Are you stupid? I am the villain behind the scenes

Cao Yunlai frowned, his face full of confusion, and he always felt that there was something indescribable strange about this matter.

"There is no misunderstanding." Gu Tu said with a serious face and a firm tone.

There was no need for that person to lie to him, it must be Li Qingchi without a doubt.

Cao Yunlai still felt that this matter was a bit strange, and he couldn't let go of this doubt in his heart. "How about this, Ren Hui's ex-wife is my cousin. They were still together 21 years ago. Maybe she knows something. I'll ask her out tomorrow to see if I can get some useful clues."

Gu Tu did not comment on this proposal.

At the same time, somewhere outside the Li family.

Several people looked at each other.

"Where's Gu Tu?"

Hua Xi looked at Ji Xianchen with a strong sense of oppression in her eyes, and she was just about to point at his nose and scold him, "Are you a loser? You can't even lose a person."

Ji Xianchen avoided her gaze and looked at Qin Shuheng and the others, "Where are they?"

"I also want to know where Gu Tu is. I haven't seen him at all!" Qin Shuheng looked innocent.

They had been guarding here for so long, but they didn't even see a fly, let alone Gu Tu.

"Could it be that he didn't trust us and left on his own?" Qin Shuheng guessed.

It's not impossible, but Ji Xianchen recalled Gu Tu's expression when he and Gu Tu separated, and it didn't look like he was lying.

Then why did he just leave without saying anything?

Facing Hua Xi's oppressive gaze, Ji Xianchen had no other choice but to try the last method to find Gu Tu -

Take out your cell phone and make a call.

He quickly dialed Gu Tu's number on his phone, then put the phone to his ear, praying silently in his heart that the call would go through.

However, what came from the phone was the familiar and cold prompt tone: "Hello, the number you dialed does not exist..."

Just like before, the call couldn't be connected. Gu Tu must have abandoned this number.

"Hua Xi, I..." Ji Xianchen wanted to explain, but all he got was Hua Xi's cold back.

She took Zhang Dingkai away without saying a word.

As Zhang Dingkai followed Hua Xi, he looked back at Ji Xianchen and the others from time to time, his eyes filled with curiosity and confusion.

"Who are they? Why do they call you 'Hua Xi'? Is that your other name?"

Hua Xi just responded to him with a cold "hmm".

Gu Tu was missing, and she was in a really bad mood at the moment.

She hadn't asked what the relationship was between Shen Lanyi's death and Li Qingchi.

Zhang Dingkai was still chattering around asking all kinds of questions. Hua Xi suddenly stopped and said, "Go home. Don't follow me."

Under the current circumstances, Zhang Dingkai has been exposed, so it is naturally impossible for him to return to the Li family to go undercover.

But Zhang Dingkai didn't want to go home.

"Can't I follow you to find evidence? I promise not to hold you back or cause you any trouble!"

Zhang Dingkai said anxiously, raising three fingers and looking at Hua Xi sincerely.

He admitted that he was a little impulsive in the Li family just now. After all, Li Qingchi was a ninth-level martial artist. When the strength gap between the two sides was so huge, it was indeed reckless for him to rush out rashly.

What if Bai Sheng was too late to save him?

Then there will probably be one more corpse lying in the yard.

Thinking back on it later, Zhang Dingkai couldn't help but feel a little scared.

In response to Zhang Dingkai's request, Hua Xi simply said, "I don't mean to dislike you, it's just that I'm used to doing things by myself, and it's more convenient this way."

Rather than having companions around, she prefers the "lone wolf" approach of being alone.

Besides, it would be dangerous for Zhang Dingkai to follow her, so going home would be the safest place for him.

His family had already lost his brother and couldn't bear to lose another son.

Hua Xi also took this into consideration and was determined not to let him follow.

Seeing Hua Xi's firm attitude, Zhang Dingkai suddenly wilted, like a deflated ball, hanging his head with a look of loss on his face.

"You really can't take me with you?" He still didn't give up and asked again, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

Hua Xi was unmoved, "Go home and take good care of your parents."

"I understand. I will go home. Please be careful."

Zhang Dingkai said helplessly. He knew that no matter what he said, he could not change Hua Xi's decision, so he had to leave slowly, looking back every few steps.

Hua Xi just stood there quietly, watching Zhang Dingkai's figure gradually disappear into the darkness.

Without Zhang Dingkai's noise in her ears, the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Hua Xi was able to calm down better and sort out her thoughts.

During those days as a guard, she had visited almost every place in the Li family in the name of patrolling, and she was sure that the disappeared guards were not in the Li family.

Since he is not inside the Li family, he must be hiding outside.

Hua Xi’s next step is to find out Li Qingchi’s secret base outside.

He wanted evidence, so she found it and showed it to him.

……

Cao Yunlai took Gu Tu back to his home.

As soon as Gu Tu entered the door, his eyes were attracted by the various masks and an expression of surprise appeared on his face.

"This is……"

"This is what I use to make money. After I escaped from the desperate situation, I couldn't find you, so I went to the black market to set up a stall to sell masks, including human skin masks. I was the only one selling this kind of mask on the black market. I thought you would come to find me after hearing that it was me, but it turned out that I have been waiting for almost 30 years." Cao Yunlai explained with a smile, with a hint of emotion in his tone.

Gu Tu felt guilty after hearing this, "I'm sorry."

He had never been to the black market and didn't pay attention to it, so naturally he had no way of knowing where Cao Yunlai was.

And even if he knew, he would not go to see Cao Yunlai.

He is a sinner, and anyone who gets close to him will not have a good ending.

"Don't feel sorry, Brother Tu. I'm doing fine. Apart from worrying about you, I'm pretty comfortable in the black market every day."

This is the truth. Compared to the life of a mercenary in desperate situations, Cao Yunlai found that doing business was more suitable for him.

It was also his fault that he was too rebellious at the time. He refused to accept his family's arrangement for him, so he went to the interview at Juejing out of spite. In the end, he actually passed and became a mercenary.

However, Cao Yunlai does not regret this youthful and reckless decision.

He learned a lot in desperate situations and met trustworthy friends like Brother Tu. For him, those years in desperate situations were the most precious time in his life.

……

Ren Hui's ex-wife, Cao Yunlai's cousin, readily agreed to a meeting after receiving the news from her cousin.

When they arrived at the agreed place, Cao Yunlai and Gu Tu, who was wearing a human skin mask, had been waiting for a long time.

My cousin came forward and said with a smile, "You kid, we haven't contacted each other for more than ten years. Why are you suddenly looking for me this time? There must be something important, right?"

Although my cousin is already in her seventies, you can’t tell her real age from her face. She looks like she is only in her fifties or sixties.

The reason why she looks young is that in addition to paying attention to maintenance, she has always had an optimistic attitude.

Cao Yunlai quickly stood up, pulled a chair over for his cousin to sit down, and said with a smile on his face: "Cousin, I do have something to ask you."

The cousin looked at him, then looked at Gu Tu who was silent beside him, a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes, and asked, "Who is this?"

Cao Yunlai hesitated for a moment and said, "Cousin, he is my friend, please don't worry about it."

It is still unclear what my cousin’s attitude towards Gu Tu is, so I dare not directly reveal Gu Tu’s identity for the time being.