Chapter 27
"Xiao Lu!" Nan Shuyin cried, tears streaming down her face.
A robot lay on the ground, riddled with bullet holes. Its screen lit up twice in vain before dimming, like the dilated and unfocused pupils of a dead person.
Nan Yayin and the others were originally standing at the edge of the crowd waiting for Qiao Yan to come over, but when the music started, the crowd swept them up and pushed them to the very center.
Amidst the noise, he looked back in the direction he had come from but did not see Qiao Yan.
No, he thought. If Qiao Yan encountered something, even if he couldn't beat her, he could still act as a human shield or call the police for help.
He tried to turn his wheelchair around, but the crowd pushed him around in circles.
The volume on stage was so loud it was practically deaf; you couldn't hear anything except the songs.
"Xiao Lu, I can't see." Nan Shuyin was sitting in a wheelchair, and even if she stood up, she would be completely blocked by people.
Just as Xiao Lu was about to pick her up, she suddenly realized something and looked in that direction. That was the tallest building in the park, the Xuan Niao Tower.
"We detected someone with a gun 800 meters away." Xiao Lu pressed Nan Shuyin into a chair. "Be careful and take cover."
"What?!" Nan Ya Yin had been through enough shocks that day that her mind was reeling. She couldn't even remember that Xiao Lu was a home-use robot. "Didn't you say you wouldn't dare to fight? What do you mean by carrying a gun?"
"Literally, there's a sniper rifle." Xiao Lu calculated, "The target has been located and photographed."
The sound of gunfire and Xiao Lu's voice overlapped, and it finally said: "Target has fired, the target of the shooting has been identified as Nan Yayin."
"What did you say?" Nan Yayin hurriedly crouched down to protect Nan Shuyin. He heard the sound of metal breaking and the scraping of glass from a cracked screen.
"Armed person detected leaving the area. Please take cover." Xiao Lu's screen frame was a chilling bright red. "Please, be careful, take cover..."
"Xiao Lu!" Nan Shuyin's eyes were opened, and she wanted to jump down, but Nan Yayin pressed her down in her seat.
"Don't move, we need to find Qiao Yan first," Nan Yayin comforted. "The robot won't die so easily."
But the surrounding crowd suddenly became agitated. First, those closest to them heard Xiaolu's voice and saw the scene of her being knocked down, and they screamed and fled in panic.
Nan Shuyin's wheelchair was bumped several times, and the little girl watched as the small screen on the ground was stepped on several times.
"Don't step on it! Don't step on it!"
Nan Yayin was hit on the back of the head by a knee. Despite the dull pain, she shouted, "Stop running! You've run into someone! The person who shot you has already escaped!"
Hearing the gunshot, the people around panicked even more.
At this moment, Qiao Yan finally squeezed through the crowd and appeared out of nowhere, "Are you all alright?"
Nan Yayin was already extremely nervous. He had just realized that it was his turn to be the target, which meant that Qiao Yan might be the target.
Seeing that Qiao Yan was still alive, he breathed a sigh of relief, but then a surge of anger rose within him. "Where did you run off to? Didn't you say you'd be back soon? Look at your robot, it's riddled with bullets! I asked you yesterday if you were in danger of being killed, and you told me, 'How could I be?'"
Before Qiao Yan could even interject, he blurted out, "I turned around and couldn't find you anywhere! I was so scared! I thought you were...you were..."
Nan Ya Yin dared not say such a thing. Qiao Yan stopped the panicked crowd around him, reached out and grabbed Nan Ya Yin's hand. She held it tightly, "I'm alive. I'm not that easy to die."
How could someone who survived an interstellar expedition die so easily?
"Let's go out first." Qiao Yan picked up Xiao Lu's limbs from the ground and put them in Shu Yin's wheelchair. There were too many people around, and every now and then someone would rush over and step on them. "I'll hold Shu Yin, and you hold the wheelchair and walk forward."
"Sister." Nan Shuyin cried, gasping for breath, her voice trembling as she pressed her face against her neck. "Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu, stop talking."
"Don't worry, Xiao Lu will be able to speak soon." Qiao Yan patted her back, watching Nan Ya Yin grab the wheelchair and clear a path through the crowded people.
Fortunately, the roads in Xuan Niao Paradise were fairly wide, but one section of the viewing path was blocked, and after being pushed out, we turned into that narrow path.
Because most people walk on the main road, fewer people squeeze into this side road.
Nan Shuyin was still sobbing as she hugged Qiao Yan, "I... I don't want to come to the park anymore. I won't come to the park anymore."
Qiao Yan held Nan Shuyin and gently patted her to comfort her, saying, "Xiao Lu is alright. Its core is hard to damage. It can talk to you again once it gets a new body. Don't cry, don't cry."
Nan Yayin rubbed her fingertips; it had all happened so fast, and even now, calmer, her fingertips were still numb with lingering fear. Qiao Yan was still comforting Nan Shuyin when he took two steps closer and grabbed her clothes.
"Hey? Teacher, you're still here?" Qi Haiwei appeared again from the other side, wearing that mascot costume.
Qiao Yan was also somewhat surprised, "You haven't left yet either?"
"No, I'm stuck here." Qi Haiwei was a little afraid to look at Qiao Yan. She was holding one child in her arms and another on her back. "What happened? There weren't that many people when we first arrived."
