Back in the room, Jiang Xiaohui said, "Why did they take Jacob away? Big Brother, do you think they really just wanted to divide the other side's strength? Could Jacob have some other secret?"
I froze for a moment. That possibility had never occurred to me.
Jiang Xiaohui did not notice my expression and continued, "If that's true, then Old Shu's being a little underhanded. He should at least have told us." Jiang Xiaohui had endless curiosity and believed there had to be some inside story we did not know.
"Stop with all those conspiracy theories. I know Old Shu." That was what I said, but inwardly, I was starting to believe Jiang Xiaohui's guess. Thinking back to Ximen Wuwang's expression when he left, he had seemed like he wanted to say something but held back. If they really were hiding something from me, then what could it be?
I closed my eyes, and Ximen Wuwang's expression when he spoke to me resurfaced in my mind. That was right. He really was hiding something from me, but it seemed unrelated to me and had something to do with Jacob. Could Jacob truly have some other purpose? In other words, perhaps Jacob's reason for coming to me was not as simple as he claimed.
"Enough. Stop overthinking it. Let's settle our own affairs first," Ye Jinghong said.
"What else do we have to do? It seems there's nothing for us to do in River City right now," Jiang Xiaohui said.
"If there really were nothing to do, would Ximen Wuwang have given your Big Brother such solemn instructions before leaving?" Ye Jinghong asked.
Only then did Jiang Xiaohui realize. "Don't tell me they want us to dig Anthony and his group out?"
Ye Jinghong smiled. "Congratulations, you got it right."
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