Chapter 108: Scheming to Save Oneself (1)_1

The news that thirty young girls and children had gone missing during the Upper Yuan Festival had not spread widely, and the ignorant commoners, seeing the great commotion at the Government, all thought it was a hunt for assassins.

But in the blink of an eye, three days had passed. Despite a dragnet search, no "assassin" was found. Instead, they caught a good number of petty thieves, and for a time, the public order in Jing City had improved considerably.

Families who had lost children were so desperate they were almost insane. In a large mansion in the north of the city, Fat Brother, Shouzi, and the rest were no better off.

"Fat Brother, the situation is very bad. If we keep going like this, we will eventually be discovered by the government officers," Shouzi said.

After managing to send away the government officers who had come to search, Shouzi rushed into the backyard, his whole body exuding impatience.