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  After finishing his words, Jiang g took the initiative to walk toward the stone door. After taking two steps, he turned around and stared at Ran, saying, "Brother , aren't you ing to take a look?"

  Ran licked his lips and replied with a smile, "If Brother Hao is willing to take his hand out of his pocket, I wouldn't mind going with you to take a look."

  Jiang g thought for a moment, smacked his lips, aantly agreed, "Alright then."

  He slowly took his hand out of his pocket, revealing a wooden dagger hiddeh his well-toned forearm.

  Ran couldn't help but ugh.

  Jiang g ughed too.

  The two handsome young men shared a smile in a room dimly lit by the flickering fmes. The light from the fmes cast their shadows on the wall, which trembled slightly with the breeze ing from nowhere. The se grew subtly ambiguous for a moment.

  "Don't mind it," Jiang g shrugged his shoulders ahe dagger upside down, shaking it as he said, "This dagger was given to me by Su Xiaoxiao. The reason is probably that she's beely in love with me and doesn't want anything to happen to me."

  Ran's eyes flickered slightly, and after a moment, he asked in a soft voice, "Did you two... know each other before?"

  "Not really," Jiang g shook his head, his eyes full of pyfulness. "It was just a brief, fleetiionship, Brother might not uand me."

  He leaned in slightly, purposely adopting a mysterious pose and whispered, "I don't like women who are too proactive. I prefer being the one who pursues."

  He swallowed, then tinued in a teasing tone, "It could be either man or woman."

  Ran narrowed his eyes and after a while, nodded slowly. "I see."

  Jiang g looked at him with wide eyes in disbelief. "You uand what? Aren't you supposed to..." His mouth formed an 'O' shape as he eyed Ran up and down.

  After a long silence, Ran spoke again, "Brother Hao, have you residered my suggestion?"

  "I really 't help it," Jiang g spread his hands helplessly. "You know the retionship betweety and me. What do you wao do to help you iate?"

  "How about..." Jiang g swallowed nervously and cautiously suggested, "Brother , why don't you apany me for two more nights? I'll test the goods first?"

  Ran took a deep breath, slowly pulled his hands out of his pockets, and smiled. "o trouble Brother Hao," he said with a smile, "It seems it's easier to deal with both of you together."

  "Mmm."

  When Ran slowly opened his hands, Jiang g's face turned awkward. He saw that Ran held a dagger in each hand, and both were of noticeably better craftsmanship and lohan the one Jiang g held.

  paring them, his own dagger seemed like something sold at a street stall.

  "Wait!"

  Just as Ran was about to strike, Jiang g suddenly backed down.

  "I have a suggestion," he said with a righteous tone. "I think both of us are truly unique young men in this world, so I suggest we throw away our ons."

  "How about hand-to-hand bat?" Jiang g shouted loudly. "Let's resolve our differences in the most manly way."

  Ran ignored him and attacked directly.

  He had learned from a master who specialized in the Assassination teiques, so he was very precise with the power and timing of cle thrusts.

  He still remembered the duel on the day he left his master. In that duel, he had blinded his master's eyes.

  He could still recall his teacher's st words as he k on the bloodstained floor, saying that only death was the ultimate fate of an assassin, and thanking his student for merely taking away his sight.

  "Goodbye."

  As he closed the door to his master's private room, Ran had bowed.

  Dealing with Jiang g, he was fident, but he preferred watg people like friends or family turn against each other. He enjoyed seeing their hesitant eyes after hearing his proposal.

  Like pitiful prey.

  They o learn respect, to learn that in the face of life, everything must yield.

  His uanding of education was simple and practical. He ried to use words to persuade them. He had her the time nor the patience for that. Instead, he preferred directly destroying their bodies, will, and spirit.

  Only through destru could one be reborn.

  That's why he never expected this man in front of him to betray the fatty outside. He had said that simply to test what kind of surprise this man could offer him.

  From him, he could sense a special st.

  Ran grinned. It was a deep crimso.

  He was qualified to bee a disciple.

  Itle, this man who called himself Hao Shuai kept surprising him. He was strong, but his uanding of daggers was clearly g.

  His moves couldn't keep up with his thoughts.

  From the very beginning, the oute of the battle was decided, but he wasn’t satisfied. He simply left wounds on Jiang g's arms and legs. The final strike was aimed at his face.

  It wasn't deep, but still caused blood to ooze out of the wound.

  With the swish of his trench coat, Raly sheathed his daggers, each pced oher side of his waist.

  "Brother Hao," Ran tilted his head, his eyes half-smiling. "Now you have a ce. You resider the suggestion I made earlier."

  He smiled gently, "reement still stands."

  Jiang g leaned against the wall. His injuries weren't too severe, but that was only because Ran hadn't used his full strength. His right hand, still clutg the dagger, trembled slightly. The wound on his right arm had precisely cut the muscles he used to swing the bde.

  "Haah..." He exhaled deeply.

  Ran tilted his head, his beautiful eyes almost speaking.

  "Wait for me a moment," Jiang g coughed forcefully a couple of times, as though his throat was blocked by phlegm. "Just ten minutes."

  Ran shook his head slightly. "No."

  "Then... five minutes?"

  "Not even one minute," Ran looked at him, exhaling. "Brother Hao, you have to make a choiow. Will you be the little guinea pig, or will it be the fat brother outside?"

  "Oh," he smiled. "Don't think that the Fatty will e to save you. He's probably got enough trouble of his own."

  "You mean the painting on the ground outside?" Jiang g leaned against the wall, gasping for air as he said, "You fet about that. I ruihe painting."

  "Because you used the fuel inside, he might fall into an illusion for a while, but not for long." Siretg his arm hurt too much, Jiang g raised his aured for Ran to look at the fmes in the ter.

  "It should be about time," the moment, Jiang g suddenly straightened his back, lifted his head, and loudly decred to Ran with great fidence, " Ran, you’ve lost, do you submit or not?"

  TL/N: I didn’t quite uand what happened... If you do, tell me in the ents...

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