After hearing the conversation between Jiang Nuan and Guagua, Zhong Xiujie felt that his Dao heart had shattered.
Even if he racked his brains to pieces, he would never have imagined that the reason his entire family would be slaughtered could be so absurd.
Brother, you don't have to repay me for saving your life! I never expected you to repay me in the first place! I really can't bear this kind of repayment.
Jiang Nuan was considering how best to warn him about something so outrageous.
"I have divined that a calamity awaits you, one connected to what happened at Sand Slope. If someone comes to your door saying he wants to repay your kindness, you must not agree. You must refuse him firmly and avoid him, or something terrible will happen."
Not wanting to bother thinking up elaborate methods, Jiang Nuan simply used her current identity as a master fortune-teller to warn him directly.
Magistrate Pan thought Zhong Xiujie could not hear Jiang Nuan's inner voice. Worried that he would not take her words seriously, he patted his shoulder and said earnestly,
"Xiujie! Everything the master says is absolutely correct. You must listen carefully!"
Zhong Xiujie nodded vigorously. His entire family's lives were at stake, so naturally, he would exercise the utmost caution.
[Host, I didn't notice just now, but this happens today. That man has already gone to Zhong Xiujie's house. Only his wife is home, though. He's waiting there for him.]
What? That man was already in his house? Didn't that mean his family was in danger? If he remembered correctly, today was also the day his two sons came home on leave!
Alarm bells began ringing incessantly in Zhong Xiujie's mind.
[But that man hasn't thought of anything as utterly heartless as killing his savior