Borrowing a knife to kill
There has been a new development in Asahiro's condition. Although she is no longer in danger of death, she still shows no signs of waking up.
Thyme worked day and night these days, forgetting to eat and sleep, and finally collapsed from exhaustion, and had to lie in bed and receive intravenous drips.
Jingming was the only one who handled the following treatments. He didn't feel tired at all, but became more and more energetic. He just had this strange physique. When he encountered something that interested him, he could stay awake for several days. You worried that he would be exhausted, but he was full of energy and radiant, as if he had just taken a magic pill.
He assured Yue Lanxiu that Zhao Rirou would wake up soon and asked Yue Lanxiu to go home and have a good sleep to rest.
But Yue Lanxiu still stayed outside Chao Rirou's ward. Although it was not his turn to guard her bedside, he was grateful that he could see her through the window on the door.
At this moment, through the window on the door, he unexpectedly found that there was no one around Asahiro, and he could no longer control his desire to get close to her.
Although it was late at night, Zhuang Youya couldn't fall asleep. She was worried about whether Zhao Rirou had woken up, but she didn't dare go during the day. She was afraid of seeing Yue Lanxiu. His face, which was so devastated by another woman that he couldn't eat or drink, was truly sad. She was afraid that he would suddenly break up with her because he was worried about someone else!
Thinking that he should be asleep late at night, she chose to go see Asahirou. She was actually full of apologies to Asahirou!
But she hadn't expected that she would be caught in the act she'd tried so hard to avoid. She froze at the door to the ward, peering through the small window to see Yue Lanxiu sitting next to Zhao Rirou. He held her hand and pressed it against his face. Even though his back was facing her, she could sense the deep affection in his eyes.
The heartache made her unable to breathe. She clutched her chest and leaned against the wall, tears streaming down her face. She could no longer deceive herself. She thought he still loved her, she thought he loved her the most!
A figure came into her blurry sight and she quickly wiped away her tears. It turned out that there were so many people who couldn't sleep late at night!
She managed to calm herself down, then hurriedly fled the place without saying goodbye.
Seeing her crying so sadly, Yue Lanjing knew why without asking or looking!
Yue Lanxiu, ah Yue Lanxiu, you are an eyesore after all!
Yue Lanjing found Zhuang Youya on the balcony, grief-stricken and in tears. Compared to her collapse, he was terrifyingly calm, his deep eyes like an abyss that could not be seen to the bottom. "They were once husband and wife, and they had feelings for each other after all. Even if it wasn't love, it was family affection."
His sudden words startled Zhuang Youya, and she quickly put away her ugliness. But he didn't seem to be laughing at her. He wasn't looking at her anymore. His eyes were cast into the dark night, looking so lonely. "Are you comforting me or yourself?" She was not blind, and she could naturally see Yue Lanjing's deep affection for Zhao Rirou.
"I'm just stating the facts. He was like this when you were injured." Yue Lanjing emphasized that Yue Lanxiu also cared about her.
Her autumn-water-like eyes rippled, but suddenly closed, and two lines of tears flowed down. "He has feelings for me, I can feel it, but this feeling may not be love, but other feelings." Her intuition had long told her that he had sympathy, pity, guilt, and responsibility for her... but I'm afraid he didn't have love for her!
Her retreat made Yue Lanjing frown and look at her unhappily, "So you're giving up and not fighting for yourself anymore?"
When she opened her eyes again, they were like dead water, without any light. "If he has me in his heart, he will come back to me even if I do nothing! Just like Yatang, she did nothing, but he came back to her! Maybe he never left her at all!"
"You don't fight for yourself, and you don't think about the baby in your belly?"
Although she was in agony at the moment, she was clear-headed and had seen through many things. "Letting him stay with me is for the sake of the child? If he's not happy and I'm not happy, how can the child be happy?"
It's useless! Too vulnerable! Yue Lanjing had thought Zhuang Youya would hold on to Yue Lanxiu tightly and never let go! Who knew she wouldn't fight or compete, but instead planned to withdraw? It was so disappointing, Yue Lanjing left in a huff.
After buying a pack of cigarettes from the vending machine, Yue Lan sat quietly in the deserted garden downstairs, smoking one cigarette after another. Apart from the strange flickering of his eyes, the only movement he made was smoking.
