He took the bullet for her again
"It's dawn!" Chao Rirou looked at the bright sky outside in disbelief. She had chatted with him for so long without realizing it!
There was also disbelief in Yue Lanxiu's eyes. He actually chatted with a woman about the case for a whole night, and he still felt a little unsatisfied. It was the first time he had such a good chat with a woman.
Seeing the dark circles under her eyes, he was about to suggest that she take a rest when Shimizu called again and said that Mu Saburo wanted to see them.
Asahirou and Yue Lanxiu glanced at the screen at the same time. The man who had been sleeping on the screen had woken up at some point and was exhaustedly holding up his eyelids.
"Actually, I'm not familiar with the murderer. I did so many things for him just for money! He gave me a lot of money. I've never seen so much money before. I love money, so I was confused for a moment and did so many evil things!" Mu Sanlang took the initiative to speak as soon as he saw them, with his head lowered, speaking weakly.
"You mean to say that you have been wrongly accusing Xia Tianhan?" This was the first thing Asarirou confirmed.
"Yes, I'm always deeply sorry about that."
Yue Lanxiu wanted to see his expression, but he kept his head down, probably because he was very tired.
"Look up and speak." Zhao Rirou said in a cold voice, "I just want to know who the real murderer is? Where is he now? How can we find him!"
"I don't know who he is or where he is, but he gave me an email address. I contact him through that email address, and then he sends someone to meet me." Mu Sanlang had to look up, his eyes meeting theirs, but he quickly dropped them again, no longer meeting their gaze. Their gaze wasn't as sharp as others', but it made it even more unbearable to meet their gaze. It seemed to see through everything, especially this man. Being stared at by him felt like being scanned by X-rays, his innermost thoughts exposed.
Asahirou stared at Mu Saburo in silence for a few seconds before ordering the men behind her, "Take Mr. Saburo to send an email."
After saying that, he left first.
Yue Lanxiu followed behind without saying a word. He turned and glanced at Mu Sanlang. Mu Sanlang didn't look like he was lying, but he couldn't rule out the possibility that he had superb acting skills.
Asahirou successfully helped Mu Saburo find the person behind him. Unfortunately, no information about that person could be found through the email address.
The location was chosen by that person somewhere in the suburbs of Japan.
The time was also set by that person at three days later.
"Why did you let them decide the time and place?" Yue Lanxiu spoke with a look of disapproval when they were alone. He felt like he was being manipulated.
"Didn't Mu Sanlang say that the other party is very cautious? Otherwise, he wouldn't show up so easily." Asahiro narrowed her eyes and stared at him. "Have you discovered something? Why have you been acting so mysterious since just now?"
Yue Lanxiu frowned slightly, "I can't put my finger on it right now, but my intuition tells me that there's something strange about Mu Sanlang."
"I don't completely trust this person, but based on the current situation, he's under our surveillance and should be isolated and helpless, unable to pull any tricks." Zhao Rirou paused before adding, "Besides, you can't get a tiger cub without learning from it!"
Yue Lanxiu sighed softly. It was indeed so. "Tell me about your next move." Couldn't this woman be a little more courageous? Her eyes sparkled. It was impossible to do anything about her.
"Of course, let's go to the agreed location first!" As Asahirou said this, she had already made the arrangements.
"Uh, are we going right now? I don't agree. It's too rash!"
"No one asked you to go." Chao Rirou left after saying this, leaving Yue Lanxiu sighing angrily.
Asahiro took a few steps, then suddenly stopped and looked back. She believed that he would not let her go alone!
Her red lips curved up, revealing a smile involuntarily.
In the afternoon, the clear sky turned gloomy, and two figures squatted on the high wall.
"Are you sure you want to jump down?" Looking at the strange and deserted courtyard below his feet, Yue Lanxiu tried to stop him again.
He didn't approve of coming here rashly, but this little girl ignored his advice and went forward alone! And he couldn't just leave her alone, so he had to follow her.
"We're already here, what nonsense are you still talking about! When did you become so cautious and fussy?" Zhao Rirou said without even looking at him, her pair of calm and sharp eyes were scanning every corner of the courtyard.
"I still think it's better to act at night so we won't be discovered as easily!"
"I've already investigated. This residence has been empty for a long time. Besides us, you won't find anyone else here within a few hundred miles. And I've made arrangements. If anyone approaches, we'll be notified immediately! So there's no need to worry about being discovered! However, if we wait until night, there's no guarantee there won't be other people here!"
