Chapter 117
In the evening, when Noah came to Shi Yu's room, she was still awake and busy packing things to take with her tomorrow.
"Shigure."
Noah leaned against the door, smiling at the petite figure in the room for a while. He felt that she was like a squirrel anxious to store pine nuts before winter. "What are you doing?"
Shi Yu heard the voice and looked back in surprise, his hands moving non-stop: "I met an acquaintance at the market today, and I plan to bring him something tomorrow."
"Oh? What is it?"
He walked over leisurely and did not come to help as Shi Yu had expected. After seeing a pile of baby supplies on the bed, Noah picked and chose, picked up a toy and played with it, seeming to be quite interested in it.
The puppy doll was turned on, and its limbs moved in the air, making a "woof woof woof" sound.
Noah studied it for a moment and chuckled in amusement.
Shi Yu: “…” Childish.
She silently snatched the doll from Noah's hand: "Why, didn't you play with it when you were a child?"
"No." Noah smiled slightly, sat on the edge of the bed, and brought another cuckoo doll. "When I was a kid, I didn't have much to do. I was really bored, so my father would make me do jigsaw puzzles and Sudoku."
"...you did Sudoku when you were one or two?"
"Well, more or less," Noah recalled. "Occasionally, I would practice my memory with graphic images. My father paid great attention to my education and would tell me some historical stories when I got tired of playing."
Shi Yu's eyes gradually became complicated: "For example? What story?"
"Knowledge related to the development, economy, and culture of the Federation, as well as the history of the decline and rise of the nobles."
The air was eerily quiet for a few seconds. Shi Yu withdrew his shocked gaze and generously left the cuckoo in Noah's hands.
Who would teach a one or two year old to do this?!
Noah didn't pay attention to her reaction. At this moment, he was like a new father who was attracted by the various childcare items. He looked at the incubator that Shigure bought for a while and asked with concern,
“Can the baby feed himself?”
"He'll find his own feeder when he's hungry... probably."
"If you're not skilled, food will fall into the incubator, right? Cleaning it up will be difficult too."
"So even with this incubator, adults still need to worry about it," Shi Yu sighed seriously, recalling his experience raising children with Xiao. "Children are really troublesome. If I were to take care of a child in the future, I might not be as good as the incubator."
Noah comforted her naturally: “It’s okay, I just try my best.”
Shi Yu Shenyou nodded, and was stunned for a moment before realizing that this smiling white-haired fox was taking advantage of him.
Noah didn't dodge or evade, and was hit by the girl's angry doll attack. His slender and graceful figure fell lightly on the bed.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who wants to have a baby with you?" Shi Yu retorted angrily with a red face, and glanced over there, "Still pretending! Get up!"
Noah closed his eyelashes lightly, his face calm, as if he was asleep.
"Hey, are you kidding me again?"
Shi Yu waited for him for a while, angrily, then walked to his side and touched his calf with his toes. Noah didn't move, his hands hanging at his sides. Under the light, that beautiful and elegant face no longer had the decorative gentle smile, and fatigue and exhaustion were revealed from the corners of his eyebrows and eyes.
He was still wearing a vest shirt for formal occasions, the lines of which were smooth and meticulous, but the perfect posture he had just maintained collapsed in front of Shi Yu.
"Don't sleep, it's only what time..." Shi Yu muttered and glanced at the time, suddenly speechless. Unknowingly, it was almost dawn. Did it take her so long to pack up?
Noah too, he left for the banquet at noon, why did he come back just now?
She glanced at the young man on the bed with mixed feelings, and smelled a hint of alcohol on her nose. It was not strong or pungent, and it blended with the cedar scent on his body, giving her a refreshing feeling.
Regardless of whether he was really asleep or not, Shi Yu would not allow Noah to occupy her bed for too long. She was about to turn around and ask Xiu outside to carry him away, but her wrist was grabbed by the boy who seemed to be aware of something.
"I knew you weren't asleep!" Shi Yu's first reaction was to accuse him.
Noah smiled at her with his eyes lowered, his soft silver hair spread messily on the pillow beside his collarbone. He looked like a fairy who had lost all his strength and turned into a beautiful and harmless fairy.
"Don't bother Xiu anymore. Let me rest for a while, okay?"
