"Tap tap tap tap!"

The dim clouds gradually took on a blood-red hue, and the trees around shook violently, retreating rapidly in Ye Shiyu's eyes as if crying ghosts.

Ahead, amidst the darkness, the edges of the shrine were faintly visible.

Besides the shrine's courtyard walls, she also saw a silhouette holding a walkie-talkie.

"Haven't seen anyone here... Okay, Takehiko, you should come quickly, seems like Yoshida Minami is also over there..."

Is it an assassin from the Sakuragi Family?

Thinking this, Ye Shiyu quickened her pace even more.

"Tap tap tap!"

"Wait, someone is coming!"

The hurried footsteps made the speaking man turn around quickly.

In the darkness, his panicked expression was illuminated by the "Feather Pendant" hanging from his neck...

The pendant normally wouldn't glow, but the abyss-like purple light before his eyes made it reflect.

As the purple light shone, the man's eyes became hollow instantly, standing motionless like a puppet.

At this moment, his walkie-talkie was still emitting sounds,

"Xiao Chen! Xiao Chen! What's wrong with you?"

Seeing this, Ye Shiyu coldly took the walkie-talkie, turned off the microphone, and asked the hypnotized man in front,

"Where is Yan Huan?"

"I... I don't know... I'm looking for him too..."

"Tch!"

Ye Shiyu's face turned ugly, uttering a "tch" with disdain, glancing at the weapon strapped to his waist, her humanity wavering ever more.

If this group of assassins' target is Xiao Huan, then might as well...

"..."

After a brief thought, when she looked up again, Ye Shiyu's gaze was already no longer like she was looking at a person.

"I command you..."

Just as Ye Shiyu was about to speak, a breeze gently blew from behind, lifting a strand of her black hair.

In an instant, goosebumps covered Ye Shiyu's skin.

There's danger!

Without even turning her head, the phone in her hand lit up with a purple glow.

"Buzz!!"

As she turned back, the phone was raised in zero frames.

But in sight was only a silver light and hair as red as blood.

"Bang!"

Before Ye Shiyu could even react, the sewing blade flashed like lightning, and the phone in her hand split into two.

The sharp edge precisely grazed Ye Shiyu's palm without touching her skin.

"Hiss!!"

Instead, it was the instant explosion from the broken phone battery that scorched Ye Shiyu's palm, causing her to withdraw her hand quickly.

Ye Shiyu gasped, instinctively wanting to fight back.

However, her previously unmatched skills seemed to have been deciphered.

Before she could raise her hand, the person wielding the knife advanced forcefully, breaking through Ye Shiyu's guard.

Mid-air, the silver light drew a half-circle, indicating the knife handle shifted from a forward grip to a reverse grip.

"Buzz!"

As Ye Shiyu's gaze reached the position where the silver light stopped, the reversed knife handle struck her abdomen like lightning.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, Ye Shiyu staggered back multiple steps, holding back nausea, but she couldn't avoid the pain, clutching her abdomen and falling to the ground.

"Cough cough... cough cough..."

Can't even endure a single move?!

This person, who exactly...

If the Sakuragi Family sent such an assassin...

Xiao Huan!

Ye Shiyu trembled all over, raising her eyes incredulously at the person before her.

In the next second, she was astonished to find it was a familiar face.

Her long red hair was tied into a ponytail, and her eyes, which should have been listless, were as terrifying as a demon's now.

As if she would strip Ye Shiyu of bones and marrow, consuming her whole in the next moment.

It was Tong Yingying.

"It's you?"

Seeing the person in front of her turning her gaze, Tong Yingying frowned, her fierceness slightly retracted.

She glanced again at the companion who fell to the ground as soon as the phone was cut, suspicion arose in her heart.

Tong Yingying knew Yan Huan was in danger, so she personally came with a knife to find him.

On the way, she heard her subordinate's anxious call on the walkie-talkie without a response, thinking something happened, she rushed over to rescue.

Unexpectedly, the one who successfully acted against her subordinate was Yan Huan's... that adoptive sister?

Tong Yingying squinted her eyes, studying Ye Shiyu before her, vaguely feeling like a terrifying spider lurked in the darkness.

Moreover, when this girl raised the phone just now, she strangely felt an uncomfortable chill...

It wasn't an illusion, for Tong Yingying had never felt such a sensation.

"..."

Why is it that around Yan Huan, he always encounters such strange girls?

Last time it was the voyeur from the Sakuragi Family, and now it's a girl with some slapdash skills, seemingly plotting against him as well...

Luckily, there's herself, a normal person around him, or else the silly boy would suffer countless losses.

"You... aren't you Xiao Huan's boss, why would you... who exactly are you?"

Ye Shiyu's forehead sweated slightly, looking at Tong Yingying with lingering fear, filled with disbelief.

However, Tong Yingying simply gave her a glance,

"It's none of your business."

"You..."

"Also, don't think just because you're Yan Huan's adoptive sister, you have any right to meddle in his private affairs, don't let pointless possessiveness get too strong..."

Tong Yingying didn't have a scabbard, only a blade, seemingly matching her imposing sharpness at this moment.

Speaking, Tong Yingying lifted a hand to stroke the pearl necklace gifted by Yan Huan hanging from her neck, casting a sidelong glance at Ye Shiyu, speaking flatly,

"You should know, when he and I got acquainted, you, his adoptive sister, didn't even know where you were hiding!"

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