Confession

The two men thought they had been careful enough. They had slipped in quietly, and even if they hadn't sensed anyone here, even if someone really was inside the building, they were absolutely confident they could avoid being noticed.

But the figure before them seemed to have appeared out of thin air, without the slightest warning. The two of them were genuinely startled. Their first thought was that there might actually be some kind of monster or evil spirit out in broad daylight.

But they quickly realized that the person blocking their way wasn't some monster or evil spirit. He was an ordinary human being.

When the man turned around and looked at them with a faint, enigmatic smile, both their hearts sank. Their pulses leaped into their throats.

He looked young, but that strange smile on his lips brought back a vivid memory.

It was him!

They had never forgotten that face.

They had just left Wumei Community, and only an hour ago everyone had seen a giant portrait of this man.

Jiang Yue!

The man Lord Tree Ancestor hated so much he ground his teeth!

The man hundreds of agents all wanted dead!

The very Jiang Yue they had just been talking about—the one A-Gui had kept saying he wanted to meet!

A-Gui's face turned ashen. He instinctively wanted to turn and run, but Old Xia tugged gently at his sleeve, signaling him not to act rashly.

If this man could appear before them without warning, he was surely confident he could handle the two of them.

In this situation, there was a 99.9 percent chance they couldn't outrun him on foot.

Besides, who could guarantee there wasn't someone waiting to block them outside?

Most importantly, Old Xia felt that running now would make them look guilty.

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