Chapter 744: The True Mastermind

Chapter 744: Chapter 744: The True Mastermind

"Lu Hao? Mr. Lu? How come you’re here, where are Su Jin and the others?"

Qiao asked in surprise, relieved that Lu Hao was alright, which meant the Heart Talk Team must also be unharmed.

"They’re up ahead,"

Lu Hao replied.

Watching Mel cry and wail on the ground, Lu Hao, irritated by the noise, knocked him out with a hand-chop.

"So... what exactly happened?"

Trying to piece it together, Morris asked, while from inside Xius’s estate, there was a cacophony of screams.

"Let’s go,"

Lu Hao pointed towards the direction of the screams and said.

The screams grew louder, and the uninformed even thought there might be another Zombie Cockroach siege again. Thus, more and more people ran out from their homes, trying to understand what precisely was happening.

"This is bad! Chieftain Xius has gone mad, he’s actually running around naked!"

One of the people rushing past Qiao and his group shouted.

"..."

Qiao, in disbelief, looked towards the direction where several people were running. What did they just say?

Chieftain Xius running around naked?

"Am I hearing things?"

Reese asked, wondering if this was actually just a dream.

"Here he comes!"

Amidst the uproar, the crowd in front parted, and a man, not wearing a stitch, ran right past them.

Was that not Xius himself?!

"..."

Lu Hao also frowned—could it be that Xiao Jin and the others used too much of the substance?

He hoped Xiao Jin didn’t see anything she shouldn’t have...

Many women screamed, and Bard silently stepped in front of Bella to shield her.

"Mr. Lu, this...?"

Qiao didn’t know what to say, and was also worried others around might hear something, his face a picture of incredulity as he watched Xius run off.

Could this be the handiwork of the Heart Talk Team?

Inside the Xius estate, there was already a gathering of people, including Elder Russell and what looked like the Heart Talk Team who had just arrived on the scene.

"What on earth is going on here!"

Lina, her face flushed, demanded to know.

"Never mind that for now. Why hasn’t anyone stopped Chieftain Xius?!"

Elder Russell asked angrily.

"We... we don’t know either, we just opened our doors when we heard the alarm, and we saw Chieftain Xius, stark naked, standing in the room, and then there was Vice Elder Mo Fei—he..."

The patrolling guards stammered out.

"What was Mo Fei doing there too?"

Russell inquired.

"He was pouring coffee over his own face, cursing and dancing at the same time..."

The guard pointed towards the room’s door, explaining that Chieftain Xius had run out as if mad when they opened the door, and they had also tried to reason with Vice Elder Mo Fei, to no avail.

"You few, bring Chieftain Xius back. Qiao, you take your friends from the Heart Talk Team and come with me to see Vice Elder Mo Fei,"

Elder Russell instructed.

Lina didn’t wait around; she ran out with a few guards, agreeing with Elder Russell—maintaining the Nickle Family’s reputation was vital.

"Yes, Elder,"

Qiao forced himself to remain composed, noting that everyone from the Heart Talk Team seemed alright.

The moment the giant doors swung open, a string of curses came hurling out:

"You hard-faced mule Russell Marshall, thinking you can climb over my head. You wouldn’t even qualify to be my booger~"

Mo Fei was still pointing at a carved lamp, cursing up a storm, completely oblivious to the people who had entered the room.

"..."

Reese and the others sneaked glances at Elder Russell, and now they felt a bit of sympathy for him.

"All right, kids, thank you for letting me out,"

Elder Russell ignored Mo Fei, who was still furiously cursing, and said to the members of the Heart Talk Team with a smile.

"Elder Russell, it’s what we should do. Didn’t you also send someone to notify us?"

Su Jin said with a smile.

"I’m getting old, I was so anxious that I didn’t think of the twists and turns and wasn’t able to be of any help to you,"

Elder Russell said apologetically.

"Old and stinky Russell, hee hee hee, you’re going straight to hell soon!"

Mo Fei kept on cursing nonstop, and even Qiao couldn’t stand it anymore, so he knocked Mo Fei out.

"Mr. Qiao, Elder Russell, sorry, but we’re a bit tired as well and are going to rest first. Is it okay if we leave this place in your hands?"

Su Jin said with a sleepy face, as she was genuinely tired, having completed a day’s worth of tasks already.

"Ah, of course, you can, thank you so much for today. I will personally visit tomorrow to express my gratitude,"

Qiao quickly said.

"Right, there are a few Little Cuties lying in the basement; they won’t come looking for trouble with us again, will they?"

Su Jin asked with a smile. The Hansons were still lying downstairs, and Qiqi had confirmed that Shalin was already dead.

"Miss Su, please be assured, we will handle it properly on our end,"

Elder Russell replied first.

"That’s good then, see you tomorrow,"

Su Jin then left the scene with her family, and to everyone else, they were just a group of onlookers.

"Do we really not need to worry about that person named Xius anymore?"

Su Xiangzhe asked worriedly.

"We did feed him a whole bottle of hallucinogens. I think it’ll be at least ten days to half a month before he wakes up,"

Huang Yunxiang also said. Back in H province, Guan Shouzhong had only used a few drops on Yang Xingye, and that made him confess everything.

"Don’t worry about it. Someone probably had already anticipated this step, and they’ll handle the aftermath perfectly,"

Lu Hao said.

"Hmm? What do you mean? Who’s still scheming against us?"

Lu Guanhai’s ears perked up immediately. Could it be they still had some unresolved scum?

"Russell,"

Su Jin said slowly with a smile, uttering two words.

"Him? Wasn’t he also placed under house arrest? Plus, he found someone to tip us off,"

Lin Cheng also felt it strange; that Russell seemed to have no issues.

"Imagine for a moment, if it weren’t for that tip-off, how could we have lured Qiao away, and how could I have smoothly moved on to the next step?"

Lu Hao hinted.

"So... that tip-off wasn’t just known by Russell, but even Xius and Mo Fei were aware of it, which is why they played into the plan and sent Shalin to meet us?"

Lin Xiuyuan seemed to have understood something but also felt like he didn’t quite grasp the whole picture.

"Yes, the tip-off man Vitos is problematic, and Russell knew about it long ago,"

Lu Hao said.

"Goodness, it’s too complicated; I won’t guess anymore. So what exactly does Russell intend? He does not seem to plan any harm against us?"

Lin Cheng felt his brain wasn’t quite enough for this, but since there were others in the family with sharper minds, he might as well leave it to them and just ask for the outcome.

"He is using us to take down Xius and Mo Fei, and perhaps his next move is to help Qiao rise to power,"

Su Jin said.

Elder Russell might not have done anything harmful to them, even going so far as to protect them at times, but dealing with such a person required even more caution; because everyone in this drama was probably just a pawn in his game.

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