The Old Butler stood at the door, his expression seemingly a bit anxious.
He knocked on the door several times in succession. Just as he was about to take out his spare key, the door opened from the inside.
Behind the door, Yan Xishou's expression seemed somewhat displeased.
"What's wrong?" he asked with a frown.
Seeing that Yan Xishou was safe and sound, the Old Butler finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Eldest Young Master, you scared me to death... A dangerous individual broke out of the dungeon again, and I was worried..."
"Worried that something happened to me?" Yan Xishou laughed coldly. "Now you know to be worried? What the hell were those useless trash guarding the dungeon doing earlier?! After this matter is over, I'm going to fire every single one of them!"
Chen Ling's tone was almost identical to Yan Xishou's earlier complaint, imitating it to the bone... He didn't know who this old man at the door was, but anyway, with Yan Xishou's current 'character emotion', being a little irritable and angry wouldn't be wrong.
The Old Butler seemed to remember something. "Eldest Young Master, the people outside just said the Paper Puppet Master came? Where is he?"
"He wanted to protect me, but I chased him away... Rather than wasting time here with me, he might as well hurry up and catch that escaped guy. That's true safety."
Chen Ling was about to refuse, but considering his current persona, refusing would instead make people suspicious. Thus, he nodded coldly:
"Fine."
After speaking, the Old Butler respectfully bowed, then hurriedly walked outside... Chen Ling unhurriedly closed the door.
The next moment, he dashed under the desk without hesitation and dragged out the Yan Xishou who had just been knocked unconscious. His hands quickly searched his body, and after finding nothing, his brow furrowed deeper and deeper as he began rummaging through the room.
Chen Ling knew he didn't have much time left. The Scholar that person mentioned was most likely another foreigner. Once he was closely followed by someone, finding the transaction records would be as difficult as ascending the heavens. Moreover, after staying with someone for a long time, he would eventually be exposed, since he didn't even recognize everyone in this chamber of commerce.
Chen Ling searched the room at the fastest speed and found quite a few confidential documents, but there were no details about the organ trade. He glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, and knowing time was short, he returned to the unconscious Yan Xishou.
Slap—!
He forcefully slapped Yan Xishou's face. The latter jolted awake. He saw an identical version of himself before him, and before he could even be shocked, a hand clamped tightly over his mouth.
"You only have one chance. If you answer wrong or refuse to answer my question, I will kill you." Chen Ling spoke menacingly. "About a month or so ago, a heart from Ice Spring Street in District 2 was sent to Aurora City... Where did you send it?"
Yan Xishou's eyes widened, and the eyes looking at his other self were full of terror, his body trembling uncontrollably.
Chen Ling loosened his grip on his mouth slightly, and the latter immediately answered in a panic:
"Ice... Ice Spring Street? Let me think..."
Chen Ling's eyes narrowed, his menacing killing intent almost materializing. He clenched one hand into a fist, ready to smash it into Yan Xishou's face!
"Wait!! Ice Spring Street! I remember now!" Yan Xishou immediately spoke up, his face incomparably pale. "Yes... A month ago, from Ice Spring Street... the heart of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old youth was sent over... I remember there was also a batch of other organs missing a heart at the time, which seemed to be the youth's older brother's... Where was this batch of goods sent to again..."
Yan Xishou seemed to be scared silly, trembling all over as if electrocuted. No matter who it was, opening their eyes to see another version of themselves pinching their neck with a murderous expression, they probably wouldn't be able to maintain their calm.
Chen Ling's brow instantly furrowed. "Incorrect. You remembered wrong. The one sent over was the older brother's heart, and the other organs were the younger brother's."
"Ah?" Yan Xishou was stunned for a moment. Seeing Chen Ling's raised fist, he answered in terror again, "No, I didn't remember wrong! Really! I remember very clearly! They said the older brother had a heart disease, and then the family tricked the younger brother into delivering his heart... And then both were intercepted by us. I even personally verified it at the time, that younger brother's heart was very clean!"
Chen Ling's brow furrowed even tighter. He sneered, "It seems you don't want to live anymore..."
"I really didn't lie!" Yan Xishou's face was as pale as paper. He gritted his teeth and raised a finger to point at the floorboard in the corner of the desk. "The transaction records are right under that floorboard, you can check for yourself... I really didn't lie to you!"
Seeing this, Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly. He grabbed Yan Xishou by the collar, walked over to the desk, and knocked on the wooden board he mentioned with his hand. It was indeed hollow underneath.
'So it was hidden here... No wonder I didn't find it after searching for so long just now.'
Chen Ling forcefully pried with his five fingers, and the wooden board popped up in response. Underneath were several neatly folded sheets of paper.
Chen Ling picked up these sheets and quickly flipped through them. They clearly recorded every secret organ transport by the Stars Chamber of Commerce, including the internal organ parts, distribution channels, as well as the original owner's related information and health rating assessment.
Chen Ling quickly found the corresponding date. On this date, the Stars Chamber of Commerce only had one incoming shipment.
This batch of goods was a heart, as well as a set of other internal organs besides the heart. The source was Ice Spring Street in District 2, and the lead surgeon was named Bone Knife. As for the original owner's column, there were the names of a pair of brothers... [Heart - Chen Yan] [Other Organs - Chen Ling]
In the health rating column, Chen Ling's rating was very low, with the reason written as experiencing congenital heart disease and being weak since childhood... However, Chen Yan's health rating was the highest.
The moment he saw this column, Chen Ling froze in place.
'How could this be... Yan Xishou controls the organ trade business of the entire chamber of commerce, so it's normal for his memory to be confused, but how could even the transaction records be reversed? Could it be that the registration was wrong at the time?'
Chen Ling of course knew whose heart it was; his chest was completely empty right now. Then the only possibility was that the people at Ice Spring Street mixed them up?
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Just as Chen Ling was pondering in bewilderment, a line of characters floated up from the ground beside him. If he had turned his head back at this moment, he would be able to see that amidst the empty seats, pairs of scarlet eyes were slightly narrowed, as if they were smiling...