The night was alluring. The sky seemed to be veiled by a thin layer of gauze. In this silent night, Gun carried the woman in his arms as he darted through the streets.
The woman's body trembled slightly, seemingly about to wake up. His brows knitted slightly. He wanted to place her in a safe spot. After all, he was currently a top - wanted fugitive. He couldn't be sure what the Red Fox would do once she woke up.
As he was pondering, Gun sensed that someone had been trailing them. His brows furrowed tightly as he tried to shake off the pursuer.
"Tsk, being on the bounty list really makes a difference," Gun said as he turned around. A rather short girl dressed like a clown appeared before him. This was the third - ranked bounty hunter, Red Sleeve.
Red Sleeve was extremely agile. In the darkness, she was like a swift wolf, appearing and disappearing without a trace. The next moment, she was right in front of Gun.
Her voice had been modified and sounded very childish, as if a three - year - old was speaking. "Gun, hand over the woman."
The woman in his arms slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was the full moon. Then, what flashed by was the girl's two ponytails.
Shen Jianyi suddenly came to her senses.
She looked up and found herself in Gun's arms. She paused for a moment. What was going on?
She clearly remembered that she had fainted right after taking down the Tiger. Could it be that Gun had saved her again?
Facing Red Sleeve's attacks, Gun remained calm and even had the time to talk to the woman in his arms.
His deep voice was hoarse and cold. "Red Fox, if you can stand up, don't just lie in my arms."
"You're really crazy!" Shen Jianyi immediately got up and landed on the highest floor on tiptoe. She stared at the man under the moon.
His tall and slender figure seemed to overlap with someone. A picture flashed through Shen Jianyi's mind: Lu Jinsheng standing in front of her in a black suit.
Shen Jianyi shook her head.
She had verified before that it couldn't be Lu Jinsheng. How could she have such a crazy thought?
At this moment.
The soft moonlight shone on Gun's pure - white mask. He leaped into the air, and his graceful figure disappeared before the two women.
In just a split - second, she lost sight of Gun.
Then, the voice of the girl, carried by the wind, reached her ears again. Red Sleeve's childish voice said, "Red Fox, what's wrong with you? You stood me up, and just now, Gun was right in front of us, but you didn't take action!"
Just now, the two of them could have captured Gun, but the Red Fox seemed to be in a daze.
She looked back and touched the intact mask on her face. Her heart skipped a beat. The mask was completely undamaged. This was impossible...
Unless... Gun had replaced her mask, which meant that he had seen her real face.
"Damn it!"
Red Sleeve didn't get a response from the other woman. She was annoyed and walked a few steps forward to stand in front of her. "Red Fox, what on earth are you thinking?"
Shen Jianyi turned around. Her expression was cold under the mask. "Do you think we can subdue him?"
"What did you say?" Red Sleeve reached out and grabbed her collar, pulling it forcefully. "Do you look down on me?"
Shen Jianyi grabbed her slender wrist and threw it aside. Her voice was calm. "It's not that I look down on you. He's just much stronger than us..."
This Gun's strength was unfathomable. It seemed that he didn't need her protection at all. It would be a pipe dream for those who took on the mission to catch him.
She turned around to leave. It was getting late. She still had to move out of the villa with Lu Jinsheng.
Shen Jianyi looked down at the high - rise building. She was standing at the highest point of the city. It would take some effort to get down.
This was really troublesome for her...
"Red Fox!" Red Sleeve called out to her as she was about to leave. "It seems that the rumor is false. Your relationship with Gun isn't bad. On the contrary, I suspect that you two are more like lovers."
Red Sleeve's words stepped on Shen Jianyi's bottom line. She frowned, and the short knife hidden in her sleeve glinted.
Yes, Shen Jianyi had the intention to kill.
She had already taken down the Tiger today. If she really wanted to solve all of Gun's problems, the best way was to make sure that no one could appear in front of him.
Red Sleeve seemed to sense it. She knew that she was no match for the woman in front of her. If they really fought, even if the other woman got injured, she wouldn't get any benefit.
"Humph, the news about you and Gun will soon spread in the bounty - hunter circle. It's hard to say whether they'll still want you for this mission."
As soon as she finished speaking.
Red Sleeve quickly left. She didn't want to stay for a single extra moment.
"Tsk, what bad luck..."
...
It was already past eleven when Shen Jianyi returned to the villa. She definitely couldn't enter through the front door in this outfit. She didn't know where Lu Jinsheng was at the moment.
She hung upside - down by the window furtively, peeping inside quietly. After making sure that the bedroom was empty, she climbed in through the window.
Shen Jianyi could hear the sound of the TV in the living room. Presumably, Lu Jinsheng was still watching TV. She let out a sigh of relief, disposed of the blood - stained clothes, and then slipped into the bathroom.
The woman thought that her actions were flawless and no one had noticed.
Little did she know that when she was peeping inside, Lu Jinsheng had been standing on the balcony, staring at her.
After the woman entered the house.
He pinched out the cigarette between his fingertips and threw it into the trash can. A thin puff of smoke escaped from his thin lips, obscuring the emotions in his eyes.
Lu Jinsheng was quite curious about how Shen Jianyi would explain herself to him next.
A meaningful smile played on his lips as he turned around and left.
The dim yellow light in the bedroom shone on the floor. The woman came out of the bathroom bare - footed, wrapped in a bath towel. All her movements were cautious.
The wound on her forehead hurt a bit because it had gotten wet. She frowned. Just as she was about to change into her pajamas, she sensed that there was someone else in the room.
Shen Jianyi, who had extremely high vigilance, quietly touched the ring on her ring finger. As long as something went wrong, she would immediately dispose of the body.
What had happened when she met Red Sleeve and Gun just now made her unable to relax. She couldn't rule out the possibility that they might be secretly following her.
It was as if there was a taut string in Shen Jianyi's body. She was on tenterhooks. Her left ear twitched slightly as the sound of footsteps got closer.
She counted in her heart how many steps the person was away from her.
"Four steps,"
"Three steps,"
"Two steps..."
When the person took the last step, Shen Jianyi turned around quickly and held the ring to the person's neck.
When she saw the man's handsome and angular face, Shen Jianyi's body went limp as if it had fallen apart, and she collapsed on the floor.
The man's eyes were dim. He looked down at the woman's fair and delicate skin, then his gaze moved up and finally landed on the wound on her forehead.
"Does it hurt?"
Lu Jinsheng's voice was hoarse, as if it had been forced out of his throat.
She looked up and met the man's dark, deep - pool - like pupils. A shiver ran through her body, and her voice trembled. "It's... It's okay."
Shen Jianyi was very curious. Why didn't Lu Jinsheng ask anything? How did she get in? How did she get injured...
The man squatted down in front of her, getting very close. His thin lips landed on her cheek in a gentle kiss.
"Be good. Don't climb over the wall next time."