Black Sky - Chapter 50

When You Yuyi left, Bai Zi secretly memorized the direction in which her footsteps faded away, in order to deduce her movements trajectory—after jumping out of the window, You Yuyi climbed onto the roof along the iron drainpipe.

In the darkness, Bai Zi followed the path You Yuyi had taken, grabbing the iron drainpipe by the window and nimbly climbing onto the roof.

The wind was strong outside, and Bai Zi’s short hair was blown around like flames, but her expression was extremely calm. After hiding in the shadows, she turned her head to look in the direction You Yuyi had left.

She saw that the area was covered in darkness, the shops were all closed, and there was nothing unusual. There wasn’t even a trace of suspicious sounds.

Bai Zi thought to herself that You Yuyi must be very familiar with the layout of this place, which was why she was able to escape so freely. Perhaps she was making a fuss over nothing. How could a mere guard possibly catch You Yuyi?

But just as Bai Zi was preparing to jump back down from the roof along the drainpipe, she saw a familiar figure running desperately in a small alley not far away, her posture like an arrow shot from a bow, a speed that normal people couldn’t reach.

It was You Yuyi, without a doubt.

But strangely, a dark figure was closely following behind You Yuyi, moving just as fast.

Bai Zi took a closer look and immediately recognized that the person was the guard from before. He was holding a handgun with a silencer, chasing after her while looking for an opportunity to shoot You Yuyi.

Before she could even think, Bai Zi’s body had already reacted.

She bent down, held her breath, quickly took off the sweater on her body, and then, wearing only a thin black tank top, rushed towards the direction You Yuyi had fled without hesitation.

When she reached the edge of the roof, Bai Zi leaped, easily jumping onto the balcony of the building next door.

Putting aside the fact that a mere guard actually had such an amazing running speed, just the gun in his hand made Bai Zi extremely worried about You Yuyi’s safety.

Bai Zi knew very well that although You Yuyi’s body also had self-healing abilities, the speed of recovery was far slower than her own after getting the injection.

If she was unfortunately shot, it was only a matter of time before she was caught by the guard.

In the darkness, Bai Zi jumped between the various buildings in the entertainment district with extreme agility. In just a few seconds, she had closed the distance with the two of them.

You Yuyi ran into a small alley. At the end of the alley, there was a tall clock tower.

Soon, You Yuyi ran to the bottom of the clock tower. Just as she wanted to hide inside the clock tower, she discovered that her supposedly unobstructed escape route had been thwarted—a lock had been hung on the wooden door leading into the clock tower at some point.

The alley had become a dead end because of this, with high cement walls on both sides. You Yuyi had nowhere to escape.

With no other choice, You Yuyi raised her leg and kicked hard at the lock on the wooden door, but before she could kick the lock open, the guard, holding a handgun, had already appeared at the other end of the alley.

The two made eye contact, and neither of them spoke.

Just before the guard pulled the trigger, You Yuyi saw a familiar figure suddenly pounce from behind, and the guard was instantly knocked to the ground by the other person. The two wrestled on the ground.

During this time, the scarf that Bai Zi had tied on her face was torn off, and the guard saw Bai Zi’s face.

You Yuyi finally reacted. She was about to rush forward, but heard a muffled roar on the way.

She saw the guard leaning against the wall, pointing his gun at Bai Zi in front of him. In the dim light, a wisp of smoke was coming out of the muzzle.

Then there were two more gunshots. At the same time, You Yuyi clearly saw bullets piercing Bai Zi’s back, splattering blood and flesh.

This scene made You Yuyi’s mind go blank in an instant—with three consecutive shots, Bai Zi must have been unable to move.

If she didn’t step forward to help, Bai Zi would definitely be subdued by the guard.

But what You Yuyi didn’t expect was that Bai Zi, who should have fallen to the ground, acted as if nothing had happened, quickly striding forward to snatch the handgun, and then there were two more muffled roars, and the guard fell to the ground.

