Chapter 1219 Heather of the Other Shore Flower (243)

"Alright, sir."

The cleaner didn’t insist further, lowered his head and moved directly to the room adjacent to Nian Shen’s, continuing to press the doorbell.

At this moment, Heather had already walked up to her side, "Excuse me..."

"Please, guest, go ahead."

Heather smiled slightly, "There’s no one in this room at all, why are you ringing the bell?"

"Oh, I didn’t notice just now... thank you for reminding me, guest."

"Alright then, you may go in."

A few seconds of silence.

Heather didn’t leave, nor did the person go in.

So she chuckled again, "Not going in... is it because you can’t?"

Heather’s hand was placed on her shoulder.

Then, the next second, she suddenly counterattacked, Heather reacted quickly as well, having already mentally prepared, and the two started fighting in the corridor.

Heather yanked off her hat and was stunned seeing her face.

She stepped back a pace without continuing, wearing a shocked expression, "Lucia??"

How could it be Lucia!

She wasn’t very familiar with Lucia, so when she felt something odd just now, she didn’t think it was that feeling and thus hadn’t paid attention.

But at this moment, she was truly shocked! It was actually her!

"The world is really small." Lucia wasn’t surprised seeing Heather; it meant she had recognized her from the start.

This isn’t the time for reminiscing!

"Who’s outside?"

Heather blocked the door with one hand, saying sternly, "Lock the door, don’t come out."

The person aiming to kill Nian Shen...

Was actually Lucia!

She ran through the possibilities in her mind but directly asked her, "Is your target Nian Shen?"

"Yes," Lucia didn’t hide it, "if you hadn’t arrived in time, I would have already succeeded. Consider him lucky."

"Why?"

"What do you think the reason is?"

"I know there are two possibilities. One, someone paid for his life, but would such a thing really need you, a Right Envoy, to get involved personally? If the person offering money isn’t in this line of work, he wouldn’t know who I, Heather, am, nor would he invite you specifically because he has me on his mind. But if he is in this line of work, then it’s even less likely he’d invite you. So this possibility is quite slim. The other possibility... the only person who could command you is him. Did he send you here?"

He knew she was by Nian Shen’s side, and apart from Lucia and Frey being capable of matching her, the likelihood of anyone else succeeding was low, so sending Lucia directly seemed most likely.

Wait a minute...

That means...

Could it be that the one who came for the first assassination was Frey? Also his man?

Heather wasn’t sure, because her interactions with Frey were even less frequent than with Lucia, so she couldn’t say anything based on intuition alone.

Lucia chuckled, "Heather is still as smart as ever. Yes, it was the Leader who sent me."

"He wants you to kill Nian Shen??"

"Indeed," Lucia said, "even though I didn’t succeed today, you might protect him temporarily, but you can’t protect him forever; open attacks are easier to dodge than hidden arrows. Since I’ve been exposed, I won’t appear so easily next time."

As Lucia was about to leave, Heather grabbed her, "Wait—tell me why!"

Lucia retaliated with a move, sneering coldly, "When the Leader wants someone’s life, there’s no need for a why."

Heather stood frozen in place.

What exactly does he want to do?

Is it because of her?

Because he got too close to her, that’s why he wants his life?