Chapter 1288 - 1287: I Want to See Him
Black Widow put down her phone: "This is the real ace up Zhao Dongming’s sleeve, capable enough to kill Lü Donglin with ease. Zhao’s plan was, in case his own scheme failed, he could have this person assassinate Su Yang and resolve the matter."
"And should his plan succeed, after he takes care of Su Yang, this person could also kill Ge Kaiyang. That way, he would claim all the credit and eliminate two troubles at once. After all, this individual has quite a deep grudge with the Jade-Faced Judge. If he kills Ge, no one would suspect anything."
"However, what Zhao Dongming didn’t anticipate was that all his preparations were in vain. His entire plan fell within Su Yang’s expectations, and the person he sent was killed by Old Zhang the Eighth, resulting in Zhao’s utter defeat. If it hadn’t been for Old Zhang the Seventh stepping in to take him away, he would have had a hard time escaping his fate tonight. After this incident, Zhao Dongming will surely have to lay low for a while, as he no longer has the wherewithal to compete."
"In fact, there is no direct connection between the Zhang Family and Su Yang. Logically, since Old Zhang the Seventh’s junior fellow disciple has a grudge against Su Yang, the Zhang Family should have helped Zhao Dongming to seek revenge. Instead, the Zhang Family not only abstained from helping Zhao, but they even killed the man and spoiled Zhao’s plans. Plus, considering the previous incident at Qinghe Academy with Old Zhang the Seventh personally intervening to get Su Yang out of trouble, it made people wonder about the actual relationship between the Zhang Family and Su Yang."
At this point, Black Widow chuckled softly: "After Fang Ping was killed last time, the Zhang Family suspected that I had my sights set on Su Yang and was about to take action. So, they also planned to make a move against Su Yang. They did all this just to make me think that the Zhang Family places great importance on Su Yang, thereby making me take Su Yang seriously as well. They even intended to provoke me into acting against Su Yang personally! Otherwise, they wouldn’t have let Old Zhang the Eighth kill the man. This is what you call a cover-up being conspicuous."
"A cover-up being conspicuous?" Zi Nu was utterly confused and didn’t understand the situation at all.
"Simply put." Black Widow explained: "The fake wounds crafted by Old Zhang the Eighth are hard to discern, requiring a lot of deduction to confirm whether the man died at the hands of Black and White Impermanence. This means, even if I were to scrutinize the matter, it’d be anything but simplistic. However, if I pursued thorough reasoning, I could eventually tell. So, why would the Zhang Family go to the trouble of making these fake wounds?"
Zi Nu shook her head, obviously unable to fathom the subtleties.
"Because," Black Widow continued, "the Zhang Family wants me to realize the wound is fake, but not too easily. They want me to exert some effort before discerning it’s a fake and understanding it was the Zhang Family who killed the man."