Nightmare Assault

Chapter 288: Poem

Then, Jiang Cheng turned to Xia Meng. A few seconds later, he suddenly said, “Help me?”

Xia Meng scoffed. Just as she was ready to blow him off with snide comments like, ‘Why should I?’, she sensed Fatty’s cold eyes on her. Therefore, she swallowed her words, pressed her lips and uttered unwillingly, “What do you want?”

…

Footsteps approached. Qin Jian, who was seated by the table, stood up warily. You Qi sat up in bed as well. The window was left slightly open. An Xuan saw that someone was coming their way through the gap in the window. The person was running like there was something urgent. It was Chen Xiaomeng.

An Xuan narrowed his eyes and whispered, “Don’t let her come in.”

Qin Jian was the first to move to the door. Before she knocked on the door, he blocked her outside. You Qi moved to follow. Lastly, it was the slow An Xuan.

“Miss Chen,” Qin Jian still looked like an ancient scholar. He asked sincerely, “Can we help you?”

“Have you found anything weird in your room?” Xia Meng spoke quickly with beads of sweat on her forehead.

Qin Jian acted curious, “What do you mean?”

“We’ve encountered nothing like that,” You Qi replied confidently. However, everyone blocked the door to prevent Xia Meng from entering their room.

“The painting appeared out of thin air. It might contain clues.” Xia Meng continued, “Do you want to come to take a look?”

An Xuan smiled, “Maybe later.” He narrowed his eyes. “We are still discussing the clues. We have almost reached a conclusion.”

“Okay.” Xia Meng sighed. She didn’t press. “The painting is that of a woman. She is dancing in a costume. The costume is similar to the one Tang Shirou wore.”

You Qi’s eyes shook. Then, he said with concern, “Then, you better be careful.”

“Oh, right.” Xia Meng suddenly added, “The painting came with a poem.”

“Poem?” Qin Jian’s face changed. However, he quickly corrected himself. He asked in an even tone, “What poem? Is this from this era or…”

Xia Meng shook her head, “I don’t know. I suspect it might be a clue.”

“Oh?” An Xuan stared at her. “Why don’t you tell us?”

“San Geng drum beats. Boat sails on the lake. Mourning clothes walk at night. Golden fortune in silver frost.” Xia Meng took an inconspicuous glance at Qin Jian’s costume. Then, she quickly looked away.

Qin Jian’s face dropped. Then, he glanced at Xia Meng with open mockery. “Mourning clothes…” He lowered his head to look at his black costume. Then, he looked up with an exaggerated expression, “Miss Chen… are you talking about me?” Qin Jian narrowed his eyes and scoffed internally. These people treated him as a newbie, and that would be their grave mistake. They were being so obvious with their tricks.

They clearly also felt the painting was strange. They wanted to trick him to get over them and get him to reveal some weaknesses so he’d be their scapegoat. Qin Jian knew that this was a trick that a bastard called Hao Shuai came up with. He was not that old, but he was already so vicious. Knowing that he would see through their tricks and not be drawn by the painting, they came up with a ‘poem’ that was highly targeted at him to lure him in. ‘Aren’t he afraid of karma?’

Just as Qin Jian thought Chen Xiaomeng would try to argue further, she turned and left. After Chen Xiaomeng fully disappeared, Qin Jian started to have a strange feeling in his heart.

He closed the door and it was instantly followed by a series of dull knockings. Qin Jian suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

An Xuan opened the door. The middle-aged woman stood outside with her listless face. She began, “To thank the Dafus, Young Master invites everyone to admire the lake with a boat ride.” She paused before adding, “At San Geng.”

Qin Jian’s face instantly drained of blood.

…

“Doctor,” Fatty leaned over to whisper, “Do you think Qin Jian will fall for it?” Jiang Cheng, who came up with the plan, was extremely calm as he sipped the tea. Fatty was extremely anxious.

“Don’t know,” Jiang Cheng said, “But you can ask her.” Fatty followed the direction of Jiang Cheng’s finger and saw Xia Meng sitting in bed. Xia Meng huffed coolly. Fatty felt a lot better.

Jiang Cheng’s plan could have tricked even Xia Meng. Then again, not many people could compare to the Doctor when it came to coming up with vicious plans. Based on the clues, they knew that Young Master Huang had another plan that night. Therefore, the Doctor waited on the path that the middle-aged woman had to pass through to reach them. Then, he intercepted her while Xia Meng took the stage to perform. She went to An Xuan’s room to inform them about the news, revealing to them titbits revealed by the clues, especially things like San Geng and the boat.

Then, she dropped the hints that the Doctor had modified.

Jiang Cheng knew that Qin Jian wouldn’t take the bait. He was not that dumb. However, he only needed to bury the seed of suspicion. After that, Xia Meng left to give the stage to the middle-aged woman to help verify the hints given by Xia Meng.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

After all, a boat hadn’t been featured in the mission so far. Such accuracy meant that Qin Jian had to believe Xia Meng’s hints to a certain degree.

“Doctor,” Fatty licked his lips. “I gave this another thought. It feels like something is not right…” He paused, “It’s not that foolproof. Will Qin Jian really fall for it?”

“There is no foolproof plan in this world.” Jiang Cheng shrugged, “Don’t worry too much. Have you considered this?” He turned to Fatty, “Who is currently the most dangerous person on this mission?”

Fatty answered instantly, “Of course, it’s you, Doctor! The mission has even given you a painting to prove that!”

“Tsk!” Jiang Cheng was not satisfied with that.