“When I jump down, I always feel like I’m falling into a trap.”
"But this trap is worth jumping into!" The words were still in his ears when he jumped down nimbly, his feet landing steadily on the open grass.
Yue Lanxiu sighed and had to jump down because she was there!
This was a large courtyard, but it looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. Only the rocky landscape in front of it still stood indestructibly. However, it had no beauty at all. From a distance, it looked like a tomb, eerie and mysterious!
The main house, a large two-story building, should be in the front. Hidden behind the rocks, it is dark and eerie, like a haunted house, making people afraid to approach.
But it does not include Asahirou.
They didn't rush forward, but walked around first.
"I know you are worried that there is a trap here, but this place may have the clues we want, isn't that what you think? You told me not to come, but you may have other plans in your mind. Maybe you want to wait until I fall asleep and come alone!" Chao Rirou guessed his thoughts clearly!
Yue Lanxiu avoided her gaze, and she was right!
"I think we are relatively safe now." Although Asahiro thought so, she kept a pair of sharp eyes on the movements around her at all times.
"Why? Just because the other party asked you to meet in three days, even if it is a trick, it has to be carried out three days later? Can't it be done in advance?" Yue Lanxiu refuted and pointed out a possibility.
"It's not that I didn't expect what you said, it's just that the probability is very low! You think the other party will have to make some preparations. I don't believe they have everything ready to deal with me right now!"
Indeed, even if the other party wanted to cheat, he should still be in the preparation stage. Yue Lanxiu agreed with her words, but he would not admit it, lest she become too confident and let her guard down!
After a while, the two returned to where they had come in.
"The owner of this place must have an extraordinary brain, otherwise who would decorate his yard like a cemetery!" Looking at the tall and long rocks, Yue Lanxiu couldn't appreciate them at all.
"Indeed, I always feel that a ghost will jump out of this tombstone!" Chao Rirou's implication was that he should be careful of traps and ambushes.
"Don't be afraid, let me hold your hand tightly and protect you well!" Yue Lanxiu said seriously.
However, Zhao Rirou felt the hand holding her wrist stiffen a little. She glanced at him and said, "You're the one who's scared, right? I'm saying, you're not afraid of ghosts, are you?"
"How is that possible!" Yue Lanxiu said, "Stop joking!" He couldn't help but curse inwardly, "What nonsense! This rock just looks like a tombstone. How could a ghost pop out of it? Absolutely impossible..." he kept telling himself.
"Ah - there's a white shadow flashing behind you!" Asarirou suddenly widened her eyes and pointed behind him seriously.
Yue Lanxiu took a deep breath and squatted down with his head in his hands. But there was no movement for a long time. He raised his head and looked at Zhao Rirou slowly.
I saw her looking down at me with contempt.
"I just tied my shoelaces because they were loose!" He stood up and coughed a few times.
Asahirou pointed downwards. "Did you forget that you're wearing shoes without laces? I can't believe you're afraid of something as imaginary as ghosts."
Glancing at his shoes, Yue Lanxiu covered his face with his hands. He was so ashamed to face anyone!
"Hey, wait for me! Walk slower!"
"Stay away from me! I'm really worried your mental retardation might be contagious!"
"How can I protect you when you're so far away from me!"
"roll!"
There is a bluestone path between the rocks, leading to the main house, and Chao Rirou and Yue Lanxiu are walking on it.
"Have you found anything? I think no one else has been to this place except you and me, right?" Chao Rirou glanced at Yue Lanxiu behind her, wanting to hear his opinion.
Yue Lanxiu nodded slightly, grabbing a handful of dirt in his hand, as if studying its moisture. "It must have rained here yesterday, but it stopped at night, so the path is dry, but the grass is still a bit damp and soft. Many of the roads in this yard are broken, so anyone who came here today would have had some dirt on their feet, leaving traces wherever they went. We've just walked through this yard. Did you notice anything unusual?"
"Apart from us, there's no sign anyone else has been here."
Yue Lanxiu showed an expression of recognition on his face, but his gaze suddenly paused when it passed over a bunch of wild flowers at his feet.
"The only thing left to see is the main house." Seeing that he didn't say anything, Chao Rirou glanced at him, but saw that he was lost in thought, so she didn't bother him any more.
