Chapter 270: Does This Count as a Confession?

At the moment she saw those Puppets outside the window, Jiang Sui nearly summoned the Waning Moon Scythe by reflex, but thinking that Luo Heng was still beside her, she immediately stopped that thought.

Groups of Puppets shattered the floor-to-ceiling window and rushed at them like a tide; Jiang Sui and Luo Heng’s first reaction was to retreat.

Because the Sofa blocked the way forward, Jiang Sui had to spend extra time going around it, which allowed the Puppet at the very front to catch up and slash at her back with its blade.

Feeling a tearing pain at the back of her neck, Jiang Sui did not slow down; before the tide of Puppets filled the Living Room, she ran through the Corridor and hid directly in Official Liu’s Bedroom.

“W-what’s going on?” Official Liu was still holding his sleeping daughter, his face full of terror.

“There’s good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear?” Luo Heng moved a cabinet in front of the door to block it, his expression grave.

“I want to hear the good news.”

“The killer has been found. It’s your Maid.”

“What?” Official Liu was stunned. “Then what’s the bad news?”

“We’re surrounded. It’s all Puppets now.”

“How could this be?” Official Liu’s face turned deathly pale. “Aunt Li has worked in my home for many years. We hired her when my wife and I moved to Donghai City, and I never saw anything wrong with her.”

“Maybe she was just pretending all along.”

Just as Luo Heng finished speaking, a heavy thud came from the door behind them, even followed by a cracking sound.

Luo Heng looked at the door that was about to give way and slowly backed up. “Should we use Explosion Art here?”

“I don’t know if there’s enough time. If the range isn’t controlled well, even our own people might be caught in it.”

“Hey, Miss Maid, please come protect me.”

By then Jiang Sui had already reached the window, waiting for the moment the door was broken down to jump out and escape, but hearing Luo Heng’s voice, she had to straighten her posture again so no one would see through her intentions.

Every thud against the door struck at everyone’s heart.

Outside the door, Aunt Li, floating in the Living Room, saw the scene in the Corridor, and the smile at the corner of her mouth grew more and more unrestrained.

Luo Yao, who had been dealt with first, would not wake up for the time being, and Lu Yunze had been lured away by her bait. As long as she dealt with the people here, she could take all the hostages back.

Tonight she had only planned to kill Official Liu to make an example of him, but she had not expected so many gains. Whether it was Lu Yunze or the Luo Family siblings, they were all quite good hostages.

She had long been displeased with the Luo Family.

Just as Aunt Li raised her hand to snap her fingers, a figure leaped in directly from outside the window.

“Lu…”

Aunt Li had just widened her eyes when Lu Yunze raised his Heavy Sword and lunged at her.

Relying on the powerful burst from the Force Accumulation Anchor, Lu Yunze’s speed was so fast that she could not even react; with one strike, he cut down this Enemy suspended in midair.

Aunt Li, now split in two, still wore a surprised expression, her eyeballs turning and fixing on him.

“Why… did you come back so quickly…!”

With a whoosh, black Flame ignited on her body and devoured her directly.

As the burning corpse fell to the ground, all the Puppets stopped moving and piled up on the floor.

“Looks like I came back just in time, huh?”

Lu Yunze noticed that the burning corpse on the ground seemed a little off, and quickly waved his hand to extinguish it.

“How come this corpse has been burning for so long without the slightest burnt smell of flesh, but instead gives off some other strange odor?”

Even though she had been cut in two, not a single drop of blood flowed from Aunt Li’s wounds, nor were any internal organs exposed. How strange.

“No, this isn’t the real person either. It’s another Puppet.”

Lu Yunze pursed his lips and scanned the surroundings; his mood, which had just begun to relax, tensed up again.

With the Puppet named “Aunt Li” taken care of, the crisis in this mansion was completely over.

Everyone in the Bedroom was safe and sound. Especially when he saw that Jiang Sui was still unharmed, his expression visibly improved a lot.

Dong Youer, who had returned from outside, saw the mess in the room and froze for a moment.

“Where did you run off to?” Lu Yunze asked.

“I was outside just now. I was attacked by a Puppet, and after I dealt with it, I hurried back.”

Dong Youer rolled up her sleeve and showed the wound on her hand.

“See? Luckily I was a step ahead, or I would have lost my life.”

“All right, all right, I see it. You don’t need to get so close.” Lu Yunze took two steps back. “As long as everyone is still alive, it’s fine. If it’s just some property damage…”

“By the way, where’s Luo Yao?”

Luo Heng suddenly spoke up, interrupting Lu Yunze.

“She’s not still upstairs, is she?”

Hearing Lu Yunze’s guess, Luo Heng immediately rushed upstairs, and the others followed.

They found Luo Yao in Aunt Li’s room. The poor Miss of Wealth had been knocked unconscious and then tightly bound and stuffed into a huge doll.

After Luo Heng untied her, he had someone pour a cup of water.

“Drinking water at a time like this can wake someone up…”

Before Lu Yunze could finish speaking, he saw Luo Heng splash the water onto Luo Yao’s face.

