Chapter 45 Dust Settles

  Two minutes ago, Chu Yan had already entered the kitchen of Silver Palm and quickly picked up a narrow knife in the kitchen. He then came to the corridor of the hall through the serving passageway at the back of the kitchen and hid himself at the corner to observe the situation inside the hall.

  On Luo Kai's body, it seemed like he was hiding something, in the corner of the hall, just at the serving passageway of the kitchen, a square object about the size of a firecracker lay quietly there. With Chu Yan's discerning eye, he naturally saw clearly that it was the legendary earth cannon*, cheap to make, unstable, but with considerable explosive power.

  "Damn it! Once those few accomplices come in, I'll detonate the bomb and let them accompany me to hell!!" Luo Kai's voice rang out at the right time. In Luo Kai's turn, Chu Yan saw a gun in his right hand, a black cylindrical object that looked like a cigarette holder in his left hand - a black explosive initiator, as well as a white high-density plastic explosive partially exposed at his waist.

  In an instant, Chu Yan's heart was no longer hesitant, the knife in his hand shot out quickly, and a cold light flashed by in the blink of an eye. The knife was inserted into Luo Kai's temple, almost ten centimeters of the blade was buried in Luo Kai's temple, Luo Kai died on the spot. The detonator in his left hand slipped from his grasp, and he fell to the ground with his head down.

  The sensitivity of the detonator is very high, if the launch button falls to the ground due to free fall, the impact force generated will absolutely start the detonator, that is, the bomb will explode!!

  "Bang!!" Just at this critical moment, Chu Yan's figure shot out from the serving passageway, his whole body leaping into the air, flying over two card seats and pouncing on Luo Kai. In the instant that the starter fell to the ground, he stretched out two fingers to pinch the starter.

  "Whoa..." The launcher had already hit the ground, but before it could even produce a shockwave, it was caught by Chu Yan. Looking at the intact launcher in his hand, even Chu Yan couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

  One side of Mo Xi Yao saw Chu Yan complete all this with a shocking risk, and the tears in her eyes had already burst out. However, Chu Yan just looked at her for a moment, then picked up Luo Kai from the ground, pulled out the knife stuck in his temple, put the gun in Luo Kai's hand, adjusted the angle between Luo Kai and himself, tore off the curtains, and dragged Luo Kai's hand to keep twisting!

  One side of Mo Xiuyao didn't know why Chu Yan did this, but before she had a chance to ask, Luo Kai's head suddenly burst open like a smashed watermelon, with brain matter and blood splashing everywhere. The scene scared Mo Xiuyao so much that she closed her eyes instantly, her mind going blank. When she opened them again, the police had already entered the Silver Palm and taken control of the entire scene. Chu Yan, covered in blood, was standing beside her, looking at her with concern.

  "Are you okay?" Chu Yan's words had just come out when Mo Xiuyao rushed into his arms, regardless of the red and white bloodstains all over his head and face, and sobbed quietly in his arms!!

  "I want to go with you." After a moment, Mo Xi Yao raised her head from Chu Yan's embrace and said a simple sentence.

  Chu Yan nodded, he knew that this woman had been having a streak of bad luck recently, with one thing after another happening non-stop, and in just a few short days, she had already experienced three near-death experiences. If it were someone else, they would also be looking for what they thought was the safest place to let their heart and body heal.

  After getting Chu Yan's permission, Mo Xi Yao's expression improved a lot. She adjusted her emotions and walked to the police commander, saying something with gratitude on her face. Then she greeted the person she had called over before returning to Chu Yan's side with a tired look.

  "Let's go, the greetings are all done, you don't need to go to the police station to make a statement either. This matter is settled here. Silver Palm needs to be closed for three days, and do a good job of cleaning up inside. Three days later, reopen again." Mo Xiuyao's first half sentence was said to Chu Yan, while the second half was muttered to herself. Indeed, the large hall of Silver Palm did need a thorough cleanup before it could open for business again.

  "Let's go, back to the hotel." After arranging things in front of him and making a phone call to Tiana to arrange everything, he walked up and lightly put his arm around Mo Xiuyao's shoulder, saying softly.

  On the way to Shangri-La, Mo Xi Yao sat in the passenger seat without saying a word, but she held onto Chu Yan's right hand all along and never let go. Her ankle, which had twisted earlier, started hurting again as it relaxed after the fright.

  "Get off, we're here." After parking the car, Chu Yan helped Mo Xiuyao out of the car and checked her ankle before picking her up and walking into the hotel.

  Under the gaze of the hotel lobby manager and several service staff, Chu Yan, covered in blood, carried Mo Xi Yao back to his own room.