The two men came to the main house, walked around outside the house, and then came to the locked door.
"It seems that no one has been in there for a long time. The door handle is covered with dust." Zhao Rirou said this, but Yue Lanxiu did not respond. His brows were slightly furrowed, as if he disagreed.
This lock was useless to Yue Lanxiu. The two of them entered easily as if they were returning to their own home.
The house was almost empty, with only a few unwanted pieces of furniture and decorations left. The entire space was covered with dust, and it seemed that no one had lived there for a long time.
"You have been frowning since just now. Can you tell me why?" Chao Rirou looked around inconspicuously, trying to find clues about who had lived there before. Yue Lanxiu looked around as if he was also looking for something, but Chao Rirou felt that the two seemed to be looking for different things. What on earth was this guy looking for? His black eyebrows were getting tighter and tighter.
"Don't you find it strange that there is not a single surveillance camera here?" Yue Lanxiu said, squatting in the corner.
"Maybe there's nothing valuable, so it's unnecessary." Seeing him feeling the floor, Asahirou wanted to ask him what he had found, but he stood up and walked forward again, his expression contemplative and focused. Asahirou looked at the place where he had been squatting, confused.
"Maybe there is, we just haven't discovered it yet."
"You mean we're under surveillance and someone is watching us?"
"It's hard to say. I always feel that it's not advisable to stay here for long!" He squatted down at another corner of the wall.
Asahiro walked over and squatted down beside him, "Why are you staring at the floor? Is there a surveillance camera installed underneath?" She thought how could this be possible!
"This floor has signs of being pried open, just like the one over there."
Glancing at the spot where he had squatted before, Chao Rirou took another closer look at the floor at her feet. "This floor is a little damaged. If you don't look closely, you wouldn't notice it!"
"Because the person who pried open the floor was not a professional, it was inevitable that there would be traces of damage." Yue Lanxiu pondered.
"What does this mean?" Chao Rirou asked in confusion, not understanding why his expression became so serious.
"I think this floor must have been pried open not long ago." He touched the floor, looked at his fingers and said, "The day before yesterday? Or even more recently!"
"Why are you so sure?"
"Don't you notice that the floor here is very clean? There's dust everywhere here, but the floor here is very clean. Don't you think it's strange?"
Asahiro reached out and touched the floor. There was no visible dust on her fingers. "Indeed! It's much cleaner than other places. Someone must have cleaned it, but why only here?"
"Maybe he wants to clear away the traces left on the floor, such as footprints, so that it looks like no one has been here." Yue Lanxiu's expression became more serious.
"He's sneaking around, he's definitely not here to do anything good!"
"I think there are more than just these two places." Yue Lanxiu stood up and walked away. Zhao Rirou followed beside him, paying special attention to the wall. Sure enough, he found another one soon!
The two of them squatted down and touched the floor. It was just as strange as the previous two places. Chao Rirou said doubtfully, "It seems that only the areas around the pried-open floorboards have been cleaned! Obviously, they were trying to remove any traces of someone being here! But it's strange that only these areas were cleaned. Coming in through the front door, there's no way these are the only places with footprints. But there's no sign of cleaning anywhere else!"
"He must have jumped in through a window. These three places happen to all have a window. These old windows are locked, but they can be opened or locked from the outside!"
Asahirou admired his attentiveness. "Why did they pry open the floorboards? Why did they do it so secretly? And why are you so sure it was the day before yesterday? Judging from how clean it was, it wouldn't be wrong to say it was a few days ago, or even a week ago."
"That's true, but have you noticed the wildflowers outside?"
"I've seen it." But Zhao Rirou felt that she certainly hadn't looked as carefully as he did. She just glanced at it. What could be wrong with those wild flowers?
"Several of them have been plucked out, leaving only the stem. It's not very noticeable, but you can still see it if you look closely. Judging from how withered the stem is, it must have been plucked out yesterday or the day before yesterday!"
Asahirou nodded, understanding. No wonder he'd been staring at the wildflowers in a daze; he was so observant! Sure enough, his carefree appearance was just that; deep down, he was actually shrewder than anyone! Asahirou's admiration for him grew.
"But why do we need to pry the floor? Is there something under it? Something that needs to be put here and there?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yue Lanxiu caught a glimpse of a figure passing by through the window in front of him.
Asahirou also saw it. At the same time, there was a noise from upstairs. Asahirou's eyes flashed and she said, "Let's split up!"