Well, they really are siblings.

But sure enough, after splashing the water and patting her cheeks twice, Luo Yao actually opened her eyes.

“Ahh, who ambushed me?!”

“Let go! Are you trying to strangle your own brother?”

“Huh? You’re not a Puppet in disguise?”

“No, no, it’s really me, guaranteed!”

Since Luo Yao was also fine, and Lili had only been sleeping quite deeply, the outcome tonight was a happy one for everyone.

Official Liu was extremely emotional, shaking hands with each of them and repeatedly thanking them for their help tonight.

The mansion’s losses could be handled as long as he spent some money. For a high official like him, this sum was not even a problem. As long as nothing happened to his daughter, in his eyes it was as if nothing had happened at all.

“Speaking of which, it’s a good thing Lu Yunze came back in time. If you had been five minutes later, you probably would have only found our corpses.”

Facing Luo Heng’s teasing, Lu Yunze only gave an awkward smile, thinking that he could not possibly tell them the Truth.

While the Police Station was being notified to handle the aftermath, Lu Yunze quietly left the scene and returned to that Small Forest.

As expected, Yan Chen was no longer there; only a broken Puppet still lay on the ground.

Lu Yunze crouched down, picked up a fragment, and fell into thought.

A year ago he had thought this traveler was just a chance encounter. Now they had reunited in Donghai City, and he had appeared at such a critical moment. It was hard not to suspect his identity.

Why is he avoiding me? Could he be another bad person wearing a good person’s Mask?

Lu Yunze had met many people like that. If that really was the case, he would not let the other party off easily.

A rustling sound came from behind him. Lu Yunze turned around sharply and saw a figure quickly hide behind a tree.

Although he had not seen clearly, the wisp of gray-brown hair she had left outside had already completely given her away.

Lu Yunze curled his lip. “What are you doing, Jiang Sui?”

“Oh my, the Young Master actually noticed me?” The little girl behind the tree poked her head out and looked at him with a smile.

“If you’re really going to follow someone, at least hide your hair properly.”

“How does the Young Master know this is my First Time following you?”

‘Could this not be the first time?’

Lu Yunze was stunned for a moment, but did not dwell on this question.

“I saw the Young Master come here alone, so I got a little worried and followed.”

Jiang Sui put her hands behind her back and walked around to the front of the broken Puppet.

“So this is the thing that caught the Young Master’s attention. Thank goodness the Young Master…”

‘Wait.’

Jiang Sui turned around and found that Lu Yunze had at some point come to stand in front of her, making her breath catch for a moment.

“What happened to your neck?”

Lu Yunze pointed at the back of her neck.

Hearing that, Jiang Sui reached out to touch it. It hurt a little, and there was blood.

“It seems I accidentally got cut while escaping.”

“Mm, come with me.”

Lu Yunze’s expression was grave as he took her hand and walked outside.

The originally perfect outcome now had a crack in it.

The people from the Police Station brought some Medicine, which could be put to use just in time. While Luo Yao was still arguing with Official Liu and promoting the benefits of Cooperation with the Luo Family, Lu Yunze quickly treated Jiang Sui’s wound.

When the Cotton Swab soaked with Alcohol passed over the wound, the cold sting made the girl shrink her shoulders.

“If it hurts, just say so.”

“How could it? The Young Master cares about me so much, how could it hurt?”

Lu Yunze pressed his lips together. Just looking at this wound of hers made him feel a wave of Suppressive Aura in his heart.

“Doesn’t saying that mean that aside from me, even you don’t care about yourself?”

“That’s hard to say. Maybe sometimes I get so busy that I forget.”

‘To achieve an extreme goal, one must always use extreme means. If you always cared about yourself, how could you make a Sacrifice?’

Lu Yunze was amused by her words, but it was a helpless smile:

“All right, listen carefully.”

After the Alcohol disinfection was done, he directly grabbed the girl’s shoulders and turned her around.

Lu Yunze stared straight into Jiang Sui’s light purple eyes and said, word by word:

“I will never forget you.”

“…”

“If no one is willing to care about you anymore, you can come to me anytime. I won’t forget you, and I won’t abandon you. Understand?”

Whether it was a birthday or anything else, it was all encompassed within the scope of this sentence. All within Lu Yunze’s firm resolve.

“…Does this count as a confession?”

“Huh?!”

Lu Yunze’s face immediately turned red.

“I don’t think so… I just wanted to comfort you. How did it jump to that?”

Seeing his panicked look, Jiang Sui could not help but laugh.

“I’m just teasing you. How could there be such a tasteless confession?”

“Is what I said all true?”

“Is it a real confession?”

“It’s true that I won’t forget you!”

“I know. I’ve always believed what the Young Master says.”

Jiang Sui smiled sweetly again.

After smiling, she touched the wound again. It still stung a little.

‘If it hurt a little more, would it draw more concern from Lu Yunze?’

She closed her eyes, and only when Lu Yunze bent down to pick up other Medicine did she retract her nails that were about to pierce into her flesh.