Although it was already early spring, wandering about outside in just sleepwear still made Song Lan feel a chill.
The head chef's worries had indeed come to pass.
The internal strife within the Iris Consortium had reached an irreconcilable point, even to the extent that they were resorting to assassination tactics in private.
Before letting him out, the Scarlet Lord had sternly warned him that if he couldn't complete the task, he shouldn't even dream of leaving the castle alive.
But Song Lan was no fool; he knew very well that they never intended to leave him a way out from the start.
Not to mention how he would get past the layers of scrutiny to deliver the drugged food to Ms. Kalida and the young lady, even if he managed to do it and caused both to succumb to the poison, they would immediately pin the murder of the lady and the young miss on him.
In any case, it seemed he was unlikely to meet a good end.