Chapter 4162 (˙o˙) A Toast to Good Times
"..."
After hearing Liu Sandao's detailed analysis, the tension gradually faded from Officer Cao's face. In its place came understanding and relief.
"So that's how it is!"
Then he let out a long breath. A smile returned to his round face, and he patted his rotund belly before self-deprecatingly saying,
"Listening to you speak is worth ten years of reading!"
"Old Cao was being a fool. I scared myself—I let those three words, 'Duke's Estate,' intimidate me!"
"Now that you've explained it, it really does make sense!"
"Come!"
"I'll punish myself with three cups!"
As he spoke, he went to the table, poured himself a cup, and downed it in one gulp. Then he poured two more in succession and drank them both down.
"But..."
After finishing, he still seemed a little uneasy.
So, after thinking it over, he continued,
"Old Liu, the people from the Jia Residence did come back with the Lin Family's only daughter, and they brought a hundred or so Heavenly Soldiers too. It's not an army at our gates, sure, but they're here all the same."
"But what we did to Lin Ruhai this time... we acted a bit too hastily. To silence him and cover our tracks, we even burned his body in a hurry."
"We told everyone he died when his old injuries flared up and he went into qi deviation, but there are far too many holes in that story. Anyone with eyes could spot them at a glance."
"What if..."
"I mean, what if they really insist on investigating and start digging into it...?"
"What should we do?"
In Officer Cao's eyes, if the Lin Family had been left with nothing but a lone daughter, then there would have been nothing to worry