"So it's settled, then?"
"All right, settled."
Once they had finished dealing with the old blind man, he picked up a bag of star soul jade and shuffled away.
Watching the old blind man's retreating figure, Zuo Xiaoduo felt vaguely uneasy and murmured, "He's so old he can barely walk, and he's blind, too. How does he dare head out carrying so much star soul jade? Isn't he afraid of getting robbed?"
Zuo Changlu smiled without saying anything.
Instead, Uncle Nan said, "Everyone has their own way of living, their own road ahead. Maybe... he has bodyguards waiting outside?"
Just then, Zuo Xiaoduo's phone suddenly vibrated. A message from Liu Jiansheng had arrived.
Zuo Xiaoduo took out his phone and was about to read it when, suddenly...
Boom!
Outside, far away, a violent explosion thundered!
The blast came abruptly, and its tremendous volume was deafening. Even the ground shook beneath them.
Zuo Xiaoduo's ears rang. Tossing his phone aside, he rushed straight to the doorway.
Uncle Nan and Zuo Changlu exchanged a glance, then followed him toward the door.
Immediately afterward, a long cry tore through the air from the direction of the explosion: "What villains are you? Come out and fight!"
The shock on Zuo Xiaoduo's face deepened. "That's... Teacher Qin's voice!"
He turned his head and said, "Dad, you and Uncle Nan stay in the shop. Don't move. Whatever you do, don't move."
Before he had finished speaking, he had already darted out the door, pulling it shut and locking it behind him, shutting Zuo Changlu and Uncle Nan inside.
"You'd better go hide in the reception room out back." Only after shouting this as well did Zuo Xiaoduo rush off into the distance.
Inside the shop.
The light suddenly dimmed.
Uncle Nan gazed toward the doorway in