Compared with Tang Qi, the real new student, Sally was obviously familiar with the road. She took Tang Qi around the complicated campus in three or two steps, avoided several teenagers looking for trouble in the central avenue, and allowed Tang Qi to avoid the fate of fighting with several hormone-crazed kids.
However, to Tang Qi's chagrin, the path they took should be the one Sally used to avoid bullying. So when they reached the end, it also meant that the two had left the campus.
"Creak~" Hearing the sound, Tang Qi looked back and saw an rusty iron door slammed shut with a "bang".
Here was an inconspicuous side door of St. Thorn High School. Few students would walk out of school here.
The reason did not need Tang Qi to guess much. The messy scene in front of him was enough to explain everything.
It looked like a very remote street, empty and desolate. The corners spread with smelly garbage dumps, graffiti on the walls, cracked brick and stone ground everywhere, scattered newspapers fluttering past, and an extremely greasy billboard at the corner of the street.
A glimpse of comprehension flashed through Tang Qi's mind. He was a little surprised that there was such a place near the St. Thorn campus.
Silently recalling the surrounding layout, Tang Qi knew where this place was.
Messer City has a total of five districts, four of which are Bronk, Lopes, Newton and Rachi respectively, guarding the central "Central District" together.
The Central District was naturally the largest and richest district, gathering many rich and upper class people and enjoying the resources supply of the whole Messer City. St. Thorn High School was in this area.
The other four districts, Bronk was where refugees and poor people gathered; Lopes was the favorite district of the middle class; Newton had a long history but a very weak presence; Rachi was where the petty bourgeoisie and some shallow-rooted rich people gathered.
Tang Qi's original family was in the Rachi district.
If Tang Qi guessed correctly, the street where he and Sally were now should be in the Bronk district.
Close to the central district, to get here, Tang Qi and Sally must have crossed the entire St. Thorn campus.
While Tang Qi was reminiscing with relish here, Sally misunderstood that Tang Qi was disdaining this place.
This was normal. Although Tang Qi tried his best to act as an ordinary Asian teenager, some details still showed his unusual family background.
Such as the brand name clothes he wore and his courteous attitude.
Because of the encounter this morning, Sally, a girl who was usually bullied, had a lot of good feelings for Tang Qi. This was also the reason why she was willing to take the risk of being bullied again and bring Tang Qi to escape here.
Unfortunately, her long-standing inferiority complex made her dare not even open her mouth to ask the teenager in front of her.
Her face darkened for a while, and she said softly to Tang Qi, "There is a bus stop at the corner of this street. The next bus will arrive in a few minutes. Bye...bye."
After speaking, Sally turned and ran to the other end of the street. Because she was too flustered or her pants were too big, she almost fell.
Staggering for a while without falling, her face became paler. It seemed that tears were about to burst out under her black-rimmed glasses.
Her footsteps hurried up quickly and disappeared at the end of the street in a few steps.
This sudden change made Tang Qi couldn't help but stare again. This girl named Sally was really sensitive, just like a frightened little rabbit at all times. Tang Qi couldn't keep up with her thoughts.
Shaking his head, Tang Qi turned and walked towards the stop, intending to explain to the girl tomorrow.
As for returning to the campus, since he was out, Tang Qi just wanted to take the opportunity to walk around a few places outside the campus. After achieving his goal, he would return to his brick and stone building. It was not too late now.
Just as Tang Qi took a few steps, a couple walked out of a bakery ahead. As soon as they came out, they hurried to the stop, running and muttering, "Peggy, run faster. It's your fault for wanting to eat that special blueberry pie. It's so late now, we're still in the Bronk district. Let's get out of here quickly. If we're a little later, those vicious thugs will all come out."
The black-haired girl being pulled had nothing to refute, and followed her boyfriend with high heels.
Behind the two, the last shop on the street, a bakery called White Truffle also creaked and closed its big door.
Tang Qi stopped and glanced at the bus stop just a few steps away. In the distance, he could vaguely see the lights of the bus. With a trace of helplessness, he decisively turned and chased in the direction Sally had left.
Although he had only met twice, she was still his classmate after all.
Most importantly, Tang Qi had a good impression of this girl.
This reason was enough.
On the other hand, Sally was in big trouble.
She was blocked in a dark alley, facing three shabbily styled white youths.