"Go and rest in your own bed!" Shi Yu tried to shake him off.
"It's too cold," Noah said gently and calmly, "It's okay if you don't let me rest here, even if it's just for a few minutes. I hope you can stay with me."
Shi Yu refused: "Go back to sleep, you wish."
Noah was silent for a moment, then took out a cuckoo doll from his side and said, "Please promise me that I have a hostage."
Threatening her?! Shi Yu pried off his five fingers that were clasped around her, amused and angry at the same time, "Are you drunk? I see you..." His consciousness was not clear.
Before he could finish his words, Noah pulled him easily, and Shigure stumbled forward and fell on a thin chest that smelled of cedar.
"Ah! Bastard...you!"
Shi Yu struggled aimlessly and tore off two buttons on Noah's vest's chest. The boy's clothes were disheveled and his collar was untied. Her legs were not idle either, but she didn't know where they hit Noah. He frowned his delicate eyebrows and suddenly let out a soft "hiss".
Shi Yu lay stiffly on him, eyes wide open, motionless, like a frightened cat.
Alpha's body was not easily hurt, but extremely susceptible to being touched. She wanted to avoid a certain embarrassing heat, so she silently moved her knees up a little. Noah held her waist to prevent her from moving.
"Are you going to kill me?"
He asked in a low voice.
Shi Yu: "...I won't move you, just put me down."
"Hmm? I mean you should be gentle. After all, I'm a little drunk now, not in my usual healthy state."
Shigure:?
Shi Yu was so angry that she hit him twice. Noah staggered as she tormented him, and then closed his eyes again.
"Let go, I still have to clean up...Ahhh, bastard! Where are you touching?!"
Shi Yu was so angry that he thought he was pretending. Who could be so drunk and sleepy as to touch someone all over?
After the commotion, Shi Yu came down with a stern face. Her hairpin had fallen off, and her sweaty hair stuck to her cheeks, still slightly damp, making her face red.
She smoothed out the wrinkles on her skirt with a muffled sound, and impatiently pushed Noah down, wanting to continue packing. Noah stood aside, his shirt was back to its original clean and tidy state, and the vest with two buttons missing was draped over his arm, but he didn't seem to care much.
"I'm taking a day off tomorrow," Noah reminded her gently.
"I have something to do tomorrow. I have to deliver something to a friend."
"I know about this. I'll tell you the address later. And by the way, have Xiu bring some self-defense gear." Noah gave the instructions and then asked, "What about tonight? Are you free?"
"I heard that the scenery of Star Lake is very beautiful. If you don't have any plans tonight, perhaps I would have the honor to visit it with you?"
Shi Yu didn't want to pay attention to Noah right now. She realized that Noah might want to repair the rift between them because of Wayne, so he treated her so softly and intimately. But this was just her guess. She wasn't sure what Noah was thinking, so she couldn't help but evasive: "Let's talk about it later."
As soon as Shi Yu finished speaking, her shoulders sank and her breath was choked. She reflexively tried to break free, but the cedar-scented Alpha held her tightly in his arms.
He seemed to be really drunk at this time. Looking at such a slender and well-proportioned figure, the pressure on her was heavier than a cement bag full of cement. Shi Yu was stunned and almost pressed onto the bed again. Fortunately, Noah regained consciousness in time, supported her shoulders, and helped her stand where she was.
"I'll wait for you in the room tomorrow afternoon."
"I didn't say I wanted to go." Shi Yu turned his face away in resistance and struggled slightly.
"I want you to come." He no longer used the polite yet distant word "hope". "I want you to come" was much more intimate than "I hope you come". Noah gently kissed her neck. Shi Yu shuddered twice and heard him whispering in her ear, over and over again, "...Shi Yu."
Before being pushed onto the bed by the drunken fox again, Shi Yu looked blankly at the mess left on the bed, and he looked like he had been drunk.
...It's numb.
Before Shi Yu left in the morning, Noah pulled her aside to reconfirm her itinerary. Just before her anger reached its limit, Noah smiled softly and thought, "Since you're going to Lake Street, take a few more people with you, and have Xiu go to the warehouse to get a weapon."
"Is it dangerous?" Shi Yu was about to walk out the door when she turned back to look at him.
