Chapter 117 Confirmed

"You're very confident!" Gu Fei put it that way as a humble assessment of Jian Gui. In fact, what he saw in Jian Gui's tone and attitude was not just confidence, but absolute certainty. This made Gu Fei feel that Jian Gui and this girl named Ke Ke should have more than just an indirect relationship as a friend's girlfriend; they must already know each other well.

Sure enough, Jian Gui nodded and said, "Of course, we've been old friends for years!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Gu Fei urged.

"Aren't you going offline?" Jian Gui asked strangely.

"At a crucial moment, don't bring up such a buzzkill. It won't kill me to go offline a little later." A day ago, those were the words Xi Yao Wu used to yell at Gu Fei. It was clear that principles weren't set in stone; their owner could change them at any time.

Soon after Jian Gui contacted the girl, he led Gu Fei to continue on their way. The direction was completely opposite to the one they took to find Shui Shen, and the two were now heading towards Lin Yin City again.

"These two aren't together!" Gu Fei remarked.

"Of course not. If they were, we would have seen her already," Jian Gui replied simply, and Gu Fei sensed that confident understanding in his words again.

In Lin Yin City, on an inconspicuous village street, Jian Gui looked at a certain door number, checked his chat log, and nodded, saying, "This is it."

He stepped forward and knocked on the door. The player who opened the door had the professional smile characteristic of the service industry: "What do you two need?"

"I'm looking for Lu Ke," Jian Gui replied.

"Oh..." The person responded and let the two into the house.

The room was well-lit but extremely messy, with scraps of fabric scattered all over the floor. At several tables, many players were busily sewing with needles and thread. Jian Gui walked straight towards a direction where a girl was holding up a shirt and arguing with someone: "This is too much! Just stitching a couple of random stitches like this won't even hold, will it?"

"How could that be!" The player talking to the girl said with a smile.

With a "啪" sound, the sleeve of the shirt in the girl's hand broke at the thread, and was completely torn off.

"Look..." The girl held out the torn sleeve and shirt to the other person.

The other person was speechless. It wasn't unusual for clothes to be torn, but for the thread to break with a gentle tug was a bit much. The player quickly wiped away sweat and said, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Someone must have been careless and missed a step. I'll take it to be redone." After speaking, he took the sleeve and shirt and hurried to a certain table, throwing them down with a loud scolding, while also stealing glances at the girl, clearly hoping to appease the customer's dissatisfaction.

"Sister Ke, another ten sets are ready!" someone suddenly shouted.

"Okay, pack them up and I'll get someone to pick them up later," the girl replied, turning her head towards the sound. As she turned, her eyes caught sight of Gu Fei and Jian Gui entering, and she immediately greeted Jian Gui, "You're here."

"Mm!" Jian Gui also responded.

From that simple exchange, Gu Fei sensed something unusual. He was sure of his previous guess; Jian Gui and this Shui Shen's wife weren't just indirectly related. The two of them were already very familiar. Their way of greeting each other wasn't particularly warm, and didn't seem like a polite formality. Everything was so natural, which was a simple and casual greeting only the closest of friends would use.

After greeting Jian Gui, Lu Ke turned her gaze to Gu Fei, smiled, and said, "Killer Drunkard is here too."

"Hehe..." Gu Fei gave a dry laugh. He had naturally heard of his various nicknames, and although he didn't mind them, few people called him that directly.

"What are you doing..." Jian Gui looked around the room.

"Making clothes," Lu Ke grabbed a piece from the table next to her and threw it to Jian Gui to look at.

Jian Gui caught it and unfolded it. Gu Fei immediately understood. Camouflage uniforms... the kind Shui Shen and his subordinates were wearing. It seemed he was planning to arm the entire guild from top to bottom, which would require hundreds of sets. That was a lot of work. In a realistic game, making clothes wasn't just shouting "Sewing" and instantly having clothes appear in your pocket; it required actual operation. Of course, just like archers shooting arrows, there was strong system assistance, but not everyone knew how to sew.

"Have you seen Shui Shen?" Lu Ke took back the clothes Jian Gui handed her and asked.

"I've seen him," Jian Gui said.

"Then you know what I'm doing, right?" Lu Ke said.

"I know." Jian Gui glanced around the room again, "Is this your guild's, or..."

"No way, it's a professional tailoring workshop, from Ying Qi Studio. Didn't you notice the logo on the door before you came in?" Lu Ke said.

"That logo is Ying Qi's?" Jian Gui asked in surprise. This was one of the more famous studios in the online gaming world, and Jian Gui and other veteran players knew about it.

Lu Ke spread her hands and said to the player she had just been arguing with, "See, I told you your logo doesn't look like theirs at all!"

The other person continued to wipe away sweat: "We'll fix it when we have time."

"Let's sit over here!" Lu Ke led Jian Gui and Gu Fei to a rare empty table where only one person was working. That person was also sensible, and when he saw Gu Fei and the others coming to sit, he immediately took his work and squeezed in with others.

