Chapter 49 - Do You Think They Can Be Trusted? (1/2)

Yao Ling nodded. ”I have a bad feeling about all of this. Do we involve ourselves in something dangerous?”

”I'm not too sure myself. We are in the open and the enemy is in the dark, so we are at a disadvantage position.”

”You are correct. So tell me more about your plan.” Yao Ling's interest was piqued by the so-called plan.

”Previously, I have a thought to build my own power. I need people that we can trust wholeheartedly. For example, shadow guard to protect us, also servants and maids that had martial art skills. I also want to build information network,” Yao Ying explained the bigger picture. He knew the plan was very grant and it was hard to fulfill in one go. They needed to find the people first and then personally trained them. This couldn't be done in a short amount of time. They also needed preparation beforehand.

Yao Ling nodded in understanding. She also agreed with his plan. ”That sounds like a good plan, but to be able to do that… we need a lot of resources. To have our own people to hide in the dark, we can't rely on 'Wang Fu'. We have to do it ourselves. We don't have much money, to begin with.”

”That's our main problem. We have to accumulate enough money and then we can start buying people in the slave market.”

”Husband… do you think Xiu and Xiao Yu can be trusted?” Yao Ling asked the question that kept bugging her mind. Everything could be done a lot easier if they could have all the helpers that available.

Yao Ying was surprised with the sudden question, but he also understood Yao Ling's concern. Everyone that couldn't be trusted should be removed. If they were really spies, then letting them stay beside them was very dangerous. ”They both are good people. Whether they can be trusted or not, I'm afraid it's a hard question. It can only be answered by them.”

”Both of them were given to us by 'Wang Fu' management. I'm afraid our enemies could be inside this household and they planted spies here. Our courtyard is small and only a few people are here, so the others can also be the spies.” Yao Ling said her speculation.

Indeed. Beside Xiu and Xiao Yu, there were eight more people in their courtyard. Two maids for cleaning their room, four maids for cleaning the garden, and two servants for doing odd jobs. Any of them could be the spies.

”What should we do?” Yao Ling asked nervously. The feeling of having spies in their courtyard didn't sit well for her. It made her feel uncomfortable.

”We need to let them be for now. We are not powerful enough to remove them. Besides, if we don't have a strong foothold here, they will send us other spies once we remove their spies. It's not a good solution.”

”You are right,” Yao Ling sighed in disappointment. ”Maybe we should test them in order to know which one of them are the spies. How is that sound?”

Yao Ying smirked. ”That's the same solution that I came up with.” Yao Ying described the plan to Yao Ling, in which she agreed with.

”That's a good plan! Should we do it tomorrow?” Yao Ling asked in excitement.

”The sooner the better.” Yao Ying smiled. If they took longer to start the plan, they couldn't defend themselves against the spies. ”We can think about saving up money and buying more people later. Defending ourselves is our first step.”

”That's true.” Yao Ling nodded in agreement. Then, she sighed, ”I just hope that we can trust Xiu and Xiao Yu. I like both of them.”