Chapter 223 A killer from a kilometer away
The next day, the sky was lighting up, and a new day was about to begin.

In a suite in an apartment of a military area, Qin Hao and Shi Bingying spent a sleepless night.

In the room, Qin Hao sat cross-legged on the sofa, and there was a washbasin, filled with black blood. It was poisoned blood he forced out of his body in a night.

Last night, he was stabbed by the one-eyed man, although it was only a scratch, the knife had poison on it and it was too strong and too close to the heart, so he nearly passed out.

He was immune to most poisons because of the Earth Spirit Pearl, but that was only for common poisons. Some poisons were not included, and it took time for the pearl to detox.

For example, it also took a whole night to detox the poison of the Tianyi Mystery Water, with the help of the Earth Spirit Pearl. It almost killed him.

It was the same this time. The poison was unique and acute, and almost immediately hit his heart. Luckily, he was kind of a doctor and suppressed the poison from spreading, and slowly dissolved the poison at home. Also, it was fortunate that this poison was not on the level of the Tianyi Mystery Water. Otherwise, he would not have made it.

“Hao, how’re you feeling?” Shi Bingying stayed up all night to take care of Qin Hao. When he was in this state, she could not sleep.

“Phew.” Qin Hao sighed a long sigh and moved his arms and legs. He looked at Shi Bingying’s pretty face with love. She looked tired. He said with some guilt, “I’m okay. Just lost some blood. Thank you for staying up to take care of me.”

“It’s nothing since you’re okay.” Shi Bingying held his hand and smiled sweetly. It was more beautiful than any flower, or any person in the world.

Qing Hao was holding her hand and showed a warm smile on his pale face, “Ying, it’s great to have you in my life.”

“Same here.” She pressed her head onto his lap with all the happiness on her face.

…

Now it was already bright outside.

In the Mu family, Mu Qingyao finished her preparation. And with the company of Mu Qingsong, the Master, she left in a car secretly early in the morning.

They already knew where Qin Hao lived, but they went to another place first instead of going to him directly.

Around an hour later, the car was in a military control area, and the guard stopped them.

“Hello, Comrade, I’m Mu Qingsong, a friend of your General Li. We have an appointment, please tell him we’re here.” Mu Qingsong got out of the car and said politely.

Mu Qingsong was famous as the Master of the Mu family, and once the soldier heard the name, he immediately said, “Please wait.” And he went into the telephone box and made a call. After confirmation, the soldier let them in.

The car stopped at a common building with an atmosphere of authority. A handsome woman in a police uniform was waiting there. It was Li Tielan, Li Zhanwu’s daughter.

“Good morning, Mr. Mu.” Li Tielan saw Mu Qingsong getting out of the car, and greeted him with a sweet smile.

Although she was young, Qingsong wanted a favor, so he did not show off his status and said with a smile, “Hello, Tielan my daughter, you’re prettier after all this time, haha…”

“Haha, thank you, Mr. Mu. This is…” Li Tielan saw Mu Qingyao, and was a bit surprised that she was very pretty although in her middle years. You could imagine how pretty she would be in her prime years.

“Oh, it’s my sister, Mu Qingyao.” Qingsong hurried said, “Sister, it’s General Li’s daughter, Li Tielan.”

“Good morning, Ms. Mu.” said Li Tielan very politely.

“Hello, Tielan.” Mu Qingyao said with a smile.

“By the way, my daughter, where’s your father?” Qingsong was there to meet Li Zhanwu, and of course, would ask of him.

“He’s waiting for you in the living room. Please follow me.” Li Tielan said and was showing them the way. So the Li Zhanwu was somebody too. Even the Master of the Mu family had arrived. He only sent his daughter to greet them.

Actually, the “four families” were really nothing compared with Li Zhanwu’s status and influence.

Tielan brought them into the living room, and Li Zhanwu was not there, so they had to wait.

“I’m sorry. My dad must have left for something. Please have some tea and I’ll fetch him.” Li Tielan apologized, made them tea and went away.

Qingyao and Qingsong waited for a while, and Qingyao couldn’t help but said, “Brother, is this General Li a high-level official or something?” She thought, as the Master of the Mu family, he would receive warm welcomes everywhere and would never have to wait.

