Half an hour ago, after Yang Xiao and his party had left the courtyard, several masked strangers who followed them closed the door from behind with a "bang," and simultaneously, there were sounds of "clattering" from behind the door as it was being chained shut.
Lou Huixiang, not giving up, waited until the footsteps behind the door receded and glanced around; seeing no one and sensing the eerie silence, he quietly stepped back to the courtyard gate, trying to peek through the crevice but was immediately halted by a low warning from Nalan Shuo, "Don't linger, keep moving."
Considering Nalan Shuo, whom even Xiang Fengchen respected, Lou Huixiang did not dare to offend him. He hesitated before turning around, only to see a figure emerging from behind a barren tree nearby, dressed lavishly and corpulent—it was Steward Wu.
