Morning Star

Chapter 219: The arrow is on the string, and one will die if it leaves the bow

Chujiu frowned, not understanding why he was suddenly angry again, and came to his side. She looked at him evasively from time to time, and saw that he had a large area of ​​hair lying on the bed, soaking the bed.

She frowned and wanted to say something to him, but when she thought that he would definitely not listen and would even be impatient, she sighed and said nothing.

She turned and sat next to him, carefully reaching over with her left hand placed on the edge of the bed, while her eyes were looking straight ahead with a guilty look.

Mo Xinglan tilted his head and looked out the window, his face expressionless and no one knew what he was thinking.

The white and tender fingertips silently touched a soft spot and climbed up.

Mo Xinglan's body suddenly trembled. He came to his senses and looked down, only to see a white and tender hand resting on his leg.

My heart was trembling and pounding, and I quickly moved to the side reflexively: "You, what are you doing?"

"I..." Chujiu was stunned for a moment and looked sideways, "I, I saw that you were wet, and I wanted to help you dry it."

And she didn't dare to look at him, so she could only look at him without using her eyes.

"No, no, I'll do it myself." He glanced at her and quickly looked away, slowly moving his body to the side. He moved to the head of the bed and leaned against the bedpost.

"..."

Chujiu was puzzled by his actions. How could she be like that, as if she was planning something bad to him?

Mo Xinglan didn't look at her again as she circulated her spiritual energy to dry the water off her body.

After a while, the water on his body dried up, but he still started coughing uncomfortably, covering his lips.

Chujiu sighed, stood up, walked to the table, poured him a glass of water and handed it to him.

After a while, Chujiu squeezed the cup in his hand, stared at his face, and said with a gloomy expression: "Why do I feel that your health has been getting worse recently?"

His hand holding the bedpost paused slightly, his eyelashes drooped, and his eyeballs trembled slightly: "You are wrong."

“……” She looked at him for a while, then lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Who doesn't know how to lie?

After a moment of silence, Mo Xinglan thought of something and looked at her sideways: "Don't go out with that woman this afternoon, okay?"

There was a hint of pleading in his voice.

Unfortunately, Chujiu became unhappy when he heard him address Xiaoxiao, and glared at him: "What do you mean by that woman?"

Mo Xinglan was stunned for a moment, feeling puzzled by her anger: "Isn't she a woman?"

Could it be a man?

"…What about me? I'm not a woman? I'm a woman too, how come you know to call me 'Jiuer' instead of 'that woman'?" she said unhappily.

What does he mean? Doesn't he think she is a woman?

"How can that be the same?" he retorted.

After a pause, he saw that she was about to refute him, so he quickly said, "If you still want to talk properly, don't say the next words."

"I... humph!" Chujiu's open mouth froze, and after a few breaths he closed it reluctantly.

……

In the afternoon, despite Mo Xinglan's gloomy attempt to stop them, Chujiu and Xiaoxiao still went out.

At this time, Chujiu and Xiaoxiao had been out for an hour. Mo Xinglan's pale face was covered with gloom, and his icy eyes stared at a mirror floating in front of him.

The two girls in the mirror were holding hands and smiling, looking very happy. However, they didn't know that a hidden crisis was waiting for them not far behind them.

The man secretly followed Chujiu and the other person all the way to a spirit pet shop.

His eyes were cold and he held a bow and arrow wrapped in spiritual energy in his hand, waiting for his master's order.

Chujiu noticed something was wrong, so he stopped and looked around. But he saw nothing, so he turned around in confusion: "Why do I feel..."

"Your feeling is right." Xiao Xiao said in a low voice.

Chujiu became alert: "What should we do now? Should we go in and take a look?"

As she spoke, she nodded towards the spirit pet shop.

"Do you think we can beat him?" Xiao Xiao asked instead of answering.

Chujiu thought for a moment and said, "I don't know about this. How about we just hide?"

Xiao Xiao nodded in agreement.

So the two of them entered the spirit pet shop and went to places where there were many people and where they could hide.

Walking around and looking around, to outsiders it seems like he is looking for which pet is suitable for him.

The man in the dark outside realized that he had been exposed and decided to cut the Gordian knot. He raised the bow in his hand, and a white arrow gradually formed.

The arrow is on the string, and it will die if it leaves the bow.

Although he was determined to kill, not a single murderous intent emanated from him.

Although Chujiu and the other girl noticed someone was following them in the dark, they didn't know the person's exact location, let alone who he was. At this time, the person didn't even exude a bit of murderous intent, and the two of them couldn't sense the danger in the dark, so they could only be vigilant and beware of the surroundings.

The silver-white arrow left the bow silently and flew towards Chujiu at a high speed.

However, the arrow had just flown less than two meters when it stopped in place as if it was caught by a hand, and was broken down bit by bit the next moment.

The killer looked at the scene in front of him in astonishment, seriously wondering if there was something wrong with his eyes. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the two girls in the distance who were still alert and unaware of the situation. He was full of doubts.

Just as he was wondering, his body was suddenly hit hard and flew backwards. He fell to the ground and vomited blood.

He looked down at his heart in horror, and saw a bloody hole in it. Bright red blood was gushing out like a fountain.

Until his death, he didn't know where the person who killed him was, let alone who that person was.

Inside the spirit pet shop, Chujiu, who had been keeping alert, suddenly stopped and looked outside the shop.

"What's wrong? Did you see someone?" Xiao Xiao approached her and asked in a low voice.

Chujiu looked at the bustling streets outside in silence for a long time, and did not notice anything unusual, and even the feeling of being followed was gone.

Then he looked at Xiao Xiao and shook his head.

Xiao Xiao frowned in confusion and didn't ask any more questions.

In the inn, Mo Xinglan lay weakly on the table, gasping for breath, with traces of blood on his lips and chin.

Liu Yue sneered, "You really don't want to live. You can barely protect yourself, yet you're trying so hard to protect others."

Mo Xinglan slowly raised his head and reached out his hand to gently touch the fair cheek of the dazed girl in the mirror. He forced a smile and whispered in a hoarse voice: "She is not... someone else, she is... the person I like."

It didn't matter if she didn't like him, as long as she didn't hate him, as long as she always stayed with him, worried about him, took care of him, and owed him, that was enough. He didn't ask for anything else. Just watching her quietly like this, he was satisfied.

After that, he took a few pills and sat in meditation for half an hour. When he opened his eyes and looked at the mirror again, the two of them had already walked to the river.

Xiao Xiao was walking in front as if admiring the scenery, and from time to time he would look back and chat and laugh with Chujiu.

Chujiu was absent-minded, walking behind with his head down hesitantly.

At this time, Xiao Xiao noticed that Chujiu was absent-minded, so he stepped back a few steps and came to her side: "Why are you so worried?"

Chujiu paused, looked up at her, opened his mouth but didn't say a word.

Seeing her hesitant to speak, Xiao Xiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and poked her shoulder with his elbow: "Just say what you want to say. Why are you being so polite to me?"