Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 1328 – Eavesdropping

“Alright, I can accept that!” Old Hei nodded. If things really happened that way, then he could give him that five percent. After all, if they couldn’t get past something that Lin Yi could solve, he wouldn’t even get that twenty-five percent in the first place!

Lin Yi nodded, keeping silent. Lingshan and Yutian, on the other hand, were admiring Lin Yi! He was being petty and calculative, and that fit the image of the couple. These people wouldn’t suspect anything anymore!

“What about you, Flying Sparrow girl? Do you have any disagreements?” Old Hei turned to Xiaoke. “Ten percent is according to the standard, not much and not less- this is the rate for technical backup!”

“No problem!” Xiaoke nodded. Old Hei was actually fair, since this was the common price.

“But let me be blunt- if you don’t contribute to solving anything, then I’ll only give you money to go home!” Old HEi said. “This ten percent needs to be earned!”

“I understand.” Xiaoke said confidently, “You can trust in the name of the Flying Sparrow Sect. But, this ten percent I want in cash, not in items!”

Xiaoke needed money, not treasures. Those would be annoying to sell.

“Alright, but you need to understand the rules- it’s twenty percent off of market price!” Old Hei said. “We won’t be able to sell it right away, and holding it holds a certain risk!”

“I understand!” Xiaoke nodded. “But the things none of you want, I can pick up, right?”

“You can.” Old Hei nodded.

Lin Yi couldn’t help but feel amused- this girl sure cared for money, even picking up stuff others didn’t want! But those things would be money, too, and these thieves gathered here had high aspirations. Smaller things wouldn’t interest them, although they would be beneficial to Xiaoke, if they were gems or rubies and stuff like that.

After splitting the portions, there was nothing else to talk about, “Since we’re all fine with it, then it’s settled. I hope that no infighting occurs at the end- with Master Hao here, I hope everyone will respect the rules.”

Everyone nodded, although no one knew how genuine each nod was. When the benefits weren’t big enough, they could follow the rules- but when a certain treasure exceeds the expected value…

“We’ll go back first then,” Lin Yi stood up and walked out with Lingshan and Yutian following them.

“Everyone go rest, replenish yourself. We enter the tomb tomorrow morning!” Old Hei nodded.

Back in the tent, Lingshan spoke up immediately. “That Flying Sparrow…”

But Lin Yi covered her mouth instantly, showing her a shush sign. He finished the sentence. “Hmph, just because she’s a Sparrow doesn’t guarantee her usefulness. We have key information regarding this tomb, after all, so even if they can solve the previous steps, the final step will be on our shoulders. Otherwise, all of them would die without our help!”

With that, Lin Yi pointed at a corner of the tent, and Yutian and Lingshan looked in that direction. There was a tapping device on the metal wire!

Lingshan froze, thinking that she almost messed up. She was too reckless- if it weren’t for Lin Yi’s reaction, they’d have exposed themselves! She was about to say that the Sparrow was You Xiaoke, the one she was trying to capture!

But that would expose them immediately, resulting in Old Hei bursting in and surrounding them! This mission would be a failure, even if they escaped!

“Tian, check the tent, see if there are any tapping devices.” Lin Yi said as if he just thought of it.

“Yes!” Yutian started looking around- he couldn’t just find it right away, that’d be suspicious. He only reached for it after a while.

Old Hei was listening in on Lin Yi and Lingshan’s conversation, getting to the important part when Lin Yi asked Yutian to check for bugs! He felt troubled- this couple was defensive against them after all.

Although he couldn’t blame them- that was how everyone in their industry was! He did the same thing, putting in a bug when they were having a meeting. He was defensive as well.

But Lin Yi’s words made it clear why he was so confident in asking for twenty- so he had a trump card, info on the tomb! Luckily for him, he thought. He said yes to Lin Yi’s demands. Otherwise, if this guy got pissed, he could get him killed! The couple would get all the benefits!

A while later, it sounded like the Tian found the listener, and the transmission ended. It was destroyed.

“So the couple has a trump card, no wonder they were so arrogant!” Old Hei’s right-hand man said. He was in charge of listening in on the other thieves as well, but they didn’t say anything important and removed all the bugs as well.

Evidently, everyone here was smart and calculative.

Old Hei shook his head. Everyone was nice on the surface earlier, but who knew what would happen when they were splitting the actual rewards?

Xiaoke didn’t have a tent, but Old Hei gave him one. This was pre-agreed upon, too. Xiaoke didn’t have money to buy food from the two trucks after all, and those two trucks were from a different group in the first place.

There was a group in the thieves industry that didn’t participate in tomb raids, but they went and provided life necessities wherever there were tombs. Clothes, food… But the prices were absurd. They had existed for a long time already and also had the approval of the highest of the thieving world.

These people had good honor, too. While their prices were high, you could get what you wanted. The point was that they kept their mouth tight, not releasing any of their information.