The phone rang. It was Guan Shaoling calling, asking him how to deal with Li Ao. Li Ao said he wanted to meet Chao Rirou.
A light suddenly lit up in Yue Lanjing's dark eyes, a light that seemed to come from the underworld, emitting a cold and dim light. "Have you told him about Zhao Rirou?"
"No."
"Very good! Let's talk about everything when I come over." Yue Lanjing hung up the phone, and there seemed to be a plan in her eyes.
The next day, Yue Lanjing suggested that Chao Rirou be treated in another place, as she was worried that Yan Mingchi would come to cause trouble again. Others also felt that this place was no longer safe, and they had no objection as long as the doctor allowed the patient to be moved.
After getting Jingming's permission, Yue Lanjing immediately started to make arrangements.
He has many villas, and he also has a manor that is like a paradise in a little-known area in the suburbs. He plans to place Asahirou there.
To avoid exposing their whereabouts, they kept the location secret from anyone other than the people traveling with them. The group shouldn't be too large. Jingming was the attending physician, so he was indispensable. His wife, unwilling to be separated from him, came along. Another person was Siyueying, who was worried about Chao Rirou and also worried about Yue Lanjing playing tricks.
Yue Lanxiu and others did not follow and continued to stay in the hospital to create an illusion, making Yan Mingchi think that Chao Rirou and his master were still there.
It was late at night when everything was arranged, and the execution began. Asahirou and April Sakura were in the same car. When they were safely transferred to Yue Lanjing's manor, Jingming and his wife had been waiting for a long time. They acted earlier than planned because Yue Lanjing sent someone to pick them up a few hours in advance.
April Sakura fell into a deep sleep during the car ride, perhaps because she hadn't slept for many days. She slept for many days...
Yue Lanjing didn't get in the car with Zhao Rirou, but stayed in the hospital, of course, because he didn't want to arouse suspicion. He fainted just as the car that sent Zhao Rirou away left. The doctor examined him and found that it was due to fatigue from many days of work. He suggested that he go home to rest and receive a few bottles of nutrient solution if necessary. So Guan Shaoling forcibly sent him back home.
This is what Yue Lanxiu saw, but what he didn't see was that Yue Lanjing did not faint, but took a car to Li Ao.
Li Ao was practically on his last legs. Although Yue Lanjing had given him the antidote, the poison had already damaged his body beyond repair. If he hadn't wanted to know his daughter's current condition, he would have died a long time ago.
In order to see his daughter, the arrogant man knelt down countless times to the person guarding him, begging him to let him go! He begged him to tell Yue Lanjing that he could see his daughter before he died, even if it was just a sneak peek. Knowing that she was fine, he could then go find their mother with peace of mind!
But who would sympathize with him at this moment? Who would take him seriously? He had no choice but to find another way to escape. But could he escape? He began to wait for an opportunity.
Perhaps the opportunity came today. There was only one person delivering food to him, and he took advantage of the situation and knocked him unconscious with the leg of a chair. He had originally planned to risk his life, but he didn't expect to knock the man unconscious in one go, which saved him a lot of energy!
He left the basement and fled all the way to the front door, but there was no one there. How could he not say that God was helping him?
He was just in an unfamiliar environment and felt a little overwhelmed for a moment. Just as he was thinking about which direction to go, he heard a conversation.
"Have you found out where he lives now?"
"After the investigation is complete, I will live in..."
The sound sounded like a conversation between Yue Lanjing and his followers. They seemed to be plotting something. Li Ao couldn't help but move closer to the source of the sound.
"Are the things I asked you to prepare ready?" Li Ao hid behind a tree and found their figures in a corner of the garden. Yue Lanjing seemed to be asking Guan Shaoling what he wanted.
"Here, wait, tell me what you want this poison for first. Who do you want to poison? Just let others do it. There's no need for you to do it yourself!"
"Don't ask so many questions! Give it to me now!" Yue Lanjing's tone sounded very impatient.
"Could it be that your target is Yan Mingchi?!" Guan Shaoling exclaimed.
Yue Lan remained silent, as if in agreement.
