Chapter 557 Burial Ground
The bonfire party continued, the lights shone brightly, and everyone joyfully celebrated the birthday.
A hundred miles away, the shadows of the forest were so thick that one could not see their own hand in front of their face in the darkness of night!
Clusters of flashlight beams shone from the edge of the forest as a sizable group of people traversed the dense woods, their flashlights sweeping back and forth, leaving no corner untouched.
After confirming that there was nothing unusual in the forest, they then moved swiftly into several nearby villages. Most of them were uninhabited, and the houses that were inhabited were thoroughly searched from top to bottom, inside and out!
The few remaining houses in the village, with a population of about a few dozen, were all moved to the main road in the village. They squatted on the ground, covering their heads and trembling.
Ye Zhishu and several subordinates walked back and forth in front of them, their eyes carefully scanning their faces!
"No."
"Not here either."
"Young General, we've searched everywhere, but there's no trace of those two Chinese men in these villages!" a subordinate reported after the search was completed.
"How could there not be?" Ye Zhishu turned around sharply and strode over. "Didn't you search carefully enough? The car tracker clearly shows that it arrived here, without stopping in between. Where could that bitch Wen Ni have run off to with such severe injuries? She must be nearby. Search carefully again!"
"this……"
Several subordinates were somewhat reluctant.
In the middle of the night, they searched around here several times but didn't see a single ghost. What were they still searching for?
“If Wen Ni isn’t here, they could search the ground and still not find her.” Li Shiyan stood with his hands behind his back, slowly turning around. He was still wearing the same khaki military uniform he wore to the banquet, his face grim, looking superior. “Blind Assassin, I’ll give you one more chance. Tell me, where exactly did you hide Wen Ni and the other person?”
"I...I just...dropped them here, and then I drove back." Covered in dirt and with a wounded face, Blind Thorn lay prostrate on the ground, blood still clotted at the corner of his mouth.
"You dare to lie!"
Ye Zhishu came over and grabbed Blind Thorn's hair!
"Blind Assassin, I really didn't know you were so stubborn! Your legs were broken, and you still refuse to tell us where they went! Even these villages were data we got from the trackers in the car! Tell me, did you tamper with the trackers?"
"I...I didn't."
Blind Stab's legs were crippled, he supported himself on his arms, his head was pulled upwards, and he could only speak with difficulty.
"Master, I've told you everything I know. This place isn't far from the border. Perhaps my sister and the others have already left Burma and returned to China?"
"That's even more impossible! The border is under martial law and covered by artillery fire. Not even a fly could get out!" Ye Zhishu immediately retorted, then looked at Li Shiyan and said, "Master, not a single word Blind Assassin said is credible. In my opinion, he's covering up for Wen Ni at every turn! That vixen is a real fox spirit, managing to bewitch people time and time again, making Blind Assassin choose to betray you!"
“I haven’t betrayed you, Master. I just want my sister to live.” Blind Thorn struggled to grab Li Shiyan’s trouser leg. “My sister has been shot in the chest; she’s already been snatched back from the jaws of death. How can she withstand those beatings? I just beg you, Master, to spare her life! For all that I’ve done for you, please let her go…”
"Blind Assassin, Blind Assassin, aren't you getting a little too into this? Does Wen Ni even have the slightest blood relation to you? You call her 'sister' this and 'sister' that, so affectionately! Could it be that the short time she spent with you is comparable to my careful cultivation of you, that you're willing to risk everything, even your life, to fight against me and protect her?" Li Shiyan said coldly without even lowering his head.
Then he suddenly lifted his foot and flung away Blind Thorn. The hard leather boot stomped hard on Blind Thorn's hand, which had three fingers missing. Blind Thorn screamed in pain, the screams echoing in the night sky. This made the villagers squatting on the ground tremble with even more fear!
"Blind Assassin, do you really think I wouldn't be willing to kill you? Hmm?"
"I remember all the kindness and guidance you gave me, and I will do my best to repay you..." The blind man, drenched in sweat from the pain, collapsed to the ground, unable to rise again. "But the time I spent with my sister, though brief and filled with lies and deception, was a time of simple happiness I haven't experienced since my brother's death..."
"Foolish, you're a complete idiot trapped in a bubble of illusions!" Li Shiyan sneered.
“My brother didn’t want to trade someone else’s heart for his own health. He would rather die than let another life be taken. I didn’t understand before, but Wen Ni told me that my brother loved me too much, and he wanted to awaken my conscience with his own death… When I saw Wen Ni on her deathbed, my heart screamed wildly, I didn’t want her to die, if I could, I would give my life for hers, as long as she could live… Perhaps this is also because I love her more than I imagined…”
Wen Ni and her brother have many similarities, such as being as kind as an angel.
My brother is dead; he killed him.
But Wen Ni is different; she is still so vibrant...
“I’ve made enough mistakes…” Blind Thorn shook his head, his schizophrenia symptoms resurfacing. He laughed and cried, frantically grabbing his hair. “I can’t turn back, I can’t turn back anymore. But my sister is different. She has a brighter future ahead of her. She can’t die here…”
"Fine. Since she can't die here, then you will die in her place!"
Li Shiyan glanced coldly at Blind Assassin, then snatched the gun from his subordinate and, without a word, shot Blind Assassin in the head.
The bullet pierced through, creating a mist of blood, and carried away the life of the blind stabman!
As his body collapsed, Blind Thorn seemed to see his twin brother walk out of the light and embrace him.
[Brother, I'm late.]
I miss you so much...
The blood spread, and the smell of gunpowder from the gun barrel dissipated.
Li Shiyan coldly threw away the gun, took the handkerchief, and slowly wiped his hands, which had just been used to kill someone!
“Panicle”.
"Yes... Master."
Ban Gou's lips twitched inwardly as he bowed in response. He had been standing by the side the entire time, witnessing the whole thing!
"If I remember correctly, you used to be with the Fuyuan Chamber of Commerce, and you had dealings with Wen Ni, right?" Li Shiyan's tone was sinister, his meaning unclear.
"I...I'm not close to Wen Ni!" Ban Gou stared intently at the pool of blood on the ground. "My lord, please rest assured, I won't do something as foolish as Blind Thorn!"
"That's good." Li Shiyan was satisfied with the answer. He smiled with relief. "Recognize the facts sooner rather than later. Those who betray me only have one path: death!"
"yes!"
"Alright." Li Shiyan threw the handkerchief he had used to wipe his hands on the ground, looked up at the twilight sky, and said, "Martial law is now in effect everywhere along the border. Wen Ni and the other two definitely can't escape from the Burmese. Plus, with their injuries, they can't have gone far. Immediately issue a nationwide warrant for their arrest! Mobilize all available manpower and find them for me no matter what!"
"If you can bring them back alive, do so; if not, kill them! In short, absolutely do not let them return to China! Do you understand?"
"Yes, Young General!"
The subordinates responded loudly.
Li Shiyan turned around without looking back.
"Wen Ni, I'd like to see where you can hide!"
"Let's go!"
A large group of people retreated in a grand and elegant manner.
Ban Gou stood there, staring at the blind man's corpse for a while. After a long while, he took out a wad of bills and called over a few villagers!
"Find a place and bury it."
"Yes, yes, sir!"
The villagers trembled as they took the money, not daring to lift their heads. They bent down, lifted the blind man's body, and staggered toward the bamboo forest behind the mountain.
That will be his best resting place...
In the night sky, dark clouds gradually gathered, and raindrops fell, washing away the bloodstains on the ground, as if nothing had ever happened.
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