Chapter 153 Han Family's Scheme

Gu Fei's first thought upon seeing Han Family's Young Master was, "This is bad." Currently, only the Young Masters' group and Liu Xia knew about his other, more formidable identity. Aside from them, the closest to the truth were the girls from Rebirth Amethyst.

His profession was a mage, he'd been to Moonlit City, he was quite skilled, and he knew Han Family's Young Master… The coincidences known to the girls from Rebirth Amethyst were piling up, and put together, they were already sufficient evidence.

Looking back, sure enough, Yue Ya and the others were staring at him with strange expressions.

He was about to be exposed. Gu Fei thought, but then he reconsidered: Exposure… did it really matter that much? The only people he'd offended were Bu Xiao and the Silver Moon gang in Moonlit City, right? Currently, 27149's image in the public eye was still quite positive. The several major PK incidents had all been justified; he wasn't the type to PK out of malice. Most of the players chasing after 27149 were just curious or admired him; they didn't harbor any ill intentions. If people like Bu Xiao came seeking revenge… Gu Fei grinned. That would be fantastic; wouldn't that be an endless supply of fights?

He was just enjoying the thought when Han Family's Young Master disrupted Gu Fei's wishful thinking.

Concealing his identity had been Han Family's Young Master's idea, and the mask was his creation. He was the one who had always been most concerned about his identity being exposed. How could he possibly reveal any weakness at this moment?

He simply glanced around at everyone, smiled faintly, and said, "Why are there so many people here!"

After saying that, he ignored the women and lowered his head to speak to Gu Fei, who was sitting beside him, "The things you wanted, we've already retrieved them for you."

Han Family's Young Master was pretending to be doing a transaction with Gu Fei, who was now acting as a client who had approached the Young Masters' group.

How cunning! Gu Fei thought. At this moment, he was too embarrassed to expose Han Family's Young Master, who was kindly covering for him, so he could only continue to follow his lead. "Oh? Where are they?"

"Not with me. They'll be delivered in a moment," Han Family's Young Master said with a straight face.

"Thank you so much," Gu Fei said mechanically.

Han Family's Young Master nodded. "Then you guys chat first. I'll find you later." After saying that, he greeted a few people and left.

Luo Luo immediately stood up and lifted the curtain to look outside. Then she chased after him and returned a moment later.

"How was it?" Yue Ya seemed a little nervous, or perhaps excited?

Luo Luo shook her head. "He's still alone."

Yue Ya looked disappointed, and even Lie Lie chimed in, "What a pity!"

In that instant, Gu Fei and Lie Lie's little issue had been thrown to the back of their minds.

"What are you doing?" Gu Fei asked, feigning ignorance.

"Qian Li, did you hire them to help your friend retrieve something?" Yue Ya asked Gu Fei.

Gu Fei nodded.

"The Young Masters' Elite Group," Yue Ya murmured. "Do you know who the members of their group are?"

"No," Gu Fei shook his head.

"27149. Have you heard of this codename?" Yue Ya asked again.

"Yes," Gu Fei said. "I think he's a pretty powerful mage."

"Pretty powerful? He's extremely powerful, the most powerful, in fact. I don't think anyone can be more powerful than him!" Lie Lie exclaimed, her face filled with adoration, making Gu Fei feel uncomfortable. Big sister, that's me! If I ever get exposed, how will you face me? Gu Fei thought. Besides, I know I'm super powerful; I'm just being modest! Gu Fei thought to himself. Gu Fei was confident in his own strength, but to hear Lie Lie praise him so effusively… Uh, although no one would know that Gu Fei was praising himself, he would still be embarrassed by it.

"This 27149 is a member of the Young Masters' Elite Group," Yue Ya said.

"Oh!" Gu Fei responded. He didn't know if the expression he made at that moment was appropriate; he wasn't an actor.

"The last time Bu Xiao caused trouble in Cloudrise City, it was actually because of me. Later, we sought help from this Young Masters' Elite Group." Yue Ya recounted the past events to Gu Fei. She assumed that Gu Fei didn't know, but if there were awards for this matter, Gu Fei could definitely win the Best Participation Award, the Best Actor Award, the Most Patient Award, the Most Ruthless Award, and many other awards. And judging by the current momentum, the Lifetime Achievement Award was also within Gu Fei's grasp.

"I see, I see!" Listening to Yue Ya's explanation, Gu Fei could only nod and agree.

"I really want to meet this strong person, but there's no chance," Yue Ya sighed.

"There will be a chance, there will be a chance," Gu Fei said.

Yue Ya only took it as a polite remark and didn't take it seriously. She smiled and said, "Hopefully!"

"Currently, if we want to meet this person, we can only rely on that Han Family's Young Master. But this person is too cautious. Just like when he came to discuss things with you earlier, he came alone, and we have no idea who his companions are," Luo Luo said.

It turned out that she had chased after him earlier to see if there was anyone with Han Family's Young Master. Gu Fei sighed. If he guessed correctly, Jian Gui and the others were definitely next door, or at most, the next door to next door. As for the person they most wanted to see, he was right in front of them.

"But it seems that he's in the habit of frequenting this tavern. He's done transactions with us here several times, and now he's doing a transaction with Qian Li here as well," Luo Luo said to Yue Ya.

