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This man was of no use, so the guards asked him a few questions but got nothing.

Lian Yun sent someone to send this talkative and discord-mongering professional to the city lord for disposal, while he himself returned to the hotel with a few guards.

After discussing with the boss lady, she booked the first floor lobby for them to do their work.

The first report came quickly.

Then came the second, the third...

Buck took his men to take notes, while Lanner took the guards out to verify everything one by one.

In just one afternoon, they received nearly a hundred reports. Lana rushed back and forth with several teams of people, and went out again without even having time to eat.

Lian Yun forced two bottles of blood on him to replenish his strength, and also bought some wind-blown wine for the guards.

At the end, Lian Yun encouraged them: "Work hard, you can earn overtime pay when you come back!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the guards, who were originally a little tired, immediately became energetic.

After a busy whole afternoon, the frequency of reports gradually decreased.

As soon as it got dark, Lana and his men checked the last household and returned to the hotel.

"There are four companies that we can confirm right now." Buck and Lanner came to this conclusion after communicating.

In fact, nearly a hundred reports were within Lian Yun's expectations. Once this matter came to light, it would inevitably cause panic, and it was not impossible for people to be on high alert.

Although the workload is a bit heavy, fortunately the results are accurate.

Buck spread the map of Kuoge City on the table and analyzed it to Lian Yun: "These four families are scattered throughout the city. It will be very troublesome to arrest them all at once. I wonder if this is their intention."

Lian Yun's expression slightly tightened: "Which family has the most frequent contact with the organization?"

Buck's finger landed on a circled spot in the north of the city. "The husband has lung disease and has no money for treatment, and the woman is unemployed. Recently, the neighbors have noticed..."

Buck paused, and Jamie took the opportunity to say the unspeakable words for him: "Women go out early and come back late to seduce other people's men."

Lian Yun couldn't help but frown: "Really?"

Lana, who went to verify the truth, nodded. "Many neighbors said she's been caught several times, especially in the past two weeks. Her troubles have been getting worse and worse, and her reputation has been getting worse and worse."

How can you have a good reputation if you are caught cheating on someone else's wife?

"And the neighbors around here said that she didn't go out all day today."

Without a moment's hesitation, Lian Yun immediately led his men to the north of the city.

Not long after, they stopped in front of a small house.

The dark wooden door looked like it had been repainted not long ago.

The neighbors all looked out of their houses when they saw the large group of people coming. When they stopped, they all gathered around.

Lian Yun gave an order and ordered someone to open the door.

They stepped into the room, turned sideways, and saw the bedroom.

The first thing I saw was a man lying motionless on the bed.

Lian Yun walked forward slowly, looked intently for a while, and found that the man's chest covered by cloth was flat.

The woman was wiping the man's face with her head tilted to the side, her expression gentle and caring, without a trace of hypocrisy.

Just from a side profile, everyone can tell how beautiful she is.

Everyone present gasped when they saw her face.

The sunlight shone on her body, outlining her perfect features. Her skin was as delicate as cream, and the simplest cloth she wore seemed to blend in with her gentleness.

Her light green eyes were slightly drooped, with the corners of her eyes slightly raised.

The look in her eyes when she looked at the man truly embodied tenderness.

Perhaps this is the reason why she was able to seduce so many people in just half a month.

"You are here." The woman's voice was gentler than Lian Yun had ever heard before. With such a voice and appearance, she would definitely be sought after by many people in Lian Yun's world.

Half a month ago, everyone thought that the two were deeply in love and that if one of them died, the other would never live alone.

But in the past half month, she has completely overturned people's impression of her.

"Are you here to arrest me?" The woman smiled sweetly, her red lips slightly curled up, and there was a fascinating trance.

Even though Lian Yun is a woman, one can't help but admire her beauty.

Lian Yun was silent for a few moments, then spoke softly, "Are you... okay?"

The man's face was pale but still had some color, so he must have died not long ago.

She must be very sad.

But the woman was stunned when she heard this, her expression changed quickly, and she looked at Lian Yun with a complicated and sharp look.

"...Just ask whatever you want to ask. Why bother saying such embarrassing things?"

Lian Yun paused and was about to speak, but finally shook his head.

"Do you know that everything you do is useless?"

The woman nodded, her gaze falling on her husband again, and she laughed lightly, "I know. You knew it when you came to investigate. But what can I do? It's too late... Maybe I shouldn't have done this, I shouldn't have done this a long time ago. I should have spent his last moments with him..."

“…He’s so stupid.”

From the woman's fragmented and intermittent words, everyone vaguely understood the truth of the matter.

Her husband died the night before she went out to disgrace her reputation.

She returned home with the medicine she had saved up to buy. He was hanging on to his last breath, his eyes full of sadness and guilt.

The man’s last words were – “I’m sorry I’ve been a burden to you.”

"I ruined my reputation as his wife, and he blamed himself for not taking good care of me."

The woman slowly moved her body and leaned on the man's cold chest, trying to feel his heartbeat.

Everyone had complicated expressions.

On the way here, Lian Yun and the others learned that the woman was rescued from the monsters by the men who took on tasks and fought monsters in their spare time.

She stayed at the man's house for a month to recuperate from her injuries. The man used his limited savings to buy medicine and medical treatment for her. During the recovery process, the two gradually fell in love with each other.

After she recovered, she refused the man's offer to find a house for her and stayed in this crowded but warm house.

