"Just knowing is enough. At my level, to hire an assassin from the inside, I paid a considerable price. You'd better put away that thought you just had!" Seeing Liang Qing wanting to say something, Liu Mu stopped him.

Liang Qing, pale-faced, touched his own neck, as if afraid it might not stay attached.

"Alright, no need to be so anxious. As long as we don't provoke them, or no one wants me dead, we won't be in trouble. After all, they operate for money." Liu Mu wrapped an arm around Liang Qing's shoulder, comforting him, "Come, let's continue enjoying the wine while we wait for good news!" Finished speaking, he pulled Liang Qing towards the sofa.

In a slightly dim stone chamber, a figure shrouded in black clothing, with only two eyes exposed, quietly watched a screen on the wall. The scene on the screen was exactly Liu Mu's office, where Liu Mu and Liang Qing were clearly seen toasting each other. Their conversation was also clearly audible within the stone chamber.

"Heh heh, good for you, otherwise—jie jie—" The raspy voice under the black hood sounded as though it was talking to itself, or perhaps speaking to Liu Mu and Liang Qing directly, sending chills down one's spine. No one knew who this person was at the moment.

"Crack..." A bone-chilling sound of mechanisms moving was heard, and a wall in the stone chamber slowly opened to reveal a gap. A red figure ghosted in quickly, kneeling beside the black-clad figure, cupping fists, "Master, the task is completed!"

The red figure settled, clothed in a tight red suit, hair neatly bundled into a ponytail that slid down the right shoulder.

A beautiful woman, with an expressionless, nearly frost-covered, fair face and beautiful eyes lowered towards the blue stone floor, the very assassin Haitang, who killed Li Bin in the hotel.

"Mm, very good. Your reward has already been deposited into the account. You've worked hard recently, so I'll give you a vacation. Rest well, as there will be more important tasks coming up!" The voice hidden under the black robe was hoarse, sounding extremely unpleasant.

"Yes, Master!" Haitang's voice bore no trace of emotion, calm as a windless lake, without the slightest ripple.

"Alright, you may go now!" The black-robed person waved at Haitang with a raspy order.

"Yes, I take my leave!" Haitang saluted the black-robed figure and then retreated as the eerie mechanism sounds echoed again. Her figure disappeared outside the closed stone door, leaving behind the black-robed person hiding within, showing only two eyes.

"Ha ha ha..." A wheezy, indulgent laugh broke out within the stone chamber, the black-robed person laughing unabashedly. As for why, perhaps only they knew.

Failing to catch the shy, pure, and beautiful Dai Family girl, Luo Chao felt utterly downcast. He waved for a cab, told the driver the destination, and leaned against the seat, closing his eyes. In a few minutes, he fell asleep.

"Young man, we've arrived, time to get off!" Luo Chao vaguely felt someone nudging him.

"Huh, what's up?" Luo Chao opened his sleepy eyes, looked at the driver, and asked.

"We've arrived. Time to get off!" The driver was helpless. This guy could sleep on a taxi without fear of being taken somewhere to be done away with.

"Oh, we're here? Sorry, here's the money!" Luo Chao, still drowsy, pulled a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket and handed it to the driver, opened the car door, and got off.

"Hey, young man, I have change for you!" the driver shouted as Luo Chao walked away.

"No need for change!" Luo Chao didn't look back, just waved at the driver as he continued walking.

With a hint of drowsiness, Luo Chao headed slowly towards his temporary shelter. From the main street to Luo Chao's rented place, one must pass through a deep alley. The alley was unlit, and now it was dark. Without a flashlight or anything for illumination, Luo Chao could only feel his way forward in the darkness.

"Stop, hands up!" Just as Luo Chao was advancing blindly, a voice called out from the darkness ahead.

"Damn, no way!" Luo Chao immediately halted, quietly waiting for the person ahead to speak.

Blinding light shot into Luo Chao's eyes, causing him to instinctively shut them. He heard a voice near his ear that made him want to laugh.

"This road is mine, this tree I planted. Want to pass here, leave a toll!" The voice had a rough tone.

"Pfft!" Luo Chao couldn't help but laugh after hearing that: "Bro, get real, do you know what era we're in? You're still doing this? Don't you think that's outdated?"

"Shut up, what do you know, this is called being unique!" the previous voice came again.

"And be serious, we're robbing here, understand?" Immediately following that, a slightly effeminate voice sounded.

Footsteps approached, standing before Luo Chao, but due to the light, he couldn't discern their appearances.

"Kid, hand over your money and valuables obediently, and we might let you off easy. Otherwise, the red comes in, the white comes out... Ah... no, it's the white comes in, the red comes out!" the rough voice said once more.

"Are you refusing to comply?" Although the blinding light prevented him from seeing the two people opposite him, Luo Chao could imagine that even if he could see them, they would look unremarkable. He said challengingly, in a displeased tone.

"Thud!"

"Ah!"

Luo Chao screamed, his body doubling over like a shrimp, retreating three steps, eyes coldly glaring at the darkness ahead, "You dare to kick me?"

But just as Luo Chao finished speaking, his collar was tightly gripped, followed by a stench hitting his face that nearly made him vomit. He wanted to ask, "Bro, how many years have you not brushed your teeth or rinsed your mouth? Your breath smells worse than the toilet." But he did not have the time to question.

"Not only will I kick you, but I'll also punch you!" The rough voice sounded right next to Luo Chao's ear, followed by a fist as big as a sandbag aimed at Luo Chao's stomach.

"Ah, damn it, ah!" Luo Chao shouted in pain, cursing, flailing his arms and legs wildly.

"Ah! Ah!" Screams erupted as the man throwing punches at Luo Chao's stomach was sent flying, slamming heavily to the ground, screaming nonstop.

"Boss, are you alright?" the effeminate voice went over to help the man up, asking.

"Dare to kick me, damn it, let's gang up, cripple him first!" The boss stood up, gritting his teeth in vengeance.

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