The Lost Tomb : Sea Of Sands

Chapter 53: Xie Yuchen's Situation

Li Cu couldn't believe his ears and didn't understand what was going on. Unlike Wu Xie, who could always accept what was happening in front of him right away and find a way to solve it, Li Cu was someone who could be considered brain-dead. He really couldn't figure out what was happening in front of him right now.

In Wu Xie's eyes, the only reasonable explanation for the present situation was that Liang Wan was The Flash, switching between time and space at a faster speed than he could imagine, and taking the time to change sexes along the way. But Li Cu couldn't understand what he didn't understand, so he obediently hung up the phone.

"You're so late." Liang Wan said, walking up to him and taking the cell phone from his hand. "Just sit anywhere. If you think it's too dirty, just stand. I won't take long anyways."

"Are you Liang Wan's brother or transgender sister?" Li Cu asked.

"I borrowed this face just to get away easier. You should remember me. You came here because of the business card I gave you." The man continued, "I have a mask on my face."

Li Cu frowned: "Really? A mask? Is there really such a thing?"

"Now they're sold everywhere, so it's not surprising. But this dress was very difficult to get, and if you look closely, you'll find that it's actually different." The man said. "I secretly took photos with my phone and had someone make it this afternoon. The face is also very rough. I took a basic mask and modified it with a little makeup. You wouldn't be fooled in the sun, but it's enough in this kind of light."

"What do you really want?" Li Cu was speechless. Did he become a pervert magnet this year? How was it that everyone he met was a pervert?

"I don't have much time, so I'll briefly explain to you the problems you're facing." The man said. "Right now, your little girlfriend is at another farmhouse with the exact same structure as this one. I have two houses here, and the structures of the two alleys are also the same. Originally used to hide from enemies, they were later abandoned. I had your girlfriend led to the other house so that I could meet you alone."

"Then you didn't have to dress up like this, and stand in the corner pretending to be a ghost."

"There's a reason I'm standing in the corner dressed like this. In this house, this is the only corner hidden from all the windows. No one outside can see me talking to you, and even if someone knew that I was in the house, they couldn't read my lips or know what I'm talking about. Now, my staff thinks that your girlfriend is me, and that I'm planning something so that I can get away. I have to switch back with her as soon as possible; otherwise it'll be easy to reveal the flaws."

"Oh..." Li Cu nodded, but in reality, he didn't understand anything. The man added: "I did this because my family's been deeply infiltrated. I don't know who to trust or who to suspect. The situation on your side is exactly the same as mine."

"What do you mean?"

"Everything you've received came from a friend of mine. Over the past few years, we've emerged from a major incident and slowly started to deal with our own affairs. We found that the people around us had changed during that chaotic period, and in the face of the previous big event, we didn't discover these minor changes. Now, however, we've gradually found that there aren't any trustworthy people around us."

"And then?"

"We proposed before that we needed someone completely unrelated to help us with one thing since we were under too much control. But it was only a proposal. Based on what happened to you, however, this matter is no longer just a proposal. He's obviously already put it into effect."