Cringeworthy Woman!

Leng Yimeng walked down the street, pondering a question all the while.

If she encountered the fiend responsible for these crimes, what would the outcome be?

The most obvious outcome was that she would be killed. She was absolutely no match for this fiend.

She was now at the Upper Qi Sea Realm, having cultivated a breath of pure, perfected true qi. Among her peers, she could be called "stunningly gifted."

But the Attendant who had died at the county magistrate's residence had also been in the Qi Sea Realm.

Qi Sea Realm martial artists had true qi protecting their bodies, making it difficult for ordinary hidden weapons to pierce flesh. Yet that Attendant had been shot full of holes.

And the technique used had been the notoriously difficult Sword Finger.

At the very least, this meant the culprit was in the Netherworld Realm above the Qi Sea Realm—and not at its initial stage.

Only by joining forces with her elder sister could she barely reach the level of the initial Netherworld Realm.

That meant that even if she and her sister joined hands, they would not be the opponent's match.

Other than being killed, there was a second possibility: being captured alive, then tortured.

The reason this fiend killed people, along with how he had carefully checked the accounts before killing the county magistrate, carried a kind of madness that seemed proper on the surface but was absurd underneath.

Such a person was capable of anything. Several senior female constables in the history of the Clear Qi Bureau had met tragic ends at the hands of this sort of "reasonable" fiend.

In the martial world, evil Outer Dao practitioners stronger than Leng Yimeng were not frightening. What was frightening was someone who was both powerful and insane.

If a female constable like her were captured by such a fiend, it was hard to imagine how she would be toyed with and tortured.

Especially when that fiend's fingers were so formidable.

At that thought, Leng Yimeng felt as though even the skies above this little city had darkened considerably.

She was afraid, but the professionalism of a female constable still compelled her to complete the procedure.

As Leng Yimeng walked through the streets, she was no longer as brave and aggressive as she had been during previous investigations.

When investigating cases before, if she found a killer's methods displeasing to the eye, she could go five days and five nights without sleep, comb through an entire city of over ten thousand people, and ultimately find the culprit in a filthy ditch.

But this time, she only intended to finish the procedure quickly and leave this place.

When Duan Yun spotted the busty female constable, he was grinding medicine.

It was a tonic for the Zhao Family's young madam.

He should now have the strength to imprison this female constable, but he still had some concerns.

What if, after being imprisoned, this stubborn female constable refused to listen to reason?

He could not exactly kill this righteous female constable, could he?

After all, Duan Yun was a gynecological doctor with A Healer's Benevolence. He would never kill without cause, especially not such a rare good person.

He would have to provide food and lodging afterward, which would be troublesome too.

Duan Yun could not help setting down the pestle and observing the activity outside.

From the look of things, this female constable was making inspection rounds and conducting checks. She did not seem to be coming specifically for him.

Still, Duan Yun was ready to imprison her at any moment. After all, the cellar had only been renovated again last night.

The last time he had watched from the sidelines, this busty female constable had worn an ordinary fitted outfit. This time, she had changed into that uniform resembling a Flying Fish Uniform.

Duan Yun liked this uniform very much. His ability to rapidly master Grasp Sparrow's Tail had been inspired by her neat, close-fitting attire.

Paired with the female constable's high ponytail, the uniform made her look valiant and dashing.

Of course, it also made her chest look even bigger.

Duan Yun sat at the entrance, quietly watching her.

It had to be said that this made him even more curious about the world outside.

Merely the craftsmanship of the female constable's clothing surpassed everything he had seen before.

Riverside City and Clear Tea Market definitely did not have clothing with such texture.

What exactly was the world outside like?

At that moment, the purple-clad constable beside Leng Yimeng said, "Chief, the one sitting outside that medicine shop is a gynecological doctor."

The killer had impersonated a doctor twice to commit murder. This was something worth noting.

Leng Yimeng glanced at Duan Yun by the entrance and immediately denied it. "It can't be him."

"Why?" the purple-clad subordinate asked.

"He dares to stare openly at my chest. Naturally, there is no Ghost in his heart," Leng Yimeng reasoned.

