Knife Back in The Scabbard Chapter 7

Finn Ye caught the limp Caleb Xie and slapped him on the forehead: "You little B@st@ard, you're always looking for death!"

Lucas Chu closed her eyes, but was keenly aware that there was one more person. She tilted her head to this side: "Who are you two..."

The woman moved her feet, used her Qinggong skills to land beside them, and reached out to take Caleb Xie without saying a word. Finn Ye turned around. Although the light here was dim, there was a light source after all. He squinted his eyes for a while before recognizing that this person was the "Black Mountain Old Demon" from before.

At this moment, the woman's left hand with a missing little finger was stroking Caleb Xie's face inch by inch, from the hair to the chin, and even wiped away a speck of dust on the earlobe. Her cloudy eyes were rarely clear, and her bloodshot eye sockets were filled with mist, which seemed to be about to fall, but in the end she held it back without a single drop falling.

She spoke, her voice hoarse and unpleasant: "This is...A-Li?"

Finn Ye nodded. She hugged Caleb Xie tightly for a long time, and then said, "You are too thin. It hurts my bones to hug you."

Such a tone... Lucas Chu's mind changed, her expression remained unchanged, but she suddenly felt an itch on her face, and she almost raised her palm to slap it, but she suppressed her instinct.

Finn Ye flipped his eyelids nonchalantly and shook his hand: "It's nothing serious, go back and apply some medicine, and you'll be fine in seven or eight days."

So long... Chu Xi frowned slightly and spoke politely: "Are you proficient in pharmacology?"

Finn Ye shook his head: "It's just that you become a doctor after a long illness... huh?"

Lucas Chu suddenly raised her hand, accurately grasped Finn Ye's wrist, and groped her way up, touching the calluses on the knuckles and palms.

He held the hand and praised: "Good knife."

Finn Ye got goosebumps from his touch. Lucas Chu was about to continue touching him but was brushed away.

Finn Ye pulled his hand back and smiled: "I am Finn Ye, the guard of Broken Water Villa."

His right hand tucked awkwardly into his sleeve, just enough to cover an old tooth mark on his index finger. He then breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had hidden a reverse scale that no one was allowed to touch.

Finn Ye? Lucas Chu curled her lips. When did such a person appear in Broken Water Villa? He was unknown but very capable.

He thought about many things in his mind, but his face remained calm: "I am Lucas Chu, thank you for your help."

Finn Ye looked at the broken pieces of the doll that rolled to his feet, but smiled without saying anything.

The origin of this Chu man is unknown, and he is ruthless and decisive in his actions. He is not from a famous and upright family, nor is he a good person who is brave enough to do good deeds.

Why did he risk his life? Why did he save Caleb Xie?

Thinking of this, the hands behind his back moved, as if he was stretching his fingers inadvertently.

The woman squatting behind him trembled.

"...I'll take you out." The woman stood up expressionlessly, still holding Caleb Xie tightly, and turned to walk towards the secret door that she and Finn Ye came from.

Finn Ye took two steps and then remembered that there was a temporarily blind "Black Mountain Old Demon" left behind, so he turned back kindly and asked: "Do you need help?"

Lucas Chu lowered her hands and smiled warmly and politely: "Thank you."

When he smiled, his handsome and frightening features softened instantly, his long eyebrows slightly raised, and his scarlet lips curved, as if the evil ghost suddenly came alive, with a kind of beauty like a thousand trees in bloom.

You are a beautiful woman, but... you are a man.

Finn Ye shook his head, took hold of Lucas Chu's sleeve, and followed him.

This place is connected in all directions, and there are secret doors between each stone chamber, but except for the one just now, there are no other dangerous places full of traps. After discovering this, Finn Ye couldn't help but feel itchy again - it seems that the B@st@ard not only deserves a beating, but also lacks luck.

