"I don't think we need to keep up this disguise anymore."
Thanks to Qi Bu Shan's handy disguise technique, essential for traveling, killing, and looting, Shen Tang and he had gone from "grandfather and grandson" to two burly, rugged-looking bandits who clearly looked like no good. She felt the disguise was little more than a futile attempt to cover their tracks.
Qi Bu Shan asked, "Why not?"
Shen Tang stroked the thick, bristly beard on her face. A fleeting look of worry crossed her scarred face as she sighed. "It's not that your disguise is bad. It's just that the moment I draw that sword of mine, unless Xiao Fang is blind, he'll recognize me."
Who could have imagined the prefect would invite the two of them?
Qi Bu Shan asked, "You're worried the brothers will let the secret slip?"
Shen Tang shook her head. "That's not what I'm worried about. The strongest bond in this world is built on 'self-interest.' The Zhai brothers aren't the prefect's subordinates, and they don't have to obey his orders or do his bidding. How much could they gain by reporting us? I'm just worried because I already owe Xiao Fang a huge debt. If I owe him a favor on top of that, I'll really be buried in debt..."
Qi Bu Shan narrowed his eyes. His next words revealed his ruthless nature: "Young Master Shen is worried about that? It's easy to solve. Kill them all."
Shen Tang: "..."
If they killed the Zhai brothers, she wouldn't have to repay the IOU she'd written for Zhai Le, and she wouldn't owe him a favor either. Was that Qi Bu Shan's logic?
Zhai Le would die with his eyes wide open.
She twitched her lips. "It doesn't have to come to that."
If her