Chapter 1083: No More Waiting, Leave Now

Seeing him genuinely not hiding anything, Xinyan asked the last question: "Where are you taking me?"

Sun Ming didn’t dare hide the truth and directly revealed the location.

Only then did she toss the stick aside and waved to the people in the shadows: "Take care of these people."

After that, she strode out of the alley.

Her mind repeatedly pondered over the recent conversation—why would the Xue Family act against her? What is their relationship with the other three families, and did the Xue Family have any involvement in the Gu Family incident, playing any particular role?

Looking at the sky, it seemed she would be busy tonight.

Leaving the alley, she sensed that someone was following her: "You don’t need to follow me. Tell my dad exactly what happened and convey a message for me—I’ll be staying at the small courtyard tonight and will return after finishing things tomorrow."

The followers didn’t reveal themselves: "How can that be? What if they have backup and something happens to you? We couldn’t explain it to the gentleman."

Xinyan certainly couldn’t let them tag along; she intended to explore the place Sun Ming mentioned at night herself. If she brought them, she couldn’t use the space to cheat, which would be even more dangerous.

So she pretended to be displeased: "Those people just now—I subdued them all by myself. Do you think anything could happen to me? Hurry back and pass the message, don’t delay things."

The person hesitated; after all, before coming out, they received instructions from the gentleman to cooperate with the lady and capture the people. Unless absolutely necessary, they shouldn’t show themselves and should follow the lady’s commands.

Seeing the lady was adamant, they had no choice but to agree: "Alright, then please take care."

After sending them away, she found a secluded spot and entered the space. First, she had a hearty meal, then changed her appearance to the point that even her own father wouldn’t recognize her.

When she exited the space, she brought out a bicycle and headed towards the place Sun Ming mentioned.

She knew if those people couldn’t wait much longer, they would surely realize the situation was exposed and quickly withdraw from there.

So she had to hurry over.

She didn’t ask about the Xue Family because she had heard Jiang Peiqin mention the Xue Family’s general situation several times before, so she knew about it.

The Xue Family no longer lived in the grand courtyard but instead stayed at their ancestral residence in Beijing.

Jiang Peiqin mentioned that the courtyard was quite large, a six-part courtyard, and she had been fortunate to visit once.

When she arrived at the place, dusk had fallen. First, she stored the bicycle in the space before going inside. As she approached the target area, she overheard someone speaking not far away: "Heizi, why haven’t they brought the person back yet?"

"It should be soon. Don’t forget, they mentioned the girl has some skills and might take some effort."

"I’m just afraid they might fail. Once we alert the enemy, it’ll be difficult to find another opportunity."

"Oh, Xiao Liu, you’re even using idioms now?"

"Come on, I’m discussing serious matters with you, and you’re still in the mood for jokes."

No need to search further; from this conversation, it’s clear those looking for her must be in this courtyard.

Xinyan didn’t head toward the source of the voices but went around to the back of the house, climbed onto a branch by the courtyard wall, took a good look at the situation inside, then hopped down into the courtyard.

However, when she landed, she stepped on something, making a sound.

As a voice called out from the front, "Who’s there?"

Xinyan quickly picked up the broken stick and wiped away the traces, then instantly entered the space with the item.

Not long after she entered the space, two people approached: "Did you hear wrong?"

"Impossible, I clearly heard a noise."

"Probably it was some disturbance from the other courtyards next door; you’re too nervous and misheard."

"We should carefully inspect again, better safe than sorry."

The two men did another round, finding nothing suspicious happened. Only then did they turn back to the front courtyard.

Xinyan, afraid they might return, waited in the space for a while, confirmed they wouldn’t return, then exited the space.

She crouched and moved to the front courtyard, hiding in a patch of shadow. After confirming no one was coming out, she cautiously approached the window, hearing someone inside say: "Wait for another hour. If they haven’t returned, we must withdraw."

Someone responded: "What if something has happened to them, what then?"

"What can we do? In this line of work, we all have our heads in the noose."

"Those are our brothers. Are we just going to abandon them like that?"

"Heizi, hasn’t this been known all along?

Do you want to drag everyone down?

You should understand that once exposed, rescue is impossible unless you want to join them."

The man seated at the head of the table bore a grave expression: "Alright, stop arguing. Isn’t this a critical moment? Can’t you focus on the big picture?"

After speaking, he slapped the table: "Don’t wait any longer; withdraw now. We can’t stay here any longer."