Ch 89: Hidden for Nothing
“That’s not right. He investigated it very clearly. When he saved Ningning, she was definitely unconscious!”
“How did she know it was him?”
Qin Jin-nian was a bit dazed.
But then, a thought flashed through his mind…
“It’s hard to say…”
“After all, it’s a mental-type superpower…”
“This thing is too subjective!”
“Who knows what specific abilities some people have?”
Qin Jin-nian swallowed, and asked in a low voice, “What else did you see?”
Ningning’s big eyes blinked, and after thinking for a while, she continued in a milky voice, “And a big, black trumpet.”
“A big, black trumpet?”
“What is that thing?”
Qin Jin-nian didn’t react for a moment.
Ningning thought for a moment, and then said, “And a big hammer, an ugly sister, and lots of bugs…”
Qin Jin-nian: “?”
“Wait a moment, Ningning…”
Ningning didn’t speak, and looked at Qin Jin-nian with her big eyes.
Qin Jin-nian swallowed, “The big hammer and the ugly sister… and lots of bugs… When did Ningning see them?”
Ningning thought for a moment, “The night the uncle was sleeping outside the door.”
Qin Jin-nian: “!”
He widened his eyes.
The Night of the Blood Moon!
Only that day, he had transformed his shadows into the shape of a big hammer.
And that ugly sister… needless to say, it must have been the Good Sister Weird.
As for the bugs… it was also only that night.
…In other words, when he killed the Weird for the first time, Ningning saw the whole thing?
Qin Jin-nian couldn’t help but recall the scene when he first saw Ningning… the other party was tightly hugging Lin Yun’s leg, secretly looking at him.
And she had been secretly looking at him ever since. He was quite pleased with himself, thinking he was charming, so the little girl kept secretly looking at him. Because of this, he was quite fond of this girl…
…It wasn’t charm at all. It was because Ningning witnessed the whole process of him killing the Weird, so she was curious about him?
Qin Jin-nian secretly bared his teeth… Alright, he had gone to great lengths to hide his identity… It turned out that from the very first day, Ningning, this girl, knew everything?
“Did you tell anyone about your uncle?” Qin Jin-nian couldn’t help but lower his voice and ask, a little worried… After all, Ningning was still too young, and might not understand that he didn’t want to reveal his identity.
If she had already told the Night Watch… then he had really hidden for nothing.
Ningning heard this, and said in a very serious tone, “Uncle is doing bad things, and doesn’t want people to know. Ningning knows. Ningning and Uncle are good friends, and can’t tell others.”
“Doing bad things…”
Qin Jin-nian was a bit speechless.
But this answer later made Qin Jin-nian breathe a sigh of relief…
Good heavens, this little girl even knew not to snitch?
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but rub the little girl’s head, “You, this girl… didn’t tell Mom either?”
“Mm.” Ningning nodded.
Qin Jin-nian completely relaxed, and then said in a low voice, “Then, this is Ningning and Uncle’s little secret, absolutely can’t tell anyone else, okay?”
The words “little secret” made Ningning’s eyes light up, and then she obediently nodded.
This obedient little appearance made Qin Jin-nian couldn’t help but rub her head again. Ningning also obediently let him rua, but her big eyes looked at him…
Looking at the obedient Ningning, Qin Jin-nian’s heart was also a little shaken, realizing that Ningning’s superpower was probably extraordinary.
Because he thought of what the ‘big, black trumpet’ was…
It was when the two Night Watch members were questioning at Lin Yun’s house just now, he had used his shadow superpower to make a receiver… it did look like the shape of a big trumpet.
And the shock came from this…
Ningning saw the black trumpet.
The purple-haired woman, did not!
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You must know that the purple-haired woman was also a mental-type esper.
And Ningning was also a mental-type esper, and the purple-haired woman’s strength was even far greater than Ningning’s, he didn’t know by how many times…
But Ningning saw the black trumpet, and the purple-haired woman didn’t.
What did this mean?
Qin Jin-nian’s eyes flickered.
Ningning’s superpower, seemed to have something special…
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After having a shared ‘little secret’ with Ningning, Qin Jin-nian liked this girl even more.
And this girl seemed to be even more clingy to Qin Jin-nian. After standing for a while, she actually reached out to Qin Jin-nian for a hug. Qin Jin-nian picked up the soft little girl, and in a moment, she fell asleep in Qin Jin-nian’s arms…
Qin Jin-nian was stunned, and then realized something, and his brows softened a lot.
That’s right, this girl had experienced a lot during this time… Although she came back safely, what exactly she had experienced during those few days of her disappearance, probably only she knew.
The Church of the End was a group of lunatics. Although they valued Ningning very much… but what they valued was her body. Not to mention anything else, when they took her to the underground altar, if they hadn’t knocked her out… they would never have deliberately made her avoid those few blood sacrifice places.
And the tragic state of those blood sacrifice places, even now, when Qin Jin-nian thought about it, he felt a chill in his heart. If Ningning saw it…
No, she definitely saw it, right?
After all, she saw him save her. Then she would inevitably have seen him swallow those blood sacrifice corpses…
Such a scene, he didn’t know what kind of impact it would have on Ningning…
And now that she came back safely, she didn’t make a fuss, and even knew to hide Qin Jin-nian’s ‘doing bad things’…
She was probably tired a long time ago, right?
Looking at the little girl who had fallen asleep in his arms, Qin Jin-nian also sighed… This kind of thing, there was no way to do anything about it.
Fortunately, she didn’t look like an ordinary person…
“Xiao Nian, over there…”
Lin Yun’s excited voice sounded, as if she wanted to share something with Qin Jin-nian.
But Qin Jin-nian quickly ‘shushed’ her, and Lin Yun was stunned, and then she saw Ningning sleeping in Qin Jin-nian’s arms.
She was stunned for a moment, and then the excitement on her face faded, and finally she smiled and nodded gently.
She lowered her voice, and then said, “Xiao Nian, there are a lot of ingredients in the kitchen, let’s eat here today.”
Qin Jin-nian thought for a moment, and finally didn’t refuse, and smiled and nodded, “I naturally have to bother with Sister Yun’s housewarming today.”
Lin Yun’s expression was in a daze for a moment, and then she lowered her head, and after a long time, she murmured, “To be honest, this kind of life is indeed what I have always longed for. But I didn’t expect that in the end… it was achieved by Ningning.”
Her eyes were filled with a bit of pity as she looked at the sleeping little girl in Qin Jin-nian’s arms.
Qin Jin-nian smiled, “Ningning joining the Night Watch only has benefits, no harm… In this world, where is there an absolutely safe place? Ningning is in the Night Watch, can get the best training, can in the shortest time, have the power to control her own destiny… Sister Yun, this is a good thing that you can’t even ask for. So… just enjoy it.”
Lin Yun was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed.
“Yes… it’s a good thing…”
She murmured.
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In the afternoon, Lin Yun made a big table of dishes, and Ningning also woke up. The three of them spent a warm dinner in the new house.
During the meal, Lin Yun said to Qin Jin-nian very seriously, “Xiao Nian, I know that you must have put in a lot of effort in this matter of Ningning. But I’ve already said too many words of thanks, so I won’t say them… I really consider you my younger brother. There are many rooms here, I’ve left one for you… move in and live with us.”