"It's not that it's dangerous," Noah thought for a moment and explained, "There are many trading areas here, and the black market is rampant. The area around Lake Street should also be classified as a trading area. Generally speaking, the black market is not too far away from the trading areas and auction houses. Although there won't be any overt criminal activities, it's better to be cautious."
"We're just being prepared."
Shi Yu nodded, and two hours later, he reunited with Xiu and several other accompanying personnel who had gone to the warehouse to get their guns equipped.
...It felt a bit like a big deal, but Shi Yu didn't say anything. As the scenery outside the car window gradually changed, from bustling and lively to gradually deserted, and finally drove to a row of abandoned buildings and alleys, Shi Yu followed the signs to the entrance of Lake Street, looked inside along the wall where the cement was peeling off, and then retracted his gaze.
——At this moment, she silently felt that Noah's arrangement was wise.
Lake Street is a dilapidated and narrow old alley with not too many people living in it. Judging from their tattered clothes and thin bodies, most of them are Betas from poor families. Occasionally, a few Alphas are leisurely scattered among the houses at the entrance of the alley, sitting with their legs crossed and smoking, as if they are guarding something.
When the group of strangers walked along the wall into the alley, their incompatible aura attracted the attention of all the natives. They looked back and forth at the line of Alphas and Omegas with undisguised and blatant eyes. Even the children playing nearby stopped, licked their fingers and stared at them motionlessly, like a puppy that had been hungry for a long time and suddenly saw a meat bone.
The air was dark and choking with the smell of tobacco and dust. Shi Yu hid behind Xiu and silently quickened her pace. She was not used to this kind of environment and wanted to deliver the things quickly and leave as soon as possible.
When passing by a certain Alpha, Shigure did not see his grinning face staring at him, but heard faint heavy breathing and the sound of the bed shaking coming from a dilapidated house behind him.
Shi Yu stiffened for a moment.
"Fuck, you actually—"
Shi Yu's eyes blurred, and in the blink of an eye, the Alpha beside him fell to the ground with the chair. Then, before he could stand up in anger to fight back, Xiu glanced at him, coldly retracted his long legs, and several bodyguards behind him rushed forward.
Alpha was surrounded, his face instantly lost its fierceness, and he took two steps back.
"Keep your eyes shut." Xiu pulled Shi Yu and led her out. The bodyguards tacitly surrounded Alpha for a while, until they stared at him until his limbs became weak, and then they followed.
"What a lousy place."
Xiu's expression was not very good. Shi Yu stretched out his other hand and carefully tugged at the corner of his clothes. The boy suppressed the anger in his throat and asked, "What are you doing?"
"arrive."
Shigure pointed to a house behind them and reminded him innocently.
The corner of Xiu's eyebrow twitched, and he turned around first, kicked the door open and stepped in.
The house where Ivan lived was as shabby as the environment here, but it was well-maintained. Xiu folded his arms and looked around, but didn't find anything unusual. He motioned Shi Yu, who was curiously peeking at the door, to come in.
Ivan was startled by the sound of the door being kicked. He came out of the house and looked at her: "...Is it you? You really came."
Ivan was holding York, the baby seemed to have just woken up, swallowing guzzles from the feeder in his hand. Shigure relaxed at the sight of the child and entered the house with a bunch of things, "Yeah, I promised you."
"This package contains York's nutrients and incubator, as well as a few sets of clothing. There are a few more packages at the back, with a bit of everything, including things prepared for you."
The young man in front of him was wearing tattered clothes and had a thin face. Shi Yu looked at him and felt a lump in his throat.
"I hope these can help you. Your life will definitely get better and better." She whispered to comfort him before leaving.
Ivan had a smile on his face. He touched Ivan's head in his arms and responded with a very happy expression: "I hope so. Thank you for your help."
The alley was narrow and the bodyguards were waiting outside the door. Ivan carried York out and walked with them for a few steps.
York was already full and drunk at this point, and he sat up in Ivan's arms with a smile. Shigure slowed down his pace and met his smiling face with a nostalgic feeling, "What are you laughing at?"
The baby stretched out his hands and scratched: "ma...m!"
It was a familiar name again. Shi Yu suppressed a laugh: "I'm not your mother, but..."
"York wants this."
