“Youyi, can you stop talking about killing people so casually?”
Xu Mo said with a look of exasperation.
Although the Female Dragon Queen was indeed a professional assassin.
He was well aware of An Youyi's identity.
But there was no need to be so obvious about it!
Their relationship was still just that of an employer and a bodyguard.
They hadn't revealed their true identities to each other, right?
If they did, considering Xu Mo's rich young master persona, would he really keep a ticking time bomb by his side?
He himself had no issues.
But his character's persona wouldn't allow it!
“Oh.”
An Youyi responded with a simple reply.
Xu Mo knew the Female Dragon Queen couldn't change her ways of killing.
So he didn't dwell too much on that issue.
What he was more concerned about now was that Song Ligang.
He needed to confirm if this guy was the same Song Ligang he knew.
Xu Mo suppressed his urge to vomit as he navigated through the pile of mutilated corpses.
The ground was stained red with blood.
The stench was unbearable.
After all, Xu Mo was just an ordinary person.
Last time at the bar, he was far away.
As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind.
But this time was different.
This was a real-life investigation.
An Youyi was momentarily stunned.
She hadn't expected Xu Mo to be so bold.
He didn't seem to be afraid at all.
She had even considered carrying him over in a princess carry.
Looks like that opportunity was gone.
Xu Mo had no idea that the Female Dragon Queen felt a pang of disappointment.
But it didn't matter.
As the distance grew shorter,
Xu Mo's footsteps grew heavier.
Seeing that bulky back,
Xu Mo had a bad feeling.
“Is the world really this small?”
Xu Mo was getting nervous.
A flood of bizarre thoughts rushed into his mind.
But he managed to suppress them.
“Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, holy crap...”
“Song Ligang? How could it be Song Ligang?”
Xu Mo finally got a clear look at the big guy's face.
He was completely dumbfounded.
His mind went blank.
The shock was overwhelming.
His composure was completely shattered.
There seemed to be a similar plot in the book.
But it had been years.
Xu Mo couldn't remember it clearly.
Because he was playing the villain's role.
He was following the villain's path.
All he could do was focus on his own journey.
Who had the time to remember all the main character's cheesy moments?
Besides, there were more than just one villain.
His storyline was the main plot.
There were also side plots with minor villains popping up for the protagonist to humiliate.
If he had to remember all of that,
Xu Mo's head would explode.
Alright, back to reality.
Who could have thought that saving one person
would bring the protagonist's faction into the picture?
What was this damn system trying to do?
Force him onto the protagonist's path?
Leave the protagonist with no way out?
"He's been hit with a high-dose anesthetic needle and needs to be taken to the hospital for treatment."
An Youyi's voice came from behind.
Seeing Xu Mo's panicked expression,
An Youyi's eyebrows furrowed, “Forget it, taking him to the hospital is too troublesome. Let me just help you kill him!”
Before anyone knew it,
She had produced a sharp dagger in her right hand.
A master of butchery?
Youyi the slicer?
What a talent!
Xu Mo hadn't even said anything yet.
A voice filled with sobs came from the distance.
“Wuuuu... Please, don't kill my brother...”
Accompanied by hurried footsteps,
Song Yuqi was crying her eyes out.
Her eyes were swollen from tears.
She rushed to Song Ligang's side, crouching down, shielding him with her frail body from An Youyi's dagger.
“Wow, that voice sounds familiar.”
Xu Mo thought to himself.
When he saw who it was,
Xu Mo was dumbfounded once again.
How could Song Yuqi be here?
“Yu... Yuqi?”
The back and voice seemed familiar.
But he wasn't sure if it was really her.
Xu Mo prayed it wasn't.
Please, not her!
But the more he didn't want something,
the more reality forced it upon him.
Song Yuqi looked towards Xu Mo's direction.
Seeing Xu Mo there,
the girl was stunned.
Earlier, when they were on different floors,
there was a time difference.
Xu Shi's people had stopped Song Yuqi and explained the situation.
