285 A Child’s Logic

Lin Ran was stunned upon hearing the word “murderer” and loosened his grip.

Ye Jin took the opportunity to break free and stabbed Lin Ran in the face again, but Lin Ran easily dodged it.

After failing twice in a row, Ye Jin clearly became anxious. She let out a roar and stabbed Lin Ran in the chest for the third time!

Lin Ran wasn’t even interested in dodging this move. He flicked the tip of the saber with his fingers, and the saber flew out of her hand with a clang and fell into the grass.

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Ye Jin’s expression instantly turned ugly. She reached out to touch her back, wanting to take something, but before she could reach out, Lin Ran stopped her.

“You murderer! Let go of me!”

Ye Jin shouted and struggled again. Her voice was a little hoarse. It was obvious that she was really angry now.

Lin Ran waited patiently for the other party to get tired of shouting before asking helplessly, “Calm down first. I didn’t know you at all in the past and haven’t even killed an ant in the past two days. How did I become a murderer?”

Ye Jin widened her eyes and stared at Lin Ran. “Is your name Lin Ran?!”

“That’s right.”

“Are you from the Heavenly Saint Dynasty?”

Lin Ran subconsciously wanted to say “that’s right”, but just as he opened his mouth, his expression suddenly changed slightly. He looked at Ye Jin and probed, “Could it be that someone in your family was killed by me on the battlefield… That’s not right. I didn’t attack at all during the last war!”

“You didn’t attack, but you advised your emperor to attack us!”

Ye Jin screamed, tears suddenly welling up in his eyes. “If not for you, my father wouldn’t have become like this!”

Looking at Ye Jin’s teary face, Lin Ran felt bad. He sighed softly and said, “I haven’t even seen your father. What does it have to do with me?”

“You are responsible for it!”

Ye Jin shouted crazily. Seeing this, Lin Ran hurriedly loosened his grip, afraid that he would hurt Ye Jin if he used too much strength.

“Can you explain it first? You’re making me very confused!”

Lin Ran said helplessly, but as soon as he finished speaking, his voice was covered by Ye Jin’s hysterical scream. He could only shut his mouth and wait for her to finish screaming before asking.

Fortunately, Ye Jin was still a little girl. Even though she was furious, her stamina could not keep up. After struggling for about fifteen minutes, she lay on the ground and panted heavily.

Seeing that Ye Jin was really exhausted, Lin Ran let go, opened the water bag, and handed it over. “Are you done? Can you tell me what’s going on now?”

“Just you wait! I’m no match for you now, but I will be one day!”

Ye Jin glared at Lin Ran and shouted weakly. She snatched the water bag and drank it in big mouthfuls.

Facing such an unreasonable person, if it were in the past, Lin Ran would definitely have left.

However, after interacting with Huo Qiyun and Xiao Huai for so long, Lin Ran had become more patient with kids. Now that he saw Ye Jin angry, not only was he not angry, but he even found her quite cute.

Thinking of Huo Qiyun and Xiao Huai, Lin Ran suddenly felt a little worried.

Previously, when he was in the Heavenly Saint Dynasty, he left in a hurry. He wondered how Huo Qiyun and Xiao Huai were doing. Would they be implicated if he was wanted? However, with the empress around, the two of them should be fine, right?

After Ye Jin recovered her strength, she still didn’t answer Lin Ran’s question. Instead, she jogged to the grass at the side and squatted down, rummaging through the leaves as if she was looking for something.

Lin Ran knew at a glance that she was looking for the saber. Then, he released his divine sense to scan the vicinity, picked up a small stone, and flicked it into a bush.

Throughout the entire process, Lin Ran didn’t say a word, but Ye Jin still understood what he meant. She jogged over and pushed aside the grass and quickly found the saber.

After putting away the saber, Ye Jin heaved a sigh of relief. Lin Ran’s eyes flickered as he asked tentatively, “From the looks of it, this saber is special to you, right?”

“I made this myself after learning how to forge a saber from my father.”

Ye Jin replied angrily with a cold expression, “This saber is not worth much, but without it, I can’t kill you.”

Lin Ran rubbed his face helplessly and changed the topic. “I didn’t expect you to know how to forge sabers.”

“Of course I know! Back then, my father…”

A proud expression appeared on Ye Jin’s face, but she suddenly stopped mid-sentence and returned to her cold killer appearance. “Why are you asking so many questions? What does our family’s matter have to do with you?!”

Lin Ran stood up and pointed at Ye Jin from afar. “Alright, it has nothing to do with me, right? Keep this map to yourself. Find your way back home later!”

With that, Lin Ran threw down the map and turned to leave. As expected, after taking three steps, he heard Ye Jin shout from behind, “Wait, wait!”

“No!”

Lin Ran replied angrily, but he still stopped in his tracks and deliberately asked with a straight face, “Didn’t you say that it has nothing to do with me? Why are you calling me?”

Ye Jin looked a little embarrassed. She fiddled with the corner of her shirt with both hands and said softly, “I… I can’t understand the map… Can you send me back before leaving?”

Lin Ran chuckled, but he didn’t show it on his face. “Then tell me, how did I harm your father? If you can’t explain it clearly, find your own way back!”

“You!”

Ye Jin widened her almond-shaped eyes and was a little angry, but in the end, she gave in and said reluctantly in a low voice, “A while ago, during the war, the emperor ordered the Iron City to speed up the forging of weapons.”

“My father is the best blacksmith in the city. The emperor even specially issued an imperial edict asking my father to forge 300 top-notch famous sabers. Later, I heard from others that the emperor established a team of masters to deal with a master called Lin Ran from the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.”

“Am I that famous?”

Lin Ran raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn’t expect Xuan Wushang to take him so seriously.

After calming himself down, Lin Ran asked again, “But the emperor issued the edict because he trusted your father. How did it become me who harmed him?”

“Because the emperor only gave my father three days!”

Ye Jin screamed hysterically, “That’s impossible to do!”

“But your father did. Otherwise, he would have been killed, including you.”

Lin Ran said in a low voice, his expression suddenly turning solemn.

He didn’t know what method Ye Jin’s father used, but it was very likely the reason why Ye Jin hated him.