Chapter 1 Strange Events

　　Strangely enough, the moment the embroidered ball fell into Jiang Cheng's hands, his first reaction wasn't excitement, but a kind of guilty conscience, as if he wanted to immediately discard the ball and sever ties with the deceased Madam.

　　Although he usually appeared quite casual, only he knew that he was still a relatively conservative person at heart. He had emphasized this point to Fatty Huai Yi, but neither of them believed it.

　　In any case, the embroidered ball was finally in his possession, which meant that tonight's mission was over.

　　Looking at the exquisite embroidered ball in his hand, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but sigh. The ball was soaked with water, cold and clammy to the touch, as if it came from the unfathomable depths of the lake.

　　Then, the deceased Madam moved again. She stretched out a hand and took out a few copper coins from her body. The coins clinked as they fell into the wooden box, a total of five.

　　These were the copper coins that had been stolen before, the ones lost by Li Bai, Zhu Jie, and the others.

　　Seeing these copper coins, Jiang Cheng was completely relieved. Since the deceased Madam returned the copper coins, it proved that Fatty and the others could be saved. After all, these copper coins largely represented their lives.

　　If a ghost stole the copper coins, they would fall into a deep sleep, and if they were destroyed, they would suffer the same fate as Lu Qin.

　　Jiang Cheng quickly picked up the copper coins and clutched them in his hand. In his eyes, these copper coins were the lives of those people.

　　As long as he returned the copper coins before dawn, they would wake up.

　　But just when Jiang Cheng and the others thought things were over, Lu Qin's voice suddenly rang out. She stared at the copper coins in Jiang Cheng's hand, as if she had discovered something, then shifted her gaze and loudly cursed at Shao Tong. The pain between her brows was concealed as she seemed to have grasped Shao Tong's weakness. "Stupid thing, you think you've won, don't you? Look at those copper coins, count them, how many are there?"

　　"Yours isn't there! Because yours is on me!"

　　"I've been guarding against you all along. You haven't won. I lost, but you haven't won either!"

　　"What will you do without the copper coin?" Lu Qin mocked loudly, the resentment in her eyes like a knife. "Shao Tong, you will die after dawn too!"

　　"See my fate? You can't escape it either!"

　　"You think you can survive by colluding with Jiang Cheng and the others?"

　　"You won't live! Let me tell you the truth, you didn't miscalculate. I never intended to let you live. Even if the night watchman lets you go, I won't let you go. You will die. This is your fate, hahaha, you will die with me!"

　　"Even if I die, you will be buried with me!"

　　"You haven't won!"

　　"You will die with me!!"

　　Lu Qin shouted mockingly at Shao Tong. The distorted face caused by the pain actually regained a trace of redness. She was a person with high self-esteem. Even if she lost, she wanted Shao Tong to be buried with her.

　　As for Jiang Cheng and the others, this mission was not completely over. The remaining path would be more difficult, and Lu Qin was sure that they would die in this world.

　　Lu Qin vented all her hatred on Shao Tong. She was bound to die, but she looked forward to seeing Shao Tong's desperate face before she died. Shao Tong would inevitably suffer the pain she had endured, which made her feel good.

　　But after waiting for a long time, she stared fiercely at Shao Tong, who seemed not to have heard what she was saying. His face was still the same, not only without despair, but even a little calm and indifferent.

　　Lu Qin was a little unsure, but her understanding of Shao Tong was thorough enough. She knew the limits of his ability to modify memories, and she was sure that there was still a copper coin on her, hanging under her neck by a red string. suduxs.com

　　Shao Tong used his ability to modify his memory, or rather, to exchange his and her copper coin. The copper coin that she had snatched from Shao Tong without knowing it was actually her own, and when faced with the crisis, she broke the copper coin, which was why she ended up like this.

　　But even so, she had not completely lost. After all, she still had a copper coin on her, and it must be Shao Tong's!

　　Or at least belong to one of Shao Tong, Jiang Cheng, Yao Shun Yu.

　　After all, there were only so many copper coins, and each person only had one. This could not be faked.

　　Moreover, the deceased Madam gave Jiang Cheng five copper coins. These copper coins were all stolen, and the number matched the people who had been affected.

　　Including the one she broke, there were a total of nine copper coins. There was no mistake.

　　But the next second, Lu Qin was speechless, because she saw Shao Tong sigh and then take out a copper coin from his pocket. The copper coin still had a red string on it.

　　"This is my copper coin, so you can die in peace."

　　Shao Tong chuckled and even shook the copper coin at Lu Qin, his flaunting expression overflowing.

　　It took Lu Qin a few seconds to react. Her eyes widened, and the confusion in them could not be concealed. "How could this be? How do you still have a copper coin? No, that's not right, whose copper coin is on me? Jiang Cheng, or Yao Shun Yu, you... how could you possibly hand over your copper coin? Are you crazy?"

　　"But it doesn't matter. Even if you can survive, Shao Tong, you won't have a good end. I know, this copper coin can't be Jiang Cheng's. He wouldn't do such a stupid thing. It must be Yao Shun Yu's. It's yours, isn't it?" Lu Qin stared at Yao Shun Yu, whose face was gloomy, and turned her spear at him again. "Hahaha, pathetic, you really have a hard life. You actually sacrificed your life to kill me and ruin the plan. Pitiful, they actually watched you sacrifice your life. Aren't you partners? It's all lies. Pitiful, in the end, you're accompanying me on the road. But it's not bad, early death or late death is still death, you just..."

　　The next second, Lu Qin's voice stopped abruptly, because she saw Yao Shun Yu unbutton his clothes and take out a red string from under his neck. The copper coin under the red string was very clear.

　　"It's not you..."

　　Lu Qin was completely dumbfounded, and seemed to have forgotten the pain in her body. She immediately looked at Jiang Cheng, her eyes full of incomprehension. She didn't understand how a cunning person like Jiang Cheng could risk his own copper coin. This was completely wrong.

　　There must be... there must be something wrong! Lu Qin's face twitched. She knew something was wrong.

　　Sure enough, Jiang Cheng shook his head helplessly, and then, imitating Yao Shun Yu, also took out a copper coin from under his neck and shook it at Lu Qin. "Okay, you can die in peace now, right? Please, you're the only idiot from beginning to end. Just die in peace."

　　After seeing Jiang Cheng's copper coin, Lu Qin was completely stunned, and her spirit collapsed along with it. "How could this be? Why is there an extra copper coin? Where did this copper coin come from? No, this is an illusion, I'm still in an illusion..."

　　"I'm not dead, I'm not dead yet, these are all illusions, they're all fake, I've found your flaws!"