The second leatherworker looked at Lin Wu with a complicated look. He opened the drawer under the sewing machine, took out a piece of white jade and handed it to Lin Wu, saying, "Show this to Chi Yangzhi, and she will know that you are my student. When the time comes, I will also contact her in advance and tell her about you."

Lin Wu nodded, and after taking it, he unconsciously clenched it a little, without saying anything.

The second leatherworker sighed imperceptibly and said, "Girl, do your best and don't force yourself."

"I see."

Lin Wu looked down at the white jade in his hand. It was round and smooth all over, with no lines on it. There was only the word "Chi" outlined in silver in the middle.

The second cobbler stared at her and suddenly said, "Let's not talk about those troubles, let's talk about you."

Lin Wu looked up at him and said, "I have nothing to say. It's still the same as before."

The second cobbler shook his head and said, "You usually came to see me alone. This year, there are two more people with you."

"They are my friends. They just happened to be free, so they came together." Lin Wu said.

The second cobbler smiled and said, "You are always smart. You should know that I am not referring to this."

Lin Wu pursed her lips and stopped talking.

The second leatherworker did not ask any more questions. He stood up by leaning on the sewing machine table, patted Lin Wu's shoulder with his dry hands, and said, "I will not interfere with your affairs. But you must remember the word 'measure' and don't let yourself get too deeply involved. Otherwise, if one day you find that what you thought is completely different from the reality, you will be sad in vain."

Lin Wu was stunned.

Just as she wanted to ask more clearly, the second shoemaker had already turned around and his voice became a little faint.

"Go out and ask the young man named Bo outside to come in. He seems to have something to ask me too."

Lin Wu looked at the second shoemaker deeply, nodded silently, turned around and walked out.

Not far outside, Lu Guichi was already spinning in a panic. Bo Yuting stood with his arms folded, staring solemnly at the second cobbler's shop.

When they finally saw Lin Wu coming out, the two of them immediately stepped forward.

"Wuwu, how is it? He didn't do anything to you, right?" Lu Guichi asked.

Lin Wu: "He is my teacher, how could he be bad to me? You think too much."

She looked at Bo Yuting and said, "The second cobbler said you can go in."

Bo Yuting was obviously stunned for a moment. After a moment, he nodded, walked around Lin Wu and Lu Guichi, and walked slowly inside.

Lu Guichi asked in confusion: "Wuwu, what about me? Didn't the second cobbler say he wanted to see me?"

Lin Wu turned his head to look at him speechlessly, "What can you do with the Second Cobbler? Even if you had some business dealings with Ghost Street before, you didn't dare to expand it because of your brother, and the Second Cobbler would not remember you."

Lu Guichi's mouth twitched, and he muttered, "I am a person of some importance after all. He has come to see you but not me, which makes me look so unknown."

Lin Wu: “…”

Is this something worth comparing? …

In the tailor shop, after Bo Yuting entered, he saw the second leatherworker sitting behind the sewing machine, measuring and cutting a piece of cloth.

He didn't say anything, but sat down where Lin Wu had originally sat, looking at him quietly.

After ten minutes, the second shoemaker used a sewing machine to make a small cloth bag and sealed it with an elastic rope.

Bo Yuting saw him find a piece of paper, write something on it, then fold it up and put it into the small bag.

Bo Yuting slowly changed to a more comfortable sitting position and said, "If I didn't have the determination, I wouldn't have come this far. Wuwu said, do you know I have something to ask you?"

"Yes, you can ask now." After the second cobbler finished fixing the small bag, he looked up at Bo Yuting.

Bo Yuting nodded, "Okay, Wuwu and I are friends, and you are Wuwu's teacher. If we round it off, you and I are family, so I won't beat around the bush. Senior, why did you send someone to watch me?"

The second cobbler did not look surprised and said calmly, "It was not me. I was just following orders."

Bo Yuting understood immediately: "The man behind you? His surname is Huo?"

The second cobbler nodded.

Bo Yuting curled the corners of his mouth and smiled playfully.

"I checked the person you sent to spy on me, and found that he was the same person who had previously lurked around me and gave me false information to lead me abroad. So, can you understand that the person behind you has known me for a long time and knows what I am doing. In other words, he has a lot to do with what I am investigating?"

The second leatherworker looked at him steadily and said, "Yes."

"So they had already appeared eighteen years ago, but they were weaker at that time, so they kept a low profile?"

"good."

"So the methods they used more than a decade ago are exactly the same as they are now?"

"almost."

"Were they also responsible for the several incidents that occurred at that time?"

The second cobbler's eyes deepened slightly, "What do you mean?"

Bo Yuting weighed whether to speak frankly or not, and finally his trust in Lin Wu prevailed. He thought, since Lin Wu trusted the second cobbler, he would take the same gamble as she did.

He then said: "The '511' case."

The second cobbler clenched his hands on the table and spoke after a while, but the first thing he talked about was not the "511" case.

He calmly recounted: "That person asked me to monitor you three years ago. At that time, I was wondering why he suddenly targeted you from the Bo family. But he didn't tell me the reason."

"Until a month ago, my people suddenly found out that you were investigating the '511' case from 18 years ago. After I reported it, that person was very angry and arranged for you to go abroad. Everything was planned carefully and quietly. But I didn't expect that you would notice it and escape."

"He was furious when he learned the result, but he was cautious and didn't do anything else. He just asked me to keep an eye on you. That's why you caught the guy from Ghost Street not long ago."

He looked at Bo Yuting and suddenly sneered: "You young man are quite arrogant. After dealing with the man, you left him in front of my store. Are you trying to intimidate me?"

Bo Yuting remained calm and said, "I was just joking with you."

"But I'm not kidding you." The second cobbler smiled and delivered a fatal blow, "I won't allow my student to be with you."

Bo Yuting's calm expression cracked, "Why?"

"You know why."

The second cobbler said coldly, "Yes, they were responsible for the '511' case. Although I don't know the specifics, I know one thing: it's very dangerous. Not only does he not want anyone to investigate, your superiors don't want anyone to investigate either. How could you not know this?"

He looked at Bo Yuting and warned: "If you continue to investigate, it will be even more dangerous. Do you want to involve my students as well?!"

(End of this chapter)