Chapter 2 (1/2)
FRS: Chapter 2 – Unknown Murderer (2)
Translator: Momoe Pom
TLC: Puissansa
Editor:Isabelle
First Published on Ainushi+
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Fan JiJing tossed and turned in his bed, unable to fall asleep
In this dark night, past memories flowed inside his head like a river Bu LouLian's voice and figure had never been clearer, as if he was standing right there in the darkness watching him in silence
But he would never see hiain
He felt like so him unable to breathe
Bang
A small stone hit thelattice
Fan JiJing pushed aside the blanket, threw on a robe, and got up
The as half open A thin ray ofan illusion of transparency He walked to theand saw a solid figure bathing in ht with his back to him The unbound hair appeared white under the moon
”shi+di…” whispered Fan JiJing, looking puzzled
shi+ JiZhong slowly turned his head
He was not a good lookingchin, and sharp facial features that stood out even h he was only sixteen, he looked more like someone as already thirty-six years old Every part of him revealed a kind of steadiness that could only be found in elders
”Third shi+xiong” His voice sounded hoarse, indicating his transformation from a boy to a man
JiJing rubbed his chest gently, as if trying to rub away the knot there ”Still awake?”
”I can't fall asleep”
Fan JiJing sighed His face turned gloomy ”Because of what happened to Master? Same here”
”No” shi+ JiZhong paused for achoked”
…
”Oh” Fan JiJing replied after a long silence: ”Then eat more slowly in future”
”Okay”
The air that was once heavy became neither here nor there
”Was it you who knocked onasked
”Yes”
”What's the matter?”
”It was an accident I was throwing stones” shi+ JiZhong lied without the tiniest change on his face
Fan JiJing blinked He seeo back now and rest early”
shi+ JiZhong pressed his lips together, then spoke in a low voice: ”Master had never planned to teach you Xianlian Sword”
Fan JiJing, as just starting to go back inside, suddenly halted and turned around slowly to look at him
shi+ JiZhong continued without turning a hair: ”Eldest shi+xiong asked me to tell you”
Fan JiJing looked at him with a pair of eyes that had never looked , and it was Master who raisedable to learn Xianlian Sword or not was not iht now is to arrest the murderer, so that I can comfort Master's soul”
Seeing the deter nodded eo back to my room now”
Fan JiJing had long been used to his indifference
When Bu LouLian was still alive, he once evaluated all of his disciples Guan Xing is calh, but he has no motivation Zhu LiaoDa is a is clever on trivial o blank on serious issues shi+ JiZhong is calm, but he is too indifferent like a piece of ice As for him…
Fan JiJing looked up at the h
The next day
A light grey tinted the eastern sky, and all creatures were still struggling around half asleep when Song BoLin arrived with the rest of disciples in the Jiuhua Sect
Fan JiJing slept late last night After he woke up, all he could feel was his head spinning and his ears ringing ShangGuan DingNing had to call him twice before he could hear her
Zhu LiaoDa was anxiously pacing in the yard
Both Guan Xing and shi+ JiZhong looked at hi to do with them
”Third shi+xiong, you are the only one here who is free of suspicion Quick! Think of a way for us to prove our innocence” ShangGuan DingNing urged
Fan JiJing s to slap the befuddlement out of his head ”I already told shi+shu yesterday that different things may share similar appearances It's the same for skills Maybe theChao' Insisting that the killer belongs to the Jiuhua Sect solely based on this… It's too arbitrary”
Like a drowning , ”That's right”
Guan Xing said, ”What you just said would be possible if it was any otherChao' is unique”
Fan JiJing was taken by surprise
Out of all the people here, he and ShangGuan DingNing were the only tho had never learnt Xianlian Sword Therefore, they had no idea what kind ofChao' was
Zhu LiaoDa's face tensed up again He gave Guan Xing an angry look ”Eldest shi+xiong”
Guan Xing responded nonchalantly, ”Only solid evidence can purge oneself of suspicion Desperately clutching at any straill just make oneself more suspicious”
Zhu LiaoDa tried hard to stay cal have any counterainst this?”