Arranged marriage, love blossoms; a fiercely devoted soldier dotes on her alone.

"squeak."

Shen Jun braked suddenly and stopped the car in front of Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan opened the car door, jumped in, and said, "Drive!"

"boom!"

Shen Jun floored the accelerator, and the Maybach roared into the night like a cannonball fired from a gun…

There is a viewing pavilion halfway up the mountain behind Hongluo Temple.

at this time,

Tea sets were laid out on the stone table in the middle of the pavilion.

The young novice monk was intently boiling water to make tea.

A small charcoal stove was burning brightly, and a copper teapot was emitting wisps of steam, seemingly bringing a touch of warmth to the winter night.

Then Liu Shiyuan picked up a cup of boiling tea and said to Qi Jingtian, "Director Qi, please have some tea."

He then downed the drink in one gulp, smacked his lips, and said, "Director Qi, aren't you in a hurry?"

Qi Jingtian calmly took a sip of the scalding hot tea, then set down the teacup and said indifferently, "Why should I be in such a hurry?"

He paused for a moment, then asked in return, "Are you in a hurry? There's a saying, 'The emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is,' hahaha."

Liu Shiyuan's face darkened, because he understood that Qi Jingtian was subtly insulting him as a eunuch.

Qi Jingtian added, "Only those who can't let things go on their minds get anxious. A winter night, halfway up the mountain, sipping tea—such a picturesque scene, how many times in a lifetime can one encounter it?"

Master Haifeng clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, Director Qi is so young, yet he has such a good mindset."

Liu Shiyuan's expression changed several times, and he cursed inwardly, "You old bald monk, are you calling me impatient and lacking in composure?"

Qi Jingtian calmly and composedly sipped his hot tea.

Liu Shiyuan's expression instantly returned to normal, and he laughed, "Hahaha, Qi Jingtian, do you know why I'm drinking tea in this mountain pavilion in the middle of the night?"

Qi Jingtian rolled his eyes at Liu Shiyuan and said leisurely, "I'm not a tapeworm in your stomach, how would I know what you're thinking? Besides, whether you drink tea, fart, urinate, or defecate, that's your freedom."

"I'm just accompanying you to fulfill my promise to do something. Afterwards, as agreed, we'll go our separate ways and not bother each other anymore."

Seeing that Qi Jingtian was not fooled, Liu Shiyuan glanced sideways at Miki Hirofu standing to the side.

Miki Hiroo immediately understood and stepped forward, saying, "Mr. Liu, it's getting late. Why don't we go back to the temple to rest?"

Liu Shiyuan laughed and said, "Alright, get some rest and recharge your energy. We'll continue tomorrow."

As Liu Shiyuan spoke, he stood up and said to Master Haifeng, "Please lead the way for us to return to the temple to rest."

Liu Shiyuan's absurd actions completely baffled Master Haifeng, who quickly stood up, clasped his hands together, and said, "Amitabha, wasn't Mr. Liu going to the back mountain to find someone?"

Qi Jingtian was also completely baffled by Liu Shiyuan.

What is that?

Should we go back to the temple to rest?

Are you kidding me?

Qi Jingtian then asked, "Liu Shiyuan, what do you mean by this? Are you playing me for a fool? Running off to the mountains in the dead of winter to have a few cups of tea and then going back?"

"Alright, from now on, the Qi family's grudges with you are wiped clean. We owe you nothing. Goodbye."

Qi Jingtian stood up and was about to leave.

She was using a feigned retreat to force Liu Shiyuan to unleash his trump card...

If Liu Shiyuan wanted to make contact with the Butcher Squad, he would leave, leaving Liu Shiyuan without the secret code and the protection he had provided.

Then Liu Shiyuan laughed and said, "Haha, Director Qi, temples don't allow ladies to stay overnight. Be careful on your way back to the city."

Upon hearing this, Qi Jingtian turned around abruptly, his beautiful eyes flashing with murderous intent as he stared at Liu Shiyuan and said, "Are you playing me?"

Liu Shiyuan smiled and said, "Director Qi, what makes you say that?"

