Tomb raiding: A mere 20 is nothing!

Liu Sang was not one to swallow his anger.

He jumped to his feet, glared back, and said in an unfriendly tone, "Shut up, you fatso! Don't talk nonsense and twist the truth. I wasn't picking a fight at all. You were clearly cheating at cards, and you're denying it!"

The fat man, neck stiff, retorted, "What do you mean by admitting or denying? You say I cheated? Fine, where's the evidence? You'd better produce some evidence!"

Liu Sang pointed to his ear with his index finger and said confidently, "I heard it. My ear is the proof."

"Ears? What kind of evidence are ears?" The fat man scoffed. "You say you have good hearing, that you could tell I was cheating? Bah! I could also say I have a good sense of smell, and that you'd try to frame me! I think you're just deliberately picking a fight!"

Liu blushed with frustration. He could accept others saying he was no good, but he couldn't accept others saying he was hard of hearing.

"You—you're absolutely unreasonable!"

"I'm just being unreasonable, what can you do to me, Fatty?!" Fatty retorted angrily.

"......" Zhang Qilin was sandwiched between the two men. He not only had to endure the cacophony of noise, but also had to use his body to prevent them from fighting. It wasn't until the fat man turned around and picked up a rock that Zhang Qilin reached out and grabbed the fat man's arm.

"Fatty."

Zhang Qiyu shook his head.

Fatty and Zhang Qilan exchanged a glance. They had been partners for many years, and Fatty could immediately understand what Zhang Qilan meant.

The young man isn't one to get involved in other people's conflicts, but he's clearly protecting Liu Sang right now, probably because there's something he doesn't know about.

Thinking this, the fat man let out a long sigh, put the stone down, and said, "Forget it, it's the New Year, I'm magnanimous, I won't hold it against you."

Liu was still furious and wanted to argue with him, but Zhang Qilin stepped forward and blocked his way. Liu's momentum immediately weakened, and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't bring himself to say the word "idol".

The person on the other end spoke first.

"I've seen you before."

Liu Sang was taken aback.

"She mentioned you to me and even showed me your photo, saying you would come to Yuchun after the New Year."

Liu Sang naturally understood who Zhang Qilin was referring to. The image of that resolute figure flashed through his mind, along with the fragmented pieces of information he had seen and heard during his days of surveillance. Even after piecing them together, he was still completely confused.

His tone was almost pleading: "Could you tell me what exactly happened?"

"You've had contact with her, haven't you?"

Upon hearing the word "contact," Liu Sang immediately swallowed hard. He blinked haphazardly, feeling his face burning.

The scene was incredibly impactful.

He initially thought it was due to the inherent flaws of men, that he had a filthy mind, and that he was dishonest.

Looking back now, things weren't that simple.

"Yes, we met. She even asked me what I saw and said that was the reason she left Yuchun."

After hearing this, what else is there to ask?

The fat man's eyes widened, his expression one of utter disbelief. His hand trembled as he pointed at Liu Sang, turning to Zhang Qilin and stammering, "He...he...he's one too?! How can there be more?!"

Zhang Qiyu's expression was also not good.

The fat man was a little embarrassed and leaned closer to Zhang Qilin, whispering, "Brother, should we tell him about this?"

Zhang Qilan remained silent, but Liu Sang spoke up: "Stop sneaking around. Do you think no one can hear you? What can't you say? Did you do something shady that drove the Ming Dynasty away?"

"Damn it, forgot you could hear me." After his annoyance subsided, the fat man retorted, "Everyone's done plenty of shady things, don't try to act all innocent."

Upon hearing this, Liu Sang laughed in anger: "So you knew I had good hearing? You're clearly just picking a fight!"

Hey! Me—

"Fatty." Zhang Qilu sighed, silently took out his phone, unlocked it, and handed it to Fatty.

Before he entered the bronze gate, Wu Xie and the others prepared a very simple communication tool for him, which was just enough to make and receive phone calls.

Ten years later, the outside world had undergone tremendous changes, and those old-fashioned mobile phones could no longer keep up with the times, so he was equipped with a smartphone.

After he got his hands on it, he didn't study it much; he wasn't interested in this kind of thing to begin with.

And after he stopped being registered in the underworld, fewer people sought him out for jobs, so the phone remained silent.

I don't know when it started, but after Wu Xie said he was added to some kind of group, his phone never stopped ringing.

Once you click on it, it's better not to look at it at all.

Therefore, he is not yet proficient in using smartphones.

He didn't really want to explain everything to Liu Sang from beginning to end, mainly because the other party might not understand what he had briefly said. In this situation, it was best to ask someone else for help.

Wu Xie is currently withdrawn, leaving only Fatty as a potential replacement.

"Me?" The fat man looked at the silent Zhang Qilan, sighed, and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, alright."

Then he turned to Liu Sang and said, "Forget it, things have come to this. For the sake of the girl and the boy, let's put our grudges aside for now. Come here, there are some things I need to talk to you about."

Liu Sang was somewhat wary, but with Zhang Qilan present, he figured things couldn't go wrong. He slowly moved closer, asking, "What is it?"

Suddenly, the fat man grinned at him.

At this moment, Liu Sang couldn't understand the meaning behind that ambiguous expression, but twenty minutes later, as he fiddled with his phone screen, he completely broke down.

"What?!"

Liu Sang looked at the dozen or so brightly lit avatars in the group. Some of the names were well-known, and their deeds had already spread throughout the circle. Of course, he had heard of them, but he never expected to get to know them in this way.

"Is what you're saying true? You're not lying to me? These people are all... Oh my god!"

Liu Sang's face was filled with disbelief.

"See, you can't accept it either, right? Anyone without a strong mentality would break down if this were said."

"Especially since she's a young girl."

"But who knew that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the girl suddenly found out on her own, without any warning."

"Sigh, anyone would question their existence in this situation. It's understandable that she left, but upon closer examination, it's quite absurd. We still can't figure out the reason."

The fat man lit a cigarette and sighed, "I was clearly an outsider, but now I'm the one who has to clean up this mess. This year has really been...sigh."

"Then...then...what do we do now?"

Liu Sang stammered.

If he hadn't discovered that he had also been blocked, he would never have come to Yuchun. Now that he has obtained the truth he wanted, he is even more helpless.

"That's a good question."

The fat man rubbed his temples, looking exasperated. "What can we do? If they knew what to do, would they have gone to such lengths? Look at them, one of them stays in the house for days on end except to go to the bathroom, and the other one looks like he's about to turn into a statue waiting for his wife."