Pristine Darkness

Chapter 74

Jian Yao and Bo Jinyan have a heart-to-heart talk, wherein Bo Jinyan realises that Jian Yao has changed, and so, perhaps, have the dynamics of their relationship. However, their love for each other remains as deep as before, or even deeper. How will he react to her 'confession'? Meanwhile, the investigation into Nie Shijun's case continues with an interesting discovery . . .

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Translator: Clue

Editor/ Proofreader: Summer

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A full-scale investigation began.

The sky was dark, daybreak was about to arrive. Jian Yao returned to the office, organising the files in her hands. However, she could feel that her heart was agitated, difficult to settle.

After a while, someone entered. He closed and also precisely locked the door. While the footsteps of the police officers outside the door were chaotic, the atmosphere within the room was quiet as its own small world.

She stood there without moving, while Bo Jinyan felt his way to behind her and hugged her.

She struggled to escape and then walked to a different side of the room.

Perhaps it was because he could smell her scent, because he quickly found and hugged her. He lowered his head and buried it into the crook of her shoulder, his posture was reliant, but his tone of voice was very steady and sure, "Jian Yao, you need to believe that my choice will always be the most logical."

In the past when this happened, Jian Yao would always obediently listen to his words. However, since their reunion this time, he found that this was no longer the case. The woman in his arms quietly let him hug her, then opened her mouth; her voice, however, was quite low. Despite this, her sound was still graceful and moving like a violin ensemble.

"Jinyan. You always want to protect me, to put me in a safe place, impenetrably protecting me, and then go by yourself to go face death and danger. This was the case with the Flower Cannibal Killer, and the Masked Killer too. I love this about you, this man who loves from the very depths of his heart. There is no one better than you, purer than you, more upright than you, a noble soul.

But I also want to join you. A little bird cannot stand alongside you, only an eagle can. I don't want to be the person who stands behind you; I want to be the person who stands beside you. I want to be undaunted by dangers like you and have the experience and the ability to disregard perils."

Bo Jinyan's heart was like a raging torrent, twisting and turning. Her words were like a light that suddenly started shining on the surface of the water, the light was warm, and the water was also hot. He made an "oh" sound, felt for her hand, grasped it, and then said, "Who said you aren't an eagle? From the first instance I saw you, you have been the little eaglet in my heart!"

The corners of Jian Yao's mouth began to curve, but her gaze was sincere yet full of lament. She held his face with both hands, and, with only his sunglasses separating them, said to him, "Ah, Jinyan, you need to know everyone also knows this, that incident was never your fault. You completed your duty very well; you already did the best you could. Under that disadvantage, you even destroyed almost all of their main forces, and saved me. There's no one more sharp and more wonderful than you. We only lost . . . Ziyu, but before the incident occurred, they had already killed him. You need not keep blaming yourself; it wasn't your fault. It was never your fault. You need to come back, you need to come back as a whole person. You can't leave again; you can't get yourself involved in danger by yourself again. I can't let you do that. I think if Ziyu's spirit were looking down on us, he would not let you do that either.