"I think you're impressive. We can work together to fight our enemies." Thanks to his life experience, Jiang Cheng said this without batting an eye. If anything, he sounded perfectly sincere.
"Brother Jiang, you're making it sound like we haven't been working together all along." Shao Tong rarely met anyone who could match his shamelessness, but Jiang Cheng was one of them. Neither was willing to back down.
Lu Qin couldn't get rid of Jiang Cheng, so the three of them hid close together behind a thicket, peering through gaps in the branches to watch what was happening outside.
Elsewhere, the Fatty was with Yao Shunyu. He was worried for Jiang Cheng; in his eyes, Lu Qin and Shao Tong were just as great a threat.
"What's the doctor trying to do?" The Fatty had good eyesight, but he still couldn't make out what was happening in the thicket. He was worried the doctor might get ambushed.
Yao Shunyu lowered his voice to reassure him. "Don't worry. Brother Jiang has his own plan. He's worried Lu Qin and Shao Tong might try something, so he went to keep an eye on them himself."
"Try something..." The Fatty sensed there was more to Yao Shunyu's words.
After making sure there was no immediate danger, Yao Shunyu quickly explained, "Brother Fugui, don't you find it strange? I mean what happened to Li Bai and Zhu Jie. Their misfortunes might not have been entirely First Lady's doing. I suspect Shao Tong and Lu Qin played a part, too."
The Fatty's pupils shrank slightly. "You mean they used their abilities to interfere..."
"No, I can't be sure. It's only a guess. I doubt Brother Jiang can be certain either, which is why he went to watch them. If they try to use their abilities