"Let's go." Gu Chen said in a light tone.

Li Weiwei stopped teasing Lin Qi, and Lin Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Chen and three others went to Old Lady Xu's house to look for Zhao Qing, the female player who was traveling with Li Zi.

The sun shines on the village roads, and a breeze blows, bringing a hint of coolness.

There were many people outside the village in the morning, and Gu Chen and the others could not help but hear the villagers' chatter as they walked by.

Many villagers recognized Lin Qi and looked at him secretly and in low voices.

"That's Jiang Zheng's wife, she's quite pretty." An old lady said to Lin Qi and the people next to him.

"What's the point of being handsome? Even if he's a man, he can't have children."

"Why is Jiang Zheng's wife here?"

"Why is he here? Does Jiang Zheng know?"

The villagers were talking at once. When Lin Qi walked by and heard them, her face flushed and her little cheeks turned rosy.

Since she was bought by Jiang Zheng, in their eyes she was tacitly considered to be Jiang Zheng's wife.

[These people are so annoying! They taunted me right in front of me!] Lin Qi frowned, clenched his fists, and glared at the villagers and the system.

When Gu Chen heard what these gossipy villagers said, he frowned and before he could move, he saw a dagger shot out from his side like lightning, with a sharp sound of wind, and with a "puff", it pierced directly into the tree next to a gossipy villager.

The dagger was extremely sharp and penetrated more than three-quarters of the tree trunk, leaving only the handle outside, trembling slightly.

The villagers immediately fell silent, their faces pale, and they looked cautiously in the direction of the dagger. They saw a conceited man looking at them with a smile, as if the dagger was not thrown by him.

"Sorry, my hand slipped." Song Yixuan said casually. He smiled at the villagers, revealing a row of white teeth, but the coldness in his eyes could not be hidden.

The villagers were so frightened by his smile that they trembled all over. They lowered their heads and dared not look at him again, but they were shocked and angry in their hearts.

Song Yixuan ignored their thoughts and walked over to Lin Qi with a swagger, saying with a smile, "Brother, why don't you praise me?"

Lin Qi looked at Song Yixuan. The man kept staring at him. Thinking of what happened yesterday, Lin Qi turned his head away and ignored him.

Seeing this, Song Yixuan was not angry, but just followed him with a smile. Gu Chen glanced at Song Yixuan without saying a word, and the group continued to walk towards Mrs. Xu's house.

Along the way, no villager dared to say anything, and soon they arrived at the door of Old Lady Xu's house.

"I'll go knock on the door," Li Weiwei said as she walked to the door.

Li Weiwei knocked on the door and shouted loudly: "Grandma Xu! Are you home? I'm back!"

There was silence and no one opened the door. Li Weiwei pushed the door and found that it was not locked. Gu Chen and others went in.

The quiet house and empty yard gave people an inexplicable feeling of silence and eeriness. Zhao Qing's personal belongings were quietly placed there.

"Zhao Qing was clearly still in the room when I left." Li Weiwei frowned and said with a hint of worry in her tone.

"You and Li Weiwei go outside to find Zhao Qing." Gu Chen said to Song Yixuan expressionlessly, his voice cold, as if carrying a hint of chill.

"Haha, why should you and your brother go together to find someone?" Song Yixuan sneered, a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and his cold gaze shot straight at Gu Chen.

"Do you think he will be willing to be with you?" Gu Chen's voice was cold and emotionless.

When Song Yixuan heard this, his expression turned cold and he turned to look at Lin Qi. When the boy saw Song Yixuan looking at him, he nervously hid behind Gu Chen.

He pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a disdainful smile, then turned and left.

After hearing what Gu Chen said, Li Weiwei followed Song Yixuan out in her high heels.

After they left, Gu Chen walked straight into Old Lady Xu's room and began to rummage through the drawers.

Lin Qi followed him into the room curiously. Seeing Gu Chen's actions, he blinked his eyes and asked in confusion, "What are you looking for?"

"The account book." Gu Chen looked up at the puzzled Lin Qi and explained, "Mrs. Xu is a human trafficker, so she should have an account book."

"Okay, so this is what you are looking for! Let me help look for it." Lin Qi nodded in understanding and started looking for it.

However, the two searched for a long time but still could not find any trace of the account book.

[System! I really hate looking for things!] Lin Qi suddenly remembered the fear of being dominated when he was looking for the key in the castle dungeon, and complained to the system in a spoiled manner.

[…Host, come on!] The system said dryly.

Lin Qi searched through boxes and cabinets, looking here and there, hoping to find some clues. When he reached the door, he suddenly saw something in the gap between the threshold of the room. It looked like a piece of paper.

Lin Qi carefully squatted down, his movements as light as a cute kitten. He stretched out his white and tender little hand and fumbled with the small gap in the door sill.

"Found it!" Lin Qi shouted excitedly to Gu Chen.

Gu Chen rushed over immediately after hearing the noise. Lin Qi handed the paper in his hand to Gu Chen, saying it was an account book, but it was actually just two sheets of paper. However, these two sheets of paper contained important information - the information of the trafficked person and the buyer.

It records that the last person was Zhao Qing, the purchaser was Li Wen, and the date was August 8th.

The second to last person was Qu Qu Rou. The buyer wrote the word “虫” (insect) and the date was August 8rd.

The third person from the bottom is Fan Yue, the purchaser is Li Wu, and the date is August 8nd.

It wasn't until he saw the name of the fourth person from the bottom that Gu Chen's expression paused. His face suddenly turned cold and his demeanor seemed to drop a lot. The fourth from the bottom was Lin Qi.

Lin Qi saw Gu Chen stop moving. He stood on tiptoe to look at the list. At the back of the account book, Lin Qi saw his name, which was the fourth from the last. It said that the purchaser was Jiang Zheng and the purchase amount was also written on it.

——Hahaha, Gu Chen is going to be mad to death!

——Three thousand yuan can buy you Qiqi’s wife home without any loss or deception.

——Hahahaha, a wife is worth three thousand yuan. Look who has a more valuable wife? Old Mrs. Xu just thinks Jiang Zheng is honest.

—Upstairs? Are you being too picky? Are you saying my wife isn't worth three thousand yuan?

——No, no, my wife is so kind!

……

Lin Qi saw the livestream room buzzing with activity, his face wrinkled like a dumpling. He glared at the system, eyes wide and angrily saying, "What's going on? Didn't I tell you to mute me?"

"I'm thinking about making money from the live streaming room," the system said awkwardly.

After hearing this, Lin Qi pouted and said in a somewhat arrogant tone: [Okay.]

Lin Qi was about to say something to Gu Chen when he saw Gu Shen, whose face was icy cold. Lin Qi raised his head cautiously to look at Gu Chen and asked in a soft voice, "You...what's wrong with you?"

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