Chapter 176 - Assassins (2)

"An Luo and San Xia are busy fighting them?" Yu Yan had noticed that there was traces of battle when she saw the two of them in the place. An Luo looked tired and a bit more slower in his reaction compared to his usual self. On the other hand, San Xia was half dozing off.

It was clear that during the time she was participating in the public land bidding, they were all busy fighting and taking care of some problems that cropped out because of some other matters. And the matter that was plaguing the Dragon Clan so far was this drug matter.

"Yes."

Yu Yan nodded and sighed. She could see Long Ying's aversion in terms of drugs. While he didn't like them, he didn't interfere if those people had done their trades in the area outside of here. But since they dared to breach his territory, he would naturally respond to them with the most appropriate gesture he could muster.

"Who are they?" Yu Yan asked.

"A group of people who want money and power. They're tricking people with this drug while earning a lot of money in the process. You don't have to know more than this." Long Ying patted Yu Yan's head softly.

"You always say that."

"Hmm, it's a bit complicated and knowing too much will just make you think too much."

Yu Yan pursed her lips and looked at her husband with hope that he would change his mind and let Yu Yan knew about the group more than what he had said before. However, Long Ying was firm in this matter because he was unwilling to let Yu Yan be in danger because she knew too much.

It was already good enough that she knew some matters related to the underworld that directly impacted them.

"Boss, we've arrived."

"Let's go inside."

"Mhm." Yu Yan was still dissatisfied with Long Ying's answer, but she couldn't exactly press him for more answer. Since there was no other way, she had no choice but to follow him into the house. 

As they entered the mansion, Yu Yan could faintly sense that the atmosphere was a bit tenser than before. Even though Long Ying had been taking care of the problem for some time, the atmosphere in the mansion was never this bad. After training martial arts for some time, Yu Yan's senses were naturally keener and she noticed this strange phenomenon.

Long Ying's silver eyes gleamed as he looked in one direction. There was a ruthless glint in his eyes. 

"An Lin, stay here."

"Yes!" An Lin was also tense as he stood behind Yu Yan. His gaze carefully swept the room in case there were hidden dangers that he failed to detect in the first place.

Swish!

Yu Yan was stunned when she noticed that Long Ying had disappeared. Following that, there was screams and sound of gunshots coming from one side of the mansion. Her body tensed up slightly as she understood that there was danger inside the mansion.

There was danger here.

'So close…'

There was always chance for people to die every single day but this was the first time Yu Yan felt the chance for her to die coming so close to her. It made her felt a bit apprehensive and afraid. She had trained, yes, but she was still afraid.

"I'll protect you, Madam." An Lin was also carefully detecting the aura of people who were nearby. He had to make sure that there were no one who could harm Yu Yan.

"En." Yu Yan also carefully took out her gun. She had practiced using guns for a long time and learned how to naturally kept one around her whenever she went. Of course, the gun was usually kept in the car when she was out and visited some places that had metal detector placed.

There was no way she would let herself be caught for carrying firearms with her. But now that they were in the mansion, she had taken the gun back.

A shadow moved in front of her. Yu Yan took a stance to fire but An Lin was faster.

Bang!

The shadow fell to the ground.

"Madam, are you hurt?" An Lin asked. His tone was cold and tense because he was watching the shadow in fear that the man was wearing some kind of protective gear. But looking at the pool of blood that formed below him, he knew for sure that the man had died.

Yu Yan nodded. The smell of blood was nauseating and seeing someone died in front of her made her stomach churned. However, Yu Yan kept herself calm as she also readied her gun.

Bam!

The door was kicked open and Long Ying entered the room. His hand was soaked in blood but other than that, there was no difference between his current look and his usual look.

"An Lin, clean them up."

"Yes."

Long Ying walked to Yu Yan and his silver eyes glanced at the corpse nearby. There was flash of anger but he suppressed it. His hand was raised, but Long Ying then realized that his hand was completely soaked in blood because of the battle and also the interrogation he did not long ago. 

His other hand was also soaked in blood. It would not be suitable for him to hold Yu Yan with this pair of arms right now.

"Yan'er, are you alright?"

Yu Yan nodded stiffly. She didn't kill the man but she still felt a bit bad to see someone die in front of her. Raising her head slightly, she noticed Long Ying's hesitation and decided to step forward and threw herself to his embrace.

Her movement caused Long Ying to stand stiffly. "I'm soaked in blood."

"It didn't matter."

"It's dirty."

"You're not dirty." Yu Yan refused to let Long Ying go. She was afraid and she knew that there was blood on Long Ying's clothes. However, she always felt safest when she was near him. No matter how his condition was, she would never think of him as dirty. 

Long Ying really wanted to stroke Yu Yan's head but he didn't want to smear her hair with blood. "Let's go back to our room, ok?"

"En."