Chen Huijie, I am not a good person anymore!

Such emotions strongly surrounded Luo Ya's heart, and he couldn't tell what was going on. Could it be that he really had such an experience in his forgotten past?

In a trance, Luo Ya seemed to remember something. He was talking to someone in a gorgeously decorated reception room.

"There's no need to let her know about this. With her temper, she won't agree with this approach... These are Luo Ya's exact words."

Wei Yanwu tapped his pipe gently. The gentle tapping sound seemed to echo Chen Huijie's heartbeat, and each tap seemed to be hitting her heart.

Yes, how could she agree with this approach? Luo Ya had done nothing wrong, but he was slandered by so many rumors. What he did might be extreme, but he was indeed considering Longmen. She thought that if these were made public, the citizens of Longmen would definitely change their views on Luo Ya.

Is it really possible? Chen Huijie asked herself, the prejudice in people's hearts is as huge as a mountain. Even if she really told people about it, they might not believe it, because in their eyes, Luo Ya was a villain who did all kinds of evil and deserved to die.

"During this period, Longmen has become difficult to manage, right?"

Wei Yanwu exhaled a puff of smoke, and Chen Huijie lowered his head, acquiescing to this fact.

Only three or four days had passed, and the ideal good days that the people of Longmen had dreamed of did not come with Luo Ya's death. On the contrary, the peaceful life they had before seemed to be gradually broken, and the order of Longmen was shaken.

"A long time ago, Luo Ya said that fear can keep Longmen in order, but it won't last long, so he needs you to overthrow him. This will make those who fear him even more afraid of you who overthrow him, and it will also give you more say and credibility among the citizens of Longmen. Originally, he actually wanted you to kill him, but he didn't wait until I rejected this plan."

The more he got to know Luo Ya, the more Chen Huijie wished he could go back to the past, punch himself in the face for hating him and even wanting to kill him, and then tell Luo Ya not to risk his life for him.

But she couldn't do it. She couldn't go back to the past to save Luo Ya. She didn't doubt that Luo Ya would have survived if he had escaped that night when the two internal guards were chasing her, but he didn't do that.

"Also... the news that your engagement with him was a fake was spread by him secretly."

Chen Huijie suddenly raised her head and looked at Wei Yanwu with a bewildered face, her eyes full of surprise and disbelief. After all, Luo Ya always liked to regard himself as her fiancé, and she got angry many times because of this.

"He likes you, but he knows that he can never be with you, and he doesn't want your reputation to be affected by his own affairs."

Wei Yanwu knew Chen Huijie and remembered where she and Luo Ya met for the first time. He didn't want to say anything to her anymore and waved for Chen Huijie to leave.

Chen Huijie stood up and left in a daze, her steps no longer as steady as before. She found that she didn't know Luo Ya at all, which was ridiculous. When Luo Ya was alive, she wished she would never see that man again, and even sent him to prison with her own hands. But after he died, she began to want to know everything about that man.

In such a dazed state, Chen Huijie didn't know how she got back to the Guard Bureau. She just walked to her office and sat there in a daze, listening to her colleagues' discussion.

"Have you heard? Some brothers got beaten up over there in the slums."

"I really don't understand. Last month, these gangsters were bowing and scraping to us like grandchildren. Why are they going crazy now?"

"Maybe our Guards have been too peaceful recently, so they think we are easy to bully."

"It doesn't seem like that's the case. What's wrong?"

Chen Huijie looked at her colleagues, then at the door at the end of the corridor, and she knew why.

Just because Roya is gone.

Chapter 14: Dragon Gate without Roja

"Nine, I sometimes wonder if it's because of the absence of Luo Ya that Longmen has gradually become unstable."

On the rooftop of the Longmen Guard Bureau, Chen Huijie was enjoying the cool breeze and drinking cold tea, which helped him calm his mind a little.

A month has passed since Luo Ya's death. During this month, Longmen quickly returned to the way it was a year ago, making Chen Huijie feel a sense of unreality.

The slums gradually got out of control, the police officers responsible for patrolling and maintaining law and order began to be harassed and even attacked, cases of smuggling and violent attacks occurred one after another, and the number of cases that occurred in this month was more than the total number of cases that occurred in Luo Ya's entire year in office.

Chen Huijie even subconsciously comforted herself that it was because Luo Ya did not include missing cases in the case list when he was in power, but she actually knew very well the background of those people who were made missing by Luo Ya.

