Chapter 511: The Blood-Seeking Cherry Blossom Hairpin
Chapter 511: The Blood-Seeking Cherry Blossom Hairpin
Grandma He's words, "Who am I? Does it matter?" exploded in the air like thunder, shocking Hongyan's face so much that it turned pale.
She seemed to have lost all her strength and stumbled back a few steps, her eyes filled with disbelief as she muttered, "Impossible... Absolutely impossible..."
Wu Hen scratched his head and thought to himself: Who is this old lady? Why does she seem to be more dramatic than me?
With such acting skills, it would be a shame if he didn’t win an Oscar!
System, check to see if there are any new tasks!
On the surface, he looked like he was enjoying the show, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
His eyes flickered between Grandma He and Hongyan, wondering if there was some melodramatic plot between the two of them.
"Everyone, old lady, I beg you!"
Grandma He's demeanor suddenly changed, and the strange smile she had just had disappeared without a trace, replaced by a look of anxiety and helplessness.
She stretched out her hand tremblingly and grabbed the corner of Lin Qiye's clothes. Her withered fingers turned slightly white due to the force.
"My granddaughter Yunari...she's missing! Please help me!"
Her voice was trembling, and it sounded distressing.
His originally hunched body became even more bent, like a candle in the wind, which could go out at any time.
Her cloudy eyes were filled with tears, rolling around in her eye sockets, as if they would burst out at any time.
"Grandma, don't be impatient. Tell me slowly. What's going on?"
Seeing this, Lin Qiye hurriedly supported Grandma He and softened his tone, with the aura of a superior naturally emanating from him.
"Yuunari...she never came back after she left last night. I looked for her all day but couldn't find her."
Grandma He choked up and said, her voice full of anxiety and helplessness, and her wrinkled face was full of worry.
The wrinkles at the corners of the eyes are deeper, as if they are engraved with the traces of time.
"Ahem, grandma, don't worry. With us God Slayers here, we will definitely find your granddaughter!"
Wu Hen patted his chest and made assurance, thinking to himself: Could this old lady’s granddaughter be a little Lolita?
Tsk tsk, if that’s true, I have to perform well in this mission!
System, please make arrangements quickly. The mission reward must be a stunning beauty!
"Hongyan, take grandma back to the container to rest first. Wu Hen and I will go look for her nearby."
Seeing that Grandma He was emotionally unstable, Lin Qiye made a decisive decision. He glanced around and thought: Yunari disappeared for no reason. Could it be that she encountered some trouble?
Hongyan silently helped Grandma He leave. She was still a little absent-minded, with a hint of confusion and fear in her eyes, as if she was thinking about something.
Lin Qiye frowned, put his hands in his pockets, and walked casually.
But every step was carefully considered. He scanned the surroundings with eyes as sharp as an eagle, not missing any suspicious points.
Suddenly, he stopped, as if he had thought of something, and frowned even more tightly.
He touched his chin and whispered to himself: "I always feel that this matter is not that simple..."
"Lao Lin, do you smell anything? It's a bit like... a strawberry-flavored lollipop?"
Wu Hen twitched his nose with an intoxicated expression on his face, and complained in his heart: This smell is too tempting, could it be left by a young lady who passed by?
System, quickly scan to see if there are any top-notch lolis nearby!
Lin Qiye glanced at him helplessly: "Can you be more serious? We are looking for someone now, not a partner!"
"Hey, don't be so serious. You know how to balance work and rest? Maybe that strawberry smell is the clue!"
Wu Hen said as he ran towards the direction of the smell, "Wait for me, Lao Lin!"
The two first came to the shrine, but apart from a few old ladies who came to pray, they did not find any trace of Yunari.
Wu Hen refused to give up and even threw a coin into the wishing well of the shrine, muttering to himself: "God, bless me to find a beautiful young lady... Oh no, bless us to find Yunari!"
Lin Qiye held his forehead, feeling that he was about to be driven crazy by this guy's train of thought.
Leaving the shrine, they came to a fork in the road.
