Chapter 300: Luring the Culprit (IV) (1/2)
Chapter 300: Luring the Culprit (IV)
Translator: InsigniaEditor: Svjohn
Mayor Song nodded in satisfaction after he saw that Mo Li had finished classifying those processed documents. Then, he took a look at the time and found out that it was already 11 o’ clock at night. He said in astonishment, ”I can’t believe that it’s already this late. I’m sorry to have you working overtime with me again. As it’s not good to stay up late, please, go back now and take a rest.”
Mo Li shook her head, smiling, and replied, ”Uncle, you must be more tired than I am. As I’m still young, it’s no big deal if I stay up late.”
Being a prudent and a person of discretion, she always acts well after detailed planning. Therefore, regardless of any role that she was playing, she would carefully complete it to perfection.
”Oh, my dear!” Mayor Song said helplessly, ”Go back, or else your aunt would be complaining again. I wouldn’t want to listen to her nagging!”
As Mo Li had been busy throughout the day, she felt tired too. The earthquake that occurred just now had made her multitask furiously and also realize that she was able to run errands for Mayor Song.
”Alright, uncle. If so, I’ll take my leave. Please have an early rest too!” Mo Li said as she left, but not before making Mayor Song a cup of tea first.
As it was already late at night, the city council office was rather empty, and clear footsteps were echoing along the quiet corridor. Mo Li had a strange gut feeling, which made her quicken her pace. For reasons she could not comprehend, she had been feeling insecure throughout the day.
Mo Li felt depressed and in no time, she had reached the gate where she saw two rows of armed soldiers standing upright. Numerous sentries, hidden and in clear sight that guarded the nearby vicinity had made Mo Li feel slightly relieved.
She wanted to call Xiao Baihong to pick her up, but desisted when she thought of the previously transformed Luo Yuan.
Gritting her teeth, Mo Li walked out of the high-security gate. The dim street light that flanked both sides of the road on a desolated night had induced cold sensations and goosebumps all over her body. Being an evolved person related to the mind, she always had relatively acute instincts and thus frowned because of the feelings that she harbored.
She used to walk about during the night and had also been living in the wild for a while. Being a strong evolved person, she had never felt any nyctophobia1 like a common woman did. Therefore, the only explanation of how she felt, was because she was in great danger.
1 fear of darkness
With a thought flashing through her mind, a silhouette seemed to be coming over from afar.
He seemed to be walking slowly, but he was in fact, rather hasty. Each step he took was about three to four meters far, hence, with just a few breaths, he was already about a hundred meters away. The dim street lights had created an effect that made him look like the Azrael, the demon from hell!
The silhouette was none other than Luo Yuan, and he stopped only when he was about thirty to forty meters away from Mo Li.
”You…what do you want to do?” asked Mo Li, upon seeing the bright, sharp Zhanmadao in Luo Yuan’s hand. She then said in horror, ”I…I’m the secretary of the mayor, consider the consequences well.”
She acted excellently. If Luo Yuan had not been very confident, he would have been cheated.
Luo Yuan smirked, ”Stop this act, would you? You’ve been exposing yourself.”
Mo Li acted like a threatened young girl being and asked in fear, ”What…what are you saying? I really don’t know what you’re talking about!”
”It seems like you still don’t believe that I’ve already spotted the mistakes you’ve made. You think I’m the crafty one? Let me see, how many identities are you playing? The niece of Mayor Song, the daughter of the direct superior of Master Liu, and yes, you’re also the life savior of Xiao Baihong!”
Since Luo Yuan came out from the city council office, he wasted no time and adjourned to seek Master Liu and Xiao Baihong. As Master Liu was still afraid of Luo Yuan, he told him everything about Mo Li’s origins. If the two identities were to be the same person, the life savior of Xiao Baihong should definitely be a joke. After all, Xiao Baihong would not have seen her before, as he was still under the drain when she appeared. Therefore, it was clearly an inexplicable flaw.
With Luo Yuan’s taunts, the fearful expression on Mo Li’s face was followed by a sigh and a frown. ”Mr. Luo, you have your own methods while I have mine. We shall only mind our own business; why do you have to be so aggressive?”