Back at Gonglansen's cabin, Qin Ran thanked Aike for bringing the food. After watching him leave, he took out the note again.
The handwriting is neat, with a distinctive style.
The paper wasn't picked at random, either. It was prepared specifically for this. So was the scene inside the house, with all its signs of a hurried departure, staged?
They deliberately brought Lisa to Sister Mony so I would learn where they were...
Just to deliver this note to me?
To have me wait for them here?
Qin Ran silently considered the possibilities.
The answer was right before him and wasn't hard to guess.
What puzzled him was why they would do this.
Or rather, what they stood to gain from it.
Nothing!
Apart from losing a subordinate, they had gained absolutely nothing.
They were willing to lose a subordinate just to meet me... interesting!
That was Qin Ran's private assessment.
Then he began tidying the cabin.
After all, the note they had left contained the words "school, cabin." It could indicate a meeting place, or it could mean that something had been "stored" here.
After putting the vegetables, dried meat, bread, and other ingredients in the cupboard, Qin Ran began going through the cabin little by little.
About an hour later, having searched every possible hiding place in the cabin and found nothing, Qin Ran sat down on Gonglansen's simple bed.
The entire bed consisted of a wooden board supported by flat stones.
The bedding was thin, too, very much in keeping with Gonglansen's identity as a knight.
Qin Ran had no complaints.
He simply lay on his back and waited quietly.
Of course, waiting didn't mean doing nothing. Qin Ran leafed through Gonglansen's notes, occasionally glancing through the window at the little chapel in the distance.
The old