Chapter 42: The Other Side of Lin Wan'er

  Shi Sheng had never seen anyone killed before, let alone by his own hands. He couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart. Looking at Zhou Tao's lifeless body, Shi Sheng's eyes twitched involuntarily, and he silently lamented that this time he had gotten himself into trouble, and from now on, there would be endless troubles!

  At this moment, a silver ring flashed over, Shi Sheng hastily manipulated the eight silver needles nearby to block it. He glanced at Lu Yuan's fleeing figure and couldn't help but concentrate his eyes, with a fierce expression flashing across his face.

  "Killing one or two makes no difference, since we've already stirred up trouble. We might as well cut the grass to eliminate future problems!" Shi Sheng's face flashed with a murderous intent, and with a flicker of his mind, the flying needle that had killed Zhou Tao earlier suddenly flashed in the distance, shooting towards Lu Yuan's back with a soft whooshing sound.

  Lu Yuan had already been frightened out of his wits, as if he had sensed something. He hastily turned around and with one hand, he flicked his wrist, and a small fireball shot out. However, the fireball only paused for a moment before a string of sparks burst forth, and a half-transparent silver needle pierced through it. Before Lu Yuan could even react, a black thread of blood appeared on his forehead, and a silver flying needle protruded from the back of his head, without leaving any trace of blood.

  "Top-grade, sacred artifact... how terrifying!" Lu Yuan muttered a few words unclearly, his body went limp and he fell to the ground, his figure trembling, his face turned dark, his eyes filled with a dull grey color.

  Shi Sheng didn't want things to escalate into loss of life, but with the situation pushed to this point, there was really no way to control the scene. If he didn't use his spiritual artifact and wasn't prepared to fight two people at the same level as him with just small fireballs, he would definitely be outmatched. Moreover, Lin Wan'er had been captured by the opponent. But using this tyrannical spiritual artifact had led to an uncontrollable situation like this.

  "Wan'er, you go back to your room first!" Shi Sheng was worried that Lin Wan'er would be frightened, so he called out and quickly ran outside the courtyard. Seeing no one around, he grabbed Lu Yuan's arm and dragged him into the courtyard, his heart still racing with some lingering fear.

  "Ah Sheng, come to the kitchen first!"

  Under Shi Sheng's astonished gaze, Lin Wan'er surprisingly dragged Zhou Tao's body with some effort towards the kitchen. Before long, the two of them managed to drag the two corpses into the kitchen.

  "Wan Er sister, aren't you afraid?" Shi Sheng wiped away his cold sweat.

  "When the bandits entered the village, they saw more dead people than now, and the scene was even bloodier than now. There's nothing to be afraid of!" Lin Wan'er pushed up a strand of hair in front of her forehead.

  "But this is something I killed with my own hands..." Ishi said with a serious expression.

  "Asheng, don't think too much about it either. They weren't good people to begin with, and now they're dead. You also risked your life to save me, so don't feel burdened. What's most important right now is figuring out how to deal with these two corpses without anyone finding out, or else we'll definitely be in trouble!" Lin Wan'er was surprisingly calm.

  Shi Sheng suddenly discovered that Lin Wan'er, who had always been weak in his impression, actually had such a side, being so calm and composed when encountering things, even stronger than himself, and he didn't know if it was due to environmental or personal reasons.

  "Can't burn it in the earth oven?" Shi Sheng furrowed his brow, if someone were to come looking for him on this sunny day, it would be troublesome.

  "Let's talk nonsense, I'll first use a broken mat to cover them up, wait until night and we'll think of a way to lift them out of the village, find a deserted place to bury them. Ah Sheng, you quickly go take a look at the yard to see if there are any bloodstains or things they left behind, don't leave any evidence." Lin Wan'er said seriously.

  "This...alright!" Shi Sheng suddenly felt that Lin Wan'er was too professional, and had even thought of destroying the evidence. This incident made Shi Sheng realize that he didn't actually understand Lin Wan'er at all. Her meticulous and steady nature was even more so than his own.

