The task Kucha assigned was to exterminate the family and make it look like an accident, without any other demands. However, Gao Chenshu incited the Big Cannon Platform to not only loot a batch of valuables but also, before setting the fire, violated the mistress of the house and her underage daughter.

Ye Liangcheng warned him expressionlessly, "Since I was able to find you here, I've already grasped the situation. If you don't tell the whole truth, it shows you're unreliable. And you should know what's in store for the unreliable."

Gao Chenshu turned pale at these words and quickly forced a smile, "Senior Brother Ye, this is not the place to talk, let's change locations."

He led Ye Liangcheng into that concealed cave, where ventilation and lighting systems had been installed, and he had set it up as a secret Cave Mansion.

In this absolutely safe and undisturbed place, he privately disclosed everything related to Kucha.

Since the conversation had already started and he had been warned, Gao Chenshu didn't feel that what he confessed was of any great consequence. After all, he and Ye Liangcheng were both subordinates of Kucha; hadn't they all done such things?

Gao Chenshu concluded, "Senior Brother Ye, you are the base director and were originally a confidant of Master Kucha. Now you're also Elder Huo Qing's confidant, so you must look after your brother in the future.

It's hard for you to have come all this way to inform me personally, so I must fulfill my duty as a host. Tonight, you must let me take you to enjoy yourself in Minzhou City, I'm familiar with all the high-end nightlife there..."

After saying this, he noticed Ye Liangcheng's indifferent expression, as if he wasn't impressed by such hospitality, and changed his tone probing, "If you find nightlife boring, recently I've taken a fancy to a girl from a nearby town.

I've scoped the place, know where she lives, just graduated from high school, didn't get into college and is preparing to repeat, she's so tender and tempting at first glance, I'm not lying to you!

I rarely do such things myself, avoiding using Secret Techniques haphazardly to prevent exposure, but now that you've come..."

In truth, it wasn't that Ye Liangcheng found nightlife boring, but his heart was so filled with rage that he couldn't speak. Gao Chenshu was truly a villain, and he wished he could strangle him on the spot!

Unfortunately, Gao Chenshu hadn't disclosed the identities of the other cleaners, and Ye Liangcheng still planned to question him thoroughly. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, his hand supporting the cushion but his body was weak.

Could it be Gao Chenshu's treachery? Since arriving here, he had been very cautious, not even taking a sip of water, constantly monitoring Gao Chenshu's every move, even locking his Divine Sense onto him securely, but he hadn't noticed when Gao Chenshu had made his move.

In the stillness of his mind, Ye Liangcheng saw Gao Chenshu opposite also slumped on the cushion, indicating the schemer wasn't him. Was there someone else... and then he lost consciousness.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but when Ye Liangcheng awoke, he still felt weak all over, devoid of strength, while opposite, Gao Chenshu lay on the ground, already lifeless—he was dead!

A masked woman stood in the chamber, coldly staring at Ye Liangcheng. He hadn't fully regained his composure and instinctively called out, "Blue Magpie?"

...

Lan Jiwan had followed Ye Liangcheng to Minzhou. When she discovered Ye Liangcheng had come to find "Redwood," her heart inevitably sank to the bottom. Her former codename was Blue Magpie, and she had seen Gao Chenshu, codenamed Redwood, at the secret base.

The fact that Ye Liangcheng could find Redwood indicated he had access to the identity information of the group members. To Lan Jiwan, this meant Ye Liangcheng might also know her identity...

At the highest level of vigilance, one might also be at the weakest level of vigilance; this statement is not contradictory.

When Ye Liangcheng found Gao Chenshu, his attention was focused entirely on Gao Chenshu, even his Divine Sense was constantly locked onto him, guarding against any tricks, not noticing the stealthy Lan Jiwan following them.

The conversation between Ye Liangcheng and Gao Chenshu was more accurately Gao Chenshu's confession to Ye Liangcheng—what tasks he had executed for Kucha... Lan Jiwan heard it all.

Their conversation location was in a grotto deep within the mountain body; the sealed cave space naturally had sound-enhancing effects, allowing Lan Jiwan to hear their dialogue very clearly.

She felt a chill throughout her body, doing her best to suppress the anger and tremors, finally releasing some toxic anaesthetic gas.

After releasing the poison, Lan Jiwan held her breath and left the cave, dismantled the surveillance equipment in the premises, deleting the relevant records, then found the control circuit of the cave's ventilation system. After a while of ventilation, she reentered the space.

Lan Jiwan had originally planned to interrogate both people together, to ask what intel they had, but she had killed the unconscious Gao Chenshu at the first moment, not even wanting to interrogate any further.

In fact, after hearing Gao Chenshu's proposal to Ye Liangcheng, intending to harm a high school girl from the nearby town, she nearly couldn't resist killing him on the spot. However, since she had already released the anaesthetic gas, she had no choice but to temporarily exit.

Leaving just one Ye Wuniang was enough, based on the earlier conversation, Redwood didn't possess additional intel and was unaware of recent events over the past six months.

When Ye Liangcheng awoke, he called out the codename "Blue Magpie." Given the choice, Lan Jiwan would never want to hear this name again in her life.

She coldly said, "Ye Wuniang, no, Ye Liangcheng, I have some questions for you. Please answer truthfully and don't try any tricks!"

Ye Liangcheng was still stunned, "You, you just killed Redwood?"

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