During class, Ya Nuo was fighting the slumber devil from stirring her brain juice and the temptation of drifting off to dreamland. After a day of classes, Ya Nuo felt like her brain malfunctioned from how far behind she was in her studies. Huan Hei took pictures of the notes from classmates and made two copies of each assignment handout that they missed.
After making copies, he walked back to their classroom and saw Ya Nuo's textbook wide open standing on her desk with her head hiding behind it. He smiled and walked closer, "As expected..."
He bent forward and whispered, "The teacher is here." In a split second, her eyelids flipped wide open and she focused her attention on the chalk board. She then noticed the empty classroom and lifted her eyebrows while turning her head in Hei's direction with a 'really?' expression.
He rubbed her head dotingly, "let's go home."
Ya Nuo nodded and packed her schoolbag before sloppily lean against Hei on their way home.
In the middle of a street that leads to an alleyway, Ya Nuo paused at her steps and closed her eyes. Huan Hei didn't get to ask her what was wrong because the moment he opened his mouth, it was covered by her hand. She shook her head with her eyes still closed while concentrating on her senses. Every few seconds, her ears would move slightly as if she could hear something coming their way.
After a minute passed, she opened her eyes and whispered, "Someone is being chased and is running in our direction. There are two people after that person."
Huan Hei replied, "Your innate senses are beyond phenomenal. You only need to use your ears to know what's going on. But what does a person getting chased by two people has to do with us? Should we hide?"
Ya Nuo smirked, "We know that person. I recognize the person's scent. We don't need to hide. Just stay in the same position and watch first." She pulled him aside, and they waited for their guest to show up.
Soon, Mei Ching appeared and behind her was two buff men with tattoos all over their arms. The two men were wearing tank tops, revealing their horrendous muscular body and violent killer tattoos. Even though Huan Hei and Ya Nuo have been practicing martial arts since young, they might not have enough strength to beat the two men if they tried.
Ya Nuo quickly thought of an idea, "Hei, let's help her. I have an idea."
Mei Ching turned the corner into an alleyway, facing a dead end. The two men were right behind her. Her ghastly pale complexion and skinny figure made her look like an easy prey to kill. Her body trembled vigorously. Her mouth was wide opened as if she was mouthing "Please. No!" Her palms were waving at the men. Finally, she clapped her hands together, bowed and begged them to let her off.
One of two men had his fist ready to strike her hard on the skull, but halted when he heard footsteps from behind. Both of them turned around and suffered a massive blow on their heads from the couple's sneak attack.
Actually, when they turned their heads, only Huan Hei was behind them waving his wiggling fingers; gesturing goodbye. While they focused their seconds of attention on him, Ya Nuo was already on top of the wall and ready to attack. Her attack was perfect. Her fist knocked them to tears since she targeted their acupuncture point.
While the two men hugged their heads and rolled on the floor, Ya Nuo took the muddy dirt that she collected from the floor and scrubbed it all over their faces, especially their eyes. This way they will not recognize her and Huan Hei's faces.
Huan Hei stomped his foot on the man to the left when the man struggled to get up from the floor,"Who said you could move?"
Ya Nuo knelt down and asked in a demanding attitude, "Who sent you guys to hurt her?"
One of them spat saliva towards where the source of her voice was coming from and said, "What makes you think that we would give out a name?"
Ya Nuo smirked, "Of course you wouldn't easily give out your boss' name. I only gave you two a chance to confess before I get to my torturing methods to interrogate you guys. I'll do a countdown from three to one. If I don't get a reply by then, you'll be suffering very badly." Her voice sounded steady and lack of hesitance.
Mainly because their vision was blurred by the dirt, she had less to be afraid of. She acted cooly and freely while circling around them. Without their sense of sight, any sounds around them would cause them high anxiety and alertness. Ya Nuo was playing with them psychologically by creating random footstep and objects falling noises.
After circling them a few times, she did the countdown and took out a box from her bag. Before she fed one of them an oval shaped product from the box, she purposely shook the box right next to their ears.
"If you want to torture us then just make a move. What's with the lame noises huh? I dare you! Dare you try something!" The man grinned confidently as if he was mocking her for playing small tricks on them. 'I won't fall for your sly tricks this easily! I'm not scared!'
Gulp.
The arrogant chatty man annoyed Ya Nuo, so she chose him to be the guinea pig. "What did you feed me?" He asked lowering his voice.
Ya Nuo laughed, "Nothing. It's just some herb medicine that makes people feel extreme pain in the lower abdomen area. I have the antidote, but if you want it, you'll have to pay for it."
At first, the man who ate the pill thought she was just bluffing, and everything was a lie. After a few minutes, his stomach started hurting to the point where tears trailed down his face and sweat made his nipples transparent through his thin tank top.
His partner turned pale after hearing his partners painful groans from the pill's effect. It only took a few more threats for the partner to surrender and give them the name, "Gu Wing."
"Very well. Here's the antidote. A few trips to the bathroom and it'll be cleansed from your system." Ya Nuo gave the suffering man another pill and allowed them to leave.
After they had left, Huan Hei was extremely curious on what Ya Nuo fed that man, so he asked, "Nuo, what did you feed him? Why did he feel so much pain? Laxative? The guy was holding onto his stomach and clenching his thighs together when he was carried away by his partner."
"Expired dark chocolate that is super bitter. I bought it a while ago, but forgot about it. I didn't want to waste food, so I gave him them," she spoke casually as if she had planned this all out. 'Actually, I had one earlier and ended up with a massive stomach ache. How could I possibly not share it with these awful bastards who treat human life as nothing?'
"Hahahha, that poor man must be looking for the bathroom now."
"He deserved it. Most importantly, are you hurt? Mei Ching." Ya Nuo's eyes met the fragile woman's fearful eyes.
Mei Ching shook her head, but the horrifying experience left her traumatized as she thought about what would have happened if Ya Nuo and Huan Hei didn't come right on time.
Judging from Mei Ching's reaction, Ya Nuo decided to not beat around the bushed like last time and must confirm her identity today. She asked, "What is your relationship to Gu Wing? And why is she coming after you?"