Many things, after being done, when one looks back at the process, many previously unthought-of aspects become apparent.
On his way back, Li Qianfan habitually reviewed his trip to England and found himself increasingly unsettled.
Smooth.
It had been too smooth!
Given the abilities of Bai Ziyan (a super hacker) and Yaoyao (rich in combat experience), they had been lurking near the town of Rhode for days without finding any way to infiltrate Rhode Castle.
Yet, after Li Qianfan went, he merely slept with Jessica and effortlessly entered the castle.
Especially during their conversation with Dr. Price, the information he casually revealed was crucially important to them!
And also—
As Li Qianfan was rushing to the town of Las, the Rhode family only then publicly announced the news of their tragic massacre by the White Dove!
This also helped Li Qianfan create the illusion that he had been in Las all along.
Let alone that he was able to return to the warm room before Jiao Yin arrived to "threaten him with death."
Even if he hadn't made it back, the four of them—Zhai Xing, Zhai Yue, the Hall Master Uncle, and Kang Ning—could have found various excuses and means to delay Jiao Yin for several hours, preventing any exposure.
After all, the Rhode family's public announcement was delayed by a full 12 hours.
"Are you saying that someone with great power within the Rhode family was secretly helping you?"
As the saying goes, clarity comes from being an outsider.
After Li Qianfan voiced his suspicions, Zhai Hua immediately said, "It was this person who arranged for Jessica to leak the news about Rhode Castle looking for experimental subjects with vampirism through your date."
Li Qianfan was stunned.
Zhai Xing's eyes lit up, and he quickly chimed in, "Then, that person arranged for someone inside the castle to insist on using patients for experiments. And that doctor who chatted with you was instructed by that person to tell you that the person you needed to kill was in the meeting room on the third floor."
A bolt from the blue!
Li Qianfan suddenly understood the true meaning of this idiom.
He had already felt that things were too smooth, which was abnormal.
But being "in the midst of it," he couldn't have grasped these details, no matter how strong his intuition was.
Only after Zhai Yue and the others, who were outside observers, pieced together these doubts did Li Qianfan feel as if a veil had been lifted.
He suddenly saw the truth.
The truth was—
There was someone of great power within the Rhode family who was helping him!!
So, who could this person be?
Why would this person help Li Qianfan massacre the core of the Rhode family?
The crucial point was—
How did this person within the Rhode family know that Li Qianfan was the White Dove?!
Li Qianfan frowned, stood up, and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back.
Many people knew Li Qianfan was the White Dove.
Old Li of Longxu, Sister Wujiang, the three beauties of the Su family, Chu Yazhi and Kang Ning, Zhai Xing, Zhai Yue, and the Hall Master Uncle.
But these people would never reveal it to others.
Most importantly—
Apart from Li Qianfan, Du Junlin, Bai Ziyan, and Shadow, no one else had ever seen "Fan Yang."
After all, Fan Yang's image had never appeared at any bloody massacre scene.
So then.
How did that person from the Rhode family know that "Fan Yang" was Li Qianfan?
And how did they know Jessica was his "lover" and, shortly after Li Qianfan arrived in England, relay to him how to infiltrate Rhode Castle through Jessica?
Unless that person was—
Li Qianfan suddenly stopped and slowly raised his head.
Seeing this, Zhai Xing and Zhai Yue immediately realized their young master had thought of who that person was.
The sisters exchanged a glance, quietly stood up, and walked out of the warm room.
Li Qianfan took out his phone, switched to a new SIM card, and began to dial the number stored in his mind.
Rhode Castle!
Jessica, having just concluded a "post-mortem meeting," returned to her bedroom.
She rubbed her throbbing temples and, just as she sat down on the sofa, her phone rang.
It was an unfamiliar number.
However, she didn't reject it just because the number was strange.
Because anyone who could reach her on this phone was definitely not a real estate agent or an insurance salesman.
She hesitated for a moment, then answered, "Hello, may I ask who is speaking?"
A familiar male voice came from the phone: "Jessica, is it convenient to talk now?"
Jessica's eyebrows subtly twitched.
She purred with a seductive laugh, "What, missing me again? Tell me, where are you now? I'll be there as fast as I can."
