Chapter 177 - Taking A Bath Together

Hearing her soft voice, Long Ying nearly fail to resist his urge to hold her and stroke her head tenderly like what he used to do. It was only because he had noticed how thick the smell of blood that lingered in the place did he manage to stop himself from caressing her head.

Yu Yan released Long Ying and stepped back one step. She looked at him up and down. "Are you wounded? We need to treat your wounds if it's yours."

"It's not mine." Long Ying shook his head. How could those third rate assassins even managed to harm him? He was more annoyed and angry with the fact that these assassins planted themselves in his mansion.

If Yu Yan didn't plan to go to the public land bidding today…

Ruthless glint flashed within Long Ying's eyes when he thought of that possibility. Those assassins would have made their move faster and it might be bad. It seemed that he really need to upgrade the security of the mansion. Many of his men had died because of those assassins who came here.

"Really?"

"Yes. They can't harm me." Long Ying smiled and then turned around. He took out his phone with his left hand, which had less blood and made a call. "The base is breached, find out who leak the information and send more men to come here. The former guards are dead."

"Yes, Boss!"

Yu Yan's body shivered when she heard that the men who were previously tasked to protect the mansions were dead. There were quite a lot of people whom Long Ying assigned to this place because he was worried for Yu Yan.

"They're…"

"They died when they do their duties." Long Ying sighed. He didn't want his men to die either. But in his world where dangers lurked in every corner, it was hard for him to make sure that neither one of them would end up dying.

"I…"

"Come on."

Yu Yan took a deep breath and followed Long Ying. She could see that Long Ying's steps left bloody mark on the ground. It seemed that he had stepped on the pool of blood before he came here, thus making his footsteps leaving mark of blood.

Seeing the mark, Yu Yan couldn't help but think of some sentences that she had read from other books.

'Those who become the great leader can only become one because they had stepped on the body of countless sacrifice. Other people only see the glory of those who stood at the peak but they didn't realize the sacrifice and the pain that they experienced to reach that point.'

There was no free meal in the world. To be able to reach high position, one had to trade it with countless sleepless nights, working hard to the point that they bled, and stepped on so many people who wanted to reach the same position but they inevitably failed in the end.

There would only be one winner in a competition.

Those who couldn't reach the top might be able to reach somewhere else but the reward that they got would be different.

"Yan'er?" Long Ying noticed that Yu Yan had somehow lost in her thoughts. She snapped when she heard Long Ying's words and smiled sheepishly.

"I'm just thinking of some things. Will you give them funeral?"

"That's obvious. Their family members will also get some compensation." Long Ying was silent for a moment. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah."

The two of them entered their room and Long Ying walked straight to the bathroom with Yu Yan. His eyes were lowered as he noticed that Yu Yan turned on the shower and beckoned for him to come near. He watched as Yu Yan washed the blood from his hand and also part of his clothes.

"Take a bath by yourself." Yu Yan heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that his hands didn't have any sign of wound. It was not that she didn't trust him, but she was worried about him.

"We can wash together. You're already soaking wet."

"But…"

"We'll just take a bath. Nothing more, nothing less." Long Ying iterated his words.

Yu Yan glanced at him and decided to trust him on this. In any case, they were husband and wife, so there was nothing weird with them taking a bath together either way.

Soon, the two of them took a bath and Long Ying stayed true to his words. He didn't try to do anything funny. After they had finished, he wiped his phone, which was soaked with some blood due to the call before while Yu Yan called the servants to clean up the floor.

"The servants are fine." Yu Yan heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that the servants were fine.

Long Ying glanced in their direction. "They're staying in the other house when there's nothing to do, which is why they don't get implicated."

"I see."

It was good that they were not staying in the main mansion because Yu Yan knew that the assassins would not spare them. Besides, the assassins would also not kill unnecessary people because they knew that Long Ying was highly sensitive to blood. If they had spilled blood even before his return, it was clear that he would be able to sense it even faster when he returned back.

Even without them killing anyone, Long Ying had already noticed that they were here and managed to kill them faster.

"How many people are there?" Yu Yan asked.

Long Ying put down his phone and threw the tissue to the trash can. "There are 5 assassins including the one An Lin killed. Before that, there are already a total of 7 more who are dead in the hands of the guards."

An entire squad?

Yu Yan was stunned when she heard the number Long Ying gave to her. That was really a lot. She didn't expect that there would be a lot of people who were aiming for them and managed to enter into Long Ying's mansion.

"But isn't your mansion located at the rich quarter? The security here should have been high, right?"

"It's not bad but some skilled people will find their way to get in." Long Ying's eyes were cold. He walked to the bed and sat down by the edge while texting some people whom he knew would have to deal with the aftermath.

Yu Yan sighed and sat down beside Long Ying. She leaned her head on his shoulder. "You have to be careful."

"I'm a careful person."

"I'm serious, Ying."

Long Ying patted Yu Yan's head and felt that it was indeed better when he didn't need to restrain himself from touching her. Her hair felt so soft that he wished he could stay to pet her all the time.

"Nothing will happen to me."

Knock! Knock!

"Enter." Long Ying looked at An Lin, who had already cleaned himself up slightly. He bowed to Long Ying.

"Boss, we have cleaned up the mess. The deceased guards are sent back to their respective families and we will hold their funeral in a few days after the ceremony." 

Long Ying nodded. "Good work. You can rest now."

"Yes, Boss."

Yu Yan glanced at the floor and noticed that the bloodied footsteps from Long Ying before had already disappeared. She glanced in Long Ying's direction and then burrowed her head in his embrace.

"What is it? Are you afraid of me?" Long Ying asked bitterly.

"No way!" If she was afraid of him, she would not stay near him. What she was afraid of was those people who dared to sneak into Long Ying's residence and tried to kill them.

"What is it?"

"I just want to make sure that you're here."

Long Ying's caressing movement paused for a moment. His silver eyes flashed as he replied in low voice, "I'm here, Yan'er."

"En." However, it was clear that Yu Yan didn't want to release him. He had no choice but to bring her up to the bed all while she was still hugging him. Her head was completely burrowed into his embrace as she held onto him tighter, unwilling to let him go.

Long Ying hugged her back and adjusted their position on the bed. "Rest now, Yan'er. Tomorrow will be another new day."

"En." Pressing her head closer to Long Ying, Yu Yan found a comfortable position within his arms.. She just wanted to stay near him and naturally will do whatever she could to stay within his arms.