Are all females this difficult?

"Heh... hehe..."

Lin Ao let out a stiff laugh.

"Little one, can you tell me why you're all by yourself?"

This time, Lin Ao didn't dare bring up her parents. He wanted to probe indirectly to see what had happened to make her walk all the way from Lotus Mountain to the amusement park alone.

The little girl opened her mouth and gestured with her hands, unable to speak.

Lin Ao was startled. Is she mute?

"Wait here for a moment, I'm going out."

Lin Ao went out and called for the best pediatrician in the hospital, asking her to go in and examine the little girl again.

Seeing such a cute child turn out to be mute was truly heartbreaking.

During the examination, the girl's gaze never once left Lin Ao.

Uncle Lin Ao, the person she assassinated over 20 times—every time he realized I was just a child, he would let me go.

She recalled past events from her recovered memories.

Her name was Liu Nian, the niece of the head of the Liu Family. As a child, she had witnessed her parents being brutally murdered by enemies, and she had suffered from a speech impairment ever since.

Today was supposed to be her birthday. Back then, her parents would accompany her to the amusement park every year on her birthday. Today, she had come out with her aunt, encountered an ambush by enemies, and gotten separated. In her panic, she had run to Lotus Mountain, and in a daze, stumbled into the amusement park.

She remembered that the person she met today shouldn't have been Uncle Lin Ao.

It should have been that damned Ye Chen; he was the one who trained her to become an assassin.

How many times has this been?

In her memories, the same thing had happened many times: she got lost at age 5, was taken in by Ye Chen, and trained for 10 years to become the famous assassin "Night Heron," known for her bizarre killing methods. No one targeted by "Night Heron" had ever lived to see the next day. Her assassination success rate was a staggering 100%.

The more powerful her abilities, the more it proved how cruel her training had been.

Ten years later, Ye Chen claimed she was the niece of the Liu Family head and sent her back, but in reality, he was using her to get close to her aunt and using the Liu Family to deal with Lin Ao.

At the time, she had long been brainwashed by Ye Chen. She hadn't mentioned many things to her aunt, acting as a pawn Ye Chen had planted in the Liu Family.

On the surface, Ye Chen had taken her in for 10 years and helped the Liu Family find their lost child, but she eventually discovered it was all a charade directed by Ye Chen himself.

When he took her in, he had long known she was the lost child of the Liu Family, yet he had heartlessly thrown her into that hell, the "Yama Hall," under the guise of: "If you want the power to take revenge, you must train with your life. Work hard, child!"

Bah!

She didn't know what had come over her back then; she had inexplicably obeyed his words, worked herself to the bone for him, and even betrayed the Liu Family. Because the Liu Family participated in the decisive battle against the Lin Family, they suffered a crushing defeat and never recovered.

That despicable Ye Chen even coveted her aunt.

Furthermore, the malice they held toward Uncle Lin Ao—from her current perspective, their behavior was simply petty, despicable, and shameless!

Thinking of Lin Ao, the only stain on her career, and also the only warmth she had felt while working as an assassin.

The first time: "You're a kid? You're at such a young age, why aren't you studying hard instead of playing assassin? Uncle Zhang, let her go. I can't bring myself to hurt a child."

The second time: "How is it you again? Who sent you? Was it someone with the surname Chu, Xiao, Lin, or Ye?", "If you can't beat me, just eat your meal obediently, and get lost when you're done!"

The third time: "Still you? Uncle Zhang, tie her up. I want to chat with the little one!"

"In this world, there's no one I can open up to. Since it's rare to have freedom of thought, just treat it as me venting."

"Me... I just want to live."

The last time, that person smiled as if he had found release: "Congratulations, little one. You've finally completed the mission."

Every time, although this person seemed cold, his actions were incredibly warm.

At the time, she couldn't express her inner feelings or control her actions. The moment Lin Ao died by her hand, there was a fleeting instant where she broke free from that restraint.

After that, every time Lin Ao died, she would regain her senses, and every time that happened, she would immediately go to fight Xiao, Lin, Ye, and Chu to the death!

Each time, it ended in her own death.

This time, she had actually broken free from that restraint at age 5, and the first person she met was still Lin Ao.

If Uncle Lin Ao wants to live, then in this life, she must protect him with her life.

As she thought about it, tears streamed down her face again.

"What's wrong? Did you hurt her, Doctor?"

Lin Ao saw Liu Nian, who was being examined, crying again and immediately questioned the doctor. His cold tone made the doctor jump. Lin Ao didn't mean anything by it; he just spoke like that normally.

"N-no, Young Master Lin."

The doctor was very flustered. She was just performing a routine checkup; she had no idea why the little girl was crying.

"Uncle Zhang, did you buy the things I asked for? Bring them here quickly to save the day!"

Lin Ao rubbed his temples and called Uncle Zhang, having asked him to go out and buy things that little girls liked.

Uncle Zhang rushed in, carrying a pile of items.

Lin Ao immediately took them and dumped them all onto Liu Nian's bed.

"They're all for you! Don't cry!"

Lin Ao forced a stiff, ugly smile, trying his best to look as friendly as possible.

The doctor was startled by his expression; was Young Master Lin trying to kill someone? He looked so menacing.

"Young Master Lin, I have examined her. She likely suffered a massive shock previously, which caused her speech impairment. She will need careful recuperation and a stable mood to emerge from the shadows; she should be able to speak again eventually!"

The doctor fled the ward as soon as she finished speaking, feeling that the young master before her was extremely dangerous.

[Current Status/Thoughts: Panicked. Help, how do you coax a girl? Is my smile not good enough? Didn't they say young girls like handsome guys?]

"Pfft!"

Seeing this scene and the information on the panel, Liu Nian laughed out loud.

Lin Ao let out a sigh of relief.

"It's good that you're laughing, it's good. What is your name? Can you write it on paper?"

Scratch, scratch, scratch.

"Liu Nian? That's a nice name. Do you remember where your home is?"

Scratch, scratch, scratch.

"You don't remember? You have amnesia?"

Scratch, scratch, scratch.

"You just don't remember? Are you getting cocky with me now?"

Lin Ao rubbed his temples again. Are all female creatures this difficult to deal with?

Liu Nian covered her mouth to hide her smile. Now was not the time to return to the Liu Family. Ye Chen would be appearing in Jianghai City for the next few days before returning to the Yama Hall. To ensure she wouldn't be taken away by Ye Chen again, she decided to stay by Uncle Lin Ao's side for now.

It would also be a good opportunity to better understand the Lin Ao who had brought her warmth in her past life.

"Forget it, I'm heading back. You rest well here, and I'll come see you again tomorrow."

Lin Ao hadn't eaten yet and had been running around until now. He needed to go back, take a shower, and get some rest before coming back tomorrow to figure out what to do with this little thing. After all, since he had run into her, he would be responsible until the end. Just as he was about to leave, Liu Nian grabbed his hand.

Scratch, scratch, scratch.

"You want me to stay? No! I need to go home, eat, shower, and sleep. I also have to plan how to stay away from those people; I don't have the spare time to stay here. We'll talk about everything tomorrow."

Lin Ao tried to shake her off, but Liu Nian started bawling her eyes out again.

Veins slowly began to bulge on Lin Ao's forehead.

Are all women made of water?