Twenty-six feathers
The ward was very quiet, with only the rustling sound of fabric rubbing against each other. The room was filled with a sweet and charming smell.
Ye Linghan hung on Yin Chen in a koala-like hug, burying his head tightly in his shoulder, absorbing the unique scent of agarwood, which was sweet and slightly cool.
"I've been smelling it for more than ten years, and you still haven't had enough?"
Suddenly, a soft voice came from above his head. Ye Linghan shook his head and refuted in a low voice.
Yin Chen stroked Ye Linghan's back again and again. For a moment, he even felt a little relieved. If he hadn't been injured, he probably wouldn't have known the other party's feelings, and the chances of successfully expressing his feelings would have been even slimmer. Although he was still not sure whether Ye Linghan agreed to his confession because he really liked him or was just moved, it didn't matter anymore. As long as he was safe by his side, it was enough.
"Hmm..." Ye Linghan hummed comfortably a few times, like an obedient little wolf cub, suppressing the wildness in his heart.
Yin Chen had no choice but to let go of the little wolf cub he had raised, so he could only reach out to take the lunch box on the table in this position, which he didn't know whether it was cold or not.
The person on top of him noticed the movement and quickly stood up, "Let me do it, don't pull the wound."
Yin Chen was slightly startled, then he smiled and said half-jokingly, "If I had known that the self-torture trick was so effective, I wouldn't have waited and used it sooner. This way, you would care about me sooner."
He had been trying very hard to conceal his feelings all along. On the one hand, he had to pretend that he didn't care about Ye Linghan at all and maintain the cold and aloof personality that outsiders thought of him. On the other hand, he had to go to great lengths to protect Ye Linghan in secret and prevent him from getting hurt. He had maintained this kind of hidden possessiveness for many years.
"Yeah." Hearing the other party say such irresponsible words, Ye Linghan raised his eyebrows and responded coldly on the surface, but secretly reached out and pinched Yin Chen's waist.
He was told that making such a casual joke was a punishment for him. He didn't use much force, but he must have felt pain.
"Hiss!" Yin Chen dodged in pain and couldn't help but accuse, "Baby, you have such a cruel heart!"
"Do you feel the pain now?" Ye Linghan said dissatisfiedly, "If you dare to say that again, I will take away all your property and leave you nothing."
"Okay~" Yin Chen gently pinched Ye Linghan's face. He didn't expect that he would find such a ferocious wolf cub. He leaned over and kissed the other party on the mouth. He never easily asked for peace, but he took the initiative to show weakness. "No more words, everything is up to you~"
The old ghost's temperament changed too quickly, and Ye Linghan couldn't adapt to it for a while.
He was even curious about who the other party learned these annoying words from. He had never seen him so talkative before. Could it be that he changed his personality after being hurt?
It turns out that the longer you live, the more sexy you become.
But it is undeniable that he is very fond of this. Looking at Yin Chen with that handsome face and saying sweet words seriously, his heart always feels numb and itchy and he can't resist it.
While Ye Linghan was distracted, Yin Chen had already opened the lunch box.
"Is this Yunxi's crab roe wontons? How do you know I like them?" Ye Linghan was surprised and happy. Just by smelling the smell, he could be 100% sure that it was the wonton shop he loved the most.
When he was in school, he would often go there to eat with Zhao Tang, but after graduation, his former dining partner was busy with work and his own life gradually got back on track, so he hadn't been there to eat for a long time and didn't even know if the restaurant was still open.
Ye Linghan didn't expect that Yin Chen even remembered what he liked to eat. He couldn't help feeling touched.
"I raised you, what don't I know?"
Ye Linghan blushed and buried his head in eating the wontons in small bites.
Because the two of them had been together for a long time, the wontons were not as hot as when they were first bought, and the dough was even a little puffy and sticky. However, this could not cover up the freshness and fragrance of the wontons themselves, which was enough to fully demonstrate the chef's superb craftsmanship.
When you take a bite, the crab roe soup flows along the dough into the spoon, and the crystal-clear dough is covered with the soup, leaving an endless aftertaste in your mouth.