"I see."

The purple-clad constable found that quite reasonable and hurriedly wrote it down.

In the future, men who dared openly stare at their chief's chest generally would not be murderers.

Yet at that moment, Leng Yimeng stopped instead and looked over again.

Because only then did she realize that she had seen this gynecological doctor before.

Duan Yun also gave her a gentle smile.

"You go check ahead. I'll ask about the situation here."

After giving the order, Leng Yimeng walked straight toward Duan Yun.

"So it's you," Leng Yimeng said.

Duan Yun replied, "Lady Constable, it is."

Through the gap in her lapels, he had already confirmed that she was that cringeworthy younger sister.

"This is your medicine shop?" Leng Yimeng asked doubtfully.

Duan Yun said, "My father passed it down to me."

"So you're a doctor. No wonder you said that day that my sister had a hotter temper than I did," Leng Yimeng said coolly.

Duan Yun took the initiative to ask, "Lady Constable, are you investigating the county magistrate's case?"

Leng Yimeng nodded. "Mm."

Duan Yun continued, "I heard the neighbors say that the killer is very formidable."

"More than merely formidable."

"Then how does he compare to the Red Chamber Fairies I encountered that day?"

"The Red Chamber Fairies are not worth mentioning at all."

"Wouldn't that be very dangerous?"

"Naturally."

Compared to her elder sister Leng Yixue, Leng Yimeng was actually somewhat talkative. Otherwise, she would not have told Duan Yun so much about the martial world that night.

These past few days of investigating, whenever she thought that the fiend might not have left yet, Leng Yimeng felt enormous pressure.

So she wanted to find someone to talk to and ease that pressure.

But her sister was not here, and there were many things she could not tell her subordinates. The young doctor before her, however, was a suitable person to talk to.

The man before her was pleasing to the eye and lifted one's mood. Moreover, they could be considered acquaintances, and they were not from the same world.

Just as she had told him back then—"You needn't ask my name. Even if you do, I won't tell you, lest you indulge in wild fantasies. You may be good-looking, but you're not worthy of me. My family would not agree, and I would not like you either."

Since they were not from the same world, she had fewer reservations when confiding in him.

"This killer is very strange. He cannot be compared to ordinary evil Outer Dao practitioners. You could say he is an extremely radical fiend," Leng Yimeng said.

Duan Yun questioned, "Is that really so extreme? Compared with the Red Chamber Fairies, he seems pretty ordinary."

Little sister, I was carrying out justice on Heaven's behalf, yet this cringeworthy woman actually calls me a fiend.

He had the urge to knock her down with a finger, lock her in the cellar, and discipline her—ptui, lock her in the cellar and properly reason with her.

Leng Yimeng sighed. "You don't understand fiends, much less the terror of this kind of fiend."

Would I tell you that the female constables ruined in those forbidden books were modeled after those who encountered this kind of fiend?

"All right, I still have things to do. Don't tell anyone about what we discussed today," Leng Yimeng reminded him.

"Understood."

"Oh, right. Your name is Duan Yun."

"Mm."

"But I still won't tell you my name, for the same reason as before, gynecological doctor."

After that, Leng Yimeng left.

Watching the busty female constable's retreating back, Duan Yun felt that this woman was becoming more and more cringeworthy.

Who the hell cared about your name?

And my act of eliminating unreasonable fees—if it did not count as the heroic deed of punishing evil, eliminating wickedness, and upholding justice, then surely it did not make me a fiend either?

For a moment, Duan Yun had the urge to tie her up and debate her.

But he still restrained himself.

The reason he was being misunderstood was that he had not done enough of these chivalrous deeds, nor had he done anything grand enough. Once he had carried out "A Healer's Benevolence, spreading martial arts across the land" and made his name known throughout the world, everything would change.

When that day came, once this cringeworthy woman heard his name, she would surely feel ashamed of today's misunderstanding.

That was right. Duan Yun would not change his name while walking, nor his surname while sitting. In this world of killing and rape, he would become a clear stream!

For a moment, Duan Yun's resolve to "cleanse the filth from the human world and spread martial arts across the land" became even clearer.