LORD CHESTER COMES BACK

With the woman in red’s words, the air around her for several meters became cold, filled with palpable killing intent. However, Jun Chester wasn’t annoyed by this, but became even more curious about the woman in red. A blind woman, with impaired hearing, able to reach such a level of cultivation, it was truly unthinkable!

Jun Chester smiled at the woman in red and spoke calmly, “This is a public place, not your home. You’re painting here, and I’m just passing by. You’re threatening me to leave… isn’t that a bit inappropriate?”

The woman in red slightly furrowed her brows, a hint of confusion flashing across her face. This man, who had suddenly appeared not far from her, wasn’t scared off by her actions! How could this be? Could he also be a practitioner? But no, she hadn’t sensed any cultivation aura from him. His breathing pattern was no different from an ordinary person’s. Could it be… was her hearing aid outdated?

While the woman in red was thinking this, Jun Chester first picked up the pencil that had been embedded in the ground, then… he suddenly moved, silently appearing in front of the woman in red. She had no idea. Jun Chester took a detailed look at her cheek. Beautiful! And… unrealistically so!

Her appearance was on par with his wife, Lyvia, utterly flawless! Her face was like white jade, her hair like a waterfall, and her lips were like fire! Although her eyes lacked luster, they still gave off a sense that she was above the mundane world!

Jun Chester scrutinized her eyes once again. It seemed… she wasn’t born blind… At that moment, the woman in red spoke again.

“I don’t like having someone stand not far from me while I’m drawing. Besides, I’m in a terrible mood today. You should leave,” she said.

Jun Chester chuckled lightly, “That’s hardly fair. You can’t just threaten someone’s life because you’re in a bad mood, can you?”

Upon hearing these words, the woman in red was taken aback. She hadn’t expected Jun Chester to have silently appeared in front of her, when just moments ago he’d been tens of meters away. What on earth was going on? Had her hearing aid broken?

As the woman in red pondered this, Jun Chester casually handed her pencil back to her with a smile. “Don’t just throw your pencil away. How else will you continue drawing?”

The moment the pencil touched her fingers, the woman in red reacted as if she’d been confronted by a formidable enemy. Almost reflexively, she stepped back several paces, adopting a defensive stance. “Who are you, really?” she demanded.

Jun Chester answered with a smile, “Don’t worry, I’m just an ordinary passerby.”

The woman in red was momentarily speechless. Jun Chester, still smiling, asked her, “And you? Who might you be? Judging by your state, it seems you’re… a practitioner!”

For a moment, the woman in red found it difficult to ascertain whether Jun Chester was friend or foe. After a significant pause, she introduced herself. “My name is Selina Thompson. I’m from the Thompson family.”

Her candor wasn’t due to a lack of tact. Rather, she wanted to gauge Jun Chester’s depth. If he recognized the Thompson family, it would mean he was a practitioner too. As long as he was a fellow practitioner, no matter how skilled, he wouldn’t threaten her, because she had the backing of the entire Thompson family. In the world of practitioners, no one dared to cross the Thompson family.

Jun Chester raised an eyebrow, and suddenly smiled. “Shouldn’t you be called Selina Mills?”

At his words, a chill ran down Selina’s spine. Who exactly was this man? How did he know her previous name?

Jun Chester’s smile remained unchanged as he stared unblinkingly at the woman in red. “Your accent doesn’t sound like you grew up in Lordran. So, why have you come to Lordran?”

With a shocking response, Selina said, “I came to Lordran to kill.”

Jun Chester asked, “Who is your target?”

She replied, “Jun Chester.”

At her words, Jun Chester fell silent for a moment and then smiled. “What a coincidence. I am Jun Chester.”

As he said this, Jun Chester suddenly snatched the pencil from Selina’s hand. He then pointed the sharp tip of the pencil at her throat. With a light scratch, the pencil’s tip could cut like a knife, ending her life instantly.

Selina was stunned and completely immobilized. It was hard to believe the man standing before her was Jun Chester. It was even harder to believe that, as a practitioner of her caliber, she had no opportunity or right to fight back against Jun Chester. Was he really Jun Chester?Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

These thoughts ran through her mind as sweat trickled down her beautiful cheeks. Jun Chester looked at Selina and continued, “We have no grudges against each other. Why do you want to kill me? Who instructed you to do this?”

Selina dared not speak. Jun Chester’s tone changed, he said coldly, “Speak!”

Just as he finished his sentence, Selina turned and, in the blink of an eye, leapt into the lake.

With a splash, she stirred up the water. Just as Jun Chester hesitated whether to pursue her, a red figure, like a flying fish, darted hundreds of meters away across the surface of the lake.

At that moment, Jun Chester moved his foot and vanished, silently landing on the surface of the lake. However, after landing on the lake, he didn’t chase after Selina. He stopped not far from the shore.

His gaze fell on the exact spot where the woman in red had just dived into the water. The spot was about five meters away from the shore. Looking at that location, a faint smile appeared on Jun Chester’s face.

Because after the woman in red had swum a hundred meters away, she had actually sunk a few meters down and swum back the same way. Moreover, her return speed was even faster! Clearly, this was a very smart woman. She understood clearly that the most dangerous place could also be the safest. Unfortunately for her, Jun Chester was even smarter.

At this moment, the woman in red had sunk to the bottom of the water near the shore, one hand supporting herself against the bank, the other gripping her hair. She acted in this manner naturally out of fear that her hair would float up and give her away. Fortunately for her, even the nearest part of the lake to the shore was three to four meters deep! Now squatting at the bottom of the water, she was completely undetected!

