In the yard outside Ling'er's guest room, a tall man in black stood motionless under the tree, quietly looking at the night sky, seemingly in a daze.
"Why don't you hide secretly this time?" A sarcastic voice came from behind the man.
In fact, the tall man was not in a daze. He was listening carefully to what was going on around him, so he noticed it as soon as the other party approached. However, he calmly waited for the prey to come to his door. It wasn't until the other party taunted him that he curled his lips and turned around to look at the person.
The tall man was Gong Ming, and the person who came was Zhong Long.
"You haven't rested yet?" Gong Ming asked with concern, ignoring Zhong Long's sarcasm.
Zhong Long didn't expect that the other party was not angry because of his sarcasm, but actually cared about him. He didn't know how to answer for a while.
Gong Ming saw Zhong Long's confusion in his eyes, and the smile on his face deepened a bit.
"Aren't you asleep too?" Zhong Long finally said this.
"I am responsible for your safety, so how can I rest?" Gong Ming said matter-of-factly.
Zhong Long was stunned for a moment, and then he figured out why the other party was still here in the middle of the night. Then he realized something was wrong. What does "responsible for your safety" mean?
Zhong Long quickly corrected him: "You are obviously here to protect Ling'er, but don't drag me into it!"
"What's the difference?" Gong Ming asked with a smile.
"Of course it's different!" Zhong Long retorted.
"Just like if you are in danger now, I will rescue you and protect you!" Gong Ming said, taking a step closer to Zhong Long.
Zhong Long was inexplicably nervous. He felt that the other party must be taller than him, which created a sense of oppression on him. He quickly took a step back and said unconvinced: "Who wants you to come to the rescue? My skills may not be worse than yours!"
Gong Ming smiled and said, "If you can protect yourself, I will feel more at ease."
"You...what do you mean?" Zhong Long felt a little confused, feeling that there was something in the other person's words, but he couldn't understand it.
"Don't think too much, I don't mean anything else." Gong Ming explained, fearing to scare the other party.
Zhong Long realized that the opponent's city was very deep and that he was no match at all. He felt a little scared and planned to run away.
"Then just stay here and watch! I'm sorry!" After Zhong Long said that, he turned and left.
Gong Ming was secretly amused when he saw Zhong Long running away.
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly passed through the night sky.
Gong Ming only said, "Be careful!" He jumped up to the eaves with his sword in hand and chased the shadow.
Not to be outdone, Zhong Long also chased after him.
Seeing that the opponent was chasing after him, the black shadow had no choice but to grab a few throwing knives and throw them behind him, hoping to escape while the opponent was avoiding the flying knives.
Gong Ming reacted very quickly. Before the flying knife could get close to him, he had already turned sideways to avoid it.
He was about to continue following the shadow, but he remembered Zhong Long following him. He could clearly see where the flying knife was coming from and respond accordingly, but Zhong Long was blocked by him and couldn't see the flying knife at all!
Gong Ming was shocked and immediately gave up the pursuit and turned around to save others.
Zhong Long indeed didn't notice the flying knife, and by the time he discovered it, it was already too late. He closed his eyes and was about to endure the severe pain, but he didn't expect that someone pulled him in time and pulled him away from the path of the flying knife.
Although he avoided the blow of the flying knife, Zhong Long still fell from the eaves together with the person who pulled him.
It's about to fall again! Zhong Long closed his eyes again, but the expected pain did not occur.
It turned out that Gong Ming had been prepared. He held Zhong Long's waist when he landed, and relied on his waist strength to make a pirouette and land firmly on the ground.
Zhong Long opened his eyes in shock, and saw Gong Ming's cool face close at hand, much bigger than before. He suddenly thought of what Gong Ming had just said, "I will save people and protect you!" and he was filled with excitement. Face flushed.
Zhong Long realized that Gong Ming's hand was still holding his waist, and became even more embarrassed. He hurriedly said: "Can your hand...can you let go?"
Gong Ming smiled and then slowly let go of his hand, seemingly still reluctant to let go.
"Oops! Oh no! The assassin escaped!" Zhong Long quickly changed the subject to ease the current embarrassment.
"Compared with you..., those are not important!" Gong Ming said deliberately vaguely.
Zhong Long didn't hear clearly and asked: "Then what is more important?"
Gong Ming didn't dare to point it out, so he had to change his words: "Your safety...especially the safety of Miss Ling'er is more important!"
"Ling'er?" Zhong Long then remembered Ling'er and said anxiously, "Could we have fallen into the other party's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain, right?"
Gong Ming smiled and said: "Don't you think it's too late for you to think of this now? Don't worry! Miss Ling'er also has Vice Captain Zhang there! I'm responsible for what's going on outside, and he's staying next door to the girl, keeping an eye on her at all times. The situation there.”
Zhong Long breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly had a complicated feeling about Gong Ming in his heart.
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"My subordinate failed to complete the task, please punish me madam!" The masked man in black knelt in front of Madam Piao Piao and lowered his head.
Mrs. Piao Piao looked at her most capable subordinate, frowned and asked, "What's going on? Didn't you tell Jun'er the news?"
"My subordinate was discovered as soon as he approached the young master's house." The masked man in black explained.
"I can't blame you. Ji Cangyu has great martial arts skills and will find that you are also normal." It was rare that Mrs. Piao Piao didn't get angry.
"Uh... I found out that my subordinate is not Ji Cangyu." The masked man in black was worried and said truthfully, "Young Master specially asked for a guest room at the end, which is farthest from Ji Cangyu's bedroom. Therefore, my subordinates did not alarm Ji Cangyu."
"Who is that?" Mrs. Piao Piao asked with a frown.
"It should be a master of Yixing Sect." The masked man in black replied.
"Yixingmen? You mean Yixingmen sent people to follow you all the way?" Mrs. Piaopiao asked in surprise.
"Yes." The masked man in black nodded.
"It was already very difficult to avoid Ji Cangyu alone, so what should we do now?" Mrs. Piao Piao paced awkwardly.
"If this news must be delivered, how about another method? Leave a note to the young master at the next inn where they stay?" the masked man in black suggested.
"No! They say that would be too risky! If the note accidentally falls into Ji Cangyu's hands, all our plans will come to nothing!" Mrs. Piao Piao rejected her subordinate's suggestion, "And wait until they arrive at the next inn before letting Jun I'm afraid it's too late to persuade them to change their route."
"Actually, my subordinates feel that even if they go to Gaoyakou Village, they may not be able to find anything." The masked man in black said.
"No! I can't take risks! I can't reveal my true identity to Ji Cangyu prematurely!" Mrs. Piao Piao said anxiously.
"Then why not deal with all the people or things that threaten Madam first?" The masked man in black once again gave advice to Madam Piao Piao.
"It seems that's all we can do now!" Mrs. Piao Piao ordered, "Send someone to Gaoyakou Village to deal with it!"
"Yes, ma'am." The masked man in black responded with his hands raised.
"It's all Yixingmen's fault! I sent someone to Beifeng Village to check for some bandits and made this matter bigger!" Mrs. Piao Piao said angrily.
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