Chapter 58 My Top Female Bodyguard
The corridor is quiet at night, the roosters are crowing, the dogs are barking, and even the night watchmen have fallen into a deep sleep. This is the quiet before dawn.
Su Xian pushed the door open holding an oil lamp, and Yang Zhilan, a short girl with messy hair, followed closely behind him.
After taking two steps, Su Xian pushed open the door of the study next door.
He casually handed the oil lamp to Yang Zhilan, and spread out the torn quilt that he had used to pad the beam when chiseling the wall and some old clothes on the ground, making a simple bed.
"Okay, just stay here for one night and I'll get you new bedding tomorrow." Su Xian clapped his hands.
"Yes!" Yang Zhilan replied calmly.
She was like a subordinate accepting orders... Su Xian nodded, opened the door and went back to the bedroom, yawning and lying on the bed to go to sleep.
Unexpectedly, just as I closed my eyes, there was a creaking sound from the door, which was particularly loud and harsh in this "quiet before dawn".
Su Xian quickly turned his head and saw Yang Zhilan standing at the door . The quilt was rolled into a big ball, and she had difficulty holding it because of her short stature.
"Zhilan, what are you doing?"
"You killed the little leader!"
“…”
Su Xian's heart skipped a beat. Although he had heard this sentence many times, it still made his heart beat like a drum every time he heard it.
He covered his chest, raised his upper body and stared at Yang Zhilan blankly, and asked, "So?"
Yang Zhilan didn't say anything. She just looked up and stared at the empty space next to Su Xian's bed, then looked at Su Xian with an expressionless face.
"You want to sleep on the floor next to my bed?" Su Xian understood.
"Um."
"Of course you can, but I have a condition."
Yang Zhilan looked at him steadily, meaning: "You say."
"Don't say 'You killed the young leader' anymore from now on. It will be bad if other people hear it and will bring disaster." Su Xian said.
"Okay." Yang Zhilan nodded heavily.
She entered the room carrying the torn quilt, closed the door, walked to the bed, and threw the quilt onto the floor.
After the quilt was rolled up, it became large enough for only one person to lie down. Yang Zhilan lay down on it and covered herself with old clothes.
He can’t even make the bed or fold the quilt... Su Xian shook his head, said "Go to sleep", and fell asleep.
What's more, with Yang Zhilan sleeping next to him, he didn't have any nightmares and slept until dawn!
After daybreak, Su Xian turned over and got up, looking at the mat beside the bed. Suddenly, he froze.
The new female killer bodyguard I recruited last night is missing!
The torn quilt was folded up to be just enough for one person to lie on, and old clothes were piled messily on top...
"Where are the people?"
Su Xian got up in shock, and while putting on his clothes he frowned in thought.
Could it be that what happened last night was just a dream?
No, if it was just a dream, how do you explain the mat next to the bed?
"I'm depressed. I finally got a new strong bodyguard, known as the best killer in the inner guard. She sleeps next to me and I don't even have nightmares."
"But..." Su Xian sat dejectedly on the bed, staring blankly at the torn quilt on the ground, "But she ran away in the middle of the night! She left me..."
“…”
Su Xian, who was feeling sad , suddenly noticed that the window behind him darkened and there was a slight sound.
He quickly turned his head and saw a short woman in coarse linen clothes and messy hair standing in front of the window like a tree stump.
Looking at him expressionlessly.
"you……"
Su Xian was overjoyed. His "life safety guarantee" was back and he was safe again.
But then, Su Xian coughed, sat back on the bed with his butt slightly raised, turned his head back, and faced Yang Zhilan with the back of his head.
He forced himself to suppress his smile, and his surprised voice turned calm as he asked, "You're back?"
"Um."
"Where did you go?"
"The killer is on the scene, I'll go and deal with it." Yang Zhilan said calmly.
"A killer is around?" Su Xian turned his head in surprise, and the calm image he had been trying to maintain collapsed halfway. "When did it happen?"
"Last night, after you fell asleep."
"And you chased after him?"
"Um."
"How many of them are there? What's their purpose? Have you dealt with them?"
"Five assassins. They came to look for Xiaogeling. I killed them!"
"Uh…you killed them?"
Su Xian's pupils shrank. He almost forgot that the person in front of him was known as the number one killer in the Internal Security. Although he was kind-hearted, he must have killed many people in the past.
At the same time, Su Xian once again felt that strong sense of security!
No wonder he didn’t have a nightmare after falling asleep last night, because he had Yang Zhilan as his patron saint!
Su Xian's question seemed to put tremendous pressure on Yang Zhilan.
Her short body, motionless like a tree stump, suddenly clasped her fists and bent her waist, carefully explaining: "My dear little..."
After saying these three words, Yang Zhilan fell into deep thought.
Because she didn't know how to address Su Xian for a moment.
He even almost called Su Xian "Little Cabinet Leader" out of habit.
Su Xian was slightly stunned, then stood up and said carefully: "Don't be nervous, I'm not your leader, and I didn't mean to blame you. I just wanted to understand what happened."
"By the way, you can call me Master, or Master Su from now on."
Yang Zhilan nodded and recounted in detail what happened last night.
Whenever she talks about killers, she becomes talkative, not much different from a normal person.
It turned out that the five killers were the trusted subordinates who followed Xiao Geling to Youzhou. They were not with Xiao Geling last night, but were sent to perform other tasks.
After completing the mission, he became suspicious when he saw that Xiaoge Ling had not returned yet, so he came to explore before dawn.
As for the fact that Yang Zhilan killed those five killers, it was not a big problem. According to Yang Zhilan, those five killers were truly cold-blooded killers and they deserved to die.
After listening to this, Su Xian thought to himself, "Although Yang Zhilan's behavior is strange, she is not stupid. She knows how to distinguish between good and evil, beauty and ugliness. Otherwise, how could she become the number one killer in the inner guards?"
"You did a good job. People who are so heinous should be killed!"
Su Xian encouraged him, and then said: "Although you are the top killer of the inner guard, the kindness in your heart has not been erased, which is a good thing. You also have your own set of standards for good and evil, and I will not interfere. Anyway, you should continue to maintain it!"
Yang Zhilan hummed softly, with no expression on her face.
But why do I feel so inexplicably excited in my heart?
She didn’t show it…
Su Xian put on his clothes and said to Yang Zhilan, "Wait at home first. I'll go buy some breakfast and come back."
Yang Zhilan nodded, and then saw Su Xian pull out an old wooden box from under the bed and open the lid.
She happened to be standing in front of the small wooden box, and at a glance she saw a lot of silver bills, a pile of loose silver, a large pile of copper coins, and the key bunch that she had searched from the young leader last night, all lying quietly inside.
Yang Zhilan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but think of the scene a few days ago when she solemnly hid the 800 copper coins she got from Su Xian in a secret place...
Su Xian grabbed a handful of loose silver and thousands of copper coins and put them into the purse, then closed the lid of the old wooden box.
As he pushed it under the bed, he said, "This box contains most of our belongings. You must take good care of it and make sure no thieves can steal it."
"good!"
Yang Zhilan came back to her senses and nodded.
