Chapter 121
The next day, although still feeling a little weak, Shi Yu tried hard and got up early.
She got to know the restaurant owner last night and actively went over to help this morning, and was given two servings of fried eggs and bread as a kind gift from the owner.
"The boss lady asked me if I could stay there and work part-time," Shi Yu sat down next to Xiu with breakfast, biting the bread and giving him another portion, "but we still have to hurry, right? I refused."
In fact, Shi Yu was really tempted. If there were no pursuers behind him, it would be nice to work here and wait for Noah to pick him up.
They cleaned the transport truck warehouse early in the morning and left before the driver drove away. They found a secluded bench on the corner of the street to rest. Shi Yu broke the bread into small pieces and ate it with the sauce of last night's leftovers. The gravy wrapped around the soft white flour, and it was full of juice when she bit it. She was so happy that she squinted her eyes.
Xiu lowered his eyes to look at her, his fingers moving slightly, as if he felt that the girl's bulging cheeks were too round and soft. He stretched out his hand and poked them coldly.
Shigure:?!
Shi Yu stared at him with wide eyes, like a dull hamster.
Xiu, however, acted as if nothing had happened. He lowered his head and began to eat his meal. He casually said, "I'll go find a transport vehicle later. Once we get to Hall County and make sure there are no pursuers, I'll consider working."
"...But shouldn't we contact Noah first? If he can come pick us up right away, I wouldn't really want to work."
Shi Yu showed his lazy nature and didn't want to experience life at all.
Xiu didn't say anything.
After the meal, Shi Yu took the initiative to run errands to contact the transport truck. After paying the deposit, although he still had some money left, Shi Yu adhered to the concept of saving and went to the restaurant to help the boss lady do temporary work in an attempt to save another meal.
Wearing an apron and tying up her bangs with a hairpin, Shi Yu was busy helping customers take orders and assisting the chef, having a lot of fun.
Noon is the peak dining time, and this restaurant is doing good business. After the seats for dine-in customers are basically full, a large group of people come in outside the door.
"Leave the order to me first. You go to the kitchen and help prepare the food. The dishes are almost unavailable."
Seeing that there was business again, the proprietress happily put on an apron and went to work herself. She waved her hand and arranged Shi Yu, who could cook some dishes, to the back kitchen, and then greeted him enthusiastically.
She didn't notice anything unusual about Shi Yu behind her. After seeing that the group of people were wearing the same uniform and the convoy parked outside the door looked particularly familiar, Shi Yu cautiously took two steps back, covered her face with the menu, and said "hmm" softly.
She tried her best to remain calm and turned to go into the kitchen, washing, cutting and arranging the vegetables according to the chef's instructions. When she picked up the plate, her expression suddenly became embarrassed and distressed, and she quietly called out to the Beta boy next to her.
"Sorry... I feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach and need to go to the bathroom. Could you please take these out?"
A young man passing by scratched his head. He was in charge of the guests in the private room, but when he saw the delicate little girl who looked anxious and about to cry, he kindly agreed: "Then I'll go first, you go."
Shi Yu thanked him with a sense of relief and ran to the bathroom. Having worked here for a short time twice, she was familiar with the environment here and knew that there was a small window behind the bathroom.
Although she felt sorry for the boss lady, she planned to run away now for safety reasons.
——However, the reality was not at all what she wanted.
There were more than ten cars parked at the door alone, and about thirty or forty Betas and Alphas in suits came in. Perhaps because they were tired from the journey and there was no space in the hall, many people in uniform squatted at the door of the bathroom or sat on the stairs on the side, smoking, looking at the terminal, joking and chatting.
Shi Yu stopped at the corner, leaned against the wall to think of a solution, and inadvertently heard their conversation.
"There aren't many Omegas along the way," someone complained drily. "What a lousy place! It's hard to even have fun."
"So what if you meet him? Do you have any money on you now? Didn't you finish gambling again a few days ago? Those girls won't welcome you if you don't have money. Finish this deal, get the money, and then think about it."
The other person laughed mercilessly, "Hahaha."
"Money should be used to make money. I'm too lazy to spend it on them." The man at the beginning smacked his lips. "Omegas, it's enough to solve physiological problems. Isn't that the goal of this mission?"
