Had all this attention been for the purpose of killing him?
A-Lan was secretly bewildered. Li Hongjiu had a modest reputation, hailed as the Number One of the New Generation or some such, but in Her Ladyship's eyes, he was a nobody. She truly had no idea why Her Ladyship would take issue with someone so insignificant.
Especially when she gave such detailed instructions about this nobody, as though terrified something might go wrong.
She really could not understand it. She hesitated, wanting to ask something, but ultimately accepted the order and quickly stepped aside to make arrangements.
A little later, she returned to report to the Red-Clad Woman. "We've sent out someone with the Demon Eye to lock onto Li Hongjiu's aura. He won't get away."
The Red-Clad Woman nodded slightly and continued turning the pages of her book, utterly unruffled...
Smoke drifted through the dim prison. Leaning against a corner of the wall, Bai Qiru puffed on her Tobacco Pipe, its flickering glow illuminating the dazed expression on her face.
This time, when they arrested her, they had not confiscated the Tobacco Pipe she enjoyed.
Arrested and released, released and arrested again-after this repeated cycle, she had realized something was wrong. She vaguely sensed that events had slipped beyond her grandmother's control. It felt as though whoever was behind this did not regard the Bai Clan as worth considering at all...
Meanwhile, inside the Divine Mountain's prison, Yin Fei patrolled the passage outside the cells with his hands behind his back. Reaching Granny Qi's cell at the far end, he greeted her politely through the bars. "Granny, are you getting used to the food here? If the mountain's food doesn't suit you, you can try something from the city. Tell me whatever you'd like to eat. Once the