Two days passed by in a flash. It was evening again.
Shangguan Muqing, who had been on guard for a long time and even increased the number of security personnel at the Martial Arts Hall because she was worried Lin Huanhuan might bring people to cause trouble, breathed a sigh of relief.
She politely sent off the senior and junior brothers who had come to help, then closed the hall, casually assigned someone to stay behind and guard, and left.
After all, what was there to steal in the hall? Most of it was junk and some hospitality items, not worth much.
Having been busy for so long, she hadn’t cultivated in ages, so it was a good chance to go back and train properly.
In the silent night, in the darkness unknown to anyone, two sneaky figures were plotting.
The female disciple at the front desk was yawning. She felt very unlucky—she had drawn the short straw today to stay and guard, instantly ruining her wonderful cultivation plans.
She had originally planned to cultivate all night. She didn’t think there was any need to guard the place, but Shangguan Muqing said the other side might sneak in to cause trouble, maybe even smash the place when no one was around. Although it could be repaired, it would still be a loss.
There was no choice. Since Shangguan Muqing was the boss, whatever the boss said was right. She had to obey.
While staring at the ceiling, she didn’t notice a flicker of a candle flame and a breeze passing by. She was still marveling, ‘The night wind is so cool tonight, it really makes one want to cultivate.’
Inside the hall, two people wrapped in black clothes were cautiously observing everything around them, afraid of traps. But after a long observation, they still didn’t find anything suspicious.
“It seems we were too cautious. Having one person on night duty is their limit. They have to open the shop tomorrow, so how could they set traps inside? Not to mention it’s hard to clean up, but if they injured a customer, they’d be done for.”
Lin Huanhuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Miss, it looks safe.”
Dong Yuner said softly.
Lin Huanhuan nodded. “From what we see, it does seem that way, but don’t let your guard down. Shangguan Muqing is no pushover; she might have some tricks up her sleeve.”
“In any case, let’s make it quick. Once we put in the medicine, we leave immediately. Don’t get caught or leave any evidence.”
This sabotage operation behind enemy lines had been pondered over by Lin Huanhuan for a long time. She finally decided not to let Huyan Yazhi and the others handle it, but to do it herself—it was safest. She chose Dong Yuner as her teammate, at least less likely to mess up, and she would listen best.
And the most crucial point was that this would also make Dong Yuner happy.
As expected, when she told Dong Yuner about this and invited her to act together, Dong Yuner was practically jumping for joy. But even so, Dong Yuner pretended to be calm on the surface.
Dong Yuner was very happy now. Lin Huanhuan had entrusted such an important task to her and was acting with her. She absolutely couldn’t screw this up, and if she could leave a beautiful and precious memory, even better.
They were about to act when the front-desk female disciple on night duty suddenly came in to check, her footsteps rapidly approaching.
They could only exchange a quick glance and hide together in the shadows.
Since both were women and understood each other’s feelings, there was no need to worry about anything. Their shoulders pressed together, transferring each other’s warmth.
Their breath stopped.
The front-desk female disciple glanced around casually.
“It was just my imagination. I thought someone had broken in. It’s all Senior Sister Shangguan’s fault for saying such scary things; I’m getting paranoid.”
She walked out again, and her footsteps gradually faded away.
Lin Huanhuan and Dong Yuner then came out.
Lin Huanhuan’s cheeks were slightly red. She shook her head a few times before recovering.
Without lingering, they quickly made their way to the Kitchen Ingredients Area. Looking at the dazzling array of ingredients, they smiled slightly, then took out the High-Strength Laxative and casually added it in.
“Miss, to think you could come up with such an evil plan. Truly worthy of you.”
Dong Yuner smiled helplessly. It had been a long time since she had done something like this with Lin Huanhuan, making her a bit rusty.
Lin Huanhuan didn’t mind. “It’s just normal operations. Don’t worry, the other side will definitely understand.”
They quickly left the place without attracting any attention, and due to their professional technique, they also left no evidence.
The next day, the sun was bright.
The Martial Arts Hall was bustling with people, business booming.
Shangguan Muqing sat leisurely, her face full of contentment. She looked at her own hall, then at the hall across the street that was almost deserted, and couldn’t help but smile knowingly.
With just this slight comparison, the gap immediately appeared. It was truly pleasing.
However, at that moment, a noisy commotion suddenly broke out inside the hall.
Shangguan Muqing frowned slightly, pushed aside the people blocking her, and immediately saw a regular customer clutching his stomach, his face twisted in pain.
“Ow, ow, it hurts so much! Why does my stomach hurt so much? What did you put in your food? Why does eating it make people so uncomfortable? How do you do your job!”
To increase competitiveness and make customers somewhat dependent, the hall implemented a Membership System and also provided many free things, such as food, rest areas, and even opera performances.
Shangguan Muqing’s first reaction upon seeing this was that someone might be deliberately using low-quality food to fool people, after all, corruption was very common.
The surrounding customers began to murmur, and some even frowned, starting to criticize the place.
Shangguan Muqing gritted her teeth slightly, then made a decisive decision and gave a look to someone beside her.
A staff member of the hall immediately jumped out and scolded, “First of all, our food here is free, and how could a hall as big as ours cheat you?”
“Your stomach hurts now, it must be because something went wrong with your cultivation. Otherwise, why don’t others have stomachaches, only you? Have you considered that it might be your own problem?”
Hearing this, the customers calmed down and nodded in approval.
“You, ow…”
The customer wanted to argue, but his painfully twisted stomach made him extremely uncomfortable, so he had to quickly leave.
Shangguan Muqing breathed a sigh of relief.
“I need to thoroughly investigate the person in charge of purchasing supplies. I can’t let…”
Before she could finish, several more people cried out in stomach pain, and the number was increasing.
In just a few seconds, half of the people present…
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