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“Keep these things to yourself,” He Lingchuan reminded Skinny. “The authorities haven’t made any announcement. Don’t go home and run your mouth, either. Your household’s full of people, and loose talk spreads fast.”
It had already been several days since the Red Peak Mine incident. On the surface, Panlong City still looked calm and unruffled. No one had publicly exposed any earth-shaking scandal.
This meant that most of the information surrounding the incident was being handled behind closed doors, quietly and deliberately being kept from the public eye.
Skinny let out a sigh and nodded. “True enough. We little folk have food and drink, why stick our noses into this? The gold in the mine isn’t going to be divided up and handed to us, is it? Let Commander Zhong be the one to lose sleep over it.”
“And yet you still got rewarded for that anonymous tip,” He Lingchuan pointed out.
“That I did.” Skinny was smug, about to start bragging about his hawk eyes and keen instincts again, when a startled scream erupted outside, followed by a howl.
It sounded half like a wolf and half like a wailing ghost. In any case, it was not human. It made one’s scalp prickle and one’s hands itch to cover one’s ears.
He Lingchuan and Skinny exchanged a look, then sprinted out in perfect unison.
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Wen Daolun stepped out of the Martial Review Hall, and two guards immediately fell in behind him.
He patted...
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