“Actually, I didn’t plan to leave without saying goodbye,” Qi Yan put his hands on his knees with a regretful look. “It was too late, so I planned to call you in the morning. I didn’t expect them to forbid us from contacting others.”
“Yes, Mr. Cen,” said Zhao Zhicheng, who was sitting in the front passenger seat and took the blame, “Since it was a major event involving hundreds of thousands of people, please refrain from contacting others for the time being.” Thinking of Cen Baihe’s identity, Zhao Zhicheng added, “If you really have something important to deal with, you can use our internal communication device.”
Cen Baihe nodded and did not object.
When Qi Yan and Cen Baihe returned to the villa, several masters who were bored were reading the Feng Shui of the villa and some even moved the furnishings. Master Shen and Master Xu had a disagreement on the placement of the fish tank. The two talked about scriptures and architecture, but none could convince the other. Master Shen, who had a short temper, slapped the table and almost started a fight with Master Xu.
Fortunately, the gentle Master Zhao stopped him, so Master Shen only flipped the table angrily.
Ordinary people might think that these masters were godly, but everyone was born with a different temperament. Even the masters had different characters. How can they all be perfect?
However, Gao Ronghua, who had high expectations of these masters since he was young, felt like his illusion was shattered. He only came back to his senses when Qi Yan and Cen Baihe arrived.
With the addition of a stranger, Cen Baihe, the masters finally showed some restraint. But soon Gao Ronghua had another headache, that was, there were not enough rooms. They invited Mr. Cen, so they couldn’t let him stay somewhere else.
“How about Baihe sleeping with me tonight?” Qi Yan looked at Cen Baihe, “Will it affect your sleep if you sleep with another person?”
“Not really,” Cen Baihe said, “I’ll sleep with you tonight.”
“Ok,” Qi Yan nodded and said to Zhao Zhicheng, “Then please just arrange accommodation for Mr. Cen’s bodyguard.”
Zhao Zhicheng nodded. In his opinion, it would be safer for Mr. Cen and Master Qi to stay together.
“That’s it, it’s getting late, I’ll take Baihe upstairs to rest. Good night everyone.” Qi Yan handed a note to Zhao Zhicheng, “These are some things that I need, you should send them as soon as possible. Bring everything.”
Zhao Zhicheng took the list and glanced at it. It was not difficult to get these things, and he agreed immediately, “Don’t worry Master Qi, we will prepare everything as soon as possible.”
He felt more at ease when Qi Yan asked him to do something. If he was told to do nothing, he would feel uneasy.
Cen Baihe followed Qi Yan back to the room, and put on his robe to take a shower. After taking a shower, he found that Qi Yan had put talisman paper on the window and the wall, and there was a copper cauldron the size of a child’s palm by the window.
“This is……”
“I’m worried that it’s not safe enough here,” Qi Yan slapped a talisman at the bottom of the bed, clapped his hands, stood up and said, “Better safe than sorry.”
“Is the matter serious?” Cen Baihe realized that the situation this time was different from what Qian Qian had encountered before. “What’s the situation now?”
“Someone bet the lives of hundreds of thousands of people against us masters,” Qi Yan unfolded the quilt, “What do you think?”
Qi Yan went under the quilt and patted the free space beside him, “You should be tired too, even if you want to chat, lie down first.” Don’t sit when one should lie down, and don’t stand when one should sit. This is the right way to treat oneself.
Cen Baihe hesitated for a moment, and finally lay down beside Qi Yan.
“Is it more comfortable this way?” Qi Yan turned over and faced him. “Get some rest early, we’ll talk about it tomorrow, you don’t look very well.”
“I’m fine, it’s just that when I was on the plane, it was shaking a lot. I am not used to it.” Cen Baihe’s gaze accidentally fell on Qi Yan’s collarbone and he looked away uncomfortably, “I’ll be fine after resting for a while.”
“Ok,” Qi Yan yawned, “Good night.”
“Good night.” Cen Baihe saw Qi Yan closed his eyes and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. He was reluctant to look away.