"You're crazy! Who is Yan Mingchi? He might kill you before you even get close to him. And you're trying to poison him? Aren't you just courting death?" Guan Shaoling yelled, then calmly persuaded, "I know you're doing this because of Zhao Rirou, but he wasn't the one who poisoned you, was he? Don't direct your inner rage at Yan Mingchi just because Li Ao is Zhao Rirou's father and it's hard to avenge him!"
Hearing his daughter's name, Li Ao's heart tightened. What happened to Zhao Rirou now? He was the one who hurt her! He was the one who deserved to die the most! But he couldn't just die like this. He had to save her and make amends!
"Yan Mingchi is not innocent at all. He used Xiaorou as a killing tool and put her in danger many times. He ignored her life and deserved to die! He controlled her life and did not allow her to do this or that. He deserved to die! He deprived her of the right to pursue happiness and did not let her live a normal life. He deserved to die! Xiaorou's soul left her body during a mission and she almost died. He could obviously help her, but he let a wandering ghost from nowhere enter her body, making it impossible for her to return to her body! He really can't get rid of his hatred even if he dies a hundred times!" Yue Lanjing gritted her teeth and counted the evidence of Yan Mingchi's crimes. When Li Ao heard this, he wanted to bite off pieces of flesh from Yan Mingchi's body immediately!
"This time, because of the poison he developed and all the disruptions he caused, Xiaorou is probably going to become a vegetable..."
Li Ao was stunned when he heard the word "vegetative". The stick in his hand fell to the ground due to weakness.
There was a clang sound, which sounded particularly crisp in the quiet night, but Yue Lanjing and Guan Shaoling just looked at it and didn't take it seriously.
"So Yan Mingchi must pay the price!"
"I understand how you feel, but poisoning him is not an easy thing to do. You should think twice before doing it!"
"Don't worry, I won't poison him to death. How could I let him off so easily? And if I poison his current body, there's no guarantee he won't find another one. Isn't he very good at resurrecting from another body?"
"So what are you going to do?"
"He must also taste the pain I'm going through now! He hurt the person I love most, so I will also kill the person he cares about most and make him suffer unbearably!"
"Yan Mingchi's favorite person? Isn't that Jingming? You want to poison Jingming? So you asked me to investigate Jingming's address just to poison him?! But he has no grudge against us after all..."
"It's his fault that Yan Mingchi fell in love with him!"
"You've lost your mind! The police will investigate, and they'll find out about you sooner or later!"
"Don't worry, I won't leave any evidence. I'll blow him up in the kitchen, leaving Yan Mingchi with no chance to even cry over his corpse!"
"But if Yan Mingchi suspects you, he will definitely kill you!"
"Xiao Rou has become like this, why should I still live! All I can do is avenge her!"
"No! I can't let you do something stupid like that!"
"You have no right to meddle in my business!"
Li Ao stood stiffly behind the tree, taking every word Yue Lanjing said deeply into his heart. Yue Lanjing was absolutely right...
His hatred for Yan Mingchi has reached its peak! He wants revenge!
Suddenly, there was a strange sound, and the argument between Yue Lanjing and the others stopped. Looking carefully, it turned out that Guan Shaoling had knocked someone unconscious in order to stop Yue Lanjing, and then dragged her into the house.
A small white bottle slipped from Yue Lanjing's loosened hands. After their figures disappeared, Li Ao walked over, picked up the bottle, and held it firmly in his hand. He replayed Yue Lanjing's murder plan in his mind. He thought it was great! It must be executed immediately and completed before he died!
It really seemed like God was helping him. A car was parked nearby and the car keys were still in place. It was probably Yue Lanjing who was driving there!
With his last breath, he started the car and drove away, the address Guan Shaoling mentioned coming to his mind.
He didn't know that two pairs of eyes behind him were watching him leave.
"You said he really went to kill Jingming?"
"What do you think is the motivation that keeps a dying man alive? It's to do something more for his daughter! He has let her down so much and owes her too much! So far, revenge is the only thing he can do for his daughter! Every step he takes is filled with the fire of revenge. His rationality is long gone, but his goal is very clear, and he will not give up until he achieves it!" Yue Lanjing walked out of the house and analyzed Li Ao's state of mind.