Bai Zi threw the gun away, and turned her head to say to You Yuyi, who was not far away, “He’s also a mutant.”

You Yuyi came back to her senses. She walked closer quickly, “He saw your face.”

Before Bai Zi could speak, You Yuyi suddenly took out the knife from her waist, and without saying a word, knelt on the ground, quickly raising the knife and slashing at the person’s neck on the ground.

In an instant, blood spurted out.

At this time, You Yuyi was like an executioner on the execution ground, skillfully twisting the knife in her hand. In less than five minutes, she had easily severed the guard’s head, while You Yuyi herself wasn’t stained with a drop of blood.

Bai Zi stood there, unable to speak for a moment.

Then, You Yuyi pressed the blade against the guard’s upper garment, and then carefully smeared it several times. After wiping the blood completely clean, she put away the knife, and stood up again.

Suppressing her urge to ask questions, Bai Zi looked around, and urged in a low voice, “Let’s go.”

But in the next moment, she saw You Yuyi reach out her hand towards her.

Before Bai Zi could react, You Yuyi’s fingers had already touched Bai Zi’s left chest, “Your wound…”

Just now, she had personally seen the guard fire three shots at Bai Zi’s heart. And now, there were three horrifying small holes on that thin black tank top, with traces of blood around them.

In the next second, You Yuyi actually put her index finger into the hole in the clothes, even passing through the black tank top and the bra that had also been pierced with a small hole, her fingertip directly touching the slightly flat but very soft left breast.

Bai Zi: “…”

Just as You Yuyi moved her index finger, confirming that there were no gunshot wounds, Bai Zi, who had finally come back to her senses, pushed the other party away violently, angrily shouting in a low voice, “What are you doing?!”

Before You Yuyi could open her mouth to reply, the two heard messy footsteps coming from not far away.

Without saying a word, Bai Zi grabbed You Yuyi’s hand, quickly leading the other party to the clock tower, and then, without hesitation, raised her leg and kicked the lock open with one kick, before pulling You Yuyi into the clock tower.

Six or seven guards arrived, and after discovering the guard whose head had been severed on the ground, they quickly split up to search.

“This way!” One of the guards saw the broken lock on the clock tower and waved to the others.

The guards quickly gathered and ran to the top of the building, but found nothing but a huge bronze bell.

Although the clock tower was tall, the interior was very narrow, and there was no place to hide.

They searched back and forth several times, but ultimately found nothing, and had to leave the clock tower, continuing to look for people elsewhere.

The guards came and went quickly, and everything around them returned to silence.

No one noticed that inside the huge bronze bell on the top of the building, Bai Zi was spreading her limbs, trying to wedge her body in mid-air. And You Yuyi, at the moment was like Mao Mao, tightly wrapped around Bai Zi from the side, hanging herself on that thin body without any politeness.

Although the posture was too intimate, Bai Zi didn’t dare to move, given the guards who were constantly searching in the clock tower.

After all the guards had left the clock tower, Bai Zi wanted to hold on for a while longer for safety’s sake, but she heard a soft chuckle from You Yuyi next to her ear.

Bai Zi turned her head, making eye contact with You Yuyi next to her.

The two were close at hand in the darkness, and a strange atmosphere spread. Bai Zi found that You Yuyi’s eyes were very strange. Although the corners of her eyes still had a faint smile, her eyeballs suddenly moved upwards, staring intently at Bai Zi’s lips, as if she was lost in thought.

“Wild Rabbit,” You Yuyi pulled down her mask, her breath a little rapid, and her voice was more hoarse than usual, “I kind of…want to kiss you.”

Bai Zi: “?”

Then, Bai Zi saw You Yuyi tilt her head slightly, moving closer to her.

Just as their lips were about to touch, Bai Zi quickly raised her right hand, blocking it between the two of them.

Therefore, You Yuyi’s lips landed on the back of Bai Zi’s hand.

Then, the two fell to the ground.

In the darkness, Bai Zi lay on the cold cement floor, while You Yuyi was lying on top of Bai Zi, their breaths a little disordered.

