Zhao Laoda watched Qin Manjiang through half-closed eyes for a long while, then glanced at the woman beside him. "Where exactly did you come from?"
Qin Manjiang vaguely caught his meaning and promptly made up a suitable background. "Where I came from doesn't matter. All you need to know is that Bai Gu and I don't get along."
At the mention of Bai Gu's name, Zhao Laoda finally became certain that Qin Manjiang hadn't simply wandered into the village after losing his way.
Had this kid been taken in by Bai Gu too?
"Then what would you do if I told you Bai Gu was nearby too?" Zhao Laoda eyed Qin Manjiang sidelong.
Qin Manjiang took the hint and asked in return, "He went to the reservoir, didn't he?"
Now Zhao Laoda was truly startled. This kid actually knew even this much about Bai Gu's movements.
"All right, looks like you really are here to make trouble for Bai Gu. To be straight with you, I'm looking to make trouble for him too. But you'll have to show me what you're capable of before I can tell you what I know." Zhao Laoda finally revealed a little information.
Qin Manjiang considered this for a moment, then asked, "From what those people said, you're the village chief's son, right? Why are you working against him?"
"Working against him?" A vicious look entered Zhao Laoda's eyes. "If he weren't my dad, I'd fucking kill him! That damned old man-my son and my younger brother have both gone missing!"
"It happened after he brought that Guanyin statue back. Fuck, back then he said they were going to develop the village, and I went with him to the Bai Group to discuss things. Something sounded off in the first part of the meeting. They