Chapter 1 - 8 Years After

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Groaning and clutching his blanket tighter, Shen Mo forced himself to wake up as the rays of the sun that escaped through the curtains landed on his eyes earning a complain.

Shielding his eyes against the light Shen Mo grope around for his phone that was supposed to be placed in the table beside his bed.

He grope around more to feel an empty space instead.

Suddenly opening his half closed eyes Shen Mo immediately looked at the table beside him to find his phone. Then he remembered that he left it at the repair shop yesterday.

With his thoughts occupied of going to the repair shop later Shen Mo headed to his bathroom for a shower.

He stripped off his clothes and placed them over the bed then turned on the shower. Shen Mo shivered at the contact of the water and his skin.

Porcelain like skin with water flowing through created a stunning image that enables people to be captured in the sight.

Translucent water droplets fell from Shen Mo's eyelashes as he opened his eyes and looked at the small scars that is littered on him.

His fingers traced the scars running through his stomach, arms and legs. Shen Mo was filled with nostalgia as he broke into a bitter smile.

Remembering what he had gone through at the AD Org. gave him a strange feeling. Shen Mo didn't hate the AD Org. but neither did he like it either and he was hell sure that he wouldn't go back there anymore.

Sighing in his reminisce Shen Mo dried himself with his towel and put on some clothes.

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Catching a last glimpse at his apartment he finally locked his apartment door with 4 different types of locks, for Shen Mo's motto of 'There is no such thing as being too safe' stills run through his head even after quitting the job of an assassin for 8 years now.

After checking his surrounding for about 5 minutes to make sure there was no suspicious thing around, Shen Mo finally gone out of his tenement satisfied.

"Mr. Shen are going out for a stroll!"

Hearing the cheerful voice calling him, Shen Mo turns around to see a plump woman looking like in her fifties wearing floral outfits smiling happily.

"Ah, Good morning to you Mrs. Lan. And i'm not going out for a stroll i'm just going to the repair shop to pick up my phone"

Shen Mo smiled warmly at her. He liked the enthusiastic woman that lived right next to him, she gave off the 'aunty feel' and never seems to get tired of gossiping. She has been the first person that broke through Shen Mo's barrier when he first arrived here 6 years ago.

Shen Mo has been living in his apartment for only 6 years since the remaining 2 years he spent keeping low in his companions hideout.

"So did you hear, Mrs. Fe from the house next block was caught cheating with the baker from the bakery at Xion Street. She made her parents lose face ah! What an unfilial child and he also made Mr. Fe wear a green hat even though they are married for only a year!"

'Haha, with Mrs. Lan here there is no lack of gossip'

Smiling wearily at the woman who begun to change the topic to how she happened to have heard that our other neighbor is pregnant, Shen Mo slowly erased his present and slip passed her. Living the gossiping woman talking to the wind.

After walking for 30 minutes Shen Mo finally arrived at the repair shop. Opening the door he bid good morning at the attendant and asked for the repairman.

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