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Qin Lie opened his mouth as he listened to Liu Yunniang's words.

For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.

He originally thought that Liu Yunniang was only willing to move there because she felt that Dongxuan City was safer.

Now it seems she had thought it through very well all along.

She can continue living the same life as before, but Hu Zi and Xiao He can't.

She was unwilling to miss any opportunity to let her two children learn more words and see more things.

Liu Yunniang, who usually speaks softly, actually had such a firm idea in her mind.

Women are inherently gentle, but become strong when they become mothers!

Liu Yunniang quickly lowered her head and smoothed out the last corner of the quilt.

She reached out and pressed the blanket a few more times to make sure there were no wrinkles before straightening up.

"Alright, the bed is made up. Get some rest tonight. We can talk about it tomorrow."

At this point, she glanced at Qin Lie again.

Don't take what your brother Zhang said today to heart.

"He wasn't feeling well today, and he didn't think much of what he was saying."

"Get some sleep, and we can discuss this slowly tomorrow when everyone has calmed down."

Qin Lie nodded.

"Okay, I understand. You should get some rest too."

Liu Yunniang picked up the old quilts that had been changed.

"it is good."

She responded and turned to leave the room.

Outside the door, Zhang Erniu was sitting in his room.

The two rooms are not far apart.

Although Qin Lie and Liu Yunniang's voices were not loud, he could still hear them clearly.

"But I want to go."

"Tiger and Xiaohe can't stay here forever."

These words kept echoing in Zhang Erniu's mind.

His face grew increasingly gloomy.

It turned out that Liu Yunniang had already made up her mind.

She genuinely wanted to take Hu Zi and Xiao He to Dongxuan City, and had even discussed it with Qin Lie.

She never mentioned any of these things to me from beginning to end.

Now, he can no longer even decide where they will live or where their two children will go to school.

That bitch.

She actually arranged everything behind his back.

Does she still have him in her heart as her husband?

Ultimately, however, all these changes are related to Qin Lie.

If Qin Lie hadn't returned, Liu Yunniang would never have considered leaving Black Mountain Town.

Tiger and Xiaohe won't be around Qin Lie all the time.

This home is still the same home as before.

The Misty Rain Pavilion is known for never making a mistake.

Why was Qin Lie able to come back alive?

Could it be that the blood-stained invitation he put in the City God Temple was never taken away by the people from Yanyu Tower?

The moment this thought crossed Zhang Erniu's mind, his unease grew more and more pronounced.

No.

He had to go and see for himself about this matter.

Night fell.

Tiger and Xiaohe played outside for an afternoon.

Not long after they got back, the two children went to their room to sleep.

Liu Yunniang usually has a lot to do.

Wash clothes, tidy up the yard, and prepare things for the next day.

By the time these tasks are finished, it's often late at night.

So once she falls asleep, she usually sleeps very soundly.

Zhang Erniu lay on the bed, unable to sleep, listening to the sounds coming from the yard.

It wasn't until late at night, after confirming that everyone was sound asleep, that Zhang Erniu propped himself up and slowly moved to his wooden wheelchair.

He moved very carefully.

Every time I moved, I had to stop and listen to what was happening outside.

Only after making sure he hadn't woken anyone else did he continue moving toward his wheelchair.

After settling down, Zhang Erniu did not light a lamp. Instead, he bent down and pulled out several rags he had prepared in advance from under the bed.

Then, with his head down, he wrapped the rag around the wooden wheel again and again.

The cloth strips were wrapped very thickly.

This means that pushing the wheelchair requires more effort, but the sound made when the wooden wheels roll over the ground is also much less.

After wrapping up both wooden wheels, Zhang Erniu carefully checked them again.

Only after making sure the strip of cloth wouldn't come off halfway did he gently push open the door.

In the Zhang family's courtyard, there weren't many things that would block the wheelchair.

Over the years, to make it easier for Zhang Erniu to come and go every day, Liu Yunniang had long since cleaned up the clutter in the yard.

There is a path large enough for a wheelchair to pass through between the room and the gate.

Zhang Erniu slowly approached the door.

Before leaving, he glanced back at Qin Lie's room.

The door was closed, and there was no sound from inside.

Zhang Erniu stared at the door for a while, the resentment in his eyes becoming more and more obvious.

After a moment, he turned around and pushed his wheelchair away from the Zhang family's courtyard.

At this hour, there were no pedestrians to be seen on the streets of Heishan Town.

All the houses on both sides of the road had their doors and windows closed.

Occasionally, a few barks could be heard from afar, but silence soon returned.

Zhang Erniu gripped the wooden wheel with both hands and pushed it forward with all his might.

After being wrapped in rags, the wheelchair struggled to move forward even more.

He hadn't gone far when sweat started beading on his forehead.

But he didn't stop.

They simply moved forward little by little along the west side of the town.

This route wouldn't take most people much time.

For Zhang Erniu, however, it was exceptionally difficult.

When his wheelchair encounters a rock, he has to stop and use his hands to adjust his direction.

When encountering uneven surfaces, he has to brace himself to prevent the wheelchair from tipping over.

He walked and stopped for a long time before finally arriving at the entrance of the City God Temple.

