Hearing him say that, she got serious and asked directly, "Were you involved in the assassination of the Si Country agent?"

"...!"

Li Yan was taken aback by her words. Although he had told her his true identity before, how could she know I was involved in this mission? Even those not highly ranked in the assassin realm wouldn't know. Aren't assassins supposed to belong to the dark world? Shouldn't their tracks be more secretive than government spending? How come they seemed more transparent than entertainment stars?

"Talking is denying, not talking is admitting. It seems you really were involved..." His moment of silence immediately let Wen Qianyi catch a whiff of it, and she felt a heavy weight in her heart.

Li Yan forced a smile, "Even with Xiao Di, I only said I was going to work. My true identity is only known to you. And I didn't lie to you last time, so of course I'm not trying to lie to you now, there's no point in trying to cover it up. I just didn't expect... how did you know? Could it be that I've made it to the tabloids?"

Wen Qianyi then understood his speechlessness and couldn't help but let out a chuckle, "Were you quite looking forward to making it to the tabloids? Too bad, you're not a handsome guy, tabloids aren't interested in you. This is the result of meticulous investigation by the great Detective Wen!"

"Oh? You managed to investigate and deduce all this, Little Wen, you really have a knack for being a detective." Li Yan was genuinely surprised. Just because he's an assassin, being able to find out this much wasn't easy.

"Hehe, not just detective potential, as long as this immortal does a little calculation, everything about you will be crystal clear!"

Li Yan exclaimed, "Then tell me, Immortal, what color underwear am I wearing now?"

"Get lost!" Wen MM scolded coquettishly, then let out a cold snort, "Come out tonight, I'll see if you're missing any limbs."

After she said this, she immediately hung up the phone, not giving him a chance to refuse.

This made Li Yan sweat a bit, he had to stay with Yurong tonight, let Xiao Di go home first, didn't go to see Huang Ying, and even turned down Hai Fu's invitation, but now she was playing hard to get!

Such a small job, how could I end up missing any limbs? If I really were missing limbs, would I be this relaxed? Would I dare to face Xiao Di?

Li Yan shook his head and called back.

Unfortunately, Wen Qianyi was so clever, she already learned from him to use the phone's Do Not Disturb mode, and after hanging up, she turned off her phone!

Li Yan felt a bit dizzy, of all things to learn, she learned to power off? I only do that because so many people are looking for me, and you're doing this on purpose to avoid being found! And you want to go out tonight, where to?

After thinking for a bit, he understood. He believed Wen Qianyi would definitely find a time to turn on her phone, then send him a message with the meeting address before turning it off again, or go to that bar they had been to a few times, her friend's place.

And to contact her, the only options besides going in person were to send a message and wait for a notification, or occasionally call her!

After calling several times and all going to voicemail, Li Yan finally understood the feelings of Xiao Di, Wen Qianyi, perhaps even Hai Fu, Huang Ying, Li Jie, and Qiao Huanxuan might have similar feelings.

Is this karma?

Li Yan sighed, checked the time, tidied up and left. Wen MM's move was too strong. To take the initiative, he had to go to her house to see her in advance so he could come back early.

The house didn't have a car, and calling a taxi wouldn't be that fast either, so he had to walk out of the villa area first.

While walking, he hesitated whether or not to call Qiao Huanxuan now. Qiao Huanxuan wasn't like the others, knowing he was away for over ten days; whether he called her today or tomorrow didn't seem to make a difference.

But after some thought, since he would have to face it sooner or later, he might as well call her now that everything else was sorted out. At least give her an answer, and they can arrange another time to talk.

Walking while dialing, he found it went to voicemail, which gave him a sigh of relief; he didn't have to directly face Qiao Huanxuan. He quickly explained his situation, saying he was back from work so as not to disturb her, not avoiding her on purpose, and that he would find her when they had more free time in the days ahead.

Li Yan took a few buses, then went to a busy station to take a taxi to Wen Qianyi's house. When he arrived at the complex where Wen Qianyi and Hai Fu lived, he had just gotten out and paid when his phone rang, confirming a message from Wen Qianyi.

He smiled as he opened it, thinking she was settling on tonight's meeting place, but to his surprise, the message read: 'This immortal calculated and found that someone wanted to come to my house, in order to make him go back empty-handed, this immortal left early.'

Li Yan was amused and exasperated! This woman was really like a fox, she guessed it! And it wasn't a coincidental guess; this had happened once before, leaving early and making him come up empty.

But... having been empty-handed last time, could this be a feint? Maybe she's inside, waiting to see a joke.

However, regardless of whether she's inside, if she pretends not to be, she wouldn't open the door. Since she's still on to send messages, Li Yan quickly took the opportunity to call her. But just as he was about to dial, another message came.

'This immortal calculated that someone wanted to call me, so to avoid him annoying me, this immortal already turned off the phone!'

After Li Yan opened the text and read it, he found that when he tried to call her number, it was indeed off!

Li Yan was left speechless, this woman had calculated everything, that he would call, not only turned it off in advance, but also prepared an annoying message to make fun of him!

Looking at his phone and then into the complex, Li Yan pondered whether to go up and check. Even if she guessed he would come over, she wouldn't know he was already here, right? Maybe she was just about to leave and he could catch her.

Just as he was walking in, his phone received another message. He checked it, and it was from Wen the Immortal: 'This immortal calculated that a certain someone won't stop until he hits a wall, but it was already said to meet outside, why come to my house early? For this kind with ulterior motives, this immortal refuses to see him!'

Seeing this one, Li Yan finally realized she definitely wasn't at home scheming! Or if she had concocted the plan and messages, she was watching him before sending! So Wen Qianyi was definitely not at home, but already outside, somewhere watching him!

He started dialing while quickly looking around, and indeed saw a slender figure coming from the neighborhood supermarket, holding a phone, smiling as she walked toward him.

"Do you admit defeat?" As they met, Wen Qianyi asked with a smile.

"I admit defeat. You calculated perfectly; can I do anything but admit it?" Li Yan shook his head with a laugh. "Good thing you're not my wife, or I'd have no private money at all!"

"Let's go!" Wen Qianyi took the lead and walked ahead.

"Where to?"

"Humph, even to go to my place, you'd need to strip, Old Li, do you want to go?" Wen Qianyi looked him up and down.

Li Yan shrugged helplessly, knowing she was teasing him about his earlier words. He couldn't very well excitedly say, "Sure, sure," right?

"Alright, I'll treat you to dinner." It was about dinnertime, and Li Yan knew she was looking for a place to talk, so he sped up to follow.

...

An hour later, at a place Wen Qianyi had reserved, during dinner, Li Yan roughly recounted his trip to H City. Of course, he skipped over the incident with Li Jie, Yue Yao getting shot, and the excessively bloody parts, focusing on the background to let her understand the driver's situation, and highlighted some key descriptions.

He knew clearly that Wen Qianyi wasn't easy to fool. If he didn't explain the details, she would definitely still worry, as her lack of appetite was the best evidence. (To be continued, for more updates please visit www.qidian.com, support the author, endorse legitimate reading!)

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