Chapter 236: Who Can Guard Against a Thief for a Thousand Days?
Li Banfeng set Zhuo Yuling's head down in front of Lu Xiaolan and beckoned for her to come out.
Lu Xiaolan was no fool. Li Banfeng had already killed Zhuo Yuling, and the other two fifth-level experts were nowhere to be seen. Most likely, they had met the same fate.
She knew she was no match for Li Banfeng. The moment she stepped out of her domain, she would die without a doubt. She refused to come out, but Li Banfeng was certain he could lure her out.
The Fool's Thousand Worries would work on anyone who felt hesitated and indecisive. As Lu Xiaolan stared at Zhuo Yuling's severed head, Li Banfeng knew she wouldn't be able to stay calm. Anger would take hold of her, and once it did, doubt would follow close behind.
As long as she was torn between decisions, she wouldn't escape the Fool's Thousand Worries. Sooner or later, she would make a choice that benefited Li Banfeng.
Lu Xiaolan stared at Zhuo Yuling's head and her gaze drifted out of focus.
This was her biological mother. The woman who had devoted her entire life to turning her into a professional assassin.
The same woman who had never treated her with any gentleness, no matter how much she had suffered as a child.
She tried to marry Lu Xiaolan off to Ma Wu, then to He Jiaqing. Later, for the sake of the Crimson Lotus, she had even forced her to assassinate He Jiaqing's own mother.