Chapter 234: Dragging Out The Mastermind
Xuan Xia had now clearly become the captain of the team helping the Guan family.
After the group discussed it, they temporarily didn’t notice any issues anywhere, except that the feng shui layout of this villa might have problems, so Xuan Xia turned around and went to discuss with Guan Jinjun and the others, planning to check the villa’s feng shui and confirm.
When Xuan Xia approached Guan Jinjun’s family, she couldn’t help but carefully size up the whole family.
Before, Qu Xingxuan had said that if it weren’t for this family’s deep blessings, they would have long been dead.
Now, with one look, Xuan Xia saw that Qu Xingxuan was indeed right.
However, no matter how deep the blessings, it was impossible to endlessly ward off disasters and evils; there would always come a time when they were exhausted.
Now, they were not far from running out.
They couldn’t delay any longer.
Xuan Xia had a conclusion in her mind, withdrew her line of sight, showed nothing on her face, and normally mentioned checking the feng shui layout.
Regarding the villa’s feng shui arrangements, no one in the whole family knew more clearly than Madam Guan.
Madam Guan immediately said she could tell them the specific arrangements, as for checking…
“The villa has arrangements both front and back, and there have been recent changes. But it’s already early morning now. Can you see clearly if you go out to check now?” Madam Guan asked Xuan Xia.
Leaving aside whether they could see clearly in the middle of the night, just going out to check at this hour would definitely require turning on the lights around the villa. And once all the lights in the villa courtyard were turned on, wouldn’t that make quite a commotion in the dead of night?
Although Guan Jinjun had already declared that he would spare no expense to find the culprit behind the scenes, Madam Guan, after calming down, still had some concerns.
Xuan Xia could very much understand Madam Guan’s concerns.
Xuan Xia thought for a moment and then said along with it: “Then it’s fine to check after dawn.”
Anyway, there weren’t many hours left until dawn.
“Mister Guan, Madam Guan, can we check inside the villa first now?” Xuan Xia asked as a fallback.
The Guan couple exchanged a glance.
“Of course.” After the eye contact, Madam Guan followed up: “I’ll lead you all to check.”
Xuan Xia certainly wouldn’t refuse.
In someone else’s home, it was naturally better to have the host lead the check.
Guan Jinjun was accompanied by his daughter Guan Lixue, sitting on the living room sofa to rest, while Ding Lu accompanied Madam Guan, leading Xuan Xia and the others to check the villa’s interior upstairs and downstairs.
The Guan family villa had four floors in total. Three above ground, and another underground with an entertainment audio-visual room and swimming pool, etc.
Xuan Xia and the others followed Madam Guan’s lead and started checking from the first floor.
Regarding feng shui, Xuan Xia considered herself just a beginner, not proficient. So she very consciously treated herself as a guest, leaving the checking work to the two Daoist Masters and Qu Xingxuan.
They all understood it and were proficient.
They had just started checking when Qu Xingxuan maneuvered to Xuan Xia’s side.
Lowering his voice, he said: “That Mister Guan just said spare no expense. Yesterday I saw he seemed not too keen on Qinghui Temple getting involved, but now he’s saying this—is he hinting that Qinghui Temple can also participate?”
Xuan Xia lightly hummed in acknowledgment.
She hadn’t expected that after just a month apart, Qu Xingxuan’s intelligence had increased quite a bit.
Qu Xingxuan scratched his head: “But he still wants to know who is behind it all. Isn’t that a bit difficult for us?”
Before, he had only been responsible for dispelling disasters and resolving troubles; things like ferreting out the culprits behind the scenes had never been their job.
Otherwise, what would they need police and detectives for?
The last time he heard someone say to ferret out the other side was when it came out of Xuan Xia’s mouth.
Thinking of this, Qu Xingxuan looked at Xuan Xia, waiting for her opinion.
But Xuan Xia just looked back at him, curved her lips in a smile, then gestured for him to keep up with the two Daoist Masters’ pace and properly check the villa’s situation.
Qu Xingxuan: “…”
What did that mean? She wasn’t really planning to ferret out the one behind the scenes, was she?
Could she do it?
Qu Xingxuan wanted to ask clearly, but Xuan Xia didn’t give him the chance.
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Xuan Xia’s group followed Madam Guan’s steps, checking every aspect and every nook and cranny without missing anything, but after going around from top to bottom, they found nothing.
The inside of the villa was very clean, with the feng shui layout arranged neatly and orderly, without any messy things mixed in.
If they had to point out something, it might be that the indoor feng shui energy field seemed mediocre and useless.
However, this wasn’t the current focus, so Xuan Xia just noted it down, planning to discuss it after the matter was resolved.
The check result was told to Madam Guan on the spot, after which everyone returned to the living room.
On the living room sofa, Guan Jinjun was chatting with Guan Lixue about company affairs.
The two were chatting seriously, but it was clear that Guan Jinjun’s energy wasn’t good, becoming more obvious the more they talked.
After Xuan Xia reported the situation to Guan Jinjun, she checked the time and said to them: “It’s late, Mister Guan and Madam Guan, why not go rest first. Especially Mister Guan, you’ve just been discharged from the hospital, so pay more attention to your health.”
Hearing this, Ding Lu spoke up: “Xuan Xia, is it safe tonight? Nothing will happen, right?”
Xuan Xia glanced at the time again, didn’t answer Ding Lu’s question, and just said: “Sister Xiao Lu and Miss Guan, you should go rest too. Staying up late isn’t good.”
Of course she couldn’t answer, and couldn’t guarantee if it was safe tonight or if anything else would happen, since there were still a few hours until dawn.
But she could tell the Guan family and Ding Lu, “Rest assured and sleep, with us here, we’ll keep an eye on the situation.”
Although Xuan Xia had only said a few words, her attitude inexplicably convinced the Guan family, as if they really believed she was capable enough to protect everyone present, and their faces visibly relaxed a lot.
Madam Guan looked at Guan Jinjun, thought of Xuan Xia’s earlier words, and immediately also urged Guan Jinjun to go back to the bedroom to rest; his complexion really was very poor now.
After Madam Guan, Guan Lixue and Ding Lu also joined in persuading Guan Jinjun to rest.
Faced with his family’s concern, Guan Jinjun didn’t act tough and nodded in agreement.
Then he looked at Xuan Xia and the others again, preparing to arrange rooms for them.
Although Xuan Xia said they would keep watch tonight, they couldn’t really not let people sleep, right? Besides, the villa had plenty of empty rooms, so arranging for Xuan Xia and the others to stay was no problem.
Oh, and the bodyguards. Since Xuan Xia and the others were staying in the villa, the bodyguards didn’t need to stay anymore.
Guan Jinjun told the bodyguards to go back first.
As for the staying Xuan Xia and Qu Xingxuan and the others, they uniformly refused Guan Jinjun’s arrangement of bedrooms.
The group had already decided to make do in the living room tonight.
Knowing the group already had arrangements, Guan Jinjun didn’t insist, only sincerely saying to Xuan Xia and the others before leaving: “Then I’ll trouble you all.”
The group replied in unison, “No trouble.”
Ding Lu looked at Xuan Xia with heartache in her eyes, “Little Xia, you go sleep too? Look, you just flew back.”
She believed in Xuan Xia, which was why she invited her to handle this, but she didn’t want Xuan Xia to be too exhausted because of it.
Xuan Xia smiled with narrowed eyes, full of reassurance: “It’s fine, I’m not sleepy.”
She wasn’t lying; she really wasn’t sleepy now.
Not only not sleepy, but even a bit expectant.
