Hidden moth

Chapter 197 I Have Nourished the Nine Orchids

The person in the room was He Kao, who was wearing a Yin'e veil. He sat in the darkness and restrained his breath. Lan Jiuwan only discovered him after he entered the room.

Lan Jiuwan: "Senior Huoqing, are you following and monitoring me?" Although his voice was still cold, he inadvertently added the title of "senior" and used honorifics. His attitude had obviously changed subtly.

He Kao didn't reveal anything and said calmly, "I didn't follow you. I just guessed what you would do and was a little worried."

Lan Jiuwan walked across the room, sat down by the window, and asked, "What are you worried about?"

He Kao: "Some people are in the sea of suffering because they have no choice, while others fall into the abyss because of their own actions. I don't want to see some people who can clearly escape the sea of suffering but choose to commit suicide.

Actually, I wanted to protect the brother and sister and didn’t want anything to happen to them.”

Lan Jiuwan: "I already know the rules of the Shu Sect. Of course, I won't use Li Weiping to threaten Li Yu, and I won't force Li Yu to violate the sect rules."

He Kao: "If no one told you the rules of the Piao Sect, if you didn't know the rules of the Shu Sect, would you have done that?"

Lan Jiuwan: "I won't make things difficult for Li Yu, but I won't be polite to Li Weiping either. He's not a good person."

He Kao: "You can't just shoot someone for spitting, right? Everyone has to pay the price for their mistakes, but he's already been punished."

Lan Jiuwan: "Who do you think I am? I didn't want to do anything to him, I just wanted to ask a few questions."

He Kao: "Now, what are your plans?"

Lan Jiuwan's voice was inexplicably tense, and she asked, "What do you want me to do for you?" Everything was over. Now the person who knew her secret and had the ability to threaten her was Huo Qing in front of her.

He Kao shook his head and said, "I just came to tell you what happened. I never thought of blackmailing you into doing anything. In fact, you came here on your own.

The Huimingshi family has collapsed, the bitter tea is gone, and you are free! Shang Yan should not be your real name, and the face I see now should not be your true face.

No one knows who you are anymore. Blue Magpie is just a meaningless code name. You can disappear now. As long as you stop using magic for evil, no one will look for you anymore.

Shang Yan was the name Lan Jiuwan registered when she checked into this hotel. The ID card she used was real, and the face in the photo was her current face, but He Kao said he had never seen her true face and did not know her real name.

Lan Jiuwan's voice was still cold, but she couldn't help but tremble: "Are you serious? I'm free?"

He Kao said in a firm tone, "Based on what I've seen with my own eyes during this period, I really have no reason to do anything to you. If you choose to disappear from this world, you can leave now."

Lan Jiuwan: "Is it all over?"

He Kao: "It's all over. There's no need for you to live in fear anymore."

Lan Jiuwan sat in front of the window. The scattered lights of the city outside the window illuminated the outline of her figure, which was as beautiful as a mysterious and attractive silhouette painting, but her face was still hidden in the shadows, and she did not speak for a long time.

Finally out of the abyss, all her fears had vanished, and she truly felt relaxed from the inside out. The pressure that had always weighed on her heart had disappeared at some point, but she still felt lost.

I should be happy, but why can't I be happy? Is it because I have lived in fear for too long and have forgotten how to be happy?
The two of them were silent in the darkness for a long time, and finally He Kao said, "Aren't you leaving?"

Lan Jiuwan: "I'm leaving? This is my room!"

He Kao: "Oh, if you have nothing else to do, I'll take my leave now!"

Lan Jiuwan: "Wait!"

He Kao didn't even move his butt, and turned his head and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Lan Jiuwan: "This is different from what we agreed on!"

He Kao: "What's different?"

Lan Jiuwan: "What did you say to Ye Liangcheng?"

He Kao: "If his companions come looking for him, they must reveal their true identities and past whereabouts."

Lan Jiuwan: "I haven't explained yet."

He Kao smiled: "You can explain it."

Lan Jiuwan: "And then?"

He Kao: "If the crime is unforgivable, I will not let it go. If it is truly innocent, or if there are extenuating circumstances or sympathy, then I will deal with it according to fate and law."

Lan Jiuwan: "That's not right."

He Kao: "What's wrong?"

Lan Jiuwan: "That's not what you said to Ye Liangcheng. You said you came here to punish the scum of the sect. If Ye Liangcheng is willing to follow you, you can pass on the Dharma on behalf of the master..."

He Kao interrupted her and said, "Ye Liangcheng has passed my assessment."

Lan Jiuwan: "You can also test me, aren't you doing that already?" He Kao sighed: "People are different. Ye Liangcheng doesn't have as many thoughts as you. Regarding you, I want to ask a question first, and then discuss the rest."

Lan Jiuwan: "Excuse me."

He Kao: "Who am I?"

This question was strange. Wasn't he Senior Huo Qing? If it were Ye Liangcheng, he would definitely be confused. Lan Jiuwan's reaction was a little hesitant. It wasn't that she didn't know the answer, but she didn't know whether she should say it.

But since He Kao had already asked, she thought for a moment before standing up, crossing the room to the sofa and bowing. "Senior Yin'e, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness! From now on, no matter what you have to do, Lan Jiuwan will not refuse!"