However, except for the mechanism room, the rest of the stone chambers have mezzanines. This underwater secret realm seems to be divided into two parts. If you are not proficient in the secret passages here, you may only be able to walk through half of it, and the remaining half is still hidden behind the secret door.

Only some simple items and rows of empty weapon racks were placed outside, which were probably used by successive owners of the manor during their retreat. The space in the mezzanine was different. Although small, it had everything, only lacking the last thing of food, clothing, shelter and transportation. However, it had long been covered with dust and dilapidated, and it seemed that someone had lived here before, but now no one knew where he was.

Finn Ye kept all these in mind as he walked. The "Black Mountain Old Demon" was as quiet as a puppet being pulled by him. He turned around suddenly and met the man's dim eyes staring straight at him.

Even though he knew that this person couldn't see at this moment, Finn Ye still felt uncomfortable, as if he could feel his gaze lingering on him. Lucas Chu asked, "Why are you looking at me?"

This is what it means to lie with a clear conscience.

Finn Ye blinked and said shamelessly: "You are so pretty, I want to sleep with you."

Lucas Chu: ...

The woman walking in front twisted her ankle and almost made Caleb Xie fall to the ground.

Finn Ye tugged at his sleeves, pretending to be coy: "I am a gay man, and you put your sleeves in my hands. If this is not a hint, what else can it be? I think, why don't we wait until we get out and then..."

Lucas Chu pulled back her sleeves and interrupted him: "Thank you for your kindness, but I didn't mean that."

Finn Ye continued to finish the last half of the sentence: "Why don't we go back to our own homes after we get out and part ways."

Lucas Chu: ...

There are such shameless people in the world. Unfortunately, he is unlucky and cannot see Finn Ye’s smirk at this moment, otherwise he would have enough reasons to slap him in the face.

Lucas Chu slowly clenched her hands in her sleeves into fists, but a smile appeared on her face. He was born handsome, and just by raising his eyebrows and curling the corners of his lips, he looked charming.

Finn Ye suddenly thought of the beautiful monsters with painted skin and digged hearts in the stories of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. Most of them, both men and women, were not good people.

He felt that he had finally saved his life, and he couldn't take it lightly before fulfilling his promise. So he silently recited a few words of "S3x is emptiness", turned his head like a gentleman, and deliberately made his footsteps heavier so that Lucas Chu didn't have to hold his hand and could move forward without hindrance.

The remaining chains on the woman's body rattled as she moved. She held the unconscious Caleb Xie in her arms, and the road was full of twists and turns, making people dizzy. After passing through the last stone chamber and entering a long and narrow corridor, Lucas Chu could feel a breeze blowing on her face even though she couldn't see.

He thought that the exit must be at the end of the corridor. When he thought of this, he not only did not relax, but became more alert. There is no shortage of fools in this world who will capsize in the gutter.

He couldn't see, so naturally he didn't know Finn Ye's rare look of surprise.

This corridor was actually built by digging through a whole huge stone. There was wind at the end, but no door.

At the end of the corridor, there is a dragon-breaking stone weighing more than a thousand pounds. There are also man-made stone slabs on the rock walls on both sides. Not to mention people, even a fly can't fly out.

This should have been a dead end.

However, there was a crack on the Broken Dragon Stone, which was carved out by someone with a weapon. An adult would have to bend their shoulders and shrink their necks to barely pass through. There were still dense marks and spots on the stone surface, as if it was covered with spider webs that had been there for many years.

There were several broken heavy swords scattered on the ground. Finn Ye finally understood why there was no weapon in the weapon room he passed by before. It turned out that they were all broken here.

He squatted down, picked up a broken iron sword and touched it carefully. Apart from the broken end, there was no other damage. It can be seen that the person who did it had a rare and high level of martial arts skills.

There was still blood on the hilt of the sword, but because so many years had passed, the color had faded and you could vaguely make out a handprint.

It takes time for a drop of water to wear away a stone.

Finn Ye took a deep breath, and heard the woman say faintly: "This is a dead end."

