Traveling through Thailand

Hearing the meaning behind his words, Xiao's mother no longer insisted on the question and told him what happened tonight: "Husband, I was ambushed tonight. If you hadn't left so many people to protect me, I might have followed my son by now."

The message is even simpler: as soon as you return, someone will be forced to take action. Their motive is clear: they're going after my son. There must be a traitor among us; I suspect they already know my son is still alive.

"What? A sneak attack? Are you okay? Are you hurt? Are you feeling any pain?" Upon hearing the news, Father Xiao quickly extracted the information and responded.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Luckily I arrived in time, otherwise I really don't know what the consequences would be."

"That's good, that's good." Father Xiao pretended to be relieved but stared at one direction, the murderous intent in his eyes could not be hidden at all.

"Take good care of yourself in the country and don't make me worry."

"Don't worry, you know how much I cherish my life."

"Well, that's good. It's getting late, you should go to bed early."

"Okay, good night."

"Good night."

The message was almost delivered, and they hung up the phone after comforting each other.

Xiao's father, with a grim expression, heard the news over the phone. He hadn't expected those people to go this far. His death had already been announced, so why were they still trying to kill him? There had to be another reason behind this. What was it? The identity of the heir? No, if that were the case, the opportunity would have been lost after the announcement. If that wasn't the reason, what else could it be?

Thinking of a possible father Xiao, the wrinkles on his forehead deepened.

"Could it be someone Yi Yi had offended before?" As this thought occurred to Xiao's father, he immediately agreed with the conclusion. Because he was already very talented, and the people in his training period also included members of the clan elders...

Thinking this way, everything makes sense. This problem solved, so the next question is: Who is the traitor?

He twirled the Buddhist beads on his wrist, wondering who the spy hidden inside might be. After eliminating all the possible names, he couldn't find anyone. The more he couldn't think of the person, the more he feared him.

While brainstorming, he received a selfie from his wife on his phone. The caption read: "I'll send you a photo every day before you return home so I don't have to worry about you going out for fun after finishing your work."

When Xiao's father saw the message, he immediately replied: "How could that be? By the way, you called and said someone was trying to assassinate you. Did they catch them alive?"

Xiao's mother: "Needless to say? They were all trained, how could they be alive? What a shame! I was planning to interrogate them."

Father Xiao got the answer he wanted, and his expression showed agreement with her words: It's quite a pity.

Xiao’s mother: By the way, does this selfie of mine look good?

Father Xiao: It looks good.

Xiao’s mother: Then open it and take a look when you are not busy or tired.

Father Xiao: Okay, I’ll listen to you.

Putting away her phone, she sat on the sofa and looked out the window at the brightly lit street outside. My wife rarely takes selfies, and the "yeah" gesture for taking photos is her least favorite. She says it's too childish, unsuitable for someone like her who has both beauty and money.

Although she had said it jokingly at the time, having lived with her for so long and knowing her habits thoroughly, he knew there must be a message she wanted to convey to him. Thinking of this, he opened the message again and clicked to enlarge the photo.

Relying on the tacit understanding that only existed between them, Father Xiao began to think about the meaning of these words.

When I asked her if she had any survivors, she prefixed the question with a question mark, indicating that they must have captured someone alive and obtained important information through interrogation. So, could this "yeah" gesture represent the number of names? Yes, that must be it. Madam never does anything meaningless.

At this point, he began to think about the people in his family with two-character names. A minute later, he said, "Damn! There are so many people in my family, how can I possibly remember them all?!" Then, he suppressed his anger and called his assistant.

"Gather the names of everyone in the family. Whether they are direct descendants, side branches, or even those with only a tenuous connection, list them all."

"Yes."

Once the news is passed on, all that is left is to wait.

Father Xiao stood in front of the French window, looking at the lights outside: "Who is this person? Is he lurking next to me or my wife? If it's here, I can kill him quickly, but if it's my wife's... I'll have to clean it all up and replace it with new ones."

At this moment, his plan included overturning the table, but he would not use this plan now. He would use it as a trump card. As long as they dared to touch his wife, they would be prepared to have the table overturned.

"Wait, wait a little longer, just wait a few more days." He comforted himself.

After being in the space for a while, Little Ladder still couldn't solve the problem. He also deeply realized that without energy coins, it was really difficult to move forward. With the host's shell stuck, he simply didn't have enough energy coins to send the host back.

The tired little ladder no longer floats in the air, but collapses dejectedly on the ground, just like a real book.

Xiao Yi stepped forward and asked: "Are you still alive?"

"Alive."

"Okay, don't be depressed. Things will work out in the end. Who knows, there might be a solution someday."

"But the only solution right now is to just persevere. Other quick solutions require spending energy coins, and with my current energy coins, I don't even have enough to pay a fraction. Sigh, I'm really worried."

"If you really don't want to wait, do you have any good connections with Tong? Ask them to borrow some energy coins and see if you can scrape together some."

"No, in order to save energy coins, I have never looked for friends."

"alright."

After this assassination, Sky moved to a new place and settled down here permanently. The only bad thing is...

Every day, Sky would go in and talk to Xiao Yi for half an hour, telling him what had happened the previous night, explaining that his mother was the person who had coaxed information out of them. He also explained that the mastermind behind the assassination was Xiao Qian, a member of their family. When he was reminded that the time was up, he would continue his unfinished story tomorrow.

Sky's face wasn't in good spirits after he emerged. It wasn't because Xiao Yi hadn't woken up yet, but rather because Xiao Yi's mother had somehow taken to making soup the day after moving in. After trying it himself last night, if he hadn't known she was Xiao Yi's mother and had no ill will towards him, he'd have suspected she was trying to murder him! That dish was pure poison o(╥﹏╥)o. He really didn't want to be a guinea pig anymore.

He had decided that if the soup still tasted weird, he would complain to Yi and cry about it, hoping to wake him up. He remembered that every time Rain cried about his grievances, he would always ask for his opinion before replying, but he had to admit that he wouldn't ask for his opinion unless he was convinced.