The next day, Li Muye specially ordered Lao Cui to go to the street to buy a newspaper that he had never paid attention to before and deliver it to his room.

The headline on the front page clearly carried the shocking news: Newspaper and jewelry tycoon Chalmov was killed on his way home last night! The police found his car on the road at midnight yesterday, along with his driver. The murderer's modus operandi was extremely brutal, and the pictures brought back by the interviewers at the scene showed that the scene of the murder was simply horrific, the driver had his throat cut with a knife, and Chalmov's body was dismembered into dozens of pieces.

Diana was still lying on her back, naked and striped, like a harmless little white sheep. Li Muye walked into the bedroom, sat on a chair and looked at her, the sun shone on her from the window, exuding a holy brilliance.

Could it really be her doing? Li Muye thought of the lingering smell of blood last night, got up and walked into the bathroom, the hunting suit she took off last night was still there, picked it up and put it in front of her nose and sniffed. Suddenly, I felt a tingling in my spine, and I couldn't help but shiver.

"You have a rose in your heart, and you smell the tiger. At some point, Diana was already standing at the door of the bathroom and said softly: "Although the poetry of the English has a meaning, it is too hypocritical to put it in our land, and on the contrary, it is the style of Russia, does my taste make you feel sick to your stomach?"

Li Muye was motionless, but his mind remembered the scene when he first met Diana. At the moment of the flash, she was doing a ballet move that was extremely difficult. I didn't think so at the time, but when I thought back at this time, I was shocked to realize that although her movements were standard, they were not beautiful, but had a sense of power. In every link since then, she has always interpreted the image of a weak and simple girl, and her performance is almost perfect.

"It's not enough to be sick to your stomach. Li Muye put down his hunting suit and said, "It's just that there are still many puzzled places." ”

"Chalmov is out. Diana said, "He's not as good as you in terms of value." After a pause, he added: "And he is too stupid, if he is smart enough, when Gurnov dies, he should take the initiative to withdraw from the stage of history, instead of vainly trying to restore his so-called oligarchic glory, let alone privately eye-to-behold the Chechens." ”

Li Muye looked at her, and suddenly remembered what Chu Qinchuan said that day, it turned out that Lao Chu had already guessed her origin from the events of that night, and even thought that the purpose of Timofu arranging the whole thing was to let her marry him, so there was that abrupt question.

"If you kill someone, you will kill someone, why dismember him?" asked Li Muye puzzled.

Diana came over and picked up the hunting suit and threw it into the bathtub, picked up the underwear and put it on her body one by one, and finally found the short knife with a golden handle and inlaid with precious stones in the corner, and said calmly: "He defiled Elena in the oligarchic era, and this matter is related to the honor of the family, so I have to use this family heirloom knife to wash away the shame he has brought him." ”

It is conceivable that this is a story of a gentleman who is not too late to take revenge for ten years.

"Does Yelena know?" Li Muye looked at her, suddenly feeling a little distressed. If it weren't for the unforgettable hatred, such a beautiful girl shouldn't have been like this.

Diana shook her head and said, "As a woman, she is strong, but as a mother, she shouldn't know the truth. After a pause, he said, "There are some things that you can only find the answer to by yourself, and I won't tell you even if I know what you are not allowed to say." ”

"Is there anything else you can tell me?"

"Mr. Lyusinsky hopes that after we get married, the new company can be established as soon as possible. Diana said in a businesslike tone: "This is the best solution they can think of, and if you refuse to be even a Russian son-in-law, they will have to give up on you." ”

"What about you?" Li Muye asked, "I want to know what you think except for the work factor?"

Diana smiled and said, "You are a very attractive man, I can't say how much I love you, but at least I don't hate you, especially after last night." She counted Li Muye's advantages: "Handsome enough, tough enough, can bring a woman the experience of being conquered, I have grown so big, it is the first time that someone is willing to spend so much money for me." ”

Li Muye said: "In addition to being handsome, other hardware should be regarded as the basic hardware of a man." ”

"But not every man has it. Diana said, "Those who like to talk about love and poetry are flamboyant waste, and they don't do anything but take advantage of a woman's belly." She continued: "My great-great-grandfather, who was once the best warrior in Russia, learned from a Tatar in his youth some methods of exercising his body with breathing and yoga-like movements, and passed them down from generation to generation, and in my father's generation, he chose poetry and distance. ”

