Chapter 66
But what he didn't see was that in that room, the moment the door was pushed open, the door of the closet on the wall was also shaken open, and with a "creak", two badly mutilated human corpses were placed inside, their clothes were torn, and there were large and small blood holes on their bodies, as if they had been bitten off by wild beasts.
He rushed out of this strange house with all his might. A bright light flashed before his eyes, making it almost impossible for him to open his eyes. He heard a roar from behind him, as if calling a name.
"Duan Hong!"
He woke up suddenly, gasping for breath. The light in the room flickered before his eyes, making him realize that it was just a dream.
There was a noise in the room. Before he could look, his neck suddenly tightened. A dagger flashed with cold light and quickly pierced his right abdomen. He raised his hand to grab the dagger. His eyes were full of bloodshot. Duan Hong looked at the person in front of him with disbelief. After a long time, he uttered,
"Why do you..."
The dagger was suddenly pulled out, blood splattered, staining the light-colored sheets beneath him red.
The other party raised the knife and lightly cut Duan Hong's face a few times. A small amount of liquid oozed out of the shallow wounds, and he laughed creepily.
"Do you think anyone will find you before you bleed too much? Oh, and it's now, exactly twelve o'clock midnight."
The next day.
"Today's report: A vicious murder occurred in Qiyuan District last night. Prior to this, two similar cases occurred in Yuqian District and Shunping District on July 15th and 19th, respectively. The three cases occurred within the same timeframe. Were they committed by the same individual? This remains under investigation."
On July 23, this news was highlighted in the city's news broadcasts, and for a moment, the entire city fell into a dark panic.
"Xu Guannan, I order you to put down the case in your hands now and devote yourself to the task of protecting Professor Ye Jingchuan!"
There was a sound of slamming on the table in the director's office.
After a while, Xu Guannan came out with a gloomy face.
Wen Yao and his group quickly came over.
"Captain, what did Lao Chai say? Are you really going to protect that professor? Are you going to stop investigating the case?"
Xu Guannan's eyes dimmed, and his tone was obviously unhappy.
"Continue investigating and inform Lin Sheng. Lao Chai asked her to protect Ye Jingchuan."
Wen Yao couldn't help but exclaimed, somewhat surprised by this answer.
"Let Sister Lin go? She's just a non-staff member. The other party requires close protection. It's not appropriate for a man and a woman to go alone!"
But I only heard Xu Guannan throw out a sentence,
"Follow orders."
Tang Ziyan stopped Wen Yao and shook his head helplessly.
"Forget it. The captain will definitely not agree. But right now, there are so many cases and the bureau is short of manpower. Wouldn't it be appropriate to send Sister Lin? After the mission is over, we will help Sister Lin apply for a bonus. She will definitely be happy to do so."
As soon as Lin Sheng received the news, he took up his post immediately.
It was during Ye Jingchuan's lunch break when Lin Sheng knocked on the office door. A clear male voice came from inside.
"Come in."
Lin Sheng answered and walked in, but heard Ye Jingchuan continue to speak,
"Sorry, it's lunch break now and we are not seeing any patients for the time being."
Ye Jingchuan lowered his head, his mind focused on the book in front of him, and didn't even look up. When he heard footsteps approaching, he realized something was wrong. He raised his eyes and looked at Lin Sheng. He was stunned for a moment, and quickly retracted his expression.
Before he could speak, Lin Sheng took out a temporary ID from her bag and showed it to Ye Jingchuan.
"Hello, Professor Ye. I am a bodyguard sent by the police station. From now on, I will follow your request and provide close protection."
Hearing this, Ye Jingchuan frowned slightly, his expression clearly puzzled, and he spoke lightly,
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect the police station to send a woman. You seem to have underestimated the danger of the mission. I request to be replaced with a male bodyguard."
I knew Ye Jingchuan had a strange temper and great abilities, but I didn't expect him to have such a bad temper. Lin Sheng curled his lips slightly and chuckled.
"I accept your apology. I've heard that Professor Ye is an internationally renowned dream controller, but I didn't expect him to be so young. I wonder if his reputation is fake. How can he be compared to a bunch of bald old men?"
With his eyes narrowed, he looked at Lin Sheng's face, not seeing any fear on her face. Ye Jingchuan said coldly,
“Achievement has nothing to do with age.”
“Gender has nothing to do with the job.”
At some point, the pen in Ye Jingchuan's hand was actually in Lin Sheng's hand. Lin Sheng handed the pen back to Ye Jingchuan, the corners of his lips curled up, and his tone returned to calm.
"Professor Ye, please continue to be busy. I will always be by your side. Just ignore me. Also, don't put yourself in unnecessary danger, otherwise I will suspect that you are deliberately increasing my workload. Disobedient clients will be punished."
After saying that, Lin Sheng fell directly on the sofa beside him, picked up a promotional magazine on the table, covered his face with it, and fell asleep.
An afternoon passed, Ye Jingchuan received wave after wave of patients, while Lin Sheng slept on the sofa all afternoon.
Ye Jingchuan was not surprised to admire Lin Sheng's sleep quality. When it was time to get off work, he looked at Lin Sheng and felt a headache. He sighed helplessly and walked to the sofa.
"Miss, wake up."
"Bodyguard? Wake up."
