Chapter 269: Concept of the Trap

The moment he found this letter, Lu Yunze ran to find the two people in the Living Room, then placed the letter on the table.

“The countdown has reached zero. So it really is tonight?” Luo Yao frowned.

“We need to be more alert. What should we do now?” Luo Yao asked.

“How about we split up?”

Lu Yunze’s idea was that if tonight really was the time for that Secret Arts Practitioner’s attack, then there were far too few places they could watch while gathered here.

Their opponent was a Secret Arts Practitioner who could control Puppets.

The Puppets were small, making it easy for them to launch attacks from unexpected places.

It would be better to spread out a little, investigate the residence first, and then guard Official Liu’s Bedroom from different directions.

“Where are Jiang Sui and Dong Youer?” Lu Yunze suddenly remembered them.

“I sent them outside.” Luo Yao seemed proud of her arrangement. “One in the Front Yard, one in the backyard. We’ll keep in contact at all times. If anyone loses contact, something has happened.”

“…” Lu Yunze was silent for a long time, only giving a slight nod.

After a quick discussion, they immediately split up and went to their respective posts.

Luo Yao went to find the other person in the residence, Aunt Li.

Luo Heng went outside to find Jiang Sui and Dong Youer and inspect the Courtyard with them.

As for Lu Yunze, he was responsible for the area around the Hall, and after investigating, he would guard the main entrance.

She knocked on the door, expecting to wait a long time, but unexpectedly Aunt Li came to open the door very quickly.

“Is something wrong?”

“You haven’t slept yet?”

“No. With so many things happening in this house recently, I’m too scared to sleep.”

After confirming her expression was not an act, Luo Yao comforted her that nothing would happen, then turned and went to check the other rooms.

While they were all busy, inside Official Liu’s Bedroom, the sleeping father and daughter lay on the bed, completely unaware of the commotion outside.

Just then, Official Liu’s daughter, Lili, opened her eyes without warning.

Her originally bright, lively big eyes were now devoid of luster, yet shining with an eerie light.

She climbed out of her father’s arm and pressed herself onto Official Liu. Then she reached out toward his neck and slowly applied force.

“Hmm, Lili, what’s wrong? Do you need to use the bathroom… mmph?!”

Official Liu, whose sleep had been disturbed, saw his daughter’s lusterless eyes and was instantly shocked awake.

He tried to struggle, but found his neck was being gripped tightly, leaving him unable to move.

The strength coming from his daughter’s hands far exceeded that of a child just over 10 years old.

No matter how hard he tried, he could not move those hands from his neck.

‘Not good…! Someone tampered with Lili—when did that happen?!’

The situation had suddenly reached its worst point, and Lu Yunze and the others were still outside foolishly keeping watch!

Official Liu wanted to call for help, but his red, choked throat could only make croaking sounds, like a fish stranded on shore.

‘I-I’m dying!’

Just as Official Liu’s consciousness was about to fall into darkness, the Bedroom’s glass window suddenly shattered.

Jiang Sui leaped in from outside, rolled on the ground, and sprang up.

When her gaze locked onto the father and daughter on the bed, she rushed forward and grabbed Lili’s shoulders, pushing her off Official Liu.

The rescued Official Liu immediately gulped down fresh air, then pointed at Jiang Sui:

“Don’t—don’t hurt my daughter.”

Jiang Sui was stunned for a moment at those words, and Lili seized the chance to turn around, reaching her hand directly toward Jiang Sui’s neck.

‘Wait, is this the strength a child should have?’

Jiang Sui found that her own strength seemed no match for the little girl in front of her.

With a loud bang, the Bedroom door was forced open, and Lu Yunze rushed in.

Seeing that Official Liu was okay, he let out a breath of relief, but when he saw Lili and Jiang Sui, he immediately gasped again.

Lu Yunze stepped forward and grabbed Lili by the back collar, lifting her up like a little lamb.

“Don’t hurt my daughter!” Official Liu let out another scream.

“It’s fine. I’m more worried she’ll hurt me.”

Although Lili’s strength had somehow become greater than an adult’s, in front of Lu Yunze it was insignificant.

She could only dangle in the air, flailing wildly and occasionally swiping at Lu Yunze.

“What’s going on? Why has your daughter become like this?”

“I-I want to know too.” Official Liu was scared witless.

To control her better, Lu Yunze had Official Liu bring a blanket, wrapped Lili inside it, and tied it in a dead knot, then let her roll and struggle on the bed.

Just then, Lu Yunze noticed what seemed to be a gaze from outside the door.

He turned to look, and the other party immediately withdrew their gaze.

“Got you!”

Lu Yunze left this place to Jiang Sui and Official Liu, ran out of the Bedroom alone, and directly chased after that figure.

Unexpectedly, the other party was quite agile.

