NOVEL NEXT Chapter 339 Drenched in Sweat_2
However, Muyao continued, "There's one thing I'm not quite sure about, but I think it's necessary to mention it. Just a few days before this crisis began, my phone could barely connect to the internet. At that time, I saw online that many people were saying that Dragon Country had established sizable hiding places in its four major provinces and cities, gathering people to go there to withstand the crisis."
"But... on the internet, there are too many unreliable messages circulating. Moreover, people generally don't investigate the source and reliability of the information, so rumors are rampant, and the credibility is actually not high. But I still think it's necessary to mention it, just in case it's true."
"...Is that so?" Xiao Yi thought this was an important piece of information, as it could help clarify where he should head next.
Then, Xiao Yi looked around, trying to discern the directions, "Then... next, we should go and see those places, uh... which way was it?"
"If you're talking about the closest province or city to us..." Muyao said, "then just head east from here."
"Oh, east... But speaking of which, which way is east?"
"...I think it should be to the right." Muyao said, and pointed in a direction.
"Good, let's head east then." Xiao Yi nodded, then asked Muyao, "By the way, are there other people around here? Let's take them with us, if there really is a hiding place over there, it's definitely much safer than here."
"This..." However, Muyao... did not answer and fell silent.
Should we save them? Save those hopeless individuals?
...Muyao realized that the lives of those people were now in her hands.
Is it necessary? Those individuals, even if saved, would likely end up harming others. Almost every one of them had blood on their hands. Even now, when the order had collapsed, what they had done was still unforgivable.
So... there was no need to save those people, right?
"...What's wrong?" Xiao Yi then asked.
"No... nothing." Muyao replied, "There are other people here, come with me, they're hiding in the underground space of the school."
After speaking, Muyao led the way, and Xiao Yi followed her steps.
"...What am I doing?" Muyao couldn't help but sigh quietly.
She herself did not know what she was doing. If there had to be a reason, it could only be to boast to those people that she actually knew the legendary Xiao Yi.
No, there should be a nobler reason, like needing to judge the crimes those people had committed, hence the need to save them.
As more thoughts piled up in her mind, Muyao felt increasingly frustrated and decided not to think about it anymore.
Just then, Xiao Yi spoke to her:
"Muyao, you... must have not eaten for a while now, I... I've noticed earlier. Here, I have some food, eat this to fill up for now, and later I'll take you to have a good meal."
As he spoke, Xiao Yi handed Muyao a somewhat dry ration.
"...," but to Muyao, it was an unparalleled delicacy.
She took the ration, thinking her body was dehydrated, but tears began to stream down her face.
Muyao took a bite, and the exquisite taste overwhelmed her, causing her to choke back sobs.
"Thank you... thank you, Xiao Yi..."
"It's nothing," Xiao Yi said.
"You've been as kind to me as an elder brother..."
"Cough! Uh cough cough cough!!!"
"...Ah! What, what's wrong!? Why did you suddenly start coughing like you contracted tuberculosis?"
"It's nothing..." Xiao Yi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "It's just an old ailment of mine acting up, it's not a big deal, I just need to catch my breath."
"...Really?" Muyao couldn't help but worry.
"I'm really fine..." Xiao Yi said, "By the way, you have a brother, right? Can you tell me about him?"
"Um..." Luo Muyao nodded, "But, my situation is a bit different. My mom said that she had another son before me, but she abandoned that brother..."
"Shh..." Xiao Yi sharply inhaled, "Uh... can I also ask what your mother's name is?"
"Um? Sure..." Luo Muyao immediately mentioned a name.
Xiao Yi had once refused when Xu Yingguang showed him a file about his mother and asked if he wanted to meet her and that family.
Nevertheless, even though he said so, Xiao Yi's body instinctively glanced at the file, and then, he saw his mother's name and remembered it.
Then, the name Luo Muyao mentioned was exactly the same as the one Xiao Yi had remembered.
"...... I see."
Now, Xiao Yi could no longer deny the strange feeling that had surged in his heart when he first met Luo Muyao. It wasn't an illusion but reality!
Luo Muyao, this girl, was indeed his half-sister with the same mother...
"...Hmm?" At this moment, Luo Muyao noticed Xiao Yi's odd behavior and immediately asked with concern, "What's wrong again? Why are you sweating so much? And why... are your eyeballs constantly rolling but not looking towards me?"
"...It's nothing." Xiao Yi, drenched in sweat, said, "Just an old ailment, don't mind it, just need to catch my breath..."
"Um..." Luo Muyao slightly lowered her eyes, but since Xiao Yi had said so, she decided not to ask any further.
While they were talking, Xiao Yi and Luo Muyao had already arrived at the entrance to the underground space.
"This is the place." Luo Muyao said, moving forward, exerting all her strength to move the manhole cover, "Ngh...! Okay! Here, here is the entrance."
"Are you alright?" Xiao Yi immediately came forward with concern, "Just tell me and I'll move it... Anyway, I'll go down first to check, although the chance is low, it's still a bit dangerous... like if this ladder is unstable, let me test its stability first."
"Oh... Oh." Luo Muyao felt puzzled, wondering why Xiao Yi seemed... more eager than before?
Just as Luo Muyao was about to nod, she suddenly realized something and immediately said with blushing cheeks, "No! Let me go down first!"
"Hm? Why?" Xiao Yi asked.
Luo Muyao pressed her skirt lightly, her face embarrassed, "Although I know you're not that kind of person, it would still be embarrassing if you accidentally saw something."
"...Ah?" Xiao Yi's brows furrowed tightly!
This... this isn't right!?
But since Luo Muyao had put it that way, Xiao Yi had no choice but to let her go.
Soon, under Luo Muyao's lead, Xiao Yi walked through the sewer to the entrance of the underground space.
"Phew... we're back."
Coming back again, Luo Muyao couldn't help feeling emotional.
"Anyway, those people are in here, just climb up."
"Um... I got it." Xiao Yi nodded, and as he was about to climb up, he suddenly smelled an overwhelmingly pungent scent of blood!
Following that, he discovered dark red blood continuously flowing down along with the ladder.
Xiao Yi felt something was wrong!
"...Could it be!?"