CHAPTER 25: CHAPTER 25: DOU HAICHUAN

Although Chen Fei didn’t understand why Lu Xiao was so magnanimous towards Qin Kai, she didn’t pursue the matter further.

"By the way, Mr. Lu, I’ve already made contact with the Hall Master. I’ll set up a time with him tomorrow," Chen Fei changed the subject.

"That quick? Wasn’t it supposed to take two days?" Lu Xiao was somewhat surprised.

"We got lucky, the Hall Master replied very quickly."

"I see. Since it’s just a matter of these next two days, I’ll stay at your place for now, you have a house, right?" Lu Xiao asked.

Chen Fei and Chen Han looked at Lu Xiao simultaneously, their expressions somewhat strange.

Why does it feel like you’re just freeloading?

"Mr. Lu, you’re not falling for my sister, are you?" Chen Han analyzed the reason from another tricky perspective.

"Shut up!" Chen Fei glared at Chen Han.

Lu Xiao sized up Chen Fei from head to toe.

Truth be told, Chen Fei was quite attractive, although her figure was rather slender and flat.

By his estimate, one Qin Youling could overshadow her by a factor of three...

"Don’t listen to your brother spouting nonsense, that kid’s too cheeky," Lu Xiao coughed lightly and said.

Chen Han was stunned, "Bro, when you say ’that kid’s too cheeky,’ should ’cheeky’ be read as two separate words in reverse order?"

Lu Xiao: ⊙０⊙ I didn’t say that.

As for Chen Fei, she looked down at herself, her face instantly blushing red.

...

Half an hour later, Lu Xiao followed the siblings into a villa.

The villa wasn’t very big, just two floors with a basement.

The decor of the villa was quite nice though, modern yet luxurious, simple and high-end.

Since no bedding had been prepared in advance, Lu Xiao spent the night in Chen Han’s room.

As for Chen Han, his sister had kicked him down to the sofa on the ground floor.

Lu Xiao only woke up leisurely around nine-thirty the next morning; he hadn’t really slept well at all in his five years in the military.

After a quick wash, Lu Xiao went downstairs.

In the living room, Chen Han was wrapped in a blanket, curled up on the sofa watching TV.

"Mr. Lu, you’re up," Chen Han immediately stood up when he saw Lu Xiao.

"Where’s your sister?" Lu Xiao asked casually.

"She went to meet the Hall Master and hasn’t returned yet."

Lu Xiao glanced at the time; it was almost ten o’clock.

"What time did your sister leave?"

"A little after seven."

Lu Xiao’s brow furrowed slightly. Was setting up a meeting time taking this long necessary?

"Does that Hall Master live far away?" Lu Xiao asked again. Traffic in Hai City could be congested, so if the distance was significant, it would indeed take a lot of time.

"Not far, just in Jiujian Hall, about ten kilometers from here."

"Call your sister to ask," Lu Xiao said, feeling that something wasn’t quite right.

Actually, he had been a bit suspicious the night before, the Hall Master had replied too quickly.

Chen Han made three phone calls in succession, all unanswered.

"Jiujian Hall, is it? Let’s go." Lu Xiao didn’t waste time, putting on his coat and taking Chen Han with him out the door.

...

At Jiujian Hall’s No. 3 Cui Shan Residence, Chen Fei knelt on the floor, her hair disheveled, with a dagger stabbing her lower abdomen, blood dripping.

In front of Chen Fei stood a man in his thirties, tall with a sullen face.

"Conspiring with outsiders, leaking White Clothes Pavilion secrets, Chen Fei, you’ve really become more audacious," the man said, grabbing Chen Fei’s hair and yanking it viciously.

Chen Fei did not argue or deny.

She indeed had revealed some information about the White Clothes Pavilion to Lu Xiao, and Dou Haichuan was not wrong about that.

"That Lu Xiao is the target for assassination!"

"Assassinations by the White Clothes Pavilion always strive for a kill or be killed outcome."

"Not only did you break the rules, you even dared to set up a meeting with me on behalf of Lu Xiao!"

"What exactly did that Lu Xiao offer you?! Speak!"

Dou Haichuan squatted down, grabbed the dagger in Chen Fei’s lower abdomen, and forcefully stirred it.

Chen Fei’s face grew increasingly pale, and the intense pain almost made her faint.

"Hall Master Dou... Lu Xiao... is too strong, not... not suitable as an enemy, I was... considering the best for White Clothes Pavilion," Chen Fei struggled to explain.

Upon hearing her words, Dou Haichuan couldn’t help but let out a snort of derision.

Too strong? Unsuitable as an enemy?

Don’t you know that the White Clothes Pavilion has two Advanced Divine List experts?

I’ve looked at that Lu Xiao’s information; he’s just freshly discharged from the military.

A mere soldier at that, could he possibly be more formidable than those on the Divine List?