"What do you need me for?" Lu Ke asked Jian Gui.

Without holding back, Jian Gui told the whole story, including Gu Fei's and his suspicions about the system-designated assassination target.

Surprisingly, Gu Fei was surprised once again. He finally realized that Jian Gui and Lu Ke weren't just familiar. His familiarity with this girl even exceeded his relationship with Shui Shen. At least in front of Shui Shen, Jian Gui was a little embarrassed to ask for help, but in front of this girl, Jian Gui held nothing back. It was a deep trust.

Seeing that he didn't have a chance to interject, Gu Fei simply listened quietly.

"So, you suspect there's something wrong with that Duan Shui Jian?" Lu Ke tapped the table with her fingertip and said.

"At least the last time a player was designated as a target by the system like this, he was a guy who had accumulated over 1600 kills," Jian Gui said.

"It's just a game. Isn't that too serious?" Lu Ke said.

"Behavior stems from a person's character," Jian Gui said.

"You're too serious," Lu Ke replied. "I've told you before, some people just let themselves go without restraint in a virtual environment like a game. That doesn't really say much."

"But at least in this world, he's not a good person," Jian Gui said.

"Support, top!" Gu Fei said to Jian Gui from the side. Jian Gui patted Gu Fei.

"Alright, alright! I got it. But the problem is, I don't know this person at all, and I don't know anything about him," Lu Ke said.

"I see..." Jian Gui said with regret.

"I have an idea," Gu Fei suddenly said. The two of them looked at him together.

"Why don't you bring us along as members of your guild? That way, we'll have many opportunities to get in touch with and observe that guy," Gu Fei said.

"Is that feasible?" Jian Gui asked with some doubt. Lu Ke didn't say anything.

Gu Fei smiled at the girl: "You've done something like this before, haven't you?"

"What?" Jian Gui asked, puzzled.

"At Luo Ri City, even many of the Zong Heng Si Hai members didn't know that the real plan was for Wu Shi Zhi Jian to lead Todd around and go directly to the Luo Ri City dungeon, but Shui Shen was able to bring people there to intercept them. Don't you find that a bit strange?" Gu Fei said to Jian Gui.

"It's not that strange that Shui Shen knew our destination was to send Todd to the dungeon and ambushed us in advance, right?" Jian Gui said.

"No, if it was an ambush in advance, there definitely wouldn't have been so few people. Didn't Shui Shen know how large our team was? But while everyone else was fighting fiercely, Shui Shen and his men's attention wasn't diverted at all. They dared to guard the dungeon with so few people, which only meant that Shui Shen knew our plan completely," Gu Fei said.

"Your analysis is... very reasonable," Jian Gui had to admit.

"How could the plan be leaked? Of course, someone was eavesdropping. Unless Han Jia Gongzi was in the mood to deliberately reveal the plan to Shui Shen so that he could happily run over and then be sent back with his tail between his legs," Gu Fei said.

"It's not that, it's not that..." Jian Gui said, while also giving Gu Fei a meaningful look. Gu Fei could even think of such a vile act, his level was not much different from Han Jia Gongzi.

"So, someone must have stolen our plan," Gu Fei looked at Lu Ke.

"Then how do you know it was me?" Lu Ke asked.

"Miss, all of your people at the time were infiltrators, except for you, a thief. If you wanted to hear the plan, I think the only way would be to stealthily sneak alongside Wu Shi Zhi Jian, right? No one else could do it besides you," Gu Fei said.

Jian Gui was greatly surprised: "Xiao Ke, can you keep up with normal walking speed after you stealth?"

"That's not it," Gu Fei answered for her. "The only one who can do that is probably that guy Xi Yao Wu. Miss Lu Ke should have casually joined our team when we left Lin Yin City. Our team was made up of multiple mercenary groups and the Zong Heng Si Hai guild, so the appearance of a new face wouldn't attract any attention at all. That was a big loophole for us. Miss Lu Ke just stayed in our team like that, but when Wu Shi Zhi Jian made any plans, she would stealthily eavesdrop and then tell Shui Shen the news. I think I guessed right, right?"

"You got it all right," Lu Ke nodded. "You're really smart. I don't think even Han Jia Gongzi guessed that, right?"

Hearing this, Jian Gui suddenly felt a chill run through his heart: "He might not have not known, he was just pretending not to know. Qian Li, your guess earlier might be true. That guy deliberately made Shui Shen think we were falling for his plan, and then happily chased after us, only to be severely cut down by you..."

"That guy!!" Lu Ke also suddenly remembered Han Jia Gongzi's ridicule of Shui Shen when they met in Luo Ri City. The way that guy looked at the time seemed to be telling them: No matter how awesome Sun Wu Kong is, he can't escape the palm of Buddha.

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Writing for two days and found the feeling again. The last few chapters have been written very smoothly. This feeling is really,爽～～～ (shuǎng - invigorating)