Just as she took a step, Yue Lanxiu pulled her back and whispered in her ear in an unyielding tone, "You must never leave my side. The other party is trying to separate us. Don't fall into their trap! And we have to leave here quickly. I suddenly remembered something under the floor!" As he spoke, he grabbed her hand and rushed out as fast as he could.
"What is it?" Asahirou asked, as if she had guessed the answer from his solemn and serious profile.
A light bulb went off in my head. Could there be a bomb under the floor?!
Yue Lanxiu kicked the window closest to them and broke it. As if he couldn't wait to run out of the door, the two of them broke through the window and ran out.
At this moment, bang—bang—bang—earth-shattering explosions rang out behind him! The huge building was razed to the ground in seconds!
The two of them ran to the rocks before they dared to stop and take a breath.
Looking back at the raging fire, Chao Rirou wondered if she would have really been blown to death this time if it weren't for Yue Lanxiu!
Asahirou couldn't help but recall the last explosion she experienced. She thought of Mizuki Rei, and her intuition suddenly told her that this incident was also related to her!
Her calm eyes suddenly turned cold. She had actually chased her all the way to Japan!
What exactly was the reason why she wanted to kill Chanel?
While he was thinking, all the rocks suddenly moved, and several figures holding hidden weapons jumped out from them.
Hidden weapons suddenly shot towards them like a meteor shower!
At the critical moment, the two men dodged one by one. Not only that, Chao Rirou calmly took out a pistol from her waist, aimed at one of them and shot.
But something strange happened. The bullet pierced the man's body and hit the rocks behind him, but he was completely unharmed. Even more incredible was that he was completely unscathed, without a single wound on his body! If she hadn't seen the bullet pass through his head with her own eyes, she would have suspected that she had missed! What happened?!
Yue Lanxiu also looked at this scene in confusion. He clearly hit the target, so why did it seem like he didn't hit it?
Just as the two were surprised, one of them raised a pistol and aimed at Asahiro's heart.
Bang—the bullet shot out at high speed and hit Yue Lanxiu.
Yue Lanxiu, who was the first to react, blocked a bullet for Chao Rirou.
When the man saw that the injured person was Yue Lanxiu, his cold eyes filled with murderous intent were stunned.
Asahiro, who had already regained her senses, immediately fought back, but in order to avoid the continuous attacks and to prevent Yue Lanxiu from being injured again, the bullet only hit the opponent's shoulder.
The man frowned his delicate eyebrows and quickly disappeared behind the rock, leaving only a life-threatening look in Zhao Rirou's eyes that seemed to come from hell.
Although the person's face was mostly obscured by the rock, and only her eyes could be seen, that was enough! She was certain that it was Shui Wulian. There was no mistaking that look! Her eyes were as vicious as a venomous snake. Besides Shui Wulian, who else in the world could have that look?
Zhao Rirou helped Yue Lanxiu hide behind a rock. Looking at his chest where blood was gushing out, her chest tightened and she blurted out, "I'm sorry!" She would rather be the one who got hurt than feel overwhelmed by worry and panic.
"What precious three words!" He knew her personality well and knew that she would not say these three words easily.
"But now is not the time to talk about this!" Yue Lanxiu said with a pale face and incomparable calmness, "We must leave here!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure flashed behind them. Chao Rirou's face turned cold. While helping Yue Lanxiu to dodge, he immediately fired several shots at the figure behind him. Each bullet penetrated the body and hit the rock, but the other party was not hurt at all, just like before.
There was no time to breathe at all, as people were shooting at them and throwing hidden weapons at them every second!
Those guns and hidden weapons are so real, compared to those people who can't hit them.
Although she was puzzled, Asahirou knew that there was no time to think now!
They still hid behind the rocks, and they said in unison, "It's an illusion!" Only illusion could explain those people who could not be killed, because they were not human beings at all, but just pictures created by illusion.
"But their weapons are so real!" Asahirou still couldn't understand.
Yue Lanxiu gave the answer, "That's because it's not all illusions, there's a real killer hidden in them! Those illusions are just to disrupt our vision, judgment, and psychology!"
Asahirou completely agreed with him. It was incredible that he could still make such a calm analysis despite being seriously injured.
"Since what you see is unreal, then don't look at it. Listen with your ears and feel with your heart. I believe in you!" Yue Lanxiu believed that with her ability, she could definitely get out of here!
