Blades of Secrets: The Endless Night

CHAPTER 48

Li Ming starts pacing in his office. Wen Zhang walks in and shuts the door

"Why'd you shoot him?"

Li Ming goes to his drawer and starts randomly looking through it.

"Why did you shoot Cheng Xing?" He repeated

"He was an assassin. I had to take revenge."

"Did you love him?"

Li Ming stops.

"I did."

Wen Zhang smiles and eyes Li Ming. "If you 'did' why are you still wearing the bracelet?"

Li Ming looks at his wrist with the bracelet. Li Ming pulls his sleeve down. "I forgot to take it off."

Wen Zhang chuckles. "Li Ming.." and Li Ming knew that Wen Zhang knows.

Li Ming scoffs.

"You're a great shooter. There's no way you would've missed."

"I didn-"

"You did, I saw. I work with bodies for a living, Li Ming."

Li Ming said nothing.

"You're worried, I know. You probably want to call him but don't want to risk getting the both of you caught."

Li Ming says nothing.

Wen Zhang pulls out his phone

"You can use my phone."

"They'll know if you contact Cheng Xing's number."

"Who said about contacting Cheng Xing?" Wen Zhang smirked at the bemused look on his friend's face.

Fen Yuhang's phone rang.

"Is Cheng Xing with you? Li Ming wants to talk to you," Wen Zhang said. Fen Yuhang looks over at Cheng Xing. Fen Yuhang covers the speaker. "Li Ming wants to talk to you."

Cheng Xing gestures for Fen Yuhang to bring the phone over. For a moment, Cheng Xing hears muffled shuffling

"Cheng Xing are you alright?" Li Ming asked, concern in his voice. For some reason Cheng Xing felt reassured to hear his voice.

"I'm fine."

Fen Yuhang looks at Cheng Xing. Fen Yuhang mouths 'You are not fine'

Cheng Xing just ignores him and shakes his head.

"The police think you're probably dead. It's lucky you survived; I was worried."

"Being an assassin gets you a lot of injuries. However, it's my first time falling off a cliff."

Li Ming snickers. "Wen Zhang and I will be at a function tonight. Stay safe"

Wen Zhang looks out the window and indicates to Li Ming to hand back the phone.

"I have to go," Li Ming said. Li Ming hung up the phone and handed it back to Wen Zhang.

Cheng Xing pulls the phone away from his ear and hands it back to Fen Yuhang.

"We need to stay low a little bit longer."

Cheng Xing nods staring into space.

Cheng Xing looked the date on the calendar. Today's the 17th of September and the time on the clock read 2:41. Cheng Xing walked through Wen Zhang's apartment and saw a figure in the corner. It sliced Yulong's throat, his body thudding to the floor. Blood pooling out. The figure jumped out the window. He tried to run after him, but his vision blurred, and he blacked out.