Chapter 144: Defiance of the Royal Family (II)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

After ordering Hu to deal with the case about the blood-sucking demon, Long declared the meeting over and went directly to s.h.i.+’s place.

Although s.h.i.+ did not attend the morning meeting, his intelligence network was much broader than Long’s. Therefore, he not only knew about the blood-sucking demon, but also received the message from the Shadow Guardians.

Long still didn’t know about this.

When s.h.i.+ told Long everything, Long was greatly shocked.

“What? A Shadow Guardian dashed there when it happened, but did not see the murderer?”

Long realized that it was a serious matter. He was aware of the Shadow Guardians’ ability. It happened not far away from the house and a Shadow Guardian went out as soon as he heard the sound. Given his speed, it would just take him a minute at most.

However, the murderer had already left? The Shadow Guardian didn’t find a trace of him?

“Yes.” s.h.i.+ nodded. “It’s a little unusual.”

Long frowned. “Is it possible that the murderer was hidden in the dark at that time and the Shadow Guardian didn’t notice him?”

“He checked the surrounding area, but found nothing,” s.h.i.+ said.

Long touched his hair. “What on earth happened?”

s.h.i.+ shook his head. “I don’t know… But… I’m sure the murderer can run very fast.”

“Yes. The night watchman was just an ordinary person and he could be easily killed by others. However, the murderer left in such a short time and the Shadow Guardian didn’t even find any trace. So the murderer definitely can run very fast.” Long nodded in agreement.

s.h.i.+ reached out and pat Long’s shoulder. “Well, since the Ministry of Punishment is dealing with it, let’s just wait for the result. But the murderer killed near Zhou Huan’s place… I wonder if there are any other reasons.”

Long was slightly stunned. “Is it possible that he’d already found that house?”

s.h.i.+ shook his head. “I don’t know… I doubt if the murderer is… provoking us.”

Long was stunned again.

s.h.i.+ smiled bitterly. “It’s just my speculation. Maybe it’s a coincidence.”

Long suddenly had a premonition. He looked at s.h.i.+ and opened his mouth. He wanted to say that s.h.i.+ was thinking too much, but he also thought s.h.i.+’s words did make sense.

Both of them had breakfast absent-mindedly.

In the afternoon, Long and s.h.i.+ finished dealing with the memorials together. Then, the little prince was brought to them by the wet nurse.

The boy could already walk. Although he stumbled and fell a lot, he was really courageous. He didn’t cry much and continued to try to walk, not afraid of falling again.

It was very good that a one-year-old could do this…

Seeing the little guy coming, Long crouched down with a smile and welcomed him with open arms.

The wet nurse let go of the boy, and then the boy ran over happily.

Very good. It was more than 50 meters, but the little guy Long Huan didn’t fall over and successfully ran into Long’s arms.

Long held the boy. “Come, give me a kiss.”

The boy immediately kissed Long on the cheek.

“Haha.” Long laughed.

s.h.i.+ came over from the other side.

“Call father,” Long said.

That was still too hard for the little boy. “Daddy…” He said.

That was all he could say. Long handed the little boy to s.h.i.+ and s.h.i.+ held him.

The boy also kissed s.h.i.+ on the cheek.

s.h.i.+ smiled and stroked the bay’s soft hair.

“Haha.” Long laughed and put his arm around s.h.i.+’s waist. Then, the three of them went outside.

After playing in the yard for a while, Long asked the wet nurse to take the boy back.

The wet nurse was also trained as a Shadow Guardian and she was quite powerful. There were more than ten Shadow Guardians around the boy, which would bring a solid protection of him.

Soon after the boy was taken away, it was dinner time.

After dinner, s.h.i.+ said, “I don’t know why, but I always feel that something will happen tonight…”

Long was stunned and fixed his eyes on s.h.i.+.

After a pause, s.h.i.+ said, “I want to go out to have a check.”

Long took a deep breath and said slowly, “Okay, you can go, but you must be careful.”

s.h.i.+ was surprised by Long’s response and said, “Well… what about you?”

Long smiled. “I won’t go with you, or you’ll be distracted.”

s.h.i.+ was speechless.

Long patted s.h.i.+’s hand. “Don’t overthink it, Qingzhou. I know you’re smart. Maybe you can find something at the scene of the crime.”

s.h.i.+ nodded and finally said, “I’m not sure. I hope the murderer didn’t mean to… deliberately… provoke us. If he’s really targeting the royal family, I’m sure he’ll make use of his martial arts and continue to commit crimes. If that’s the case, all the people in the imperial city will be panicky in the future. It hasn’t happened yet, so we’d better nip it in the bud now.”

“I know.” Long said softly and kissed s.h.i.+’s lips. “I won’t be angry. Don’t worry.”

s.h.i.+ blinked and looked at Long awkwardly.

Long pulled s.h.i.+ over and kissed his lips hard. “The truth is still unknown to us… So, Qingzhou, you can just do what you think is right. Now, we’re staying in the palace almost all the time, which gives them a chance to create more trouble outside. I’d like to see how many bombs have been planted in our nation by Eastern Darkness and Northern Barbarians!”

When speaking of the last sentence, Long looked extremely cold and fierce.

s.h.i.+ nodded and his eyes were also filled with coldness. “I also want to see how much Eastern Darkness really wants!”

Seeing that s.h.i.+ was so serious, Long calmed down and kissed s.h.i.+’s lips. His lips were so tender that Long couldn’t stop kissing him.

s.h.i.+ slowly wrapped his arms around Long’s neck.

Long hugged s.h.i.+ and deepened the kiss…

After a long time, Long let go of his lover, whose face and ears had turned pink.

Long couldn’t help but reach out to touch s.h.i.+’s ear.

s.h.i.+ blinked. He slightly moved and his face became redder.

Long was afraid that he would not let s.h.i.+ go if he went further!

So, he coughed and said in a hoa.r.s.e voice, “Just go. Take good care of yourself.”

s.h.i.+ nodded. “Yes…”

After s.h.i.+ left, Long washed his body in the bathroom and then went to bed. Without his lover lying beside him, Long felt a little uneasy…

Long sighed.