Wu Hen touched his chin and pretended to analyze: "According to the routine of general idol dramas, missing girls usually leave clues in places like this... On the left is a bustling commercial street."
"There's a secluded road on the right... Well, I bet fifty cents that Yunari is on the right!"
Although Lin Qiye felt that this guy's reasoning process was extremely unreliable, his intuition told him that he might really find some clues by going to the right.
The two walked along the right side of the road for a while when Wu Hen suddenly stopped and pointed at something under a cherry tree on the side of the road and exclaimed, "Fuck! Lao Lin, look!"
Lin Qiye looked in the direction of Wu Hen's finger, and his expression instantly became serious.
It was a cherry blossom hairpin, exactly the one that Grandma Tsuru described Yunari as often wearing.
Next to the hairpin, there was a pool of dark red blood, which looked particularly glaring under the dim street light.
There was a faint smell of blood in the air, which mixed with the strawberry lollipop smell that Wu Hen had smelled before, forming a strange sweetness.
"It seems that things are more complicated than we thought..." Lin Qiye said in a low voice.
The cold sea water suddenly poured down, and Yunari shuddered and woke up from her coma.
She looked around blankly and found herself in a dim warehouse. Several ferocious-looking men stood around her, holding sticks in their hands and staring at her fiercely.
"Awake?" A familiar voice came. Yunari looked in the direction of the voice and saw Iwasuke Yumai shaking a glass of red wine in his hand, with a cold smile on his face, walking slowly towards her.
"Iwasuke Yumai...what...what do you want to do?" Yunari asked in a trembling voice, suppressing the fear in her heart.
Iwasuke Yumai stopped in front of her, looking down at her condescendingly, a cruel arc on the corner of his mouth: "What for? Of course you're here to collect a debt! Your father owes me money, and now it's your turn to pay it back!"
"I...I..." Yunari opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
"What? You don't want to return it?" Iwasuke Yuu's eyes turned cold, "Then don't blame me for being rude!"
He suddenly poured the red wine in his hand towards Yunari, "Teach her a lesson!"
The red wine slid down Yunari's cheek, emitting a strange luster under the dim light.
She bit her lip, raised her head stubbornly, and met Iwasuke Yumai's cold gaze: "This money... shouldn't be paid back by me! You forced my father to death, and now you want to force me to pay it back?"
Yanjie Youwu sneered, shook the wine glass in his hand, and said with contempt: "Forced to death? What a joke! Paying back debts is only natural!"
"Your father is dead, so naturally you have to pay for this debt!"
"I don't have any money! I don't have anything valuable!" Yunari's voice trembled a little, but she still stared at Iwasuke Yuu firmly.
Iwasuke Yuu's face was gloomy, and the coldness in his eyes was even more intense.
He placed the wine glass heavily on a wooden box beside him. There was a crisp "pa" sound, which was particularly harsh in the silent warehouse.
"It seems that you are not willing to accept my toast and will be punished!" Iwasuke Yuwu snorted coldly and winked at a burly man behind him.
The man understood what she meant and walked towards Yunari with a grin.
He grabbed Yunari's hair and pulled her up from the ground.
Yunari screamed in pain and struggled desperately, but the man was too strong and she couldn't break free at all.
"Let me go! Let me go!" Yunari's shouts echoed in the warehouse, but there was no response.
The man lifted Yunari up high like a chicken, then slammed her hard to the ground.
With a dull "bang", Yunari's body fell heavily to the ground. A sharp pain came from her limbs and bones, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.
She felt like her bones were about to fall apart, her vision was blurry, and her ears were buzzing.
"Stop..." Yunari moaned weakly, but she almost didn't have the strength to speak.
The man did not stop. He grabbed Yunari's hair again, lifted her up, and prepared to throw her down again.
Iwasuke Yuuwu watched all this with cold eyes, a cruel smile on his lips: "This is just the beginning! If you still refuse to pay back the money, I will make you live a life worse than death!"
"I..." Yunari opened her mouth with difficulty, but only a weak syllable came out.
The man grinned, and his raised arm dropped again...
"Wait a moment." A lazy voice came from the warehouse door.
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