"Have you arranged everything there?" Yue Lanjing confirmed again for the sake of caution.
"The supporting actors are all in place, and we'll start filming as soon as the main character arrives!"
"Where is that woman?" The woman was referring to Cangyue who was pretending to be Asahiro.
"In the early hours of the morning, she will take Yan Mingchi to see what Li Ao has done!"
"Very good!" A cruel and bloodthirsty smile slowly bloomed on Yue Lanjing's lips.
Under the same moonlight, in different gardens, Yan Mingchi was perplexed. He was clearly right before his eyes, so why couldn't he find him? Jingming's wife, Fu Youran, had even appeared, so why was he still nowhere to be seen?
Yan Mingchi didn’t know that he had seen it, he just couldn’t recognize it!
He had sensed Jingming's presence, but why couldn't he find him? He pondered over this all night long.
"Oh no, Master!" Canyue suddenly rushed in and said nervously, "I found Jingming and his wife, but..." The sharp gaze suddenly shot out like an arrow, making her shrink subconsciously, and she dared not say the following words.
"This is a good thing, what's wrong with it?" Seeing her timid way of speaking, he grabbed her arm and said angrily, "Did you alarm them and let them run away again?"
"No, no! It was too late when I found them. There was a fire where they lived, and the fire had already burned them to ashes. Ah——" She suddenly screamed at the end of her words. Yan Mingchi almost broke her arm.
"Impossible! You are lying! Who told you to say that?!" Yan Mingchi was furious. He didn't believe a single word she said.
"Master, I didn't lie to you. They do live in a villa at the foot of Wangyue Mountain. There was indeed a fire there just now. The fire did cause casualties, and Mr. Jingming was unfortunately among them. I only dared to report to you after confirming it again and again! If you don't believe me, you can ask the Black Angel. We went there together, and he was still investigating there!" Canyue gritted his teeth and finished his words courageously.
Yan Mingchi gradually loosened his grip. He believed she wouldn't dare lie to him, but he still didn't believe Jingming was dead! Absolutely not! "Take me there immediately!"
Jingming, Jingming, aren’t you tired of this trick of faking your own death?
According to Canyue's report, Jingming currently lives in an old three-story villa located in the mountains, which is very remote. Because of its remoteness, the fire was not discovered in time, which eventually led to tragedy.
When Yan Mingchi arrived, the old house had already become a ruin. You can imagine how big the fire was! There were still a few police officers working on the scene, and they kept saying, "It's so tragic..."
Yan Mingchi was standing in the mountains, gazing at the foot of the mountain from afar. He felt a chill down his spine. The Black Angel suddenly appeared beside him and told him everything he had investigated. "This entire building is rented out to a young man, a middle-aged man, and a couple. That couple should be the one you're looking for, Master."
"Where are they now? Did they escape again?" Yan Mingchi asked in a stiff voice. For the first time, the Black Angel felt that his master was emotionally unstable.
Fearing that innocent people would be harmed, the Black Angel suddenly looked at the crescent moon behind Yan Mingchi and asked, "Didn't you tell Master?"
Yan Mingchi interrupted sharply, "I don't believe it! I don't believe they would die so easily! Where are their bodies? I want to check them myself!"
The Black Angel swallowed hard and said, "Here's what happened. A natural gas leak in the kitchen caused the explosion. Mr. Jingming's room was closest, so it was the worst damaged. His body was already destroyed. Plus, it happened in the middle of the night, so no one discovered it until around five or six in the morning. So, it was all reduced to ash!" By the time he finished, a cold sweat had formed on his forehead. He was truly afraid his master wouldn't be able to bear it any longer and would give him a fatal kick!
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! He would never die like this! This must be another trick he set up to deceive me!" Yan Mingchi firmly believed that this was a scam.
"But Master, it's not just Mr. Jingming and his men who were affected by the explosion. There are other people as well. They were all burned. Would Master Jingming ignore the lives of others for his own selfish reasons?" Yue Lanjing said this to Yan Mingchi under the guidance of Canyue.
Jing said that Yan Mingchi would definitely be shaken after hearing this, and sure enough, Yan Mingchi's face turned visibly pale.
