The encounter with the ponytailed girl was indeed a coincidence.
Chu Mo returned the cell phone to the other party, and at this moment, the gang of ruffians at their feet finally made a new move. They began to search every household in the old quarter in an organized and disciplined manner. It was evident that they had already been instructed beforehand. They were relatively restrained and not too arrogant, and even if there were occasional disputes, a large number of their companions would immediately arrive to suppress them.
The search operation was exceptionally rapid. From the moment they knocked on the first resident's door, it only took a few minutes for a third of the households in the old quarter to be searched. It would take at most one or two minutes for them to reach the lighthouse, and given this group's thoroughness, they would surely send someone up to check the lighthouse. By then, Chu Mo's exposure was almost a certainty.
