Chapter 164: Voluntary Help
"Help!" She screamed, her voice distorted by fear!
Just when the drunk's fingertips were about to touch Yu Ling's shoulder!
The lights in the convenience store seemed to dim without warning!
A black shadow appeared out of thin air, so fast that it exceeded the limit of the retina's capture!
Yu Ling only felt a sharp gust of wind blowing past her side!
Next second!
"Bang!!!"
There was a heavy, tooth-grinding thud, followed by the subtle crackling sound of bones breaking!
The 5.80-foot-tall, burly drunk who was approaching Yu Ling was like being hit head-on by a speeding truck! He was sent flying backwards in an extremely bizarre posture!
His body traced a brief parabola in the air, and then—
“Crash!!!”
It crashed heavily into the dense holly bush green belt in front of the convenience store!
The tall holly bushes shook violently! Branches snapped and crackled! The drunk's body was completely submerged beneath the dense branches, leaving only two legs in stained overalls twitching and sticking out at an extremely twisted angle. One of his worn leather shoes flew onto the cement ground nearby.
The entire process, from the moment the shadow flashed to the moment the drunk was smashed into the green belt, definitely took no more than two seconds!
quick!
Too fast!
It was so fast that Yu Ling's scream was still lingering in her throat!
The convenience store was completely silent! The girl behind the cashier's counter opened her mouth wide enough to fit a duck egg, her eyes wide open, and the barcode scanner in her hand fell to the ground with a "clack".
Yu Ling froze in place, maintaining a defensive posture, her heart pounding so hard it threatened to burst through her chest! She stared in shock at the two twitching legs in the green belt, then suddenly glanced in the direction where the shadow had appeared.
At the entrance of the convenience store, near the automatic sensor door.
A man wearing an ordinary dark grey hooded sweatshirt stood there, as still as a statue. He wasn't particularly tall, rather rather lean, with his hat pulled low, covering most of his face, leaving only a hard jaw visible.
He seemed to have never moved, and the earth-shattering blow just now had nothing to do with him.
He tilted his head slightly, speaking into a tiny headset hidden beneath the high collar of his sweatshirt. His lips moved, and his voice, low and cold, reached the dazed Yu Ling's ears clearly:
"Target G-level threat eliminated. Madam is safe."
G-level threat? Ma'am?
Yu Ling's mind went blank!
After the man finished speaking, he didn't even look at Yu Ling again, nor did he pay attention to the drunk who had stopped moving in the green belt. His figure was like flowing water blending into the shadows, he took a step back silently and disappeared in the darkness at the corner of the convenience store door in an instant.
As if it had never appeared.
Only the two legs that were no longer twitching in the green belt and the worn-out leather shoes scattered beside them silently told how real and terrifying what had just happened was!
The air in the convenience store seemed to be frozen.
Yu Ling felt a chill run down her back, her thin shirt instantly soaked with sweat. She held onto the cold windowsill, barely able to support her limp body.
The lightning-fast scene just now, the ghostly skills, and the "G-level threat lifted" that was so cold that there was no trace of humanity... made her feel a fear that went deep into her bones, even more than the huge Shiba Inu logo on the screen!
Zhao Chen! It must be Zhao Chen!
This thought flashed like lightning, instantly splitting her chaotic thoughts! Who else but the man hidden deep in the fog would send someone to secretly protect her like this? Who else would still call her "Madam"?!
"Ding Dong."
The crisp ringing sound of the convenience store's automatic door opening again sounded like thunder to Yu Ling!
She turned back suddenly!
Zhao Chen's figure appeared at the door.
He was wearing a simple off-white cashmere sweater and casual pants, carrying a plastic bag with the "XX Pet Supermarket" logo printed on it, which contained several bags of dog food of different flavors. His face had the perfect amount of relaxed expression of someone who had just returned from shopping, and a touch of surprise and worry when he saw Yu Ling.
"Wife? Why are you here?" Zhao Chen walked over quickly, his eyes swept across Yu Ling's pale face, and his brows slightly frowned, "You look so bad? Are you not feeling well?" He stretched out his hand very naturally and wanted to touch Yu Ling's forehead.
Like a frightened rabbit, Yu Ling took a step back, avoiding his hand! Her fingers, trembling uncontrollably, pointed at the messy green belt in front of the convenience store—the drunk's legs were still sticking out comically.
"Your people?" Yu Ling's voice was hoarse, each word tinged with a trembling and cold questioning. "That guy... the guy in the sweatshirt... who threw the drunk into the green belt... is he your man?!"
Zhao Chen looked in the direction she pointed, and a look of just the right amount of surprise and confusion appeared on his face.
"Who is it? A drunk?" He looked at the green belt, his expression even showing a hint of curiosity, "Oh, a fight? Tsk tsk, it's easy to get into trouble when you drink too much." He shook his head, sighing that "the world is going downhill."
He looked at Yu Ling again, his eyes frank, even with a hint of helplessness, "Wife, you are scared and confused":
"I just came back from the pet store to buy new food for Wangcai. I saw you here and came in." He shook the plastic bag in his hand, and the dog food packaging inside rustled. "What sweatshirt? What about throwing people into the green belt? Lingling, are you too tired and hallucinating?"
Another hallucination?!
Yu Ling looked at his face full of innocence and concern, and then looked at the two real legs in the green belt. A strong sense of absurdity and powerlessness almost overwhelmed her!
"I saw it with my own eyes! A man in a sports shirt! As fast as a ghost! He knocked the drunk guy away! He even said 'Madam, you're safe' into the headset!" Yu Ling's voice rose with excitement, attracting the cashier's sneaky glance over.
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