"You shouldn't eat it, it's not good for wound healing." Ye Linghan looked at the crab roe-flavored wontons and then at Yin Chen. If he remembered correctly, seafood was not good for wound healing.
Yin Chen nodded, with a hint of regret in his tone, "Well, you eat it."
"That's such a shame. When you're healed, let's go to the restaurant and eat. It tastes better when it's hot!"
"Oh, right, that Duan Jiu..."
After the battle, he only remembered that he and Yin Chen both fainted due to exhaustion and serious injuries, so he had no idea how Yin Chen's men dealt with Duan Jiu later.
Ye Linghan never dared to slack off on this matter. He always believed that since he had managed to escape this time, the other party would not give up and would definitely take action again. Therefore, Duan Jiu was a key figure. If he could get some useful clues from him, he would surely be able to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
"Dead." Yin Chen looked calm, as he had long been accustomed to death.
"Dead? How did he die?"
"suicide."
Although he had prepared himself mentally, Ye Linghan was still moved when he heard the word "suicide". This behavior seemed to be in line with Duan Jiu's temperament, but he should not die like this.
Whether it was an underground casino or a factory kidnapping, he seemed so at ease, revealing his evil and unruly nature, but in order to conceal and protect the people behind him, he died so hastily.
To be fair, Ye Linghan felt sorry for Duan Jiu's situation.
There are still too many secrets and doubts about him.
As a vampire who can live forever and has powerful superpowers, his death is indeed regrettable.
"As a chess piece, this is his fate." Yin Chen said lightly.
But it can be seen that when Yin Chen talked about Duan Jiu, there was some emotion in his eyes.
The number of blood vampires is not small, almost accounting for one-third of the total ordinary population. Although most of them are low-level and have no ability to hurt people, there are also quite a few mid-level ones. Therefore, they become pawns of high-level rulers. This is a hurdle he cannot overcome.
But who is controlling all this?
Ye Linghan lowered his eyes and suddenly felt that the crab roe wontons in the bowl became tasteless.
Seeing the person beside him in low spirits, Yin Chen took the lunch box from Ye Linghan's hand and placed it on the table. He then took Ye Linghan's hand and rubbed it with his fingertips. "Don't worry. Since you're determined to find out the truth, I will stand behind you and protect you without hesitation."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linghan raised his head and met Yin Chen's eyes. Suddenly, he seemed to have made some kind of decision.
"Yin Chen." he called.
"Um?"
"Can you hug me for the first time?" His words were firm, without a trace of hesitation.
Yin Chen, who was always calm and indifferent about things, showed a look of surprise when Ye Linghan said that, as if he had never expected the other party to make such a request.
Being embraced by a vampire for the first time is equivalent to turning a normal person into a vampire, but this process is extremely dangerous. Once a mistake is made or the body of the person being embraced has a rejection reaction, the result is irreversible and may lead to death.
Even if this process goes smoothly, the probability of having the same superpowers as the first-time holder is extremely uncertain. One may even become an alien that is worse than a low-level vampire, walking alone in the darkness every day, and never be able to enjoy the sunshine in the rest of his life.
This is no different from a normal person who was able to see the beautiful scenery in the world suddenly becoming blind. It would be a huge blow to both the body and the mind.
As a high-level vampire, Yin Chen was naturally aware of the consequences, and he did not dare to take the risk of betting with Ye Linghan.
He didn't speak for a long time, and the room was so quiet that they could even hear each other's breathing clearly.
But in the end, Yin Chen couldn't resist Ye Linghan's eager and ardent gaze. He slowly opened his mouth and decisively refused, "No."
"Why?" Ye Linghan asked urgently.
"Because I hope you can stand safely in the sun."
"I can help you unconditionally, even give you my life, but if I gamble with your life, I can't do it. The Blood Clan and the Blood Hunters are both very mysterious tribes. Many things are not as easy as the outside world says. I can't bear the consequences of failure, so I can't do anything about your request..."
