Rebirth! The Assassin's Revenge-Chapter 235: Persistent Shadow

After discussing the plans for that evening with Lin Ruixian, they started figuring out when to head to Y City.

Lin Ruixian sipped his chilled juice and looked at Gu Ningyue, saying, "I managed to get in touch with Lao Wu and Lao Qi; they’re on vacation in a nearby city. Besides them, I also have a few subordinates. How about we all go to Y City together?"

Gu Ningyue nodded and suddenly remembered what Lin Ruixian had previously said: "You said there are many celebrities in that neighborhood; how come I haven’t encountered any? Are you bamboozling me?"

After staying in Y City for such a long time and entering and leaving the neighborhood so frequently, she hadn’t even encountered a paparazzo, let alone a celebrity.

Lin Ruixian stretched out his hand to flick her forehead, his arm was so long that Gu Ningyue wanted to chop it off.

"You’ve been wandering in the corridors all the time; how could you see them? Besides... haven’t you counted how many days you stayed in the hospital?"

Gu Ningyue pouted, "Huh, says the one who wasn’t staying there too."

The two bantered back and forth for a while before getting back on track, "The Blood Jade isn’t necessarily in Yun Jin’s hands now, right? If we find Yun Jin and still don’t have the jade, things could get tricky."

Gu Ningyue took a sip of the milk tea in front of her and looked at Lin Ruixian, "He’s still in Y City, which at least means someone’s waiting for him there. As long as the person is alive, the clues won’t be cut off. The Heimu Organization is reappearing, targeting something from Cheng Hanyi or Cheng Yihan. Now, with Cheng Yihan missing, the Blood Jade is our only lead. We only need to confirm what exactly they’re after."

Lin Ruixian softly said, "Cheng Yihan and Tan E have both disappeared, and the people from the Heimu Organization haven’t acted in Y City, so they’re most likely after the Blood Jade."

But what do they want the Blood Jade for? To exchange it for money?

Though the Blood Jade is valuable, the Heimu Organization’s financial resources wouldn’t justify this kind of action.

"Relax a bit," Gu Ningyue assured, "Maybe... they’re trying to lure Cheng Yihan out? Tan E was with us then, and they couldn’t do anything to Cheng Yihan, so they might have stolen the jade."

"We’ll see when the time comes! No one knows why they’re doing this now." Lin Ruixian glanced at her, "But you were caught in their trap last time; this time, prepare ahead."

Gu Ningyue blushed, "I haven’t been active for a while, got careless, but I’ll be careful this time."

Lin Ruixian chuckled, "Being just careful isn’t enough; they have plenty of resources. Let’s first buy what we need."

Gu Ningyue agreed, and after sitting for a while, they drove to get their supplies.

"Are you sure you want to buy gas masks? Isn’t that a bit over the top?"

At the counter, Gu Ningyue looked at the gas masks in front of her, a bit shocked.

"Absolutely! Boss, two of these! Swipe the card..." said Lin Ruixian while handing over his card. Then he turned to Gu Ningyue, "Just transfer it to me together later, no rush."

"..." Gu Ningyue suddenly felt she had been swindled.

By the end of the morning, the trunk of Gu Ningyue’s car was full.

As they were leaving, Gu Ningyue reluctantly transferred some money to Lin Ruixian.

Seeing her pained expression, Lin Ruixian chuckled and patted her shoulder, "Think about it; hospital meals are terrible, so buying some good food isn’t bad. Better safe than sorry, right?"

Gu Ningyue pushed his hand away, "Don’t jinx it! I don’t want to end up back in the hospital. Those snacks are yours, I usually don’t eat them."

Lin Ruixian laughed shamelessly, moving the supplies from Gu Ningyue’s trunk to his car, "Then I won’t hold back, I’m off!"

Gu Ningyue nodded, watched him drive away, and left too.

Upon returning home, she noticed a missed call on her phone.

— Ye Mingchen?

Why would he call? Was it to settle scores over last night’s incident?

Crazy! He cheated, and he’s blaming others for finding out?

Gu Ningyue tossed her phone aside, feeling a bit annoyed, and opened her laptop to log into the X website.

Unaware of when exactly, two new posts were discussing the Gate of Hell. It seemed that besides her, other gurus on the X website were curious and logged onto the Gate of Hell’s site.

"Why hasn’t that site been reported yet?" someone asked. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"Reporting is useless; the site is utterly mysterious. I logged in once and couldn’t get back in afterward."

"Me too, and you can’t trace any real information behind these IDs. Are these people just like us?"

"If they’re like us, wouldn’t the world be in chaos? These people clearly have twisted minds."

"Have any of you received any creepy messages after logging into the site?"

"You got them?"

This comment got a lot of replies, and Gu Ningyue opened the folded responses, chills running down her spine while reading the back and forth among these ’peers.’

That person, perhaps unlucky, accidentally leaked his IP after logging into the Gate of Hell site and received a series of messages.

But the content of those messages didn’t seem too scary.

Just warnings. As long as he didn’t log in again, he should be safe.

With that thought, Gu Ningyue decided not to let her curiosity get the better of her and avoid logging into the Gate of Hell site for now.

There were plenty of other matters she needed to handle, and these big shots were not something she could deal with at the moment.

Thinking this, Gu Ningyue logged out of the X website, lay on her bed, and closed her eyes to rest.

Slowly, she drifted into a deep sleep.

Probably due to lack of rest lately, she slept until the afternoon.

A sharp ringing woke her from her dreams.

Groggily, she picked up her phone and answered, without even checking the display: "Hello?"

"—What are you doing?" A somewhat unfamiliar voice came through, causing Gu Ningyue slowly to open her bleary eyes and glance at the screen.

Then, Gu Ningyue was wide awake: "Why is it you?"

This guy, refusing to go away.

The man on the other end chuckled lightly, his demeanor calm, "I’m getting married next Friday. I hope you come. Will you?"

Gu Ningyue slowly sat up, "Of course. Can’t wait!"