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"Hey beautiful, are you bored? How about playing with us?" Four or five young men in strange outfits passed by the two of them, then turned back after walking a short distance to flirt with smooth talk.
Song Pearl grabbed Hong Xinran's arm and was about to run, but two Yellow-Haired Girls blocked their way.
It wasn't very late, and there were occasional passersby on the street, but they only glanced quickly before hurrying away, not wanting to get involved.
"Sure, let's play," Hong Xinran said with a charming smile as she extended her right hand.
"Wow, this girl is quite generous!" The leader, Curly Hair, leaned in close to Hong Xinran, but she quickly retracted her hand and kicked him hard, sending him sprawling. Then she pulled Song Pearl and ran past him.
"Still a feisty girl, I like it! Chase her!" shouted Curly Hair, who was helped up by his companions as they all started to pursue from behind.
"What bad luck, I just wanted to have a meal and ended up with some thugs!" Hong Xinran gasped for breath as they ran. At first, she was pulling Song Pearl, but then it was Song Pearl who was pulling her. They didn't know how far they had run when finally the pursuers disappeared.
"I really didn't expect you to run this fast..."
Hong Xinran hadn't finished her sentence when she bumped into Song Pearl's back. Looking ahead, her mouth dropped open in shock. "Ah, how did you run us into a dead end..."
At that moment, several people with smug smiles rushed up behind them.
"So what now, beautiful? Still want to play?" the group said with grins.
"Play? Who's going first?" Hong Xinran smiled sweetly as she stood protectively in front of Song Pearl, whispering, "Don't worry, I've got your back!"
Song Pearl clutched Hong Xinran's clothing and stood beside her. Steadying herself, she curled her lips into a smile similar to Hong Xinran's as she faced the approaching group.
The thugs were somewhat wary of Hong Xinran and shouted for everyone to attack at once. The burly guy at the front, who had strange tattoos on his arms and was pushed forward as a shield, swung his fist at Hong Xinran, but it landed on the person to his right instead.
"Ouch! Who are you hitting?!" the struck person yelled while covering his mouth and swung his fist at the tattooed man’s nose. The tattooed man stepped back and accidentally stepped on the foot of Curly Hair, who was rushing toward Hong Xinran.
"Idiot, why are you stepping on me!" Curly Hair slapped another person in the face. He was clearly the leader, and the person who was hit did not fight back; the tattooed man also lowered his head, waiting to be hit.
"This won't do. It seems like we can't start a fight!"
Song Pearl glanced at Hong Xinran. Both of them were pale and very nervous. Hong Xinran took a stance, waiting for an attack, but no one came at them. However, they were blocked in the alley, making it impossible to run away.
"If I were still the fish in Nanhu water, scaring these people would definitely be no problem!" Song Pearl felt beads of sweat dripping down her forehead, and her palm gripping Hong Xinran's shirt was also sweaty.
"Let's give it a try; maybe just a drop of water will do..." Song Pearl raised her hand to wipe her forehead and felt it was damp.
In fact, the most important thing in life is to have confidence, something she seemed to have lacked all these years.
Song Pearl flicked her fingers, and a drop of crystal-clear water fell onto Yellow-Haired Girl's face. She then pulled Hong Xinran, who was on guard, quickly turning to glance at Song Pearl, only to see her smiling with a curved mouth.
"Don't smile when it's time to be serious!"
Taking advantage of Hong Xinran's momentary distraction, Song Pearl pulled her behind herself. Although she was slender and delicate, she was about the same height as Hong Xinran and happened to be wearing an oversized jacket that completely concealed Hong Xinran's figure, casting only a black shadow in the corner.
Curly Hair looked at the two trembling girls with a malicious grin. He saw that the beauty who had just kicked him had actually stopped fighting and hidden behind that bean sprout-like girl, so he confidently stepped forward.
"Where's the boss?"
"He went over there!"
"Hey, beauty, why did you come over here by yourself! Haha!"
Just as Curly Hair reached out his hand, several other thugs followed. Some touched his face, some tried to grab him, and one even charged directly at him.
"What are you doing? Bastards! Why are you touching me... Stop it!"
Curly kicked and punched to fend off a group of subordinates that had entangled him, no longer having time to worry about Song Pearl and Hong Xinran who were running away hand in hand.
Hong Xinran followed Song Pearl out of the alley, her mind puzzled as she asked, "Why did those people suddenly start fighting among themselves? It's like they've been possessed!"
"Who cares! We need to escape!" Song Pearl patted her chest. "Do you know which road we're on right now, Hong Xinran?"
"I'm sorry, I'm terrible with directions!" Hong Xinran shook her head, looking at the sparsely populated wide intersection. "I've never been here before; it seems like an area being redeveloped for demolition!"
"Let's just hail a taxi!"
The two walked along the main road, where cars honked and flashed their lights as they zoomed past, but there wasn't a single pedestrian or taxi in sight.
After passing two traffic lights without encountering a single taxi, they finally spotted one. The two quickly waved their hands to hail it, but the driver seemed not to see them and drove straight by.
"Let's sit down and rest for a bit!" Hong Xinran sat down on the roadside without any regard for her image, kicking off her high heels. "If those people catch up to us, we're done for!"
"Even if they don't catch up, we're still not safe. What if we run into a group of human traffickers driving by..." Song Pearl stood next to Hong Xinran, helplessly gazing at the wide intersection.
"Don't be such a pessimist; there aren't that many human traffickers around!" Hong Xinran laughed. "You seemed to smile back there during that tense situation," she looked at Song Pearl, furrowing her brows. "Is your brain's control center opposite to that of normal people? You laugh when it's dangerous but feel nothing when you're happy?"
"I don't know."
"I'll do a special study on this; who knows, maybe we'll both become famous..."
The two laughed for a while, feeling less tense than before. Just as Song Pearl was about to pull Hong Xinran up to leave, a black car suddenly stopped beside them.
Both Song Pearl and Hong Xinran jumped in fright and instinctively grabbed each other's hands to run.
"Hong Xinran, stop." A calm and steady male voice called out as someone got out of the car and quickly caught up with them.
The man wearing a light pink checkered shirt spoke gently, his eyes filled with affection as he addressed Hong Xinran, "Xinran, why didn't you bring your phone when you went out? It's late and you haven't come home... Uncle and Aunt are really worried and sent me to find you..."
Who is this person? He seems so sunny and warm! Song Pearl looked up at the man's face through the slightly opened collar of his shirt. With thin lips, dark eyes, sharp eyebrows, and a high nose, he wore a concerned smile that was gentle and warm...
This person looks a lot like Qing Wenyu! When Song Pearl noticed the man suddenly looking at her, she quickly lowered her head.
"Brother, you're just in time! We can't find our way home!" Hong Xinran said as she held her shoes, opened the car door, and jumped in, pulling Song Pearl up with her. "Hurry and take us back!"
Song Pearl thought Hong Xinran would throw herself onto the handsome guy and cry, but unexpectedly, she got into the car so decisively and her tone was somewhat cold.
As the car started, the man driving asked, "Song Pearl lives in the staff dormitory, right?" His voice was aloof and indifferent, keeping others at a distance.
Qing Wenyu! How could this person be Qing Wenyu? No wonder he felt somewhat familiar! Song Pearl was so surprised that she forgot to respond. Hong Xinran replied in the same cold tone, "Yes, I'm staying at Song Pearl's place tonight. Please take us there."
With such similar speech patterns and unpredictable tempers, these two really do resemble siblings!
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