Qi Jingtian: "You asked me to come to Hongluo Temple to meet the Butcher Squad. I went through all the trouble and even risked being exposed to come with you, but you've been dawdling halfway up the mountain until now, and now you want to go back to the temple to sleep. What else could you be but playing me? If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, don't blame me for turning my back on you."

At this moment, Miki Hiroo stepped forward, stood between the two, and sternly rebuked, "Qi Jingtian, don't be so disrespectful! What Mr. Liu does is none of your business!"

Qi Jingtian's face darkened as he said, "You can't say that. You were the ones who insisted that I escort you to Hongluo Temple, and now you're saying it's none of my business. So you can just say whatever you want without knowing what you're saying."

Liu Shiyuan first glanced at the gold watch on his wrist, then said, "Qi Jingtian, don't worry about it anymore. The timing is the same, so let's be frank."

Seeing that Liu Shiyuan didn't seem to be joking, Qi Jingtian said, "Go ahead and tell me."

Liu Shiyuan: "Since arriving at Hongluo Temple, you haven't looked at your phone once, nor have you made or received a single call."

Why is that?

Qi Jingtian's expression changed slightly, but he calmly said, "Whether I look at my phone or make a call is none of your business."

Liu Shiyuan sneered, "Of course it's related."

"Because you already knew the network signal here was blocked, you couldn't make or receive calls, so you didn't look at your phone, am I right?"

Qi Jingtian's expression changed several times.

She wanted to deny it, but couldn't find a suitable reason.

Liu Shiyuan continued, "Qi Jingtian, do you think I don't know you're secretly colluding with Xiao Zhan?"

"The reason you were willing to come to Hongluo Temple with me was to use yourself as bait, hoping to wipe us all out when I met with the Human Butcher Squad. Am I right?"

"Hahaha, Qi Jingtian, you didn't expect this, did you? There's a saying that man proposes, God disposes. I saw through your little scheme long ago, so I decided to play along and play along with your scheme within a scheme, or in your professional terms, Infernal Affairs."

Upon hearing this, Qi Jingtian became less nervous.

She looked at Liu Shiyuan and said calmly, "Liu Shiyuan, you're just a clown. Since you've already said everything, I won't hide anything anymore. Are you going to surrender, or will I take you down myself?"

Liu Shiyuan sneered, "Hehe, it's still unknown whether you can leave Hongluo Temple alive. You're so beautiful and have such a great figure, it's a real pity. Tsk tsk tsk, if it weren't for this special period, I would really like to kiss Director Qi's beauty."

Qi Jingtian angrily retorted, "Bah, you old lecher! Even on your deathbed, you still think about filthy things. You shameless old bastard!"

suddenly,

"brush!"

A cold light flashed from behind her...

Qi Jingtian had long been on guard against Miki Hirofumi.

She swayed, dodging the knife, and reached for her gun. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something glittering rushing towards her...

Qi Jingtian was immediately alarmed. He leaped to the ground and rolled continuously the moment his body touched the ground...

"puff!"

A pot of boiling water spilled on the ground.

It turned out that the young novice monk had thrown a pot of boiling water at Qi Jingtian.

Seeing that the boiling water hadn't scalded Qi Jingtian, the young novice monk smashed the copper kettle in his hand at Qi Jingtian.

Miki Hirofu was quite surprised to see Qi Jingtian dodge his sneak attack; he hadn't expected Qi Jingtian to be so agile.

Seeing Qi Jingtian being forced into a frantic state by the young monk, desperately dodging, Miki Hirofu flicked his wrist, and the samurai sword once again transformed into a cold gleam, slashing towards Qi Jingtian.

He even shamelessly shouted, "Strike while the iron is hot and I'll kill you!"

Qi Jingtian had just dodged the copper pot thrown by the young monk, and now he was completely powerless to dodge the slash from Miki Hirofu.

Although she had already drawn her pistol, there was no time to load it...

At this critical moment.

"Bang."

A sniper bullet whistled through the air and instantly struck Miki Hirofumi's wrist.

"Click."

The wrist was broken in two.

"Clang!"

The severed hand, holding a samurai sword, fell to the ground.

"Aww..."

Miki Hiroo let out a painful and piercing scream.