In an instant, both arms were twisted into knots and hung limply at their sides.
The babbling stream could not drown out their ragged breathing.
The two lackeys were already drenched in cold sweat.
They bitterly regretted their hesitation.
If they had simply told him everything, why would they have had to endure such torture?
"It... it was outsiders."
"Who knows what kind of dumb luck Li the Hooligan stumbled into? Somehow, he got acquainted with people from the outside world."
"Those outsiders are powerful and very generous with their money. They gave Li the Hooligan plenty of silver. That's why he's gotten so full of himself."
Just as I thought!
Lu Xingyuan remained calm and continued questioning them.
"Do you know who these outsiders are?"
"Or can you describe what they look like?"
The two lackeys shook their heads like rattles.
"We don't know."
"Those outsiders only ever speak directly to Li the Hooligan."
"And Li the Hooligan keeps his guard up around us. He's terrified we'll get in touch with those outsiders and steal his opportunity."
Lu Xingyuan thought for a moment, then asked again.
"Then do you know roughly when those outsiders arrived?"
"About... three days ago?"
One of them answered.
The other nodded in agreement.
"Yes, three days ago."
That long?
Lu Xingyuan's eyelid twitched.
He had assumed these outsiders were Train Conductors like him.
But now, that did not necessarily seem to be the case.
After all, there was a time limit on stopping at this station.
If they were Train Conductors, they could not possibly have stayed here so long.
Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that they possessed some special item.
Still, Lu Xingyuan leaned more toward the theory that they were not Train Conductors.
He had not sensed any