The Time-Limited Love and Marriage
Chapter 183

Chapter 183: Chapter 183

"I’m not curious, I just want to kill you," Jiang Moxi remained indifferent, not even her expression changed.

It was with that same expression that Michael engaged the safety on her gun, her voice growing increasingly mournful.

"When you first arrived at the Mercenary Corps as a child, it was I who always looked after you. But when did everyone start to favor you?"

Before Jiang Moxi appeared, although she was not the darling of the team, she was still well taken care of.

But after Jiang Moxi showed up, Michael felt that everything had changed.

"That’s right, ever since your shooting became incredibly accurate, everything started to change. Scavenger voluntarily requested to cooperate with you, Scavenger would clear obstacles for you, you became the best assassin in the entire Mercenary Corps, you even had a custom-made Plum Blossom Spear, and even Xuanming towards you..."

"I really don’t understand what Xuanming sees in you. As a woman, you dress in drab colors every day, not bothering to look nice, wasting such a pretty face! I’ve spent years following him through life and death, learning how to dress and make myself up, just to win a smile from him. But in the end, he told me he liked you..."

Jiang Moxi’s brows finally furrowed.

Xuanming likes her?

Impossible!

The guy, apart from cooking her some tasty food, is very strict with her most of the time.

Especially when scolding her, he could go on for half an hour without even taking a breath.

Jiang Moxi thought that Xuanming probably just used her as a shield to reject Michael.

As for the others in the Mercenary Corps, they just wanted to simplify operations and minimize casualties.

Jiang Moxi closed her eyes and said, "Even if you really hate me, you could come at me alone. This is no excuse for harming your comrades."

Michael gave a sorrowful smile: "You think I don’t want to go at you alone? Xuanming has sent so many people to protect you, how could I possibly make a move? Never mind, talking to you is just a waste of time..."

Sensing that Michael was about to pull the trigger, Jiang Moxi sharply stepped on her foot and stabbed her in the abdomen, then swiftly hid behind the stele of the Cloud Top Fireworks Festival with lightning speed.

The moment Jiang Moxi made her move, Michael had already fired her gun.

But, as expected of the top assassin of the Xuanming Mercenary Corps, Jiang Moxi’s speed in evading was extremely fast, and Michael couldn’t land a shot on her.

The continuous gunshots also drew the attention of the crowd.

People who were strongly demanding refunds from the organizers and seeking reasonable compensation heard the gunshots and realized that something was amiss, and began to run towards the exit, creating chaos at the scene.

Meanwhile, Fu Youhan’s men also rushed towards Michael’s location upon hearing the gunshots.

Michael, intent on taking Jiang Moxi down with her, kept shooting at her, but then Jing Yan arrived.

With Jing Yan’s assistance, Michael was hit and forced to retreat, quickly fleeing the scene.

Michael’s escape caught Fu Youhan and the others’ attention, and they began to pursue her.

Seeing this, Jing Yan frowned slightly, "This group of people comes from nowhere, I think we should retreat first."

But Jiang Moxi coldly stared in the direction Michael had fled: "No, I’ve waited four years, I must settle this today!"

She quickly scanned her surroundings and, upon confirming that there was a twelve-story building at the end of the road, she immediately sprang into action...

*

In an instant, Michael was cornered into an alley by Fu Youhan’s men.

Until then, Michael had been exchanging fire with them.

But these men were clearly professionally trained and kept evading Michael’s bullets.

Suddenly, Michael ran out of bullets and found herself cornered in a dead end.

Fu Youhan appeared in the alley.

He stood against the light, his figure shrouded in darkness, his expression indiscernible, like a dangerous predator lurking deep down.

"Who are you?" Michael kept her eyes on him, feeling the suddenness of his appearance was unusual: "Who are you, really!"

"Who I am isn’t important! What matters is that if you lure out Dead Ghost for me, I might consider giving you a way out."

Michael was taken aback: "You’re looking for Dead Ghost? What for?"

"That’s not for you to ask." Fu Youhan lit a cigarette, and the faint glow illuminated his face and the eyes hidden in the darkness.

