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.

man came to his senses and glanced at Yang Lisheng and Li Meixiang on the bed, a hint of surprise in his eyes. With such

long scar ran from his browbone to the corner of his mouth – a sight not just

tea and said leisurely, “You’re here

said to Song Yan Ning, a cold sweat breaking out on his back. He was filled with countless questions. A little girl awake in the middle of the night, not sleeping, not turning on the light, sitting on the sofa drinking tea – it was all very creepy to

long without any reaction, still sleeping so soundly. So he dismissed the thought of teaching them a lesson, just wanting

Yan Ning pointed to the jade on the table, “The jade is there, whether you have the ability

They had scouted the entire room before, and there was no jade on the table – its

the nerve to take it?” Song Yan Ning taunted, raising an eyebrow

man said

jade. Just take it, he thought; he’s a grown man,

just two steps, the short man felt as if he couldn’t lift 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

also frightened and ran off following the short man. Zhang Yang was known for his courage, so

his tracks. Steeling his nerves, he turned and ran toward the piece of jade.

man too felt something was wrong. He didn’t dare to look down, struggling hard to break free from the grip that, no matter how hard he tried, seemed only to

drastically changing color. Without a moment’s

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