Chapter 158 - 157: Love Rivals Meet

Seeing that the man had no intention of stopping, he simply gritted his teeth, steeled his resolve, and closed his eyes as he fired wildly in the man’s direction.

Lin Jiaxing only slowly opened his eyes when there was just one bullet left in the gun.

He had thought that with so many shots, at least one would hit the target. But to Lin Jiaxing’s utter despair, the man stood completely unharmed before him, not even a single hair out of place.

He suffered a complete mental breakdown. With a loud scream, he fired the final shot at the man like a madman.

The man stood perfectly still, watching as the bullet was about to pierce his chest. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a scalpel appeared in his hand.

With lightning speed, he used the flat side of the scalpel’s blade to block the incoming bullet. With a deft flick of his wrist, he deflected the bullet back along its original trajectory, sending it straight back into the gun’s barrel.

BANG!

The gun exploded.

Lin Jiaxing’s hand holding the gun was blown to pieces. He fell to the ground in agony, rolling around and letting out beast-like howls.

"Tsk, I slipped up. That bullet didn’t hit him between the eyes."

The others were trembling in terror at the man’s godlike martial arts. They huddled in the corners, barely daring to breathe. Upon hearing his words, everyone almost coughed up blood.

This guy was an absolute monster!

How terrifying must the strength of a man be if he could send a bullet flying back the way it came with just a scalpel? And this man was actually claiming he made a mistake? He simply didn’t treat ordinary people like them as human beings.

"Hey, go back and tell your brother-in-law, or whatever he is, that the Vermilion Bird Hall’s number one assassin, Yu Ling, has taught him a lesson."

Yu Ling walked over to Lin Jiaxing, who was covered in cold sweat from the pain, and stepped on his mangled hand, grinding down hard as he spoke.

Lin Jiaxing was in so much pain that he wished he were dead. This man was simply a devil!

After teaching Lin Jiaxing a lesson, Yu Ling clapped his hands, straightened his clothes, and turned to look at Lin Yexing. "By the way, just to remind you, Lin Aoxue isn’t in this building. Don’t waste your energy looking for her."

Leaving those words behind, Yu Ling got into the elevator.

As for how he knew Lin Aoxue wasn’t there? He had already asked the young nurse at the reception desk before Lin Jiaxing and Lin Yexing even arrived. Who would have thought that just as he was about to leave, he would run into troublemakers?

At first, Yu Ling had no intention of meddling in others’ business, but when he heard Lin Jiaxing and the rest were looking for Lin Aoxue, he stopped dead in his tracks.

Are you kidding? He had come to Jianghai City this time specifically as a bodyguard borrowed by Ye Xuan from the organization, tasked with ensuring Lin Aoxue’s safety. If he didn’t perform well on his very first day on the job, he was afraid the Cyan Dragon Chief wouldn’t be satisfied.

With this mindset, Yu Ling stepped in to teach the Lin brothers a little lesson.

Soon enough, Yu Ling found the hospital ward belonging to Lin Aoxue and White Snake. This place didn’t look like a hospital at all; it resembled a five-star hotel. If it weren’t for the occasional person in a white lab coat walking past, he would have thought he was in the wrong place.

"Tsk, tsk, what great treatment. Even the ward he stays in is different from everyone else’s," Yu Ling muttered to himself as he surveyed the surroundings.

On the surface, he appeared careless, but he was actually scouting out the building’s layout. He formed a rough map in his mind and came up with several escape plans.

After observing the exterior layout, Yu Ling finally pushed open the door to White Snake’s room. "My good brother, who knew you’d see a day like this? It’s a rare sight indeed."

At this moment, although White Snake’s injuries had healed quite a bit, he still couldn’t get out of bed and walk around. He had to rely on others for his meals and daily needs.

When he saw Yu Ling, his entire face darkened. He never expected the higher-ups to send this guy over.

White Snake and Yu Ling could be described as frenemies. Although they weren’t in the same hall, they were constantly competing in secret. When White Snake became the number one assassin of the Cyan Dragon Hall, Yu Ling refused to be outdone and seized the throne as the number one assassin of the Vermilion Bird Hall. If White Snake completed one mission, Yu Ling would have to complete two.

In short, neither of them wanted to lose to the other. Yet, even though they fought fiercely, they were also the most in-sync partners. Whenever they joined forces, there was no mission they couldn’t complete.

Unwilling to show weakness after being mocked, White Snake shot back, "Cut out the gloating. I heard that the mission you went to the Southern Continent to execute not long ago was a failure?"

He deliberately picked a topic guaranteed to make Yu Ling explode with anger, truly rubbing salt in the wound.

"You! Ah! Why don’t you just go die!" Yu Ling’s face flushed crimson with rage. With a loud yell, he prepared to lunge at White Snake.

At that very moment, the door to the room opened again.

A travel-worn Far rushed in. He shoved Yu Ling aside in a flash and nervously checked on White Snake’s injuries. "You really don’t care about your own life, do you! I just went back to the company to handle some matters regarding the new branch. I haven’t even been gone that long, how did you get yourself into an accident?"

Far’s concerned words made White Snake scratch his head in embarrassment. He hadn’t wanted to get injured this badly either, but there was nothing he could do. The situation had been critical back then, and he had to step up to protect Lin Aoxue.

"Far! I’m going to kill you!"

Having been shoved aside by Far, Yu Ling was thoroughly enraged. He grabbed Far by the collar and roared, his eyes blazing with fury.

Only then did Far notice Yu Ling’s presence. He was taken aback for a moment, and then his expression turned ugly. He slapped Yu Ling’s hand away and said testily, "I don’t spar with trash."

"Who the fuck are you calling trash? If you have the guts, fight me! Let’s see who’s the real piece of trash!"

Yu Ling felt like he was going to explode from anger. If he had known this guy was also coming to visit White Snake today, he would have come tomorrow.

Watching the two grown men bickering like kindergarteners, White Snake rubbed his temples helplessly. He wondered when these two would ever be able to sit down and talk calmly.

To trace the origin of the grudge between Yu Ling and Far, one would have to go back seven or eight years. Back then, Yu Ling had a secret crush on White Snake’s younger sister, but because he was shy, he never dared to confess his feelings.

Who could have known that Far would suddenly show up and relentlessly pursue White Snake’s sister? Before Yu Ling even had the chance to confess, his goddess was swept away by another man.

Death before dishonor! That very night, Yu Ling went to find Far, demanding a duel.

Yu Ling won that battle, but he completely lost White Snake’s sister in the process. This was because Far had actually employed a self-injury ploy. He intentionally let himself be defeated and injured by Yu Ling, all to make White Snake’s sister feel sorry for him.

When Yu Ling later realized what had happened, he nearly blew the roof off the Vermilion Bird Hall. From that point on, Yu Ling had a massive bone to pick with Far.

"Both of you, shut up! If you keep arguing, get the hell out!"

Listening to their bickering, White Snake felt a massive headache coming on. After roaring at the two of them, his world was finally quiet again.