"Looking at the photos, it's pretty good. If we find one alive, we can have some fun first and then kill it. Wouldn't that save a lot of money?"
"Tsk tsk, how inhumane."
"Stop pretending to be righteous. If you have the guts, don't go up there."
Shi Yu: “…”
So disgusting...! How could there be such a perverted person!
She had to run quickly.
Shi Yu was already afraid, and when he heard that their mission target included an Omega who needed to be killed, he had no doubt that he was the one who was about to be persecuted.
She turned around in a cold sweat, crouched down and prepared to leave, but when she took a step or two, she was suddenly stopped by someone.
"Hey, that waiter over there."
Shi Yu froze for a moment, her calves trembling unconsciously. She gritted her teeth, resisting the urge to run away immediately. She turned around and smiled: "Yes... Is there anything I can help you with?"
She was wearing an apron and smelled of kitchen fumes. She was thin and petite. The man who had initially screamed at her didn't notice her appearance. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Can you find us something to eat first? How long do we have to wait? Is this how your restaurant treats its customers?"
"I'm so sorry. I'll go get the kitchen right away." She immediately bowed and apologized. "Can I get some side dishes for the guests first?"
"Go!"
Sweat dripped from Shi Yu's forehead. He bent over and slowly backed away. The moment he left their sight, he quickly turned around and ran away.
"The fish in the store is running low. I'm going to the market to buy some new ones."
After saying this to the busy proprietress at the front desk and ignoring her doubts, Shi Yu covered his face and walked out the door without looking back.
There were many people in the same uniform waiting for seats to become available in the hall. Shi Yu faced their gazes and pretended nothing was wrong. But as soon as she got out of the door, she stopped pretending and ran at full speed, a speed she had never run 800 meters in her life.
After running for a distance, an alarm suddenly sounded behind me.
Shi Yu covered her ears and ran faster. She seemed to hear someone cursing and rushing out of the restaurant. They started their cars and the high-speed cars made a whistling sound of the wind.
She tried to block the sounds from entering her ear canal, her heart beating so fast that it seemed like it was going to jump out of her chest. At this moment, Shi Yu's trembling fingers suddenly touched a small ear clip behind her ear.
This is what Xia Feng gave me back then...
Shi Yu stumbled into the alley and made eye contact with a frightened stray cat that was rummaging through the trash can for food. He gritted his teeth and occupied its territory without any sense of public morality.
The cat raised its tail and meowed angrily.
The ground suddenly shook, and the cat's ears stood up. It turned its head and stared curiously at the convoy speeding past outside the alley.
Hiding behind a trash can, Shi Yu anxiously activated his ear clip, trying to contact Wayne. However, the ear clip clearly lit up with a red light, but no sound came through. Shi Yu wasn't sure if the communicator Xia Feng had given him was only one-way communication, so he spoke desperately, "Wayne, Xia Feng, can you hear me? Something's happened here. I've been kidnapped. Although I've escaped temporarily, there are still people chasing us."
"I have been discovered now. If you receive this message, please help me. I am in the town of Derby on the planet Nicol..."
In the distance, the sound of the convoy returning seemed to be heard again. Shi Yu was not sure whether they had discovered his whereabouts or not, so he split into several groups to patrol nearby.
Either way was not good for her, so she stopped talking and followed the cat into the pipe deep in the alley. After turning several corners, she pushed open the sewage well in another alley with great effort and crawled out of it in a dusty state.
She was so dirty that she looked just like the stray kitten at her feet.
After judging the location, Shi Yu seemed not far from Xiu, so he ran out of the alley, intending to meet Xiu.
"build!"
Shi Yu was so panicked that her eyes were wet. When she saw Xiu's figure, she ignored the tears and dust on her face and rushed into his arms like a desperate bird, sobbing and saying anxiously: "I've been discovered, someone is chasing me..."
She had never encountered such a thing before. Hearing their malicious plans and leaving the restaurant under so many gazes had already drained away all her courage.
When Shi Yu threw himself into his arms, smelling of sewage, Xiu Mao didn't even frown, but now, seeing that the other party was obviously frightened and his cheeks were pale, the boy's expression became a little serious.
