Chapter 36: A Little Life
She didn't know who the person who shot her from the dark was, but he definitely wanted to kill her.
In order to fire more shots before the police arrived, the other party put a silencer on the gun.
Xu Youyou thought carefully and realized that in all the days she had been in New York City, there were only two people she had truly offended. One was Cyril, because of Lu Jingyao; the other was Denard, because she had ruined the other's porcelain scam.
[The task of picking up leaks has been started, please arrive at the designated location as soon as possible. 】
Xu Youyou:?
"Tongzi, are we still looking for a bargain at this point?" Xu Youyou asked.
[Goal of picking up the leak: a life. No special reward for completing the task. ]
Xu Youyou immediately changed her expression: "Tongzi, I knew you were the best system in the world!"
As the shooting continued, Xu Youyou acted almost completely according to the system's instructions.
The shooter hiding not far away frowned and said, "You told me to kill an ordinary person."
The people around him were sweating profusely: "She is just a little Chinese girl. Who would have thought that she is so agile..."
"Does she know Chinese Kung Fu? I can only do my best. Besides, even if the person was not shot, you still have to pay the balance." The gunman said indifferently.
In their sight, Xu Youyou was as agile as a monkey, and she was almost always one step faster than a bullet.
There was not even a small cut on her body, but the Taobao people who had besieged her before were unlucky. Under the intensive bullet attack, many of them were injured and lay on the ground wailing.
"Save me! Save me!"
"I don't want to die yet!"
The bullets finally stopped.
Xu Youyou didn't know that the shooter's magazine was empty. She was still hiding in a blind spot and didn't dare to come out at all.
After a long time, the ambulance arrived and there was no more shooting.
Xu Youyou was not injured, but among the three bodyguards she brought with her, a local bodyguard was shot in the shoulder.
The injured were taken to the hospital and the others were taken to the police station.
Although Xu Youyou's local bodyguard carried a gun, he did not fire a single shot. She dodged the entire time, so she was released after completing the statement.
"Are there many shooting incidents?" Xu Youyou asked the driver, who was a local.
The driver shook his head. “Not very often, maybe once a month.”
Xu Youyou fell silent. Is once a month not too little? The driver put on an experienced look and said, "Miss Xu, I won't drive for you tomorrow. You must have offended someone. Bullets are chasing you."
After what happened today, Xu Youyou didn’t dare to stay here any longer.
She wondered whether she should buy a plane ticket back home immediately instead of staying here and waiting for a bargain.
[The loot-picking mission has been started. Please arrive at the target location as soon as possible (the destination is close, the host can choose to walk there)]
Xu Youyou looked at the system prompt that just popped up and her heart paused. It seemed like only an hour or two had passed since the last time she completed the bargain hunting mission?
Oh, the last time I found a bargain, I saved my life, so it’s okay now.
Although she wanted to return home immediately, she couldn't help but be tempted when she saw the refreshed tasks.
After leaving the police station, she and two bodyguards followed the system's instructions and walked through the streets of New York City.
She was gambling that after the previous assassination, the mastermind would not launch a second assassination in the short term.
She thought the system was telling the truth about the destination being close, but she didn't expect to run five kilometers in one breath.
Eventually the system's instructions led to a dead end.
Although the two bodyguards following behind him didn't understand Xu Youyou's behavior, they didn't ask any more questions.
Xu Youyou walked hesitantly to the end of the street, where there was a smelly trash can.
"Going through the garbage again?" Xu Youyou asked the system.
The system pointer poked straight into the trash can.
Xu Youyou felt that her image as a “garbage picker” seemed to be getting heavier.
But she brought two people with her this time, and she said directly: "Add another 500 yuan and empty the contents of this trash can."
The two bodyguards had done a lot of hard work, and compared with other employers, Xu Youyou had very little to do. They walked forward calmly, lifted the trash can and emptied it out.
The sound of a heavy object falling to the ground reached the ears of the three people.
The top layer of the trash can was filled with kitchen waste and some expired and spoiled food, while the bottom layer was a heavy object in a sack.
It looked full, and a layer of blood had already appeared on the surface of the sack.
A bodyguard reached out and touched it, and then his expression changed: "It's a person!"
Could it be a corpse? Xu Youyou was so frightened that she took two steps back.
She resisted the urge to run and asked the bodyguard to open the bag.
When the bag was opened, the first thing that caught my eye was short black hair. Judging from the exposed skin, it seemed that the person was a Chinese man.
The bodyguard turned the man's face over and was immediately surprised: "Ms. Xu, this is Mr. Lu, he is still alive!"
Xu Youyou: ...
Xu Youyou looked at Lu Jingyao, who was covered in blood, half dead with his eyes closed, and half of his body still wrapped in a sack. It was really hard for her to connect the man in front of her with the man who was as dazzling as the sun a few days ago.
What is this? A golden sun turned into a gray mouse in a garbage can?
Xu Youyou was scared: "Was he murdered and his body dumped? His body was thrown into a trash can, and his cell phone and locator were all thrown away. No wonder his people couldn't find him anywhere."
The bodyguard sighed: "It's too dangerous abroad, Miss Xu, if you are going to stay in the United States for a few days, you should hire a few more local bodyguards when you go out."
After Xu Youyou accompanied the ambulance to send the person to the hospital, she waited for Lu Jingyao's subordinates to arrive. After she explained the situation clearly, she didn't care about it anymore.
When she left the hospital, Lu Jingyao had not woken up yet, but was lying in the intensive care unit with many tubes inserted into his body.
[Congratulations to the host for completing the task of picking up leaks. The specific reward will be issued by the task target. ]
When Xu Youyou saw this prompt, she didn't argue with the system. Lu Jingyao was rich, and since she saved his life this time, she would definitely benefit from it.
"Go back home, go back home! Go back home quickly!" Xu Youyou booked a plane ticket as soon as she arrived at the hotel. The nearest flight was in three hours, and Xu Youyou just wanted to return home overnight.
After so many days, Song's mother had recovered almost completely, so the mother and son of the Song family chose to return home with her.
Because Song's mother was in good health, Xu Youyou did not spend a lot of money to buy a private jet on the return trip. Instead, she bought first-class tickets for all the accompanying personnel.
But as soon as she stepped onto the plane and before she lay down, she suddenly heard a system prompt sound in her ears.
[The loot-picking mission has been started, please arrive at the target location as soon as possible. 】
A few days ago, Xu Youyou was still looking forward to starting the task of picking up bargains, but these few days have been too ups and downs. She was really exhausted looking at the intensively refreshed system tasks.
"Can I rest for a while and have a good sleep first?" Xu Youyou asked.
But what responded to her was the system's continuously flashing red light.
[The loot-picking mission has been started, please arrive at the target location as soon as possible. 】
This line of words kept flashing on Xu Youyou's screen, as if she would not stop until she took action.
(End of this chapter)
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