will risk our lives to keep you safe. This dead end will ultimately depend on you to break it."

Fatty raised his hand expressionlessly, slowly extended his palm, and said in a grim tone, "Luo Tianhe and Yuan Shanyuan are enough with one slap each, but I hope that Bai Yu…won't disappoint me."

Yao Shunyu and Li Bai's eyes both lit up.

Jiang Cheng suddenly felt that Fatty's tone was very familiar. After thinking for a long time, he finally remembered that Wu once said similar things before drawing his sword against an enemy.

As dusk approached, the group no longer hesitated. They each took out their phones to call Luo Tianhe and Yuan Shanyuan, but as expected, no one answered. Then they called Bai Yu and Lin Qianqian, but the results were the same.

The group then pretended to be very anxious and asked Lai Fu to knock on the door, but the people behind the door seemed to be dead, with no response at all. It seemed they were determined to stall until night.

After watching Lai Fu walk away, Lin Qianqian, who was hidden behind the door, straightened up and retracted her gaze from the door seam. Turning her head, she looked at a figure sitting cross-legged on the bed. "Mr. Luo, everything is indeed developing as you said. I think those few are anxious. They even thought of tricking us into opening the door under the pretense that the Second Master needed something."

The seasoned Luo Tianhe slowly opened his eyes. "Those few aren't stupid either. It seems they already know that the yang fire on their bodies has been extinguished, making tonight's contact with the infant remains dangerous."

"What if they don't go?" Lin Qianqian was worried about this problem.

Hearing this, Luo Tianhe slowly shook his head, a strange smile appearing on his face, which made Lin Qianqian's heart tingle. "Miss Lin, don't worry. It doesn't matter whether they go or not. As long as we dig out the infant remains, this scheme will be complete."

After a pause, Luo Tianhe turned his gaze to Lin Qianqian and asked with a fake smile, "Miss Lin, can you really promise me on behalf of the person behind you?"

Facing such a face, Lin Qianqian clearly felt a gust of cold wind, and the pressure in her heart suddenly increased. She even subconsciously wanted to get away, but she managed to restrain herself. "This…this is for sure! We know that Mr. Luo's expulsion from the Luo family back then was entirely due to Luo Yunshan, the head of the Luo family's generation, making a big deal out of nothing. What's so great about killing a few disciples? How few lives had Luo Yunshan taken himself?"

"If this succeeds, I can guarantee Mr. Luo that the person behind me will help you return to the Luo family. Not only that, but they will also make the Luo family give you an explanation for what happened back then." Lin Qianqian said confidently.

A touch of blood appeared on Luo Tianhe's pale face, and his fists clenched slightly. The events of that year were a thorn in his heart, making it difficult for him to sleep every time he thought about it.

"Good, I hope Miss Lin will abide by our agreement after this is done, otherwise…"

Luo Tianhe chuckled in a hoarse voice. "Miss Lin should also know a thing or two about my methods. The abilities of the guys in my sect are related to curses. No matter where Miss Lin escapes, I will find you and make you watch your body rot away bit by bit."