"Did you realize that, too?"

Jiu leaned against the railing of the rooftop and stared at the street below, feeling an indescribable discomfort in his heart.

"There's a big difference between just helping with official duties and actually sitting in the position of deputy director. No wonder Luo Ya doesn't like sitting in the office."

When people begin to miss someone who has left, it means they have begun to become unaccustomed to life without the other person, and memories are often subconsciously beautified by people. With the deepening of understanding of Luo Ya, Chen Huijie gradually understood a lot of things.

She knew that Jiu was the person Wei Yanwu arranged in the Guard Bureau to monitor Luo Ya, so Jiu had always known Luo Ya's true character. Chen Huijie could imagine how uncomfortable she felt when she heard her colleagues in the Guard Bureau gossiping about Luo Ya.

"Nine, will you become like Roya?"

Chen Huijie suddenly felt a little worried. She was afraid that her friend would be burdened with the same infamy as Luo Ya, and would be despised even after his death.

"No." Jiu shook his head and finished the herbal tea in his hand, "Luo Ya is the only one. You and I can never be him."

No one can replace Luo Ya. Wei Yanwu and the Rat King do control the city, and they do have unshakable majesty, but only Luo Ya can become the existence that all the restless elements in Longmen do not want to dream of.

Even after more than a month, the gang still maintained a certain restraint, and no gang member dared to approach Roya's grave at will.

They were still worried and afraid, terrified by the nightmare named Roya, fearing that one day he would open the coffin lid, push away the concrete and stones above his head, and with a kind smile, pick up the tombstone and bury them all in the pit late one night.

"Is there nothing we can do for him?"

"There's nothing we can do." The wind was a bit strong, reminding Jiu of the medicine he had found in Luoya's drawer, and the way his colleagues in the Guards Bureau and the citizens of Longmen talked about Luoya. "It's too difficult. He disguised himself very thoroughly. Every Longmen person hates him to the core. Even if they only need to investigate a little deeper, they will find that most of the rumors about Luoya seem to have no actual evidence.

"You know what, Chen? When I was on patrol yesterday, I heard someone say that it was because Luo Ya colluded with those criminals that they were so arrogant today. I almost couldn't help but want to punch that person."

Jiu smiled bitterly, but was unwilling to chat any more. He turned and left the rooftop, intending to go back to work.

The reason why the two came here to relax was because Luo Ya had said before: For a policeman, the rooftop is a place that cannot be avoided in this profession, and every police and gangster movie must have a rooftop.

It's a rare occasion for him to come here today. Standing here and feeling the breeze, I always feel that what he said is right. Chen Huijie recalled what Jiu said just now, and with a wry smile, he pinched the fence of the rooftop to break.

Over in the Longmen slums, Lin Yuxia looked at the remaining dumplings from last night on her table and wondered when she would be able to get used to the days without him. If that man hadn't died, what would he be doing now?

"You're running so fast."

On a small mound in the wilderness, Luo Ya watched the target of the mission running wildly and trying to escape not far away. He raised his hand helplessly and pulled out an arrow from the corpse beside him.

The bounty target this time is a Kuranta, who can be said to be a horse girl per capita. She is very fast, but not faster than his arrows.

The blood-stained arrow was placed on the pitch-black recurve bow. Luo Ya did not calculate the distance, speed, and other influences. He just let go of his hand and spat out two words coldly.

"Hit."

The arrow cut through the air with a sound, and flew straight out like an excited hound and pierced the opponent's heart directly. Luo Ya put away his weapon and glanced at Xiao Ke who was so bored that she was watching ants moving. She seemed to realize that Luo Ya was done with his work and looked at him with a silly smile on her face.

"Luo Ya, Xiao Ke is hungry!"

"I understand. Let's bury these people and then we can eat."

"Xiao Ke wants to eat barbecue!"

Without any doubt or dissatisfaction about Luoya's behavior, Xiao Ke helped move the bodies into the pit that had been dug long ago, but she was very careful. If the blood stained her clothes, Luoya would call her a stupid dog again. She herself also liked new clothes very much.

Take away the target's weapons and take photos as evidence. Now, the duo of Roya and Xiaoke are quite famous among bounty hunters. Apart from the additional requirements, they no longer need to take away the opponent's head.

Being a bounty hunter on Terra is different from what most people imagine. You do one mission at a time. Limited by the backward transportation and communication conditions, bounty hunters often take on multiple missions at one time and go out for a long time. When they come back, they will complete as many missions as they can.

