Chapter 52 I Don't Kill Women

I don't know what's stuck in my neck, and it stings a little.

Yun Chen raised his hand and touched it, and it was a small stone.

Looking at both sides of the road, the alleys are long and old, and the willow trees are lined up like waterfalls.

She thought it was just a small stone that had accidentally fallen from the wall, and didn't take it seriously, continuing to walk forward with Ye Yan and the others.

Not long after walking, she felt a slight pain on the back of her neck again, and a small stone twice as big as the previous one fell into her collar.

She held the stone, frowned and looked at it. The next moment, she saw a fist-sized stone flying straight towards her.

She quickly raised her hand to catch it and cursed:

"Yan Shijiu! You bastard! Get out here!"

As the words fell, the night became even quieter.

Ye Yan and the other two only saw her yelling at the night sky, but could not see anything unusual.

Yun Chen was speechless and could only say to Ye Yan:

"Brother Ye, you guys go back first, I'll be there soon. This guy Yan Shijiu is probably playing a trick on me."

Ye Yan looked around again, but still saw no one. He thought that if it was really Yan Shijiu, then this guy's kung fu was not bad. He was good at light work and even better at holding his breath.

"Okay, then you should be more careful. Although Yan Shijiu is also a great merchant under the princess and is our friend, not our enemy, I always feel that this person is not very upright. You must not be careless."

Ye Yan gave some instructions, and then he and Buyan supported Hua Jue and left.

After the few people walked away, Yun Chen picked up a bowl-sized stone and weighed it in his hand.

"Yan Shijiu, come out, I won't hit you."

The willow leaves around me were still, and the roof tiles were silent.

Yan Shijiu's voice came closer and closer, and he said with a smile:

"Put the stone down. I'm a coward and can't stand being scared."

"Tsk! If I don't react and realize it's you, I'm afraid you'll hit me on the back of the head with a bowl-sized stone, right?" She looked up at Yan Shijiu who appeared on the roof of the alley.

If she wasn't afraid of disturbing the neighbors who were sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, she would have used the stone in her hand to wash Yan Shijiu's hair.

I don't know what's wrong with Yan Shijiu. In just a short while, he changed into new clothes, sat on the roof with a bright smile.

"I can't bear to hit you." He patted the place next to him, "Come up, I have something for you."

Perhaps because he was very familiar with Yan Shijiu, in front of him, Yun Chen always remembered that he was a girl, and then acted like a boy and got along with Yan Shijiu.

She jumped onto the roof and sat down like him.

Yan Shijiu took something out of his arms, clenched it into a fist, held it in front of her, and said with a smile:

"Call me 'brother' and I'll give it to you."

She rolled her eyes and raised her foot to kick.

He had anticipated this and quickly stood up and dodged, moving around behind her.

She felt her hair tie move slightly, and he sat back down.

Seeing him looking at her head with a smile and not saying anything, she raised her hand to touch it, gently pulled down the smooth and soft hair, and a big red gem hairband lay in the palm of her hand.

It is a headband commonly used by girls to braid their hair.

It is a color that men often like.

The headband is made of high-quality satin and is adorned with large and small star pearls.

"I tore your scarf ring, so I'll give you this as compensation. Put it on and let me see it." He looked at her expectantly.

After hesitating for a moment, she untied the temporary hairband and then tied a new hairband in the same way men tie their hair.

He tilted his head and watched her tie her hair carefully and seriously, with a slight pout on his lips. He gathered up her long, dark hair a little bit, revealing the girl's fair neck.

His eyes flickered, and I didn't know what he was thinking.

"Tsk, no, that's not how little girls braid their hair and tie headbands."

"Little girl, you can braid it however you want. What's it to you?" She felt something was wrong halfway through and pulled off the headband and threw it back to him. "There are so many beads on it. How can I wear it outside when I dress like a man every day? It's too weird."

He exclaimed, "That makes sense," and quickly pulled off all the glittering star pearls on the headband, tossed them away, and handed the now bare headband back to her, "Here, try putting it on again, it won't be weird for sure."

"You are such a waste of good things." Looking at the pearls scattered everywhere, she felt a pang of pain.

She had no choice but to take the hairband and fiddle with it for a long time, but her hair became frizzy and she couldn't tie it properly.

Finally, she gave up and returned the hairband to him. "Forget it, forget it. The scarf ring is more convenient. It can tie your hair in place with just one click. You can keep it for yourself. By the way, you suddenly left the boat just now. Was it to buy this thing?"

"Of course, you look so ugly with your hair disheveled. I have to tie it up for you to avoid being laughed at." He smiled nonchalantly, which earned him a huge eye roll from her.

"You, sooner or later I will beat you to death for your bad mouth."

