Chapter 12 I am the killer
Knock knock.
Behind him, there was the sound of knuckles tapping on the wooden stairs.
Ning Yan had keen hearing and was the first to react, turning his head to look behind him.
Lan Ze was standing on the stairs, holding a little white cat in his arms. He was still wearing the same clothes he had worn from outside, and it was obvious that he had not taken a shower yet.
His black hair was slightly wet, his skin was pale, and water droplets dripped into his eyes, but he didn't blink, and the bottom of his pupils was dark and cold.
Ning Yan followed his gaze and saw Yu Chengbai, who was supported by Aya and looked slightly stunned.
Aya quickly said, "Mr. Xianxian, this is my brother! He, he came to see me!"
Yu Chengbai looked at the boy's black hair, then lowered his head to look at Aya's brilliant golden hair. He didn't expose her, but just smiled slightly: "Aren't you an orphan? I was the one who brought you back from outside."
Ning Yan, who was just about to get up, was stunned when he heard this.
Bring it back?
Seeing Aya's decisive working style, he always thought that she was a professional housekeeper hired by the manor at a high salary. It turned out that she was adopted by Yu Chengbai?
It sounds like he has been following Yu Chengbai since he was very young.
"Sister." Lan Ze, who was standing on the stairs, suddenly spoke. His voice was clear and sharp, a young man's only voice, with a hint of gentleness and softness. He looked at Ning Yan and said, "I want to take a shower. Can you help me wash it?"
The word "sister" stunned everyone, even Ning Yan almost lost consciousness.
After saying that, Lan Ze turned around and went upstairs back to his room.
Ning Yan's brain began to spin rapidly. He carefully recalled the identity information that Aya had told him before. It seemed that he was not an orphan, but had many brothers and sisters.
So it makes perfect sense that a younger brother suddenly appears now.
But when Yu Chengbai married her, had he checked his brothers and sisters? Besides, he and Lan Ze had different skin and hair colors, so it was obvious that they were not from the same mother...
"So you went out this morning to pick up your brother? He's your brother?"
Yu Chengbai had already walked up to him, took his hand, and looked around nervously. When he didn't see anything wrong, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at him and said, "Tell me in advance next time and I'll go with you. Yilin said she saw your brother being shot today."
"Ah?" Ning Yan was slightly startled, even ignoring the hand he was holding, and asked tentatively, "Yilin?"
"Well, a friend at the S City Strategic Command Center said there was a shooting at a bank today and a boy was injured. I saw the photo and it looks like it's your brother. Are you okay?"
“…”
A shooting occurred in the city and the case should be handled by the police station. Why did Yu Chengbai's friend in the strategic command center know about it?
And showed such important case photos to Yu Chengbai who had nothing to do with it?
Ning Yan suddenly looked up at Yu Chengbai, who was still gently admonishing him not to go out alone in the future. He heard him say with a sigh that several people died in S City today, the murderer has not been caught yet, it is very unsafe outside, etc.
Ning Yan's face was full of suspicion, wondering if Yu Chengbai had seen him kill someone from the surveillance video and had deliberately come back to defraud him?
But that shouldn't be the case. He knows better than the people who installed the surveillance cameras where surveillance cameras are and where they are not in S City.
"Don't worry." Yu Chengbai saw that he looked serious and thought he was worried about his brother's injury. He hugged him gently, patted his back, and said gently, "I'll go get a doctor right away. He'll be fine."
Of course nothing will happen. Ning Yan collapsed on his own. He knows what to do.
Yu Chengbai seemed to have really forgotten that Ning Yan threw him off the bed with an over-the-shoulder throw last night, and then knocked him unconscious with a knife.
After comforting him, I actually went to call a private doctor.
Ning Yan went upstairs to his bedroom, opened the bathroom door, and saw that the bathtub was full of water.
Lan Ze was sitting naked on the tiles, trying hard to remove the gauze on his leg with a stern face. Ning Yan had tied a knot when bandaging him, and he couldn't pull it open, so he was biting it anxiously.
Sure enough, after a few years, it still has this human-machine temper.
"Stop biting it. The wound cannot come into contact with water. Come here, I'll wash it for you." Ning Yan sighed and stuffed the stool he was carrying under his butt, rolled up his sleeves, and turned around to wet the towel.
Seeing that it was him, Lan Ze immediately sat down obediently and stopped struggling with the gauze on his leg.
When Ning Yan turned around to clean his upper body, he subconsciously looked at the wound on his leg. It was originally a gunshot wound, and the bullet had not been taken out yet. As a result of his own actions, most of the white gauze was stained red.
Ning Yan frowned and asked him, "Doesn't it hurt?"
Lan Ze shook his head: "It doesn't hurt."
Ning Yan was silent for a while, then asked him, "Do you know who caused you to collapse?"
Speaking of this, Lan Ze, who has always been cold and quiet, turned around suddenly.
He looked at Ning Yan with a somewhat indignant look, like a child who was bullied outside and was eager to complain to his elders.
He said coldly, "I was looking for a hitman on the dark web to help me kill someone. The hitman took half of my money, didn't complete the task, ran away, and threatened to make me suffer. It must be him. He even teased me on purpose and hit my legs to prevent me from running away. He's such a jerk."
"Is the killer's code name Princess?" Ning Yan awkwardly rubbed his back, touched his nose, and whispered, "I am the killer."
“…”
Lan Ze opened his eyes slightly.
Ning Yan continued to explain: "I was originally going to kill the young master of the Cecil family you wanted to kill, but something unexpected happened and I failed."
"It's okay." Lan Ze slowly turned his head back, was quiet for a while, and said softly, "It's a little difficult. It's normal to make mistakes."
"I'm so sorry for hurting you."
"It's okay, sister. I'm not hurt."
"...When there's no one around, just call me brother, otherwise I always feel weird." Ning Yan sighed.
"Brother, are you on the new mission for 735? Where's the captain? Isn't he with you?"
The captain of 735 is Ning Yan’s life and death partner, codenamed Moros.
Ning Yan paused slightly while wiping his shoulder, his eyes falling on the scars on his back. One could almost imagine at a glance how bloody and mangled he once was.
Five years ago, every piece of this snow-white and delicate skin and flesh was good, as good as a piece of jade that had been carefully nurtured, for people to play with and care for, but not good enough to be a killer.
Now, it is branded with various scars.
Ning Yan also has many such injuries on his body, but he has had them since he was a child, since he can remember, which is obviously different from Lan Ze.
Ning Yan threw the towel into the bathtub, washed it, and then turned her back to him and said in a deep voice: "Five years ago, I returned to 735 from the capital. You are the first and only apprentice of Moros and me. But to be honest, Lan Ze, my heart is not in 735, nor in Continent M. I accepted you as my apprentice because I wanted you to take over my job."
"I want to go back to the capital and stay there for the rest of my life."
"But I didn't expect that you would leave 735 earlier than me."
"Aze, I remember you and Moros have always had a good relationship. Have you not inquired about his news since you left 735?"
"Moros died two years ago."
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