Chapter 142 - SHOT

The instant the assassins fell down to the ground to protect themselves, Lie Ruge and Yi Lan came out of their hiding place and started killing all of them. Those standing afar of were shocked that the item which resembled a bomb was just used in order to fool them. They couldn't believe that about fifty of their men had just wasted their lives within the pace of fifteen minutes since they had arrived. They couldn't take the joke anymore so the leader himself lead the next bash towards the car. He had already warned them to be careful that their targets were not ordinary people like they had tho7. They were no room for failure. Their Master had already said that they had to kill the lady no matter what so if they failed, their Master will be one who will personally end their lives and that is not what he desired.

" Gosh! Damn this, they are just a few steps away from us. What are we gonna do Lanlan?", Lie Ruge asked in panic. Yi Lan noticed that she was feeling uneasy with the new development.

" Ge'er look at me", Yi Lan said sternly. He started talking when their eyes met.

" Ge'er, you have always pulled through all this when I was never here and I know that you can do this. No, I mean we can pull this off. You are the best among every martial artists I have come in contact with so you don't have to be afraid. To be called the number one assassin in the world, the world must have seen something unique in you. You have shown me and everyone here just how strong of a woman you are. You are a strong girl Ge'er. You are strong but we are stronger together. So just close your eyes and breathe in deeply, then you will feel much better when you open your eyes once again", Yi Lan said as he held her close to his body. She immediately did what Yi Lan instructed her to do and when she opened her eyes. Fiery could only define what Yi Lan saw in her eyes.

" You are in charge of taking care of those on the right hand side OK? You can only come out when I say it is safe for you to do so Ok? Don't act without my command alright?", Yi Lan asked trying to make sure she doesn't get out so that she will not get hurt. Although he had faith in her skills, he didn't want her to sustain even the slightest scratch on her delicate body.

" OK hubby but you have to be careful too Ok", Lie Ruge said planting a light kiss on his lips before he left her there to take care of the approaching assassins. Yi Lan quickly moved to left hand side of the car with two fully loaded guns in his hands. He started shooting them without warning while hiding behind the car. Every bullet he shot always killed anyone it landed on . He quickly withdrew when he saw that their shooting was too fierce for him to handle. Before he withdrew back, he counted about a total of fifteen assassins remaining.

" Lanlan what is wrong? Why is your hand bleeding? ", Lie Ruge asked dropping the gun that were in her hands on the ground. She got a hold of his left hand and rolled the sleeve up.

" This is nothing, the bullet just scratch me a little so you don't have to worry about this. It is not a big deal", Yi Lan said rolling back the sleeve down.

" How could you imply that this wound is nothing? You are obviously bleeding right now so how you consider this injury as though it is not a big deal. How dare they do this to my man, don't worry I will take my revenge on them", Lie Ruge said immediately grabbing the two guns. She went out before Yi Lan could stop her. She didn't careless about the fact that they were shooting bullets at her. She shot the bullets menacingly at them. Many of the bullets landed on the assassins head, so they died instantly. Yi Lan immediately pulled her back when he noticed that she was not going to stop until she killed every one of them.

" Ge'er look at me, nothing is wrong with me so you don't have to get angry Ok? I'm just fine so don't you ever do what you just did earlier Ok? What would you have had me do if you had gotten pierced by a bullet? You can leave everything here to me , you don't have to take revenge for me Ok? I just need you by my side then I will be alright hmmm", Yi Lan said giving her a warm hug. After he saw that she was calmed, he left her and went to confront the approaching assassins yet again. Lie Ruge watched how Yi Lan fought through the hole in between the two cars. She was not at ease because she knew that Yi Lan was injured, so she picked up the two guns and went out through the right hand side to confront the assassins. On getting out, the back side of her coat mistakenly got torn, but she brushed it of as though it was not a big deal.

" Hello guys, why don't you leave my handsome husband alone? You want me right? Then why don't you come get me if you can", Lie Ruge said with a smug look clearly visible on her pretty face. She only said those words in order to distract the attention of the assassins from Yi Lan. Yi Lan was awestruck when he saw her shooting at the assassins at the front.

" Ge'er", Yi Lan shouted running to her side.

" Ge'er, what are you doing out here? I told you to stay there but why did you come out?", Yi Lan asked getting angry at her for the first time since they knew each other.

" As you said earlier, I am strong, but we are stronger together. We are a team, so we've got to work together. I just want to get this over with so that we can get your wound treated on time. So don't get mad at me Ok?", Lie Ruge said still shooting at them. By then the assassins number was reduced to four.

" Ok, I'm not angry with you. I just won't be able to take it if something bad was to happen to you, how do I make you understand this? I know your martial arts and shooting skills is superb but no matter how good you are, you are still my woman and I don't want to see you harmed in any way alright?", Yi Lan asked pulling her back to the back of the car. Doing all this their little discussion, they did not realize that the leader of the assassins had sneaked to the left hand side of the car and patiently waited for them to come back to their hiding place. Getting to the backside of the car Yi Lan sat her down and started examining her body for any sign of injuries.

" Pretty, why is your jacket torn?", Yi Lan asked in concern.

" Oh! It got torn some minutes ago", Lie Ruge said peeping through the hole to see exactly where the assassins were standing. She felt uneasy when she saw that the remaining three assassins did not advance towards them instead they were hiding at the back of their cars and instead of three she saw only two of them. She started searching where they were sitting down with her eyes to see whether they were anything usual, but they were none. Since she didn't notice anything wrong she still peeped into the hole to see what the assassins were doing before she quickly removed her torn jacket. She tore a piece out of it and used it to tie Yi Lan's wound to stop the bleeding. It was after she finished tying the wound that the two of them felt approaching footsteps. Before they could take action it was already too late, Yi Lan quickly used his body to cover Yi Lan to protect her but Lie Ruge quickly turned him over and use her whole body cover him in order to protect him. The leader of the assassins just shot two direct bullets into Lie Ruge's back before Yi Lan could do anything. Yi Lan quickly picked up the dagger on the ground and threw it at him when he attempted to shoot them again. The knife stuck into the leader's forehead, and he dropped dead instantly. Yi Lan quickly pulled her up and hold her in his embrace. He was so confused at that minute, he didn't know what to do. He just continued to hug her tightly with one of his hand covering his mouth.

" Ge'er, why did you do this? How could you do this to me? You should have allowed him to shoot at me instead of using your body to block the bullets for me. I was wearing the bulletproof jacket so the bullet would not have penetrated through me but even though I wasn't wearing the jacket you should have just allowed him to shoot at me not you. Why did you do this to yourself Ge'er?", Yi Lan said as tears whelmed up in his eyes. This time around the tears automatically came on its own.

" Lanlan, I'm Ok. See I'm just fine", Lie Ruge said trying to force a smile on her pretty face.