The Ice King's Little Trouble Maker

Chapter 460 - 428 West Mountain Manor

The night was dark as ink, all was silent.The Moonlight Vineyard was utterly quiet.

Qiao Yuxian, dressed in black, blended seamlessly with the night. She squatted on the rooftop of the highest floor of the vineyard, surveying the layout.

After a while, a voice came through her earpiece: "Boss, how is it?"

Qiao Yuxian replied, "Qiu Xia’s Qimen Dunjia studies are quite good."

"So complicated?"

"A bit." Qiao Yuxian said, "He set up traps, one wrong step could mean instant death. Plus, if I guess correctly, he changes the ledger’s location daily based on the date and time."

"Is this a bit complicated? This is extremely complicated."

"It’s manageable," Qiao Yuxian replied.

"Boss, do you know Qimen Dunjia?"

"No." Qiao Yuxian said, "But I can flip coins, going with whichever side is the number."

Silence from the other end.

Qiao Yuxian chuckled lightly, "You’ll believe anything I say."

"Tricked me again!"

Qiao Yuxian said, "Enough talk. If I haven’t contacted you in two hours, remember to inform Gu Yanjing. Have him come rescue me."

"Mr. Gu doesn’t know you’re here?"

Qiao Yuxian replied, "He has an engagement tonight, I left before he returned home."

"......"

"I’m hanging up."

Qiao Yuxian took off her earpiece, put it in her pocket, watched the layout of the Moonlight Vineyard for a while, then pulled out her phone, hacked the vineyard’s surveillance, and quietly descended from the top floor...

The vineyard isn’t very large, but the layout is exceedingly complex.

Qiao Yuxian wandered inside for a good while before safely arriving at a secret room.

Inside the secret room, she navigated around again, finally arriving at a fingerprint door.

Qiao Yuxian looked at the fingerprint lock in front of her and narrowed her eyes.

All night long, almost an hour already, and she hadn’t even laid eyes on the ledger.

Qiao Yuxian was a bit frustrated, staring at the fingerprint lock for a moment. Her hand had just moved to her lower back when she suddenly heard a faint noise.

She glanced around and hid behind a cabinet.

Within a few seconds, she saw a man dressed in black appear in front of the fingerprint door.

Qiao Yuxian watched the man in black stand before the fingerprint door, looking at the fingerprint lock.

After a while, the man in black pulled a gun from his lower back, stepped back a few steps, and directly blasted the fingerprint lock.

Simultaneously, all the alarms in the vineyard went off.

The sound of the alarms made Qiao Yuxian blink her eyes and, from behind the cabinet, she watched the man in black blast the lock and open the door.

She saw him go inside and, about a minute later, come out with the ledger.

Seeing the ledger, Qiao Yuxian’s pupils contracted.

Almost without hesitation, she went out and directly snatched the ledger.

The moment she went out, the man in black noticed her and sidestepped her attack.

Qiao Yuxian immediately attacked again.

Every move was directed at the ledger.

The man in black was skilled as well, and the two were evenly matched.

Seeing people from the vineyard rushing over, they fought while tacitly agreeing to escape.

They fought as they ran.

Seeing her as troublesome, the man in black wanted to leave first.

Qiao Yuxian blocked him from leaving.

Their fight grew fiercer.

Especially with the vineyard’s people also pursuing them.

Qiao Yuxian, annoyed by the pursuit, struck increasingly hard.

Initially, they were both targeting the Yaojin Manor ledger so there wasn’t a need to strike heavily against each other.

The man in black seemed to think the same initially.

So he hadn’t exerted his full strength.

But Qiao Yuxian’s strikes grew ever harsher.

The man in black began to counter with greater force.

As a punch came, Qiao Yuxian tilted her head to dodge, and his fist hit the wall behind her, making it shake.

As she tilted her head to dodge, Qiao Yuxian elbowed the man’s head.

The man dodged, and she quickly moved forward, kicking repeatedly.

The man retreated continuously.

With the final kick, the man was sent crashing against the wall behind him.

Seizing the opportunity, Qiao Yuxian kicked again, sending the ledger in his hand flying, then swiftly stepped forward to catch it.

After grabbing hold, the man in black approached once more to snatch it back.

At the same time as dodging, Qiao Yuxian clasped his arm, dislocating it.

The man in black grunted, and Qiao Yuxian took the opportunity to quickly flip through the ledger, seeing it was the one Tang He wanted. She hurriedly fled with the ledger in hand.

Even when she jumped onto the wall, crouched on top, she taunted the man in black with the ledger before running away.

The man in black looked up at her, his eyes nearly seeing stars out of fury.

Supporting his arm, he glanced at the vineyard’s people closing in on him.

He repositioned his dislocated arm, jumped onto the wall, and continued to chase her.

...

Jingyu Garden

Upon returning, Gu Yanjing was informed by the butler that Qiao Yuxian had gone out for fun.

He called her twice, but she didn’t pick up.

So he sat in the living room waiting for her.

Nearly an hour passed without Qiao Yuxian’s return; instead, he received Lin Huai Shu’s call.

Gu Yanjing assumed Lin Huai Shu was calling to brag, but once connected, Lin Huai Shu was panting heavily and said, "Yanjing, I got beaten up."

Gu Yanjing’s gaze darkened instantly: "By whom?"

"West Mountain Manor," Lin Huai Shu replied, "It should be a woman. I had the ledger in hand but it got snatched by her. Chased her all the way to the West Mountain Manor’s territory."

Gu Yanjing was silent for a moment, then said, "You and Tang He are neck and neck."

"Let’s not talk about that now." Lin Huai Shu, without the mood to refute, said, "Have Shang Chen come over, we’ll go night exploring the West Mountain Manor tonight."

"Are you okay?" Gu Yanjing asked.

"No problem, just dislocated my arm a bit." Lin Huai Shu replied, "Once I find her, I’ll let her experience dislocation too."

Gu Yanjing’s gaze was fierce, not as if intending to merely dislocate her arm, but more like wanting to cripple it.

"Be sure to have Shang Chen come over," Lin Huai Shu said, "I won’t call my family."

Recently, Lin Huai Shu’s people had been bought by his mother.

Each of them turned into snitches.

He couldn’t use them.

"Okay," Gu Yanjing responded. After hanging up, he headed straight outside.

Shang Chen hadn’t followed Qiao Yuxian, and seeing Gu Yanjing heading out, he followed suit.

As Lin Huai Shu waited for Shang Chen outside the territory of West Mountain Manor, he roughly considered the manor’s layout.

West Mountain Manor is particularly large and particularly mysterious.

The owner of the manor is unknown, and no one is allowed entry.

Moreover, many buildings inside the manor remain unfinished.

All these were seen from above with drones.

There’s a very old-world feeling, like those ancient prominent families faced with calamity, their residences abandoned and uninhabited.

But because the prominent family is so illustrious, even a deserted house instills some sense of reverence.

West Mountain Manor gives off just such a feeling.

Even rumors suggest that those residing in West Mountain Manor aren’t human.

Some go so far as to say the manor is restless at night.

Lin Huai Shu looked in the direction of West Mountain Manor, his gaze cold and dark.

Whether it’s human or ghost, he wouldn’t let the Yaojin Manor, already in hand, be handed over to anyone else.