“Right,” QI Yan suddenly opened his eyes and reached towards the side, “I forgot to switch off the light.”
“Flip”
The room suddenly darkened, and only the night light was emitting a faint glow.
“Qian Qian…”
“Hmm?”
“Nothing,” Cen Baihe smiled, suppressing the anticipation and anxiety in his heart, “It’s okay, go to sleep.”
In the middle of the night, Cen Baihe had a dream that he was climbing the stairs carrying a large piece of gold ingot, but the gold ingot was so heavy that he was out of breath and did not manage to climb to the top. When he finally woke up, he found that Qian Qian’s leg was on his waist.
He wanted to take Qian Qian’s leg off, but as soon as he moved, Qian Qian groaned. Worrying about affecting Qian Qian’s sleep, he had to let this leg rest on his waist, so he couldn’t sleep at all.
Looking at the bright moonlight outside the window, he could hear his own heartbeat.
“Pa pa pa”
It seemed like something was rushing over, but when it got to the window, it was as though it was being electrocuted. It made a soft sound and fell down. This lasted for about half a minute, and the room returned to silence again.
Cen Baihe stared at the window vigilantly until dawn. Nothing strange appeared, so he fell asleep at ease.
When Qi Yan got up in the morning and saw that Cen Baihe was still sleeping, he gently opened the window and saw the black ashes on the windowsill. He frowned and hurriedly went out and knocked on Master Zhao’s door next to his.
Master Zhao quickly opened the door, and sure enough, there was also a layer of black ashes on his windowsill.
“It seems that we guessed right,” Qi Yan picked up a little bit of ashes with his hands, “Someone is plotting against us.”
Master Zhao frowned, “I really don’t understand why the people behind this spent so much effort on this.”
“Which is why you are not doing this kind of thing,” Qi Yan tugged on the nightgown on his body, “Master Zhao, go to other people’s rooms and have a look, I’ll change first.”
“Okay.” Master Zhao’s face was ashen. Anyone who knew about this would not be in a good mood.
The lives of hundreds of thousands of people were at stake. Such people were either beasts or lunatics.
Cen Baihe was awakened by Qi Yan’s changing. He sat up from the bed, only to find that it was already morning, “Qian Qian?”
“You’re awake?” Qi Yan noticed that his face did not look good, “Sleep for a while more, I’ll go to the living room downstairs to discuss some things with them, and I’ll call you later.”
“No need,” Cen Baihe got up and got his clothes from the suitcase, “I’ll go down with you.”
“Captain Zhao,” said Master Xu, rubbing the beard on his chin, “How many people know that we live here?”
“Only those who are here and members of the Special Task Force,” Zhao Zhicheng’s face was even uglier than those of the masters, “Is there something wrong?”
They remained silent.
Qi Yan took a sip of tea: “Someone leaked our location, even the room.”
Gao Ronghua’s face changed greatly, “You mean…”
“Yes, there are traitors among us,” Qi Yan glanced at everyone, “How many people did Captain Gao and Captain Zhao arrange to come here?”
There were not many people who knew that they were staying here, even fewer knew which room they stayed in. Except for the two people they trusted, even the higher-ups did not know about the room arrangement.
“Call all your people here,” Master Xu shook his head and said, “I don’t have many skills, but I know a little about reading people.”
Gao Ronghua and Zhao Zhicheng glanced at each other and agreed to Master Xu’s request.
For the sake of the common people, these masters were willing to risk their lives, but there were traitors among them, which was unacceptable.
The few people who knew the detailed information quickly rushed over. After the kind-hearted Abbot Yun glanced at them, he silently closed his eyes and stopped talking.
Master Zhao was best at Feng Shui, but not good at reading people. If he were to tell someone’s fortune, he needed their exact birth date and time to do it, so at this time, he could only leave it to Master Xu
Master Xu looked like an old urchin, but at this moment, his eyes were like sharp blades that could penetrate people’s hearts.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the room became extremely serious, and no one dared to speak.
