Lin Xi was speechless.

How could there be someone in this world who would rashly agree to help another person without even clarifying the situation first? What if that person asked him to commit murder?

Xiao Hu coughed softly, then lowered his voice and said to Lao Chen on the other end of the line, “I already told you it’s your old trade—don’t you still know what needs to be done?”

“Brother Hu, stealing things? But I’ve long since retired from that life. You’re….”

Lao Chen said hesitantly over the phone.

Xiao Hu spat out a curse, “What nonsense are you talking about? Stealing? That sounds awful. I’m just asking you to help me slip a personal item from one woman into another man’s pocket—quickly, as soon as possible. Preferably right now. Can you do it?”

“This…”

Lao Chen was still hesitating, but when he heard Xiao Hu clear his throat, he quickly added, “All right, all right, I can do it, I can do it. I’ll come find you right away. Brother Hu, send me your location!”

“Mm.”

Satisfied, Xiao Hu hung up the phone, shared his location with Lao Chen, then turned to Lin Xi and raised an eyebrow in a self-satisfied grin, “Sister, how about it? Is this plan feasible? Isn’t it better than the one we came up with before?”

“Fine, fine, fine—you’re pretty good, okay?” Lin Xi ignored his boasting and gave a perfunctory smile.

But Xiao Hu leaned in close, grinning mischievously and asking for a reward, “Then how about a little reward, Sister?”

He pointed at his own face.

Lin Xi immediately reached out and pushed his face away without mercy, saying with some distaste, “Cut it out! This is exactly what you should be doing, isn’t it?”

Xiao Hu pouted unhappily.

Lin Xi didn’t bother to respond and asked, “Whose personal item are you going to have Lao Chen steal and slip into whose pocket? Are you planning to steal from Xiao Yu and slip it into Liu Qingqing’s fiancé Zhang Yang’s pocket? Do you want to use this to drive a wedge between them?”

Xiao Hu shook his head. “Sister, you’ve got it wrong. Keep guessing.”

Lin Xi wasn’t in the mood to play guessing games with him, so she narrowed her eyes and smiled, her two fingers already slipping silently onto Xiao Hu’s soft waist. Before he could react, she pinched his waist hard. “Guessing, huh? Looks like you’d rather live on your own from now on, doesn’t it?”

“No, no, Sister, don’t be mad—I was just joking. Okay, okay, I’ll tell you, alright?”

Xiao Hu grabbed Lin Xi’s hand on his waist and said with a cheeky grin, “Alright, go ahead and tell me.”

Lin Xi hummed in response. “Go on.”

Xiao Hu didn’t dare to probe any further and said honestly, “Sister, I want Lao Chen to steal something from Liu Qingqing and slip it into Xiao Yu’s boyfriend’s pocket. After all, our main goal is to make Xiao Yu suspicious, right?”

“Oh.”

Lin Xi finally caught on and nodded, then suddenly said, “Then have Lao Chen get one more item.”

“Why?” Xiao Hu asked, looking puzzled.

Without even thinking, Lin Xi replied, “Slip it into Xiao Yu’s dad’s pocket.”

Her expression was completely neutral.

But Xiao Hu’s face twitched.

He never imagined that his seemingly gentle and harmless Xixi would turn out to be even tougher than him when she wanted to get even—and would never back down.

Seeing that Xiao Hu remained silent, Lin Xi immediately pressed him, “What’s wrong? Why aren’t you saying anything? Is this idea bad, or is it too hard to pull off?”

“How could it be?”

Xiao Hu flashed a charming smile, gently rubbing his finger against Lin Xi’s smooth face, his voice as soft as a spring river. “It’s just that I never expected my sister to play people like this…”

End of Chapter 197: Counterattack 124