His boots clacked on the piece of broken antiques on the floor. The familiar chilling contact around her wrists and heavy hair gel scent made the hair on Ya Nuo's neck stood up and goosebumps cover her body. After he entered the room, the minimal sunlight that shone through the heavy curtained window diminished and rain started to pour from the sky. The scent of wet soil and sound of rain droplets smashing against the floor could be heard.
The Boogieman came today to ask Yang Qiu Rei when he could get his wife back, but hid outside of the living room when he heard Ya Nuo's voice. After observing the situation, he saw Yang Qiu Rei drenched in his own blood while being cornered to the wall. If anything happens to him, then his wife will be doomed so he had to keep him alive.
"Yo, what's up? Mr.Killer is finally out of the dark to save his owner?"
"Shut it. Nobody can hurt him. I need him alive."
"Let me guess. To save your wife right?"
"How did you-"
"At this point, does it really matter how I found out? Is that really the question you want to ask me?Let me go and I'll bring your wife to you." His hands tightened around her wrists making it difficult for her to struggle out of his grip.
"Let me clarify, between this pig head and your wife, choose one. If you want to see your wife ever again, release me. If not, do as he says. Your call." The sudden question distracted him a little and his fingers loosened its grip around her wrist giving her more room to struggle free. When Yang Qiu Rei saw that he was wavering, he shouted, "Knock her out and I'll give you back your wife! Or else I guarantee you that her corpse will appear at your door!"
The Boogieman's grip tightened up once again and even stronger this time, "Wretch! Don't think about tricking me. It's useless!"
Ya Nuo wished somebody could give her a hammer so she could knock this brainless man out. "How could someone with the top ranked assassin title be this stupid? I wonder if people are blind sometimes."
"What did you just say?!!" His grip created a slight bruise on her wrist. His madness and temper was very close to erupting.
"And worst, this killer is deaf. I'm this close to you and you can't even hear me. Useless fool. You have a damn brain so use it for once. Your brain's not an accessory! It's not there just for giggly dangling and definitely not there for you to look nice because wow, you need a new haircut."
"Grr...You!! Don't think that making me angry will work in escaping!!" The Boogieman suppressed his temper and endured her comments.
"Well, then I might as well be straightforward since you won't let me off anyways right? Do you think I stepped in here thinking that I could escape so easily? If I did, I could've left long ago after whipping this son of a gun in front of me. Makes so much sense for me to wait for someone to come and help him and then attempt my escape, doesn't it? Wow! Such strong arms are locking my wrists, I love this so much that I want to switch from playing the role of a cat to being a mouse Wooo~~"
Yang Qiu Rei was afraid that The Boogieman would start listening to her so he yelled and demanded him to cover her mouth to prevent her from barking like a dog. She smiled in response and spit on the picture of him and his wife on the table next to her. "Birds of a feather flock together. Very well. If we combine you and your wife's vicious acts, then it'll be a perfect match. You both love cutting people's tongues off without their permission. How rude."
The Boogieman widened his eyes and a slight sign of fear quickly appeared and faded in his eyes, "What did you say?"
"Just like him, his precious second wife, Gu Wing, viciously schemed against your wife and forcefully cut her tongue off. Oh and Yang Qiu Rei doesn't know where your wife is. Only I know. So hurry up and make a decision in who you want to believe in and who to distrust."
"Why should I trust you?"
"An enemy's enemy is a friend. Let me go. He knows nothing about your wife! All along he was just scaring you about her. He knew that she went missing so he used this chance to control you." Ya Nuo made these assumptions using the pieces of information that she already knew. The most important thing is to persuade him to stand on her side so that she can leave this place unharmed.
The boogieman was conflicted and didn't know who is stating the truth, "Yang Qiu Rei, I'll give you one chance to tell me the truth. If you really don't have my wife, then this is the chance for you to speak up. If you say it now, I'll leave you unharmed, but if you dare lie to me, I'll hunt you and your wife down until your bones shatter to dust. So, is my wife in your hands?"
Since Yang Qiu Rei is the type of person who is afraid of death and pain, he would tell the truth if he was given the chance. At least that was what The Boogieman thought. He forgot that Yang Qiu Rei is trickier and slyer than normal people. Worst of all, he is a gambler. So, in this situation, his words are totally unreliable.
Yang Qiu Rei didn't consider for even a second and quickly replied to avoid any suspicions, "I have your wife in my hands and nobody else knows where she is but me. Do you think I'll hold on to an empty chess for these years? Like she said, you're one of the top ranked assassins. You really think that I'll risk my life to control you? Hah, my life is beyond precious okay?"
Ya Nuo laughed humorously, "Hahahaha, seriously, who are you kidding? You valuing your life over wealth? Pffft, even if a gold statue is falling down on you, you'd rather stay in a room full of gold than to save yourself. A selfish person like you will only have greed in your eyes. Your greed cost you a fortune already and you just don't see it. Tsk, tsk, tsk, so sad. I pity your blindness."
"Hurry up and lock her up!! Get her friends too! They just escaped not long ago so they shouldn't have gotten too far from here!"
The Boogieman asked again for confirmation, "I'm asking you one last time, do you have my wife? If you still say that you have her, then it better be true because I will hunt you down to every place of the world if you're lying to me. If my wife is injured anywhere, you and whoever is involved will suffer the same fate. You hear me? So what's your answer?"
Yang Qiu Rei replied confidently, "Same answer. So hurry and take her down."
The Boogieman continued holding her wrist using one hand and took out a stun gun in his other hand. "Sorry, this is the only way I can save my wife."
"Wait." She spoke with the same cold tone as if she wasn't the slightest nervous.