She had actually guessed that the person in front of her was the legendary Hidden Moth.

She had already read the patriarchal hall's report on the Huiming Shi family case and questioned Li Yu and her brother. The Shi family's top brass had fallen prey to Yin'e. More precisely, their plot to ensnare Yin'e had failed, and instead, Yin'e had exposed their own scandals.

However, Huo Qing's name did not appear at all in all the information related to this matter. He was like a person who suddenly appeared and did not exist, but he accurately found the secret base of Ku Cha's business.

After Ku Cha's death, who would care about his missing cleaners and find any clues? In Lan Jiuwan's view, the answer is self-evident.

Huo Qing did not do anything shameful, but he never revealed his identity and face, and the reason was obvious.

He doesn't reveal his identity, either because he wants to replace Ku Cha and continue to control these cleaners to do evil, or he has his own reasons that cannot be revealed... It seems that the latter is the truth.

Lan Jiuwan exposed Yin'e's identity to her face, which meant that she had made a certain choice, because there was no room for maneuver for some things.

He Kao was also very emotional, and even looked at Lan Jiuwan with some admiration. This Lan Jiuwan was much smarter than Ye Liangcheng, and had more resources.

In He Kao's eyes, Ye Liangcheng and Lan Jiuwan are both very proactive people.

After listening to his instructions, Ye Liangcheng quickly rehired patrol security, built two secret rooms, and rushed to Minzhou to find Gao Chenshu... He had strong execution capabilities.

If Ye Liangcheng did not have this kind of execution ability, He Kao would not have thought of continuing to train him. As the lone leader of the Yin'e Sect, he should have help in many things.

Lan Jiuwan was much stronger than Ye Liangcheng. Although they were both third-level sorcerers, several Ye Liangchengs combined were no match for Lan Jiuwan. Lan Jiuwan didn't need He Kao to tell her what to do. As long as she had a clue, she would find a way on her own.

He Kao waved his hand and said, "So your name is Lan Jiuwan. Please stand up. Since you have guessed that I am Yin Moe, you should understand why I don't reveal my identity. The way I wear the veil is the true face of Yin Moe."

Lan Jiuwan stood up after hearing that, but her next action was somewhat surprising. She just stretched out her finger in the air and turned on the light in the room with the power of controlling objects, then she reached out and wiped her face, and her appearance changed.

Her face was originally very beautiful, but her expression was always a little unnatural. Now she took off a layer of almost lifelike mask, revealing more charming facial features. Her spiritual sense could sense real and fresh flesh and blood. This could not be fake.

She was more beautiful than He Kao had imagined, but lacked a little color. The action of taking off the mask was quite touching, even more tempting than taking off her clothes, although she had no intention of seducing He Kao.

But for half a second, He Kao subconsciously held his breath.

The mask she took off was very delicate. It did not cover all parts of her face. It was very thin but uneven. It was made of special material with a texture very similar to skin, and it seemed to be breathable and sweat-permeable.

"My name is Lan Jiuwan, and this is my true appearance." She placed the mask on the coffee table, took out a piece of paper and a pen, and wrote down her name on the spot.

Who would have thought that the last time He Kao saw her, she was actually wearing two masks. The first mask was visible to everyone and could also obscure her true appearance, making it impossible for anyone to detect her true face.

The face under the mask is still a mask, belonging to a person named Shang Yan, which is also the identity she usually uses. Ordinary people cannot tell it apart.

But when she didn't wear the mask, He Kao could find that there was something wrong with her face. He used his spiritual sense to check and found that some parts were not real skin.

He Kao didn't take off the hidden moth veil, but looked at her and smiled: "Is one of your parents a Chinese teacher?"

Lan Jiuwan was slightly surprised and asked uneasily, "How did you know?"

He Kao said, leaning against the soft stool beside the sofa, "Don't be nervous, I'm just guessing, please sit down and talk.

"I have already cultivated nine acres of orchids and a hundred acres of orchids." This is a line from "Li Sao." Later generations used "Jiuwan" to refer to orchids. Do you believe in orchids, so you named it Jiuwan?

Lan Jiuwan sat down very straight, placed her hands on her knees and asked, "Are you also a Chinese teacher?"

He Kao said somewhat embarrassedly: "No, I graduated from engineering... Am I wrong?"

Lan Jiuwan: "No, you guessed right! My parents are both high school teachers, my father teaches Chinese and my mother teaches biology. But I haven't been in touch with them for a long time. I managed to get them to cut off all ties with me, and they don't want to contact me anymore."

This was clearly not a pleasant story, so He Kao didn't want to pursue it further. He changed the subject and said, "You look much better now than before. But since you've revealed your true identity, I must ask—who is that person named Shang Yan?"

Lan Jiuwan: "Don't worry, I didn't kill her just to impersonate her. She was a fraudster who smuggled herself out of the country to commit fraud, defrauding many people. She then spent money to buy a foreign identity, and later died in Southeast Asia due to an internal conflict within the gang.

I was carrying out a mission assigned by Ku Cha to hunt down someone abroad, and I happened to encounter an internal conflict within the fraud gang, so I took her ID with me.

He Kao: "Then tell me, how did you get to know Ku Cha, and what missions did you perform?"

Lan Jiuwan lowered his head and said, "Even if you don't ask, I will tell you."

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(End of this chapter)