551: Chapter 540: Don’t Move, There’s a Sniper!
551: Chapter 540: Don’t Move, There’s a Sniper!
The time reached the latter half of the night, and it took Ning Fan about five hours to make his way back here, where he shed his disguise and climbed into the hotel room.
“Whew!”
Heaving a long sigh of relief, Ning Fan collapsed onto the big bed, unable to hide the surprise in his heart.
Apollo’s strength was much greater than what he had anticipated.
In their brief encounter, neither had been able to gain the upper hand over the other.
Apollo’s prowess had shocked him, and it was the main reason he had chosen to abandon the assassination attempt earlier tonight.
In terms of realm, Apollo’s power was at least equivalent to that of a Martial Artist in the True Qi Realm, and it was very possible that he could match him, meaning he possessed the peak strength of the True Qi Realm, on par with Ning Fan.
If one also took into account the other experts from the Fang Guild, devising a plan to deal with Apollo required more thorough consideration.
This thought deeply preoccupied Ning Fan.
“Ah!!!!”
Just at this moment, the piercing scream from Xu Ruolan next door left Ning Fan no room to continue thinking.
Upon hearing the cry, Ning Fan leapt from the bed and dashed out the door toward Xu Ruolan’s room.
Xu Ruolan’s room was right next to his; he reached it in less than half a minute.
“What’s going on?!”
Ning Fan burst into Xu Ruolan’s room and saw a shadow scrambling around in the bathroom through a translucent glass door.
Without a moment’s thought, Ning Fan charged in.
“Cockroach!!!!!”
Cockroach?
Ning Fan, who had just rushed into the bathroom, paused when he heard the word.
The bathroom was filled with thick steam, and dense mist surrounded Xu Ruolan.
The moist vapor clung to Xu Ruolan’s body, her exquisite figure wrapped in a bath towel, her slightly flushed shoulders damp, her tender skin blushing pink through the white, her hair up in a bun adorned with droplets of water.
“Aaahhh!!!!”
This time, Xu Ruolan’s scream was not because of the cockroach but because she suddenly saw Ning Fan in the bathroom.
Her beautiful eyes widened with shock, and she let out an earth-shattering scream.
Ning Fan, who had been lost in thought, was jolted back to reality by Xu Ruolan’s renewed shriek.
At the same time, Ning Fan almost understood the situation: Xu Ruolan wasn’t in danger, and the cause of her scream wasn’t due to an attack.
“Get out quickly!”
Xu Ruolan, without explaining, walked towards Ning Fan.
Her face turned very red, whether from just having bathed or from shyness, and she ran on her bare feet as if to push Ning Fan out.
But at that moment, perhaps because she was in too much of a hurry, Xu Ruolan lost her footing, her bare feet slipped on the tile, and she screamed as she fell towards Ning Fan.
“Yaaah!”
Xu Ruolan threw her arms open and lunged forward.
Seeing this, Ning Fan immediately stepped in front of her and held her shoulders to prevent her from falling to the ground.
With the beauty falling into his arms, Xu Ruolan’s hair cascaded down like a waterfall, and a pleasant fragrance slowly wafted from her strands of hair.
“Haah…
Haah…”
Xu Ruolan panted, still in shock, and at this moment, she could only cling to Ning Fan’s arms.
However, as Xu Ruolan gradually came back to her senses, her bath towel slowly began to slip off.
Ning Fan’s eyes widened, and Xu Ruolan was completely taken aback.
The alluring figure drew Ning Fan’s gaze, and Xu Ruolan’s cheeks grew redder by the moment.
Slap!
Xu Ruolan swung a slap toward Ning Fan’s face, leaving a Five Fingers Mountain imprint on his right cheek.
“Ow, ow, ow, what are you doing?!” Ning Fan angrily covered his face, glaring at Xu Ruolan with dissatisfaction.
He had come with good intentions to check on Xu Ruolan, so why had he received a slap in return?
Seeing Ning Fan still brazenly sizing up her body with his eyes, Xu Ruolan grew even angrier, with nowhere to vent her frustration.
“You’re still looking?!”
Xu Ruolan shouted at Ning Fan, then quickly picked up the bath towel from the ground and wrapped it around herself, covering her private parts.
A flicker of regret passed through Ning Fan’s eyes, but under Xu Ruolan’s sharp gaze, he didn’t dare to be too bold.
He shrugged his shoulders and then turned to leave the bathroom.
After waiting outside for about five minutes, Xu Ruolan emerged in a white nightgown, still glaring resentfully at Ning Fan.
Ning Fan had feasted his eyes, but Xu Ruolan felt wronged.
Not only had she been startled by a cockroach, but Ning Fan had also seen her naked, completely ruining her good mood for the day.
“Do you really have to make such a fuss?
So I saw your body, what of it?
If it’s that big of a deal, I’ll get naked too, and we can be open with each other.
Then nobody loses out!”
Ning Fan said, curling his lip, while Xu Ruolan itched to knock out his shameless grin.
“Who wants to see your body, shameless!”
Xu Ruolan scolded, while Ning Fan just chuckled a few times.
“What’s the matter with you, to be afraid of cockroaches?” Ning Fan suddenly remembered this detail, recalling that Xu Ruolan’s scream earlier was apparently because of a cockroach.
As the incident was brought up, Xu Ruolan’s cheeks blazed like firelit clouds.
Here’s how it happened: Xu Ruolan had not long woken up and was about to take a shower when, to her dismay, she encountered a cockroach in the bathroom, leading to the ensuing chaos.
“What, just by the look in your eyes, am I not allowed to be afraid of cockroaches?” Xu Ruolan became somewhat angry after catching the implication in Ning Fan’s gaze.
That look from Ning Fan seemed to suggest that she had no right to fear cockroaches.
She was a woman after all—wasn’t it normal to fear them, especially those furry, dark creatures that were nothing short of a nightmare to her?
“Yes, yes, you’re right.
It’s my fault for not realizing that you’re scared of cockroaches!” Ning Fan said teasingly, without a hint of sincerity in his apology.
Xu Ruolan looked displeased but was helpless against Ning Fan, so she simply sat on the bed, sulking silently.
A cool breeze wafted in through the open window, carrying the scent of flowers.
Ning Fan sniffed the air and glanced out the wide-open window without thinking.
In the darkness, a faint light flickered.
It was weak, but it couldn’t escape Ning Fan’s eyes.
“Danger!”
Ning Fan’s face turned pale, and he suddenly lunged toward Xu Ruolan.
Xu Ruolan, utterly bewildered, was unaware of what was happening, not noticing the red dot moving on her forehead.
biu!
In the night, the sound of a silenced sniper rifle was muffled as a bullet whistled toward Xu Ruolan’s head.
Before the bullet could strike Xu Ruolan, Ning Fan had already tackled her to the ground and pinned her by the bedside, moving her out of the sniper’s line of sight.
“Don’t move, there’s a sniper!”
Ning Fan whispered a warning.
[Sorry for the late update today.
I’ve been updating rigorously recently, and I’m sure you’ve seen my efforts.
Unfortunately, just two days ago, I was suddenly woken up in the middle of the night by severe pain in my foot.
After a check-up today, I found out it’s acute gout!
The irregular lifestyle has sent a warning signal to my body.
With this level of pain, I can only write three chapters today.
Please forgive me.
I will try to recover to five or more chapters per day starting tomorrow and the day after.]