Even if Jun Chester was smart, she doubted he would think that she had swum back the same way. Next, all she had to do was wait. Wait for Jun Chester to leave. And she waited for more than half an hour. Throughout the process, the woman in red remained crouched at the bottom of the water. Both her patience and the oxygen in her body were slowly ebbing away.

Finally, with a splash, the woman in red emerged from the water. She took a deep breath, simultaneously using her skin to sense any disturbances around her. After a close examination, she detected no movements. However, unbeknownst to her, Jun Chester stood on the shore at that very moment, watching her from above.

For as long as the woman in red held her breath underwater, Jun Chester stood by the shore. As he watched her head emerge from the water, Jun Chester let out a sigh. It was a pity that such a smart and formidable woman had come to… kill him… Who had sent her? The Thompson family? Jun Chester felt that something was off.

The woman in red then lightly jumped onto the shore, supporting herself with the stone edge of the lake. At that moment, Jun Chester, who stood beside her, was dumbfounded. As the beauty emerged from the water, her red dress clung to her body, accentuating her figure to perfection. Most importantly, this woman was not like the typical city girls who wore tight undergarments beneath their clothes!

Just as Jun Chester was caught off guard, the woman in red shook vigorously, and all the water on her was shaken off. Even the water on her clothes was mostly shaken off. Then, the woman in red swiftly departed. From start to finish, she had no idea that Jun Chester was right beside her.

After the woman in red had left, Jun Chester naturally followed, but not too closely. He maintained a distance of about a hundred meters from the woman in red. Jun Chester thought to himself, was it appropriate to treat a blind woman this way? After all, she was visually impaired! But he quickly dismissed this thought – even if she was blind, she had come to kill him! This matter needed to be thoroughly investigated!

Eventually, the woman in red left the botanical garden. Once she was outside the gate, she took out her mobile phone. But obviously, her phone had been waterlogged and was no longer functional. The woman in red, as a blind woman, couldn’t help but look a bit anxious.

Just then, Jun Chester once again posed as an ordinary passerby and walked up to the woman in red. He deliberately changed his tone of speech. “Miss, do you need any help? I am… a staff member from the botanical garden.”

Facing Jun Chester, the woman in red said irritably, “No need!”

Jun Chester smiled. “Alright, but it seemed like you were trying to make a call just now. My phone has a function for the visually impaired. Are you sure you don’t need help?”

The lady in red hesitated, her face stern as she coldly said, “Then make a call for me.”

Jun Chester smiled and responded, “Alright, please tell me the number you wish to dial.”

The lady in red quickly recited a series of digits. Jun Chester dialed them in.

Soon, a woman’s voice came through from the other end of the line, “Who’s this?”

Upon hearing this voice, Jun Chester momentarily froze. It wasn’t very familiar, but it was unmistakably the voice of Kiki, the woman they had met previously in Dirtmouth. Even now, Jun Chester remembered the note Kiki had left for him in Dirtmouth.

“Jun Chester, it’s… surprising that you could stealthily appear by my side,” the note read. “Indeed, you have the qualifications to be my future husband. Now it seems that since you’ve discovered my plot, Ash Chester must be dead, right? It doesn’t matter, he was just a little girl. As for my plot, even if you know about it, it doesn’t matter. It has simply changed from a covert operation to an overt one. Three days later, at the Medical Conference in this city, I’ll be waiting for you!”

With these thoughts in mind, Jun Chester’s smile deepened.

At this moment, Selina Thompson snatched the phone from Jun Chester’s hands and said into it, “It’s me, Kiki!”

On the other end, Kiki sounded somewhat surprised. “Why did you change your number?”

Selina Thompson replied solemnly, “Listen, Kiki, I’m in trouble. Big trouble. Where are you now? We need to meet up so I can fill you in.”

After a moment of silence, Kiki replied lightly, “City Hall.”

Selina Thompson responded, “Alright, I’ll be right there.”

After hanging up, she turned to Jun Chester and said, “Thank you for letting me use your phone… but now, I need to get to City Hall to meet someone. I can’t see very well, could you take me there?”

Feigning surprise, Jun Chester grinned. “I have my own work to do and can’t get away just now.”

Selina Thompson simply said, “I’ll pay.”

Jun Chester hesitated, then asked, “How much?”

Pursing her lips, Selina Thompson offered, “A thousand.”

Jun Chester laughed. “Actually, it doesn’t matter about the money. I just want to help, especially someone like you who has trouble getting around.”

Selina Thompson’s face fell, and she quietly said, “Well… let’s go then.”

Still smiling, Jun Chester said, “Wait a minute, I’ll hail a cab for you.”

Selina Thompson nodded.

Soon, Jun Chester had flagged down a taxi and held the door open for Selina Thompson.

Once seated, Selina Thompson politely asked, “Sir, may I ask your name? There aren’t many good Samaritans like you these days.”

Jun Chester simply smiled. “I’m in the habit of doing good deeds without leaving a name.”

Selina Thompson paused, then sighed softly. “I never thought that there would be someone as kind as you in Lordran. My name is Selina Thompson… It’s a pity we can’t be friends.”

Narrowing his eyes, Jun Chester asked, “Why not?”

A flash of sadness crossed Selina Thompson’s pretty face as she murmured, “From a young age, I’ve always been an emotionless assassin.”