Chapter 173 - Another Suspicion
After thinking about it, Yan Jinyu suddenly grabbed his arm. "He wanted to kill you at that time?"
It was easy to avoid an open attack, but it was difficult to guard against a hidden attack. That person seemed to be very trusted by Yin Jiujin. If she hadn"t happened to appear there at that time and happened to recognize that person had entered Ghost Slaughter Island at the same time as her, and he had wanted to kill Yin Jiujin, would Yin Jiujin have been able to avoid him under the circ.u.mstances in which he had trusted him completely?"
Probably not.
After all, they were in hiding at that time. They couldn"t possibly pay attention to their comrades behind them!
She was afraid but also extremely glad.
Yin Jiujin didn"t answer directly. He only said, "I heard gunshots behind me. I thought it was an enemy attack. I turned back and saw him pointing a gun with a silencer at me. He was shot, and I had already sensed it and avoided it in time, so…"
Yin Jiujin frowned deeply.
He must have thought of something unpleasant.
"He died on the spot. I didn"t even have the time to ask him why he betrayed me. But why did he look relieved when he clearly betrayed me then?"
Yin Jiujin looked at her before sitting up straight. "I don"t understand."
He looked a little dispirited.
Yan Jinyu also sat up and casually tidied her nightdress. She leaned over and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Perhaps you can understand if you ask me why I killed him."
Yin Jiujin was stunned before realizing that he had been neglecting this.
She was not on the same side as the group of people in Crescent Jungle. She was just pa.s.sing by while picking herbs and did not recognize him. With her status, there was no need for her to risk saving an unimportant person.
Because of her ident.i.ty, she was not someone who would make things difficult for others when she saw them harming their teammates from the back.
Yan Jinyu hugged him like this and actually felt like she was hugging him from behind. Seeing that he was looking at her in confusion, Yan Jinyu leaned her chin on his shoulder and leaned over to peck the corner of his lips before saying, "You should have guessed it too. I"ve seen that person before."
"He came out of Ghost Slaughter Island."
After a moment, Yin Jiujin"s eyes darkened. "Ghost Slaughter Island is quite ambitious."
They dared to plant people everywhere!
"So what if they"re ambitious? Didn"t we ruin everything?"
Yin Jiujin placed his hand on her waist and looked at her. "Yes, you"re very formidable."
Yan Jinyu"s eyes lit up. "So Brother Nine, you"re finally willing to admit that I"m awesome?"
He didn"t know why she was so obsessed with this.
Hence, she was sometimes a child who desperately wanted to be acknowledged.
Yin Jiujin smiled. "Yes." He let go of her hand and made her sit on his lap.
"Tell me in detail." He was referring to his comrade from Ghost Slaughter Island.
"What"s his name?" Yan Jinyu asked.
On Ghost Slaughter Island, they didn"t have names, only code names. Of course, it wasn"t like Yan Jinyu who had a code name called "Chi".
Before she debuted, this code name did not belong to her.
On Ghost Slaughter Island, they used numbers as code names.
"Liu Junqing is an orphan." Yin Jiujin"s eyes couldn"t help but darken when he mentioned this person.
His expression was complicated.
"Liu?" Yan Jinyu was slightly surprised.
"Why?"
Yan Jinyu was only a little surprised. She had already restrained her emotions, but her heart wasn"t calm.
"This generation"s Ghost Slaughter is surnamed Liu."
Ghost Slaughter was the person in charge of Ghost Slaughter Island. Of course, not everyone knew what his surname was.
Yin Jiujin was also a little surprised.
"However, that doesn"t mean that they"re really related," Yan Jinyu said. "However, Liu Junqing is obviously from Ghost Slaughter Island."
"He"s from Ghost Slaughter Island. Then, his fiancée… Brother Nine, do you know when Liu Junqing and his fiancée, Yu Qingwan, met in the Lingering Garden?"
"I heard that they"ve known each other since they were young. The two families had long been engaged, but both their parents had an accident at the same time. The two of them became orphans and wandered outside. Liu Junqing found Yu Qingwan through connections after he made a few contributions in his missions. At that time, Yu Qingwan had already been adopted by the Lingering Garden"s director."
"How old was Liu Junqing when he joined the army?"
"Nine years old."
"Who"s older? You or him?"
"I"m two years older than him."
"Then, you were 11 years old when he joined the army. You joined the army at eight years old. Then, when he joined the army, you had already been in the army for three years. In other words, I"ve been in Ghost Slaughter Island for three years too."
"It matches the time when he suddenly disappeared from Ghost Slaughter Island."
"I just don"t know if Yu Qingwan knows what he experienced before he joined the army. To be more precise, no one knows if Liu Junqing and Yu Qingwan really got separated."
