The sky had gradually dimmed.
In the courtyard, Ye Cangtian, watching stray cats darting around the yard, smoked a cigarette with a heavy heart.
Gu Yue had not returned!
Not only that, but he had also checked her apartment, and the girl seemed to have vanished into thin air.
This girl seemed to be deliberately avoiding him!
"Why!" Ye Cangtian was utterly confused.
Now that three quasi-S-class assassins were lurking in the shadows, Gu Yue's situation was extremely dangerous. He truly didn't know what had gotten into her to make her disappear.
...
Riverside Park!
It was late at night, and fewer and fewer people were strolling in the park, with only an occasional couple walking by affectionately.
Gu Yue sat on a long pavilion, gazing at the neon lights on both sides of the river, lost in thought.
She reflected on all her experiences over the years.
In her life, she had often felt the indifference of human nature in the world, where everything was filled with self-interest and schemes, and all she faced was survival and death.
Only in the last few days had she realized that she had unknowingly started to like this feeling of normalcy.
As for Ye Cangtian, she couldn't quite describe her feelings for him.
She had never had friends, so when Ye Cangtian became her only friend, she was very happy.
Even though she faced the constant threat of assassination by lurking quasi-S-class killers, her heart felt incomparably joyous and relaxed.
But when she learned that Ye Cangtian had a fiancée, she couldn't help but feel a pang of loneliness. She didn't know why she felt this way; she just wanted to hide.
A gentle breeze blew through her long hair in the darkness!
Gu Yue stood up, a wry smile appearing on her face.
It seemed she was being a bit petty. Was she jealous just because he had a fiancée?
Taking a deep breath, Gu Yue prepared to head back.
After walking only a few steps, a glamorous woman approached her, seemingly just out of a nightclub, carrying a bag and staggering slightly.
Gu Yue stepped aside to let the woman pass, but the glamorous woman paused, turned, and offered Gu Yue a brilliant smile, "Little sister, all alone!"
Gu Yue cautiously took a step back. Although the glamorous woman was a stranger, she gave Gu Yue a sense of danger.
The glamorous woman giggled flirtatiously, "Where is your lover? Why isn't he with you!"
"It's you!" Gu Yue's face changed drastically, and she was about to turn and flee.
Her opponent was Zuomilang, known as the Enchanting Empress, one of the four quasi-S-class assassins.
If it were any other time, she might have been able to put up a fight, but with her injuries still not healed, she definitely wouldn't be able to escape if she got caught.
Gu Yue ran at top speed, her face growing more solemn because her injuries significantly slowed her down.
As expected, the other party easily caught up, a giggling voice growing closer.
"Heh heh... You can't escape my grasp, my little darling. Come back with big sister obediently!"
A dagger was thrust directly at her back. Gu Yue instinctively dodged, but due to her injuries, her reaction was a half-beat slow, and the dagger grazed her arm.
Wounded again, this slowed Gu Yue's movements further, and she was quickly blocked from escaping.
The glamorous woman, clad in black stockings, exuded a seductive aura. She licked her lips with an excited smile, "Cold, my little darling, come back with big sister and surrender!"
"I will never go back with you, unless I'm dead!" Gu Yue snorted coldly and began to fight back desperately.
She would never return to that place!
What's more, because she had injured the so-called Young Master, if she were captured and returned, she would face endless torment.
"Hmph! Then don't blame me for being impolite!"
The glamorous woman's face darkened, and a male voice came from her lips as she aggressively attacked Gu Yue.
Quasi-S-class assassins were not only skilled in assassination techniques but also significantly stronger than A-class assassins in terms of raw power.
Although Gu Yue had unleashed her great potential before, closing the gap to quasi-S-class strength, she was still injured and no match for this person.
A moment later, Gu Yue was sent flying backward, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
The glamorous woman, holding her dagger, walked forward step by step, a deep smile on her face. With Gu Yue heavily wounded again, she couldn't escape her grasp.
"Try taking one more step forward!"
Suddenly, a voice rang out.
Both the glamorous woman and Gu Yue looked to the side. Beside a willow tree in the park, Ye Cangtian stood with his arms crossed, speaking calmly.
After speaking, he looked at Gu Yue and couldn't help but mutter, "Twenty-something years old, and you just disappear whenever you feel like it. You're like a child."
He had searched almost all night. If he hadn't thought to come to the riverside park to look again, he wouldn't have stumbled upon this scene.
Gu Yue's face flushed slightly, and she bit her lip without speaking.
The glamorous woman's expression changed drastically, and she turned to flee.
Ye Cangtian sneered. How could he let her escape so easily? He flashed forward, blocking her escape route.
Knowing she couldn't escape, the glamorous woman simply brandished her dagger and lunged at Ye Cangtian.
...
A moment later!
The glamorous woman lay in a pool of blood. Despite being a quasi-S-class assassin, she had no power to resist Ye Cangtian.
The final outcome was that the glamorous woman, in a moment of misjudgment, sliced her own throat with her dagger. Sudan Fiction Network.
Ye Cangtian looked at the unwillingly deceased individual and felt a touch of exasperation, "Are you saying he was Zuomilang? The one who assassinated us at noon?"
It was hard for him to connect such a glamorous, seductive woman in black stockings with the flat-topped young man who had assassinated them at noon.
Gu Yue nodded, clutching her arm, which had stopped bleeding, her face slightly pale.
Seeing that she was seriously injured, Ye Cangtian said speechlessly, "It's a good thing I arrived in time. Otherwise, even if you didn't die today, you would have fallen into their hands!"
"Why are you women's personalities so fickle! Why disappear without a word."
"..." Gu Yue lowered her head and remained silent.
Ye Cangtian glanced around. He could feel someone watching them from the shadows. It seemed the other two assassins were also nearby.
However, perhaps out of apprehension towards him, these two dared not act rashly.
Moreover, Gu Yue was now injured, and Ye Cangtian had to take her away from here first. He would have to call Xu Weiwei later to have her bring people to handle the situation.
Soon, the two got into the car, but Ye Cangtian was somewhat troubled.
Two of the four quasi-S-class assassins had now been dealt with.
The remaining two assassins were still lurking in the shadows, posing a continuous threat.
With the courtyard possibly exposed, letting Gu Yue return would be even more dangerous, so her whereabouts were a problem.