398 Retiremen (2/2)

The best-preserved body part Master Eight had was definitely his hands. Even though he was almost sixty, his face was red with health. However, compared to his hands, his other body parts were still lacking. The pair of hands had no veins and no old man spots. They were fair, smooth, and clean with tapered fingers. The fingers were powerful and agile, like the hands of a youngster. They did not look like they should be attached to an old man at all. If not for the two missing fingers on the left hand, they could have been seen as a piece of art.

The man's eyes scanned the pair of hands almost as if his eyes were drawn to them. After he sneaked his glance, he quickly lowered his eyes and answered, ”Because Master Five said that you are the only person that we can rely on, and since you have accepted another case, it can only mean that you plan to leave retiremen…”

Wait, that's the issue! Master Eight opened his eyes to interrupt. ”I have accepted another case?”

How come I don't know about that?

The man blinked curiously. ”Yes, didn't you send people over to negotiate with Master Five, saying you wish to do a big job together?”

”And you believe them just like that?”

The man was confused. ”Of course. They brought your thumb ring with then… Even though I don't quite get it, Master Five said that the ring did belong to you, and the older generation knows that the ring can represent you.”

Fine, I get it now. Master Eight was silent for a while, and then he smiled brightly like a draft of spring breeze. ”Do you mind going out to wait for a moment? I need to make a call.”

After the man left the study and politely closed the door, Master Eight slowly took out his phone from his pocket and then punched in the number from his phone book. He waited for the call to go through, and when the person on the other line of the phone picked up the call, he said warmly and kindly, ”Xiao Su, what kind of trouble have you gotten your grandfather into this time?”

…

”Sister Shuang, Sister Shuang, that was so scary!” Su Zheng hung up the call and turned to collapse in Ye Shuang's arms with tears in her eyes. ”My teacher was laughing so hard that I could hear flowers blooming in the background. He's definitely going to kill me this time!”

”Don't worry, I'll be there to help collect your body,” Ye Shuang quickly consoled her.

”…” Su Zheng did not feel consoled at all. ”This time, I'll be toast. It's real! This has never happened before. How come Master Eight found out that we've been using his name to trick others this time?”

”Hmm…” Ye Shuang had no idea. She, Han Chu, and Su Zheng would occasionally use Master Eight's name to get some doors open because Master Eight's name was very useful. However, they were mostly using Master Eight as some kind of recommendation letter. Actually, they did not really need him to show up personally to do anything, so in the past, their scam had not been exposed. Yet, this time, someone had walked around them and directly gone to Master Eight!

There was no explanation other than pure bad luck.