Chapter 167

Originally, Grandpa Tang only felt that Xu Tian was not distinguishing between public and private matters just to let Bingyan accompany him, and didn't want Bingyan to go abroad.

Who could have thought that Bingyan would really have an accident this time when she went over...

On the other side.

After everyone was settled, Chen Xiaoxiao, A Wei, and the others continued to ask Bai Lu and the others how they thought of impersonating the Shadow organization.

Facing the dozen or so curious eyes around him, Bai Lu spoke unhurriedly:

"Didn't A Wei ask us to take Mr. Xu and leave first before? When we arrived at the pier, Mr. Xu refused to board the ship."

"He refused to board the ship?"

A Wei was slightly startled; didn't Xu Tian choose to evacuate by himself immediately after learning of the danger? Why would he refuse to leave?

"That's right. At that time, we were all angry because he refused to board the ship and wasted time, thinking he had forgotten something precious, which is why he was dawdling and refusing to leave."

"But who knew he dragged his suitcase over and opened it in front of us..."

"Guess what was inside?"

Although Bai Lu's question was a question, he didn't wait for others to answer but continued on his own:

"Inside wasn't gold, silver, or jewelry at all, but was filled with performance costumes and masks."

A Wei, Chen Xiaoxiao, and the others were all shocked upon hearing this.

The bulky suitcase Xu Tian dragged when he set off actually contained costumes and masks?

"Then what about the Thousand-Machine Umbrella?" Chen Xiaoxiao couldn't help but ask.

"I also asked Mr. Xu about this. He said it was custom-made from a merchant on Taobao who makes cosplay props. Because he also bought other costumes, the boss even gave him a discount, and he got it for less than five hundred yuan..."

"..."

The scene suddenly fell into a weird silence.

After hearing this, the people present didn't cheer, but instead stared at Bai Lu with an indescribable look.

Who could have thought that the Tattoo organization, which made the International Criminal Police Organization have a headache and issue reward orders everywhere, was actually scared away by cosplay props?

If they hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes just now, they would definitely have thought Bai Lu was bragging.

"This is impossible..."

Chen Xiaoxiao couldn't help but shake her head: "How could Xu the scumbag know so much about the Shadow organization, and even know Du Yan Jack's true identity? And it's as if he had foreknowledge, preparing response plans in advance?"

"Preparing those props and costumes must have taken at least a week, and at that time, we hadn't even set off yet!"

Chen Xiaoxiao's question was also what everyone else present was urgently wanting to know.

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

Bai Lu shrugged: "Under those circumstances, we didn't have time to ask, so we just put on those performance costumes according to his instructions."

Just at this time, Xiao Can, who was resting on a lounge chair nearby, raised his hand weakly and said: "You don't think he calculated that we would be in danger by reading palms and star charts, do you?"

Everyone: "..."

Xu Tian had indeed told them that he could read palms and star charts, and had also predicted that Chen Xiaoxiao would have trouble and that Xiao Can would encounter a noble person who was hard to handle.

And before they set off for the Lighthouse Country, he had also said that their situation would be very dangerous after they came over this time.

Once is a coincidence, twice could also be a coincidence.

But being right time and time again, that would...

"Mr. Xu wouldn't really be a master, would he?"

A small bodyguard couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't believe him before, thinking he was just talking nonsense; I have sinned; I shouldn't have questioned the master..."

Another bodyguard nodded deeply: "Originally, I couldn't understand why Tang Zong would take a fancy to Mr. Xu; now I suddenly feel that Tang Zong really had foresight!"

Most people believed the palm reading and star chart rhetoric and sighed that Xu Tian calculated accurately; maybe he was a master.

But there were also firm atheists who didn't believe in these supernatural sayings.

What era is it now, and there are still people who believe in charlatans?

But they couldn't think of a more reasonable explanation.

How did Xu Tian know the information that the Shadow Master believed?

Even that Thousand-Machine Umbrella, which no living person had seen, he could find someone to custom-make, and it really passed the test.

Finally, A Wei spoke: "Whether Mr. Xu has foreknowledge or not, it is a fact that he saved us, and we shouldn't doubt his motives."

"If he really had bad intentions, we would have died under Tattoo's blades long ago."

The bodyguards all nodded upon hearing this.

"A Wei is right..."

"If it weren't for Mr. Xu, all of us would have died this time."

After all, having just experienced life and death with Xu Tian, they wouldn't doubt Xu Tian at this time.

Xu Tian could clearly have left by ship, but at the critical moment, he thought of the way to impersonate Shadow and saved everyone.

Originally, they all thought Xu Tian was a pretty boy supported by Tang Bingyan, but now it seems their vision was too narrow.

Chen Xiaoxiao discovered that all the bodyguards under her had defected and had nothing to say.

After all, it was indeed Xu Tian who saved the eldest young lady this time.

As the first dark guard beside the eldest young lady, not only did she fail to protect the eldest young lady, but she also let Xiao Can almost die at the hands of Tattoo's people.

If it weren't for Xu Tian, I'm afraid Xiao Can would have been killed by Vampire George by now.

And while the bodyguards were chatting in the living room in twos and threes, Xu Tian was guarding Tang Bingyan's bedside in the bedroom without taking a step away.

Tang Bingyan had taken medicine, and her condition had stabilized slightly, but she still hadn't woken up.

Xu Tian sat by the bed motionless, his hand still firmly gripping hers.

Tang Bingyan's hand was icy cold without a trace of temperature, and only the weak rise and fall of her chest proved she was still alive.

She rarely showed herself in such a weak state; if it weren't for the outbreak of the illness she had forcibly suppressed due to excessive fatigue this time, Xu Tian wouldn't have known that her body had deteriorated to this extent.

A knock on the door suddenly sounded, and a bodyguard carrying a tray walked in.

"Mr. Xu, it's time to eat."

The bodyguard respectfully placed the tray on the bedside table beside Xu Tian; his attitude toward Xu Tian had changed significantly compared to before going to the Lighthouse Country.

If it were just before setting off, although these bodyguards didn't show obvious discrimination, Xu Tian could tell from their eyes that they also hated himself just like Chen Xiaoxiao.

"Thank you." Xu Tian responded lightly, but didn't touch the food on the bedside table.

Tang Bingyan hadn't woken up yet, and he had no appetite at all.

"That..." The bodyguard didn't leave immediately after delivering the food, but stood in front of Xu Tian with a tangled expression, stammering.

"What's wrong?" Xu Tian looked up at the bodyguard whose face was flushed.

"Actually, it's nothing major... it's just..."

The small bodyguard seemed hard to speak, but under Xu Tian's probing gaze, he still mustered the courage to say: "Mr. Xu, I heard that you can read palms; if you have time, can you help me read mine?"