That night, Qin Sisi stayed with us. I told her to report to her Second Uncle that Qin Minghao’s sickness would resurface at around 3:00 AM in the morning. And that, before that time, we would be resting to regain our strength and composure. He was not to send anybody to disturb us during this time.

It was like a sedative to Mr. Qin. It allowed him to calm down and be at ease. 

We laid on the bed and listened to the time tick by as we waited for the night to come!

Soon, it was around 11:00 PM. I listened to see if there was any commotion in the corridor. Everything was clear. 

I then woke Li Mazi up and asked Qin Sisi to keep the watch while Li Mazi opened the door of the opposite room. 

Li Mazi gave me a nod and discreetly tiptoed away. It didn’t even take him five minutes to unlock the room. We quietly made our way out of our room and followed him. 

Before I left, I closed all the windows of the room and opened the bottle of liquid ether.

Liquid ether would evaporate at room temperature, so I was sure that the assassin would fall into our trap. After everything was ready, we held our breaths and hid in the opposite room.

To avoid being discovered, we didn’t even turn the lights on. The entire room was engulfed in darkness,...