Yes! This is not in line with Jingming's style. He never hurts innocent people! Could it be that he really... Yan Mingchi shook his head violently, ruling out this possibility. "Impossible! Unless we see his body, he is not dead!"
This was the first time Cangyue saw Yan Mingchi care so much about something, a person... It turned out that he also had an ordinary side, with ordinary emotions and desires, which meant he had a weakness that could be attacked! Let her aim for this weakness and strike again! "Master, we caught someone nearby!"
"Who?"
"It's Li Ao!" Canyue ordered his subordinates to bring the person over.
Yan Mingchi had a bad feeling the moment he heard Li Ao's name. Then he saw Li Ao lingering on, half-crazed, half-insane state. Especially his eyes, which had been empty and lifeless before, seemed to instantly fill with a raging fire after meeting his gaze! They instantly burned red, and he could tell at a glance that they were the fire of revenge! Li Ao hated him so much! He wished he could devour him alive!
But Li Ao suddenly laughed again, a laughter full of joy, as if he had killed an enemy with his own hands, full of the pleasure of revenge! Thinking of this, Yan Mingchi's inner uneasiness turned into panic, but he didn't reveal too much on his face. His eyes were like ice cones, wanting to pierce Li Ao, "Why is it you! What are you doing here!"
"I'll wait for you, and then tell you what happened to your sweetheart!" Catching the fleeting panic in Yan Mingchi's eyes, Li Ao laughed even more fiercely! Knowing that his knife had pierced the demon's sore spot, he pushed harder, "He was first poisoned, then exploded, and then burned..."
Cangyue had been observing Yan Mingchi. Although he looked confused at the moment, his pupils were shrinking violently. When they shrunk to a certain point, he would definitely erupt like a volcano! The ferocious magma would surely devour them all!
While she was considering whether to move to the side, the black angel had already retreated a hundred meters away.
"Why do you know so much?" In the blink of an eye, Yan Mingchi was already in front of Li Ao, grabbing his clothes on his chest and lifting him high up. "Did you do all this?"
Cangyue felt that Li Ao would definitely be torn to pieces by him! Jing really calculated everything so accurately!
Jing also asked her to notify Yue Lanxiu. Calculating the time, Yue Lanxiu should be arriving soon! I wonder why she had to notify Yue Lanxiu?
Seeing this, Yue Lanxiu would definitely save Li Ao, but he is no match for Yan Mingchi, and they might be killed together!
However, if Yue Lanxiu knew that his master was killed by Li Ao, he probably would not help him, but would only want to put him in jail!
In short, Li Ao is doomed. If he is not beaten to death by Yan Mingchi, he will be locked up in prison by Yue Lanxiu and wait for death!
"Are you very sad? Are you so sad that you can't breathe? Are you so sad that you want to die?!" Li Ao looked down at Yan Mingchi without fear of life or death. The anger and resentment in his eyes had reached the extreme, like boiling water. If it turned into a physical object, anyone's skin would be burned off!
"Ah—" Yan Mingchi roared wildly and shrilly like a wounded beast, resounding through the sky. Rage grew within him, ultimately turning into a burning desire for revenge. He flung Li Ao forward, and he collided with a tree, snapping it instantly. Li Ao vomited blood and collapsed to the ground.
Yan Mingchi still didn't intend to let him go and rushed over to tear him to pieces. When he was about to attack again, he was stopped by Yue Lanxiu who suddenly appeared.
The two men started fighting. The emotionally excited Yan Mingchi was at full speed at this time. Yue Lanxiu couldn't resist at all. He was punched in the chest and a mouthful of blood sprayed directly on Yan Mingchi's face. Only then did Yan Mingchi regain some of his sanity and told him to get out!
"I won't allow you to do anything stupid!" Yue Lanxiu didn't understand what was happening in front of him, but he had to stop Yan Mingchi from hurting people.
He received an invitation from an unknown number, and when he learned that the meeting place was at his master's residence, he had a bad feeling. Before he arrived at the meeting place, he saw the people of Cangyue sneaking around in the mountains, so he decided to go into the mountains to investigate.
He also brought a group of policemen with him, but they were not as agile and quick as him and could not keep up with him at all.
