You're Strong But Now You're Mine
Chapter 136 - 135: I Refuse

Chapter 136: Chapter 135: I Refuse

"Have you been... reading too many novels?"

After listening to Wen Hong describe recent events and her analysis that ’Yin Yinyin might be Qing Lan’, Yin Minghong’s first reaction was outright disbelief—he had interacted with ’Yin Yinyin’ and couldn’t imagine ’Yin Yinyin’ was actually a woman.

It’s not that he discriminates against women, nor that he believes ’Yin Yinyin’ couldn’t be a woman, or that only men could lead White Night in circles... but even excluding voice interference, Yin Minghong could instinctively judge whether ’Yin Yinyin’ was male or female.

’Yin Yinyin’ gave him a feeling very similar to that of the Assassin Le Yu, so Yin Minghong did not initially doubt ’Yin Yinyin’—Le Yu was a white-haired assassin, thus ’Yin Yinyin’ must also be a white-haired assassin.

Yin Minghong later suspected that this Yin Yinyin might not be the original Yin Yinyin due to detailed intelligence from Yanjing, logically deducing that Le Yu, who died in Red Moon Fortress, might very well have been Yin Yinyin.

When he returned to Red Moon Fortress this month, he even dug up Assassin Le Yu’s grave. Though the corpse was badly decomposed, various characteristics like height and body shape still faintly identified the corpse as that of Yin Yinyin himself.

In short, the current active ’Yin Yinyin’ is certainly not the original. But contrary to Wen Hong’s speculation, Yin Minghong believes ’Yin Yinyin’ might be another white-haired assassin.

Compared to stories like ’Ah Zhen fell in love with Ah Qiang’, Yin Minghong prefers friendship stories like ’Good brothers wish only to die together, not live the same day’.

For example, two assassins living on the edge, because they cooperated on a mission once, at the edge of their solitary fates as assassins, began to appreciate each other’s prowess.

Later, Assassin A was entrusted by the organization to execute an important mission in Star Engraving County. After completing the task, Assassin B was supposed to support him. But in reality, Assassin B was commanded by the organization leader not to support Assassin A, but to seize Assassin A’s Extreme Divine Weapon ’Saint’s Relic’.

Betrayal is also the fate of assassins. Yet when it came time to act, Assassin B felt unwillingly compassionate, and he knocked out Assassin A and returned only with the Saint’s Relic. The unconscious Assassin A was found by a passing slaver team...

"I think you’ve read too many novels!" Wen Hong rudely questioned: "And at least I’m reading something logical about male and female romance, relatable and logical, while what are you reading? Male-male stories!?"

"But don’t you think my deduction is logically consistent?" Yin Minghong asked: "How could a white-haired assassin possibly get abducted by slavers? Is there really an assassin so foolish in this world? Moreover, this assassin is the ’betrayer assassin’ Yin Yinyin who ruined all of Star Engraving White Night’s efforts! Besides Yin Yinyin suddenly becoming an idiot, this is the only possibility!"

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"My deduction is logically consistent too!" Wen Hong stated: "Do you have evidence that Qing Lan isn’t ’Yin Yinyin’?"

"Do you have evidence proving ’Yin Yinyin’ isn’t a man?!" Yin Minghong countered bluntly: "He merely appeared in front of you in female disguise, and according to reports, white-haired assassins indeed have such traditions of cross-dressing!"

"It’s Qing Lan!"

"It’s a man!"

"It’s..."

Mu Qingmei interjected at this point, "Then, is it possible that Qing Lan is a man?"

The two were taken aback, instinctively wanting to refute but found they had no evidence to do so.

"That’s right," Wen Hong said earnestly, "It could be that Qing Lan simply wore a wig, disguised as a courtesan to infiltrate beside Jing Zhengwei... As for why Jing Zhengwei hasn’t noticed, it only means Qing Lan’s skills are truly excellent."

"Let’s stop these nonsensical deductions." Yin Minghong finally realized they weren’t doing their actual work: "Speculation without validation is meaningless."

Wen Hong: "So, isn’t that why I’m having Qing Mei try to seduce Qing Lan, to see if we can pull Qing Lan entirely into our White Night! Even if Qing Lan is indeed not ’Yin Yinyin’, if she could join us, she would still provide us substantial strength!"

"Why let her go?" Yin Minghong pointed at Mu Qingmei.

Mu Qingmei was disgruntled, "Hey, what do you mean? Do I lack the capability to seduce?"

"You certainly lack capability!" Yin Minghong exclaimed: "You’re a woman, and Qing Lan... Qing Lan is most likely also a woman! How does a woman seduce a woman? Even to truly seduce Qing Lan, it should be—"

"Let you go?" Wen Hong retorted calmly.

"I didn’t say that." Yin Minghong shook his head.

"There you go, men, huh." Wen Hong scoffed: "You don’t understand women at all."

"I’m eager to listen."

"If we ignore your baseless deduction and follow my logic, then Qing Lan is deeply related to and possibly a lover of Yin Yinyin, right? But how did Yin Yinyin die? Killed by Jing Zhengwei in front of her. And what is she now? She’s Jing Zhengwei’s woman."