After a long while, Bai Zi suddenly reached out and pushed You Yuyi off of her, and then quickly stood up, silently jumping onto the railing, as if she wanted to jump out of the clock tower from here.

After being pushed away, You Yuyi’s eyes showed a hint of depression for a moment, but then she curled the corners of her mouth again, propping herself up with both hands behind her, sitting lazily on the ground, looking up at Bai Zi, who was squatting on the railing.

“You’re no fun,” You Yuyi’s eyebrows curved, “Wild Rabbit, you’re getting less and less wild, how boring.”

Bai Zi wanted to retort, but she didn’t know what to say, so she could only turn her head helplessly, carefully observing the footholds near the clock tower.

You Yuyi sighed, and asked again, “What’s wrong with your wound? Is it because of the injection?”

Bai Zi didn’t look at You Yuyi, she was still looking around, and nodded after a long while, “Yeah.”

“I’ll have to steal something from Hongya in a few days,” You Yuyi suddenly said again. Although her words were very explosive, her tone was as if she was saying that she was going to travel somewhere, “If I get caught, if you have time, go to Pingyang County and tell You Xin that her cousin has decided to travel the world and won’t be going back for now.”

Bai Zi was confused by the inexplicable words. At this time, a piercing alarm suddenly sounded not far away.

You Yuyi stood up, and walked slowly to Bai Zi’s side. She leaned on the railing, propping her cheek with one hand, and said with a smile, “Alright, go back, your Miss Meng must be worried sick.”

Bai Zi frowned and stared at You Yuyi. After a long while, she finally opened her mouth, “If you need anything, come find me at any time.”

After saying that, she turned her head, pressed down her body, and jumped out of the clock tower without hesitation, instantly merging with the darkness.

You Yuyi was stunned in place, and then smiled slightly at the departing figure, but sighed again.

…

Also sighing was Lin Quwei, who was in front of the bar.

He was anxiously pacing back and forth on the street, occasionally turning his head to look at both ends of the road, but there were fewer and fewer pedestrians coming and going, and most of them were rushing towards the exit of the entertainment district.

Half a minute ago, a piercing alarm had suddenly sounded, and there were more and more guards patrolling the road.

Suddenly, a clerk walked out of the bar. He quickly came to Lin Quwei’s side, saying with some embarrassment, “Mr. Lin, why don’t you go in and persuade Miss Meng again? We have to close up, and it’s almost time for the entertainment district to close…”

“Sorry,” Lin Quwei showed an awkward smile, “Just wait another half an hour, okay?”

“Mr. Lin, that’s not up to us to decide,” the clerk was no longer polite, his face turning cold, “The government requires us to close the shop on time, and all residents must leave the entertainment district at the specified time. If you violate the rules, you’ll have to bear the consequences yourself.”

Lin Quwei opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

“Anyway,” the clerk simply tore off his mask, saying angrily, “Your Miss Meng is rich and powerful, and she can use her connections to stay in the entertainment district, I don’t care, but don’t stay in my shop.”

After saying that, the clerk turned around and went back to the bar, and Lin Quwei also followed him inside helplessly.

At this time, the window that had been jumped out of by two people in a row was still open, and Meng Yilan was sitting by a long table by the window, flipping through the files on her laptop with composure, looking like she was working seriously.

Next to the laptop, there was a neatly folded dark blue sweater—the one that Bai Zi had thrown away on the roof.

Mao Mao was yawning, sitting lazily at Meng Yilan’s feet.

Lin Quwei looked at his watch, and quickly walked to Meng Yilan’s side, “Yilan, I don’t think she’ll be in any danger, you don’t need to worry too much, let’s go back first…”

“The bar has to close, right,” Meng Yilan asked directly, raising her hand to rub her temples, a hint of fatigue on her face, “Then I’ll go out and wait.”

After saying that, Meng Yilan put on her coat, neatly put the laptop in her bag, and then, carrying the blue sweater and the laptop bag, walked out of the bar with Mao Mao.

