C1008 Confusion

"Wood and Shijie." The old chestnut slowly spat out the names of these two people.

My heart jolted. Damn, how is it related to these two?

"Why are you getting involved with these two?" I looked at him in confusion.

Old Chestnut told me the details of what he had learned.

The owner of the hotel had been doing business in Manchuria, and his client was Russian