"Calm down." He held Shi Yu's cheek, made her look directly at him, and said in a hoarse voice, "Tell me what happened again."
"I was working part-time at a restaurant when they suddenly came over. I noticed the cars were the same ones I saw in Shashi Town before, and I heard them discussing how to arrest me, so I ran away."
"But we were still discovered. If you get caught, you should leave first. I'll take off my skirt for you, and you can disguise yourself and maybe hide it from them..."
Shi Yu's eyes were filled with tears and she started talking nonsense. Xiu's face darkened and he bent down and bit the side of the girl's neck without any courtesy. Shi Yu cried out in pain and finally pursed her lips in grievance and shut up for the time being.
"Calm down?"
Xiu buried his head in her neck, his breath making her snow-white skin turn red.
Shi Yu wiped away her tears and said "hmm".
He paused for a moment, finally willing to let her go, and whispered, "Pack your things, we'll go somewhere else and not get on the transport truck for the time being."
"Well, okay..."
The convoy has discovered them, and all vehicles that can leave the town will definitely be strictly checked. Xiu's calmness and composure seemed to bring a little comfort to Shi Yu, and she gradually calmed down.
Xiu glanced at her and suddenly asked, "How did you get here just now?"
Shi Yu was confused: "Go down the sewer...?"
Why is he asking this?
A few hours later, late at night, Shi Yu was in a corner of the sewer, looking at the little stray cat's relatives in confusion.
The kitten licked its paws and vigilantly protected the kittens in the nest. Shi Yu took a look and then shrank back, hiding behind Xiu in a daze.
Fortunately, the drainage system of this border town is well-maintained, and the sewers can be considered clean, so staying there for one night is not unbearable.
The water reflected on the walls and steps. Shi Yu listened to the sound of flowing water and stared blankly at Xiu Shen's deep and stern face.
He seems to be high and mighty, giving people a strong sense of oppression, and he likes to bully others, but after all this time, Xiu seems to be able to endure all kinds of harsh conditions...
Has he also undergone such training?
Shi Yu touched the ear clip she was wearing and heard Xiu beside her suddenly say, "Today."
"Um?"
"What were you thinking when you saw that group of people running out of the restaurant?"
Shi Yu felt a little cold, so he put on Xiu's suit jacket, leaned against his strong arms, and answered honestly, "I'm scared."
"They said some really harsh things. I was afraid I would really be arrested and treated like that."
What was strange was that the things that had frightened him during the day now seemed a little unreal when he recalled them. Shi Yu confusedly hypothesized his own fate: "Will I die?"
"Won't."
The boy's denial was tinged with a faint nasal tone, sounding a little unhappy. "Don't think about those messed up things."
"Well, I ran away."
Shi Yu knew that he shouldn't think too much late at night, so he let it go naturally. "I can still chat with you. Now that I think about it, if only I had been smarter and thought of another way."
"Although there is a small window behind the bathroom, there should be other small rooms as well. I should check them out one by one..."
"Or maybe a disguise? Put some soot on your face or something?"
Thinking about that, Shi Yu made himself laugh.
However, she didn't realize that although she was relieved, the bad-tempered big cat next to her didn't look good. He closed his eyes slightly, put his arm around Shi Yu's waist and held her in his arms, his body slightly tense, and his posture was no different from the stray cat protecting the kitten next to him.
"What are you doing?"
She gently spread her legs and sat on his waist to avoid touching the wound, with a slight complaint in her tone.
Resting his chin against her soft whorl of hair, Xiu said in a harsh tone, "You've done your best."
"Eh, what do you mean?"
"No injuries, that's good."
Shi Yu was stunned for a moment, then realized belatedly that Xiu was worried about her in an awkward way.
Having almost lost something, even if one suppresses it on the surface, one instinctively seeks a sense of reality elsewhere. Shigure blushed and pushed his chest to remind him, "Well, you haven't showered yet, and in a place like this..."
Xiu snorted and laughed: "I've been trained, I don't care."
Can this also be trained?
Shi Yu was stunned.
The author has something to say:
I won’t count down anymore. I think I can’t finish it in two chapters…
It’s easy to get carried away when writing late at night, so I revised it and removed the parts that made everyone feel uncomfortable.
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