"Okay..." Although Ye Linghan was a little disappointed in his heart, he expressed his understanding after listening to the other party's explanation. The stakes of life and death were indeed huge, and no one could bear the consequences of a high probability of tragedy.
"Then...what is CLY-20? Do you know?" Ye Linghan asked.
It seems that the source of all this is this CLY-20.
Yin Chen nodded. "I know a little bit. More specific information is only found in the forbidden book of the blood clan, guarded by the clan leaders of each generation. However, I heard that it was lost in a melee decades ago and its whereabouts are still unknown."
"But my grandfather once told me that CLY-20 is a hallucinogen. It can be injected or smoked. Smoking it is less harmful to the body, but it should not be taken long-term. When a person's mind is often in an excited state, it will have a serious impact on the organs."
"But if it's injected, once it circulates through the bloodstream, the person will die instantly. And based on the person's immediate psychology at the time of death, their inner feelings will be frozen on their face, such as a smile or sadness."
"Moreover, the two are not interchangeable. In other words, if it is smoked, it cannot be detected by blood tests, but if it is injected, it can only be detected in the blood."
Ye Linghan was confused. What Yin Chen said was similar to what Zhao Tang said in part, but some of it was indeed not true.
He recalled the taxi driver Zhao Xingjian, whose body was taken away by the police and handed over to the forensic doctor for monitoring, so he did not see it. Therefore, there is no way to start from this aspect to investigate whether his death is related to this clue.
We can only wait for Zhao Tang's pharmacological test analysis report to see what can be detected from it.
"What's the matter? Have you discovered anything new?" Yin Chen asked him.
Ye Linghan nodded truthfully, "Well, do you still remember the day you went to the Investigation Bureau to rescue me?"
Yin Chen nodded.
"The next day, Tangtang said that the ingredients of this medicine were detected in his blood..."
As Ye Linghan was speaking, he seemed to have thought of something and suddenly an idea came to him.
"You just said that if it's injected into the blood, the person will die suddenly after one circulation. But I later heard that the man didn't die, he only suffered skin injuries. And when he was examined that day, the blood in his body was enough to circulate once, but he was still alive and well, so..."
"It was the person who bit him who took CLY-20, not him."
He remembered that after reading the report, it only said that CLY-20 was detected in the blood and cell tissue extracted from the victim's wound, but it was not marked in other tests.
"Yes, that's what we investigated." Yin Chen gave him affirmation.
Therefore, it is not difficult to find the broken line of construction. If we can find the vampire who attacked people in the alley, it seems that there is a chance that we can follow the clues to find the source of CLY-20.
It seems that I really need to find an opportunity to see if I can get in touch with the senior management of the Abnormal Trace Research Department, because they are not only technologically advanced, but also highly efficient.
However, this mysterious department has always been committed to studying difficult problems, and most of its work is done in scientific research. The reason why the last test came out so quickly was because the director of the Public Security Bureau personally contacted the professor of the research department, otherwise there would probably not be any results until now.
"Then may I ask, honorable Young Master Yin, what else have you investigated?" Ye Linghan curled his lips and teased Yin Chen, eager to get more information.
But then again, since the vampires know so much about CLY-20, why doesn't he just bother Yin Chen directly?
Thinking of this, Ye Linghan rubbed against Yin Chen in a flattering manner, "So, can you detect the hallucinogen ingredients internally?"
Yin Chen watched Ye Linghan's actions, a sly glint in his eyes. He smiled and nodded, "Okay."
Since the little wolf cub has needs, how could he not satisfy them?
Ye Linghan's expression changed instantly when he heard this. "Then why didn't you tell me earlier? You made me think about it for so long!"
"The cost is very high, I'm afraid you can't afford it."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linghan arrogantly used two fingers to pinch the bank card and handed it to Yin Chen, "It's okay, I have plenty of money. I can use Master Yin's card at will~"
Yin Chen smiled, put his arm around Ye Linghan's waist, and pulled him towards him, "Master, I don't want money, I want people."
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