Chapter 464: Chapter 464: Murder

The scene shifted, and Su Qing found herself in the small grove, seeing through Jin Zhiwei’s eyes.

Su Qing sighed internally, lamenting Jin Zhiwei’s naivete. But this was only a regression in time; no matter how much she pitied him, she couldn’t help him in the slightest. All she could do was watch through his eyes.

Then, Su Qing saw Jin Zhicheng enter the woods with a man who looked to be around thirty.

Seeing the thirty-something man, Su Qing couldn’t help but frown slightly.

Su Qing didn’t recognize this man, but there was something about his presence that felt vaguely familiar. He was dressed plainly, looking no different from an ordinary person in Beijing at first glance, yet he still gave Su Qing a strong sense of familiarity.

’How could I be having this feeling?’

But before Su Qing could dwell on it, she saw Jin Zhicheng step forward and call out, "Zhiwei."

Jin Zhiwei looked at Jin Zhicheng, then at the other man, and instinctively shrank behind his brother. Su Qing could tell that Jin Zhiwei seemed to be feeling a little scared.

Jin Zhicheng patted Jin Zhiwei’s shoulder. "Zhiwei, don’t be nervous."

With that, Jin Zhicheng turned to the man and said, "Master, this is my younger brother, Jin Zhiwei."

"Master!" Jin Zhiwei froze for a moment upon hearing the title. He then looked at Jin Zhicheng and whispered, "Brother, they’ve cracked down on superstition. You’re... mmmph..."

’A Master? Isn’t that just another name for a charlatan? They’re all just con artists who swindle people out of their money.’

At the same time, Su Qing finally understood why she had found the thirty-year-old man so familiar.

A Master from Xiangcheng!

He Awei, the master from Xiangcheng she’d met before, had a similar presence, but Su Qing’s intuition told her this man was much stronger than He Awei!

’I never would have thought the person trying to harm me would be a Master from Xiangcheng. So this matter is connected to Xiangcheng after all.’

’Could it be the An Family?’

’All the prominent families in Xiangcheng have dealings with Masters. Could it be that the An Family hired this one specifically to deal with me?’

As Su Qing thought this, she secretly committed the man’s face to memory.

"Zhiwei, don’t talk nonsense." Jin Zhicheng hurriedly covered Jin Zhiwei’s mouth, then quickly turned to the Master. "Master, I’m so sorry. My brother doesn’t know any better. Please don’t take offense at anything he said. He’s still young and doesn’t understand a lot of things."

The Master smiled faintly and glanced casually at Jin Zhiwei. "It’s no matter. He’s just a kid. It’s normal for them not to understand these things."

Seeing that the Master wasn’t holding a grudge, Jin Zhicheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Master, let’s begin then."

"Begin?" Jin Zhiwei was baffled. "Begin what? Brother, what are you talking about?"

"Zhiwei, I have no choice. Please just bear with it," Jin Zhicheng said hastily.

"But... Brother, I don’t understand what you’re saying." Jin Zhiwei was getting nervous, gripping Jin Zhicheng’s arm tightly. He instinctively sensed danger. "Brother, I... I’m heading back."

As he spoke, Jin Zhiwei turned to leave.

However, the Master suddenly stuck something onto Jin Zhiwei’s body. He then took out an object and dangled it in front of Jin Zhiwei’s eyes.

"Brother!" Jin Zhiwei cried out in terror. Then, as if his soul had been stolen, his eyes instantly became vacant.

Seeing Jin Zhiwei’s state, Jin Zhicheng also grew nervous and hurriedly asked, "Master, my brother... he’s... he’s going to be okay, right?"

"Rest assured." A cruel smile played on the Master’s lips. "He won’t remember any of this."

Jin Zhicheng breathed a sigh of relief. "That’s good."

Then, looking at the dazed Jin Zhiwei, Jin Zhicheng whispered, "Zhiwei, I’m doing this for your own good. Knowing these things would only bring you harm, so it’s better that you forget. Don’t worry, when I make it big in the future, I definitely won’t forget you."

However, the moment Jin Zhicheng finished speaking, the previously dazed Jin Zhiwei’s eyes suddenly flew wide. His mouth fell open, but no sound came out. His eyes were filled with terror, as if he were witnessing something horrifying.

The sight horrified Jin Zhicheng. He quickly asked, "Master, my brother, what’s wrong with my brother?"

"Heh heh, it’ll be over soon," the Master said nonchalantly.

"I-Is that so?" Jin Zhicheng was growing terrified now. Looking at Jin Zhiwei’s condition, he felt a profound sense of unease.

As the terror in Jin Zhiwei’s eyes intensified to the point where he seemed to be suffocating, Jin Zhicheng panicked. He rushed to say to the Master, "Master, something’s wrong with my brother! Please, take a look at what’s happening! Did something go wrong?"

The Master chuckled and looked at Jin Zhicheng. "Don’t worry. Nothing went wrong."

"Really...? Ah, Zhiwei!"

Jin Zhicheng watched as Jin Zhiwei fell backward, stiff as a board. He lunged forward to catch him, but the Master grabbed him. "Don’t touch him."

"Master!" Jin Zhicheng was frantic. He watched as Jin Zhiwei lay on the ground, his eyes wide open as the light within them slowly faded. He struggled to get a closer look. "Zhiwei, what’s wrong? Say something to me!"

"Stop shouting. You’ll attract attention," the Master said with a frown, yanking Jin Zhicheng’s arm. "He’s already dead. He can’t hear you."

"What!"

Jin Zhicheng stared at the Master in disbelief. After a long moment, he said, "Master, this wasn’t supposed to happen! Didn’t you say you could erase my brother’s memory? Why? Why is my brother dead?"

The Master sneered. "Are you an idiot? Erase his memory? Do you think I’m some kind of god? Even if I used hypnosis to make him forget temporarily, he’d eventually remember. What would you do then, if he exposed us?"

"But... he’s my brother," Jin Zhicheng said in anguish.

"Hah, just a cousin," the Master sneered. "Let me tell you something: only the dead can keep a secret forever."

"No!" Jin Zhicheng cried out in agony. "Master, I’m begging you, save Zhiwei! He’s the only brother I have! I beg you, I’ll make sure he never says a word, okay?"

"I don’t have the power to bring people back from the dead," the Master said coldly. "Look closely. He’s already dead."

"No!" Jin Zhicheng couldn’t accept this reality. ’We agreed that we were just going to erase Zhiwei’s memory today! How did it lead to his death?’

"It’s too late for regrets." The Master gave Jin Zhiwei’s corpse a detached glance and said, "You’d better think carefully. You only have one path now, and that’s to do as I say. Otherwise, you know what I’m capable of. Not only do I have leverage over you, but killing you would be an easy task. And then there’s your family..."

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