binnovel Chapter 399 They Argued
Chapter 399 They Argued
Lou Yanchuan did not reply to Yan Xun's message.
"Is this because you feel guilty or are you just too lazy to reply?" Sun Zhao asked, looking at the text message.
Gu Jia didn't speak, continuing to browse the messages on her phone. Li Wu and Yan Xun were also exchanging messages.
[Li Wu: You and Lou Yanchuan moved out together?]
[Yan Xun: It was purely coincidental; it just so happens that he's my roommate.]
[Yan Xun: What's up?]
[Li Wu: No, it's just a little strange.]
[Li Wu: I feel like your relationship wasn't that great before.]
[Yan Xun: It's just average.]
[Yan Xun: So it's purely a coincidence.]
[Yan Xun: It'll be more convenient for me if I move out, otherwise I'll always be bothering you.]
[Li Wu: It's alright, you don't usually come home too late.]
[Li Wu: If you ever need my help, just let me know.]
Judging from the conversation and the timing, it must have been shortly after Yan Xun moved out of the dormitory.
"I'm disturbing you," Gu Jia repeated the key phrase, "Does Yan Xun often come home late?"
"Why does he often come home late?" Sun Zhao asked, immediately recalling the message Yan Xun had sent to Gu Jia. "Is it related to the jobs he's taken on?"
"It should be." Gu Jia nodded.
"What's the situation with Lou Yanchuan?" Sun Zhao picked up the Polaroid photo again and looked at it. "Yan Xun said he hit his head against the wall in the middle of the night, and also said he shouldn't hide his illness from medical treatment. Does he know something?"
"Possessed by an evil spirit?" Gu Jia guessed.
"Could it be that the client for this order is Lou Yanchuan?" Sun Zhao speculated.
"At the end of April, Yan Xun sent you a message asking if you were free to go to the amusement park with him." Sun Zhao opened Yan Xun's phone call history and found that Yan Xun had also called Li Wu on the same day.
“It seems he arranged to meet you and Li Wu.” Sun Zhao looked at the Polaroid photo. “Lou Yanchuan is the client.”
Based on the "bad thing" mentioned in the messages from Gu Jia and Li Wuli at the end of February, it should be that Lou Yanchuan encountered some trouble.
The conversation between Yan Xun and Lou Yanchuan took place in April. It seems that Lou Yanchuan's condition deteriorated in April, which explains his behavior of banging his head against the wall in his room in the middle of the night.
It's understandable that the two don't have any chat history on this topic, since they are roommates and can talk things out face-to-face.
Gu Jia and Sun Zhao carefully reviewed the contents of the phone several more times to make sure nothing was missing before putting the phone and Polaroid camera back in their original places.
"and many more."
Sun Zhao suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
He found the courtyard unusually quiet; the previously deafening snoring had vanished without him noticing.
He immediately looked up at the window.
Behind the thin layer of window paper, a figure suddenly appeared—
It's unclear when exactly, but the black bear man had already woken up and was standing outside the woodshed.
Sun Zhao immediately made a gesture to separate Gu Jia from him.
At this moment, the black bear man had already opened the door to the woodshed. The old wooden door creaked as Gu Jia stood still, calmly turning back to look at the black bear man.
The phone was already hidden. He was certain that although the window of the woodshed was broken, there were no holes, so the bear-man probably hadn't noticed them hiding the phone.
"...I knew it, what were they doing sneaking around like that this morning?" The black bear man didn't react much when he saw Gu Jia and Sun Zhao.
Just as Yan Xun had said before, the black bear man had no good feelings towards the Gao family, so when he saw the two trying to run away, he just yawned as if nothing was wrong.
"Why is it you?"
He looked at Gu Jia and Sun Zhao. "I remember he wasn't the new guy this morning?"
He couldn't remember Yan Xun's name, so he could only call him the newcomer.
Sun Zhao wasn't sure what the black bear man meant, so she could only deal with him cautiously, saying, "He should be with Master Gao right now."
The bear-man frowned, but ultimately said nothing. He looked at Gu Jia and Sun Zhao—
What's in this woodshed?
Why have you all been staying in this woodshed for so long?
“We are looking for a way to leave the Gao family,” Gu Jia said.
He heard Yan Xun say that the black bear man was extremely dissatisfied with the Gao family. When he heard that they wanted to escape, he didn't react much, only saying that they couldn't escape.
As expected, after hearing Gu Jia's words, the black bear man just scoffed and didn't react much.
"roll."
He said to Gu Jia and Sun Zhao.
"Don't sneak around here."
"Especially in the middle of the night."
Seeing this, Sun Zhao breathed a slight sigh of relief, realizing that this meant the black bear man was letting them go. He then pulled Gu Jia and walked out.
After the two left the courtyard, Gu Jia turned back to look at the dilapidated woodshed. "The meaning of 'copy' should be..."
"A location can only be explored a maximum of two times."
When Yan Xun and Gao Wen came to explore during the day, the black bear man was sleeping. When they entered the courtyard at night, the black bear man was still sleeping.
They were only allowed to enter the woodshed after they had stayed there for too long, where the bear-man was given a "warning".
In theory, Black Bear Man hates everything about the Gao family and wouldn't give these "concubines" any kind of treatment. He might even break in at night and wipe them out.
“This is a bit troublesome,” Sun Zhao said.
Not every phone is password protected, and they can't possibly come all at once to the Black Bear Man's yard to look for a phone. If they only have two chances, they have to be even more careful.
Gu Jia understood this as well, and he nodded, "Let's discuss it with Yan Xun first."
……
The next morning, Gu Jia and Sun Zhao were going to pay their respects to Li Wu.
When they arrived at Li Wu's place, they saw Li Wu with an unhappy expression and Yan Xun with an indifferent look.
"They had a fight," Sun Zhao whispered to Gu Jia without moving her mouth.
Gu Jia glanced at him, completely baffled as to where he had learned this "ventriloquism" skill.
When Yan Xun saw them arrive, he waved and asked, "How was it?"
"I have good news for you." Sun Zhao glanced at the maids and coughed a few times.
"Get out," Li Wu said.
The maids exchanged glances, probably noticing that Li Wu's expression wasn't good, and after weighing their options, they filed out one after another.
"What's wrong?" Sun Zhaoming asked knowingly. "Did you two have a fight?"
“It wasn’t exactly an argument,” Li Wu said. “There was some disagreement.”
"What argument?" Sun Zhao asked curiously, then poured himself a cup of hot tea.
He thought Li Wu wouldn't argue with Yan Xun.
"It's nothing," Yan Xun said, still looking nonchalant. "I'm going to go check at the bottom of the well."
Sun Zhao had just taken a sip of his hot tea when he was about to spit it out. He gasped for air, choked, and coughed uncontrollably. Once he caught his breath, he glared at Yan Xun and demanded, "What did you say? What do you mean, 'bottom of a well'?"
“I said I was going to go to the bottom of the well to take a look.” Yan Xun poured himself a cup of tea. “Didn’t you hear me?”
"I heard you!" Sun Zhao blurted out, unable to contain himself. "That's why I asked you what you said?!"
Li Wu remained silent, while Yan Xun urged Sun Zhao, "Tell me quickly, what did you discover?"
Gu Jia ignored Li Wu and sat down to recount their discoveries from the previous night in a few words.
Yan Xun was somewhat surprised when he heard that the phone in the stove belonged to him. "...I didn't expect me to be so wary?"