Outside, the sirens were still sounding, and a strong cold wind blew, making Lin Quwei shiver involuntarily.

Meng Yilan stood by the door of the bar, holding the blue sweater in her hand, looking left and right at both ends of the road.

“Yilan,” Lin Quwei sighed, “In ten minutes, the entire entertainment district will have to close, we have to go.”

Meng Yilan didn’t say anything. Her face was still expressionless, looking calm.

But in the next second, as she turned her head unintentionally, her delicate eyebrows suddenly furrowed slightly—in a narrow alley directly opposite the bar, there was a slender figure, but it was too dark to see the person’s face clearly.

Lin Quwei immediately stood in front of Meng Yilan warily, but soon, he was pushed aside by the person behind him.

Mao Mao, who was hiding by Meng Yilan’s feet, easily recognized the person standing in the dark, and quickly jumped into the alley, skillfully grabbing the other person’s pants leg.

Meng Yilan raised her eyebrows. She said softly to the person in the alley, “Come here.”

Although the volume of these two words was so low that even Lin Quwei, who was standing next to her, couldn’t hear them clearly, Meng Yilan was certain that the person had heard them.

However, Bai Zi was still standing in the dark alley, not moving.

Back in the clock tower, Bai Zi had already guessed that she and You Yuyi had alerted the entire entertainment district, so she planned to leave the area and hide elsewhere. But then she saw Meng Yilan standing on the street while passing by the bar.

Bai Zi assumed Meng Yilan had already left.

But it seemed she was waiting for her to come back.

After the two were silent for a while, Bai Zi still didn’t make any move.

Then, Meng Yilan raised her foot and walked towards the alley.

“Yilan!” Lin Quwei called out softly, but didn’t get a response from the other party.

The alley was extremely dark and damp, and a foul smell emanated from the ditch in the depths.

But as Meng Yilan got closer, a familiar and comforting scent immediately enveloped Bai Zi tightly.

Although she didn’t want to admit it, Bai Zi, who had always had a sensitive sense of smell, was indeed very fond of the scent on Meng Yilan’s body.

It was a scent that Bai Zi couldn’t name, and was the opposite of You Yuyi’s.

You Yuyi’s body had a very obvious scent of roses, charming and alluring, but Meng Yilan’s body was always surrounded by a scent that made Bai Zi feel a little cold, but was extremely comfortable and warm after getting close.

Meng Yilan finally stood in front of Bai Zi, but she immediately frowned, her expression turning grim.

She saw the three bullet holes on Bai Zi’s tank top, and the bloodstains around the bullet holes.

But Meng Yilan didn’t say anything. She only took a deep breath, and then handed the sweater in her hand to Bai Zi.

This time, Bai Zi didn’t stand there blankly, but raised her hand to take the clothes and quickly put them on, covering the bullet holes on her tank top.

Mao Mao called out, as if knowing that they were about to leave this place. It skillfully climbed onto Bai Zi’s back, and then clung tightly to the other party’s neck.

The sirens were still sounding, but in the alley, no one spoke.

Finally, it was still Meng Yilan who made the first move. She took another step closer to Bai Zi, and then reached out and grabbed Bai Zi’s wrist.

Then she turned around, leading the person and the orangutan out of the alley.

During the walking process, Meng Yilan couldn’t help but loosen her hand slightly, sliding it down, and then tightly holding Bai Zi’s palm.

As Meng Yilan had expected, Bai Zi’s palm was very warm, while her own palm was ice-cold. The warmth of their palms touching instantly drilled into Meng Yilan’s body, tightly wrapping her heart, which had been anxious for a long time.

But before Meng Yilan could savor it carefully, just as the two stepped out of the alley, seven or eight guards jogged past. The guard captain who had taken Old Mao away was also among them, his expression extremely anxious.

Mao Mao was startled by the aura of these guards. It shrank its body, clinging tightly to Bai Zi’s back, not daring to move.

Meng Yilan, however, looked calm, and said to Lin Quwei, who was waiting on the side, “Let’s go.”