Afterwards, he heard Yan Mingchi's terrifying cry and thought that the target of the attack would be his master, but he never expected that it was Li Ao!
He looked at Li Ao with concern. He was in extremely bad condition and looked like he would die at any moment!
"He's the one who's messing around, not me!"
"No matter what he did, it's not a reason for you to kill him!"
"It's not me who's killing people now, it's him! He killed your master!"
"What did you say?" The last few words made Yue Lanxiu's head buzz, and he could only ask in a daze.
Yan Mingchi grabbed him and walked towards the mountain, letting him see for himself what was happening at the foot of the mountain.
The sight was shocking. Yue Lanxiu's heart felt like it had been pierced by something. Wasn't that the house where his master lived? How could this happen?
"What happened? Where is my master?" He stood there in shock, his confused voice suddenly became hurried, "Where is he?" He, who was always calm, was also a little panicked!
Yan Mingchi also stared blankly at the ruins. Was Jingming really burned to death in there? He hadn't yet digested this untrue fact!
"Your master is gone!" Cangyue came over and said soothingly, mainly wanting to tell him, "It was Li Ao who did it! He first poisoned your master, then detonated the natural gas in an attempt to destroy the body!"
Yue Lanxiu glared at Cangyue in disapproval, then locked his gaze on Li Ao with a questioning look. Even then, he still believed that Li Ao would not do such a thing and must have been framed! He also didn't believe that his master would die like this!
Li Ao didn't look at him. His somewhat distracted gaze gradually focused on Yan Mingchi, who turned around and looked at him with hatred.
"Even though I owe your daughter, it was you who took her life in the end! What's more, I treated you well! Over the years, I would share anything good with you! If you need anything, I will satisfy you at the first time, and it is all unconditional! Why are you so cruel and ruthless, saying you can stab me and then you can stab me!" Yan Mingchi had regarded him as a friend for a long time, but it was obvious that Li Ao had never had such feelings, and he was very sad and disappointed for this!
"What a sharing!" Li Ao seemed to be using all his strength to mock him, "As you said, I just want to share with you! I also want to share with you the pain I am experiencing! You hurt the person I love the most, and I hurt the person you care about the most. We are in pain together! If you had returned my daughter to me earlier, things would not have developed to this point! You are the culprit--" The heart-wrenching screams stopped because of vomiting blood again.
Listening to their conversation, Yue Lanxiu seemed to understand something. He stumbled back and fell to the ground. The ground was cold, and a chill reached his core, making him shiver. Had Master become a victim of their hatred?!
"Damn it!" Yan Mingchi was so angry that his whole body was shaking and his facial features were distorted. "He is innocent! Why did you kill him! You deserve to die!" He rushed towards Li Ao ferociously like a mad beast.
Bang—a sudden gunshot stopped him in his tracks.
The person who fired the shot was Xu Rongxuan, who had just arrived following Yue Lanxiu. Behind him were a group of police officers, all pointing their guns at Yan Mingchi. They had all heard the final conversation between Yan Mingchi and Li Ao.
Although Xu Rongxuan was holding a gun, he was much more nervous than Yan Mingchi. He knew that this gun, plus the guns behind him, could not stop Yan Mingchi! In fact, Yan Mingchi did not take them seriously.
His gaze fell on Yue Lanxiu, who was dazed and confused. He didn't understand why he didn't seem to see him. Was he stunned? This was a bit unlike his usual Yue Lanxiu. Why didn't he react at all?
Following his gaze, Yan Mingchi glanced at Yue Lanxiu, and the bloodthirsty murderous intent in his eyes gradually faded away.
A burst of white mist suddenly came and filled the entire space in a short time.
Canyue knew that this was a smokescreen set by the Black Angel.
"Everyone, be careful!" With his vision obstructed, Xu Rongxuan tensed, every hair on his body on edge. In the silence beside his ear, the only sound he could hear was his own heartbeat, which grew louder and louder.
But in the end, nothing happened. When the smoke cleared, Yan Mingchi and his gang were gone!
Yue Lanxiu was still sitting there in a daze. Just when Xu Rongxuan wanted to ask him what happened, he suddenly stood up and rushed to the foot of the mountain frantically!
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