Zhang Erniu had no idea.

In fact, Qin Lie had already woken up the moment he started to move his body.

Having experienced too many dangers these past few days, Qin Lie now always remains somewhat vigilant even when he sleeps.

He opened his eyes as soon as he heard the slightest unusual noise in the yard.

However, he did not get up immediately.

Qin Lie didn't sit up until Zhang Erniu pushed open the courtyard gate and completely left the Zhang family's courtyard.

He reached for the snow-crushing knife beside the bed, moving very quietly and making almost no sound.

Zhang Erniu stayed up late at night and even wrapped rags around his wheelchair, which didn't seem like he was just going out for a walk.

There's definitely something going on here.

Qin Lie did not disturb Liu Yunniang, nor did he wake Hu Zi and Xiao He.

He gently pushed open the window, listened to the sounds in the yard, and then climbed out the window.

Zhang Erniu pushed the wheelchair at a slow pace, and Qin Lie did not get too close.

They always kept a distance of several dozen steps, using the houses on both sides of the street to shield their bodies.

When Zhang Erniu stops, he will stop too.

When Zhang Erniu turned around, he hid in the corner of the wall.

As they followed, Zhang Erniu had no idea that there were other people behind them.

At this moment, Qin Lie had already followed him to the outside of the City God Temple.

Zhang Erniu stopped in front of the temple gate, bent over and panting for a long time.

He pushed the wheelchair all the way here, his forehead covered in sweat, and his hands began to tremble from the continuous exertion.

After resting for a while, he reached out and pushed open the temple door.

There is a threshold at the entrance of the City God Temple that a wheelchair cannot pass through.

Zhang Erniu could only do what he had done before: first, he had to get his body off the wheelchair, and then he had to use his hands to support himself on the ground and crawl in little by little.

Qin Lie stopped a short distance away, watching Zhang Erniu enter the City God Temple, his brows slowly furrowing.

Running to a place like this in the middle of the night, and deliberately avoiding everyone in the family.

What happens here is absolutely something that can't be brought to light.

Qin Lie did not follow them inside directly.

He went around to the side of the City God Temple and quickly found a broken window.

A piece of wood was missing from the bottom of the window frame, which allowed a clear view of the temple.

Qin Lie concealed his aura, stood by the window, and kept his eyes fixed on the inside.

There were no lights lit inside the City God Temple.

The only way to see the interior furnishings was by the moonlight shining in through the window.

After Zhang Erniu climbed into the temple, he didn't look at the City God statue in front, but instead climbed to the right.

When they reached the wall, they reached out and felt around on it for a while before finally finding one of the blue bricks.

By gripping both sides of the brick with your fingers and applying force several times, you can slowly pull the brick out.

Behind the blue bricks, a small hole in the wall was revealed.

It was completely empty inside; there was nothing there.

Upon seeing the hole in the wall, Zhang Erniu's face was filled with confusion.

Gone.

The blood oath he left here is gone.

This proves that the people from Yanyu Tower did indeed come here.

They also took the blood oath.

Now that the items have been taken, it's time to take over the task.

But why is Qin Lie still alive?

It's because Yanyu Tower hasn't had time to make a move yet.

Or did they already try to take action, but ultimately failed?

If Yanyu Tower has truly failed, does Qin Lie now know that he himself was the one who hired someone to assassinate him?

Zhang Erniu became increasingly uneasy, and his breathing became rapid.

He stared at the empty hole in the wall for a long time before raising his hand to stuff the blue brick back in.

Just then, a man's voice suddenly came from behind the statue of the City God.

"Oh my, I've been waiting for you for so many days, you've finally arrived."

Zhang Erniu's body suddenly trembled.

He couldn't even hold onto the brick properly, and it fell to the ground.

Snapped!

The blue brick fell to the ground, and a corner of it broke off.

Zhang Erniu quickly turned around and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

A man dressed in black slowly walked out from behind the statue of the City God.

The man's face was covered with a black cloth, revealing only his eyes, and a short knife was hanging at his waist.

When walking, there was not a sound from my feet.

Zhang Erniu stared at him, his lips beginning to tremble.

"You...you're from the Misty Rain Pavilion?"

The man in black nodded.

Seeing that he admitted it, Zhang Erniu felt less afraid, but then a surge of anger that had been building up for a long time resurfaced.

"Since you've already taken the blood oath, why is the target still alive?"

"It's said in the martial arts world that once the Misty Rain Pavilion accepts a mission, the target is guaranteed to die."

"What exactly is going on?"

The man in black stopped a few steps away from Zhang Erniu.

After hearing this question, he chuckled softly.

"Yanyu Tower rarely makes mistakes."

"But this time, the problem lies with you."

"You chose the wrong person."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Erniu's face immediately turned extremely ugly.

"What do you mean?"

"What do you mean I chose the wrong person?"

The man in black looked at Zhang Erniu with little emotion in his eyes.

"How so? It means exactly what it says: you chose the wrong person."

Zhang Erniu's brows were tightly furrowed.

Before he could ask any further questions, the man in black continued speaking.

"I've always been a kind-hearted person, and there are some things I don't want to hide from you."