She knew, of course, that Li Qianfan had already returned to the town of Las.
She dared to say this, knowing he would no longer invite her for a pleasant evening.
But she hadn't expected Li Qianfan to tell her the truth: "An hour ago, I just arrived in the town of Las."
*Peng—*
Jessica's heart skipped a beat.
Li Qianfan's willingness to tell her this was enough to prove that he had already figured something out.
This was not good for Jessica at all!
Anyone else would have feigned ignorance, even if they knew they had been exposed.
Jessica would not do such a thing.
She suppressed the flirtatious expression on her face, remained silent for a moment, and then asked, "Did you figure this out yourself, or did I reveal a flaw?"
Li Qianfan didn't find it strange that Jessica readily admitted it.
He continued to tell the truth: "This operation to massacre Rhode Castle was simply too smooth."
Jessica asked, "Too smooth, that's not good?"
"Good, of course, it's good."
Li Qianfan walked to the window, opened it, and looked at the swirling snow outside: "Jessica, that's a nice and common name. I heard that Mr. Jin Rhode, the patriarch of the Rhode family, also has a wife named Jessica."
Jessica generously admitted, "You are honored to have slept with the Countess and made her infatuated with you, eagerly awaiting your next meeting."
It was indeed her!!
Li Qianfan's right hand, gripping the phone, had veins bulging on the back. He asked slowly, "Respected Madame Rhode, what about your child?"
Jessica replied decisively, "He can't possibly be surnamed Li!"
Originally.
Jessica would never have allowed Li Qianfan to know she was carrying an "illegitimate child."
Because then, he might use the child to coerce her into doing many things she was unwilling to do.
But now—
She no longer had any reason to hide it.
Because in more than eight months, the child she would give birth to would be a "half-breed."
Even if Li Qianfan's IQ were only thirty, he could guess who the father of that child was!
*Wo cao.*
Li Qianfan cursed inwardly and asked, "Can life be terminated?"
Jessica's expression immediately turned cold: "Are you sure you're speaking like a human?"
Wasn't he?
Li Qianfan didn't understand where his words were not human.
The conception of that child stemmed from a "beautiful encounter."
When both knew each other's identities and confirmed they were enemies, was there still a need for that child to continue developing healthily?
"I feel that the child might cause certain troubles for the respected Madame."
Li Qianfan paused, then added, "It might also have unnecessary future implications for me. Therefore, I suggest."
Jessica interrupted him: "You merely succeeded in planting the seed, but you have no right to nurture or raise it."
Those words!
It made one speechless.
Li Qianfan didn't know how to tell Jessica that she was not qualified to carry the third generation of Longxu.
After all, the fabulously wealthy Rhode family was nothing like the small-time thugs of the dark web.
Jessica said indifferently, "In the future, do not mention the child to me. I swear to God, I will never use him as a bargaining chip. Li Qianfan, if you are still a man, I hope you will also swear this."
Li Qianfan was silent for a moment, then softly said, "I swear."
"That's good."
Jessica breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Regardless of whether we are enemies or friends in the future, even if it's a fight to the death, if you miss the child, I will always bring him to a place where no one knows us. We can have a sweet life as husband and wife."
Li Qianfan—
Cleared his throat: "When the child grows up, he will surely know who I am."
"I will teach him to face reality positively."
Jessica didn't want to dwell on this issue: "Do you have anything else?"
"Yes."
Li Qianfan also quickly adjusted his state and asked, "I just want to know, are you using a borrowed knife to kill?"
"Yes."
Jessica said brazenly, "The nine elders have begun to suspect the legitimacy of this child. If they confirm that the child's bloodline is impure, I will lose everything I have. Even if I don't die, I will be imprisoned for life. I don't want to die, nor do I want to be imprisoned for life. Therefore, they must die. But I cannot act against them myself, so using you to send them to meet God is undoubtedly the best way."
Li Qianfan shivered inwardly.
Jessica's dangerous aura seemed to leap through the phone.
"Damn it, why do I always meet such treacherous women?"
Li Qianfan muttered inwardly and asked, "May I ask, respected Madame, how did you know that I am the White Dove?"