From then on, the man went out to work, and the woman did some odd jobs and waited for him to come home.

Both of them are very hardworking and making a living is not a problem at all.

Until a man who had worked in the quarry for a long time developed lung disease.

Like Sel's family, or perhaps like countless families in Quoge City who are barely able to make ends meet, any sudden illness can crush the entire family in an instant.

Lian Yun watched the woman's quiet movements silently without saying a word.

Lana looked at Lian Yun and continued the questioning for her: "If you can tell us everything you know, we will give you money so that you can bury him properly."

The woman's body moved for a long time. She opened her eyelids, looked at Lian Yun, then glanced at the people in the room, and finally set her sights behind Lian Yun.

"If we could have children, they would be as beautiful as him."

She was talking about Buck.

Buck remained stern and unmoved.

A smile suddenly appeared on the woman's beautiful face: "You are so beautiful. I hope you will always be so beautiful."

No one knew why she said that.

Although Buck was handsome, he was far less beautiful than a woman.

The woman didn't mention it again. She sat up, straightened her sleeves, and finally said slowly, "They came to me half a month ago and said they had a special medicine that could cure my husband's illness."

She had heard about the case a few days ago. The man died, but his family received good medical treatment.

"I have no other way to go. This is the only hope given to me... They asked me to seduce men, which is easy for me, you know?" She looked at Buck and forced a sad smile.

Buck met her gaze and then looked away.

"I can't bear to watch his life slip away bit by bit. He worked from dawn to dusk to save me. His illness is not unrelated to me." The woman closed her eyes slightly to hide her emotions.

"Finally, they left me to die."

The woman suddenly opened her eyes, a look of determination in her eyes: "Of course I am willing. If my death can prolong his life, I would be more than willing."

"But it's too late... He's dead. The funny thing is, I only found out this afternoon that all the reputations I ruined, all the opportunities I fought so hard for... were nothing but a sham."

"They are all liars!" The woman couldn't help but scream. Her eyes were red and her slender arms were trembling slightly.

At the same time, a sharp and swift wind suddenly arose from around her and quickly spread around.

Lian Yun narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly felt his wrist being grabbed.

I turned around and saw Lana beside me.

The health bar above his head was slowly decreasing.

"Lanna!" Lian Yun exclaimed in a low voice and made a quick judgment in a few breaths.

She reached out and took out the collective protective shield she had obtained from the two-day lucky bag a few days ago, and threw it forward to block in front of herself.

A silver-white light flashed in front of Lian Yun, and suddenly collided with another dark blue light blade, causing a violent earthquake that shook the earth.

The dark blue blade of light slashed across the waist, instantly tearing the semicircular silver-white protective shield apart, while the protective shield also absorbed its threat.

Everyone drew their weapons and looked at the woman with lingering fear.

If they hadn't had the protective shield, they would have probably been broken into two by now.

The woman seemed exhausted, but still had a smile on her face.

She supported herself on the edge of the bed and sat on the ground: "I lost my composure."

Lost composure?

"You clearly want to kill us!" the guard said harshly.

Lian Yun didn't say anything, but just looked into her eyes inquiringly.

The woman looked at him without hesitation.

"Miss, what should we do?"

The girl looked at Lanna and shook her head slightly.

"She really didn't mean it."

"Miss!……"

"Miss Yun!"

The guard behind him said anxiously: "She is too dangerous!"

Lian Yun restrained his gaze and said, "What else? Take her out? Let her die in the street?"

Then the atmosphere of speech that she worked so hard to create would collapse immediately.

The woman smiled palely: "You really understand me."

Lian Yun didn't look happy at all.

The woman's husband died, and she probably didn't want to live anymore.

The previous blow had exhausted all her strength. She just needed to find the right time, preferably to hit the guard's knife and end herself completely.

"Your husband is dead. This is the end." Lian Yun said in a deep voice. He took out a gold coin and placed it in front of her. "I will arrange for your funeral. I will also send some people to help you."

The woman lowered her head.

"I just hope you can face reality." Lian Yun looked at her and continued, "You know, no matter what you do, you can't save him. This isn't your fault. But what about all the days you wasted, the days and nights he waited for you? Don't you want to ask those people for it back?"

She hated this cold town and those who deceived her.

But now that she is in this condition, there is no way she can take revenge on those scammers by herself.

"Or are you planning to just let them go?"

The woman finally looked up.

A smile played on her charming red lips. "You want to help me? But I've never seen you around the city lord before. Why are you doing this?"

If you want to handle things impartially, just give her a good beating.

Why do you have to be so... patient and persuasive?

How could Lian Yun not realize that her initial motivation for completing the mission had long since changed? But now she didn't want to talk about morality and ethics and say high-sounding words.

The girl lowered her voice and said, "You have what you want to do, and I have my own purpose. I'm just helping you out. Isn't that enough?"

The woman's smile suddenly disappeared. Lian Yun held his breath and heard her barely perceptible voice: "The one I really want to kill... is you who can't do it."

Lian Yun suddenly looked up, but the woman seemed to have never spoken.

She curled her lips and said, "Want to know where those people are? I'll tell you."

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The author has something to say:

This is a beautiful woman.

Finally, there's a list again! But my favorites haven't moved. Damn it! Move them up! Up!

I still pray for Henan today.

People around should also be more careful and stock up on supplies.