Chapter 55: Fifty-five, Teachings Chapter 55: Fifty-five, Teachings The night grew deep and the once bustling streets became eerily quiet. Underneath the streetlight, a few moths flapped their wings, circling the light in flight.

Abrupt footsteps broke the calm.

Two men, one tall and one short, emerged from an alley and made their way to the front of an inn at the alley’s mouth, where they stopped in their tracks.

“They’re staying in this inn, let’s go in,” the taller man said, stepping forward into the small inn.

The shorter man hurried to follow. Their purpose here was to snatch the Imperial Green Jade and also to teach the insolent grandparents a lesson on behalf of their boss. They had the audacity to embarrass their boss in front of everyone, clearly not knowing the meaning of ‘death.’

Hearing the footsteps outside, Song Yan Ning’s lips curved into a cold arc as she glanced at Yang Lisheng and Li Meixiang who had long since fallen asleep. After they had dozed off, she had scattered some Medicine Powder in the room to deepen their slumber. Now, even if someone entered, they wouldn’t be roused.

“This is the room, let’s go in,” the tall man said, taking out a keycard and swiping it on the sensor outside the door. With their boss’s status in Beijing, obtaining a keycard to a small inn’s room was trivially easy.

The tall man pushed the door open and entered the dark room. He snickered and inserted the keycard into the control panel, illuminating the entire room instantly. They were there to rob, with no need for stealth.

Once the two men could see clearly inside the room, they were taken aback to find Song Yan Ning sitting leisurely on the sofa, sipping tea. She showed no sign of fear or panic at their arrival, as if she had fully anticipated it.

and Li Meixiang on the bed, a hint of surprise in his

stern. A long scar ran from his browbone to the corner of his

her tea and said

filled with countless questions. A little girl awake in the middle of the night, not

without any reaction, still sleeping so soundly. So he dismissed the thought of teaching them a lesson, just wanting to take the jade and leave

to the jade on the table, “The jade is there, whether

neither daring to take a step forward. They had scouted

the nerve to take it?” Song Yan

go get it,” the tall man said as

way toward the jade. Just take it, he thought; he’s a grown man, surely he’s not afraid

his feet. Looking down, his face turned deathly pale, and he let out a cry of terror, frantically kicking away the hand and scrambling towards the door. What he saw was a withered, grey-white, thin, and cracked hand pulling

following the short man. Zhang Yang was known for his courage, so whatever had scared him must be truly

what their boss had said to them when they came out and stopped in his tracks. Steeling his nerves, he turned and

dare to look down, struggling hard to break free from

face drastically changing color. Without a moment’s hesitation, he

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