  "I'm going to take a bath and change my clothes. You rest here for a while and drink some hot water." Chu Yan poured Mo Xiuyao a cup of hot water, turned around and walked into the bathroom, and soon came out wearing a set of pajamas. As for those blood-stained clothes, they were naturally thrown into the trash can.

  "Want to have a drink?" Mu Xiuyao, who had not spoken a word, held the water cup with both hands. Chu Yan took out a bottle of vodka from the wine cabinet on one side, although it was not authentic Russian goods, but also top-grade goods from Ukraine.

  "Good, I'll have a big cup." After drinking the water in the glass in one gulp, Mo Xiuyao handed the glass to Chu Yan.

  Chu Yan looked at Mo Xiuyao's eyes and face, which were still in a state of shock, nodded and poured her a full cup. He then took the bottle and drank a mouthful himself.

  "I'm going to take a bath." Mo Xiuyao seemed to have made some kind of major decision, and she downed the slightly choking wine in one gulp. She got up and limped into the bathroom. Chu Yan, on the other hand, sat back down on the sofa with a thud, drinking his wine and reflecting on his attitude and methods towards things over the past period of time.

  "Perhaps, if Luo Kai had been eliminated directly at the beginning, things wouldn't have gotten so out of hand?" Chu Yan muttered to himself as he put down the wine bottle. He had finally returned to Earth and China after going through countless hardships, all thanks to keeping a low profile. It seemed that over a year of living in hiding had made his wrist a bit soft!

  "Ah yo!!" Just as Chu Yan was deep in thought, a pained voice suddenly came from the bathroom, and it seemed that Mo Xiuyao had slipped and fallen.

  He quickly got up and rushed to the bathroom door "Are you okay?"

  "I... I can't get up anymore... my feet hurt so much..." Inside, Mo Xiuyao's voice echoed faintly. Chu Yanxuan thought for a moment and casually took out a white shirt he had bought but hadn't worn yet from the closet on one side.

  "Open the door a bit, I have clothes here, you put them on, and then I'll take a look," Chu Yan said. After about a minute, the bathroom door slowly opened a crack, and Chu Yan handed in the shirt directly. Of course, his line of sight couldn't help but subconsciously sweep into the gap.

  However, at this time, Chu Yan didn't have any messy thoughts. He was only concerned about how Mo Xiuyao was doing. Before long, the bathroom door opened and Mo Xiuyao appeared in front of Chu Yan wearing a large white shirt, leaning against the bathroom door.

  Disheveled hair still dripping with water droplets, a loose-fitting shirt barely covered Mo Xi Yao, only revealing two snow-white and slightly pinkish straight long legs.

  However, Chu Yan didn't have the heart to think about these things. His gaze immediately fell on Mo Xiuyao's left leg ankle, her tender foot was trembling slightly on the ground, and her ankle was red and swollen, apparently the bone might have been dislocated.

  "Come, let me help you with that." Chu Yan said as he walked over and supported Mo Xiuyao's small waist with one hand, then helped her to the nearby sofa. Afterwards, he turned around and found a simple first-aid kit prepared by the hotel for guests, from which he took out a small bottle of red flower oil.

  Mo Xiuyao sat on the sofa, her legs bent and wrapped in her arms, carefully rubbing her injured ankle. Every time she applied a bit more force, a sharp pain shot through her ankle.

  "Bear with it, it might hurt a bit." Chu Yan sat beside Mo Xiuyao, gently lifted her left leg and placed it on his own, his hand already holding the red flower oil which he then lightly applied to her wrist.

  “Ah…ouch…pain…” Mo Xiuyao's skin on her leg was very elastic, white and tender with a hint of moisture. Although her legs were slender, there was no excess fat or flesh, just the right amount of roundness. Chu Yan placed one hand on Mo Xiuyao's calf, and the feeling transmitted through his palm was smooth and delicate, as if it would burst into water with a bit of force. His other hand applied red flower oil, gently pressing it onto her injured area.

  Mo Xiuyao's voice was no longer controllable as Chu Yan's grip on her hand tightened, the pain was unbearable, but more importantly, in Chu Yan's palm, besides bringing her unbearable pain, there was also a hint of fiery and passionate feeling that directly reached her heart, these two feelings mixed together, enough to make Mo Xiuyao let out a melodious and enchanting sound.

  "By the way, Xiuyao, your shirt buttons are not buttoned up properly." After massaging for a while, Chuyan stared at Mo Xiuyao's chest and suddenly said with a smile.

  "Ah!! So painful!!" Just as Mo Xiuyao was shocked and checking if her chest was really exposed, Chu Yan's hand on her left ankle suddenly exerted force, a crisp cracking sound rang out, followed by Mo Xiuyao's pained cry. But in the instant she cried out, Chu Yan swiftly moved in, his lips covering hers in a searing kiss that stifled her voice completely!