Wen Hong decisively asserted: "In this situation, Qing Lan must have already turned cold-hearted, left with only the thought of revenge for her lover. And Jing Zhengwei adds to her every evil imagination of men: brutal, obstinate, ferocious. Yet Qing Lan must serve this man for revenge... It’s conceivable that she must hold quite a distaste for men right now."

"So, using a man to seduce her is almost an impossible task. On the contrary, if we send a considerate woman to support her, we might actually gain her trust."

"Even if we take a step back and assume I’m wrong, isn’t it a fact that Qing Lan is connected to ’The Hidden Yin’? Isn’t it true that Qing Lan can reach Jing Zhengwei? And isn’t it a fact that since Jing Zhengwei is a pervert, Qing Lan probably despises him? No matter how you look at it, sending Qing Mei to reach out to Qing Lan is a move with no loss to us."

Wen Hong’s logic was very clear, and it seemed like a sure win with no risk. Yin Minghong couldn’t find any reason to argue against it. He glanced at Mu Qingmei, "But to send Qing Mei to..."

"Yin! Ming! Hong!" Mu Qingmei punched forward, "What do you mean by that!"

Yin Minghong caught Mu Qingmei’s fist and said with a calm expression, "I just think that you’re quite handsome, quite manly, so..."

As he spoke, Yin Minghong suddenly understood, and Wen Hong spread his hands and said, "It’s precisely because Qing Mei is quite manly that she’s suitable—what’s needed is a handsome, beautiful, confident woman to possibly open Qing Lan’s heart. Whether Qing Lan hates men or not, she surely longs for a warm embrace."

Thinking it over, Mu Qingmei was indeed the best choice: carefree and unrestrained, she could really provide women with boyfriend-like emotional satisfaction.

"I see... So, Qing Mei, are you willing?"

"I’ll give it a try," Mu Qingmei’s eyes wandered, "Actually, I initially refused, but since White Night needs me, I must at least give it a shot... Ah, the lunch break is almost over, I have to get back to the press."

As he watched Mu Qingmei hurriedly leave, Yin Minghong pondered slightly, "How long has she been coming here to ’practice’?"

"Initially, it was just some exercises in the evening, now she’ll come over at noon to practice while we have lunch together." Wen Hong crossed his legs, lightly wiping his lips, "I don’t know when she’ll finally pluck up the courage to take action..."

Yin Minghong was silent for a moment, "You better not mess around."

Wen Hong crossed his arms, smiling seductively, "And if I do plan to mess around, what will you do?"

"...You’ll find out then." Yin Minghong sat down, extending his right hand, "I tore the web of my hand."

Wen Hong glanced at Yin Minghong’s bruised hand, raising an eyebrow, "Didn’t you catch Qing Mei’s punch just now?"

"I used all my strength to catch it." Yin Minghong sighed.

But I still couldn’t.

Realizing that he couldn’t even catch a casual punch from his younger sister now, Yin Minghong couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed with sorrow—why is she so strong? Why does she have to be a bit naive? If we ever get into a conflict, I’m sure I’ll eventually be beaten to death by her!

Wen Hong’s hands glowed white, healing Yin Minghong’s right hand, as he laughed, "Accept your fate, you must change your attitude now, it’s no longer you protecting her, but her protecting you."

"That won’t happen, as long as I’m alive, I’ll definitely protect her," Yin Minghong said, "If it ever comes to her protecting me, I would never have the face to meet big brother again."

The room fell into silence. After a while, Yin Minghong felt that his right hand was almost healed and asked, "By the way, has the Silver Blood Association now formed the Half City patrol team?"

"I was just about to mention this to you." Wen Hong’s expression turned serious, "As the only armed force freely operating in Xuanzhu County, the patrol team is crucial. And now that they’re protecting the factory area well, it’s difficult for us to continue executing attacks and protests. We’ve already sent people to infiltrate the patrol team."

"But the mid-level officer positions are occupied by the children of the business families of the Silver Blood Association, which we can’t touch."

"Now that Red Moon Fortress has stabilized, it’s practically filled with our people, so you don’t need to stay there anymore. If possible, we hope you can recommend yourself to Jing Zhengwei, one of the three leaders of the patrol team."

"The Silver Blood Association wants to control the patrol team, this overt armed force, and we can do the same—the businessmen’s offspring who serve as officers are just playing around; they’ll inevitably tire of these boring patrol days and hand over work to their men, returning to the inner city for fun. By then, it’ll be our White Night’s chance to ’lay eggs with someone else’s hen.’"

"To let White Night take control of the patrol team, we need ’Deceitful Needle’ you to first be the hen."

Although it sounded strange, Yin Minghong was serious and earnestly replied, "Leave it to me, I’ll ensure the task is completed!"

If White Night can really succeed in controlling the patrol team, this legitimate armed public force, it means they finally have the ability to stage a coup—even if they might be swiftly crushed by the Heyang Army afterwards, at least they have hope!

This would be one small step for Yin Minghong, but a giant leap for White Night!

Even if it means working under someone like Jing Zhengwei, Yin Minghong would spare no effort!

...

"I refuse."

In the study of the Jing Mansion, facing Yin Minghong’s self-recommendation, Leyi responded with no hesitation.