Nie Ming was speechless for a moment. He hadn't realized which of his words had been wrong, but seeing Li Mohan's face gradually turning cold, he keenly sensed something amiss and immediately stopped talking.
"Um, Huohuo has had a tough life. If she offended you in any way, I apologize on her behalf. You're magnanimous and understanding, like a prime minister with a large heart; people strive for progress, and water flows downhill..." Nie Ming wanted to find more idioms to say, but unfortunately, a bird's brain is small, and it didn't store much.
Li Mohan's expression didn't improve; instead, it grew heavier. After a long while, he managed to squeeze out a few words, "Ye Huohuo, indeed, you're good, you're very good!"
Nie Ming, standing beside him, was completely bewildered by his words. He didn't know what had happened or what Li Mohan was so angry about, finding it utterly unreasonable.
Before Nie Ming could figure it out with his little bird brain, they arrived downstairs at Chen Jiaming's house. Without waiting for Nie Ming to fly out of the car, Li Mohan closed the door and walked towards Chen Jiaming's house.
His closing the car door was no trivial matter; it almost trapped Nie Ming between the door and the frame, cutting him in two.
Fortunately, he was agile enough to retract in time, though he still lost a few feathers.
Nie Ming cursed Li Mohan from inside the car, but after closing the door, Li Mohan was already many steps away and couldn't hear his scolding. Helpless, Nie Ming had no choice but to stay in the car and wait for him, as he couldn't open the car door himself.
Just as Nie Ming was thinking about how to persuade Ye Huohuo to reconnect their fate string, Li Mohan emerged from the stairwell with a dark expression.
He pulled open the car door and got in. His face was pale with anger. "Damn it!" The two words made Nie Ming's heart tremble. He felt that if Ye Huohuo were present, Li Mohan would kill her on the spot.
"She, she's not here?" Nie Ming asked, bracing himself.
"A step too late. She left with that Fang Fang!"
"Then what do we do? That spell can only be used once, and I can't find her now!" Nie Ming was dejected. He had really worried himself sick over this junior sister, and he was just a bird now!
"No need. I think I have a way to find her!" Li Mohan said with a cold face.
He took out his phone and made a few calls. Soon, two SUVs arrived and met up with Li Mohan. A person emerged from one of the vehicles – it was A Cheng.
"How is it? Found her?" Li Mohan asked A Cheng.
"Found her, and I've already had someone connect this laptop to the Tianyan network. We can see the car's whereabouts at any time. Boss, look, they are here now." As A Cheng spoke, he took out a laptop, opened it, and a scene appeared.
It was a real-time recording of a red sedan driving on an asphalt road on the way from Chucheng to Longcheng, appearing to be moving quite fast.
"Let's hurry and catch up!" Li Mohan, with Nie Ming, got into the first SUV. The other five people, except for A Cheng, got into the second car. He gestured for A Cheng to drive while he sat in the back, constantly watching the progress of the red car on the screen.
"They turned off the highway and onto a mountain road!"
"Turn right into that mountain road ahead."
"Damn it, there are no surveillance cameras on this road!"
"Crack!" Li Mohan closed the laptop as if in a fit of pique.
"Drive faster. It's so late, and there's no one or surveillance on this road!"
"..."
A Cheng drove while listening to Li Mohan occasionally speak from behind him. He had a strange illusion that the person in the back seat wasn't Li Mohan, or at least not the Li Mohan he usually saw.
The usual Li Mohan spoke very little and rarely showed emotion, making it difficult to discern his moods. He always gave off a sense of detachment, making him unfathomable.
He was with Li Mohan almost every day but still couldn't guess his thoughts.
But now, he was talking so much!
A Cheng was not used to it and kept glancing at Li Mohan in the back through the rearview mirror.
Seeing that his brow was constantly furrowed, his eyes fixed ahead, and occasionally urging A Cheng to drive faster, he finally rolled down the window and let Nie Ming out. After all, Nie Ming had a much farther field of vision when flying.
As expected, Li Mohan's decision was correct. Not long after Nie Ming flew out of the car window, he flew back, "Qu-quickly, Huohuo is ahead, Dan-danger!"
Li Mohan told A Cheng to drive at full speed. The SUV following behind clearly sensed something abnormal ahead and quickly accelerated to keep up.
The two cars seemed to be flying incredibly low, rushing forward like the wind.
A moment later, on the hillside.
A Cheng didn't know that Li Mohan could run even faster than him. When he saw Ye Huohuo being pursued and shot at with crossbows, Li Mohan seemed to have grown wings and was at the forefront.
Finally, just before Ye Huohuo could be stabbed by a knife, Li Mohan caught up and saved her. His movements were swift, and he grabbed Ye Huohuo under his arm, mere centimeters away from the blade.
At that moment, Li Mohan's clothes were soaked with sweat, it was unclear if it was from exertion or fear. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Now, looking at the girl before him, who was like a sculpture, Li Mohan's emotions became increasingly complex. Reason told him that he could not get any closer to her, that he had to maintain a distance.
But in his heart, he couldn't let go.
When did he become so unable to let go or hold on? He even began to despise himself.
Shouts could be heard from below the hillside. A Cheng's skills were always reassuring. With his five subordinates, he charged like fierce tigers into a wolf pack, and soon, those guarding the formation were scattered.
Visibly, the seven houses within the Big Dipper formation would periodically emit clouds of black mist, engulfing A Cheng and the others.
But just as Li Mohan worried that A Cheng and his men would be attacked, beams of golden light would always appear at opportune moments to dispel the black mist.
And each time the golden light flashed within the formation, Ye Huohuo's brow would twitch slightly, and a trace of pain would appear on her previously calm expression.
Time ticked by, and the black mist within the formation grew denser, while the golden light flashed faster and faster.
Ye Huohuo's breathing became rapid, a thin line of blood seeped from her tightly pressed lips and slowly trickled down the corners of her mouth. Her face grew paler and paler. That paleness, contrasted with the bright red, was so striking.
Li Mohan's gaze never left Ye Huohuo's face. He knew that Ye Huohuo was struggling with the Big Dipper formation and must be enduring immense hardship.
He raised his hand and gently wiped the blood from the corner of Ye Huohuo's lips with his fingertip, his eyes revealing worry and heartache. He even felt an impulse to embrace her and stop her from pushing herself so hard.
But seeing Ye Huohuo's determined expression even amidst her pain, he could only sigh, hoping that A Cheng and the others could complete their mission quickly and come out, thereby reducing some of Ye Huohuo's suffering.
Just then, the sound of footsteps approached them from a distance.
It was the sound of leather shoes treading on dry branches and fallen leaves. Without looking, Li Mohan recognized it as the sound of high-end custom-made soft leather shoes. Anyone wearing such shoes would be either rich or noble. Moreover, this person was not walking in a hurry; there was a sense of leisurely strolling.
So late, in such a desolate place, would someone rich or noble come for a walk? It was more than just eerie.
Li Mohan slowly turned around and looked in the direction of the sound, which was towards Longcheng. Could this person have come from Longcheng?
The footsteps grew clearer. Strangely, although the person walked slowly, the sound indicated they were approaching very quickly. This was a contradiction: how could someone walk slowly yet quickly?
Strange! It was very strange! But the next moment, Li Mohan found the answer.