The First Order

Ren Xiaosu glanced at Zhou Yingxue’s wound. “Don’t worry, it’s not a fatal wound. You won’t die within the next three days.”

Zhou Yingxue was furious. What did he mean that she wouldn’t die within the next three days? “It’s not like I only want to live for three days. If I’m dead, who’s gonna take care of my mother? She’s over 50 and has been diagnosed with cancer! Do you think I chose to become a hired gun for my own sake? I needed to make money to treat her illness!”

When he heard this, Ren Xiaosu went silent for a moment before untying her ropes. He just could not bear to hear such things.

Zhou Yingxue heaved a sigh of relief. She considered herself to have made the right bet this time. Ren Xiaosu was still someone with principles. If he could let her go the previous time, he would do the same this time.

If it had been someone unprincipled, they would not care about the life and death of her mother. Back then, Zhou Yingxue would definitely not have escaped from their clutches and could even end up being humiliated before her death.

She was fortunate she bumped into Ren Xiaosu.

But upon further thought, would Zhou Yingxue have been tied up easily by anyone if she had not encountered a powerful supernatural being like Ren Xiaosu?

After her ropes were undone, Zhou Yingxue said in a low voice, “I have to treat my wound, so can you go outside for a while?”

“Why do I have to go outside when you’re treating your wound?”

Zhou Yingxue said softly, “I have to undress.”

Ren Xiaosu calmly replied, “If you’re gonna say that, I won’t feel sleepy anymore….”

“I know that you’re not that sort of a person,” Zhou Yingxue said softly.

Ren Xiaosu raised an eyebrow but did not say anything in the end. Then he walked out to the backyard to peel some potatoes.

Zhou Yingxue heaved a sigh of relief again. She was lucky to meet a principled man like him in these current times. She suddenly wondered why a powerful supernatural being like Ren Xiaosu would have a bottom line. If she hadn’t been let off by Ren Xiaosu before, she would definitely find this unbelievable.

While she was taking off her T-shirt slowly in the room, some rustling came from the room. Even so, Ren Xiaosu still continued peeling his potatoes as though no one were around.

Zhou Yingxue was quietly watching from the room. When she realized Ren Xiaosu was really not going to come into the room, she suddenly made her way towards the main door. She wanted to take this opportunity to escape.

However, Ren Xiaosu’s voice drifted in. “Do you believe I won’t kill you if you take another two steps?”

Zhou Yingxue immediately froze. She explained, “I’m just looking for a sewing kit to stitch up my wound. I have a very deep knife wound that needs to be stitched up.”

A sewing kit and a vial of black medicine were thrown in from the outside. “Apply this medicine after the wound’s been stitched up, and remember to thank me after that.”

Zhou Yingxue felt helpless. She realized that even though she was an A-rank hitwoman who would usually bring fear to people, she still felt a sense of powerlessness at all times when facing Ren Xiaosu.

Back at Stronghold 88, the young man appeared to be a very harmless person. How could anyone expect that he would actually be this terrifying? It was only later on that she understood how powerful Ren Xiaosu was after she had fallen into his hands once.

Even if the official members of the Anjing House were here, they would probably not be able to do anything about Ren Xiaosu either.

Zhou Yingxue could only focus on treating her wound. While stitching it up, she asked, “Why did you also become a contract killer for the Anjing House?”

Ren Xiaosu answered while peeling potatoes, “To make money.”

“Then you could have just declared to the Anjing House that you’re a supernatural being,” Zhou Yingxue said as she did not understand. However, she then realized it. “No, wait! You don’t wish to reveal your identity?”

Ren Xiaosu said with a deadpan voice, “You know too much.”

Zhou Yingxue shuddered in her mind and quickly changed the subject. “But with your strength, you should’ve been promoted to the next rank very quickly. Why are you still stuck at D-rank?”

“I just bought the cell phone recently.” Ren Xiaosu asked, “Are you done changing?”

“Yes.”

Ten minutes later, Zhou Yingxue growled as she sat on the chair and looked at the rope that was retied around her body, “We’re old acquaintances, and I’m an injured girl, so how could you do this to me? Do you still consider yourself a man?!”

However, Ren Xiaosu was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly as though no one were around. Before sleeping, he even patiently instructed, “Because of you, I’m still awake when it’s close to daybreak. Stop your whining, or I’ll have to gag you. Can you be more conscious of things?”

Zhou Yingxue did not say anything else. She realized Ren Xiaosu still had his gun pointed at her even when he was sleeping.

It was already noon when Zhou Yingxue slowly woke up in her chair. Although she had slept a little last night, she did not have a good night’s sleep in the slightest.

When she woke up, she could smell an aroma coming from the kitchen. Curious, she asked, “What are you cooking?”

“Potatoes,” Ren Xiaosu answered calmly. “Don’t you know what those plants in my backyard are?”

Zhou Yingxue replied blankly, “No.”

Although she was also capable of getting friendly with plant life, she could only control the plants that were planted with her superpower.

In reality, Zhou Yingxue’s power was not strong at all. Or at least, in actual combat, she was far inferior to the supernatural beings who could manipulate metal and summon a painted dragon.

It wouldn’t be too much to say that she was one of the weakest A-rank hitmen around…

At this moment, an alert rang on Zhou Yingxue’s cell phone. Ren Xiaosu picked it up and was surprised to see a text message. “Please reply ‘1’ if you’re still alive and have already fled from the scene. Please reply ‘2’ if you need a safe house or require any assistance.”

Ren Xiaosu untied the rope for Zhou Yingxue and said, “Reply with 1 yourself.”

Zhou Yingxue was a little confused. “What’s the point of tying me up here? If you’re afraid I’ll expose your whereabouts, wouldn’t it be more convenient for you to just kill me? If you’re not afraid that I’ll leak your secret, why not just let me go instead? That would be safer for you since I won’t be found here if anyone searches your place.” But then Zhou Yingxue panicked. “Don’t tell me you intend to keep me here as a mistress!”

“What the hell are you babbling about?” Ren Xiaosu snapped, “Just stay here quietly for three days, and then you can go wherever you like after that. As for my place getting searched, you don’t have to worry about that. Those hitmen and the members of the Pyro Company in the stronghold have likely already been killed. That’s why the Wang Consortium did not conduct a follow-up pursuit to come after you. In any case, I didn’t even see any wanted posters.”

Zhou Yingxue’s mind was a mess. She felt that the situation had only become utterly confusing after she encountered Ren Xiaosu. She could not understand what he was after. He even requested her to jump rope with him the previous time, so he was obviously not a normal person.

Curious, Zhou Yingxue asked, “You really don’t want to take advantage of me?”

Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry. “The girl I like is much prettier than you!”

Zhou Yingxue got so angry she nearly flipped out again. He might as well have answered that he wanted to take advantage of her! She really could not accept this injustice!

Ren Xiaosu found it a little strange when he saw Zhou Yingxue sulking. Why was this woman so weird? When he expressed that he did not want to impose upon her, she got angry!