I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

Qin Ge's smile faded, and a hint of wariness appeared in his eyes.

The door opened, and a young woman in a hotel waitress uniform stood at the door with a smile on her face. "Mr. Qin, your wine set menu."

After sizing up the woman, Qin Ge glanced at the food cart. "I don't think I ordered any of these things, did I?"

The waiter explained with a smile, "It's like this, Mr. Qin, you are one of our hotel's lucky customers, this set meal is complimentary!"

Before Qin Ge and Yang Xin'er could speak, she pushed the food cart into the room.

Yang Xin'er tried to stop him, but Qin Ge stopped her with a look.

The waiter arranged the various plates and a bottle of red wine, then bent down to light the candles.

The candles emitted a faint, pleasant fragrance, which, mixed with the aroma of food, instantly filled the entire room.

Qin Ge stared at the candlelight, his eyes slightly narrowed. "You guys have quite a few tricks up your sleeve. Who exactly ordered you to try and kill me?"

"But this poison doesn't work on me!"

He sized up the waiter. "You're good-looking, and you have a great figure. Why don't you use your charm?"

"Poisonous?!" Yang Xin'er was shocked and instinctively drew her gun quickly.

Before Yang Xin'er could lock onto her target, the waiter had already pulled out a broken blade from under the food cart and thrust it straight at Qin Ge's chest.

Qin Ge calmly dodged, showing no intention of retaliating for the time being, and simply watched with great interest.

"Are you alright?"

"boom--"

As the waiter finished speaking, a gunshot rang out. She had already noticed Yang Xin'er's actions and easily dodged.

However, her eyes were still full of horror and confusion, not because of Yang Xin'er, but because of Qin Ge!

She took the antidote beforehand, so she was fine. Yang Xin'er was already showing signs of poisoning, and because her body was weak and she almost couldn't withstand the recoil of the gun, but why was Qin Ge completely unharmed?

The waitress's mind raced, and in a flash, she decided to abandon Qin Ge and instead target Yang Xin'er.

She didn't know Yang Xin'er, but she wasn't stupid. What kind of relationship could a man and a woman have if they were alone in a hotel room?

If we can win over Yang Xin'er, we can at least pose a threat to Qin Ge, right?

Yang Xin'er remained calm and composed as she dodged the attack, but her expression changed drastically halfway through the movement.

Because of the poisoning, their movements became much slower than usual, making it impossible to avoid!

Just as he was about to succeed, the waiter's lips began to curl into a smile.

However, when the sharp blade was only an inch away from Yang Xin'er, she could no longer advance even an inch.

At the critical moment, Qin Ge grabbed her hand!

"Click—"

With a sharp crack, Qin Ge snapped the waiter's wrist.

Qin Ge casually wrapped his other arm around Yang Xin'er's limp waist, his warm breath brushing against her cheek and ear, and chuckled lightly, "Why can't you even stand properly anymore?"

"You saved my life and then took advantage of me? Remember to pay me back!"

Yang Xin'er: "......"

Qin Ge released the waiter's broken hand, grabbed his neck, and said, "Tell me, did Han Xiuyun send you?"

"Han Xiuyun?" Yang Xin'er looked at Qin Ge in surprise. What was going on? Was Han Xiuyun going to kill Qin Ge?

The waiter didn't answer, but simply closed his eyes, resigned to his fate.

Just then, a loud clatter of footsteps echoed in the hallway outside the door, followed by a large number of figures appearing and pouring into the room.

Qin Ge glanced at it quickly, not surprised at all.

Although the waitress used poison, her skills were far too weak; compared to the assassins who had appeared before, she was completely insignificant.

Qin Ge was certain there was more to come!

"Click—"

With another sharp crack, Qin Ge snapped the waiter's neck.

Yang Xin'er was a little lost in thought. This guy was usually unserious, but he was really ruthless when it came to killing!

"Didn't you say she was pretty and regretted that she didn't use her charms on you? Why didn't you keep her around?"

Seeing so many people rushing in, and knowing she had been poisoned, Yang Xin'er was nervous but didn't forget to tease Qin Ge.

"What's the biting bamboo viper doing here?"

While observing the people surrounding him and Yang Xin'er, Qin Ge smiled and said, "Besides, one of you is enough; any more would be too much to handle."

"I'm here... Pah!" Yang Xin'er blushed deeply. She tried to push Qin Ge away but couldn't muster any strength. It looked as if she had taken the opportunity to touch Qin Ge.

"A swift and decisive victory!"

One of the assassins shouted and charged at Qin Ge with his knife in hand.

Qin Ge tightened his grip on Yang Xin'er's hand, roughly pressing her soft body against his own, and thus began to fight the assassins while holding Yang Xin'er in his arms.

After several rounds, several assassins fell, but Qin Ge was unharmed and even had a dagger in his hand.

From that moment on, Qin Ge's every move would draw blood.

At first, Yang Xin'er was terrified, but gradually her emotions stabilized. She realized that these assassins could not possibly harm her and Qin Ge!

I was just feeling resentful. Couldn't that bastard have put me aside before hitting me?

But soon her heart started racing again, and her face turned so red it looked like it was about to drip water.

Qin Ge's arm around her kept shifting positions, sometimes up, sometimes down.

Well, now I've been touched both the things I should and shouldn't have, and I haven't escaped it.

That bastard, did he do that on purpose?!

What's most infuriating is that Qin Ge was ruthless at first, killing all but three of the assassins, but then he suddenly stopped!

He held Yang Xin'er in his arms and played with the three assassins around the room.

"Big brother, this kid's playing us!"

One of the assassins, seeing so many of his comrades dead and being toyed with by Qin Ge like this, was enraged. He drew his knife and charged forward, determined to take them all down with him.

Yang Xin'er looked utterly dejected, her eyes seeming to say, "He's not playing with you guys, he's playing with me..."

"Have you touched me enough?!" Yang Xin'er could no longer bear it.

"Almost there, it should be at least a D, if not an E, right?" Qin Ge smiled down at Yang Xin'er, but his hands didn't stop, and the dagger slit the throats of two assassins in succession.

Then he threw the dagger, which accurately pierced the shoulder of the assassin known as "Big Brother." "Give me your name before you die!"

"Who sent you?"

"You're ruthless!" The assassin gritted his teeth, then collapsed to the ground, convulsing, dark red blood gushing from his mouth.

It went silent in less than ten seconds.

"Poison hidden in your mouth?"

"Not very skilled, but quite professional!"

Qin Ge complained, "It's a pity I didn't get any clues out of him."

However, he still believed that it was either Huo Qianjue or Han Xiuyun!

This is Jinling, Han Xiuyun's territory, so she's more suspicious!

But how did Han Xiuyun know he was here? Could it be that Yang Xin'er aroused her suspicion and she secretly sent someone to follow him?

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Yang Xin'er, "Are you being followed...?"

He paused for half a second upon seeing Yang Xin'er's appearance, then exclaimed, "How did you become so famous? You look like a boiled shrimp!"

Yang Xin'er, however, was staring at the assassin, muttering to herself, "Could he be from the Moyi Hall?"