When Darkness Falls, Light the Lamp
Chapter 157

Zhang Li's Struggle

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"": "Luo Feng's analysis was far too perceptive.

Just like his own initial reaction, Luo Feng thought something was wrong with Feng Ji.

The Chen Sisters were in his Underground Room, and so was Zhang Li.

"Dad, hear me out first." Luo Bin pressed both hands against Luo Feng's shoulders, his expression urging him to stay calm.

"Dear, stop interrupting him every other sentence. You're throwing Xiao Shan off." Gu Ya quickly chimed in, taking Luo Feng's other arm.

"Inside. Don't stand here by the courtyard gate." Luo Feng pulled free of them and headed into the Main Hall first.

Once the three of them were inside, Luo Bin finally had his thoughts completely in order.

He explained how he had concluded that Feng Ji might be the thief crying thief, drawing attention to his own guilt, and then recounted their fight.

He held nothing back about the lamps and candles in the second Underground Room being made entirely from corpses, either.

Of course, Luo Bin still did not mention drinking the Lamp Oil. He only said that he had returned to Feng Ji's house a second time to determine whether the oil from human corpses was the Lamp Oil, and had ultimately confirmed that it was not.

"Yes, your mom told me you came back, then rushed off again. I got home just after you left, and I heard a little about you working with He Gui and the others." Thinking Luo Bin had finished, Luo Feng spoke up.

"Dad, wait. I'm not finished." Luo Bin took a deep breath and said gravely, "That isn't the important part. It's Gu Yiren. Gu Yiren came back to the Village."

"She told me Zhang Li was in the hands of an ugly man covered in sores and

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