novelraw Chapter 221 : There's Danger
Chapter 221 : There's Danger
"Crackle..." The soft sound of pebbles falling came from above Su Yun's head.
She looked up to see that the 'righteous one' was now standing on the narrow stone path on the second floor, extending his hand toward her.
Was he going to pull her up?
But even so, even if Su Yun stood on her tiptoes, she'd still be more than two meters away from that hand. How could an ordinary girl jump that high?
"What are you spacing out for?"
Xia Hongxuan gripped the window with one hand, his brow furrowed in a look of disbelief.
I know you're in a hurry, but it's so high, and she's just a girl, so...
Oh wait, she's not an ordinary girl.
Maybe he'd been too panicked just now and temporarily forgot about that.
"Whoosh."
Su Yun didn't use the wall. Instead, she jumped up from the spot using only the few centimeters of platform protruding beside the wall.
In an instant, a snowy white figure flew directly from the slanted wall below to the stone path over four meters high.
"Ah..."
After jumping up, Su Yun quickly grabbed the edge of the window to keep from falling due to the small landing area.
Xia Hongxuan, who was still crouching on the ground with his hand extended, furrowed his brows into a tight knot when he saw this.
He didn't waste time. He stood up and leaped into the second floor storage room, his movements so large yet making not a single sound.
"Get in quick."
"Okay."
Next, Su Yun moved like a rabbit, her two hands tucked in front of her as she bounced from the window to the door of the room directly across, a distance of about five or six meters. Fortunately, her body was light and made little noise.
"Who's there? Huh?"
Just as Su Yun bounced from outside into the room like a rabbit, a thick middle-aged male voice came from two meters below.
The sound of leather shoes scraping against stone floor echoed back and forth down there for a long time.
During that time, Xia Hongxuan crouched on the ground by the window. Su Yun also crouched down properly with her head in her hands.
"Crackle."
"Go to hell!"
"Chirp!"
"Damn bird..."
A crisp sound spread through the quiet storage room, making Su Yun think she was now competing in a race on the sports field.
That sound, could it be...
Su Yun crouched on the ground with her head in her hands, pondering. Only when the sounds below gradually faded did she reluctantly peek her head out from between her legs.
"!?"
"Who are you?"
Before her head was even fully raised, Su Yun saw a shiny round gun barrel pointed directly at her forehead.
It was an oddly shaped object with an overall handgun-like structure, the whole thing dull and old.
If you only looked at the outside, you might not know what it was, but the standard confrontation scene from movies was all too familiar.
"I, I'm Su Xiaoyun..."
Su Yun's small hand slowly slid down from her little head, and she obediently stood up straight with her hands raised.
The snow-white skirt lay quietly against her small legs wrapped in white thin socks as the girl stood.
Too classic, right?
But she didn't want to die yet!
Xia Hongxuan's face showed little kindness. Instead, he pressed the gun further against Su Yun's head.
How could an ordinary person jump more than two meters high all at once?
"Stay still."
"Hng, don't..."
"..."
The girl's soft whimper filled the room with an evil atmosphere, but Xia Hongxuan wasn't buying it.
He continued pressing the cold gun barrel firmly against the cute girl before him with wet eyes, showing no emotion whatsoever.
Did you think Su Yun was crying from fear?
Yes, she actually didn't know why she suddenly started crying, just like when Qin Xue had gotten angry with her before.
It might be a side effect of becoming a girl... but!
Her mind right now was incredibly clear, and her vision wasn't blurred by tears.
The two slender legs beneath her skirt were also unusually warm, as if filled with power. She felt she could probably try whether her speed could match a bullet.
But the person before her was Xia Rou's older brother...
Xia Rou, that sickly girl who only had her brother come to her medical appointments, probably because there was only...
Su Yun loved her family members deeply. She'd rather something happen to her than to her family.
"I... I'm Xia Rou's good friend."
Su Yun tried to explain.
The girl's voice trembled, her pitiful appearance tugging at heartstrings.
"..."
This time, the gun Xia Hongxuan had been holding up finally lowered somewhat, though not completely.
"When Xia Rou fainted in her room that time, I was the one who saved her."
"Oh, I see..."
A voice so delicate it seemed it would scatter with just a touch reached Xia Hongxuan's ears.
He immediately put the gun away in his pants, and the coldness on his face nearly transformed into guilt toward the girl.
Xia Hongxuan hadn't put down the gun because of the girl's appearance or how pitiful she seemed, but because she had saved his sister's life.
He hadn't seen Su Yun's face before, only now.
"Sorry, Hongda Group."
Under Su Yun's gaze, Xia Hongxuan quickly pulled out a business card from his pocket and handed it to her.
Looking at the photo of the young, handsome man in her hand, she knew this was him.
"I don't know why you have that kind of power, but I don't care right now."
"Let me tell you, something might happen at Xiamo University soon, and the person organizing it is your school's student council president. There might even be forces backing him..."
"Be careful."
Xia Hongxuan spoke quickly, then leaned by the window. He carefully peeked outside before jumping down directly.
"Ah..."
The girl standing in place still had wet eyes, her body still warm.
Su Yun had thought she'd have to fight with Xia Rou's brother, but thankfully...
"Hongda Group Chairman, Xia Hongxuan."
She silently read the name on the 'paper' in her hand, which felt quite nice.
Seeing "Hongda Group Chairman" written there, Su Yun was undoubtedly shocked internally, because even someone like her who didn't understand finance much found Hongda Group very familiar.
The person must be close to the top of... entrepreneurs.
Xia Rou's brother is that amazing!?
Touching it, Su Yun suddenly noticed the edges of the card were golden, as if plated with a layer of gold.
It felt much heavier than paper too. Could this entire card be made of gold?
Su Yun looked at the card with her delicate small hands, her heart delighted.
Was Xia Rou's brother suggesting she sell this as an apology?
Something this heavy should fetch thirty or forty thousand yuan, right?
So being pointed at with a gun for a few seconds wasn't a loss...
Su Yun ultimately put the card in her skirt pocket, then walked out of the room in a daze.
When she returned to outside the dark air raid shelter, there was no one to be seen inside anymore, not even Xia Rou's brother.
What a strange day.
...
"Little girl, where did you go just now? The xiaolongbao I set aside for you have been cold for almost an hour."
At the entrance of the now much quieter Shaanxi snack shop, Su Yun came to pick up the two baskets of xiaolongbao she'd bought earlier.
The middle-aged shop owner, who was over 1.7 meters tall, smiled at her good-naturedly, though he was already sweating profusely from exhaustion.
"Ah, sorry, something came up at home earlier, so I ran back..."
"Oh, no problem, little girl. Let me heat it up for you again."
"Thank you."
By around 10 AM, Su Yun finally returned to the door of room 1102 with breakfast for Qin Xue.
She felt around the sides and back of her skirt, pulling out the house key.
The English exam was tomorrow morning, and she'd have to go through all the vocabulary again in the afternoon.
As for what just happened...
To be honest, Su Yun was still confused.
Would she and Qin Xue be in danger? Because of that student council president?
Who was the president anyway?
[End of Chapter]