They only let her go after everything here was over.
She hadn't thought about coming back to save Song Ligang.
After all, what could a freshman college girl do to save someone?
Not causing more trouble was already a blessing.
“Mo... Mo Ge.”
Song Yuqi was also dumbfounded.
Due to her heavy breathing,
her petite figure swayed slightly.
Thrown into this situation, the usually helpless little girl
had found new hope.
The feeling of being reborn, like a drowning person seeing the last ray of hope, surged within her.
She threw herself into Xu Mo's arms like a moth to a flame.
The softness of her body pressed against him.
Xu Mo had no time to think about anything else.
His mind was completely blank.
As for An Youyi,
she quietly put away her dagger.
She could feel that Song Yuqi's emotions were genuine.
So when she saw Xu Mo being hugged by another woman,
An Youyi chose to turn a blind eye.
She walked over to the other corpses to retrieve her daggers.
Leaving the two of them alone.
Xu Mo had a look of utter disbelief.
He stood there like a frozen goose.
Letting the tearful Song Yuqi hug him.
The girl was crying tears of joy.
Her sobs carried too many emotions.
She had thought she would never see Xu Mo again.
Xu Mo, on the other hand, looked strong on the surface.
But in reality, he wanted to cry even more than Song Yuqi.
However, he just couldn't!
“Yuqi... Is Song Ligang your brother?”
Xu Mo asked with a pained expression, after a long while managing to squeeze out those words.
Song Yuqi nodded gently, her nose letting out a soft hum.
She continued to cry.
【This is over, over, over...】
【I saved the wrong person】
【No, I shouldn't have saved him】
【Actually, I shouldn't have come at all】
【Wait, does this mean I'm supposed to be the protagonist? Song Ligang? Song Yuqi? My god, what a coincidence!】
In just a few minutes,
Song Yuqi pulled away, as Song Ligang was still unconscious.
They needed to tend to him first.
“Mo Ge, will my brother be okay?”
“Of course, what could happen? It's just anesthesia, not poison.
Your brother's physique is stronger than ten bulls combined.”
Of course, Xu Mo wouldn't say that out loud.
“It's nothing serious, just some anesthesia. The Xu Family's medical staff will be here soon.”
“Um, Mo Ge, today's events... I... I'm sorry.”
“The important person you mentioned... is your brother?”
Xu Mo's expression was complicated.
Song Yuqi was afraid Xu Mo would misunderstand, so she quickly nodded.
“Yes.”
The girl's body was still trembling.
Her weak appearance was too endearing.
Any man would feel compelled to protect her.
Xu Mo naturally understood the girl's thoughts.
He didn't point them out.
What Xu Mo needed to do now
was far more meaningful than the trivial matters between men and women!
Yes.
He was trying to recall if Song Yuqi was a forgotten female lead.
Song Ligang was related to the protagonist.
And Song Yuqi was related to Song Ligang.
So there was no reason for her not to be related to the protagonist.
Xu Mo was deep in thought.
This mess was definitely his own fault.
In his previous life, in order to quickly finish the story,
he had secretly helped the protagonist in many ways.
Within the limits allowed by the system (staying silent),
Xu Mo had practically played his cards face up, and badly at that.
He had created opportunities to leak Xu Family secrets to Li Jiaxin.
Given An Youyi many chances to assassinate him, and so on.
Which resulted in them never meeting.
Xu Mo had only cared about following his own storyline.
The trivial matters between the male and female leads
had never interested him.
So naturally, he had forgotten about Song Yuqi.
After a while,
Xu Mo seemed to recall something.
At that moment,
he felt the world was filled with endless malice towards him.
He remembered who Song Yuqi was.
Just then, a series of quick, crisp footsteps approached.
“You jerk! Xu Mo!”
“Who told you to act as bait on your own?”
“Do you know how dangerous that is?”
The loli voice was full of anger.
The busty loli with short legs was running quickly towards him.
No one could understand.
How could someone with such short legs run so fast?
Maybe it was due to excellent technique.