Chapter 145 - Time to Part (1/2)

Although the couple insisted that the three didn't have to send them to the underground tunnel location, Chen Mu made it difficult for them to refuse their offer. The couple could only shrug at the end and surrender to them.

”We're here.” In addition to the tensed atmosphere in the car, the dropped dead silence after they had arrived made it extremely difficult to part. The doors were still locked, and it took the couple a few minutes to bid them goodbye. Chen Mu waited until the last second to unlock the doors.

Everyone watched as the two figures held each other's hand and walked towards the foggy area ahead. Seeing the couple's back slowly disappear in front of them, heaviness drowned their hearts. Even after their shadows were lost in the fog, none of them looked away from the direction.

Perhaps a part of them really hoped for them to change their minds last second and run back to the car. Eventually, Chen Mu started his car before anyone comes across the vehicle and raises suspicions.

It took Ariana and Chen Nan a lot of courage to keep walking and not turn around. They knew that Chen Mu wouldn't leave them alone until he was sure that they were gone. Therefore, the couple continued walking forward. For each step they took, they reminded themselves that this was to save Susu and avenge their family.

Countless steps were taken until they reached the short staircases that leads up to the gate. Chen Nan whispered, ”ready?”

”Mm.” She grabbed the keys that she had custom made for the lock that they found last time. Taking a deep breath, she carefully stuck the key into the keyhole and turned it sideways. At first, they were very nervous that the key would fail to help them get past the gate. Then, they heard the tiny ”click” sound that the lock made when she turned the key sideways.

Instantly, they breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Ariana smiled and whispered as she stuffed the another set of keys into his hand, ”let's part here. The other entrance should be around the corner. Ten steps away.”

He gave her a small peck on the forehead, ”Be careful. We still need to make a little Ariana or little Nan to play with after this.”

”You too. Be careful. We can have more than one little Ariana and little Nan Nan. As many as you want. The locks are all the same, so keys should work fine too. If anything, you can come back to this route to meet with me. Go as we had planned.” She whispered and took the initiative to leave his side.

Since they observed the entrances for a while before mapping out the few openings to the underground tunnel, they knew that they had a few hours to sneak inside without anyone finding out. There were also no surveillance cameras outside, which made everything less complicated. After passing through the gate, she closed the lock and put away her key.

She could feel his stare from behind. He was rooting for her as she carefully made her first turn around the corner. Feeling slightly relaxed that she has successfully gotten through the first challenging part of the mission, he could rest assure and officially part ways with her.

Although he was pretty sure that there were no guards at this time, he still kept his guards up before making a move. Finally, he reached one of the planned entrances and also successfully unlocked the gate.

He was very glad for the invention of gloves because the inside of the tunnel was very dusty. 'Thank goodness I also gave her a pair of gloves. So, this is how it feels like to be a prisoner in a creepy broken down place like this. I should give those actors more credit when they film horror movies...'

In the meantime, Qian Ling, the nurse Ling who attended Alexander's wounds was in the same devastated state as she has been in since several hours ago. Alexander tried his best to comfort her, but nothing seemed to have worked. Everything that he had said was like a wall that bounced the words back to him.

”My family..I..I need to get out of here quick. Need to kill that old bastard!” She mumbled as her fists slammed against the solid tiles on the floor. She said these words out loud that it alerted him right away. Quickly, he crawled out of bed to cover her mouth and watch the door to make sure nobody was eavesdropping on them.

”Shh. Are you asking for death? He could have had a spy out there!” He whispered as he squinted from the pain of the wounds on his back.

She realized that she lost her rationality for a split second and exposed her inner thoughts too recklessly. Seeing that he had left his bed to cover her mouth like that made her feel that she made the right choice to save him back then.

”You're not supposed to get out of bed. I'll help you.” Once he heard the tone that she would normally use to speak to others with, his body loosened up. He could finally take a deep breath and relax now that she's back to normal.

”Thank you, Aunty Ling.” He smiled charmingly while showing his teeth.

”By the way, what did you do this time to make that ancient man mad? Fifty slashes are more than enough to turn you into twenty meals.” She asked curiously because his punishments were normally less severe.

”Haha, you finally started to take interest in me! Not bad, not bad. This wound was quite worth it.” He joked around carelessly and overlooked her seriousness.

”If you don't want to say it, then it's fine too. I need to get back to the lab.” She turned her eyes away from him and stood up to leave.

”I'll say it. I'll tell you everything.” He sighed as he thought about how weak he was against women. Since his parents died during a mission, he had longed to speak to someone about his personal matters. It took him a while to figure out who was truly loyal to him and who was a snitching dog behind his back.

After all, his grandfather had plentiful tricks up his sleeves. His fingers tugged the edge of her white lab coat to get her attention.