After Qian Qinghong had explained the next day's plan in detail, she didn't linger and rose to take her leave.
Once the cabin door closed, the gentle expression on Su Yu's face slowly faded, replaced by a somber look. He walked to the table and pulled a slightly worn sheepskin map from within his clothes.
This map was the very same spoils he had collected when he wiped out one of the Water Snake Gang's outer strongholds.
By the flickering candlelight, Su Yu's gaze fixed on a spot deep within the map, heavily circled in red. His thoughts churned.
'The reef-filled waters marked by this red circle actually overlap with Qinghong's destination... Is it a coincidence?'
He didn't suspect Qian Qinghong. Instead, he inferred a more troublesome possibility: the Water Snake Gang most likely knew about this area too and may have even been keeping an eye on it.
