Quick Wear: Passerby A's Counterattack Revised Plot

Yun Che stared at the direction where Shi Qi left, deep in thought. He always felt that Shi Qi was hiding many secrets. "No matter what, I must find out the reason behind this." Yun Che made up his mind.

Shi Qi walked through the bustling market, but she still hadn't completely let go of her doubts about the jade pendant. Yun Che's meaningful look made her even more cautious. She decided to go back to the inn first, study the jade pendant carefully, and then make plans.

After returning to the inn, Shi Qi closed the doors and windows and took out the jade pendant she bought at the stall today and the jade pendant she took from the ancient temple yesterday from her storage bag.

Shi Qi placed the two jade pendants on the table. The flickering candlelight made the textures on the jade pendants even more mysterious.

"Lin Yi, check these two jade pendants, especially this one..." Shi Qi pointed the jade pendant he took from the ancient temple to Lin Yi and said, "I suspect this thing is not from this world."

Lin nodded, "Okay, host." and began to scan and detect the jade pendant.

After a moment, Lin Yi's voice sounded again, with a hint of surprise: "Host, your intuition is very sharp. The material and structure of this jade pendant from the ancient temple are indeed different from any known material in this small world."

"As for the jade pendant I bought from the stall, I didn't detect any difference. This jade pendant is just an exquisitely carved work of art. It has no special use."

"Oh~, so the two of them look similar, so they must be deliberately forged!" Shi Qi picked up the jade pendant he bought at the stall.

Lin Yi asked in confusion: "Why do they look alike? They must have been deliberately forged. Isn't it just a coincidence?"

"You can go and see what's going on with that antique stall." Shi Qi suggested.

Hearing this, Lin Yi immediately understood Shi Qi's intention and nodded, "Master Host, are you saying this might be a trap? Someone deliberately placed a fake similar to the ancient temple jade pendant on the stall to mislead us?"

"They are not misleading us. They don't know who stole the jade pendant. They want to find out who stole the jade pendant. The person who stole the jade pendant would want something similar to it, and they are using this to find that person." Shi Qi said.

"Then he has discovered us, right?" Lin Yi said anxiously when he heard this.

Shi Qi smiled slightly, "Have you seen that stall?"

"No, what's wrong with that stall?" Lin Yi shook his head.

Shi Qi directly brought up the picture, "The location of the stall is very clever. It is located at an intersection in the market. There are people coming and going around it, but it is not too crowded. This location can easily be noticed by passers-by, and it is also convenient for the stall owner to observe the surroundings."

Shi Qi analyzed, "More importantly, the stall owner seems to place various small items randomly, but in fact, each area may have blind spots in his vision, or in other words, 'observation blind spots' that he deliberately left. This layout can not only make potential buyers relax their vigilance, but also make it easier for the stall owner to observe secretly."

"Then look here." Shi Qi pointed to the place where she had just seen the jade pendant, "Another jade pendant appears here, the same one I just bought." Shi Qi enlarged the picture and pointed to the place where the jade pendant appeared to show Lin.

Lin Yi widened his eyes, staring at the details in the picture carefully, and exclaimed: "Wow, host, he put another jade pendant."

"That's right. He did this to attract those who are interested in the ancient temple jade pendant or have already obtained it. And we accidentally became one of his targets." Shi Qi sighed.

She said in annoyance: "Alas~ I didn't notice it when I bought it just now. I shouldn't have bought the jade pendant if I had known. It was only when I found someone following me that I realized something was wrong."

Shi Qi frowned slightly, but then relaxed again, with a flash of determination in her eyes. "Since we have become the target, let's take advantage of it." She said softly, with an unquestionable determination in her tone.

She stood up, walked to the window, opened it, and watched what was happening outside. The market was still bustling, but Shi Qi could sense that a few subtle eyes seemed to be quietly locking onto the inn where she was.

"Lin Yi, did you notice someone following me on my way back?" Shi Qi asked.

Lin Yi quickly recalled what had just happened, and then replied: "Yes, host, I noticed a few people with suspicious whereabouts. They seemed to have been keeping a distance from you, but they didn't make any obvious tracking movements, as if they were deliberately hiding their presence."

"But they didn't catch up with you. The host has already left them all behind just now," he added.

"Then why... I feel like someone outside is staring at me." Shi Qi gestured to Lin to look out the window.

Hearing this, Lin Yi immediately turned his attention to the window and quickly scanned the surroundings. "Host, there are indeed people watching this inn, but the people watching your room are the secret guards assigned to you by Zhongli Shiyan, and the others are watching the entire inn."

"Okay, Lin Yi, how far do you think this place is from the ancient temple?" Shi Qi felt something was wrong, so she asked.

"Host, we used the teleportation array yesterday, so it was very quick. If we use a normal horse-drawn carriage, it would take about 10 days to arrive." Lin Yi replied.

Shi Qi smiled and asked Lin Yida: "10 days? The jade pendant was lost last night, and this morning, they have already reached a place that would take 10 days to reach by carriage. Why is that?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi's expression became serious. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Master Host, what you mean is... maybe they are not just trying to retrieve the jade pendant? Or, they have a deeper plan, and the theft of the jade pendant is just one of the links?"

Shi Qi shook his head and refuted Lin Yi's words: "Let me ask it another way. In such a short time, did they know that the jade pendant was lost? So they came out to look for it."

"No one would normally notice the location where the jade pendant was placed. After I took it yesterday, I restored all the decorations on it."

"And when I took it, I didn't feel any mark on it that could help me find it if I lost it. This means that this thing is not that important to them. However, this thing is indeed useless in this small world."

When Lin Yi thought about the copy ring, he tilted his head curiously, his eyes flashing with confusion, and asked: "By the way, host, if you want the jade pendant, why don't you use the copy ring? If you use the copy ring, they won't find out that the jade pendant is lost~"