After a moment, Shi Ying pulled herself out of her reverie, seemingly prepared to face her death, and strolled toward the source of the sound.
Locked in the storage room, Ling Mo peered through the narrow crack in the door at Shi Ying, who was walking further and further away. He was frantic with worry, and disregarding whether his presence would be discovered, he kept shouting at Shi Ying:
"Hey, don't do anything foolish. If something happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to Dad? Come back and open the door. Trust me, I'll definitely get you out of danger safely."
Upon hearing Ling Mo's words, Shi Ying suddenly stopped in her tracks, and a look of undisguised joy appeared on her clear, moon-like face.
She slowly turned around, and tears welled up uncontrollably in her eyes, which seemed to be veiled in a thin mist...
Time really flies.
Eighteen years have passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past eighteen years, she has been longing for the day when she can reunite with Ling Mo.
During the first year of being out of contact, every time I woke up in the middle of the night, my mind was filled with the heartwarming image of my daughter taking her first steps and smiling as she called me "Mom".
Starting in the seventh year after they went missing, she would spend an hour every day writing letters to her beloved child.
Seven years old is the age when children start school. If her baby were still alive, she would have already started recognizing words by then.
Once you can read, you'll be able to understand the letters she sends.
With this aspiration in mind, Shi Ying wrote letters to Ling Mo every single day for eleven years.
Although these letters were intercepted before they were sent and never reached Ling Mo's hands, she did it day after day, year after year.
After returning to Linjiang and learning of all the suffering and hardship Ling Mo had endured, she no longer had the courage to approach him as his mother.
She dared not even hope that Ling Mo would call her "Mom" in her lifetime.
At this moment, Shi Ying felt Ling Mo's concern and completely broke down, tears falling like pearls from a broken string.
"Are you feeling unwell? Open the door quickly. Trust me, we'll be alright."
In the storage room, Ling Mo panicked when he saw Shi Ying covering her mouth and nose and trembling violently. He started kicking the door open.
Shi Ying gently wiped away the tears on her face, revealing a faint smile towards the peeling paint on the iron door of the storage room, her words tinged with an inexplicable pride:
"I believe you. But once your whereabouts are exposed, who will save the innocent lives held captive in Arena City? Mo Mo, live well, and take my share with you."
After saying that, Shi Ying turned around gracefully and walked towards Ouyang Bin, who had a gloomy face, at the entrance of the building.
Ouyang Bin's eyes darkened, and he stared coldly at Shi Ying as she walked towards him, saying:
What are you doing here?
Shi Ying glanced out of the corner of her eye at the guards on the floor who had already woken up and were now all covered in dust and hanging their heads.
She thought to herself that the guards probably didn't know she had been drugged, and that she had just fallen asleep while on duty.
If that's the case, she could easily exploit the guards' extreme nervousness to provide cover from both sides...
Having made up her mind, Shi Ying specially adopted a shy and bashful demeanor, and said softly:
"Mr. Ouyang drank some tea that had a calming and sleep-inducing effect, then fell into a deep sleep on my bed. I thought it wasn't quite appropriate for a man and woman to be alone in a room, so I went out for a stroll. It was almost midnight, so I prepared some late-night snacks and brought them to the guards on each floor. Before I finished delivering them, you woke up."
Upon hearing Shi Ying mention what had just happened in her bedroom, Ouyang Bin felt utterly humiliated and furious, wishing he could sew her mouth shut on the spot.
Furthermore, given his suspicious nature, he would inevitably become suspicious of her unusual behavior under these circumstances.
No sooner had Shi Ying finished speaking than he turned to look at the trembling guard standing to the side and asked in a cold voice:
Is this true?
The guard who had been called out looked at Shi Ying with some confusion. Seeing her subtly wink at him, he mistakenly assumed she was covering for him, believing he had dozed off during his shift. Filled with gratitude, he nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"That is indeed true."
Even after receiving confirmation from the guard, Ouyang Bin still felt something was amiss. His sharp, hawk-like eyes were fixed on Shi Ying's flawless face, his voice filled with a chilling pressure:
"I didn't realize you had such a kind heart."
"..."
Shi Ying just smiled and remained silent.
She knew in her heart that once Ouyang Bin became suspicious, no matter how she explained, he wouldn't believe her.
In any case, her main purpose was to cover for Ling Mo.
Having achieved her goal, she had no time to concern herself with other trivial matters.
However, just as her tense nerves relaxed slightly, she was startled by a series of urgent alarm sounds, which made her face change drastically.
Upon hearing the alarm, Ouyang Bin's expression became even more serious.
He grabbed Shi Ying by the neck with one hand and demanded menacingly:
"Tell me, who exactly are you? Do you have any accomplices?"
“Mr. Ouyang, I really am Xuan Wei. You were the one who accompanied me during my plastic surgery, have you forgotten?” Shi Ying frowned, watching as Ouyang Bin’s men began a thorough search of the entire floor, so tense she could barely breathe.
Inside the storage room, Ling Mo could see the outside world through the crack in the door, but he tightly gripped the crescent-shaped dagger hidden in his bag.
At the same moment, a tall guard also peered into the storeroom through the crack in the door.
Since it was pitch black inside, he didn't look closely, only glancing at it perfunctorily, considering it a done job.
"Wait! Open the storage room and search carefully, don't miss any corner." Ouyang Bin was extremely dissatisfied with the guards' perfunctory attitude and shouted sternly.
"yes."
Upon hearing the sound, the guard, who had just pulled his head back, immediately became extremely alert and stretched out his index finger to press on the fingerprint lock.
Soon, with a "thump," the combination lock automatically popped open, and the peeling metal door also opened slightly.
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