Chapter 637: Unforeseen Circumstance
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The next second.
Bam!
With a bullet hitting the incense burner, it collapsed and sent the ashes flying everywhere.
As though hit with a pause button, the crowd ensued with shrieks of terror and scrambled away for their lives.
Shen Xi inhaled and smelled blood, but before she could say anything, the man scooped her for another twirl.
Gunshots were heard on repeat in the cold air.
Some were screaming while others were shot to the ground. Everyone was trying to get away without knowing what was going on. After all, no one had ever experienced a daylight shooting.
It happened in a split second.
Silence befell after a round of gunshots.
Wanting to move, Shen Xi cried with worry, “Brother.”
“It’s okay.” Li Yuan held Shen Xi and buried her head against his head while his other hand blocked her ears. His chilling eyes, bearing the ruthless bloodthirst from hell, stared into a distance.
Nearby, Kun Lun brought along a dozen of black-suit bodyguards to circle the couple in protection. Each one of them carried a gun and remained vigilant of the surroundings.
A few feet away, Xuan Yuan waltzed over as if the clamor around did not exist. In his hand was a thin and long knife that glistened of scarlet red.
The police and security forces soon arrived to disperse the crowd and rescue the injured.
Everything only lasted for a minute before fires ceased. Only the panic, horrified screams, and victims on the ground could testify what had just happened.
“Where are they?” Li Yuan asked.
Xuan Yuan gazed at him and respectfully replied, “They’re assassins and dead.”
These people were trained assassins who would commit suicide in the event they failed their mission.
Li Yuan frowned.
Shen Xi backed down from his embrace to find a bullet had pierced Li Yuan’s down jacket and scraped his right arm. The feathers inside were stained in red by his injury. With her eyes turning bloodshot, she spoke in a tone that reeked of chills and killer instinct. “Brother, is someone out to kill you?”
She knew that Li Yuan had stepped on a lot of toes with his ruthless methods. God knew how many people were after his life in the capital. However, it never occurred to her that someone would try to assassinate him in broad daylight.
Arching his brows, Xuan Yuan glanced at her.
With his keen eyes picking up on Xuan Yuan’s minute reaction, Li Yuan gave him a warning look before turning to his fair lady. He spoke softly, “It’s fine. They’re just buffoons.”
These people were not here to kill him, but his fair lady.
He could tell that the earlier shot was aimed at the girl instead of him.
The startled crowd in the temple was quickly evacuated.
Shen Xi and Li Yuan, together with the bodyguards, made haste to the guest receiving area at the back of the temple.
Observing the girl’s poker face with a frown, Li Yuan soothed her with a smile. “I’m fine. It’s only a scratch.”
Shen Xi tensed all her facial muscles as she quietly tended to his wound. It was only a graze from the bullet.
“I’m really fine.” Li Yuan laughed. Growing up, he suffered way more injuries and almost died at one point. He had survived through the hailing of bullets.
Shen Xi finally spoke and looked into his eyes. “Who is after you?”
She was going to kill him, whoever it was.
Li Yuan sighed. “Xuan Yuan said that they’re dead. I have too many enemies to keep tabs on, so it’s hard to investigate.”
He had made a lot of enemies over the years and the number of people who wanted his life was countless. Many were out to destroy him in the beginning, but the numbers dwindled in recent years. They bailed knowing the job could not be done.
“I’ll get to the bottom of it.” Shen Xi resentfully clenched her fists. Her eyes reflected a cold glint.
Li Yuan gently massaged her cheeks and uttered, “I’ll take care of it. Don’t get involved.”
Xuan Yuan mentioned that these people were after her. Li Yuan was unsure whether they were after her or that she was dragged into this because of him.
Shen Xi did not give her word and nuzzled his palms instead. She clung to him and murmured, “Does this happen a lot?”
Not one to hide anything from her, Li Yuan solemnly answered, “I had idiots come after me in the beginning, but Xuan Yuan and the rest massacred enough to send a warning. No one dares mess with me since then. People cherish their lives after all. Only idiots would try the impossible while the wise make the better choice. The wealthy and prominent are businessmen too.”
Shen Xi hugged him tightly while her mind wandered back to when she first met him. A young man in tattered clothes lying lifelessly in front of a garbage pile during a cold winter. Feeling a lump in her throat, she could not stop the tears from streaming down her face.
She could imagine the blood on his hands just to stay alive. It was not hard to guess how many feathers were ruffled and how many people wanted revenge.
Li Yuan cradled her. With downcast eyes, he gazed at the girl in his arms. Brewing with murderous intent, he was going to sniff out whoever wanted her life and cut them to bits.
A Rolls-Royce Phantom sat quietly in the parking lot of the temple. It was pitch-black inside.
In the backseat, a middle-aged man did not hide the callous anger in his voice. “Who is that man?”
“We don’t know yet. Our people are on it.” The driver replied respectfully.
“Useless piece of sh*t!” The middle-aged man furiously yelled and pounded the seat. A glimmer of light that shone through caught a glimpse of his menacing face.
Ten assassins. He sent ten assassins to kill a girl. What was thought to be a simple task cost him everything in return. None of them made it back alive.
Who was the man with her? Who was he? Why was there a terrifying force on her side?
The people he dispatched were fighters of ancient martial arts. Although they were not the best of the best, they were still a force to be reckoned with. He spent a fortune to buy their loyalty and train them, yet the other party chopped them like vegetables!
“Sorry.” The driver answered in fear.
“What’s the update on Fu Qingli?” Mustering his all to calm down, the man inquired once more.
“We’re still investigating. He’s tight on security.” The driver’s voice was trembling.
“Go to hell!” The man barked through clenched teeth. With his eyes popping out, he raised the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger.
Bang.
Blood splattered.
The driver went down silently.
The man in the backseat grew grimacing as he growled like a demon from hell. “You can’t trace anything. You can’t do anything right. What’s the point of keeping you then, you piece of sh*t?”
The stench of blood spread to every inch of the car. Still, the man was discontented.. He raised his gun and blew off steam by adding a few more shots at the driver.