"Although it"s a little complicated to think that way, it"s not impossible. After all, no one knows what intentions Ghost Slaughter Island had in the beginning."
After hearing Jinyu"s words, Yin Jiujin"s expression darkened slightly. "I"ll get someone to keep an eye on her in the Lingering Garden."
If Yu Qingwan was also related to Ghost Slaughter Island, wouldn"t that mean she had designs on the Yin Family by entering the Lingering Garden?
The Lingering Garden belonged to his grandmother.
Yan Jinyu nodded. "Mm-hm."
"However, if there"s really a problem with Yu Qingwan, she hasn"t done anything for so many years, there shouldn"t be any big movements for a while. Brother Nine, there"s no need to be anxious. Besides, whether it"s Liu Junqing or Ghost Slaughter Island, haven"t they been settled by me?"
Yin Jiujin looked at her and suddenly chuckled. "Yes, if Ghost Slaughter Island really has any big ambitions, they"ve been mostly disturbed by your unforeseen event."
"That"s true. The person who brought me to Ghost Slaughter Island can be said to be the greatest sinner on Ghost Slaughter Island. If he"s still alive now, I wonder how much he"ll regret it."
After hesitating for a moment, Yan Jinyu still looked at him and asked, "But Brother Nine, since Liu Junqing is a traitor, does your retirement have anything to do with him?"
Yin Jiujin paused when he heard that. "There"s some connection."
"He once saved my life when I was carrying out a mission in my early years. In all the missions, other than shooting me in the back that time, he actually didn"t do anything to harm the army. Just treat it as returning him the favor of saving my life and protecting his last dignity."
If Liu Junqing hadn"t risked his life to save him, with his temper, he would never have such a relations.h.i.+p with Liu Junqing.
Saving his life?
Yan Jinyu narrowed her eyes. She wanted to say that if he had long had a plan, perhaps even Liu Junqing"s scheme to save his life was part of it.
It was not that she thought too badly of others, but it was indeed possible.
However, Yan Jinyu didn"t say that out loud.
It would have made Yin Jiujin feel even worse.
"I don"t want to talk about the details for now. I"ll tell you slowly when I have the chance in the future."
Since he wasn"t willing to tell her, Yan Jinyu naturally wouldn"t ask further.
That was a matter which caused the falling out with the Yin Family after all. She knew that Yin Jiujin didn"t want to mention it.
"Yes, let"s talk about it later."
"Speaking of which, if we met in Crescent Jungle back then, would you have attacked me, Brother Nine?" Yan Jinyu asked with a smile.
She asked casually and eased the slightly heavy atmosphere.
However, after she asked, Yin Jiujin actually answered decisively, "No."
"Why? Brother Nine, you were on a mission back then. Aren"t you afraid that I"m an enemy?"
"I"ll detain you, but I won"t attack you immediately."
He had seen a photo of her grandmother. At that time, even if she was only 10 years old, she should still be similar to her grandmother in terms of looks. Although he had never seen her before and didn"t have any special feelings for her, he knew that he had a fiancée called Yan Jinyu.
How could he attack her before confirming her ident.i.ty?
Regardless of whether he recognized the engagement between them or not, his grandmother was looking for her. If he found her, he naturally had to bring her back.
"Why?"
Yin Jiujin chuckled. He didn"t intend to tell her the real reason, lest he mentioned that the elders were looking for her in the past and made her sad again.
"Perhaps I want to keep you as a hostage?"
Yan Jinyu rolled her eyes secretly. Obviously, she didn"t believe him.
However, she did not intend to ask further. She had said this to ease the atmosphere and not to know his answer.
"Do you still want to look at the photos?"
"Yes!"
Yin Jiujin handed the photos on the coffee table to her. His gaze happened to sweep past the slightly wrinkled photo, and he frowned.
He saw Qin Hao in the photo.
"Actually, there"s no need for you and Huo Siyu to worry too much. Qin Hao isn"t someone who can"t tell right from wrong. Besides, he might have feelings for Huo Siyu."
Yan Jinyu was stunned, "Huh?"
Then, she realized what he was saying and couldn"t help but ask, "Brother Nine, do you mean that Young Master Qin has feelings for Little Rain and it isn"t only because of the engagement?"
"I"m not him. I don"t know what he"s thinking. It"s just that Qin Hao doesn"t easily have designs on little girls."
"Besides, although he"s a little evil, his character isn"t too bad."
Yin Jiujin wasn"t someone who spoke without thinking. If he dared to say this to her, at least he would have 90% confidence that Qin Hao wouldn"t attack Little Rain even if he knew Little Rain"s ident.i.ty.
Yan Jinyu suddenly felt relieved.
***
A week later, Yan Jinyu went to South City under Huo Siyu"s invitation.
She was not here to play, but to accompany Huo Siyu as she tortured the sc.u.m.