Chapter Sixteen: Luring and Capturing

  Linglong was stunned for a moment, feeling that the stones on the riverbank were rubbing against her back, and a swift gust of wind whizzed past her ears. A figure flashed into the bushes to her left, and Yanfeng was hotly pursuing behind!

  As soon as that figure appeared, Yan Feng recognized him!

  He's the one he's been waiting for! The reason he goes out for a walk with Ling every day is to lure that person out, and hugging Ling is the same, because he has a suspicion in his heart. He can't deny it, this performance, he's a bit pretending to be real, but his original purpose was to lure this person out!

  Who is he?

  Yan Feng strode forward, chasing after the figure. The sky was just darkening now, making it easier to see the other's tracks than that night. And because he had been walking around here with Ling Long these days, he was familiar with the terrain, so this time he chased more easily!

  As the distance drew closer, that person turned to the riverbank again. Yanfeng was prepared in his heart, so he wasn't afraid of him making a move, and his feet didn't stop at all. That person looked back and saw that Yanfeng was still chasing after him, his movements somewhat flustered, hastily took out a paper package from his bosom, and scattered it into the wind!

  He stood upwind, so with a flick of his hand, the powder in the paper bag flew straight at Yan Feng's face. Just as Yan Feng was about to inhale the air mixed with the unknown powder, he saw him put on a simple gas mask while running and quickly pass through that area, continuing to close in.

  That person was really flustered at this time, took out a blowpipe and gestured in the direction of Swallowing Wind, but for some reason no flying dart came out. Just as he hesitated for an instant, Swallowing Wind arrived and knocked him to the ground with one move.

  He wanted to struggle, but Yan Feng was not someone who could be easily turned around, and with a few swift moves, he had him pinned firmly to the ground. His hands showed no mercy, causing the person to cry out in pain loudly.

  "You said you would never hurt me!" The person burst into tears. The voice was hoarse, it was indeed the person who had been peeping outside the window that night, but the tone of speech made Yan Feng stunned!

  That person took advantage of Yan Feng's momentary distraction to break free from the handcuffs, and just as he thought he could scramble up and escape, he was caught by Yan Feng, who had reacted in time. The other hand landed on his face.

  He had been wearing a Sun Wukong mask all along, preventing Yan Feng from seeing his face, but with this blow, the mask fell off quickly!

  Yan Feng's heart felt like it had been crushed by a massive mountain in an instant, sinking to the deepest depths of the ocean, engulfed by boundless darkness!

  It was actually her!

  Wow!

  On the thick neck of that tall and sturdy man, was actually placed the beautiful face of Ulanara!

  That man saw Yanfeng looking at his face, terrified and shouted loudly, desperately breaking free from Yanfeng's already numb hands. He hastily jumped into the river water and swam away.

  Swallows sat weakly in the grass, unable to think for half a day.

  All his suspicions came true, but he never expected it would be this outcome!

  Because of that dart, he became suspicious. Ula had been missing for ten years. But it wasn't until over a month ago that her headless corpse was found. Although the age characteristics didn't match, she was finally confirmed to be Ula through fingerprints. Only...her head has yet to be found.

  Is she really dead? How can his nightmares be explained? He knows he's relatively weak in love, but he also understands that his mental quality is excellent and it's impossible to have ten years of continuous nightmares just because of guilt. Those nightmares initially had a bit of realism, but later felt like they were imposed on him by an external force.

  He couldn't decipher the enigma on himself, and it had been tormenting him day after day, year after year. Just as Linglong said, he needed this pain to balance his self-blame. And that day, the special medicinal scent on the flying dart suddenly awakened him.

  For years, he had been having nightmares, in which he always smelled a medicinal scent. He had thought it was an environmental issue, as there was a small shop near his house that sold various incense and medicinal products. However, this time when he smelled the scent on the dart, he felt it was very familiar, and it was exactly the same as the scent in his nightmares!

  When he smelled the other smells emitted by that small shop specializing in incense, he would not have nightmares. Only this herbal fragrance would appear frequently in his nightmares. Suddenly, he thought that the nightmares that had been torturing him for so many years might be someone using this secret medicine to make him hallucinate or sink into deep sleep and hypnotize him!

  Who would spend so much energy just to torment his emotions, just to make him always think of Ula, just to make him repeat the vow of eternal love for Ula in his dreams and consciousness? Who would use the most cruel and intense methods to strangle him when he develops a little affection for other women?

  On the surface, it seemed most likely to be Ula, but then her corpse appeared, proving that she was dead! And Yanfeng didn't believe in ghosts, so there must have been another problem here. When he unconsciously got close to Linglong that day, he heard the eavesdropper's tone extremely resentful, seemingly full of jealousy, but the person's shadow was clearly a strong man, so he suspected that Ula had an infatuated admirer who was taking revenge for Ula.

  He took advantage of Ling to lure his suspected enemy. He knew the other side would put Ling and himself in a desperate situation, so he made sufficient preparations. He could confirm that the flying dart shot at Ling just now was poisonous, which made him a little frightened. But he didn't understand why the other side didn't shoot poisonous darts at him?

  He had made his preparations, and had placed a wooden board in his sleeve, sufficient to ward off the flying dagger! But now he understood why that man did not want to kill him, but only wanted to kill Linglong, because he was actually Wula himself!

  Ula's beautiful head was placed on a strong man's body!

  It was already unbelievable enough, but what's even more terrifying is that she's still alive! Or should I say "he"?!

  Is this the reason she disappeared for ten years and didn't come looking for him? Is it because she used illusions and dreams to control him, not letting him fall in love with another woman? But what's going on here? Head transplant? Crazy scientist? What terrible thing did she encounter ten years ago?

  From his current scientific point of view, this is an inexplicable phenomenon, but he also doesn't believe in supernatural things, so what's the secret behind it?

  "Swallow's wind? Swallow's wind?" A soft and gentle voice echoed from a nearby thicket.

  Yan Feng struggled to get up, staggering as he walked towards the sound. When he saw Linglong for a moment, he suddenly felt that she was exceptionally beautiful, pure, gentle, sincere and normal.

  He walked over and hugged her again, but this time he put all his strength on Linglong's body, making her stumble and almost fall.

  "What's wrong?" Linglong noticed that something was off about him. He had always been warm, stable and strong, she had never seen him so pale, weak and shocked.

  "It's okay, it's okay. I'm just tired, very very tired. I want to lean on you, and know - are you real?"

  Who says men should always be strong!