Peerless Martial Expert in the City-Chapter 249 - 252: Friends

Unfortunately, no one had ever seen him, nor did anyone know his age or gender. He was shrouded in mystery, not affiliated with any organization, and no one knew how he had appeared. All that was known was that about four years ago, he had suddenly burst onto the scene and had successively pulled off several major cases, each one rated as a 3S level mission by the global Assassin Alliance!

Liu Yan was a man who had no idols, but if he had to choose one, that person would be this doctor!

From the first time he heard about the doctor’s deeds and saw the sincere admiration in his instructor’s eyes, he had firmly remembered the doctor’s name!

But he hadn’t expected to have an encounter with the doctor so unexpectedly!

However, he knew that the instructor would absolutely not deceive him or joke with him. From the doctor’s tone of voice just now, and his words, it was clear that they had known each other before!

The doctor was so young!

And he was even a student at Z University!

Was this truly his real identity, or just another one of his personas?

If the people in the world of assassins knew this news, it would certainly send the entire assassin community into a frenzy!

After a while, Liu Yan’s heart gradually calmed the excitement inside, and he silently reflected on everything about Xiao Yi. But he knew that this question was one he definitely could not ask clearly, whatever the reasons were for the doctor to come to Z University, he had no right to inquire into them. Moreover, he knew that information about Xiao Yi, starting from today, had to be completely sealed from his own lips, never allowing a hint of it to leak out!

As for announcing Xiao Yi’s news to the outside world, that was even more unthinkable!

Otherwise, his life, which he had just managed to save, would certainly soon be reported back to Yama!

.........

Although Xiao Yi knew that after his conversation with that young assassin, the man would definitely not miss this chance and would come looking for him, he still hadn’t expected him to arrive so quickly.

After finishing his classes the next afternoon, Xiao Yi had planned to go see Fatty Tang and Li Ling. But after some thought, he decided to wait a couple more days, perhaps over the weekend or when Fatty Tang wasn’t at Li Ling’s place, to talk to her alone.

He then chose to head straight back to the Azure Waterfront villa.

As he approached the villa’s door, he saw a thin figure with sharp eyes standing at the doorway.

As his gaze met the man, the thin figure at the villa door sensed his gaze, turned his head, saw him, and showed a hint of surprised delight on his face. But he didn’t come forward with a warm embrace; instead, he just stood there quietly, his face stiff with an awkward smile.

This was a profoundly ordinary face, neither particularly handsome nor having any distinct features. Furthermore, the muscles on his face looked rather stiff. However, his eyes were exceptionally bright, so luminous that when he opened them and showed that awkward expression, he seemed to gather all the surrounding light around him, causing all attention to involuntarily focus on him.

"You’ve come."

Looking at this ordinary face, Xiao Yi was slightly startled for a moment before he regained his composure and gave a wry smile.

"I’ve come."

The man still wore that awkward smile and nodded.

"Your smile is still so ugly, you better not smile."

Xiao Yi, looking at the man’s smile, finally couldn’t bear it. He had always felt that his smile could be ranked as one of the ugliest in the world. Even though he knew that the smile was a gesture of goodwill, and that he rarely smiled, only displaying it occasionally to very few people.

But he still couldn’t bear it.

"Alright."

The man didn’t get angry at Xiao Yi’s somewhat rude remark; instead, he quickly retracted his smile and resumed his usual rigid, zombie-like facial expression.

"Don’t worry, one day I’ll cure that problem on your face."

As Xiao Yi watched the man’s expressionless face, a sigh flickered in his eyes. He gently stepped forward and patted his shoulder.

"Thank you!"

The man silently remained quiet for a moment, then slowly lowered his head in response.

"Between us, there’s no need for such words. Let’s go inside to talk, rather than standing here scaring people. Honestly, your appearance might actually make little kids cry if they walk by."

Xiao Yi waved his hand, smiling as he patted the man’s shoulder and led him into the villa.

"Actually, you didn’t have to come in person, just having that young assassin relay the message would have sufficed."

Once inside the villa, Xiao Yi brewed a pot of hot tea and slowly poured a cup for the man sitting across from him, speaking softly.

