Inside the private car, a tall man was leaning on the window with a dissatisfied face. His sword edge like eyebrows quirked up and stared at the dim lights on the bustling city. No wonder crimes are at a high risk this time. Because even the lamp couldn't hold the deep shadows of the night.
The person driving behind him was a little younger than him and he exudes an immaturity based on his young age. He agitatedly looked from his side, and to the front in nervousness.
"Eyes on the front!" The man in the window suddenly scolded him, which made the young man shudder and almost hit the street lamp on his front.
"See? I told you to focus your attention on the front." We won't be able to catch the escapee if we end up in the hospital."
"Aye, aye Sir!"
Damn!
Xiang Luo Bai felt irritated.
The thing that he hated the most was to let someone run away from his grasp.
That person who escaped...
What should he punish him that he won't able to think of escaping again?
"Sir..."
"What is it?"
The person driving stopped.
"Base on the info, this is the place. Next to it, inside that alley, the man was hiding there."
Xiang Luo Bai didn't respond but went down from the car immediately.
"Sir please wait! It's dangerous to go alone.!"
But Xiang Lou Bai didn't hear him at all as he walked without turning back and purge straight into the dark residence at the back of a building around in the intersection.
He stepped up only to see the culprit holding a woman in his arms. Acting as if it's his hostage. He knew that he would be corner and acted upon immediate response.
But he thought that if he had dragged a hostage, he can escape?
Just who does he think he is?
Sera acted afraid and frantic of the man that held her hostage. Ai had instructed her that the culprit is lurking in this alleyway. It's also a coincidence that it's a few blocks farther from where her position is.
It only took her five minutes of walk before reaching the man.
Sera presented herself to be a hostage in a deal that he would see this Xiang Lou Bai. It didn't take a lot of effort before seeing the man in action.
Wearing a casual turtle's neck indigo shirt and stylish pants. His jet black hair was loose and almost hanging on his forehead. Yet Sera could still see the fine outline of the man. The exquisite features that only belong to those who have lived well in life. His broad shoulders gave off an intimidating aura that he wouldn't allow himself to be looked down upon by anyone.
When he stepped forward, his smile was like the warm spring yet full of thorns indicating his dangerous intents.
Even Sera, when saw him smile like that, flinched in her stand.
"You! You! If you come any closer, I'll kill this woman!"
Sera almost wanted to throw an uppercut throw to this man since his saliva was spitting right through her neck. But she should just endure this, since this is a part of her plot. This cannon fodder later will be caught, anyway.
"Do you think with that beggar in your arms, you can escape? You should have picked exquisite ladies that will have a little more value than hers." Xiang Luo Bai's poisonous tongue resurface. He didn't look at the woman at all, but rather continue to mock the culprit with his wrong choice of hostage.
Sera, who was called a beggar, was dumbfounded.
She looked aggrieved at her current state and would have thought of crying at any moment. This is the first time that someone called her a beggar. But it was so true. She was homeless at all. The man had just pointed out what she didn't want to hear, but still, it's awful and painful to bear.
"Lou Bai!" A voice echoed from the back of Xiang Lou Bai. He turned around just to only see his partner, Lim Xing. The man had a flamboyant attitude and rather laid back compared to him.
"How can you call that woman a beggar? Look, she's about to cry and it's your fault."
Lim Xing pointed at Sera and took pity on her little posture. This man had a hawk-like eye that easily spots beauty in ladies. He wouldn't be called the playboy detective if not for his ability to pick up girls.
" I know. It's her fault for crying."
Xiang Lou Bai defended himself.
Sera: ...
'So he was just messing with her.'
Will she be okay with this man? Or should she change her target to the person beneath him? The approachable man that looked easy to deal with?
Sera looked aggrieved with both of them... Just you wait until I take a full bath.
"Look! Look!, the woman is looking at you as if cursing you! Lou Bai, you be careful, women's wrath is the darkest curse of all!"
Xiang Lou Bai didn't answer him. He didn't want his time to waste. Just marching in this place is already a huge amount of his time allocated.
Therefore, he raised his arms and on it hang a pocket-size pistol. Sera was shocked, just where did that thing come from? And hold it! Was he planning to shot the culprit? What if it retaliated against her?!
Ahhh! Sera's face panicked.
But before she could even react, the man already pulled the trigger.
Sera was shocked. The criminal was hit on the head and lay flat on the ground.
Sera didn't want to look back. She didn't want to see...
Hold on, why was there no gunshot earlier?
When Sera's eyes passed on the forehead of the man, a stun gun was darted on it.
So it was like that. She heaved a sigh of relief.
"Collect his body and bring him back to the office."
Xiang Luo Bai demanded as he turned around and left.
Sera's eyes widen in disbelief. She shouldn't let him leave yet! No matter what, she should get his attention to focus on her?!
Sera wobbly stood up, then run as fast as she could and bypass the man Lim Xing who was about to collect the criminal's body.
"Ahhh, Miss...?"
Sera didn't notice him but rather, with all her remaining strength, shouted from the top of her lungs as she tugged the shirt of the man,
"Husband!"
She shouted with her might, and her tone carried a hint of desperation.
Lim Xing looked at disbelief in Xing Luo Bai.
Xiang Lou Bai's gaze fell on the ugly woman: ...
Then Sera fainted.