Ivan spoke suddenly. He took advantage of York's action to cover up and pulled out a tiny needle from his fingertips. Then he reached out and grabbed the necklace on Shiyu's neck. Shiyu was pulled forward with great force.
Xiu reacted quickly. He had been watching the situation behind him with a cold eye. Not surprisingly, he saw Ivan take action. He gave Ivan a sudden roundhouse kick, and Ivan was kicked directly out. However, this also allowed him to easily tear off the necklace used to suppress the smell.
Shi Yu's face flushed, and she covered her neck and coughed. The bodyguards protected her well-trainedly, but due to the limited space in the alley, they were unable to change their formation perfectly. Several sounds of breaking air came from above, and two bodyguards in black suits screamed in pain, covering their shoulders and other parts of their bodies, and fell down with convulsions.
Anesthetic needle.
Xiu's pupils shrank slightly. He untied the gun from his belt, quickly loaded it, took aim, and aimed at the roof. However, the man seemed to be well prepared and left quickly after one successful strike.
Shi Yu was protected behind him, hugging his shoulders and trembling slightly.
Without the props to suppress the smell, the scent of strawberries spread softly in the air. She could hear many chaotic and heavy footsteps coming from the alley, and the overflowing pheromones and the smell of gunpowder rushed into her nostrils.
The indigenous people, armed with sticks, benches, steel pipes and other weapons, blocked the alley entrance with expressionless faces, like a group of wild beasts ready to devour anyone.
Xiu glanced at Ivan who had fainted on the ground in the distance, and suddenly sneered, looking at the ragged wild dogs, "He was the one who provided you with the information?"
"Are you a black market supplier, or do you just want money?"
Communication is ineffective.
When the first female Beta pounced on him, Xiu gave up talking nonsense. There were still three bodyguards who were still unable to move. He pushed Shi Yu towards the strong one and fought against at least thirty "natives" with his bare hands.
He couldn't use his gun and had limited bullets, so he couldn't be sure if there were other people lying in ambush. After snatching the steel pipe from an Alpha, Xiu seemed to be at ease. Fighting alone in the narrow alley was actually a huge advantage. In a few breaths, he had knocked out five or six people.
The boy's muscles were tense, and his skin had a steely color. Another sound broke through the air, but this time, the anesthetic needle bounced off and hit a native right in the body.
He raised the corners of his mouth, raised his eyelids with a hint of sarcasm and looked at the roof. After the silent provocation, he calmly took a few steps back to ensure that he could return to support Shi Yu and the others in time.
Shi Yu was firmly pressed against the wall by the bodyguards for protection. She felt a little dizzy for some reason and her breathing became rapid. She vaguely felt that she was being led by the bodyguards to avoid attacks and sneak attacks.
However, in such a tense situation, she was unable to muster up her spirits and even almost collapsed into the bodyguard's arms.
"Ms. Shigure, Ms. Shigure?!!"
...Whose voice is that?
Another sound split the air, and then silence fell.
Shi Yu collapsed to the ground as the bodyguard fell to the ground. She opened her eyes blankly, tears unconsciously filling her eyes and dripping down.
Xiu turned back to help the bodyguard a second before he was shot, and picked up Shigure from the ground. The girl leaned against his arms with a flushed face, her trembling fingers resting on the strong chest and abdomen in front of her. Rather than seeking protection, this was more like...
"Were you shot too?"
Xiu frowned and quickly checked her condition. Shi Yu reacted for a moment before lowering her head in a daze. She saw a small needle clearly stuck in her clothes on her chest, and a few drops of blood seeped out and spread out inconspicuously.
The first few shots were paralyzing injections, but why didn't she faint immediately?
Xiu used his arms to block the attack from behind, his brows becoming more solemn.
"What does it feel like?"
“It doesn’t hurt…”
She clutched the clothes at her chest and replied blankly.
The smell of strawberries in the air became stronger and sweeter, and Shi Yu's brain became more and more dizzy. The sound washed over his eardrums like running water, but it could not leave any memorable points.
"...She was also shot with a paralysis needle?"
Xiu's voice.
"Haha, do we have the leverage to negotiate now? This medicine... is in our hands..."
"...How about coming with us?"
Hearing this, Shi Yu fainted and lost consciousness.
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