Otherwise, if you only complete a task in a month, it would not be worth it.

Luo Ya and Xiao Ke had only been out three times so far, but each time they accepted at least five missions, which they not only completed in full but were also not easy to complete. They had become famous in Casimir. At least most bounty hunters knew that there was a sharpshooter who never missed a target and liked to hunt with a stupid dog.

As the night gradually covered the sky, Luoya and Xiaoke lit a fire to cook and then enjoyed dinner. They were not picky about life.

"Luo Ya, are we going back tomorrow?"

Xiao Ke wagged her tail and licked the oil off her hands. She was not even in a hurry to find her own name and listened to Luo Ya in everything.

Ever since she picked up Luoya, she said goodbye to her previous hard days. It was the first time she knew that sprinkling those strange things on barbecue would make it taste so good. It was also the first time she knew that a sleeping place could be so comfortable.

"Go back and hand in the mission first, then say goodbye to Tolan, prepare your things and set off to Minos."

Estimating that the money he had earned was almost enough, Luo Ya calculated his remaining life. He was not sure whether the voice in his head was an illusion, nor was he sure whether the end of the countdown would be his own death, but he was worried that this silly dog ​​would have to live a hard life again after he was gone.

They haven't known each other for long, but they are close friends. Luo Ya likes Xiao Ke's silly looks and frank personality, which reminds him of his sister who is long gone.

Thinking of this, Luo Ya's face suddenly became serious. He still needed to train this silly dog ​​in other aspects.

"After dinner, go and memorize addition and subtraction. Don't fall behind in your studies."

"Ah... can I not learn? Xiao Ke gets sleepy after eating."

"No, you have to learn it. Otherwise, when I'm gone, you might get bought by someone else and still be stupid enough to say you're not worth that much."

When Xiao Ke heard Luo Ya mention leaving, he panicked, his ears kept shaking, he hugged his arm, and tears came down.

"Don't leave, Luoya. Xiaoke can't live without you!"

"Then go study. It doesn't matter if you just memorize by rote. At least remember it. It's very useful."

This is not the first time that this has happened. Luo Ya is gradually teaching her. Xiao Ke has made rapid progress in the past month. With Luo Ya's unremitting efforts, the girl has finally learned to use her fingers to calculate addition and subtraction within ten. He was so moved that he almost jumped up with her in his arms.

When Xiao Ke went to study, Luo Ya took a rest. He lay on his sleeping bag with his feet up and looked at the two moons in the sky. Luo Ya couldn't help but have a strange thought.

I wish I were Houyi. Then I could use the bow in my hand to shoot down one of the moons in the sky. At least it would look more like the night sky of my hometown in my memory.

But no matter how similar it is, this is not his home, and his family is not here. As for Xiao Ke... this silly dog ​​really makes people worry.

Chapter 15 Stupid Dog Hypnotic Spell!

It was very dangerous in the wilderness at night. Luoya put out the fire and felt more at ease looking at the stars.

Xiao Ke didn't like looking at the stars, so she just lay on Luoya's belly holding the axe with her name engraved on it, shaking her tail gently, and using her good night vision to look at Luoya and the black bow behind him.

"Watch what I do?"

Luo Ya originally didn't intend to pay attention to Xiao Ke, but her gaze was too eye-catching. If Luo Ya didn't speak, the girl would probably come over directly again.

"I feel that Roja is really powerful, and so is that weapon."

Even though Xiao Ke felt uncomfortable with the black bow, she still felt it was very powerful every time she saw Luo Ya using it. She couldn't describe it, but she just wanted to be like Luo Ya.

"Then I'll teach you how to use a bow and arrow some other day."

This was of course to fool Xiao Ke. Luo Ya himself had never learned archery, and this month of fighting would not make him a master of archery. He was better at using a sword.

However, this bow was too peculiar. It would not wear out and would always remain in the best condition. The arrows shot out of it seemed to carry some kind of power that could make the enemy's body stiff, so every time he only had to pull the bow hard and then use his ability to command the arrow to hit the target until it hit the target or was destroyed, otherwise the arrow itself would not stop.

From this point of view, this bow and Roya are a perfect match. If it hadn't shortened Roya's life by half a year, he would have liked it even more.

"Hmm, so after Xiao Ke learns to use this, does that mean he won't have to learn those headache-inducing things?"