Finn Ye put down the broken sword and stroked the crack on the Broken Dragon Stone: "But someone got out alive."

"If someone leaves alive, someone else must die."

"If he doesn't leave, can he have both?"

The woman was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's time, it's fate, it can't be avoided."

This incoherent conversation between the two of them condensed the doubts in Lucas Chu's heart into rain, and turned it into complete confusion.

The woman touched Caleb Xie's face reluctantly, handed him over to Finn Ye, and said in a hoarse voice: "I can only see you this far, you guys go, don't come again."

Lucas Chu raised her eyebrows, and heard Finn Ye say: "After so many years of separation, Madam, don't you want to see your old friend again?"

"I've gotten used to being a dead person who never sees the sun." Her fingers carefully touched Caleb Xie's eyes, her fingertips inadvertently stretching out. She seemed to be reminiscing about someone by imagining what he would look like when he grew up.

After a long time, the woman lifted up her messy long hair in front of her face, and her smiles and frowns could vaguely show her former beauty.

"I am afraid of being reminded of people when seeing things, and I am even more afraid of things not being the same as they were."

Seeing things reminds me of people, things are different and people have changed... Either way, it shows that this woman is an old acquaintance of Duanshui Villa.

Lucas Chu was thinking in her mind. Finn Ye was silent for a moment and said, "Then, Madam, do you have any other instructions? But if you have any request, I dare not refuse."

"I'm a dead person, do I really need you to burn incense at my grave?" The woman smiled, then suddenly paused. She glanced at Finn Ye's arms and changed her words, "Or, you can ask Ali... to eat more meat."

Finn Ye was startled, then laughed: "Okay!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lucas Chu heard the rustling sound of iron chains being dragged, and soon, the only sounds in the space were the breathing of the three of them.

Finn Ye pointed a finger at Caleb Xie's chest, and the boy immediately choked on the air, almost coughing it out, his little face flushed red.

Before he could ask questions or accuse her, Finn Ye started to complain: "Young Master, you are not as brave as you are young. How could such a small scene scare you to death?"

Caleb Xie: "Ahem...I saw a woman..."

Finn Ye continued to yell: "What do you mean by women? Women? A kid who hasn't even grown all his hair yet is already thinking about women. He's really talented!"

Caleb Xie: "No, I..."

Finn Ye: "Now we have to get out of this damn place. Come, do you see this gap? It's so narrow that I can only carry you if you turn into an embroidery needle. So hurry up and walk on your own. Do you understand?"

Caleb Xie: "...I understand."

Such shameless behavior of bullying the weak and retorting simply made Lucas Chu sigh in amazement, and she felt that she had learned a lot.

At present, most of the three people were old, weak, sick and disabled. Finn Ye looked at the little B@st@ard who was less than four feet six, and then looked at the temporarily lame "Black Mountain Old Demon", and suddenly felt that it was difficult to move forward. In desperation, he had to ask the two to wait here, and he went in to explore the way.

After passing through a stone crack about a foot long, Finn Ye saw a winding stone staircase that was covered with dust because no one had passed through it for a long time. He carefully groped for a while, but did not touch any mechanism, so he thought it was safe.

The forbidden area under the Wanghai Tide was where the successive owners of the Broken Water Villa practiced martial arts in seclusion, so it was definitely not a hopeless place. Thinking of this, Finn Ye thought of the huge rock behind him and the stone chamber that was split into light and dark parts, and the arc of his mouth became wider and wider.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard footsteps far above the stairs, as if someone was walking down slowly with slow steps.

Finn Ye's eyes fixed, and his right hand habitually reached for his waist, but he touched nothing. He was stunned, and the three-point helplessness on his face turned into a seven-point bitter smile.

The footsteps were getting closer and closer, accompanied by a faint candlelight, and someone was walking down the stairs holding a white paper lantern. He was wearing a blue robe and a green shirt, with a pale face that looked ashen, like a ghost.

Finn Ye clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Master."