What are you looking at? You're the female lead too!

"sister!"

After being thrown out, Shen Xuqiu and Ye Wen landed on the grass outside the mansion, and the originally classical and magnificent Shen family mansion had been completely transformed into a pitch-black cube.

To draw an analogy... it's like building a matchbox out of obsidian in Minecraft.

Whether you want to go in or come out, it's an incredibly difficult thing.

Ye Wen walked over, thinking Shen Xuqiu was worried about Shen Caichun's safety, but her next sentence was:

"Before you throw me out, tell me the real cause of my second sister's death!"

Ye Wen: "..."

Is that all you care about...?

Ye Wen twitched the corner of her mouth. Just how much confidence did she have in Shen Caichun's abilities?

"Let's go, don't waste any more time."

Ye Wen gestured for Shen Xuqiu to leave quickly: "Your sister dumped us because she wants us not to hold her back."

"I've already called the police. Let's head straight for the police station."

Although in the female protagonist's storyline, people generally don't realize that calling the police is an option, Ye Wen, as a normal person, still prioritizes calling the police quite a bit.

No matter what happens, it's always good to report it to the police or mention it.

They don't deduct money from my pay.

"Hmm." Shen Xuqiu responded softly. Although she was the female lead, her storyline didn't involve any lingering or hesitant scenes. Shen Xuqiu followed Ye Wen decisively and left the Shen family courtyard at a steady pace.

Firstly, she had absolute confidence in Shen Caichun's abilities; secondly, she really couldn't offer any real help here.

As for my second sister's matter, we can only ask about it after the storm has passed.

Big sister, you must give that brat a good beating!

Shen Xuqiu silently cheered for Shen Caichun.

The two quickly moved around the perimeter of the courtyard, but unfortunately, Shen Yuedong, who had prepared for so many days, would not let Shen Xuqiu escape so easily.

Under the cover of night, a sound of something cutting through the air came from behind.

Ye Wen: "!"

With his nerves reacting at their peak, Ye Wen suddenly shoved Shen Xuqiu away as they fled, and the two of them fell together into the flowers and plants on the side.

"Oh? You actually dodged it?"

Just as Ye Wen pushed Shen Xuqiu away, a strangely shaped dart grazed the top of their heads and shot straight into the tree behind them, easily disappearing into it.

If Ye Wen hadn't pushed Shen Xuqiu away, then one of them would probably have been able to enjoy fresh spicy tofu pudding.

"Ye Wen, forget it."

Shen Xuqiu stared blankly at Ye Wen, who had tackled her, her hand pressed against her chest. For some reason, she felt no shame whatsoever…

Ye Wen didn't care where his hands were; he simply drew his gun with a serious expression: "Enemy, prepare to engage."

After saying that, Ye Wen quickly got up and, while jumping, used his superb recoil control skills to aim at a shadowy spot on the tree.

The bullet was fired and hit someone squarely, producing a metallic clang at that moment.

"Heh, so you've already found me."

Shattered bullet fragments fell from the tree, and a figure jumped down from the treetop, watching Ye Wen twenty meters away with interest.

"You have a very good eye."

"That's wonderful." The assassin licked his lips. "If we could string those eyes together, I think it would make a beautiful work of art."

What do you think?

Ye Wen: "..."

He began to control his breathing rhythm, gradually relaxing his muscles and trying to get into the best state.

Ye Wen's exceptional observational skills from above told him that the assassin in front of him was fundamentally different from the assassins he had encountered before.

If the previous assassins were merely comedic extras, influenced by the female protagonist Shen Xuqiu's traits, there to fill in the daily plot and advance her activities, then the assassin before us...

He really was just a killer.

Cruel, cold-blooded, violent, and disregarding human life, they can take another's life without hesitation and without feeling any extra emotions about it.

This is a killer, a real killer.

In a way, this was the first decent enemy Ye Wen had encountered.

"Your eyes seem to have seen right through me."

The assassin gave a cruel smile: "You're right, I am that kind of person, exactly as you think."

"So, are you ready?"

He stretched out his hand, a claw knife twirling between his fingertips, its cold arc flashing. The assassin's voice held a hint of amusement, mimicking a Western cowboy duel: "Need me to count down?"

Ye Wen sneered: "No need."

In an instant, the two of them moved.

No, to be precise, it was the assassin who made the move. Because of the huge speed difference, Ye Wen could only stand still and passively defend himself. He could only see the assassin's figure turn into a blurry shadow, and almost in the next breath, he suddenly rushed in front of him.

He raised the knife to his own neck.

It was like a wild beast opening its blood-red maw at the neck.

will die.

If we don't retaliate, we will die.

In a fraction of a second, Ye Wen raised the two pistols in his hands.

In the face of death, he used his two remaining abilities to the fullest and pulled the final trigger.

Boom!

Those were two sharp gunshots.

A second passed.

Two figures crossed paths.

Ye Wen: "..."

He silently lowered his head, looking at the hideous bloodstain that had been instantly slashed across his chest, a silent sneer appearing on his lips.

"If even an ordinary male high school student like me can't handle this, then the so-called top assassins are nothing special."

Then, in the next second, Ye Wen fell straight to the ground.

Blood fell like rain.

"Ha, when it comes to being stubborn, I've never seen a male high school student stronger than you."

The assassin turned around and reached out to the fallen Ye Wen: "You managed to dodge the decapitation attack at the last moment? Impressive."

"But that's all."

He tried to end Ye Wen's life with a throwing knife, but the throbbing pain in his hand made the assassin pause for a moment.

