Chapter 476 - Situation Escalates (1/2)

You Ming looked at him and didn’t speak. Tears fell down as soon as he blinked. The tip of his nose was bright red, which looked very pitiful. Yan Zhonghua, however, turned around indifferently as he thought to himself, After so many years, You Ming’s tricks really are the same old stuff; the only difference is that his skill in acting pitiful has made a lot of progress.

“I’ll leave you the room. You should rest early,” Yan Zhonghua hardened his heart and told You Ming.

You Ming was very panicked. He caught up to Yan Zhonghua but didn’t dare to touch his body. So he blocked the door with his body and gazed at Yan Zhonghua. “Are you really abandoning me?”

Yan Zhonghua nodded.

You Ming was even more alarmed. He asked, “You’re really going to marry Shuiyun Nichang?”

Yan Zhonghua confirmed, “The entirety of the Nine Lands already knows this; what’s done is done.”

You Ming froze, and his eyes became clear and limpid.

“I used to love you so much that I even gave up everything I could’ve effortlessly obtained just to be with you.” Yan Zhonghua seemed as if he was talking about other people’s affairs, “It’s just that no matter how strong the love, there will inevitably come a day when it’s exhausted.”

Deep despair slowly emerged in You Ming’s eyes.

After a while, he finally wiped his face and opened the door with lowered eyes. “This is your room. Why would you leave? It’s late at night, so you should rest early.”

With that, You Ming left at a quick pace without ever looking back.

Yan Zhonghua waited for You Ming’s silhouette to disappear completely, then slowly withdrew his hand and closed the door.

If you did something wrong, how can you not suffer for your actions?

For people like You Ming, repenting past mistakes and turning over a new leaf was possible only when they’d been truly hurt and scared after a beating.

A few days later, just before dawn, someone knocked on Lin Xuanzhi’s door. Lin Xuanzhi put on his clothes and went to open it. He saw an old servant who’d been by Lin Runru’s side. The servant spoke anxiously, “Young Master, something happened last night.”

Last night was peaceful for the Lin family, but it was a sleepless night for the entire Qing City. When Lin Xuanzhi arrived at the scene of the incident, the Lin Family Head, Third Elder, and the Law Enforcement Hall members, as well as Su Mo and Yuan Tianwen, who had already returned to the Duan family, were all there. Looking around, there were also several important figures from Qing City’s major families. Lin Xuanzhi, Lin Runru, and Su Mo exchanged glances.

Su Mo stated, “It was the Duan family’s night watchman who found these bodies.”

On the ground were several people who had been torn apart, having completely become pieces of shattered limbs and broken bones. Their stomachs had been gutted in the middle of the street. Right now, the flesh and blood were scattered everywhere, and it all mixed together to the point that people could no longer tell them apart.

The thick stench of blood a.s.saulted their nostrils, which made people very uncomfortable. Lin Xuanzhi squatted down and examined the remains in detail. His eyebrows wrinkled and tightened more and more.

When the watchman saw that this young man who didn’t look any older than him seemed as though he couldn’t smell anything and didn’t even have any fear in his expression, the watchman couldn’t help feeling admiration in his heart as he thought, He’s indeed the Lin family’s Young Master.

The unusual corpse gave off a strange stench. The edges of the flesh pieces had turned a bluish-black color. Because it was the crime scene, no one had come to clean it thus far, so people pa.s.sing by couldn’t help but cover their noses in astonishment and speed up their pace.

Lin Xuanzhi glanced around. “There is something strange about the corpses.”

Su Mo didn’t bother to look at these corpses, so he asked, “What’s strange?”

Lin Xuanzhi answered, “Their five viscera are gone.”

Hearing this, Su Mo could no longer worry about anything else and immediately examined the corpses closely as well. “It seems that they really are gone.” Su Mo mused, “But the five viscera and six bowels of those previous corpses were all intact. Could it be that this was the work of a different person?”

“It’s hard to say.” Lin Xuanzhi shook his head. “Take them back and have Mr. Yin take a look.”

The Duan family’s watchmen all showed expressions of great reluctance. When Lin Xuanzhi saw that, he asked several of the Lin family’s Law Enforcement Hall disciples to cover these corpse pieces with a white cloth, then put a spell to levitate them onto the carriers, and finally carried them back.

Lin Xuanzhi had been called away by Lin Runru, but Lin Runru didn’t call anyone else, so as soon as Lin Xuanzhi stepped through the courtyard’s gate, he saw Yan Tianhen walking over.

“Did something happen outside?” Yan Tianhen asked nervously.

Lin Xuanzhi’s eyes warmed. “Several b.l.o.o.d.y corpses appeared again. Where are Master and the others?”

“You actually didn’t call me along for this kind of matter. Master and the others already know about it and should be conducting an autopsy right now.”

Lin Xuanzhi nodded. “Then we’ll wait here for the autopsy result.”

Yan Tianhen paused. “Dage is not going?”

“What’s there to see about corpses? Seeing too much will affect appet.i.te. Moreover, Mr. Yin is a professional. It’s enough that he’s taking a look.”

Yan Tianhen seemed as though he kind of wanted to go look but was afraid of vomiting up his dinner, so he followed Lin Xuanzhi into the room, giving up the idea of examining the corpses.

Two hours later, someone sent a message to Lin Xuanzhi asking him to go discuss this matter.