One had dyed yellow hair and a nose ring, one was bare-chested and playing with a knife, and the other looked relatively normal, but with a look of excessive indulgence on his face and arms full of needle holes, almost printing the words "bad man" on his forehead.
The drug addict seemed to be the leader of the three. He stood in front, twisting his pale face and licking his purple mouth with a disgusting tongue, staring at Sally with a pair of lewd eyes.
"Look, we're so lucky today, we found an top quality chick."
"Don't look at how rustic this chick is, but her hot and perfect body can't escape my eyes at all. Believe me, she's top quality. We'll take her back and lock her up for a few days to have fun. After having fun, we can sell her off and even make some money."
"Hehehe~"
Although the drug addict's words didn't sound credible, listening to his words now, Sally's rapid and fearful breathing, and the undulation between her chest and abdomen made the other two hooligans brighten their eyes and show the same disgusting expression.
Sally did not scream or make empty threats fearlessly. She just pursed her lips. Under her black-rimmed glasses, in addition to deep despair and fear, there was a trace of undetectable determination. One hand secretly reached into her bag and grasped something.
It was a small knife, too short and not sharp enough. With her own strength not great, it was difficult to use for self-defense, but it was fast enough for suicide.
Because her home was in the Bronk district, she had to come and go in this dangerous place.
In the past, she had perfectly calculated the streets she passed through, the time required, and reasonably avoided all dangerous corners, rarely encountering the kind of people in front of her.
The Bronk district was very dangerous because it gathered gangsters, killers and other dangerous people.
But for her as a female student, even if she encountered these people, there was nothing to worry about.
What was really harmful was some other people.
Such as inferior hooligans, wandering drug addicts, and extremely dangerous vagrants.
She had avoided them before, but this time.
Because she wanted to take Tang Qi, who was unfamiliar with the road, and was sad and confused because of misunderstanding Tang Qi, not only was she late, but she also took one or two wrong streets. So now she was unlucky.
Seeing the three disgusting hooligans approaching, the determination in Sally's eyes became more and more concentrated.
Her palm grasped the small knife tightly and slowly pulled it out. The direction of the force was not aimed at the three people in front of her, but at her own abdomen.
After all, she was just a female student and couldn't beat three strong men with a knife, especially a crazy drug addict.
But she could make these three get nothing. When they caught her, only a corpse was left.
"Little chick, don't resist, be obedient. We promise to give you an unforgettable experience."
"A girl like you must be the least popular with boys at school. No one will pursue you. Your first kiss and first night must still be there. Relax, leave it all to us, and you will soon experience what is called dying of pleasure."
The drug addict approached step by step, and the words spewing from his mouth stimulated Sally's weakness with great precision.
The originally determined look turned into extreme anger. The direction of the small knife was also turned towards the white youth in front.
Obviously, Sally was seen through.
Although he was a drug addict, he did have a way with little girls.
He was even ready to use force, his feet slightly sideways, waiting for Sally to move, he quickly ran behind the girl and hugged her directly, everything fell into place.
The dim alley, apart from the flashing street lights, did not even have a ghost shadow.
Seeing a gap in Sally's small bag, the shiny knife light did not come out as expected by the three, the drug addict giggled, and was about to take a step to solve Sally.
Accident happened.
"Chi"
A dark shadow swiftly slipped in from the entrance of the alley.
Like a ghost, it appeared behind the blond and knife man, a pair of pale hands formed knife shapes, chopped directly at the back of the two's necks, and two crisp sounds came out. At that time, the two rolled their eyes and fell to the ground.
The shadow did not snatch the knife in the knife's hand, but when the drug addict heard the sound trying to rush over to hold Sally, it suddenly accelerated and rushed over, a pair of arms that looked very weak suddenly strangled the neck of the drug addict.
Just as the drug addict felt that the other party's arm strength was weak and delighted for a moment, a huge twisting force came, and the fragile neck of humans simply couldn't resist this force. A "click" can be heard and his neck broke and his body immediately slumped.
After the three were resolved, the dark shadow staggered, one hand supporting the wall, then "hu hu hu" took a deep breath, his chest undulating like a bellows.
The dim street light shone over, just projecting Tang Qi's face which was flushed red in a short period of intense exercise.
"Sally, you..."
"Bang"
"Ah~"
Tang Qi breathed out, intending to comfort the girl in front of him who should be scared, but when he looked up, he saw a figure suddenly rushing into his arms.
Then, Tang Qi couldn't help but scream miserably.