Inside the tea room.
As Ren Ye was lost in thought, he heard Song Mingzhe calling him.
He slowly came back to himself and saluted. "Chief."
Song Mingzhe first waved the seven Grand Craftsmen away, then instructed Ren Ye and Yin Tiger, "I just remembered there's still something I haven't done."
As he spoke, he walked over to the desk, wrote an address on a sheet of paper, and handed it to Yin Tiger. "Someone is being held here. Go pick him up, then call me. Remember, you two are my trusted men, and this is a family matter. Don't breathe a word of it to outsiders. Once it's done, act as if nothing ever happened. Understood?"
Yin Tiger looked at the address he had taken, bewildered. Holy shit, isn't this the Villa's address?
Hearing this, Ren Ye immediately cupped his fists. "Understood, sir."
"Go." Song Mingzhe waved.
"Yes, sir!"
The two saluted, then hurried away.
A short while later, inside the car downstairs.
Ren Ye glanced at the address Yin Tiger handed him and muttered with a frown, "Someone's being held in the Villa? Isn't that how things ended for Song An in the previous scene? Holy shit, how many years has this guy spent locked in that Secret Chamber? Poor bastard...!"
"The battle in Fulai County Town is about to start. Song Mingzhe must be preparing to send him away," Yin Tiger added.
Ren Ye started the car and headed toward the Villa along the familiar route.
On the way, Yin Tiger said with an odd expression, "Sandbag, don't you think some of the information revealed in that First-Round Mission was more like a veiled hint? One of the eight has to be a traitor, and that person wants to steal Song Mingzhe's Crafting Insights, find chances