Just as he realized that someone was there, four to five silhouettes headed toward the room. They were like grey sparrows in the dark, with how quick they moved. They swooped up to the roof, so quick that Si Jin raised his brow in surprise.
He was just lounging outside because he was bored, but there was really someone outside. How interesting.
When the five intruders pounced on him, Si Jin got up. He did not wake the people inside the room as he parried one of the intruders and kicked him viciously. The intruder shot out like a cannon and landed on the inn’s walls in the backyard. A big hole appeared on the wall, and the intruder was sent flying through it.
Si Jin was satisfied with the effect of this kick.
The other assassins were about to hop onto the walls, but when they saw their colleague being blown through the air tens of meters away, they returned, withdrew their swords, and attacked Si Jin.
Si Jin wanted to pick up the sword on the floor, but chose not to after some consideration.
The four assassins soon surrounded him.
Si Jin looked at them with a grin on his face. When they attacked him at the same time, he bent down and dodged a round of attacks. Next, he kicked someone on the leg, swift as lightning, and the person’s leg broke with a crack. The person fell to the floor heavily.
Si Jin picked up a metal rod from a corner of the backyard. It was quite heavy, but as light as cotton in Si Jin’s hands. With the rod, he fought the assassins more effortlessly.
He was extremely swift.
When the three remaining assassins tried to surround him again, he whooped all of them with the rod, and they fell to the ground, unable to get up.
As if they had fainted.
“You want to assassinate her? Dream on!”
Si Jin discarded the metal rod he was holding. He looked at the lonely night and the quiet inn.
After some thought, he tied the five assassins up, stuffed some rags into their mouths, and then disappeared, carrying the five men on his back.
He ran to the shore of the Jiuli River, where he tossed the five men, who were already awake and whimpering, into the river.
Their swords followed soon after. Not only did he discard the dead bodies, but he also wiped away their traces.
He did everything quickly and effortlessly.
…
Bai Mei realized that the people she sent out had not reported to her after half a day, so she sent several more men to look. This time, they did not approach the inn and observed it from afar.
The conclusion she reached was terrifying.
Bai Mei did not dare wait for long. She reported to her master Jiang Yeqian immediately.
“M—Master, everyone I sent is missing.”
“Missing? What do you mean?” Jiang Yeqian was baffled. His original plan was to send some men out to assassinate Qi Qingyao, but not for real, only to make her sense danger. If Si Jin could not deal with the men, he would show up personally and save her from danger, so that she would know his importance. This was to ensure that he could stay with her as her guard without exposing his true identity.
“They’re missing, dead or alive,” Bai Mei said.
Jiang Yeqian paused for a while. He thought about it for a long time before he said, “It must be him.”
“Who?” Bai Mei asked.
“Him,” Jiang Yeqian said.
Bai Mei, “…”
Who was Master talking about?
Jiang Yeqian was in deep thought for a while. He muttered, “I didn’t expect him to be so skilled.”
Bai Mei realized that the Master was talking about the young boy named Si Jin. Bai Mei said, “It seems that Miss Qi has someone to protect her even without you.”
Jiang Yeqian, “…”
Bai Mei waited for a while. When her master did not speak, she asked, “Master?”
“Leave. I want to be alone,” Jiang Yeqian waved his hand.