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The leader stared at Xiao Ran in shock, his mind a complete mess. He opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something but couldn't utter a word.

Duan Li merely raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

“Boss, there’s no need to be so shocked. I know what you’re worried about.” Xiao Ran stepped forward. “I called you here to tell you all this.”

Xiao Ran handed over the letter.

Although the leader hesitated for a moment, he took the envelope and began to examine it after seeing that it was the familiar one.

A moment later, he was horrified.

"This..." The leader gripped the letter tightly, seemingly shocked.

But the chief didn't completely believe her either. Suddenly, he glared at her with hostility and said, "Why should I believe you? You're the one who killed Sixth Brother!"

Upon hearing this, Duan Li stepped forward, stood in front of her, and said, "I killed him."

The leader glanced at the boy, then at Xiao Ran, and finally, with a look of sudden realization, pointed at them and said, "Ah! So that's how it is!"

That's why he asked if he had seen a disheveled girl. It turns out they already knew each other, yet he still sent someone from the emperor's inner circle to Liuyun Village!

Xiao Ran said calmly, "Boss, please calm down first. Why don't you listen to how the Fifth Boss got into trouble?"

When the leader heard about the fifth leader's situation, he calmed down a bit.

Xiao Ran turned to look at Duan Li, who looked reluctant, but unable to resist their gazes, he had no choice but to tell them everything that had happened that day.

"You mean the Fifth Leader was killed by a group of men in black?" the First Leader pondered. "And who were those men in black?"

Duan Li coldly replied, "I have seen them before."

The leader looked at him with suspicion, and Xiao Ran also felt a little strange, because he had not told her that he had seen the group of men in black.

"On June 12th, they were acting suspiciously in my master's house, and I have been tracking them ever since, but they are very strange..." Duan Li pondered.

He remembered that the group of men in black used very strange, elusive, and unpredictable footwork, something he had never seen or even imagined before.

The leader seemed to suddenly remember something and said, "So you left the valley that day because you were tracking them?"

“Yes,” Duanli replied, “We lost them at a temple in the mountains.”

Xiao Ran was greatly surprised and asked tentatively, "You mean... Yindu Temple?"

After a moment of eye contact, Duanli replied, "Mm."

Her jumbled thoughts immediately connected, making her think of the day Chen Ruonan led her to Yindu Temple.

One reason was to harm her, and the other was... to help her father, Chen Zhan, secretly contact the man in black?

She tried hard to recall what happened that day. Luo Rou rushed over, Shen You left in a hurry, and what was Chen Ruonan doing at that time? ... She did leave once in the middle, and they had some unpleasantness because of it.

So there were already clues back then.

The leader's words interrupted her thoughts. He stared intently at Duan Li and said, "But I remember not long ago, you killed Qiangzi."

“Because I saw him come out of the house where the man in black disappeared,” Duan Li didn’t want to explain further, and scoffed, “He ran away as soon as he saw me, shouldn’t he have died?”

"I know you hate him, but I never imagined you would actually kill him..." The leader, lost in memories, said with deep remorse, "Never mind, it's all my fault..."

Xiao Ran sensed that the atmosphere between the two was off, and it seemed that they had some secrets that she didn't know.

Is it about the second-in-command and Master Duanli?

But she could only step forward and ruin the atmosphere, saying, "Master, I have a plan to test the relationship between the Third Master and the man in black. I wonder if the Master will believe me?"

"What?" The leader's mind was already in complete turmoil, and he asked lifelessly.

"Tomorrow, I can imitate the handwriting of that person on the mountain and leave a letter for the Third Leader, inviting him to come. Then the First Leader can impersonate that person and find out everything."

The leader's eyes were filled with unreadable emotions, and he hesitated to speak, because tomorrow was originally the day they were supposed to assassinate the official.

If he had believed the woman then, the outcome would have been completely different.

He glanced at Duan Li not far away and saw that he was just crossing his arms and looking away, seemingly unconcerned about the matter.

The leader sighed and said, "Alright, I agree."

After hearing the answer, Xiao Ran explained the process to the leader, who then left.

But that figure from behind seemed quite weathered.

After the chief had walked away, Xiao Ran glanced to the side and saw Duan Li leaning against a bamboo tree for a short rest. She tentatively asked, "...Do you have paper and pen in your room?"

Duan Li paused, then opened his eyes and said, "Yes."

……

Xiao Ran came to the bamboo house again, and just like before, she stood quietly in the forest, neither arrogant nor impatient.

She carefully blew the ink off the paper, got up from the bamboo chair, and looked out the window.

The candle wick popped at just the right moment, and she heard the boy ask from the side, "Are you going back?"

Xiao Ran pondered for a moment and said, "Such a big thing happened today, I have to deliver the letter to the Third Master's room as soon as possible, otherwise he will become suspicious tomorrow."

Tomorrow, the leader will announce the delay of the plan. At that time, the third leader will definitely be suspicious. The longer it drags on, the more suspicious he will become.

Therefore, the best solution is to make him receive a letter from the person 'behind' him first thing tomorrow morning.

"I'll help you." The boy tried to step forward and take the letter from Xiao Ran's hand.

Xiao Ran obediently handed him the letter, then hesitated for a moment before awkwardly saying, "...Thank you for today."

"You said we're friends." That was all the boy replied, then told her to rest well before taking the letter and leaving.

Xiao Ran watched his departing figure, feeling a pang of sadness in her heart.

Having lived through her past life, she would never trust anyone again, because she knew that anyone could betray her.

But all that's happening now, this boy, and his senior brother, seem to genuinely care for her...

She originally only wanted to use them, but they actually took it seriously.

A cool breeze stirred, causing the bamboo shadows to sway. She pulled her clothes tighter, turned, and went back into the bamboo house.

……

The next morning, Duanli told her that everything was taken care of, and then she went to find the head of the gang to give him a proper "makeover".

The leader watched as Xiao Ran tidied his hair, changed him into a black robe, and put a cloak on him.

"...It's just going to see the third brother, I know how to handle it." The leader was somewhat resistant.

“Boss, you don’t understand.” Xiao Ran rummaged through his small bag as he replied, “If you were the third boss and you got bitten by a snake, would you be afraid of those well ropes?”

After hearing this, the leader understood what Xiao Ran meant.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Having spent so many years with the Third Master, he had come to understand his temperament quite well. But he never expected that an outsider who had only been there for a few days would understand him better than he did. He couldn't help but admire this general's daughter.

Xiao Ran didn't understand what the leader was thinking. She only knew that he didn't refute her, so she took it as his consent. She took out the water chestnuts she had collected that day and handed them over, saying, "When you get to the agreed location, please eat this. It will change your voice for a moment."

Seeing that the leader was still somewhat doubtful, she said, "Don't worry, leader, this won't have any side effects."

The leader then put it into his arms.

Xiao Ran glanced out the window at the sky; it seemed to be about time.

He then grabbed the boy beside him and the leader, and they set off.