Qiao Yan felt someone pressing against her back at that moment; it was Nan Ya Yin who had dodged.
She beckoned Qi Haiwei over, "Put your hood on."
"Oh? Okay."
Qiao Yan patted Nan Shuyin on the back, "Shuyin, look, it's a silly duck."
When Nan Shuyin saw the bright yellow, chubby figure, her mind went blank for a moment. While she was in a daze, Qiao Yan put her in Qi Haiwei's hands.
"Hold her for a moment, don't put her on the ground, her leg is injured, just for five minutes." Qiao Yan placed a soft little thing in her doll's hands.
Qi Haiwei protested, "No, no, no, teacher, I don't know how to take care of children!"
"If you can complete it perfectly in five minutes, I won't tell your instructor about your problem with your disguise skills."
After Qiao Yan finished speaking, he turned around, hugged Nan Ya Yin, and stroked his head so that he could smell his pheromones.
"It's alright, I'm not dead." Qiao Yan said softly, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's alright."
Nan Yayin held onto her clothes, neither crying nor responding, just staring blankly at her for five minutes.
Compared to Nan Shuyin, who can cry freely, Qiao Yan is more worried about Nan Yayin, who keeps her emotions bottled up inside.
She didn't know what he was thinking, and she didn't know why he was acting this way.
Nan Shuyin is still a child. Compared to children her age, she is indeed more sensible. However, she can cry for Xiao Lu and also act coquettishly to go to places she wants to go, revealing the innocence of a child.
However, Nan Yayin, who is already an adult, cannot act like a child. Judging from his family life, he will not be a "child" for very long.
Qiao Yan had always known that she didn't understand Nan Ya Yin, but she had never been in a situation where she couldn't even guess what was going on.
Suddenly, Nan Ya Yin nuzzled against her. He had just been cursing in the crowd, but now he was unusually quiet.
"I... I'm a little afraid you'll die." Nan Yayin hid herself inside Qiao Yan's clothes, and only muffled sounds could be heard through the fabric. "Can you stay alive?"
He felt he was being selfish; what did other people's lives have to do with him?
Nan Yayin was unusually frank, and Qiao Yan ruffled his hair, "Okay, I promise you."
What exactly happened? Qi Haiwei turned her back and hugged Nan Shuyin, but all the sounds came through. Was it her fault that she had good hearing?
It was only about ten minutes between Qiao Yan running out and returning. What exactly happened? It's as if they both stepped into the River of Oblivion.
I'm so curious, I really want to ask, and is this child really Qiao Yan's child? Holy crap, what's being said on the forum is actually true, and she's the first witness!
I can't believe this gossip! How old is this kid? How many years old is he? Qiao Yan has actually kept his wife and child hidden all these years, and no one has said anything bad about it?
No, I really want to go on the forum, I really want to expose something.
After Qiao Yan had calmed Nan Ya Yin down a bit, he asked Qi Hai Wei to bring Nan Shu Yin back.
"Teacher, please have mercy." Qi Haiwei clasped her hands together. "I really don't want to fail."
Qiao Yan had one person in front of her and another person behind her, saying, "There's no course on disguise, only something similar like counter-surveillance, but it should be a written exam. I don't know your instructor."
"What?" Qi Haiwei was tricked twice in just a few tens of minutes.
"There was a shooting here just now. Someone should have called the police already. You should leave now." Qiao Yan opened the terminal with one hand.
"What!" Qi Haiwei had narrowly escaped such a terrifying event in just one day. "Goodbye, teacher."
Qiao Yan waved to her. The hovercar was no longer working, so she called Shu Juan to come pick them up.
Given the current situation, it's highly likely that online classes will be the only option again tomorrow. She hadn't expected the threatening letter to have such a powerful backer; even snipers had come—something that had never happened before.
She had always viewed these as threatening letters from family members, but now she has to reconsider what is really behind these people.
These people's goal is clear: to get rid of them.
"Hello?"
"To make a long story short, I'm at Xuan Niao Paradise right now. Come pick us up and take us to your place."
"Okay, I'll be there soon."
Shu Juan hung up the phone without asking any questions. Qiao Yan was grateful to have such a friend. Her current situation was not much better. With a sniper around, the school was not necessarily safe.
Who exactly was it? Qiao Yan pondered her past enemies, but she couldn't believe that she hadn't offended anyone while she was in the military, as she had always kept a low profile.
Now, she always keeps to herself and is even less likely to make enemies.
Qiao Yan couldn't understand it. She even began to suspect that her being sent to Da Han Xing to attend a lecture was a deliberate act, designed to trap her there so that they could catch her like a turtle in a jar.
Only about twenty minutes had passed when Shu Juan called again. The people at Xuan Niao Paradise discovered the problem and quickly began clearing the road.
Qiao Yan and his men rushed out, and only after getting into Shu Juan's car did they finally catch their breath.
"What happened in such a hurry?" Shu Juan asked her, a candy dangling from her lips. "I've been staying up for several nights and I'm about to die."
“It’s a bit like what happened to you. Someone was lying in wait to kill me.” Qiao Yan suddenly realized, “No, according to their logic, they wanted to kill Nan Yayin so that I would experience the pain of losing a loved one.”
After listening, Shu Juan chewed up the candy and said, "It sounds like you're making some low-budget, sentimental little movie. That kind of thing isn't popular anymore."
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