"It's okay. I'm willing to die in your hands."

He picked up the hair tie which still had a piece of her hair on it.

He naturally gathered his hair into the headband, then wrapped the headband around his wrist and tied a knot.

Until he chatted with Yun Chen, separated, teased her, and was kicked by her, the hairband was still tied firmly in his hand.

Then, Yan Shijiu went straight back to the mansion.

Yan Shijiu really hated Yancheng. It was misty and wet, and looked petty.

But now that he was a big merchant under the princess, he had to buy a house in Yancheng to live in temporarily so that he could be ready to take orders from the princess at any time.

Fortunately, they were in the same city, so he could see Yun Chen often.

But every time I saw her, she was either carrying out some dangerous mission assigned to her by Huo Gannian, or following Huo Gannian closely to guard him.

He often thought that it would be better if Huo Gannian died.

If Huo Gannian died, Yun Chen would definitely be willing to be Yan Shijiu's personal guard.

Then, it is really easy to kill a disabled person.

It's just that he has to be careful to cover up the traces of the murder to avoid being found out by the princess and being held accountable, and also to avoid being sought for revenge by the Huo Gang of the entire Nan Kingdom.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he began to calculate happily.

He really wanted to take action.

But when he thought that in order to kill Huo Gannian, he would have to fight with Yun Chen, his personal guard, he instantly became discouraged.

Forget it, he can’t cross the line. He is a “gentleman” in front of Yun Chen.

Yan Shijiu sighed, lay back in the chair, closed his eyes, and began to recall the scene between him and Yun Chen on the roof just now.

She looks really good in that bright red headband.

He lifted up his sleeves and saw that the hairband that had been in close contact with her hair for a while was now tightly wrapped around his wrist.

He carefully took off his hairband, and a long black hair fell into his palm.

He concentrated for a long time, called the maid and ordered:

"Sew this long hair into the headband and don't let it break."

The maid took it carefully, wrapped her long hair in the headband, and then folded the three-finger-wide headband repeatedly and embroidered it, finally making it into the shape of a bracelet.

He tied the bracelet around his wrist and nodded with satisfaction. "Very good, I'll give you a gold ingot as a reward."

The maid bowed happily. She didn't expect to be called by her master in the middle of the night to do such an easy embroidery job. As a newcomer, she was not only appreciated by her master, but also received a gold ingot.

Perhaps because she was too happy, the maid forgot the rules for a moment and said with a smile:

"Master, this headband is for the young lady, isn't it? Didn't the young lady accept it?"

Yan Shijiu kept turning his wrist, carefully examining the bracelet, and sighed:

"The girl doesn't know how to braid hair, so she had to return it to me. She even gave me a strand of black hair as a gift, so I considered it a good deal."

Yan Shijiu's words instantly made the maid so happy that she lost her mind and laughed with her hands covering her mouth:

"Master is always joking. What girl doesn't know how to braid her hair? With her mother teaching her every day, she can do it."

"Oh? Really?" Yan Shijiu's mouth was still curved, but the smile was gone from his eyes.

The maidservant disappeared completely and continued to talk:

"Master, please invite that girl over someday. I can teach her how to braid hair. I'm quite skilled at it. I can also take a lock of her hair. It's not as good as this one..."

"Get lost." Yan Shijiu interrupted impatiently, and the smile on his lips turned cold.

The maidservant's voice suddenly stopped, cold sweat suddenly broke out, and she knelt down carefully and respectfully, saying in a low voice: "I will take my leave."

Yan Shijiu did not speak again until the maid cautiously left the room. Then he gently stroked the bracelet on his wrist, staring intently at the red, and whispered:

"Wan Chen."

As soon as he finished speaking, a slender black shadow fell from the beam and knelt respectfully in front of Yan Shijiu.

Yan Shijiu lifted his chin, brought his handsome face closer to the bracelet, and said expressionlessly:

"Wan Chen, you know I don't kill women." After a pause, he continued, "Go ahead and kill them."

Without any doubt or hesitation, Wan Chen quickly took the order and retreated. He returned a moment later and presented a blood-stained ingot of gold.

Yan Shijiu took a glance and said, "It's dirty stuff, throw it away."

Wan Chen obeyed and did as he was told, then continued to hide on the beam, staying at his secret guard post without moving.

Yan Shijiu stretched out his body, lay back in his chair, and breathed a sigh of relief with joy.

He rummaged in his collar for a while and pulled out a well-worn chain.

Looking at the plum blossom and broken moon pattern on the silver coin, he frowned in disgust.

"I have Yun Chen's real token, I don't want this thing!"

Then, the silver coin fell into the smelly toilet and slowly sank.