"Fuying! I know you're nearby. Please come out, okay? Please let me explain, okay?" Ye Sijue raised his voice, trying to get Fuying, who was hiding in the shadows, to come out on her own.
Fu Ying clenched her fists tightly, curled up in the corner, and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
She watched as Ye Sijue's lonely figure was stretched longer by the moonlight, falling into the murky puddle at the alley entrance. The unspeakable memories of being trapped in the manor in the past, along with fear, kept assaulting her.
She didn't know when it started, but her love for Ye Sijue had turned into endless fear, making her only want to escape.
Ye Sijue stood in the moonlight, the surroundings so quiet that you could almost hear his breathing, yet there was still no other movement.
“Fuying, I know you hate me, and I haven’t gone a day without hating myself during this time. You used to joke that I was like an emotionless robot, unmoved by anything you did. But actually, I’ve never been unmoved.”
Ye Sijue lowered his head, and even his shadow on the ground seemed utterly lonely.
“From the time I can remember, I was trained to be an assassin. In my world, there are only two kinds of people: the living and the dead who can’t speak. But since you came into my life, my black and white world seems to have gained color. Fuying, I didn’t know how to love someone before, but you helped me rediscover the ability to love. Can you give me another chance to make it up to you?”
Ye Sijue's voice was as gentle as the wind. This was the first time she had heard him speak so humbly. The once proud man seemed to have completely changed at this moment.
He was no longer violent, no longer domineering, no longer as cold as a block of ice that had never melted in millions of years.
Looking at the man's back on the ground, Fu Ying had to admit that for a moment, she was moved, but only for a moment.
She didn't want to gamble with her future anymore. Since she had already decided to change and give up, she absolutely couldn't turn back because of this little bit of sweetness.
As Fuying got up to leave through another exit at the alley entrance, a pair of hands suddenly climbed onto her shoulders from behind.
She was so frightened she almost screamed, but then she heard the owner of the hand's voice, lowered to an extremely low hue—
“Fuying, that’s me, Li Mo.”
"Brother Li Mo?" Fu Ying turned her head, and after confirming that the person was indeed Li Mo, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. "What are you doing here?"
"The boss was worried about you, so she sent me to check on you. She has a very important meeting today and really can't get away. What happened to you? I think I just heard Ye Sijue's voice. Did he find you?"
Li Mo was also very clear about the matter between Fu Ying and Ye Sijue.
“Okay.” Fu Ying nodded. “Brother Li Mo, I don’t want to see him. Let’s go.”
Li Mo glanced back at Ye Sijue's lonely figure at the deepest part of the alley, shook his head, silently followed Fu Ying, and changed her direction.
"Go this way, my car is parked on the road outside the alley."
Fuying obediently followed, but her expression was very forlorn.
Li Mo knew she was in a bad mood, so he tried to find a topic to distract her, "Did you find anything at the Triangle Bar?"
"No. I had just sat down at the bar when I ran into Ye Sijue. I had to leave as quickly as possible so she wouldn't see me."
"You really shouldn't act on your own like that next time. You have no idea how worried the boss is about you."
When Li Mo mentioned Gu Momo, Fu Ying's expression finally changed.
"I will go back and apologize to Sister Momo myself. I just want to resolve this matter as soon as possible. I don't want so many more girls to suffer this kind of inhumane harm."
Li Mo sighed, "Then you also need to ensure your own safety."
"Where's your car?" Fu Ying walked to the intersection and suddenly realized that there wasn't a single car on the side of the road.
Li Mo was dumbfounded. "Holy crap! Where's my car?!"
He ran to where he had just parked his car, circled around it twice, and couldn't believe that such a big car had vanished.
That car was bought with the bonus he got from Gu Momo by sacrificing his virtue! He's only been driving it for three days!
"My car, my beloved car, where did you go?!" Li Mo looked left and right, but found that there were no cameras around, so there was no traffic violation.
"No! Brother Li Mo! Let's go!" Fu Ying realized the danger, rushed to the roadside, grabbed Li Mo, and prepared to turn back.
At that very moment, gunshots rang out from both sides of the street. A bullet grazed Fuying's ear and struck a roadside trash can with a loud bang.
Li Mo snapped out of his daze in an instant, pressed down on Fu Ying's head to protect her, and quickly ran into the depths of the alley.
Bullets came hurtling towards them from behind like death knells. Not knowing how many enemies there were, the two could only run forward for their lives.
"Don't turn back! The criminal organization must have discovered our identities. They'll definitely come after us!" Fu Ying looked back at the path they had come from, her fear deepening.
“Let’s go to the back mountain. I looked at the map when I came here. This alley leads to the back mountain. There are many places to hide there. It’s better than being trapped in this alley!” Li Mo suggested.
“Okay!” Fu Ying was about to follow the direction he indicated when he was stopped by him.
"What's wrong, Brother Li Mo?" She turned around and suddenly noticed that Li Mo's face was pale and his forehead was covered in sweat. "What's wrong, Brother Li Mo? Are you injured?"
Fuying looked down and saw that Li Mo's calves were already stained red with blood.
"I've been shot, Fuying. You can't run far with me, you go first." Li Mo struggled to get up, leaning against the wall.
"Impossible! Brother Li Mo! I would never abandon you! You were in danger because you came to save me! I won't leave you here alone!" As she spoke, she took off her belt and used it as a tourniquet to tie around his thigh to reduce the bleeding.
"I didn't ask you to actually leave me here." Li Mo casually pointed to the trash can next to him. "See? Hide me in there. As long as I stay inside and don't make a sound, they definitely won't find me. Bring people to me after you're safe."
"No! What if you lose too much blood?" Fu Ying was so anxious she was almost crying.
"My artery isn't injured, don't worry. If we drag this out any longer, we'll both be dead here. Fuying, I'm counting on you to escape and come back to save me! That's how much trust I have in you to entrust my life to you!"
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