Intelligence Ultime

Chapitre 303

Zhu Liuyue's expression darkened slightly, and she nodded gently.

Zhu Huihui said, "I guessed it when I saw Steward Qin."

"Do you...hate me?"

Zhu Huihui shook her head.

Liu Yue's expression was very strange: "I did all the bad things, and you saw it with your own eyes. I killed many people. Don't you hate me?"

Zhu Huihui shook her head again and said, "What do those things have to do with me?"

She looked into Liu Yue's eyes and said sincerely, "I'm just a homeless vagrant, and I've had very few people care about me growing up. I only know that Brother Liu Yue is genuinely good to me, and that's enough!"

Liu Yue gazed into her eyes, a rosy flush rising to her pale cheeks, his dark eyes gleaming with a captivating light. His voice held undisguised joy: "Grey Grey, I know you…you've always favored Brother Snow Color more…"

Zhu Huihui lowered his head and said, "The great hero only favors Miss Mu..."

Liu Yue gently stroked her hair: "Grey Grey, would you like to come with me?"

Where to?

"Let's go somewhere where there's no one!" A hint of longing shone in Liu Yue's eyes. "Maybe, it's an island."

Are there only the two of us?

Zhu Huihui thought to himself, "I've heard that Fusang is just a small, broken island. Is he... is he going to capture me and take me to Fusang?"

"Yes!" Liu Yue said. Perhaps... there will be more children in the future, as long as he and she can survive...

"Steward Qin...Steward Qin won't come to kill me again, will he?"

Liu Yue said calmly, "He will never kill you again!"

Steward Qin had been the steward of Prince Xin's mansion for decades, always loyal and devoted. But... but who ordered him to kill Huihui on that person's orders? Didn't he know that from that day fifteen years ago, the beautiful woman who saved him and that little baby girl were the only two people he had left?

Zhu Huihui understood what Liu Yue meant, touched her neck, and felt that Steward Qin deserved to die.

Liu Yue stood up and looked at the sky: "Grey, it's getting late. Let's get ready and set off!"

"Go to that island?"

"Um!"

"Where's my Huahua? Can it go too?" Ever since she regained consciousness, Zhu Huihui's mind has been racing, and she has almost completely forgotten about Huahua.

Liu Yue smiled and took her hand: "Of course Hua Hua will come too."

"But I... I still have some things I haven't finished!"

Zhu Huihui tried her best to stall for time, determined not to be taken to Japan by him.

"Is there anything else that needs to be done?"

Yes, for example—

Zhu Huihui suddenly did something shocking—she leaned forward and forcefully kissed Liu Yue on the lips.

Liu Yue felt as if a pair of small lips had suddenly appeared on his own, cool, soft, and refreshing, like the faint floral fragrance carried on the evening breeze. He felt lightheaded, his heart soaring to the heavens. At first, he was stunned and bewildered, then sweetly uplifted, and then felt an overwhelming pang of heartache…

He slowly closed his eyes until those fragrant lips left his. After a long while, he opened his eyes again and met those starry eyes that were staring at him in a daze.

He paused for a moment, smiled calmly, and gently wiped away the trace of crimson from her lips with his long, slender, white fingers. He then tasted the blood-stained finger on his tongue and slowly said, "Good, sweet!"

Zhu Huihui's body trembled, and with a "smack," she knocked his hand away.

Zhu Liuyue gazed intently at her: "Can we leave now?"

Zhu Huihui said in a trembling voice, "Is...is it okay now..."

Liu Yue's gaze fell on those pale pink lips, and she suddenly smiled: "You don't need to be afraid. You lived on that island when you were little."

Zhu Huihui was quite puzzled: "I've lived here before?"

Do you remember the story I told you before?

"That story about how you were kidnapped when you were little and rescued by my mother?"

"Hmm," Liu Yue said softly, "Actually, that rainy day was just the beginning of all the stories."

"All the stories?"

Liu Yue shifted her gaze to the tassels on the tent ceiling: "The day I met you and your mother, I wasn't kidnapped, but... taken to Fusang as a hostage by my father."

"As a hostage?" Zhu Huihui didn't understand. "Why?"

“When I was very young, I knew that the current emperor deeply resented my father and repeatedly sought excuses to get rid of him. However, my father was cautious and never gave anyone a handle to use against him, so the emperor could not always succeed. Even so, my father was not at peace and often sighed and worried about the emperor. One day, several unfamiliar Japanese people came to the palace. My father took my hand and said that in order to avoid the assassins sent by the emperor, he had no choice but to send me to Japan for refuge. He ordered me to be humble and self-disciplined in this foreign land and not to be careless. At that time, although I was only seven years old, I knew that my father was lying! He... he was sending me to Japan as a hostage in exchange for some benefits.”

"Those Japanese ninjas disguised themselves as ordinary tourists and led me south, evading the emperor's eyes and ears. They planned to sail back home after reaching the border. But man proposes, God disposes. While seeking shelter from the rain, they encountered Yu Xiaoyao, who was helping you escape. In the fierce battle that day, Yu Xiaoyao not only killed the pursuers but also poisoned the Japanese ninjas. As I was a hostage abandoned by my father, I was homeless and thus took Yu Xiaoyao in."

"There were just too many people chasing Yu Xiaoyao. Even though her poison skills were unparalleled, she was gradually becoming outnumbered while carrying two children. Once, she led us to hide in an inn, but we were surrounded by Mr. Chen and Mrs. Wan's men. She only had time to put you in my arms and hide in an abandoned house next to the Hidden Knife, while she led the enemy away. I held you and hid in that house for two days before she came back to get us, but she was seriously injured."

"She ignored her injuries and led us on our escape. She dared not stay on land any longer, so she bought a boat and sailed to a deserted island. We built a thatched hut there. Every so often, Little Fish would secretly sail ashore to buy food. But one time, she was gone for a very long time. Only you and I were on the island. When the food ran out, I carried you on my back and tried to catch fish and birds to eat. You only had three teeth then and couldn't eat by yourself, so I had to cook meat broth and feed you spoonful by spoonful. You were very good; you drank the tasteless broth without crying a single word..."

Zhu Huihui listened quietly, tears welling up in her eyes.

"About a month later, Yu Xiaoyao finally returned, but she was seriously injured. She recuperated for more than half a year, but her illness only worsened. During that time, the three of us relied on each other on the island. When we had nothing to do, she would pass on all her knowledge to me. Then one day, I fell asleep and when I woke up, I found myself not in the thatched hut on the island, but in the middle of a bustling city. Yu Xiaoyao and you were nowhere to be found! So I wandered around looking for you, just like you had before. But not long after, I was found by my father's guards and returned to the palace."

Zhu Huihui's tears fell in a stream, and she asked in a choked voice, "Then...then how did you become Kazama Yoru again?"