The snowflakes kicked up by the man when he landed splashed coldly on Su Xianyu's face. Only then did she get a clear look at his appearance.
He was very tall. The hem of his long black windbreaker was stained with snow, and a section of his dark red shirt peeked out from the collar.
His silver - gray hair glinted coldly in the dim light. His facial features were as deeply contoured as a sculpture. Only his eyes, which were so light in color that they were almost transparent, casually swept over her and the corpse on the ground.
He was the one who had just said "Chase".
There was a gun tucked into the man's waist. The carvings on it glowed with a cold metallic sheen in the snow - light, which made Su Xianyu's heart leap into her throat instantly.
She suddenly remembered what Feng Lin had once told her - in times of danger, any unnecessary movement was a flaw.
Moreover, given the current situation, if she tried to run away directly, it would be a dead end.
Su Xianyu had no choice but to quickly close her eyes. Her fingers trembled as she groped for the fragments of the phone on the ground, deliberately making a clear rattling sound.
Then she raised her head, her eyes vacant, her eyelashes fluttering like a startled butterfly. "Hello. Excuse me... Is this the way to the Lowa B&B?"
Thanks to her previous experience of being blind, she could perfectly disguise herself as a blind person.
The man didn't say a word.
But Su Xianyu could feel his gaze on her face, full of intense scrutiny, as if he wanted to pierce through her disguise.
She forced herself to hold her breath and dug her fingertips into her palm, using the pain to stay awake.
She had to keep acting. The word "White Wolf" had been mentioned in the conversation outside the gully just now, which was the same as the name of the gang Feng Lin had accidentally mentioned last night.
This man in front of her was definitely not a good person!
"Didn't expect there'd be a pretty little Oriental bunny hiding here?"
The man finally spoke. His voice sounded closer than before.
He reached out his hand and waved it in front of Su Xianyu's eyes, his tone laced with a hint of playful amusement. "Can't see? Then can you hear the sound of gunshots?"
Su Xianyu's body froze instantly. Would they not even spare an innocent blind passer - by? What should she do?
Seeing that the man's hand had already touched the gun handle, she gritted her teeth and decided to take a risk!
"Husband... Is that you?"
Su Xianyu's voice trembled, with just the right amount of confusion and dependence.
She tilted her head slightly, her ears twitching as if trying to distinguish the source of the sound, while her feet tentatively shuffled forward two steps. She deliberately staggered on her knees.
Raymond's smile froze on his face.
His subordinate behind him was about to step forward, but he raised his hand to stop him.
The man looked at her with great interest, as if looking at a pretentious prey. "What are you talking about?"
Seeing that she wasn't being helped up, Su Xianyu's voice became even more aggrieved. "Husband, stop joking. How could I not recognize your voice!"
"I just got separated from you... It's so hard to walk here. I can't see..."
She reached out her hand and groped blindly in front of her. When her fingertips brushed against Raymond's silk shirt, she shrank back like a startled rabbit, then stubbornly reached out again and tightly grasped his arm.
She was so absorbed in her act that she almost believed it herself.
Her fingertips touched the firm muscles on the man's arm and felt the cold snake - shaped tattoo. Her stomach churned, but she still had to put on a confused and eager expression on her face.
"Boss, is she really blind?" the subordinate asked in a low voice.
Raymond didn't answer. He stared at the hand that was clutching his arm. The hand was slender and fair, with neatly rounded nails, but now it had turned white from the force.
He remembered his wife who had died in a gang fight three years ago - that woman was also from the East. Her tone was soft when she spoke, and her eyes would curve into crescents when she smiled.
The voice of the woman in front of him vaguely resembled hers.
This thought shot through his heart like an electric current, making him pause inexplicably.
Su Xianyu felt his body relax, and her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
She tightened her grip, her fingers curling slightly, pleading with a sob in her voice. "Husband, don't be angry, okay?"
"I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have run around... There were so many noisy sounds just now. I was so scared..."
She deliberately leaned closer to Raymond, her shoulder gently rubbing against his arm. She lowered her stance extremely. "Let's go home, okay?"
"I just dropped the necklace you gave me when I was running... somewhere back there."
She had to find a way to leave this place and go back to the place where she had separated from Feng Lin.
She didn't know how badly Feng Lin was injured or if he had been discovered. Every extra second of delay meant an extra risk for him.
Raymond's gaze fell on her injured forehead, then swept over the hand that was groping for his corner of the clothes.
Suddenly, he raised his hand. His cold fingertips brushed against her eyebrow bone, where there was still a bruise.
Su Xianyu stiffened all over but forced herself not to dodge. Her pupils only contracted slightly, and she let out a soft whimper.
"Where did you drop the necklace?"
He answered?
Su Xianyu let out a slight sigh of relief. "It's... in a restaurant in the old city district... I heard you say you were going to get something..."
She deliberately spoke vaguely. There were restaurants everywhere in that old city district. As long as Feng Lin was still in that area, he would surely find her.
Raymond stared at her for a full half - minute.
The snow was still falling, wetting his silk shirt and clinging to his body, outlining the contours of his muscles. The snake - shaped tattoo on his chest seemed to come to life.
Su Xianyu's back was already soaked with cold sweat, and the hand clutching his corner of the clothes began to weaken.
"Take her with us."
Finally, Raymond spoke.
His voice was devoid of emotion. When he pulled back his arm, Su Xianyu almost lost her balance.
She quickly reached out to grab him but missed, staggering and almost falling - this time, her act was quite realistic.
A subordinate stepped forward and roughly grabbed her arm.
Su Xianyu immediately let out a terrified scream. "Who are you? Let go of me! Husband!"
She struggled and lunged in Raymond's direction, like a puppy that couldn't find its owner.
"Don't touch her." Raymond frowned and scolded.
The subordinate had no choice but to reluctantly let go.
Raymond walked over and impatiently grabbed her wrist, his grip so strong that it almost broke her bones.
"Let's go." He said in Chinese, his tone blunt.
Su Xianyu obediently followed him, her steps staggering. From time to time, she bumped into the wall or the trash can.
She deliberately made herself look clumsy, her fingers tightly clutching Raymond's wrist as if it were a lifesaver.
Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the roadside. She saw that they passed through one alley after another. Occasionally, there were people lying in pools of blood or cars burned to skeletons by the roadside.
Her heart sank deeper and deeper. What if something had happened to Feng Lin...
"We're here."
Raymond's voice interrupted her train of thought.
Su Xianyu stopped in her tracks. In front of her was the familiar restaurant, the same place where she had separated from Feng Lin just now.
The exit of the ventilation duct was not far away, and there was still dust scattered beside it from when she had climbed out.
"The necklace... is around here." She lowered her head, her voice timid, her eyes quickly scanning the surroundings.
There was no one.
On the ground, there were only a few pools of congealed blood and an abandoned fire - axe - the one Feng Lin had used just now.
Su Xianyu's heart skipped a beat.
She forced herself to look calm and groped forward. Her fingertips brushed against the cold wall, and her steps became more and more urgent.
"Husband, do you think it's here..." As she spoke, she shuffled in the direction of the ventilation duct exit, just wanting to get rid of Raymond as soon as possible.
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a white figure in the corner of the back door.
It was a woman's windbreaker, very clean, standing out in the dirty surroundings...