The moment Nanrong Wanqing was placed on the ground, her complexion changed.
Ling Chen noticed Nanrong Wanqing's face twitching slightly, and he could not help smirking inwardly. Under the scorching hot sun, the surrounding temperature must be more than 30℃, and the temperature of the concrete floor would definitely be at least above 40℃. No matter who it was sitting on the ground, they would definitely feel a searing sensation on their bottom, much less to say her tender and frail body.
Nanrong Wanqing bit her lip, her hands pushing against the ground, trying her best to minimise the contact between her body and the ground. She then glanced at Ling Chen, her face devoid of any emotion as she commanded, "Bring me my wheelchair."
"Your wheelchair is beyond repair now."
"Then..."
Ling Chen was speechless. This woman is a tough cookie to crack. It's not like she will die if she requests for help. Her minute adjustments did not escape Ling Chen's keen eyes. Are you so proud that you would instead choose to suffer just to protect your dignity?
"Stop hemming and hawing. Desperate times call for desperate measures. If you want to accuse me of taking advantage of you later, then I can't do anything about it as well." Ignoring the look in her eyes, that seemed like she wanted to eat him alive, Ling Chen directly lifted her into his embrace.
When he came into contact with the fragrant and soft flesh, Ling Chen could not help but let his thoughts run wild. He had barely managed to catch her just now and did not have the time to feel anything. He had to say, though, that this woman indeed possessed a desirable body and skin. Her skin was soft and silky, and it was lusciously white. If only he could... Ai, what am I even thinking?
At that time, Nanrong Wanqing was gently leaning against Ling Chen's sturdy chest, and her entire body was tense. She looked to be very uncomfortable, seeming to be at a loss on where to put her hands. From her youth till now, no one from the opposite gender had ever laid a hand on her.
"Weren't you arrested? What are you doing here?"
She tried changing the topic to escape her discomfort.
"We can talk about that later. Let's get you out of here first."
"Nn, Zhong Wei and the rest are still there. We need to save them first!"
"Your grandfather paid me to take charge of your safety. But he never ordered me to protect them."
"You..."
"Big Sis! Big Sis!"
At that moment, Nanrong Hao came to a stop in front of them, panting heavily. Seeing Ling Chen was also here, his face brightened.
"Bro Chen, it's so great that you finally managed to get here! Big Sis, are you okay?"
"With me around, how can any harm come to your sister?"
"Bro Chen, what do we do now?"
Ling Chen was about to open his mouth to speak, but before he could do so, he saw a large mob of hooligans rushing towards them, numbering seventy plus people.
Nanrong Wanqing's face turned ashen, and she quickly reminded, "Let's go now! They're almost on to us!"
"What are you talking about? Lil Hao, rescue Zhong Wei and the rest! I'll bring your sister back first, and we will rendezvous at the company!"
"Okay..."
"Okay? What okay?"
Nanrong Wanqing was in a fluster.
"Ling Chen, my brother doesn't know anything! Aren't you just sending him to his death?"
"Who said he doesn't know anything. As the older sister, how can you have so little faith in your own brother? Lil Hao, I'll leave Zhong Wei to you. Be careful."
"Understood. Big Sis, rest assured. Nothing will happen to me."
"Nanrong Hao..."
Ignoring his sister's hysterical plea, Nanrong Hao quickly moved forward to intercept the hooligans, who were coming from the far corner.
"Tang Bing, over here!"
Those hooligans weren't outsiders, but reinforcements that Jiang Hao had sent.
"It's Bro Lil Hao!"
Tang Bing saw the approaching Nanrong Hao and his eyes lit up with delight.
"Bro Lil Hao, we finally found you!"
"Bro Lil Hao!"
Watching those ruffians greeting Nanrong Hao with such reverence and respect, Nanrong Wanqing was dazed. He was the oldest son of the Nanrong family and was supposed to be prim and proper. How could he have fallen to the extent of mingling with thugs?
"Brothers, follow me! Let's go mess them up!"
