I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"Your throat was just slit by that man in black, but I've glued it back on!"

"But it's only temporary. You can't move your neck too much right now. Go to the hospital as soon as possible."

"Of course, if you want to die, it's simple, just sing a couple of tenor lines."

"If you trust me, don't tell anyone what just happened here, especially since you've seen me!"

Qin Ge left as soon as he finished speaking, unhurried and unconcerned, and no one dared to stop him.

Lin Chen and the others stood there dumbfounded, still pondering what Qin Ge had just said.

What does it mean to "stick it back on"? It sounds simple, but why is it so difficult to understand?

Is that literal?

If someone's throat is cut, can it be glued back together? How? With glue?

Many people instinctively reached up to touch their necks, feeling a chill run down their spines. Could it be a ghost?

"Lin Yao is still alive!"

Qin Ge's voice came from the darkness.

Lin Chen suddenly looked up in the direction from which Qin Ge's voice came, his eyes welling up with tears.

......

As Du Ruo and Gui Ying ran, they cursed Gu Qingya, that old fox, in their hearts. He usually looked like a venerable elder, but when there was danger, he ran faster than anyone else!

The three of them walked around Jinling one after the other, and only after confirming that they were not being followed did they head to Lin Yuan's villa.

"Why did Mr. Gu come back alone, and in such a... disheveled state?"

"Is something not going well?"

When Lin Yuan saw Gu Qingya return and silently pick up the teapot to drink tea, looking quite disheveled, he was immediately very surprised.

At the same time, I also felt a vague sense of unease.

After Gu Qingya finished his tea and was panting heavily, he rested for a while before Du Ruo and Gui Ying returned to the villa one after the other.

"What exactly happened? Tell me quickly!"

"This is driving me crazy!"

The more silent Gu Qingya remained, the more anxious Lin Yuan became.

"Mr. Gu is truly vigorous for his age! He runs so fast, I couldn't catch up even with all my might!"

Du Ruo spoke in a sarcastic tone, her words full of sarcasm.

"You're all slow to react, do you expect me to die with you?"

Gu Qingya maintained her composure, trying to save face, but she also felt a little embarrassed.

"Stop saying that!"

He changed the subject, "Go and call Xie Bingning downstairs, ask her what exactly happened!"

"This is really strange, how is Qin Ge still alive?"

"Mr. Gu, what did you just say?" Lin Yuan nearly fell out of his wheelchair. "Qin Ge is still alive?!"

"Didn't you go to kill Lin Chen? Why are you suddenly dragging Qin Ge into this? And how could he still be alive? Could there be a mistake?"

"And Lin Chen, did you kill him?"

Gu Qingya's face darkened. "We wanted Qin Ge dead even more than you do, but unfortunately, he's still alive!"

"I don't know how he survived that explosion, but I couldn't have been wrong. Even if I were wrong, it's impossible for three people to be wrong at the same time!"

"And we all underestimated him. That kid is even more unpredictable than we thought, his strength is unfathomable!"

He was still reeling from the shock of Qin Ge kicking Liu Yuzhou; that kick, though it landed on Liu Yuzhou, felt like it had struck his heart.

"Mr. Gu is telling the truth," Du Ruo said, then recounted the situation they had just encountered to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan was completely numb, and his broken leg started to hurt again.

Gu Qingya and his group failed to kill Lin Chen on this trip, but instead Qin Ge "lived". Could there be a worse situation than this?

"No, Lin Chen is dead." The taciturn ghostly figure spoke up. "I'm certain that my blade severed his throat; there's no way he could have survived!"

"Really?" Lin Yuan immediately became excited; finally, some good news!

Although he also wanted Qin Ge dead, whether Lin Chen was still alive was of paramount importance to him.

As for Qin Ge, that's a headache for Mo Yitang; he doesn't need to worry about it too much.

Gu Qingya suddenly felt a chill run down her spine as she thought of something. "Oh no! Did you two notice if anyone was following you when you came back?"

Before Du Ruo and the others could respond, the others had already rushed out of the villa.

Holy crap!

"This old man is trying to abandon us and run away again!"

Du Ruo cursed and stormed into the villa, with Ghost Shadow close behind.

Lin Yuan froze in his wheelchair upon witnessing this sudden turn of events.

No, can you treat me like a human being? Does no one care whether I live or die?

After rushing outside the villa, Gu Qingya leaped onto the roof, looked around, and carefully examined the surroundings.

Did you misunderstand him?

Du Ruo and Gui Ying stopped outside the villa, looked up at Gu Qingya on the roof, and then looked at each other.

Both of them were quite embarrassed.

Am I overthinking it?

Gu Qingya felt that Qin Ge's appearance at Qixing Bay was definitely not a coincidence. He knew that Lin Chen would be going to Qixing Bay tonight and that someone would make a move against Lin Chen, so he waited there!

If that's the case, Lin Chen's appearance at Seven Star Bay was premeditated. It's very likely that he and Qin Ge set up a trap to lure them into making a move!

If they set a trap but didn't have sufficient preparations to capture them on the spot, then Qin Ge should have been tracking them down.

I dare not say for sure, but it shouldn't be difficult for Qin Ge to track down any one of them, right?

Gu Qingya breathed a sigh of relief when she thought of Lin Chen's situation at the time.

Qin Ge's actions at the time were a bit strange; it seemed as if she was treating Lin Chen.

His thoughts suddenly became clear: Qin Ge must be using Lin Chen as bait to play the "mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind" trick.

But none of them expected that there was such a ghostly figure that caught them completely off guard.

Whether Qin Ge intended to kill them on the spot or secretly track them, he had no choice but to give up if he wanted to save Lin Chen.

Gu Qingya is now wondering if a person whose throat has been cut can really be saved without any medical equipment.

"Is Mr. Gu worried that someone is tracking us?"

Du Ruo saw Gu Qingya fall from the roof and took the initiative to talk to her, "Don't worry, we circled around for a long time to make sure no one was following us before we came back."

"Mr. Gu, what should we do now?"

"You already reported to your superiors that Qin Ge is dead, right?"

Gu Qingya raised her eyelids, making no attempt to hide her disgust for Du Ruo, "Just say what you want to say!"

Du Ruo gave an awkward laugh and lowered her voice, "Mr. Gu, if the higher-ups find out that Qin Ge is not dead, we will definitely be held accountable."

"You are highly senior, a veteran of the Moyi Hall, so you should know the severe punishment we would face in this situation."

"Instead of us all being punished, let's find someone to take responsibility!"

As he spoke, he pointed upwards.

Gu Qingya narrowed his eyes slightly. "You want Xie Bingning to take the blame?"

"That's right!" Du Ruo nodded. "But it's not like she's taking the blame. She was the one who said Qin Ge was dead."

"She was the only one who saw Qin Ge's condition at the time, so maybe she's been lying to us all along!"