Mr. Murderer & Ms. Sarcastic - h.xl [✓]

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•■ Liu Chaoxing ■•

"You're shitting me, Chaoxing!" Hanyu cursed through Zihao's phone, which he put on loudspeaker. Currently, the four of us were seated in a circle near Frozen Flame's ruins, not knowing what to do.

"Look, I don't wanna come off as a musclehead, but I'm not letting LongLong die, and now we only have, uhh—" I looked at my watch— "fourty five minutes left."

"Damn... I hate Gyuri too, but she's not wrong when she said that none of you can do your fucking jobs right..." Hanyu mumbled. "Stay where you are. I'll pick you up in fifteen minutes, and the ride to Silver Shadow should take about twenty-five minutes."

"Didn't you fucking hear us?!" I scoffed. "I gotta go alone!"

"And I gotta come with you, or you're gonna do something stupid as fuck!"

"... Touché." I shrugged.

"We'll watch you from afar. Just don't do anything stupid." Hanyu instructed as I heard him open a door. "I'm going now."

"Aight."

•■ He Xinlong ■•

"Y'know, I didn't want to do this to you."

"Then why did you?" I raised a brow.

"It's the best way to get her panicked." Gyuri glanced at me.

"You could've just killed her on the spot. All of us, even." I sent her a glare. "Why didn't you?"

"Now, now," She laughed. "I don't like easy murder. Kind of boring, don't you think?"

"I mean... I guess I see your point..."

"Besides, I only want her dead. Not all of you."

The place turned silent once more, just the sound of our breathing heard.

"Why did you betray us?" I mumbled, breaking the silence. "I was pretty convinced you weren't a threat to us."

Gyuri silently chuckled, not turning to face me. I stared at her, waiting for her answer.

"No matter how much skin a snake sheds," She turned around, walking towards me. "It's still a snake."

"... Can you elaborate—"

"I'm a criminal, hun. You should know better."

"But even so... You never attacked us or anything..." I mumbled, avoiding her gaze.

"You think?" Gyuri raised a brow, the side of her lips forming a smirk. "What about that time I threatened you not to tell anyone I was still alive? And who do you think gave Iron Blood the idea to attack?"

My eyes widened as I averted my gaze back to her.

"That was you?!" I raised my voice. "You gave them the idea to attack?!"

"Ehh, something among those lines."

"... Why...? How—"

"Well, I only asked Changmin to help me out, but he told me Iron Blood will take care of it anyways." She shrugged. "I let them do what they want. As long as Frozen Flame ends, I don't really care."

"They failed, though." I pointed out.

"The raid murdered enough men." She responded. "Then you told me Chaoxing got kidnapped, bla bla bla, and thanks to you lot, the whole mafia's dead. All that's left is for me to end that little prick."

"... But Chaoxing's not part of—"

Gyuri raised her hand, signalling me to stop. She checked her watch, and her lips formed a smirk.