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"Master!"

"Cai Qingyi and Le Fei...they're back!"

Jiang Yi rushed over to report.

"Who did you say came back?"

Jiang Xianjue actually heard it clearly, but he doubted that there was something wrong with his ears.

Cai Qingyi suddenly lost contact with Qin Ge, and even her family disappeared. Le Fei was "kidnapped" by Qin Ge just yesterday. How did the two of them come back together?

"It's Cai Qingyi and Le Fei!" Jiang Yi repeated. "They're already waiting outside, saying they want to see you, Patriarch."

"See me? Did they say what it's about?" Jiang Xianjue's mind raced. "Where's Qin Ge?"

"Where is he now? Did he come along too?"

Jiang Yi shook his head, "There were only Cai Qingyi and Le Fei, but we didn't see Qin Ge."

"Master, have you forgotten?"

"You just said yesterday that we should stop interfering in Qin Ge's affairs, and we don't know Qin Ge's current whereabouts."

"Why did they suddenly come back at this time..." Jiang Xianjue pondered for a moment, "Bring them over!"

A dozen minutes later, Jiang Yi led Cai Qingyi and Le Fei to Jiang Xianjue's study.

"Master, the person has been brought here."

Jiang Yi tactfully left the study, closed the door, and stood guard outside.

Jiang Xianjue scrutinized Cai Qingyi and the other woman, then suddenly slammed his fist on the table in anger, "You two have quite the nerve!"

"You betrayed the Jiang family and dare to come back? Do you think I'm too old to lift a sword?"

Cai Qingyi and Le Fei both felt a pang of fear, exchanged a glance, and neither of them spoke.

They all felt like they had been tricked, that they had actually believed Qin Ge's lies and dared to come back to negotiate with Jiang Xianjue!

Who is Jiang Xianjue? He's the head of the Jiang family, someone they used to rarely even get to see!

Standing opposite Jiang Xianjue, they felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on them. Sitting was out of the question. They wondered if kneeling down would make them feel more comfortable.

"Master, I... I didn't betray the Jiang family, did I? Yesterday I had no choice..."

Le Fei needs to be a bit bolder.

"Unable to do as one pleases?" Jiang Xianjue's eyes widened in anger, his voice laced with sarcasm. "To collude with Qin Ge to massacre the Jiang family, is that also being unable to do as one pleases?"

"And you!"

He pointed at Cai Qingyi, "You suddenly disappeared without a trace and quietly moved your family. Do you dare say you weren't acting out of guilt? Do you dare say you didn't betray us?"

"Qin Ge didn't kill Sister Ling and the others!" Le Fei became agitated. "Black is black, white is white. We won't deny what we did, but we won't take the blame for what we didn't do!"

"We did something wrong, and we accept whatever punishment we face, but why drag our families into it?"

"What did Sister Qingyi's family do that you actually sent people to deal with them? Aren't you afraid of disheartening countless people like us who work for the Jiang family?"

She was about to speak again when Cai Qingyi tugged at her arm, "Feifei..."

"I didn't say anything wrong, I..." Le Fei's last breath was released when Cai Qingyi pulled her like that.

She glanced at Jiang Xianjue, feeling a little flustered and scared. Had she been too brave just now?

Le Fei was genuinely scared, but she was also genuinely angry.

Last night, after learning what Cai Qingyi had gone through, she immediately bit Qin Ge and was deeply disappointed by the Jiang family's actions.

To their surprise, Jiang Xianjue wasn't angry; he just looked a little strange.

After a long silence, he sighed. "It seems neither of you intends to continue working for the Jiang family. So why did you come back today? Just to tell me that Qin Ge didn't kill anyone?"

Le Fei gritted her teeth and forced a smile, saying, "Patriarch, I got a little agitated just now and spoke without thinking, but Sister Ling and the others really weren't killed by Qin Ge!"

"I was by Qin Ge's side all day yesterday..."

Jiang Xianjue raised his hand to stop her from continuing, "I know, I knew it the moment you appeared in front of us, it wasn't Qin Ge who killed you."

"You two entered the Jiang family when you were teenagers, so I know your character and personality quite well."

"You may have to make unavoidable decisions in special circumstances, but I believe you have a bottom line."

He stared at Le Fei. "I don't believe you can just stand by and watch Qin Ge slaughter his own comrades!"

"Since you are still alive and can return to the Jiang family, it is enough to prove that Qin Ge was not the one who killed him."

"Enough of that. Tell me, what brings you all back to see me?"

"Thank you for your understanding, Patriarch." Cai Qingyi felt very ashamed, and at the same time, she realized that the Patriarch had really changed a lot.

"We came back to deliver a message from Qin Ge: he wants to cooperate with the Jiang family."

She sorted out her thoughts, "Qin Ge judged that the one who killed Sister Ling and the others was a master, most likely one that the Jiang family couldn't handle."

"So he wanted to make a deal with the Jiang family. The Jiang family would be responsible for finding out who the murderer was. If they found that the Jiang family really couldn't handle it, he could step in to help."

Qin Ge had carefully considered the deaths of Guan Ling and the others, and he felt that the key to breaking through was likely the missing heart!

The killer couldn't have taken the heart for no reason; there must have been some purpose or use, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

The Jiang family is well-informed and has a deep background. They have seen many strange things, and perhaps they are the only ones who can find the murderer.

"Is what you're saying really Qin Ge's idea?" Jiang Xianjue was greatly surprised. "As far as I know, Qin Ge isn't the kind of person who repays evil with kindness!"

"The Jiang family treated him this way, yet he's turning around and helping them. What are his conditions?"

Cai Qingyi blushed slightly, glanced at Le Fei, and said, "He...he wants both of us."

"Qin Ge said that if the family head agrees, as long as the Jiang family can find the murderer, whoever it is, he will do everything in his power to eliminate them!"

"From the moment the deal was completed, Le Fei and I are no longer members of the Jiang family, and the Jiang family must not cause trouble for us or our family members."

"If the Jiang family fails to find the murderer, the same thing will happen!"

"You guys?" Jiang Xianjue was stunned for a while, then his old face twitched, his expression was quite interesting.

Qin Ge went through all this trouble just for these two girls?

If the murderer is someone the Jiang family can't handle, then is he really that confident that he can deal with him?

Is it worth it for two women?

Cai Qingyi and Le Fei were just two of the countless spies in the Jiang family. In Cai Qingyi's words, they were just ordinary spies, very ordinary.

Is it really because I'm too old and can't keep up with the thinking of young people?

Jiang Xianjue kept looking at Cai Qingyi and the other girl. Could it be that these two girls had some kind of shining point that he had never noticed before?

He would never know that Qin Ge was simply a sucker for good looks!

If Cai Qingyi and Le Fei hadn't been so good-looking, they would have been slapped away long ago, and none of this would have happened.

The Jiang family thought the two of them were ordinary, but Qin Ge didn't think so.