Staring at the departing backs of Nanrong Hao and the other hooligans, Ling Chen glanced at Nanrong Wanqing, who was lying in his arms. Seeing her worried face, he could not help comforting, "Don't worry. Your brother isn't as frail as you think he is."
With that said, he tightened his embrace around Nanrong Wanqing's slender frame and leapt forward with high speed.
Due to the tendency of thugs to cause trouble, the residents living in the Old City District were afraid of being implicated and dared not to stray out of their homes. The streets were practically deserted at this point. Not even a rental car was to be seen.
Nanrong Wanqing noticed that Ling Chen was not heading towards the parking lot and could not help reminding, "You've taken the wrong path. The parking lot is over there."
"Why would we go there? I don't even have the car keys."
"Then, where are we headed now?"
"There's a subway station nearby, we can..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Ling Chen suddenly felt a sharp gust of hot breeze narrowly whizzing past his ear.
Bullets!
His intuition, honed from many years of experience, instantly allowed him to make a deduction.
There was no time for him to turn around, his legs fiercely kicked at the ground, and they charged straight into an alley by the roadside.
The opponent had a gun, and they would be sitting ducks if they continued to linger in the open street. This would allow the killer to snipe them easily, thus their only option was to delve into the alley to shake off the killer.
"What's wrong?"
While nestled in his embrace, Nanrong Wanqing also felt a sense of foreboding overcoming her.
"It's nothing."
Ling Chen forced out a smile, trying to give her a peace of mind.
For some reason, when she saw Ling Chen's confident smile, Nanrong Wanqing felt a rapidly beating heart gradually settling down.
In this narrow and cramped alley, Ling Chen shot forward at a blindingly fast speed, not daring to dally in the slightest.
Although he lived in the Old City District, he seldom came to this part of the area and was unfamiliar with the terrain. Especially when it came to these kinds of alleys, he had no idea where one alley would lead to.
Winding through the complicated maze of alleyways, Ling Chen's footsteps suddenly came to a halt, and his eyebrows scrunched together. There was a wall blocking them from advancing.
A dead-end!
He immediately decided to turn around and retrace his steps to find other avenues of escape.
But right as he was about to turn the corner, he heard a loud "Peng!" The wall beside him instantly burst into a large cloud of debris and plaster.
He scanned his surroundings, only to see a male rapidly jogging towards them from the alley.
"We can't go by there."
He muttered lowly and immediately retreated to the dead-end with Nanrong Wanqing.
"Can we even escape now?"
Nanrong Wanqing looked at him. Ling Chen had discovered the killer approaching them, Nanrong Wanqing had similarly come to the same discovery. Now that they were trapped there, coupled with the fact that the opponent had a gun, no matter how one looked at it, their chances at survival seemed abysmal.
"You don't trust me?"
"You're a difficult man to believe in."
Ling Chen raised the corners of his mouth. Doesn't this woman have too little confidence in me?
Erasing the useless thought from his mind, he scanned his surroundings. He found that on a corner of the wall, many junk items were clustered together. They reached up to about his head.
He carried Nanrong Wanqing to the corner and gently placed her on the ground, before starting to use the junk items to hide her body, shielding her from sight.
"What's the point of this?"
"Why are you asking so many useless questions? Is your phone with you?"
"It is."
"Give it to me."
Nanrong Wanqing had no idea what his intentions were. But she still followed his order, passing her phone over.
After inputting some numbers in her phone, Ling Chen passed the phone back to her and solemnly looked her in the eye. "Later, when I say 'shoot', call this number immediately. You must not forget to do it. My little life rests in your hands."
Nanrong Wanqing nodded obediently. Although she detested the man in front of her, this matter concerned both their lives and she would not do anything rash to jeopardize them.
After comforting Nanrong Wanqing, Ling Chen readied himself and walked to the middle of the alley alone, while casting surreptitious glances towards the corner of the wall.
Very quickly, a man wearing a baseball cap and with a sling bag behind his back came into Ling Chen's field of vision.