"Master," what’s wrong with you?""
Someone noticed the Master’s mood was low and asked in surprise. The Master hesitated, seemingly wanting someone to help him find someone, but then, recalling that his ’little sister’ was likely the very thief being pursued by Second Master Hou Er, he shook his head gloomily. "It’s nothing, just needed some fresh air."
As he turned back into the room, he lamented to himself, "Sister, sister, why don’t you recognize me..."
Outside the window, in a clump of bushes, Dong Huiying squinted her eyes.
She had not left immediately, wanting to trick this man.
But now it seemed that this man was truly not Liang Zhichen.
She lingered in the same spot a little longer, casting a deep glance at the man in the house muttering like he was possessed, then stealthily crept away, crouching low.
After a long, long while.
The man inside the house touched the mask on his face, which had a secret catch; one had to open the catch to remove the mask.
He sat in silence for a long time before finally closing the doors and windows.
Once he took off his clothes, it was revealed that his right shoulder, along with his entire arm, was bound in a strange-looking steel armature. Pressing a button on his waist with his left hand, the arm started to move.
He was fortunate that before coming to Black Wind Camp, he had people help him make this steel armature, which took quite some time to get right, otherwise, he might have really blown his cover this time.
He forced a bitter smile, thinking to himself that this was truly a sin.
But no matter what, he was Chen Xu.
Here, he could only be Chen Xu.
Black Wind Camp was a quagmire, once entangled with it, one could never extricate oneself.
If enmity arose in the future, or if the Government Office sent out an expedition against bandits, he had to protect some people, ensuring that his family wouldn’t suffer on his account.
However, if that person knew the truth, who knows how much hate she would feel towards him.
He put on his clothes again,
and thought of what he found out from Su Lang yesterday – that there were two other people with her, a man and a woman. His brow furrowed slightly.
His schemes had backfired on him.
He had brought this upon himself, so why complain?
The Master pondered for a while, then avoiding those outside, he took a flint and found a secluded place to set the dry grass on fire. Then, he ran to another location and lit several more fires.
The camp turned into a boiling pot of chaos.
"It’s bad, it’s bad, there’s a fire, hurry and put it out!"
People ran to and fro, while the Master quietly returned to his own room.
Feigning innocence, he opened the door and asked, "What’s happening, what’s going on?"
"Master, there’s a fire, it must be the work of that little thief; she set multiple fires in our camp!"
The corner of the Master’s mouth twitched, and he immediately ordered people to fetch water to put out the fires, while he himself stroked his chin, pondering.
The camp was already in disarray.
Second Master Hou Er would presumably be too busy to bother with her by now, so she should be able to escape, right?
He felt somewhat uncertain.
Then he firmly nodded.
She definitely could. After all, she had escaped from the mountain bandits and thieves last night, and now she had infiltrated the camp, which proved that she had considerable skill.
With this thought, the Master smiled with pleasure.
Thick smoke billowed into the sky.
If Su Lang saw this smoke, he should rush back quickly, right?
That way, her personal safety would be even more secure.
Dong Huiying had not left the camp site.
She avoided Hou Er and others, sneakily slipping into the kitchen used for cooking to make fire and prepare food.