Chapter 369 : Green Plum Meets Wine 20 (1/2)

Knock knock.

Someone rapped on the car window while the man was busy delivering his report, causing him to raise his guard, his whole body becoming tense.

Yu Jiu turned around and, when he saw who it was, seemed to turn into a different person as he hurriedly opened the door.

“Xiaoxia-meimei, why’d you come down?”

“Get back in.” Shi Sheng pulled open the backdoor. Yu Jiu immediately shut his passenger door and squeezed into the back through the little gap between the front seats.

Shi Sheng, “…”

“Well? Drive! What’re you just spacing out for? You want to die?” Shi Sheng tapped the headrest of the driver’s seat.

The man naturally recognised the person he’d been tailing for the past year now, so he hurriedly fired up the engine.

From Shi Sheng’s casualness, he could see that he hadn’t been as adept at hiding as he thought—she’d long since noticed him.

“Xiaoxia-meimei…”

Shi Sheng turned and squeezed out a dark smile. “Yu Jiu-gege, do you have a death wish?”

Yu Jiu’s brows furrowed, and he looked out the back of the car.

“Xiaoxia-meimei, I didn’t expect you to love me this much!” Yet, this was the only thing Yu Jiu had to say after seeing what was behind them…

Shi Sheng was too lazy to bother with him. “Take us somewhere with less people.”

Shi Sheng wasn’t omniscient—System had given a quest telling her Yu Jiu was in danger.

She had then used the Taobao app that turned out to be not-so-useless after all. It at the very least allowed her to see that someone had brought guns, and packing some serious heat at that.

Furthermore, that someone just-so-happened to stop behind the car that had been tailing her around this past year.

Her shadower had appeared not long after Yu Jiu left. She’d been planning to catch him at first, but after discovering that he didn’t have any intention to harm her, merely tailing her and even occasionally helping her out, she let him be.

The driver had also discovered the car behind them, and Shi Sheng’s orders couldn’t help but confuse him. “Ms Sheng, the Young Master’s people won’t be able to get here any time soon. We can’t head away from civilisation—they could have guns!”

“What’re ya afraid of? Drive us somewhere with less people—the middle of fucking nowhere even!”

The man felt like he was sweating. ‘Young Master…your childhood sweetheart is really strong ah!’

“Do as she says.” The man didn’t dare to disobey Yu Jiu, so he could only take the turn onto the highway and lead their pursuers to a more deserted area.

“Who wants you dead so much that they would bring this many guns with ‘em?” Shi Sheng handed Yu Jiu the phone.

He merely swept his gaze over it as his fingers slid across the surface. His expression remained unperturbed as he copied Shi Sheng’s usual tone, “An idiot.”

Bang!

Something hit their car, causing it to careen to the side as the tyres let out an ear-splitting screech.

Yu Jiu pulled Shi Sheng into his arms and protected her head while yelling at the driver, “Speed up!”

Shi Sheng was completely enveloped in his arms. The only thing she could hear was his rhythmic heartbeat. She suddenly felt dizzy and allowed him to continue holding her.

Their car was smashed a few more times before bullets came flying. The windows had probably been switched out for bulletproof ones, for the bullets merely left lines on its surface.

Yu Jiu knew Shi Sheng was probably capable of protecting herself, but he was still worried about her safety.

Shi Sheng pulled Yu Jiu’s arm aside as she peered behind. They were no longer on the highway but a bumpy path in the middle of nowhere.

She struggled free from Yu Jiu’s grasp and shoved a ball into his hand, speaking into his ear, “Aim and fire! Send them to heaven!”

Bursts of gunfire echoed out continuously, almost drowning out her voice, but Yu Jiu still heard her clearly.

The ball in his hand wasn’t big, but it was smooth and cold to the touch.

He frowned. ‘Something this small…’

Crash—!

The bulletproof glass finally gave in and shattered under the onslaught of bullets. Yu Jiu pushed her down, shielding her from the incoming shards of glass with his body.

“Toss it you idiot!”

Yu Jiu chucked the ball out of the car.

What soon followed was a massive explosion as the gunfire ceased abruptly. The subsequent shockwave shoved their car further away.

Crash—!

The rest of the glass in the car shattered into pieces.

Yu Jiu held onto Shi Sheng tightly, as he shielded her until the explosions outside stopped and the car came to a halt, leaving the world completely silent.