Secretly Plotting for the Sword Manual, News from Long Ago

[Scan complete. No abnormalities detected in the target.]

"No problem." Chu Danqing looked at the result provided by Paradise and spoke.

"That is only natural." Guo Ming was not surprised either.

"But I still feel something is off." Chu Danqing frowned as he pondered. "It is too much of a coincidence."

The coincidence Chu Danqing meant naturally referred to what had happened yesterday and today.

For instance, the thief who had snuck into the Xie family estate to steal had been the Scholar they had encountered beside the official road tavern.

His martial arts surpassed Zhong Lei's.

Then there was how he had entered the treasure pavilion of the Xie family estate, ignored all the gold, silver, jewels, and treasures, and instead taken a painting.

After that, he had seemingly deliberately helped Zhong Lei out of her predicament and taken her away with him.

Of course, that was not the main point. The main point was that when Thunderous Sky Xie He learned that the missing item was that painting, he had fallen silent for quite a while before leaving behind only one sentence: "Do not pursue a desperate foe."

And from his attitude, Chu Danqing could conclude that Xie He most likely knew that Scholar.

The root of all this had actually been Zhong Lei's inexplicable fever, which had set off this whole chain of events within just two days.

"There are indeed suspicions everywhere." Guo Ming felt the same, but then said, "In my opinion, why not kill her?"

They could not even be called casual acquaintances with Zhong Lei, so Guo Ming had no psychological burden whatsoever about making a move.

"Forget it. Paradise said she has no problem." Chu Danqing shook his head and refused. "Let's enter the capital and find Wang Jie'an."

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