When Lu Yunze chased out into the Corridor, he only saw a broken window. After weighing it for a moment, he still chose to pursue.

Meanwhile, Jiang Sui and Official Liu, left in the Bedroom, were still struggling to control the frenzied Lili.

“Lili, I’m your father. You wouldn’t really hurt me… Ouch! Stop biting, that hurts!”

Official Liu’s family appeal failed, and Lili even bit his ear, nearly tearing off a chunk of flesh.

In pain, Official Liu rolled on the ground, crying bitterly.

Unable to bear it any longer, Jiang Sui quietly took a small bottle of Poisonous Potion from her Storage Bracelet, then, while he was not paying attention, held it under Lili’s nose.

After breathing in the sweet, drowsy gas, Lili’s movements quickly slowed, then her eyes rolled back and she fell into a deep sleep.

“Great!”

Jiang Sui had just put the Poisonous Potion away when she heard Official Liu’s voice of surprise.

It seemed there was no longer any danger here. Jiang Sui got up and headed out, intending to chase after Lu Yunze.

As soon as she stepped out into the Corridor, Jiang Sui saw Aunt Li coming down from upstairs.

“What happened? It was so noisy.”

“Nothing. A thief just got in.”

“Oh, is that so? Just a thief. I thought it was something else with all that noise.” Aunt Li laughed, then went into the Kitchen and poured herself some water to drink.

Luo Heng and Dong Youer also hurried back one after another and learned what had just happened from Jiang Sui.

“Using a child like that is despicable.” Luo Heng said angrily. “What should we do now?”

“Why don’t we stick to the original Plan and continue guarding the places we’re responsible for?” Dong Youer suddenly spoke.

“It feels… like not a very good suggestion.” Luo Heng was still hesitating.

“It’s better than staying here, right?”

“Yeah, you’re right.”

‘Do we still need to split up at a time like this?’

Jiang Sui watched their departing backs, somewhat speechless.

‘I can’t help but feel Dong Youer’s mind still isn’t nimble enough. Isn’t this creating a chance for them to pick us off one by one?’

“By the way, where’s my little sister?”

Luo Heng suddenly remembered something and stopped in his tracks.

“Luo Yao?”

“Lu Yunze said she went upstairs to check. Where is she?”

Luo Yao still had not returned. The most noteworthy place upstairs was the nanny, Aunt Li, and Lu Yunze had specifically warned about this.

At the mention of the nanny, Jiang Sui’s gaze immediately went to Aunt Li.

By now she had been drinking water in the Kitchen for quite a while, and still showed no intention of leaving.

The corner of Aunt Li’s mouth curved into a faint smile.

An ominous premonition rose in Jiang Sui’s heart.

Luo Heng was just about to speak when they heard a muffled sound from behind.

The two turned to look and found that outside the floor-to-ceiling window, icy gazes had gathered at some point, densely packed and all fixed on them.

Puppets. They were all Puppets.

Jiang Sui snapped back to her senses and dodged the cleaver attack from Aunt Li behind her.

“Tsk, I didn’t expect you to be so sharp.” Aunt Li said as she retreated.

“You’re the Secret Arts Practitioner who sent the letter?”

If it was one of their own, they certainly had the ability to do such a thing.

All the abnormalities in this residence had come from the hands of someone Official Liu would never expect.

Aunt Li chuckled. “I don’t quite understand how Gu Lan died at your hands. I might as well finish you off while I’m at it.”

As she spoke, her feet floated up, and she drifted in midair.

The Secret Arts Practitioner raised her hand.

Around fingers so slender they did not seem to belong to a middle-aged woman, faintly visible threads were wrapped.

With a wave of her hand, the Puppets outside the window broke through the glass, like a surging tide, directly drowning Jiang Sui and Luo Heng.

“Got you!”

Lu Yunze, who had chased the person into the Small Forest, had finally caught this fellow.

With no other choice, he first used the Heavy Sword to break his leg bone, then pinned him to the ground.

“Let me see just who you really are…”

Lu Yunze flipped the person over and was immediately stunned.

‘Why does this person have the same face as a Puppet?’

‘No, this is a Puppet. I’ve been tricked!’

Before Lu Yunze could even get up, the Puppet opened its mouth and spat out a long string of white threads.

They quickly surrounded Lu Yunze, gradually forming a closed cocoon that trapped him inside.

The space inside the cocoon continued to shrink, and Lu Yunze could not even swing his Heavy Sword.

Just as he was agonizing over it, the cocoon actually split open on its own.

Lu Yunze, free once more, had just raised his Heavy Sword when he stopped moving.

“It’s you…!”

“Don’t just stand there. Hurry back and save them.”

Standing in front of Lu Yunze, having crushed the Puppet’s head underfoot, was Mr. Yan Chen, whom he had not seen for one year.