The small bungalow had hidden depths; inside, there was no furniture, just a chaotic mess resembling a junk pile. The contact, Mira, moved a table from the corner, lifted the carpet, and removed a wooden board to reveal the entrance to an underground passage.
"Go down."
He gestured for Song Heping and Mist to enter.
Song Heping said to Mist, "You go first."
Mist didn't move.
Mira noticed the hesitation of the two men.
Actually, what Song Heping meant was for Mist to go down first, and he would follow after Mira.
The benefit of doing this, of course, was to avoid any accidents.
As for what kind of accident…
It was that no place and no one could be completely trusted.
If Mira couldn't be relied on and the two naively went straight into the basement, and someone behind them shut the door and threw in a Hand Grenade, then they'd ascend to heaven to meet their ancestors.
Mira probably guessed their line of thinking.