"Times have changed, and the old livelihood skills have lost their value. ”

Diana shook her head and said, "Only weak people think so, my father is such a useless man, before Elena divorced him, we have been living in a destitute environment, he spent most of his time drinking, occasionally writing poems that can never be published, when Elena worked in a fur shop, supported the family by exquisite craftsmanship, and had to endure the beatings and verbal abuse of that waste. ”

The two inadvertently returned to the bedroom, and Li Muye handed her a glass of wine at the right time. Diana took a big sip and continued: "One day, while Elena was working in the shop, a rich tycoon came to the shop to choose a fur for her lover and saw her. ”

"Chalmov?" asked Li Muye subconsciously guessed.

"Yes!" said Diana, "I was nine years old at the time, and Elena came back late that night, covered with alcohol and scars, and almost died in agony, while the useless man just took the money she brought back, and did not come home for half a month!"

Li Muye asked, "How did Yelena survive?"

"It was Mr. Timov who helped us. Diana said, "I will never forget what he did for my mother!" She drank the wine in the cup, motioned for Li Muye to continue pouring it full, and then said: "From then on, I was determined to protect Elena by my own strength, and later I found what my great-great-grandfather left behind, including the short knife, and practiced desperately, and when I was twelve years old, Mr. Timov saw my unique ability and secretly recruited me. ”

"Your and Elena's fates have changed since then?"

"Yes. Diana said: "Timov introduced Mr. Lyusinsky to Elena, and he paid for the purchase of the fur shop where she worked. ”

"What happened later?" Li Muye asked, "Didn't your father trouble you again?"

"No later!" Diana's tone suddenly became cold, and she was a little anxious: "That waste is dead, such a person is not worthy of being a man, and he is not even worthy of living in this world!"

Li Muye looked at her angry expression, thinking of the appearance of Chalamov's tragic death, and suddenly understood. Hurriedly changing the subject, he asked, "Was Nicholas really once your lover?"

"He's just a mission target. Diana said: "Mr. Timov set a trap for him at that time, originally intended to make him an American spy, but in the end it did not work, and the contents of that easter egg were copied by me, because it was not enough to bring down Gurnov, so it was kept." ”

Everything can be connected. Li Muye suddenly realized and said, "Thank you for telling me so much. ”

Diana said: "If you hadn't taken the easter egg that night, or if you had killed Nicholas in a fit of rage, the whole thing would not have developed to this stage, I have always been curious, how did you become suspicious of me? Don't deny it, we have been dating for a month, if I can't detect your hesitation for so long, what qualifications do I have to carry out this mission?"

"The timing, the place, and the near-flawless performance of your appearance. Li Muye said: "For others, there may be nothing to doubt, but for me, as long as there are enough reasons to doubt, the more perfect the game, the more doubts will arouse me." ”

"After all, it's because you're too cunning and cautious. Diana laughed, "What a cunning fellow than a fox." ”

"The environment is the best teacher. Li Muye said: "You grew up in an environment full of violence, so you learned to use violent means to solve problems, but I once grew up in a world full of lies, doubting everything, almost everyone in that world has the instinct." ”

"Mr. Timov is still grateful to you. Diana took the initiative to change the subject: "Charmov has always wanted to kill you, Bergomi used to support his opinion, but Mr. Timov has always opposed them to do so, a year ago, Chalmov took the initiative to carry out an operation against you, Mr. Timov was very dissatisfied after knowing it, but Bergomi was not in the same system as him, and Mr. Lyusinsky acquiesced in this matter, and he could not pursue it." ”

"Lyusinsky is just a banker, can he have more power than Timov?" asked Li Muye a little strangely.

Diana said: "If you know that Mr. Timov was the deputy head of the St. Petersburg Security Service before, and Mr. Lyusinsky was the head of the bureau at that time, you would not have such doubts. After a pause, she continued: "Mr. Lyushinsky went to the City Commercial Bank only after he was transferred from the St. Petersburg Security Service. ”

All the truth is revealed, and then it is inevitable to return to the original topic, talking about marriage. The untimely Charmov died, and hatred was not the only cause of his death. Not being able to see the situation clearly was his fatal mistake. Now it is Li Muye's turn to recognize the situation.

Marriage or death?

Li Muye looked at Diana's short knife fiddling with in his palm, and then thought back to the taste of last night, it seemed that there was nothing to hesitate.