Translator:
Henyee Translations
Editor:
Henyee Translations
It was already eight or nine o’clock at night when Lin Qiao nearly arrived at the base. She stopped the car where the guards of the base couldn’t hear its noise, then put it back into her space. After that, she walked toward the base.
The doors of the base were already closed. She turned herself invisible, then clasped the fence wall with her claws to climb up. After climbing on top of the wall, she directly jumped into the base.
During the nighttime, many places in the base were dark; only the central area had streetlights. In the periphery area, only some residential buildings had lights, as the power supply of the other areas was cut off.
Therefore, the people who lived in the base wouldn’t go out at night, unless they had something important to do.
Lin Qiao walked toward Region D through a dark road. When she was about a mile away from where Lin Wenwen lived, she sensed a few different scents which made her stop walking.
She found a dark and empty corner, then brought Shen Yujen out of her base.
Pointing at one direction, she said to Shen Yujen,
Over there are the people you want. Now, you can see things as clearly as in the daylight, and you need to learn to differentiate the scents of people with your nose. Control your hunger, and don’t hurt innocent people.
Shen Yujen nodded, then looked where Lin Qiao was pointing. She sniffed at the air, then as Lin Qiao said, she sensed a familiar and disgusting scent from a long distance away.
She immediately popped her eyes and began widening her mouth to bare her teeth.
Go,
said Lin Qiao,
Be careful, don’t expose yourself. You look exactly like a human being now, so as long as you don’t try to speak, you’ll be fine.
Shen Yujen nodded, then turned and left.
Lin Qiao turned invisible and followed behind her. The direction she showed to Shen Yujen was also the direction of where Lin Wenwen lived.
She didn’t follow Shen Yujen very closely. Instead, she glanced around at the nearby buildings, then chose one and nimbly climbed up like a monkey.
Standing on the roof, she watched Shen Yujen walk through a dark alley. When people approached, she would hide before they saw her, and when they left, she would continue moving forward quietly.
At that moment, on a crossroad outside the neighborhood which Lin Wenwen and her friends lived in, two groups of people ran into each other.
Deputy Chief Piao? It’s so late! Why did you come here? Do you have something important to do?
Lu Tianyi stood on one side of the road and asked Piao Gecang, who was on the other side.
Standing around him were Kong Qingming, Huang Shou, Liu Jing, and a few others.
Piao Gecang, who was standing on the other side of the road, rested his hands in his pockets while looking at Lu Tianyi and Kong Qingming from head to toe. While smiling, he responded,
Ah, aren’t these the two white chrysanthemums on Chief Zou’s side? I was going to ask you why you came here so late at night. Are you doing something that you can’t tell the others? Is that why you came here while it’s all dark?
Both Piao Gecang’s way of speaking and the smile on his face were toned with an unfriendly and sarcastic meaning, even containing some agitated, evil desire.
By ‘white chrysanthemums’, he clearly meant that Lu Tianyi and Kong Qingming were two proud pretty boys. That was their nickname, given by those men who coveted their beauty but couldn’t get it.
Lu Tianyi smiled faintly; his smile was elegant, showing no anger at all.
Deputy Chief Piao, if you have nothing to do around here, please just go back. This is the guest area of Special Region A. I don’t think it’s appropriate for you, the Deputy Chief of Special Region B, to show up in someone else’s territory,
he said.
Kong Qingming, who stood beside him, was also wearing a smile. But unlike Lu Tianyi’s, his smile was a little wicked, looking very charming and tempting on his pretty face which didn’t have any obvious gender-based features.
To what Piao Gecang called them, they didn’t make any specific reaction, as if they didn’t hear it. All they did was maintain that their smiles. However, the ones behind them changed the looks on their faces, grimly staring at Piao Gecang and his people.
Piao Gecang responded to Lu Tianyi’s words, also with a faint smile,
I’d like to know what makes you think that you can talk to me like that. I’m not your direct leader, but I am a Deputy Chief. So, before you start talking, you should watch your tone of speaking.
Lu Tianyi was completely careless about his warning.
This is Region D,
he said with that smile,
Neither of us has any qualifications to demand anything from each other. I was just kindly giving you a suggestion. As the Deputy Chief in Special Region B, I wonder if you have Chief Wu’s permission to come here so late at night! There’ll probably be a misunderstanding again if he knew that you’re here, won’t there? I showed up here under Chief’s order, also with Chief Wu’s permission.
Piao Gecang’s smile faded as he coldly looked at Lu Tianyi and said,
Why I came here is none of your business. I recommend you not to put your finger in someone else’s pie.
Right at that moment, a series of footstep sounds were heard from the roadside. Following the sound, a figure showed up. The light from the residential buildings nearby couldn’t reach this area, so the people on the scene only saw the silhouette of a woman.
They shone their flashlights on that figure, then saw that it was a long-haired woman who was slowly approaching them.
Lu Tianyi and his people looked at that woman with surprise. It was late at night. Normal people rarely came out at this time, so it was very strange for a woman to show up out here all alone.
The look on Piao Gecang’s face changed when he saw the woman’s face clearly. He quickly tilted his head to ask the man beside her,
Why is she here?
Wasn’t this woman locked in that room in Region F?
The few men behind him were all staring at the woman who was walking toward them; their faces showed a serious look as well.
Shen Yujen slowly walked over and stared at Piao Gecang. Her face under her disheveled hair was expressionless.
Why are you standing here? Go and take her away!
Seeing that Shen Yujen was less than three meters away from him and his people, Piao Gecang yelled at the man beside him. Hearing him, his subordinates immediately stepped forward, preparing to surround Shen Yujen and catch her.
Wait a minute! What are you doing?
Lu Tianyi said to Piao Gecang suddenly and loudly. Meanwhile, he quickly made a few steps forward and stood between Shen Yujen and those men to stop them.
Who are you? Why are you out here so late at night? Go back to where you live,
Kong Qingming walked over as well to shield Shen Yujen behind him, then turned to say to her.
When she sensed the nice scents from Lu Tianyi and Kong Qingming, Shen Yujen’s empty stomach began growling. She hurriedly took two steps backward to keep a distance from them.
Then, she shook her head and raised a hand to point at Piao Gecang. Her eyes showed a strong hatred.
Kong Qingming sensed her agitated vibe, and also detected the hatred toward Piao Gecang in her eyes. Instantly, he figured out what this woman was here for.
He turned to ask Piao Gecang,
Did you do something bad to her?
