Chapter 020 Outsiders Watch the Fun, Insiders..._1
"Hey, Mr. Yi, have you noticed it seems like we're being followed?"
Yi Lin walked with Molly into a sparsely populated corner of Qingcheng, his arm wrapped around her.
Molly's limbs were stiff as she let Yi Lin hold her in his embrace.
At this moment, she wasn't even concerned about whether Yi Lin was taking advantage of her.
"Be confident, get rid of the 'seems like'..."
Yi Lin narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flickering in the darkness.
The two huddled together and whispered, looking from a distance just like a couple intimately flirting with each other.
Ah... the envy of others.
This scene dealt a thousand tons of emotional damage to some "single dogs" lurking in the shadows.
...
"Big Brother, how come this kid looks so ordinary and honest, yet he's managed to hook up with such a top-grade chick?"
"Cut the crap, keep your eyes peeled," the shadow known as Big Brother hissed coldly.
"Hey, why are you so tense, Big Brother? It's just a student, and we've already looked over his file. His highest Mental Attribute is just 2.9... He doesn't look like he's had any special training..."
"Enough, no more talk! The boss told us to keep an eye on him; there must be a reason for it."
Another voice transmitted through the communication channel.
"Eh? Wait, what is that kid doing?"
"Big Brother, you're closer, why is that kid running into the alley?"
"He's taking a leak."
"..."
"..."
The man in a suit, known as Big Brother, held his breath and stayed motionless in the shadows.
Right now, he was no more than twenty meters away from Molly.
Their conversation wasn't whispered, so it could be heard clearly.
Plus, with his pride, a high Mental Attribute of 3.5, he couldn't miss any rustle of the wind or movement of grass within his range of Perception.
In many people's records, Xiao Mo, the CEO of Heng Yang Medical Equipment Co., Ltd, had sixteen bodyguards under him.
Each skilled in their own right.
Their past names, no one knew.
It was known only that these sixteen bodyguards were named numerically.
Siao Yi, Siao Er...
Up to Siao Sixteen.
And the one called Big Brother by others, Siao San, had lived with this identity for ten years.
Since the "mutation" of the world began, he had withdrawn from the underground world that once had him crazily addicted.
It was Xiao Mo who gave him a second life.
A legal identity, a chance to live under the sunlight.
But like now, blending silently into the darkness, indeed filled him with nostalgia.
He licked his parched lips subconsciously, watching the long-legged girl standing and waiting for her boyfriend to finish peeing and return.
At this moment, what was on Siao San's mind wasn't the image of the long-legged girl chirping melodiously like a bird unable to close its legs.
It was, instead, the pitiful shrieks of the girl drenched in a pool of blood...
Ah... Siao San longed dearly for the fragrance of an 18-year-old girl's blood...
At this thought, Siao San couldn't help but lick his lips again.
"Eh? That kid taking a leak... Hasn't he been gone a bit too long?"
Could this be the so-called legend of prostate enlargement?
Siao San frowned instinctively, sensing something amiss.
The surroundings were unnaturally quiet.
This area was the old town of Qingcheng, which was rumored to soon be demolished for the construction of a more upscale comprehensive district.
The old town destined for demolition had long been uninhabited, and apart from some homeless wanderers, ordinary citizens wouldn't come to such a creepy place without good reason.
Apart from the flickering of old streetlights, the dilapidated old buildings around were pitch black and lightless.
Wait a minute.
Siao San suddenly snapped back to reality.
Would an ordinary couple come to a demolition zone without surveillance to seek pleasure in the middle of the night?
"Xiao Si, Xiao Wu, something seems wrong..."
But there was no response in the three-person communication channel.
"Xiao Si? Xiao Wu? Answer me!"
Siao San's voice became a few notes more urgent.
And right at that moment!
Siao San felt his body hair stand on end!
His experience of fighting for survival in the underworld for the past ten years meant he was constantly flirting with the edge of life and death.
This experience granted him an almost instinctual Perception of danger!
A dim gleam of cold light silently probed out from the darkness!
It was an ordinary-looking palm!
But in that hand was a short dagger stained with blood!
From behind!
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How is it possible!
Xiao San's spirit was shaken!
Who is it?
Who could possibly approach him silently from behind?
Even Siao Yi, whom they called "Big Brother," couldn't do it!
Who is it, who is it, who is it?!
Xiao San screamed frantically in his mind, and in the nick of time, his body reacted faster than his brain!
It was a reflex formed from countless life-and-death fights!
Almost instinctual!
Even after spending ten peaceful years by Xiao Mo's side, this muscle memory from his body had not diminished much.
Without thinking, Xiao San moved his head a mere centimeter to the side.
Just one centimeter.
The blood-stained dagger already silently grazed his neck!
Hiss.
Followed by a chilling pain, a hot stream tainted with the smell of blood surged from the wound on his neck.
Xiao San gritted his teeth, the cold blade at his back like the life-reaping Grim Reaper, attempting to swipe past his neck once more.
As quick as lightning!
Even Xiao San had to admire the precision of this strike.
It was as though it had been honed a thousand times; there was no hesitation in the strike.
The timing, the force, the angle, all of it was flawless!
Who is it? Who in the world is it!
In that instant, Xiao San's brain operated as if it surpassed its own limits, producing countless question marks!
But his actions didn't pause for even half a second.
Clutching the wound on his neck, Xiao San couldn't care less about dignity; he shrank his neck and the second blade almost skimmed past the skin of his head.
Xiao San rolled on the spot, a donkey roll that took him two meters away and, while rolling, he quickly reached into his chest and pulled out a strangely shaped firearm.
The distance had been opened.
Xiao San knelt on one knee, one hand tightly pressing the bleeding wound on his neck, while the other hand was holding the gun, fiercely staring at the darkness two meters away.
He didn't even dare to blink.
That brief contact had left a shadow in Xiao San's heart.
He couldn't imagine that such a terrifying assassin was hidden in the humble Qingcheng!
Not only able to approach him silently but also possessing such exquisite assassination techniques.
In their line of work, there was a saying.
Laymen enjoy the show.
Experts… no one knows.
Because everyone who knew about the experts was dead.
A figure emerged from the darkness.
What made Xiao San's hair stand on end was that the figure had obviously been standing there all along, but it was only a second before that Xiao San truly became aware of its presence.
The feeling was as if… a lifeless shadow had suddenly turned into a living person.
At this moment, Xiao San felt exactly that.
Suddenly!
When Xiao San saw the face of the figure clearly, his eyes widened in an instant.
"It's you..."
He managed to utter just those two words!
In his shock, Xiao San came back to his senses and immediately wanted to pull the trigger.
But just before he could squeeze it, his mind went black as if a "boom" resonated in his head, and his brain completely lost the ability to think.
Then…
There was no after.
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Molly stood at the street corner, ill at ease.
Yi Lin had been gone for five minutes.
The surroundings were so quiet that only her own breathing and heartbeat could be heard.
The dim street lights cast a long, thin shadow behind Molly.
From a tall beauty to a tall MAX beauty.
Just then, a figure stumbled and ran quickly towards her.
It was that bastard!
Molly sighed in relief.
Wait, am I actually worried about this bastard?
As Molly struggled with her inexplicable emotions, Yi Lin crashed right into her arms.
"You bastard, taking advantage of me again..."
She could only get halfway through the sentence when Molly's mouth dropped open, as the words she was about to say got choked back down.
Under the dim light, Molly clearly saw that Yi Lin's face was deathly pale, without a hint of color.
"Quick... let's go back!"
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