Michael kept her guard up and so noticed that when Fu Youhan lit up his cigarette, he seemed to give her a cold glance.

That glance carried the weight of thunderous fury, striking fear into Michael, causing her pupils to involuntarily dilate and then she cowardly retreated backward.

"You are..."

Michael was about to say his name when Fu Youhan merely looked at her with a half-smile, like the top predator of the food chain leisurely toying with its prey.

The fear and submission Michael showed convinced him that he would soon extract Dead Ghost’s information from her lips.

But just at that critical moment, a gunshot "bang" sound, and a plum blossom-shaped bullet hole appeared in the center of Michael’s forehead.

Michael hadn’t yet realized what had happened when her eyes lost their light, and she collapsed thunderously...

"Damn it, Dead Ghost is here!"

Each occurrence of a plum blossom-shaped hole in the center of the forehead was Dead Ghost’s signature move.

Whenever Xuanming employed Dead Ghost, it was inevitable that a group of people would end up with plum blossom-shaped bullet holes in their foreheads.

Numerous gangs, fearful that one day Dead Ghost would leave such a hole in their own foreheads, have in turn sent their top killers to strike first.

But no matter how many killers they dispatched, the news the following day was always of their killers’ deaths, marked by the plum blossom wounds.

After several failed attempts to kill Dead Ghost and instead losing countless top killers to him, Dead Ghost rapidly became a terrifying legend among all mercenaries.

Because of this, the moment Dead Ghost’s signature plum blossom wound bloomed, the people that Fu Youhan brought immediately gathered around him for close protection.

As they surveyed their surroundings with a hint of unease, Fu Youhan’s eyebrows were furrowed as he stared at the bullet hole in Michael’s forehead, then suddenly he looked up towards the building behind them.

He quickly spotted a reflective point on top of the building.

"There!"

Upon Fu Youhan’s command, everyone followed his gaze towards the top of the building.

They indeed saw a figure standing there; upon noticing them, the person immediately began to pack up the equipment to leave.

"Capture Dead Ghost alive! Remember, do not harm him unless absolutely necessary!"

After giving the order, Fu Youhan led his men in a rapid charge towards the building.

*

Atop the building, Jiang Moxi had finished dealing with Michael and was about to eliminate the men who had surrounded Michael as well to prevent future troubles.

But just as she was preparing to shoot while they were unsuspecting, she saw Fu Youhan through her scope!

The man was staring back at her with a cold and distant gaze.

Despite the vast distance, Jiang Moxi was unable to hear exactly what the man said, she only knew that his face was shrouded with an ominous aura.

Fully aware that having the high ground would be greatly advantageous at that moment, that with just a few bullets she could escape unscathed.

But the thought of the target being Fu Youhan, all the previous interactions between them flooded her mind, and Jiang Moxi’s hand, ready to pull the trigger, suddenly couldn’t move.

In the end, she had no choice but to pack up her things quickly and leave.

At this moment, Fu Youhan had already led his men into the building.

The elevator showed a rapid ascent, and footsteps could be heard in the staircase.

Jiang Moxi considered jumping out the window to leave via the exterior, but found people guarding below the window as well.

She had to internally concede: no wonder he’s Fu Youhan, even his plan to catch someone had no flaws.

But at this moment, she couldn’t just sit and wait for capture.

Jiang Moxi quickly descended a few floors and, just before running into Fu Youhan’s men, she turned into the corridor and hid in an empty room.

She planned to wait until Fu Youhan’s group moved upwards before she would continue downwards, playing a game of cat-and-mouse with them.

Once they could not find her and left, she would then be able to leave the building openly.

But what she hadn’t expected was that just after hiding in this room, she heard Fu Youhan’s voice: "Wait, search this floor!"

Jiang Moxi cursed internally, how could this man’s intuition be so accurate!

But what could she do? She could only hide in the wardrobe of the room.

Little did she expect that these people would search her room so quickly.

And through the gaps of the wardrobe, she saw Fu Youhan’s polished leather shoes slowly approaching the wardrobe...