The Master’s Mask Unveiled Again
Chapter 731 - Chapter 731 Chapter 730 The Stoic Assassins Underling Falls

Chapter 731: Chapter 730: The Stoic Assassin’s Underling Falls for the Young Lady of a Wealthy Family Chapter 731: Chapter 730: The Stoic Assassin’s Underling Falls for the Young Lady of a Wealthy Family The island was surrounded by a range of mountains, and from afar, it appeared to be nothing more than an undeveloped, desolate island.

Yet hidden within the island was another world entirely.

There was only one man-made bridge leading to Yinye Island, which allowed passage without the need for a boat.

Mo Fan drove quickly and soon officially arrived on the island, but before he could start his investigation, the ground started to rumble violently, as if there was an earthquake.

He got out of the car and continued walking forward.

It was at this moment that Lu Mian encountered Mo Fan.

Unexpectedly, her first reaction was to quickly cover her face, to prevent Mo Fan from recognizing her presence.

Her second reaction was–

This place was about to be leveled!

She quickly pulled a robe from her backpack and draped it over herself, then swiftly made her way to Mo Fan’s side.

“Move fast!”

Mo Fan was startled.

The next second, he realized there was a black-clad person wearing a mask beside him.

Without giving him time to think, the tremors beneath their feet grew stronger, and Lu Mian immediately took Mo Fan and plunged into the lake.

In the center of Yinye Island, countless bursts of fire erupted in an instant.

Lu Mian had already prepared protective measures for herself, but Mo Fan had not, and under the severe shock, the man became groggy and passed out.

Before falling unconscious, he thought the voice he heard sounded like Miss Lu’s.

—

Xiao Qimo stood on the opposite side of Yinye Island and naturally witnessed the enormous explosion.

The shockwave caused the people on his side to retreat several steps unprepared, suffering physical injuries once again.

Only Xiao Qimo remained standing in his original position, motionless.

His fingers trembled slightly, his eyes as deep as the ocean.

Mo Fan was still inside.

Daine and Wa Zhiqi helped each other stand, “Mr. Qimo, what is this…”

“Could it be they discovered our arrival and self-destructed as a courtesy?”

“Mo Fan! What about Mo Fan? He has just landed on the island!” Wa Zhiqi was desperately pacing in a circle.

Xiao Qimo was more anxious than him, although he didn’t show it. Brushing off the dust from his black uniform, his eyes fluctuated before he rasped, “We can’t go over there yet.”

“…”

Everyone fell silent together, some with eyes moist with tears.

After such a massive explosion, it was very likely Mo Fan wouldn’t make it back…

“Mo Fan, I’m sorry… I should have been nicer to you, I shouldn’t have always provoked you…” Wa Zhiqi, sincerer than ever, started to cry with sobs and sniffles.

As criminal police, they had become all too familiar with life and death.

Wa Zhiqi was never able to face it with calm.

An entire island gone just like that, and as for a person, not even a piece of clothing would be left to find…

Just as everyone’s sorrow was at its peak, they unexpectedly noticed a lifebuoy floating on the lake.

Inside the lifebuoy was a person.

“It’s Mo Fan!”

Wa Zhiqi was the first to recognize him, jumping for joy on the spot, thankful that at least there was a whole person.

Wa Zhiqi and Sun Hui jumped into the lake together, pulling Mo Fan out and checking him over. They found no injuries on him; he had simply passed out temporarily due to changes in intracranial pressure caused by the shockwave.

Everyone was extremely relieved and immediately administered first aid to him.

Mo Fan choked on a mouthful of water, and when he came to, he was still dazed, mumbling words that the others could not understand.

He clutched at Wa Zhiqi’s clothes, repeating words under his breath.

Wa Zhiqi quickly bent down to listen carefully to what he was saying.

“Miss Lu… Miss Lu…”

Mo Fan kept repeating these three words non-stop, and Wa Zhiqi was so frightened that she plopped down on the ground, feeling as if she was hallucinating.

How could Mo Fan be calling for Lu Mian?

This was a matter of life and death, and the thoughts and words one uttered at such a time were always of the utmost importance.

Unable to help herself, Wa Zhiqi supplemented a million words of a romance novel in her mind: The cold-faced assassin’s subordinate had fallen for the wealthy lady.

Hiss.

Xiao Qimo walked over. Although he usually kept his cool, deep down he really cared.

“What did he just say?”

Wa Zhiqi didn’t dare to repeat it and vaguely brushed it off with, “I didn’t hear it clearly.”

After waiting a good while longer, Mo Fan finally came to his senses completely.

Relieved at having survived, Wa Zhiqi exclaimed gratefully, “Mo Fan, you are so lucky; you survived such a huge explosion unscathed! We all thought you…”

Mo Fan paused for a moment, pushed Wa Zhiqi aside, and walked over to Xiao Qimo.

“Master.”

Xiao Qimo asked with concern, “Are you alright now?”

“I’m fine,” Mo Fan replied hurriedly, “Master, on the island, I saw someone.”

“Who?”

“It seemed like… Miss Lu,” Mo Fan said uncertainly, “just before I passed out, I thought I heard her voice…”

Xiao Qimo’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“Did you see her in person?”

“No. I didn’t see anything…”

Xiao Qimo raised his hand to cut off Mo Fan’s words.

“It’s impossible that it was her,” he said with conviction. The little mischief had promised to stay at the office to practice calligraphy, and besides, the lab had just made them do an AorB choice.

If Lu Mian wasn’t in the office, what was the purpose of the lab?

“She couldn’t possibly appear here.”

Mo Fan wasn’t too sure about his own thoughts either, and since his master said so, he didn’t insist.

It was probably his imagination.

Xiao Qimo looked out at the island.

He instructed the people around him, “Once things calm down here, we’ll go to the scene to investigate.”

“Okay.”

—

At this time, Yun Zhijuan, who was attending an international conference in a certain region, suddenly shivered.

His intuition was still very sharp, and this shiver made him feel as if something unlucky was about to happen.

Sure enough, as the saying goes, only the ill omens are fulfilled.

Soon, a secretary came in with a piece of breaking news.

The leaders around the table all turned to look at Yun Zhijuan with a clear question in their eyes.

Was it your people who caused this?

Yun Zhijuan: ???

He had just been through a verbal barrage for a conflict involving the third team, and now with this incident, these people automatically assumed that it was another masterpiece by IEG.

The IEG indeed had strong operational capabilities, but their capacity for destruction was also genuine.

But surely they couldn’t just randomly suspect that it was someone from their organization, right?

“Chief, we are directly handing this case over to your side for investigation. Regardless, this kind of disturbance is no trivial matter! What’s our purpose?”

“Maintaining peace!” Everyone answered in unison.

“…” Annoyed, Yun Zhijuan responded.

Pretending to adjust the bridge of his mask, he was so angry he felt his liver ache.

Which idiot had caused trouble and managed to shift the blame onto IEG?