After all, before leaving the Xia family, Xia Che was undoubtedly the eldest son of the Xia family.
How many of the people who hang out with him come from ordinary families?
Not a single one.
Those from truly ordinary families also didn't have the chance to meet Xia Che...
Shi is Qing Ning's original surname, and although the Shi family's status in Jiang City is not as high as the Xia family's, it is not much different; the two families are considered to be in the same social class.
However, the Shi family made a mistake in an investment and was betrayed by spies sent by their rivals. Unaware of the situation, the Shi family lost their entire fortune.
The Shi family went bankrupt as a result.
Unable to bear the blow, Qingning's parents sent her abroad to be Xiao's apprentice. They then sold everything the Shi family could sell, used the money to pay off their debts and pay their employees' wages, and then committed suicide.
At that time, Qingning was still young and didn't understand what was happening.
Xiao is a very outgoing and carefree person in private. He is always full of strange and wonderful ideas. His place is also very interesting. There are many toys that children don't usually see, such as a pen that can pop out a blade when pressed, or a magical piece of paper that can spontaneously combust when placed in the sun for five minutes, and a tie that looks like a bow tie. He can change his voice to another person just by pressing a button.
These toys are amazing; I've never seen them in the country before.
Qingning loved playing here. As a child, Qingning didn't understand what separation meant, so she played with Xiao Feng every day without realizing that she had lost her parents.
At the time, she was still fantasizing that after a while, Xiao would take her back to China and introduce her to Xia Che, such an interesting adult, so that she would no longer have to play that kind of castle-building game where "the strong should humiliate the weak".
As the days went by, Qingning grew up and came to understand some things.
After her sixth birthday, Qingning saw Xiao in a serious state for the first time.
He sat in the chair, looked at Qing Ning seriously, and then told her the whole story.
That night, Qing Ning did not cry.
She just felt so sad, her chest felt heavy, as if covered by a layer of plastic wrap, making it hard for her to breathe.
It was on that night that Qingning learned Xiao's true identity and realized that the place she lived in was not a fun amusement park, but a killer's headquarters.
Those so-called fun toys were all prepared for murder.
Qingning tried her best to process all of this with her young mind, but suddenly felt a surge of excitement.
Yes.
Six-year-old Qingning's first reaction upon learning that she was surrounded by terrifying killers was not fear, but excitement.
It's like the excitement of finally seeing your friend fall for a prank you've been racking your brains to come up with.
Assassin?
That sounds so cool!
Xiao seemed to have seen through her thoughts, and for the first time in his life, he angrily rebuked Qing Ning's idea: being an assassin is not a cool profession, and killing is not fun. Don't have any illusions about this profession; it's not as cool as you think.
Qing Ning blinked her eyes fiercely, almost bursting into tears.
Xiao, who was most afraid of children crying, quickly put on a smiling face when he saw this, and said gently that they were not like those hyena-like killers on the market. They were good killers who only killed those who deserved to be killed and then earned some commission.
As for those who shouldn't be killed, they never take those jobs.
They might even have to teach their employers a lesson.
With tears welling up in her eyes, Qing Ning tried hard to hold them back, pursed her lips, and then earnestly told Xiao that she wanted to join.
But the prerequisite is that Xiao must make a list of the people who killed her parents and then give it to her.
Should we only kill those who deserve to die?
Her parents were honest and upright business people who were framed and killed by such greedy people. Don't they deserve to die?
Qingning thinks it counts.
If even they don't count, doesn't that mean my parents are the ones who deserve to die?
Is someone who, even on his deathbed, didn't forget to settle his employees' wages and pay off his suppliers' debts before dying, someone who deserves to die?
Although Lime is small, she understands good and evil.
I also know who the real culprits are.
It was at that moment that Xiao realized that Qingning hadn't been carefree and playing around all this time, but was enjoying the last moments of her life as a child.
This clever child may have already realized something.
After he told her the truth, Qing Ning was no longer a child.
He was not a killer, but a competent one.
Or rather...
The beginnings of a qualified assassin.
...
"That night, Xiao gave me a title, the Ninth Month. He told me that only when you grow into a capable assassin in the Assassin's Hall can you have a title for that month. At that time, the Ninth Month title hadn't been issued yet, so he reserved it for me and would give it to me when I was qualified to inherit it."
"It's really funny to talk about this. Everyone was wondering why, after the August titles were awarded, the next one came in October instead of September. Because of this, Xiao was mocked for not being able to count for a long time..."
"Well... and I guess I lived up to expectations and successfully obtained the title, becoming the Ninth Month of the Assassin's Hall."
After talking for a while, Qingning, still focused, came back to her senses and felt her shoulders were sore. She stretched comfortably and chuckled, "As for the name Shi Qingning, I kept the surname. The given name was given to me by Xiao after he brought me to the Assassin's Hall. This new name is the one I'm using for this mission in Jiang City."
After listening to the whole story, Xia Che nodded slowly and gave a soft "oh".
Then gently push the dislocated jaw upwards.
With a crack.
It has been restored to its original state.
It wasn't that he had such good mental fortitude that he could remain calm after hearing the story; it was simply because...
That's shocking.
A little girl who should have been pampered did not become despondent or hopeless after a misfortune happened at home. Instead, she grew into the girl she is today, Jiuyue.
This mindset...
She truly lives up to her reputation as a manga heroine.
"That...that corporate spy?"
Xia Che touched his nose, and after his shock subsided somewhat, he tentatively asked.
Could it be that Qing Ning's mission in Jiang City this time is to kill these people?
It sounds like a list was compiled...
Is it not just one person?
Oh my god.
We just solved one murder case, and now a whole string of others are about to be solved?
"You mean those people? They're long dead. They couldn't possibly be alive now."
Qing Ning chuckled: "It's their own bad luck that they insisted on going on a trip abroad, and I ended up catching them all."
"It is precisely because I have resolved these past issues that I have decided to let them go. The new name, Lime, is a fresh start, and I will never look back."
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