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Chapter 259 My Father and Master Six
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I lighted a cigarette. But deep inside, I was grimacing quietly. Huang Li looked utterly ignorant about the woman in black. I jabbed a finger at the black plastic bag on the floor. "That is the souvenir left by a mysterious guest who came calling last night after we solved the problem at your house. Don't you want it back?"
Huang Li's face convulsed into a disdainful moue. "I don't know what you're talking about," she muttered firmly and that made Lin Feng and I looked at each other again. "Oh yeah," I went on, "That guest has a stare that resembled both you and Cao Xuedong. So I wondered if you might know each other." Looking rather pale now, Huang Li hissed, "I don't know who you're referring to. And what have you done to Xuedong!?"
Huang Li's apparent ignorance rather bothered me but it did not prevent me from keeping up my smile. "Well, since you insist that you don't know our mysterious guest. I guess we'd better just leave it at that. As to Cao Xuedon
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