  Shi Sheng arrived at the courtyard and found that Zhou Tao had indeed spat out a mouthful of black blood. Shi Sheng hastily disposed of it and covered up the traces of the two people's struggle. Finally, he saw Zhou Tao's purple sandalwood dagger and Lu Yuan's silver ring, along with his own flying needle, which Shi Sheng picked up together.

  After handling everything, Shi Sheng arrived at the kitchen and surprisingly didn't find the two corpses. Lin Wan'er was panting heavily, covered in sweat.

  "No need to look anymore, they're all under the firewood, let's go out first!" Lin Wan'er suddenly turned back into the big sister who took care of Shi Sheng, pulling his arm, and the two came to Shi Sheng's room.

  "Wan'er, you're really amazing! I didn't expect that not only were you not afraid, but also so strong and calm!" Shi Sheng slowly opened his mouth to say, then sat down on the bed with a thud. Lin Wan'er was sitting in the chair opposite him.

  She tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, and Lin Wan'er smiled faintly: "Actually, I didn't expect it either, that you would be so calm when killing someone. But for Ah Sheng's sake, Wan'er sister isn't afraid of anything. Perhaps, only when something happens can one truly bring out another side of themselves."

  Shi Sheng nodded, although Lin Wan'er had a calm face, but she just treated this matter as a homicide case, thinking that avoiding the yamen would be fine. However, Shi Sheng didn't put the yamen in his eyes at all, what he was worried about was being known by Wugu Mountain, which would cause unimaginable trouble, and even kill him.

  "Zhou Shu Shu? Could it be that Zhou Tao still has some relatives in the sect?" Shi Sheng suddenly remembered, Lu Yuan had said that even if the sect didn't pursue the matter, that so-called Zhou Shu Shu wouldn't let him off.

  "What's wrong, Ah Sheng? Don't worry too much, we'll take care of the body tonight and it'll be fine!" Lin Wan'er comforted him, seeing that Shi Sheng was a bit dazed.

  "Alright, got it, Wanyi sister, nothing to worry about!" Shi Sheng smiled and seemed to be no longer concerned about the matter, but in his heart, he was secretly thinking of a countermeasure. Even if the people from Wugu Mountain didn't discover him for the time being, it would still be better to make some preparations earlier.

  "The eggs are all broken. I was going to make something good for you, so Lin Wan'er, go buy some more vegetables!"

  "Wait, Sister Wan'er, you'd better not go out. We won't have eggs today, let's just cook the vegetables!" Shi Sheng also worried that Lin Wan'er would be overworked, and in the end, Lin Wan'er nodded in agreement.

  They finished their meal and chatted while eating, waiting until dusk. Lin Wan'er and Shi Sheng didn't show any intention of taking action, the two had already planned to wait until midnight before making a move.

  "The yamen is in session, everyone inside come out!" Just then, a confused sound of footsteps came from the courtyard.

  Shi Sheng and Lin Wan'er's faces changed slightly, and they hurriedly came to the outside of the courtyard. Suddenly, they found more than a dozen officials holding weapons, among whom two had already rushed into Lin Wan'er's room, and another two were rushing towards Shi Sheng's room. During this time, no one even glanced at Shi Sheng, as government officials would not bother with ordinary people like him.

  "You few, go take a look in the kitchen!" A leading official ordered, and then glanced at Shi Sheng and Lin Wan'er.

  "Have you two been at home? Have you seen Master Zhou?" As soon as the leading officer finished speaking, Shi Sheng's heart skipped a beat, thinking to himself that the government officials had arrived so quickly. Seeing the three men rushing towards the kitchen, if they were to discover the bodies of Zhou Tao and his wife, would they have to silence everyone? (To be continued in the next chapter!)

  (P.S. Let's get more intense with recommendations and collections, can we knock out the bad ones!!!)