"It’s been three years."

The man didn’t respond to Xiao Yi’s words but suddenly let out a sort of sigh.

"Yes, three years,"

Xiao Yi fell silent for a while and sighed softly, his gaze fixed on the faint fragrance slowly emanating from the teacup. "Time really flies."

His eyes gradually grew distant as if he had returned to that desolate and dreary desert of three years ago, witnessing that scene once more.

"The three organizations are still after you."

The man’s gaze also lingered on the slowly drifting fragrance from the teapot, seemingly lost in thought. After a long silence, he finally spoke slowly.

"Is that so?"

Xiao Yi suddenly snapped back to reality, resumed moving his hands, and began to pick up the teapot to pour tea for the man, a faint smile playing on his lips as he casually replied.

"Six months ago, after you finished that case in Southern Continent, the three major mercenary organizations also joined the hunt against you, announcing their intent to hunt you down!"

The man seemed not to hear Xiao Yi’s words and continued slowly, "It is said that they suspect you’re in Xuanwu Country, so they have already entered Xuanwu Country to search for you."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Xiao Yi’s expression changed slightly, but he quickly regained his composure and spoke indifferently.

"You haven’t changed a bit."

The man stared at the indifferent expression on Xiao Yi’s face for a while before finally uttering slowly, his eyes reflecting a hint of admiration. A faint smile reappeared on his face, carrying a sense of pride, although it was an awkward smile.

In this world, being hunted by the world’s top three assassin organizations and mercenary groups, but still able to maintain such calmness, there was only the man before him!

Of course, there weren’t many people globally being hunted by them; right now, it was just him!

And this man was his friend!

"Is that so? You haven’t changed much either, still as unsightly and your voice as unpleasant as ever. Also, you always act like a closed book, speaking in such bursts."

Xiao Yi looked at the man’s once again awkward smile and did not stop him, his face also revealing a faint smile.

The two of them watched each other, smiling faintly.

After a while, the man finally put away his smile and asked slowly, "Do you need my help?"

"No need."

Xiao Yi shook his head, "You know, I’m used to being on my own. If I really need help, I wouldn’t hesitate to ask you."

"Alright."

The man nodded gently, not saying much else, and gently picked up the teacup on the table, pouring the hot tea into his mouth before setting down the cup and slowly standing up.

"You’re leaving already? Won’t you stay a while longer?"

Xiao Yi looked at the man’s activity, his face expressing slight surprise.

"No need, it seems you have an important guest arriving."

The man’s lips involuntarily lifted into a faint smile again, seemingly trying to show an ambiguous expression, but unfortunately, his muscles were too stiff, making the expression look worse than crying. Only the eyes managed to convey some suggestive meaning.

Xiao Yi was taken aback for a moment, but just as he was slightly dazed, he heard footsteps approaching from the villa’s entrance and immediately understood, looking at the man with sincere admiration, "Well-deserved, Liu Sandao, your sense of smell is still so sharp, and your alertness still so high."

While praising the other, Xiao Yi couldn’t help but feel secretly ashamed. He was already stronger than the man before him, and after his recent breakthroughs, he was far stronger. By all means, his Spiritual Sense should be far superior, yet it was the other who noticed the approaching person first.

This undoubtedly indicated that his vigilance was slowly degrading!

This was not a good sign. Not to mention that now in G City he had quite a few rivals, and he had just learned that the three major mercenary organizations were already aware of Xuanwu Country; they could show up any day.

"That one named Jin Xiaohan, do you want me to take care of him?"

Despite Xiao Yi’s laudatory words, the man did not feel arrogant or complacent but suddenly asked.

"Is it him?"

Xiao Yi was slightly startled; he knew who the man was referring to, the person instigating from behind the scenes, but he had not expected it to be Jin Xiaohan, since he hadn’t thought that Jin Xiaohan would know of the existence of professional assassins, much less hire them.

Then, he shook his head, laughing softly, "Let’s leave it. I’ll handle this matter myself. As for his fee, make sure you don’t cut it short."

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