Yue Ya nodded. "This place is also very close to our guild. We can come here often when we have nothing to do."

"That's right!" Luo Luo suddenly slapped her forehead and said excitedly, "If he's a regular, Xiao Lei should recognize him! Perhaps he also knows who he's usually with!"

"That's right!" Yue Ya's eyes lit up, and she quickly lifted the curtain and waved to Xiao Lei.

Xiao Lei hurried over. "What would you like to order, ladies?" Humility and prudence were Xiao Lei's consistent style, but Gu Fei's heart was in his throat. Although he wasn't too worried about his identity being exposed, it would be too awkward to be exposed so directly.

"The man who came here just now, who left a little while ago, the one who looks very… very… uh, very beautiful, do you recognize him?" Yue Ya couldn't find a suitable word to describe Han Family's Young Master's beauty, which seemed to transcend space and time.

"Oh, Han Family's Young Master?" Xiao Lei nodded.

"You recognize him!" Yue Ya exclaimed excitedly.

"Do you ladies have some business to discuss with him? I can introduce you. The Young Masters' Elite Group is indeed the most powerful mercenary group in Cloudrise City. You can't go wrong by hiring them for missions. In addition, you can also hire them for some 'special activities'," Xiao Lei said.

"Special activities?"

"Like 'whitewashing'," Xiao Lei said softly. For things like helping with missions, players could directly go to the mercenary hall to post a request, and the system would automatically provide the relevant mission information. As for player-to-player interactions like "whitewashing," on the one hand, they had a negative impact; on the other hand, if you publicly posted a request in the mercenary hall, wouldn't that be the same as telling the target in advance? There would be no element of surprise. Third, the system gods wouldn't publicly support this kind of thing, so the system couldn't make a fair judgment on it.

Trust between people in online games was limited. The most common mercenary-helping-mission mode was that players posted a mission in the mercenary guild and paid the commission to the system guild first. Then, when a mercenary group accepted the mission, everyone would go to complete the mission together. When the player completed the mission, the mercenary group could collect the commission that the player had paid from the mercenary guild.

Whether or not a mission was completed could be read by the system from your mission list. As for whitewashing and assassination, the system had difficulty judging these kinds of activities. Dying from monsters in the training area, being PKed by other players… there were so many ways to die that the system didn't know how to calculate them.

That's why there was the concept of "special activities." These kinds of missions were usually negotiated privately between players, without the system's assistance. Yue Ya and the others had just never heard the term before. As for the activity itself, the time they hired the Young Masters' group to deal with Bu Xiao was like that.

"We don't have a mission for now. We just want to ask if you know the situation of his mercenary group," Yue Ya said expectantly, or rather, "Who does he often meet with here?"

Gu Fei wasn't idle at this moment. He was anxiously trying to add Xiao Lei as a friend, hoping to privately inform him, but the other party's friend switch wasn't turned on. At this moment, Yue Ya's question had hit the nail on the head, so he could only resign himself to fate.

"I don't know," Xiao Lei actually shook his head.

"You don't know?" Yue Ya was dumbfounded, and Gu Fei was also very surprised. This time, his expression was definitely genuine.

"I've never seen any familiar faces around him," Xiao Lei said.

"Oh…" Yue Ya looked disappointed. "Then thank you for your trouble."

"Would you ladies like something to drink?" Xiao Lei's businessman's face reappeared. The ladies were sitting in a private room in Xiao Lei's tavern, but they hadn't ordered any drinks, and now they were asking all sorts of questions. It was a bit unreasonable.

"Okay," Yue Ya ordered some wine and handed over the money.

"Just a moment." Xiao Lei stepped back and lifted the curtain. Before leaving, he turned back and saw Gu Fei still looking at him, so he winked.

Han Family's Young Master had already given him instructions! Gu Fei sighed. This guy's thoughts were quite far-reaching. Luo Luo wanted to compete with him, but she was still a step behind.

In a moment, Xiao Lei had brought the wine, one glass for each person.

At this moment, everyone was thinking about the Young Masters' Elite Group and 27149, and they had forgotten the original intention of sitting together. This was the glorious spirit of getting sidetracked. It was said that when women chatted together, they would be so unconstrained.

The atmosphere turned cold. Yue Ya took a sip of her wine, and the longing and melancholy she had shown earlier when discussing 27149 had disappeared. Gu Fei knew from looking at her that she was going to bring up the old issue again, so he quickly raised his glass as well. "You've all heard that the dagger has been retrieved, so everything's fine. Everyone doesn't need to apologize anymore. We're still good buddies. Lie Lie, does it hurt where you fell?"

"Huh? It doesn't hurt," Lie Lie said.

"Okay, that's good. Come on, everyone, cheers!" Gu Fei called out.

The women were stunned for a moment, then they each raised their glasses and clinked them together in the center of the table.

Gu Fei was the first to drink it all in one gulp. "Alright, I'll be leaving first." Gu Fei put down his glass and stood up.

The women didn't say anything else and waved goodbye.

Gu Fei saw that Bing Liuli, who hadn't said a word the whole time, had taken a small sip of her wine and was timidly preparing to put it down. He smiled and said, "Little Bing, we should cheer too!" After saying that, he rolled up the curtain and left.