Even in the dark, Xiao Ke's eyes still gave people a very bright feeling. Luo Ya could see that this silly girl really didn't like studying mathematics. He didn't like it either, but sometimes people just had to learn things they didn't like.

"No." So Luo Ya rejected Xiao Ke, "You have to learn everything."

"Ah~~Wu..." Xiao Ke let out a whimper. To her, the only benefit of mathematics was that it prevented her from suffering from insomnia, and the effect was miraculous.

Luo Ya did not show any mercy and started reciting the multiplication formula that he had learned when he was sixteen years old.

"One plus one equals one, one plus two equals two, one plus three...you're falling asleep already?"

The steady breathing and gently trembling ears proved that Xiao Ke was sleeping soundly. Luo Ya was shocked by his sleeping efficiency. He thought that he had to recite the whole thing to the beginning of the second part no matter what. Is there any hope for this stupid dog in the future?

"I hope you can live well even if I'm gone."

Luo Ya closed his eyes, the countdown in his mind still had 4004 hours left, but he was not worried at all for some reason. Even though he could hear his own life slipping away bit by bit, he just wanted to sigh that he had been with this silly girl for a month and he still didn't find her annoying. He was quite patient.

As if hearing what Luo Ya said, Xiao Ke curled up a little closer and gently covered his body with his tail.

There was a wolf-like howling sound in the distance, which made Xiao Ke sleep a little uneasy. Luo Ya continued to recite the multiplication table, thinking that maybe it would help Xiao Ke remember something in his dream.

The distant howling sound gradually subsided. Luo Ya's multiplication formula made Xiao Ke sleep more deeply. He drank some water and was not in a hurry to fall asleep. He didn't need to worry about any safety issues. The black bow seemed to scare the beasts. If something approached it, it would tremble to wake Luo Ya up.

Tonight, the wilderness is windy and the stars are bright. It is a rare good day. Looking at Xiao Ke curled up in his arms, Luo Ya is curious about what kind of food will appear in her dream this time?

In Xiaoke's dream, which was as simple as ever but a little different, she blinked and looked at the world around her made up of seasoning bottles, mushrooms and barbecue, wondering where she was. She remembered that Luoya recited some difficult-to-understand spell and then she fell asleep.

"Um... that way?"

The tall mushrooms and barbecues around seemed to be pointing in a certain direction. At the end of the road, something seemed to be calling her name, but Xiao Ke was completely unmoved. She sat there waiting for Luo Ya to come find her. He had told Xiao Ke not to run around, so Xiao Ke would only follow him. Wherever Luo Ya went, she would go.

Waiting and waiting, Xiao Ke gradually felt hungry, but Luo Ya said not to eat anything randomly, so she had to hold her stomach and wait for Luo Ya to appear and pounce on him to make her something delicious.

Luo Ya is the best and most powerful good man Xiao Ke has ever met. He can cook delicious food, hunt, fight bad guys, and is very smart. Anyway, as long as Luo Ya is smart enough, it doesn't matter if Xiao Ke is not smart. Just leave the thinking to Luo Ya!

Xiao Ke's mouth corners were raised in her sleep, as if she had dreamed of something good, and she was drooling. Luo Ya had no doubt that she must have dreamed of food again.

He envied Xiao Ke for being able to have a good dream. As for himself, if possible, he would rather not dream forever. Dreaming about the past was not something to be happy about for him, which was why he was not in a hurry at all after traveling through time.

"I'll go find Tolan tomorrow to get my reward and supplies. I don't know if there's an orphanage for stupid dogs in Minos. I don't think we'll find anyone willing to take care of her."

Knowing that his time is running out, Luo Ya needs to find a way to take care of Xiao Ke, but this is not an easy task. Although Xiao Ke is kind, he is also very noisy. Ordinary people cannot afford to be tossed around, so they can only take it one step at a time.

"Um!?"

The pitch-black recurve bow trembled, and at the same time, it seemed as if two sharp gazes swept over this side. Without thinking, Luo Ya took the bow and arrow and gently patted Xiao Ke's back to signal her to get up, but this silly dog ​​was unexpectedly sleeping very soundly this time.

Something seemed to be wrong, but Luo Ya didn't have time to investigate it. The sight coming from nowhere gave him a sense of pressure. He held the black bow tightly, ready to fight at any time, carefully adjusting his posture, thinking about what kind of existence was behind the sight just now.