What do you mean by saying that the corpses I sew are all ominous creatures?

"Director Lu, I'm entrusting my life to you now. Where do we go next? We can't exactly sleep under a bridge, can we?"

Lu Yan walked to the safe, took out the ledger, and stuffed it into her bosom.

"Come to my house."

She said coldly, a resolute glint in her eyes.

"There is a Lesser Luotian Formation set up by my master there. Unless they blow up the whole building, no one can get in silently."

Furthermore... since they don't follow the rules, don't blame me for flipping the table.

She took a car key from the unconscious man.

That was the car they drove; it definitely wasn't detected by surveillance cameras.

"Walk!"

We helped each other up, stepped over the corpses on the ground, and disappeared into the dark stairwell.

After going downstairs, Lu Yan casually pressed the car key and found that the car was parked downstairs.

We didn't waste any words and got into the car one after the other.

After starting the car, Lu Yan drove it very fast.

They were practically slamming the gas pedal into the tank.

I leaned back in the passenger seat, watching the neon lights outside the window rush past.

The night view of Jiangcheng is actually quite beautiful, but now in my eyes, every ray of light and shadow seems like a lurking murderous intent.

Fifteen minutes later, the car finally stopped in front of a high-end apartment building in the center of Jiangcheng City.

The security here looks much more advanced than the dilapidated safe house we just visited, and there are cameras everywhere.

Lu Yan didn't go through the main entrance, but instead drove the car directly into the private garage on the third basement level, and then pulled me into a private elevator that went straight to the top floor.

Inside the elevator, I looked around and couldn't help but sigh.

"This place... doesn't look like a room for sleeping."

Given this location and environment, I'm afraid even if I honestly sewed up corpses for twenty years, I still couldn't afford it.

"What's the point of a house if not for sleeping and resting?"

Lu Yan didn't catch the implication in my words. She casually replied, then took out a card and pressed it on the elevator's sensor area.

I didn't explain further, just smiled and kept quiet.

"bite--"

A moment later, the elevator doors opened, revealing a huge single-level floor.

The interior design is very modern, with a minimalist gray and white color scheme, and huge floor-to-ceiling windows facing the Yangtze River.

However, I immediately noticed the bronze cauldron, which was taller than a person, placed in the entrance hall, with three unlit purple incense sticks as thick as a baby's arm stuck inside.

As soon as Lu Yan entered the room, she immediately closed the door behind her.

Instead of turning on the light, she bit her middle finger and quickly drew several blood talismans in the air behind the door.

"Borrowing the power of Heaven and Earth, Lesser Heaven, rise!"

With a low shout from her, I felt the floor beneath my feet tremble slightly.

Immediately afterwards, a faint golden ripple appeared on the originally transparent floor-to-ceiling window, like a thin curtain of water, enveloping the entire room completely.

This must be the Lesser Heavenly Array that Lu Yan mentioned.

Seeing this, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the journey seemed calm on the surface, Lu Yan and I were constantly on edge.

I was terrified that a bullet might fly out from some dark corner while I was driving.

Now we can finally catch our breath for a while.

Lu Yan didn't have time to greet me right now. She quickly walked to the antique shelf in the living room, took out a strangely shaped satellite phone from a hidden compartment, and started frantically dialing.

Looking at her back, I noticed that although she looked disheveled, with her gray tracksuit covered in dust and bloodstains and her hair a mess, her heroic spirit was still undeniable.

"Hello? This is Lu Yan. Connect with your mentor... Yes, highest level encryption. My security code is: Gengshen, Renzi, Guichou, 392."

Her voice was hurried, but she was not flustered at all.

I plopped down on the sofa and listened quietly.

The "mentor" she mentioned must be someone who truly has influence within the provincial bureau.

What happened tonight has probably made her distrust anyone in the Jiangcheng branch of the Public Security Bureau.

So I guess she must have bypassed the Jiangcheng branch and reported it directly to a higher level.

About five minutes later, Lu Yan hung up the phone.

"Did it work?" I asked softly.

"My supervisor told me to stay where I am and not go anywhere. He will personally bring people from the provincial bureau over tonight. The earliest... will be at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

Sure enough, I guessed right.

Lu Yan turned to look at me, her eyes filled with a complex emotion.

"Chen Yang, do you know that my mentor just told me on the phone that the Jiangcheng Bureau has already reported that I...colluded with evil cultivators, murdered my colleagues, and am currently on the run with important information."

I smiled and said calmly, "That was expected. If they didn't label you a traitor, how could they legitimately send people to hunt you down?"

Lu Yan walked up to me and looked down at me.

"You're so calm."

"What good will it do to be flustered? Besides, the situation hasn't deteriorated to the point of being out of control, has it?"

I slumped onto the sofa, waved my hand, and changed the subject.

"Director Lu, do you... have any food here?"

Since killing Lord Huai, I haven't eaten a single grain of rice, and my stomach has been growling with hunger for a long time.

Lu Yan seemed surprised by my unconventional thinking. After a moment of stunned silence, she suddenly smiled.

"You're right... There are frozen dumplings in the freezer. Go cook some for yourself, and cook some for me too."

I'm going to take a shower; these clothes smell like blood, it's disgusting.

She pointed in the direction of the kitchen, then went into the master bedroom without looking back.

I walked into the kitchen and looked at the top-of-the-line double-door refrigerator, thinking to myself that Lu Yan not only had an extremely powerful background, but was also a very wealthy woman.

After opening the refrigerator, I glanced at it briefly.

I found that although the refrigerator was neatly filled with various high-end ingredients, most of them were expired, with only a few bags of frozen dumplings still within their shelf life.

"..."

No wonder Lu Yan only mentioned that there were frozen dumplings in the refrigerator...

I shook my head, took out the dumplings, boiled water, and threw the dumplings in.

About twenty minutes later, Lu Yan came out.

She had changed into a loose white silk nightgown, her hair still wet and draped over her shoulders.

The slippers that were originally there are nowhere to be found. Now, barefoot, I'm walking on the floor, my toes making soft rustling sounds as I step.

I kept my head down, eating my dumplings, and without looking up, I reached out and pushed another plate of dumplings in front of her.

"The cooking isn't very good, but Director Lu, please make do with this."

Lu Yan didn't answer. Instead, she sat down, picked up her chopsticks, put a piece in her mouth, chewed it a few times, and looked somewhat dazed.

A few minutes later, she suddenly spoke.

"Chen Yang, what will you do if our advisor doesn't come tomorrow, or... he can't protect me either?"

"Director Lu, it hasn't come to that yet."

I finished the last dumpling in my bowl and wiped my mouth.

"Moreover, I know there's a saying: 'When a common man gets angry, blood will spill five steps away.'"

"For those who want to kill me, even in death, I'll break a few of their teeth before I die."