After hearing Li Xian's warning, Lu Ye quickly forced a somewhat unnatural smile, but the Supervisor's attention wasn't on him at the moment-he was looking around for anything out of the ordinary.
"Hey, open the gate for me."
He pushed twice against the locked fence gate as he spoke. It seemed he was determined to search the place.
Li Xian lowered his head and glanced at the metal bucket by his feet. The translucent Candy submerged in the water wasn't particularly conspicuous, but a close look would reveal it easily enough.
Trying to hide the bucket now would be far too obvious and would only alert the man that something was wrong.
When neither of them moved, the Supervisor grew even more suspicious and raised his leg to step straight over the fence. Lu Ye hurried forward to open the gate, turning back to signal with his eyes for Li Xian to think of something.
Before he could do anything, however, a voice suddenly cut in:
"I'd like to buy a chicken."
Li Xian looked up in surprise at the familiar voice and found that Lin Shiming had come over as well.
Just as he'd said yesterday, he had bought a mask and was wearing it, leaving only a pair of unreadable eyes exposed.
Lin Shiming's request couldn't have come at a better time, but Lu Ye failed to grasp its significance right away. Seeing this, Li Xian took matters into his own hands and slaughtered the chicken for him.
He immediately grabbed a chicken, picked up a knife, and drew it hard across its neck-bright red blood dripped into the metal bucket, quickly turning the water red.
His movements were clumsy, and Li Xian couldn't keep a firm grip on the struggling rooster. Blood not only dripped into the