Chapter 199: Eavesdropping Discovered

As for what happened next, it was clear that Zhu Gaoxi's guess was correct.

About half an hour had passed, and Zhu Gaoxi had been hiding behind a large tree until his legs were sore from standing.

He watched as the guards stationed at the door still had not left.

Zhu Gaoxi's heart sank, secretly estimating that there was no hope for today.

Just as Zhu Gaoxi was about to move his feet, thinking of heading back.

A little girl who looked to be about the same age as Zhu Gaoxi came skipping over.

He saw the little girl walk up to the guards, give a few instructions with her hands behind her back in an old-fashioned manner, and then wave her hand impatiently.

Finally, the guards at the door exchanged glances, then cupped their hands in a salute to the girl and left directly.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxi hurriedly pulled back the half-step he had just taken.

Then, hiding behind the tree, he poked out half his head to observe cautiously.

He saw the girl chase the guards away, then turn to look around.

Seeing that there was truly no one else, she opened the door and went inside.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxi frowned.

He wondered to himself, could he have guessed wrong?

Was the room in front of him not the residence of the old Hall Master of the Red Rainbow Hall at all?

Was it instead the room of that little girl from just now?

But what kind of status did that little girl have, that there were actually guards protecting the entrance to her residence?

Even if this wasn't the little girl's residence, just the fact that she could easily command these guards meant her status was not simple.

Yet he had never heard of such a person existing in the Red Rainbow Hall.

It was a pity that it would still take some time for Ada and the others to investigate the information; otherwise, those files should have mentioned it.

Although many thoughts flashed through his mind, Zhu Gaoxi did not delay.

Seeing that the little girl had entered the room.

Even though Zhu Gaoxi felt his guess might have been slightly off, he had finally waited for this opportunity.

Zhu Gaoxi decided he could not just give up like this.

But whose residence this room actually was, Zhu Gaoxi was determined to see this time.

Thinking this, Zhu Gaoxi hunched his waist and walked to the door.

Mimicking the plots from television shows he had seen before, Zhu Gaoxi stuck out his tongue to lick his finger, then poked it toward the window paper.

As he easily poked a small hole through it.

Zhu Gaoxi brought his eye close and finally saw the situation inside clearly.

He saw an old man with a ruddy complexion, looking frail and senile, sitting in a chair.

A little girl was behind him pounding on his back, occasionally laughing happily.

Zhu Gaoxi was startled by this.

If his previous guess was correct.

Then the old man inside, who was full of smiles and showed no signs of illness, but instead gave the impression of being very robust, should be the legendary old Hall Master of the Red Rainbow Hall.

But wasn't it rumored that this old Hall Master had a relapse of an old ailment and was seriously ill?

This didn't look like someone who was ill at all.

What exactly did those rumors mean?

Zhu Gaoxi did not believe that mere words alone could make the entire Red Rainbow Hall believe the old Hall Master was ill.

And don't forget, that Yin Min was single-mindedly trying to seize back power over the Red Rainbow Hall.

He must have sent people or personally confirmed the old Hall Master's condition.

Thinking this, Zhu Gaoxi couldn't help but frown.

At present, there were only three possibilities.

Either the old Hall Master was ill before and is now recovered.

So the person inside is the old Hall Master after recovering from his illness.

But this thought was shaken off and denied by Zhu Gaoxi as soon as it appeared.

Don't forget, that old Hall Master was seriously ill.

It wouldn't be that easy to recover, and even if he were recovered, the first thing he should do is notify the members to stabilize morale.

Yet currently, the entire Red Rainbow Hall still thought the old Hall Master was seriously ill.

So this point did not make sense.

That left only two points.

Either the old Hall Master was faking his illness on purpose.

That would be very simple; it would be nothing more than the old Hall Master choosing to fake an illness for some reason or out of some helplessness.

Thinking of it this way, it did explain many things.

There was one more possibility, which was that the old man inside was not the old Hall Master at all.

He might be someone else from the Red Rainbow Hall.

Although Zhu Gaoxi thought this was unlikely, he could not be certain immediately.

After all, he had not obtained the information on the Red Rainbow Hall and was not familiar with its internal affairs.

He dared not jump to conclusions about this.

But there was at least one point Zhu Gaoxi could be certain of.

Even if the old man inside was not the old Hall Master of the Red Rainbow Hall, he was definitely some important figure in the Red Rainbow Hall.

Among the people Zhu Gaoxi could come into contact with right now, this old man before him was the only one who had any connection to the upper echelons of the Red Rainbow Hall.

Therefore, regardless of whether this old man was the old Hall Master of the Red Rainbow Hall, Zhu Gaoxi intended to get familiar with him first.

Thinking this, Zhu Gaoxi could not help but lower his head and fall into deep thought.

He was thinking about how to take advantage of this opportunity to approach the other party.

The key was that it could not appear particularly deliberate.

Just as Zhu Gaoxi was thinking, the old man inside suddenly twitched his ears.

Afterward, he looked toward the location outside the door where Zhu Gaoxi was.

While feeling a shock in his heart, the old man struck instantly.

In an instant, the old man had already flown out.

The next second, he opened the window and flew out.

Feeling the sound of the wind, Zhu Gaoxi looked up.

He then saw that the old man had already arrived in front of him and had already reached out a large hand to grab him.

The other party had clearly used his full strength at the start, but upon seeing that Zhu Gaoxi was merely a child of a few years old, he was obviously somewhat surprised.

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