After calling out twice, seeing that the person on the sofa still didn't move, Ye Jingchuan was about to make a move, but the person on the sofa immediately raised his hand to block him, and with the other hand, he opened the magazine on his face and looked straight at him. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes lit up slightly, and when the words came to his lips, he changed his words.
"Just call me Lin Sheng."
After get off work, Ye Jingchuan drove Lin Sheng back to the apartment.
Before entering the door, a thought suddenly flashed through Lin Sheng's mind.
"Professor Ye, you don't have a partner, right?"
Ye Jingchuan's pupils trembled slightly, and he felt a little presumptuous about this topic, with a look of being hurt.
"You... guessed right. I really haven't considered it."
Lin Sheng's brows relaxed a little, he nodded, and said to himself,
"That's good. It will save you a lot of trouble. After all, you requested close protection."
Ye Jingchuan's expression returned to calm. He opened the door, took out the spare slippers from the shoe cabinet, and placed them in front of Lin Sheng.
"I cleaned up the guest bedroom yesterday, but the slippers were men's. I didn't expect the police station to send a girl."
"That's okay. I don't mind."
Lin Sheng put on his shoes, walked in, and spoke to himself,
"Do you mind if I look around a bit?"
"No problem."
Lin Sheng walked around the room and got a general understanding of the structure of the apartment. There were two bedrooms, one master and one guest, each equipped with its own bathroom, a kitchen, and a study. The design style was simple, with gray and white as the main colors. There was only trace of Ye Jingchuan's life in the whole house.
Lin Sheng put his luggage into the guest bedroom and tidied it up briefly. Seeing that Ye Jingchuan was still awake, he took the initiative to stay in the living room and play a small business mobile game.
When Ye Jingchuan was ready to rest, Lin Sheng also planned to go back to his room. Not long after the lights in the master bedroom were turned off, Lin Sheng heard the sound of something falling to the ground in the bedroom opposite. It was quite a noise.
Lin Sheng opened his eyes instantly and stared at the ceiling with a dull look. His body was one step ahead of his consciousness and he rushed out the door. He saw the door of the master bedroom opposite him open a crack and was immediately hit by an unknown impact. He felt something was wrong and shouted coldly into the door,
“Get out of the way!”
The door opened a crack, Lin Sheng kicked the door open and rushed in, only to see Ye Jingchuan being held against the wardrobe by a man in black with a knife against his neck.
Lin Sheng grabbed the scalpel on the table and threw it at the man in black.
The thin blade cut through the dark air flow, tearing a hole in the temperature of the room, bringing up a gust of cold air, and passed by the neck of the man in black.
The man in black was a moment slow to react, and even though he dodged the fatal blow, he was still cut by a bloody mark and cried out in pain.
Seeing the situation, Lin Sheng rushed forward and pulled Ye Jingchuan behind him. In the darkness, a cold light flashed in his eyes and he asked in a cold voice,
"Who sent you?"
The man in black didn't answer, his eyes were fierce, and he rushed straight towards Lin Sheng. He bent down, and the sharp wind passed by Lin Sheng's ears. The light flashed across the blade and reflected on the faces of the two people, and their eyes met in the air.
With a trembling heart, the man in black turned around and stabbed Ye Jingchuan beside him. However, the knife was less than an inch away from Ye Jingchuan when he was suddenly pulled back and lost the chance again.
Lin Sheng said to Ye Jingchuan in a deep voice,
"Go to the guest bedroom and lock the door!"
Ye Jingchuan responded, turned around immediately and planned to slip away.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the man in black threw the knife in his hand and rushed towards Ye Jingchuan.
Seeing this, Lin Sheng grabbed the water cup on the bedside table and threw it towards the dagger.
With a crisp sound, the ceramic cup accurately knocked the dagger down in the air, and then fell to the ground, breaking into pieces.
Seeing that he failed, the man in black immediately turned over and jumped out of the door. The ceramic fragments on the ground hit his palm. He groaned in pain and quickly ran out of the door.
Lin Sheng followed and witnessed with his own eyes the man in black rushing out of the door and disappearing into the corridor.
After closing the door and turning on the lights in the living room and master bedroom, Lin Sheng carefully checked the master bedroom to ensure it was safe. Then, he knocked on the door of the guest bedroom.
"Come out, he's gone."
Ye Jingchuan walked out of the guest bedroom unharmed, his face as usual.
"He hid in the closet and didn't dare come out until I turned off the lights. Sorry, the mission really is gender neutral. I'm biased."
Lin Sheng didn't continue the topic, yawned, and simply said,
"Go to bed early, you have to go to work tomorrow."
As soon as he finished speaking, the doorbell rang. Lin Sheng wiped away the sleepiness on his face and his eyes instantly became alert. However, he saw Ye Jingchuan preparing to open the door without any precautions. Lin Sheng immediately stopped him.
"Don't go! Maybe that person hasn't left yet."
After the bell rang once, the door was not opened for a long time. After more than half a minute, the doorbell rang again. The person outside the door did not seem to be in a hurry, and seemed to be afraid of disturbing the rest of the people in the house.
Ye Jingchuan pushed Lin Sheng's hand away, with a calm expression, and patiently explained,
"Don't worry, it's Sister Peng, my neighbor."
Lin Sheng didn't understand what was going on, so he immediately followed and stood behind Ye Jingchuan with a tense expression, taking out the scalpel he had just used in his hand in case of emergency.
But I heard a gentle woman's voice outside the door.
"Doctor Ye, I'm sorry to disturb your rest so late."
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