My Silly, Sweet Wife

”What do you think?” Ye Guichen looked at Red Scorpion with a playful gaze, his finger lightly resting on the trigger, and said unhurriedly, ”The Divine Machine Crossbow, a mighty weapon passed down from the ancient Divine Mechanism Camp, can shoot accurately at a hundred paces. After hundreds of years of development, the Divine Machine Crossbow has been greatly improved. It has not only become more agile but also much more accurate. In fact, if used well, it is even stronger than hot weapons.”

”For this reason, many people use the Divine Machine Crossbow for assassinations, and the most famous of them is the Yama Hall’s assassin, Red Scorpion.”

”Red Scorpion, extremely greedy, has assassinated ninety-three people using the Divine Machine Crossbow since becoming an assassin. Four of them were tycoons, three were second-rate experts, and he even made nearly a billion in profits.”

As Ye Guichen spoke, terror filled Red Scorpion’s eyes.

He finally understood that he was completely finished this time.

This information about him was impossible for ordinary people to discover, yet this young man before him spoke lightly, as if he had complete control over Red Scorpion.

Involuntarily, the last shred of hope in Red Scorpion’s heart evaporated completely.

He gritted his teeth, watched the crossbow arrow aimed at his brow, and swallowed: ”It was Niu Lan who ordered me to do it, sir. I don’t know who you are, and I don’t dare to know. Please, considering that I didn’t succeed, spare my life.”

Now, with one leg and one arm crippled by Ye Guichen, Red Scorpion didn’t dare harbor any resentment.

He had no doubt that if he said anything slightly wrong, Ye Guichen would kill him without a second thought.

”Niu Lan?” Ye Guichen hadn’t expected Niu Lan to be the one who hired Red Scorpion.

Huang Laoxie had mentioned Niu Lan before, but Ye Guichen hadn’t taken it seriously, almost causing a disaster now.

”You’re savvy!” Ye Guichen didn’t ask any more questions. He knew the intimidation of Red Scorpion was sufficient. He threw the Divine Machine Crossbow in front of Red Scorpion: ”Go back and kill Niu Lan, and get out of Yun City, never to return. And let me remind you, don’t think about sending higher-level assassins from your Yama Hall, even if your Hall Master comes, he will die.”

After saying this, Ye Guichen turned and left.

Red Scorpion stared blankly at Ye Guichen’s back, cold sweat breaking out on his own.

A terrifying thought inevitably surfaced in his mind.

The other person seemed very familiar with Yama Hall.

He didn’t even put the Hall Master in his eyes. Since when did Yun City have such a big figure?

Moments later, Red Scorpion dared not stay any longer, picked up the Divine Machine Crossbow, and quickly left, enduring the pain.

Even with one arm and one leg crippled, as a quasi-second-rate expert, his speed was surprisingly fast.

Cloud Mist Villa.

Niu Lan lazily lay on the sofa, holding a white kitten in her arms, watching TV out of boredom.

Occasionally glancing at her phone, Niu Lan was getting somewhat impatient.

”Why is there no news yet?”

According to Red Scorpion, the task would be completed tonight, but it was almost eleven o’clock now, and still no news from Red Scorpion.

Just as she took out her phone, preparing to call Red Scorpion, the villa door was opened from the outside.

”Who?” Niu Lan jumped up from the sofa when she heard the sound.

At this late hour, Shang Wen Dong was surely indulging in some woman’s company, and besides him, no one else had a key to this villa.

Previously, Niu Lan had already agreed with Red Scorpion that once the job was done, there was no need to meet again, just a phone call to transfer the remaining payment.

Now, with the door mysteriously opened from the outside, Niu Lan instinctively stood up, nervously looking toward the door while grabbing a fruit knife from the table.

Before long, Red Scorpion, covered in filth and blood, limped inside.

”Red Scorpion?” Seeing the disheveled Red Scorpion, Niu Lan was startled, throwing away the white kitten in her arms and staring at Red Scorpion warily.

Red Scorpion ignored Niu Lan, walked to the sofa, and sat down, gulping down water from the teapot. After drinking, he tossed the teapot onto the coffee table and grabbed an apple, biting into it.

Niu Lan, seeing Red Scorpion saying nothing, grew increasingly anxious, her hand holding the fruit knife trembling: ”Red Scorpion, what do you mean? Didn’t we agree to contact by phone if there was news? Why did you come here?”

Still chewing the apple, Red Scorpion looked up coldly at Niu Lan: ”You nearly got me killed. Now, with one leg and one arm crippled, I can no longer be an assassin, let alone return to Yama Hall.”

”What?” Niu Lan was stunned: ”What do you mean?”

”Hmph, what do I mean?” Red Scorpion spat out the apple, picking up the crossbow and aiming it at Niu Lan: ”The person you wanted me to kill told me to kill you.”

”You…” Terrified, Niu Lan’s eyes widened, staring at the crossbow, her body stiff and unmoving: ”No, I hired you to kill someone, you can’t kill me, I already paid you three million, you can’t kill me.”

”Ha, you didn’t even know who you were trying to kill and sent me to do it?” Red Scorpion’s face was full of mockery, with deep fear of Ye Guichen in his eyes: ”Just so you know, the target is someone you can’t afford to mess with. I took your three million, but if I don’t kill you, I won’t survive either.”

With that, he was about to pull the trigger.

Niu Lan was scared out of her wits.

She dropped to her knees with a thud: ”No, don’t kill me, I’ll do anything you ask as long as you spare my life!”

Hearing Red Scorpion’s words, Niu Lan understood everything.

She had failed, her hired assassin failed.

Though she didn’t understand the details, she was genuinely frightened now.

Although Red Scorpion was crippled, killing her would still be easy.

Chen Ziran and Ye Guichen crippled Red Scorpion and scared him so much that he returned to kill her, who could they be?

In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through her mind.

Niu Lan vaguely understood why Ning Chengyuan had left Yun City.

It seemed he had something to do with Ye Guichen.

She recalled Shang Wen Dong’s words of caution: ”Don’t be fooled by anyone.”

Now it seemed, Ning Chengyuan had set her up before leaving, making her the scapegoat.

”Please, please don’t!” Niu Lan begged, her elegant demeanor gone, kowtowing continuously, nearly pissing herself in fear.

Red Scorpion, originally planning to kill Niu Lan, hesitated.

With such serious injuries, leaving Yun City was unrealistic, going to a hospital would quickly expose him to enemies.

After a moment’s hesitation, Red Scorpion sneered: ”If you want to live, it’s not impossible. I’ll stay here for a while, and you must remain unseen, pretend you’re dead.”

”Yes, yes, I understand.” Relieved by the prospect of living, Niu Lan nodded quickly.

Staying hidden was better than being dead.

Red Scorpion pondered for a moment: ”Find me a doctor. And a female doctor, preferably. Don’t let her leave tonight.”

”Ah?” Niu Lan didn’t expect Red Scorpion to think about this in such a situation but dared not refuse, quickly agreeing: ”Mr. Red Scorpion, I’ll make it happen.”