The moment he heard this voice, Li Jianbai's legs went weak and he fell to his knees on the ground.

His hand shook violently and he dropped the phone directly onto the stone steps in the distance. On the screen filled with black and white snowflakes, a pale woman's face became increasingly clear.

“Ghost…ghost!”

Li Jianbai, who had suffered three frights in succession, felt his brain go blank. With unprecedented fear, his eyes rolled back and he fell backwards.

Before he fell into a coma, Li Jianbai still hadn't figured it out. He just developed an old town, so why did he attract so many weird things? !

Bang--!

With a muffled sound, Li Jianbai fainted on the ground.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle... Qingyu, why did he faint?" The originally cold and terrifying voice in the phone had disappeared, leaving only the pleasant sound of the girl's confusion.

“…”

"Yes, I just said two sentences and he fainted. I haven't even said that violent demolitions are not allowed in the future... How can a grown man have such a weak psychological defense?"

“…”

"It's okay. I did it very secretly. Qiye and the others won't be able to find it."

“…”

"I have deleted all the information and contracts related to the Old City project within the Li Group. They can't restore it. Evil will be punished. If you want to punish someone, just punish me. It has nothing to do with Qiye and the others..."

The girl’s figure disappeared from the phone screen, and as the rustling sound stopped abruptly, the entire manor fell into dead silence.

…

the next day.

early morning.

Lin Qiye pushed open the door and walked into the yard while yawning.

"Qiye, good morning." Cao Yuan, who had just woken up, saw Lin Qiye and greeted him with a smile, "How did you sleep last night?"

Lin Qiye raised his eyebrows and said, "I'm fine. I slept until morning. How about you?"

"I didn't sleep well." Cao Yuan rubbed his nose helplessly, "Pangpang snored all night, like a drill... I will never sleep with him again no matter what."

Just as the two were talking, Old Man Liu came out of the kitchen carrying a pot full of hot porridge. Seeing Lin Qiye and the others, he spoke in surprise:

"You're awake so early? As expected of you from the military... Come and have breakfast."

Lin Qiye and the other man looked at each other and followed.

Old man Liu took a few empty bowls and filled them with hot porridge one by one. The children walked out of the dormitory with sleepy eyes and sat around the table waiting for breakfast.

"Hmm? Where's Wuquan?"

Cao Yuan didn't see Wuquan among the children, so he asked with some confusion.

"He, he went to school." Old man Liu raised his head and pointed in a certain direction with his chin. "Their school is close to here, just two streets away. He walked there by himself."

"I almost forgot, today is already Monday." Cao Yuan nodded slightly.

"Let's have lunch first, then leave?"

"No." Lin Qiye shook his head and said, "We have something else to do in the army. We should leave after dinner."

"Hey...Okay, I won't stop you. By the way, when you go back this time, remember to tell Shen Xiaozi that we are planning to move."

"move place?!"

Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan were choked by the hot porridge at the same time and looked up in surprise.

"Yes, I thought about it carefully. We ordinary people are still no match for the Li Group... For the safety of the children, it is better to move away." Old Man Liu sighed, "I have already rented a house. I will write down the address for you and take it back with you."

Lin Qiye was stunned for a long time before he started to persuade:

"Actually, you don't have to move... From now on, the Li Group will no longer make a move in this old city area."

Hearing this, Old Man Liu and Cao Yuan turned to look at Lin Qiye at the same time. The former had a puzzled look in his eyes, while the latter felt a little guilty.

Cao Yuan: Could it be that Qiye knows what we did last night?

"I heard that the Li Group has given up the development project in this old city area, so you don't have to worry." Lin Qiye said the words he had prepared long ago.

When Old Man Liu heard this, he looked a little surprised, "Really? That's the best!"

After everyone finished their meal, Cao Yuan went back to his room to wake up Baili Pangpang. Seeing this, Lin Qiye silently walked to Old Man Liu and took him to the corner of the yard.

Lin Qiye took out a bank card from his pocket and handed it to Old Man Liu.

Old Liu was stunned.

"This is……"

"This is a little gift from me to the children." Lin Qiye said seriously, "Although the money is not much, it should be enough for you to live a life without worries about food and clothing. The password is on the back of the card."

"No, we can't take this." Old man Liu shook his head firmly. "Shen boy already sends a lot of money every month, and I have some savings, so I don't need so much money. You can take this money back. I won't accept money from Shen boy's comrades..."

Lin Qiye tried to persuade him for a long time, but Old Man Liu still refused to give in.

In desperation, he could only wait until Old Man Liu walked away, and then secretly slip the card through the crack of his office door. This way, when he opened the door next time, he would be able to see the bank card on the ground at a glance.

After finishing all this, Lin Qiye went back to his room to pack up. The others also got up, strolled around the yard, and finally gathered outside the gate.

The rain now was much lighter than last night. The drops of rain fell from the eaves. The children and Old Man Liu stood at the iron gate, waving goodbye to Lin Qiye and the others.

"Be careful on the road! Come and visit us often in the future." Old man Liu grinned.

"Okay! Be careful and call us if you have any problem." Baili Pangpang waved his hands repeatedly.

Lin Qiye and others turned the corner and returned to the car.

As the vehicle started, their figures gradually disappeared at the end of the road.

After seeing off Lin Qiye and others, Old Man Liu touched Li Xiaoyan's hair, sighed, turned around and walked towards his office.

He grasped the door handle, turned it gently, and pushed the door open to go in.

At this moment, his peripheral vision fell on a certain spot on the ground, and he was suddenly stunned!

I saw several bank cards scattered on the ground in front of the office, as if they had been stuffed into the door cracks from different angles and fell down.

No more, no less, exactly five.

…

"I have to go back to Beijing again."

Baili Pangpang lay on the seat with his arms and legs spread out, yawning lazily, "I haven't gotten enough sleep yet..."

"You woke up so late and are still so sleepy? Did you go stealing last night?" An Qingyu said jokingly.

Baili Pangpang's expression froze.

"You can sleep slowly on the plane. It will take a long time to get to Linjiang Airport from here anyway." Cao Yuan spoke at the right time and changed the subject for Baili Pangpang.

"But... why is the rain getting so heavy again?"

Lin Qiye turned his head and looked out the window, only to see that the weather, which was about to clear up just now, had become gloomy again. Under the dark clouds, rain poured down like a waterfall, blocking most of the view.

"Tsk, this rain is perfect for sleeping. I'm going to sleep first."

Baili Pangpang adjusted his posture and fell into a deep sleep. As Secretary Jin drove steadily, the other people in the silent car also dozed off one after another.

An unknown amount of time had passed, but just when Lin Qi was half asleep and half awake, the vehicle suddenly braked and stopped.

Lin Qiye was awakened by the brakes and looked out the window.

At this moment, the vehicle had arrived at the gate of the special airport, but did not drive in, because in front of the car, in the heavy rain, there were two figures wearing dark red cloaks.