latelenovela Chapter 204 Confession (Part )
Chapter 204 Confession (Part )
Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden banging sound outside the door; someone was knocking on the door.
"Who?"
Tao Yao and Chu Huanjun subconsciously looked towards the guest room door and asked in unison. A timid male voice came from outside the door: "Sir, I've brought the tea you ordered."
Tao Yao immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let him in."
Chu Huanjun nodded and went to open the door. The moment the door opened, Chu Huanjun barely caught sight of the waiter's face. He only felt a dark shadow pass by him, and a gust of wind whistled past his ears and body.
When she turned around again, she heard another scream. The man in black had disappeared. Tao Yao had retreated to a corner. The woman who had tried to kill her had been stabbed in the throat and fell to the ground, eyes wide open.
Chu Huanjun quickly stepped forward, helped Tao Yao up from the ground, and quickly checked her from head to toe. Fortunately, she was not hurt.
"How is it? Are you hurt anywhere?" He was a little anxious, but Tao Yao didn't care about him. All her attention was focused on the woman lying on the ground. Her brows were gradually furrowed, and the worry in her eyes became heavier and heavier.
"It's that person just now..." Tao Yao hurriedly walked forward and felt the woman's breath.
The attacker moved swiftly and the woman was already lifeless.
"That guy just now must have been sent by someone... But he wasn't coming for me. He wiped the girl's neck and left quickly, as if he was afraid of exposing his identity."
Tao Yao paused, shifting his gaze from the woman's corpse to Chu Huanjun's face, and asked, "If I want to investigate this matter, I'm afraid I won't be able to find out the truth by myself. And..."
Tao Yao sighed as he spoke, then smiled helplessly and said, "Even if I were determined to investigate, I'm afraid that in the end, even if I knew the truth, it wouldn't be necessary."
As she spoke, she brushed off the dust on her robe with both hands, slowly stood up, and put the golden hairpin in her hand back on her hair.
Chu Huanjun stood aside with his arms folded, listening to her quietly. The corners of his mouth slowly curled up into a smile: "Why don't you check?"
"In this chaotic world, I just want to save my own life, nothing else."
Tao Yao said as he squatted down and began to carefully examine the wound on the woman's neck. The man's move was extremely fast. He must have killed thousands of people before, so he knew how to kill people as quickly as possible, without being able to groan or call for help, and without even a moment to die.
In the State of Chu, apart from killer organizations like the well-known Wuyan Pavilion, only the royal officials could cultivate people with such skills.
The wound caused by the sharp blade did not seem deep on the surface of the skin, only a shallow and thin line, as if it was just a bloody cut caused by fish scales.
If the woman had not died on the spot and Tao Yao and Chu Huanjun had not witnessed it, I am afraid that if they had investigated, they would never have imagined that such an inconspicuous wound could cause fatal damage.
In just a short while, the wound on the woman's neck had already scabbed over. The scab had a strange indigo hue, unlike that of ordinary scabs, resembling the sheen of a fly's wings.
It was obvious that the blade of the attacker had been poisoned. A blade that was only seven times as sharp as the blade itself, coupled with an extremely potent poison, had killed a man in an instant, and the execution was so clean and beautiful. Such a perfect assassination was truly breathtaking.
Tao Yao couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, the murderer hired to assassinate her that day was this woman. If it was someone else, she might not be so lucky to be alive today.
"Since they don't want us to investigate further, then let's not investigate further." Tao Yao added, "Besides, there are only a few people who want to kill me. I can guess them by counting on my fingers. If I don't want to worry about it, I can just remind myself from time to time to be careful not to be ambushed again. Otherwise, if I worry about this today and that tomorrow, how can I still live?"
Tao Yao took a deep breath, raised her hand to cover the woman's eyes, and gently closed her eyes.
"Alas, she's such a pitiful person. I wanted to let her go, but I didn't realize that maybe when she chose to take this path that day, she already knew it was a dead end, with no possibility of turning back."
Chu Huanjun also sighed and said, "Yes. However, I would like to remind you that instead of feeling sorry for others, you should worry about your own safety first. You can not investigate this matter, but if someone wants to kill you again in the future, how will you protect yourself if I am not by your side?"
Tao Yao rolled her eyes at him, frowning, and said, "Didn't I just say that? I'll turn a blind eye and remind myself all the time. This is the only way."
She watched Chu Huanjun's expression slowly turn into disdain, then change to a proud one. She said confidently, "Besides, what do you mean I can't protect myself when you're not by my side? Don't underestimate me. Don't forget, I used these hands to gouge out the ears of the Wuyan Pavilion boss. I may not be as good as those monsters in terms of martial arts, but I can still compete with them in courage."
Chu Huanjun smiled with her, feeling very relieved, and coaxed her, "Okay, okay, Xiaotao, as long as you understand."
Although it was decided not to investigate the matter further, the woman's body still had to be dealt with.
It was really inappropriate to blatantly carry a corpse through the inn hall, so Chu Huanjun went to the shopkeeper to ask for a quilt, wrapped the woman's body in the quilt, and carried it out of the inn.
Although doing so is indeed more in line with etiquette and respects the deceased, Tao Yao still felt a little scared when she saw Chu Huanjun slowly walking down the stairs carrying a quilt.
Passersby couldn't help but cast their gazes on Chu Huanjun. Tao Yao could only hurriedly laugh at the side: "Oh, you really are such a fool. You insist on saying that the quilt in this inn is so comfortable that you have to take one away. You can't buy this quilt anywhere else?"
Sure enough, when Tao Yao said this, the people passing by actually believed it. They just gave them a mocking look and no longer paid attention to them.
Chu Huanjun pursed his lips at Tao Yao and said sternly, "Doesn't this make you look even more deliberate?"
Tao Yao frowned and said, "If you don't say anything, keep your mouth shut and look sullen, and walk down the street carrying such a big quilt, that would look even weirder, right?"