True to his word, during the conversation that followed, Fu Tianxiao told me that Dongfang Jin was currently living in a small pavilion in the Dongfang household's courtyard. He also discussed several escape routes with me, most of them weak points in the defenses. With an attack, we could easily break through the formation and escape.
Partway through, he began using telepathic transmission with me as well. He was worried that someone might overhear us and report everything to the Dongfang household, bringing us no end of trouble. Of course, there was no way to hide what had happened earlier, but at least Fu Tianxiao felt there was no problem. If he thought it was fine, then it was fine—after all, he had heard that these old women had been left by his father's generation to look after him when he was young.
Naturally, Xia Ruize showed an extreme degree of trust in me, letting me meet Fu Tianxiao on my own and come and go freely. That did not mean there were no watchers, however. Several people still wandered around nearby from time to time. They looked like patrols carrying out routine duties, but I knew perfectly well what they were doing.
After discussing everything with Fu Tianxiao, he planned to carry out part of the scheme: infiltrating the Dongfang household together with me. He and I would do our best to hold the Dongfang family's attention. Then, if either of us found an opportunity, we would use an excuse to leave midway and sneak into a treasury he had secretly investigated, hoping to steal the key to restoring Dongfang Jin's sanity.
As long as we could restore Dongfang Jin, the problem would not be so difficult to resolve. When the time came to make our move, justice and