At this moment, she listened to him completely! "We have to leave here as soon as possible, but because of the movement of the rocks, there are several more bluestone roads. I can't tell which one is the way out. What if we take the wrong one and fall into the enemy's trap again?" There was an anxiety that could not be concealed between her frowning brows. She couldn't let him get hurt again, and she couldn't delay the time to treat him!
Yue Lanxiu took a deep breath, as if to ease the pain, and said, "I forgot to tell you one thing. When we came in, I made a mark. I made a lot of small balls out of mud and threw them on the ground. So whichever bluestone road has that thing, that's the one we'll take!"
Asahirou's eyes lit up, and she already knew what to do next!
She remembered that he did grab a handful of soil in his hand. At that time, she thought he was just grabbing it casually, but she didn't expect that he was so thoughtful and considerate!
At this moment, Asahirou's admiration for him reached its highest point.
With those marks, the two successfully escaped from this maze-like and dangerous rocky area.
Those people hiding in the phantoms were also chasing them relentlessly. Asahirou calmly closed her eyes, concentrated on listening, and after successfully dodging several attacks, she raised her pistol and fired several shots.
Screams were heard one after another. This time, every shot hit the target! Not a single one was left alive!
This scene fell on the eyes of three people who were staring at the screen in the monitoring room under the rock.
"It seems that Senior Sister's plan has failed again!" A young man sighed.
"We went to all this trouble, even blowing up the house, and yet we haven't hurt her at all!" The youngest woman here spoke. She looked like a preteen, but her words betrayed a viciousness that didn't suit her age. She suddenly glared at the man. "I said, 'Fifteen, couldn't you have detonated the bomb earlier?'"
Fifteen is what a woman calls a man, just like a man calls her sixteen.
"Sixteen, please don't wrongly accuse me. It was you and Senior Sister who told us that we had to lure that man out of the house before we could detonate the bomb! You were the ones who said that the target was only women! It had nothing to do with men!"
Sixteen was speechless. What he said was the truth. Master had repeatedly warned against harming Yue Lanxiu, so she and her senior sister had devised a plan to separate him and Chanel, luring him out of the house and leaving Chanel alone. Unfortunately, he didn't fall for it!
"But that man is too smart. I installed the bomb under the floor, but he still found it! No wonder the master wants to win him over and is unwilling to be his enemy!" Fifteen said again.
"I think this is still your fault. Why are you picking flowers for no reason?" Sixteen said gritting his teeth.
"I just want to give beautiful flowers to my beautiful senior sister!"
The person whose senior sister was replaced continued his words, "So it's all my fault!"
Those eyes were so cold and devoid of any human emotion that Fifteen didn't dare to say a word just by being stared at.
"I was wondering why you detonated the bomb in the end. Didn't I tell you to wait for orders?" Sixteen asked reproachfully.
"I saw Chanel was about to break the window and escape, so I lost control and pressed the button in a panic! Besides, I buried the bomb with great effort, and that bomb was also my latest research. I really want to know how powerful it is. I am very satisfied with its power!" Although he is very young, he has a high talent in making guns, explosives and various weapons.
Receiving two cold glances, he wisely shut his mouth.
"Senior Sister, what should we do next? Should we continue to chase her?" Sixteen asked, with a hint of worry in his eyes that he was unwilling to admit.
The woman didn't say anything, as if she was making up her mind. Finally, she said coldly with her red lips, "No need!" It seemed that Yue Lanxiu needed immediate treatment.
Today was originally the day Chanel was supposed to die, but she never expected Yue Lanxiu to appear by her side. Yue Lanxiu even took a bullet for him! When did their relationship become so deep?
Sixteen felt a sigh of relief. Yue Lanxiu had been shot, and she wondered how he was doing now. Would he die? If so, how would she explain to her master? That was exactly why she was worried!
"Then should we continue to hunt down Chanel? Senior Brother said we don't need to kill her!" Fifteen didn't understand why Senior Sister insisted on killing Chanel. But as long as Senior Sister needed his help, he would never refuse! Even if he had to hide it from Master and Senior Brother.
"Chanel must die!" the red lips uttered mercilessly.
She has always been puzzled about Chanel. Even though she heard that she had split into another person, she still couldn't explain where her martial arts skills came from?
She also always felt that Chanel's mannerisms and actions were familiar, and that she looked very much like someone...
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