Lin Xiaojin Had Come Too

"All is well!"

At Chu Youwei's request, Lu Feng dismissed the guards.

As Chu Youwei relaxed, she suddenly heard a despairing cry from far away: "Don't—don't do anything foolish!"

In an instant, she recognized Lin Xiaojin's voice.

"How could this be!?"

Chu Youwei trembled violently, panic written all over her face. Before coming here, she had left behind her "final arrangements" in a letter at Lin's Soy Milk Shop. By all rights, Lin Xiaojin should not have noticed the letter until dawn. By then, everything would have been settled, and no accident should have occurred.

How had she come here in the dead of night...

Lu Feng had also heard some commotion in the distance, but he had not listened as carefully as Chu Youwei and failed to identify the assassin apparently seized by the guards.

Seeing Chu Youwei distracted and lost in thought, Lu Feng could easily have turned the tables on her and reclaimed the initiative.

But considering her identity, he abandoned the notion and allowed Chu Youwei to hold him hostage.

"What happened?"

Another voice sounded outside the door.

"In reply to Lord Hidden Guard," the guard from before answered respectfully, "the manor has been far from peaceful tonight. First, the First Young Master's Honored Guest accidentally destroyed several rooms while cultivating, draining the grand array's power supply. And now, an assassin with only Five Elements Realm strength has infiltrated the manor."

Listening to the voices outside, Lu Feng could not help frowning to himself. The voice of the "Hidden Guard" mentioned by the guard sounded strangely familiar. Thinking back, he realized with shock that it was Luo Chen Shu's voice.

Though he did not know what sort of existence a "Hidden Guard" was, this confirmed that Luo Chen Shu truly was a member of the Luo