LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 54
“Hmm…”
With a muffled groan, Xue Ziyi’s shoulders trembled under Yu Qing’s palm, and blood soon oozed from the corners of his lips.
He looked at Yu Qing, his pupils dilated in disbelief, and his shocked expression remained unchanged even in death.
It was as if he had never imagined that Yu Qing would be so bold as to kill him directly in front of the castle gate…
Thud——
His body fell to the ground, and blood stained the steps red.
At that moment, not only was Xue Ziyi stunned, but even the one-eyed man standing at the top of the steps was taken aback, unable to recover for a long time.
“Your subordinates are mentally retarded and vicious,” Yu Qing said as he raised his eyes to the man. “I helped you deal with it right in front of you. I hope you won’t be so kind to your subordinates in the future… hmm…”
The young man lowered his long eyelashes and hesitated. “Don’t accept anyone who comes.”
“That’s it.” With that, Yu Qing turned around decisively and motioned for Qian Lai to follow him. “Let’s go.”
Tick, tick, tick.
The leather boots stepped on the ground, and the young man’s footsteps were steady. Meanwhile, the one-eyed man’s breathing grew unsteady, his hands trembling. “Stop!!”
He opened his mouth and shouted angrily, which shocked the bodyguards around him, making them gasp unconsciously, but… Yu Qing completely ignored them.
The young man continued moving forward, not even disrupting the rhythm of his steps, which only enraged the man further. Click–
He drew the revolver from his waist, quickly loaded it, and accurately aimed it at the back of Yu Qing’s head. “I said, stop.”
“What do you think this is? Somewhere you can come and go as you please?”
Click, click, click.
The footsteps still didn’t stop. The man gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger. Bang–
One-eyed Tong Lei, known as the best sharpshooter in Yiliang Manor, never missed a shot. But soon, he screamed: “Ahhhhhhhhhhh!”
A rough scream echoed through the sky, followed by the sound of the gun falling to the ground and the door opening.
Hearing this, Qian Lai finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he parted his lips to gasp, his back was already soaked with cold sweat.
Tick, tick, tick…
There were footsteps coming from behind him. Yu Qing looked back and saw a middle-aged man in a black windbreaker walking out of the castle, putting away a smoking gun.
It was clear he was the one who fired the shot just now.
He had fired before Tong Lei, got there first, and shot through Tong Lei’s hand holding the gun with perfect accuracy.
Yu Qing’s eyes darkened slightly. When he saw the man take a few steps forward, he glanced down at the one-eyed man and said, “Tong Lei, you’ve gone too far. Boss Xie mentioned that you recruited subordinates recklessly, forced others to hand over points, and repeatedly challenged the rules he set. He instructed me… to break one of your legs.”
“Ahhh…” The sharp pain of being shot through the palm quickly dissipated, and Tong Lei raised his head in panic, looking at the middle-aged man. “Brother Qin, Brother Qin, I was wrong, I was wrong!”
“We’ve been brothers for many years. Please, plead with Boss Xie on my behalf, Brother Qin, Brother Qin——”
However, no matter how loudly he pleaded, he couldn’t escape the fate of being dragged away by the bodyguards.
It seemed they were not on good terms with each other.
After coming to this conclusion, Yu Qing turned around, ready to continue walking, when he heard another voice: “Stay!”
“Gentlemen, please stay.”
Having stood for too long, Yu Qing’s legs had become weak. After adjusting his expression, he turned back simultaneously with Qian Lai.
The man instructed the maids to clean up the bloodstains and introduced himself enthusiastically: “Hello, I am Qin Yu, the butler of this castle. I apologize for frightening you two. We didn’t offer you the best hospitality.”
“Our boss Xie… oh.” Qin Yu paused and added, “Mr. Xie Yiliang asked me to apologize to you two on his behalf.”
“Meeting is fate. I wonder if… it would be possible to invite you two in for a meal?”
Would Xie Yiliang… really invite them?
Yu Qing’s intuition was always accurate. When he heard the name, he almost subconsciously raised his head and saw a man wearing silver glasses standing in front of the French window on the second floor.
The man wore a high-end white suit, leaned against the coffee table, and looked downstairs casually. His entire demeanour exuded an air of gentleness and elegance.
But that look… always made Yu Qing feel uneasy.
Those eyes were full of scrutiny, mixed with an almost crazed possessiveness. He didn’t like it.
So, he bowed his head and declined, “No, we still have to find a place to stay, so we’ll be on our way.”
With that, he continued to lead Qian Lai away.
Without looking back, he missed the moment when Qin Yu’s eyes gradually darkened.
Squeak——
The door closed, and Qin Yu casually adjusted his windbreaker, walked upstairs quickly, and approached Xie Yiliang. Lowering his head, he asked, “Boss, he’s very ruthless. Do you want to… test him?”
Xie Yiliang’s eyelashes flickered. He was silent for a long time before finally nodding.
.
As Xue Ziyi had said, there were all kinds of hotels and shops here, making it no different from human society, but… consumption required points.
A business double room cost 350 points a night, which wasn’t too bad.
Yu Qing and Qian Lai booked a single room to save points. After settling in, Yu Qing headed straight for the bathroom. Qian Lai, feeling the tension in his body fade away, realized how hungry he was and decided to go out to buy food.
As he reached the door, he noticed the black red spider lily on the back of Yu Qing’s neck.
“…Yu Qing?” he asked, a bit curious, “Wasn’t the flower on your neck originally just half a flower? Why is it now…”
“Becoming a whole plant?”
Not only had it become a whole plant, but it had also bloomed in a way that was both charming and bizarre, almost to the point of being daunting.
With a sinking heart, Yu Qing’s eyes suddenly tensed up. He subconsciously reached out to cover his neck, causing his clothes to slip off his shoulders, revealing more bright red kiss marks.
“Hiss…” Qian Lai gasped, completely nervous. “You…you really did it for the key and the BOSS…then…then…”
His voice stuttered, “The level 7 BOSS ran away, how can you pass the level in the future…”
“It won’t be like this in the future.” Yu Qing folded his clothes, covering the kiss mark on his neck. “Sleeping with him…there’s no difference from being married, only this one.”
His tone was light, and coupled with his slightly chubby face, his expression appeared more innocent. “If he runs away…just think of it as my death.”
“…But you really have to wait for him…”
“Okay, let it go, I’m so tired.” Yu Qing interrupted Qian Lai again, urging him to go out to buy food before entering the bathroom.
Standing in front of the mirror, Yu Qing gripped the washbasin, his legs weak. After brushing his teeth with all his strength, he looked at the marks all over his body and began to worry again—
Had he accidentally done something wrong just now? Should the marks made with his “husband” not be seen by Qian Lai? Was this considered unfaithful to marriage?
Yu Qing decided to check, but something didn’t seem right.
Wow wow wow—
The hot water flowed as Yu Qing leaned into the bathtub. As soon as he activated the system, it responded again—
The red spider lily on the back of his neck had been fully marked by the boss while he was dizzy after doing this and that in the dungeon. He now needed the boss’s blood every half a month.
What should he do? How was he supposed to clean it?
Yu Qing pinched his brows, trying to collect his thoughts, when he suddenly felt something cool and slippery slowly wrapping around his waist…