Li Mochuan was shocked to hear Pei Fengzhi's words. He suddenly stared at Pei Fengzhi's narrow phoenix eyes, as if trying to see something in them.
Throughout the entire process, Pei Fengzhi's face remained expressionless. She stared indifferently at Li Mochuan as if she had no other intentions but simply wanted to find the petty thief who had knocked her unconscious yesterday and take revenge.
"This person is probably not the one who broke into your room last night and knocked you unconscious!"
Pei Fengzhi responded with an "Oh".
"Really? How do you know it isn't?"
Li Mochuan had no intention of hiding anything from the other party and explained it directly to Pei Fengzhi.
"This man infiltrated the manor's bodyguards. It was my men's oversight that led to him falling into my hands. He was discovered last night drinking toilet water in the bathroom of my study."
Pei Fengzhi raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, seemingly quite surprised.
"That's quite interesting."
Li Mochuan sighed helplessly, turned his head, and looked towards the back garden outside the huge floor-to-ceiling window.
During this season, the garden is bursting with flowers, all vying for attention and displaying their most beautiful and vibrant colors.
"It seems that the thief who knocked you out yesterday is no ordinary person. He hypnotized you and then brought you to me."
Pei Fengzhi commented.
"This doesn't sound like a simple person."
Li Mochuan smiled.
"It's indeed not simple."
He added another sentence.
"Even the person that petty thief gave me is no ordinary person."
Pei Fengzhi didn't seem particularly interested in this, but still responded out of politeness.
"oh?"
Li Mochuan suddenly turned his head, stared at Pei Fengzhi's face, which was as bright as moonlight, and suddenly smiled faintly, almost imperceptibly.
He asked.
"Pei Fengzhi, do you know someone nicknamed 'The Magician'?"
Upon hearing this name, Pei Fengzhi's expression changed slightly.
Li Mochuan understood without Pei Fengzhi saying a word.
Pei Fengzhi knew this person.
Then Pei Fengzhi asked a question instead of answering.
"You mean, the person you arrested is a magician?"
Li Mochuan remained silent.
Fortunately, Pei Fengzhi didn't need his answer. He asked the question more as a formality and then quickly continued.
"This guy is an assassin, very active on the dark web, and he takes on any dirty work. He's a guy with absolutely no bottom line."
"This person is antisocial, has a serious tendency towards violence, enjoys torturing and killing his targets, and will record the process and then sell it to buyers on the dark web who have this particular fetish."
"According to the information I have, the reason why magicians develop such abnormal personalities is mostly due to their distorted family backgrounds."
Pei Fengzhi didn't say anything more, and Li Mochuan understood perfectly well.
He tugged at his tie with some irritation, loosened it, and then unbuttoned the top two buttons before speaking to Pei Fengzhi.
"Ever since I entered Jiangcheng, there have been people trying to kill me. In fact, before last night, I had already been assassinated several times. Heh, I didn't expect to be listed on the dark web this time. It seems I really am a hot commodity."
Pei Fengzhi looked at Li Mochuan with a half-smile, then her gaze suddenly fell on Li Mochuan's left waist and abdomen, and she asked Li Mochuan mockingly.
"Did someone snatch your kidney?"
Li Mochuan glared angrily at Pei Fengzhi and immediately roared to express his firm stance.
"My skills are no problem! I'm just a few scratches! Don't believe me? Try it and I can take on ten of you by myself!"
Pei Fengzhi said in an annoyed tone.
"Who's like you, over thirty and still single? I have a wife, and we're doing great!"
Depend on!
Li Mochuan cursed inwardly, looking at Pei Fengzhi's smug expression as if he were showing off his wife, and wished he could just strangle him.
"Pei Fengzhi, look at you, so lovestruck! I never knew that the dignified Ninth Master Pei was such a romantic!"
Pei Fengzhi did not answer the question directly. Instead, she glanced at Li Mochuan with great disdain and asked with the same disdain.
"You have so many enemies, countless eyes are on your face, and yet you still dare to leave the capital? And you even made a big show of coming to Jiangcheng and staying for so long. If you don't want someone to cut off your right kidney too, hurry back to your capital. That's your territory, and no one will dare to do anything to you there!"
Li Mochuan turned around and glared at Pei Fengzhi, then emphasized it again in an annoyed tone.
"I'll say it again, no one has ever cut my kidneys! My kidneys are perfectly fine!"
Pei Fengzhi chuckled, neither confirming nor denying the matter.
Li Mochuan smoothed his hair and said to him with some annoyance.
"I have important matters to attend to here, how do I get back?"
Pei Fengzhi rarely saw Li Mochuan make a fool of himself, so she asked him with a smile.
"So, what exactly did you call me here for?"
Li Mochuan said.
"Do we really have to say this here? I was originally planning to invite you to breakfast and then talk about it."
Pei Fengzhi didn't care much about eating breakfast; instead, he seemed eager to go home.
"I'm skipping breakfast. Just tell me what you need to say, I need to get back to my wife!"
Li Mochuan looked at Pei Fengzhi with an expression as if he were looking at a ghost, and said in disbelief.
"Hey, hey, hey, are you serious? That woman is just someone the old man from the Pei family found for you to have a marriage of convenience. If you really like playing around, that's fine, but you don't have to go to this extent, do you?"
Pei Fengzhi smiled, a smile that held a variety of emotions. He looked up slightly at Li Mochuan and said calmly.
"I know what I'm doing. As for you, hurry up and finish your business and get back to your capital!"
Even when he was cursing, this person remained so gentle and mild-mannered, like a herbivore with no aggression.
But only Li Mochuan knew in his heart what a terrifying beast was hiding in Pei Fengzhi's heart.
"Don't worry, I'll leave here once I find the person I'm looking for. I believe it won't be long before I find her!"
Pei Fengzhi smiled as she looked at Li Mochuan's incredibly confident demeanor.
"It seems my trip last night was in vain. You already have clues of your own, so you probably don't need my help anymore."
Li Mochuan nodded and waved to Pei Fengzhi.
"I don't need you for now, but once I find the person I'm looking for, I'll definitely let you meet them properly!"
Pei Fengzhi looked at Li Mochuan with some confusion.
Who is it?
However, he quickly realized what was happening and a person suddenly came to mind.
"You mean, the precious granddaughter of the Ye family in the capital who has been missing for over twenty years, your nominal fiancée?"
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