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

"Stop pressing it! You've pressed it three times already. If you wanted it to turn on, it would have turned on already!"

"If we keep pressing down, the security guards will come and arrest us."

"Such a big villa, even if the owner isn't home, there must be servants, right?"

Qin Ge scrutinized Shen Yulan with a meaningful smile. "Tell me honestly, are you lying to me? Do you actually not know the owner of this villa at all?"

"You randomly selected a villa, but you were unlucky and got an empty room!"

"I didn't!" Shen Yulan cried out, her neck turning red with anxiety. "My dad's friend, Uncle Fu Cheng, really lives here!"

"Wait a moment, I'll make a phone call!"

She was also wondering why no one opened the door; according to her memory, this was the place!

After telling Qin Ge that she was coming to the villa in Yunshan, Shen Yulan secretly sent a message to Fu Cheng's daughter, Fu Xixue, to let her know in advance and avoid the embarrassment of Qin Ge revealing the secret when she met them.

As expected, Qin Ge not only wanted to go to Villa No. 27 with her, but also wanted to stay there!

Fu Xixue didn't reply to the message, so Shen Yulan had no choice but to bite the bullet and ring the doorbell.

"If it doesn't work out, then forget it. Just come to the hotel with me."

Qin Ge was just playing around anyway. Even if he actually stayed, if he didn't feel comfortable, he would probably leave the next day.

"Who, who wants to go to a hotel with you!"

Shen Yulan spoke quickly, her face slightly flushed, "Uncle Fu and his family are out for dinner. It seems they just finished discussing some big project and are celebrating. They won't be back anytime soon."

"They just moved into this villa not long ago, and they haven't hired any servants yet. There's no one home. Should we wait?"

"What's wrong with coming to a hotel with me?" Qin Ge looked Shen Yulan up and down with a strange expression. "Are you getting the wrong idea?"

"If you have nowhere to stay, isn't it normal to stay in a hotel?"

What are you getting so excited about?

"It's like someone stepped on your tail!"

"But since we can stay here, let's wait!"

He pondered for a moment, "That's strange. You came all the way from Jinling to find someone without giving me any advance notice?"

"How come you didn't even know he wasn't home? It's like you decided to come over at the last minute."

The two left Yunshan Villa, found a random place to eat, and didn't return to Yunshan Villa until nine o'clock in the evening.

"Yu Lan is here!"

"You silly child, why didn't you tell us you were coming to Jiangcheng? You wouldn't even come over to have dinner with us."

Fu Cheng was tall and strong, and he was very enthusiastic towards Shen Yulan.

He quickly noticed Qin Ge. "Is this your friend?"

"Boy friend?"

"Hello Mr. Fu, I am Qin Ge." Qin Ge was surprised that Shen Yulan actually knew someone surnamed Fu who lived here. Judging from the brand-new decoration of the villa, it really looked like they had just moved in not long ago.

"No, no..."

"I'm pursuing Yu Lan, but she hasn't agreed yet, so we're not boyfriend yet."

Shen Yulan waved her hands repeatedly in denial, but was stunned when she heard Qin Ge's next words.

What the hell? When did he ever pursue me, and when did I ever disagree with him?

Shen Yulan was already starting to regret it. She wasn't good at dealing with someone like Fu Cheng, whom she knew but wasn't really close to, and it was already awkward enough.

Now that Qin Ge has interfered, things are even more awkward and troublesome.

How did you end up here?

"Sister Yulan, it's been a long time."

Fu Xixue stepped forward and greeted her, greatly easing Shen Yulan's embarrassment.

While exchanging pleasantries with Shen Yulan, Fu Cheng and his daughter Fu Xixue did not neglect Qin Ge, which could be considered quite warm and thoughtful.

Fu Cheng's wife, Jiang Mingyue, remained seated on the sofa the entire time without coming over or making a sound, only glancing at Qin Ge and Shen Yulan as they entered.

Qin Ge could read that look in his eyes.

That was the look of disdain in the eyes of a successful person when a poor relative came to seek refuge.

Well, instead of getting any benefits, he and Shen Yulan got a cold shoulder first.

Qin Ge, being thick-skinned, didn't care much; after all, it was indeed quite presumptuous of him to come and stay at someone else's house.

Late at night, a figure darted out of the Fu family's house and leaped away from the Yunshan villa area.

"Why did you ask me to meet you in a place like this? Did you want me to feed the mosquitoes?"

After leaving Yunshan Villa, Qin Ge quickly arrived at a forest park.

A tall figure stood beneath a large tree, as slender as a shadow.

It was Xie Bingning.

"Something's not right in Jiangcheng. The people from Moyi Hall probably already know you're here!"

Xie Bingning was dressed in a long-sleeved work shirt and trousers, with a long black cloth bag on her back, and her long legs were still very eye-catching.

"Are you that well-informed?"

"If that's the case, there's not much we can do. Do you have any news about Han Xiuyun?"

Qin Ge came to Jiangcheng to kill Han Xiuyun. Everything else was secondary. As long as he could find Han Xiuyun, he didn't care about being targeted by the Moyi Hall.

If you can win, kill; if you can't, just run!

"I've been keeping an eye on Gu Yuexuan for several days now, but I haven't seen any familiar faces yet."

The Guyuexuan that Xie Bingning mentioned was an antique shop in the south of Jiangcheng, but it was actually the liaison center of the Xugou Division of the Moyitang.

Jiangcheng is the headquarters of the Xugou Division, and Xugou's Han Xiuyun is very likely in Jiangcheng, but Xie Bingning has never seen him in Jiangcheng.

Almost all of Xu Gou's mission orders were issued from Gu Yue Xuan, and Xie Bingning and the other assassins also received their missions from Gu Yue Xuan.

Although they now frequently use encrypted communication, they still retain this ancient way of doing things.

Old-fashioned people like Han Xiuyun especially like this model. For assassins like Gu Qingya and Xie Bingning, contacting Han Xiuyun is even more difficult than contacting headquarters!

Operating under the watchful eyes of the Shadow Martial Arts Hall, one can't afford to be careless, and an old fox like Han Xiuyun is especially cautious.

Xie Bingning's idea was to wait for a familiar face to appear at Gu Yuexuan's residence, then secretly follow him. If she was lucky, she might be able to find Han Xiuyun's hiding place.

"Moyi Hall is indeed cautious, but at this rate, when will we ever get there?"

Qin Ge didn't want to stay in Jiangcheng forever.

"If you're lucky, it might take ten days to half a month; if you're unlucky, it could take a year or two."

"I can't possibly know everyone around Han Xiuyun. If the people I've met don't show up, then there's nothing I can do."

Xie Bingning only remembered one or two people from previous missions, and she guessed that those people were responsible for carrying out Han Xiuyun's orders.

As an assassin, all she cares about is accepting missions and carrying them out; nothing else is her concern.

"A year and a half?!"

Qin Ge was taken aback, his brows furrowing. "Why don't we just arrest the person in charge of Gu Yue Xuan and force them to reveal Han Xiuyun's whereabouts?"

Xie Bingning shook her head, "This probably doesn't make much sense."

"Even if we wipe out Gu Yuexuan, we won't be able to catch anyone of significant importance."

"Leaving aside whether they're willing to recruit her or not, I don't think they even know where Han Xiuyun is!"

Qin Ge pondered for a moment, then said, "Never mind, you keep an eye on things for now. I'll go to Gu Yue Xuan in the next couple of days!"