Qingsong nodded and said in a low voice, “Yes, my sister, he’s the person that can talk to the leaders, and we must be respectful when we see him.”

“Okay, brother.” Qingyao nodded.

They waited for a little more and almost finished their tea when Li Zhanwu finally walked in, “Hello, Qingsong my brother, sorry about that. I just had an important call. Sorry for keep you waiting. Please forgive me.” Li Zhanwu walked in with a fake smile.

Qingsong, of course, did not blame him and immediately stood up, full of smiles, “Haha, I know General Li is very busy, and we’re sorry to bother you. Please forgive us.”

“Haha, you’re more than welcome.” Li Zhanwu laughed, and they shook hands for the sake of it and took their seats.

“This is…” After sitting down, Zhanwu noticed Qingyao and was impressed by her looks.

“Oh, General, it’s my sister Mu Qingyao, Qin Hao’s mother.” Qingsong said hurriedly, “Sister, this is General Li, Qin Hao’s leader.”

“Good morning, General Li.” Mu Qingyao said politely and with care.

Li Zhanwu also hurriedly stood up. He did not care about Qingyao, but Qin Hao’s mother was certainly important. He was Qin Hao’s leader at work, but he knew who was leading whom.

“You’re Qin Hao’s mother?” Li Zhanwu examined her and did find that they looked alike.

“Yes, General Li.” Qingyao bowed slightly and said.

“Please take a seat.” Li Zhanwu’s attitude quickly changed and became a lot more polite, “Tielan, make us some tea. Use the best tea I’ve got.”

Tielan, of course, did so but was wondering why he was suddenly taking out the precious tea for special guests. People from the Mu family were certainly not special guest, otherwise, he would have waited for them and she didn’t have to greet them.

But why was he serving tea that he only had with special guests? Was it because the woman was Qin Hao’s mother? He cared too much about Qin Hao.

Although confused, Tielan quickly served the best tea, and once she entered the living room, fragrance filled the whole room.

Qingsong knew how expensive it was and was quite surprised about the service, and kept saying “Thank you”.

After the tea and some chit-chat, Qingsong entered the real topic, “General Li, I’m asking for a favor. Please help my sister meet her son Qin Hao.”

“You can meet him at any time. No need to ask for my permission.” Li Zhanwu said. Qin Hao never asked for his permission for anything.

“Err, I mean, General Li, we want your help.” Qingsong said hesitantly, “The thing is, Qin Hao had some misunderstanding with us. Without your help, he wouldn’t want to see us.”

His words reminded Li Zhanwu of Qin Hao’s family background. He knew something happened between Qin Hao and the Mu family, but didn’t know something happened between him and his mother.

But even a good judge could not rule over family matters, and he didn’t think he would help. He didn’t want to get involved in Qin Hao’s business either. So he said with some hesitance, “Qingsong my brother, it’s in your family, and I’d better not get involved.”

Qingsong understood and quickly explained, “General Li, you just have to bring us to him, we’ll handle the rest.”

“Yes, General Li, please help me. Please, please.” Qingyao suddenly stood up and was bowing repeatedly to Zhanwu.

Zhanwu quickly stood up and said, “My sister, don’t do this. I’ll help you.”

“Thank you, General Li.” Qingsong and Qingyao chanted.

…

In the residential area where Qin Hao lived, there was a skyscraper a kilometer away, and you could see all the buildings and targets in more than 1000 meters on top of that.

And there was two men on top of the building, one wearing a black coat and the other wearing a black jacket.

The one in coat picked up a telescope and looked at the residential area, and he could clearly see everything.

The man in jacket also looked at it through something, but instead of a telescope, he was seeing it through the telescope sight of a gun. It was a long, masculine rifle, and he had settled it on the handles of the building. He was pointing the gun at the area, and all the targets were in his reach, including people at the gate and walking in the streets nearby.

“Isn’t 1 km a bit too far? Can you hit the target?” The man in coat asked.

The man in jacket produced a “huh”, and said confidently, “Sure, it’s a Barrett XM109, with 25x29mm bullets, and an effective range of 2 km. It’s only 1 km. I can handle it.”

“Good. Get ready! I saw the target.” The man in coat raised his voice and adjusted the telescope. Two cars were arriving at the gate of the residential area.