After saying that, she led Bai Zi towards the exit of the entertainment district.

Lin Quwei carefully thought about the scene that had just occurred. He seemed to understand something in his heart, but he wasn’t too sure, so he looked uneasily at Bai Zi, who was being led by Meng Yilan. She was also expressionless, and he couldn’t tell what she was thinking.

In the end, he could only restrain his thoughts and follow Meng Yilan out of the entertainment district.

At the parking lot, Meng Yilan was still holding Bai Zi’s hand, not letting go.

When they first started holding hands, Meng Yilan was still a little awkward, but now, she seemed to have gotten used to this kind of “intimate behavior,” and the sense of security that came from holding hands made her feel very comfortable.

Ten minutes later, Lin Quwei drove the car to the two of them.

Bai Zi thought that Meng Yilan was going to sit in the passenger seat, so she wanted to break free from the other’s hand, but she didn’t expect that Meng Yilan would directly pull her into the back seat together.

Lin Quwei’s expression became even more tangled. He looked at Meng Yilan and Bai Zi’s tightly clasped hands in the rearview mirror, and then tried hard to suppress the unhappiness in his heart, driving away directly.

The half-hour drive wasn’t long or short. No one spoke, but Meng Yilan and Bai Zi’s hands seemed to have been welded together, not separating for a single second.

Until Lin Quwei drove the car to the front of the neighborhood, the two were still holding hands tightly.

Just as Meng Yilan was about to pull Bai Zi out of the car, Lin Quwei called out softly, “Yilan…”

Meng Yilan, who had already stepped out of the car with one foot, turned her head to look at Lin Quwei, waiting for him to finish speaking.

“Well,” Lin Quwei’s face was a little unnatural, “Today…”

Today was February 14th, Valentine’s Day.

There were many ambiguous decorations in every corner of the entertainment district, but Meng Yilan didn’t seem to notice them at all.

At the same time, under the passenger seat, there was a beautifully decorated gift box.

Lin Quwei had originally planned to discuss things at Meng Yilan’s house today, and then ask her to go to the entertainment district to play. Then, when he was sending Meng Yilan home at night, he would give her the gift.

Although the two had indeed gone to the entertainment district together today, and then he had sent Meng Yilan home, the development of things seemed to be completely different from what he had expected.

Lin Quwei looked at Meng Yilan and Bai Zi’s still clasped hands, and couldn’t help but frown.

“What’s wrong?” Meng Yilan asked.

Lin Quwei immediately shook his head with a smile, “Nothing, I just wanted to remind you that I’ll come pick you up in three days to see Dr. Wu.”

Meng Yilan nodded, and then pulled Bai Zi out of the car.

Although the sky was dark, the time wasn’t too late, and many people were returning to the neighborhood one after another.

Looking at Meng Yilan, who was constantly pulling her forward, Bai Zi frowned helplessly. She felt that her hand was about to lose all sensation from being held so tightly, but the person in front of her didn’t seem to care.

Soon, the two returned to the front of their home.

It was still power-on time, and the incandescent lights in the corridor were a little dazzling.

Meng Yilan took out the key from her pocket. Before opening the door, she turned her head to look at Bai Zi, who was still being held by her.

At this time, Mao Mao was baring its teeth and raising one of its feet, trying to pinch Bai Zi’s face with its toes. Bai Zi tilted her head, raising her other hand to block Mao Mao’s foot.

It was also at this time that Meng Yilan finally let go of Bai Zi.

But in the next second, she pulled Bai Zi’s other hand again.

Mao Mao, who was pulling Bai Zi’s short hair with its long toes, was startled by Meng Yilan’s actions. It froze on Bai Zi’s back like a statue, not moving at all.

Bai Zi turned her head, and found that Meng Yilan next to her was raising her eyebrows, looking down at the back of her hand.

Therefore, Bai Zi also followed the other party’s gaze—she saw that on the back of her hand, there was a very conspicuous red lipstick mark.