CHAPTER 274: CHAPTER 275: WHEN MR. SHI ARRIVED, ALL HE COULD SEE WAS A CORPSE.

The voice was slow, and the man, looking at the blade, his lips quivering, said, "Do you dare to kill? Killing is against the law!"

"You’re not afraid of breaking the law, why should I be?" Shi Mei replied with a cold smile, "Have you forgotten? I have a witness. You attacked suddenly with the intent to wound. Even if I kill you, it would merely be self-defense."

Suddenly pulling out the dagger, Shi Mei toyed with it in front of him, and spoke softly, "After all, how could a weak woman like me, who doesn’t even have the strength to truss up a chicken, possibly overpower a soldier like you?"

The man was terrified, "You... "

How could she possibly know!

But he wasn’t just any soldier; he had been discharged from the military.

Ever since then, he never considered himself a soldier again.

Yet now, his heart was still shocked to have it spelled out by this young girl.

Shi Mei smeared the blood from the dagger onto his face, the blade grazing his cheek, making one’s courage falter, "Who paid you to come kill me? I’ll double it. Go take care of her for me."

The man started laughing, "What grandiosity, he paid ten million! Ten million for your life, that’s just throwing money away because someone’s got more than they know what to do with!"

Shi Mei placed the dagger against his neck, the sharp edge sinking into the flesh, with the pressure increasingly suggesting intent, and beneath the blade, blood flowed profusely.

The man finally knew fear, his voice trembling, "It was... Mr. Shi, it was Mr. Shi who sent me to kill you!"

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Walking out of the forest like a lost soul, Tang Gu stumbled back to the tent, moving as if lifeless.

Around her, the sound of people talking never ceased, some discussing what to have for breakfast, others gossiping about Mr. Shi and Senior Sister’s matters from last night.

Upon hearing the name Senior Sister, Tang Gu suddenly panicked.

Terrified to crawl out of the tent, she suddenly heard someone shouting, "Is Senior Sister there? Mr. Shi is looking for her!"

Tang Gu emerged and saw Shi Lingyan standing not far away.

Swallowing hard, Tang Gu finally called out, "Mr. Shi, Senior Sister... she’s in the forest, she’s being chased, someone’s trying to kill her..."

As Tang Gu spoke, she shook uncontrollably and cried out, "Someone wants to kill her, please go save her quickly!"

"Where?" That was all Tang Gu heard in response.

She pointed in the direction she had come from and quickly, Shi Lingyan disappeared from sight.

Ma Jiaojiao looked at her strangely, "You’ve been back for a while now, why didn’t you say anything before? Are you lying to him?"

Tang Gu sat down on the ground, "It’s true, it’s really true..."

Perhaps by the time Mr. Shi arrives, he’ll only be able to see a corpse.

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Shi Lingyan’s heart felt like it was hanging by a thread, running in the direction Tang Gu had indicated, and indeed, he saw signs of a struggle on an area of grass.

The flora was slightly disheveled, but Shi Lingyan saw no one.

Following the trail of disarray, he clearly saw blood on the grass.

There was a not insignificant amount of blood, and Shi Lingyan’s face changed color; finding a black dagger sheath on a slope, he became increasingly frantic. After notifying Yun Du, holding the sheath, he followed the blood trail.

The trail of blood soon vanished, and Shi Lingyan continued forward, his face pale. After what felt like an eternity, and just as he was nearing despair, he suddenly saw a slender figure ahead, hair disheveled, walking slowly forward, looking as though at death’s door, holding a bloodied dagger.

Shi Lingyan felt a wave of relief and called out, "Tang Wu!"

The person stopped in their tracks, turned around, and upon seeing Shi Lingyan, their body subtly trembled before they offered a wan smile, "Ah Ling..."

The familiar and deep-seated endearment warmed Shi Lingyan’s heart, his eyes moistening, his throat constricting.

It was her.

She had admitted it.

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Going out to play, today’s update is early, yay!