Outside the café.
Shen Hai stood where he was and turned to look at Xu Yi, who had followed close behind him.
"What's wrong? Keep walking!" Xu Yi asked, looking puzzled.
Shen Hai gave him a long look. "Are you helping him?"
"Who are you talking about?"
"What did Qin Manjiang offer you?"
"You're overthinking it. That broke bastard?"
Xu Yi looked disdainful.
"Then why are you following me?" Shen Hai no longer seemed in a hurry either. He watched him with interest. "You must have picked up on it too. Qin Manjiang left with that forensic doctor, and something was wrong with that forensic doctor."
"So?" Xu Yi asked.
"Qin Manjiang shouldn't have appeared during [Yellow Springs Opera]," Shen Hai said, staring at Xu Yi without missing the slightest change in his expression. "He has a secret, and it's connected to the Ghost Story Game."
"You mean Qin Manjiang took the forensic doctor to participate in the Ghost Story Game?" Xu Yi looked utterly astonished. "Could Qin Manjiang be the designer of the Ghost Story Game, the mastermind who tricks everyone into gambling their lives against ghosts?"
Shen Hai fell silent for a moment, then gave a mocking smile. "Looks like there's no reasoning with you."
Xu Yi smiled along with him. "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just taking a walk. I have this habit when I walk. I usually don't have a destination, so I like to pick some random passerby and follow them for a while. Right now, you're that passerby. Go on, get moving!"
With Xu Yi stuck to him like glue, Shen Hai felt rather helpless. He wanted to track down Qin Manjiang, but he couldn't shake Xu Yi off.
Just what did Qin Manjiang offer Xu Yi?
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