That's...blood?

Is his hand injured?

The assassin's face darkened. In that brief moment, Ye Wen not only dodged his fatal attack but also managed to shoot him.

In fact, you only realize you're injured when you need to use your hand.

Doesn't this mean that, at a certain moment, Ye Wen's reaction speed was faster than his?

Considering Ye Wen's mockery before he collapsed, this is truly...

A humiliating disgrace.

The assassin's expression grew increasingly grim as he savored the pain of his defeat. The next second, a massive cloud of smoke exploded, obscuring his vision.

It was Shen Xuqiu. Taking advantage of the moment when the assassin was stunned, she used a smoke bomb to escape with Ye Wen.

Watching the smoke dissipate, the assassin's gaze was fixed on a certain direction; the smell of blood was the best guide, and they couldn't escape.

The woman named Shen Xuqiu cannot be killed, but the man can be disposed of as you see fit, right?

The assassin raised his knife, licking the blood that belonged to Ye Wen.

"Run away, run away."

"Escape as quickly as possible, because no matter what."

The assassin grinned maliciously.

"Death will sing for you in the dark of night!"

……

"Huff, huff..."

Shen Xuqiu carried Ye Wen through his own grove of trees.

Ye Wen's blood stained the girl's back. Smelling the blood on her nose and hearing Ye Wen's increasingly faint breathing behind her, she realized that if this continued, Ye Wen would die.

So she stopped.

And he placed the leaf next to the tree.

"what?"

Ye Wen weakly opened his eyes, glanced at the tree beside him, and said, "Are you planning to leave me here, erect a tombstone, and mock me for being a blockhead even in death?"

Shen Xuqiu: "?"

She was almost laughing in exasperation at Ye Wen. How could someone who was about to die still be so calm and collected, spouting nonsense?

"I really don't know whether to scold you or praise you."

Ye Wen: "Then praise me."

Shen Xuqiu: "Ah..."

Forcibly suppressing the urge to beat up the dying man, Shen Xuqiu pulled a vial of bright red liquid from inside his clothes and said solemnly:

"Ye Wen, this is our only hope of turning the tide."

Ye Wen calmly looked at the highly suspicious color, then suddenly laughed: "Let me guess, is this your blood?"

Shen Xuqiu nodded: "That's right."

"This is the purest catalyst for Japanese chrysanthemums, extracted from the blood of my heart."

"Now, I will inject it into your body."

Because the Chrysanthemum will sacrifice the mother's brothers and sisters, and the mother herself has little combat power, in order to protect herself, the Chrysanthemum Heart will choose suitable people as the mother's knights.

And the outward manifestation of this selection is the level of favorability.

Simply put, the higher a person's affinity with their mother, the stronger their awakened abilities will be after being injected with the blood of the Japanese Chrysanthemum.

This is why Shen Caichun was so certain that Ye Wen would become stronger. In just a few days of contact, Shen Xuqiu showed a very obvious liking for Ye Wen.

Of course, Shen Xuqiu was unaware of all this. All she knew was that outsiders who were injected with the blood of the Japanese Chrysanthemum would suffer excruciating pain, far exceeding any form of torture.

Therefore, she will not use it unless absolutely necessary.

But now is not the time to think about that.

Ye Wen nodded: "Then let's get started."

Shen Xuqiu took a deep breath, his eyes reddening.

"Please, Ye Wen, please, please don't die!"

The girl injected her own blood into Ye Wen's body.

Ye Wen's eyes widened instantly.

It looks like a salted fish that has been slapped in the face.

No, it hurts that much?!

Ye Wen began to twitch like a salted fish.

Countless ominous black lines rapidly grew on his skin—his mutated blood vessels. His heart began to beat faster and more abnormally, like an imperial engine.

In those bloodshot eyes, the shape of flower petals was taking shape. Shen Xuqiu watched nervously, anticipating the chrysanthemum's final bloom.

but……

It has withered.

The chrysanthemums in Ye Wen's eyes had withered.

It failed to bloom and became an ugly mark etched in Ye Wen's eyes; apart from that, there was no other change.

The blood of the Japanese chrysanthemum... no, the heart of the Japanese chrysanthemum rejected Ye Wen.

His compatibility with Japanese kiwis is shockingly low.

"Eh...?"

The girl uttered a questioning sound, as if she were doubting the meaning of life.

"It shouldn't be like this...!"

She looked down at Ye Wen, who was leaning against a tree, completely motionless and whose injuries were even more severe: "How could nothing have happened?"

"No, that doesn't make sense... Yes! The blood must be stale; we need fresh blood!"

"Ye Wen, you have to hang in there!"

Shen Xuqiu was getting a little stuck in her own thoughts. She tried to take a knife and draw blood on the spot to feed Ye Wen, but at that moment, a nightmarish sound came from behind her.

"Yo~"

"We've found you two."

It was the killer's voice.

Shen Xuqiu instinctively turned around, and in that instant, a steel bar grazed his face and shot straight past him.

Like the Spear of Longinus piercing Asuka, it pierced Ye Wen's head and blew it out.

Red and white liquid drips from the steel bars that run through it, and a fresh, spicy pig brain dish is ready.

Shen Xuqiu's mind went blank.

Ye Wen's hand, which he tried to raise, fell limply to the ground.

At this moment.

Our male protagonist, Ye Wen, is facing his first downfall...

?

Inside the pants on Ye Wen's corpse.

His phone was vibrating incessantly.

Someone is sending Ye Wen a message.

It keeps posting.