Chapter 62
Chapter 62
It took Huang Yuanrui a full five seconds to react. Then she burst out laughing.
“So it was you. Are you protecting Zhang Qiong? You and her… when did the two of you hook up?”
Li Shihao said, “Thanks to you.”
The smile vanished from Huang Yuanrui’s face in an instant, replaced by a fierce tone. “I don’t care who you are or what your relationship is. In any case, don’t get in my way!”
Li Shihao said, “You can continue your little exploration. That’s your freedom.”
Huang Yuanrui snapped, “And you people had better not follow me or block my way!”
Li Shihao laughed. “Little girl, we’re not trying to control you. Right now, you’re the one trying to control us.”
Huang Yuanrui stamped her foot in frustration. “So what you’re saying is that this crappy car of yours is going to tail me all day from now on? That’s harassment! That’s stalking!”
Li Shihao patted Huang Yuanrui on the shoulder and got back into the car.
The skinny man in the passenger seat got out. Today, he was dressed in a black suit, which made him look even taller and thinner.
Huang Yuanrui suddenly felt that he looked like an enormous black praying mantis. There was something indescribably eerie about the way his limbs swung when he walked.
He slowly made his way up to Huang Yuanrui, and she instinctively took a step back.
Then the skinny man spoke. It was the first time Huang Yuanrui had ever heard his voice, and to her surprise, it was very deep.
He bent his long body down and leaned close to Huang Yuanrui’s ear, whispering, “Before a cat plays with a mouse, it usually watches the mouse hop around for a while. Then it grabs it by the tail, bites through its neck, and finally chews it down until only a layer of skin is left.”
After saying that, he gently stroked Huang Yuanrui’s head and returned to the car.
Their car did not drive away. It remained where it was, quietly spewing exhaust.
Huang Yuanrui knew perfectly well that where the car went next would depend on whether she continued heading toward Zhang Qiong’s home.
The modesty and politeness of that “Ma Dong-seok” and that “Liang He” were nothing but disguises. If she kept going, this Black Fish would tear off its hypocritical mask and reveal its bloody maw.
A gust of wind blew past. Although it was summer, Huang Yuanrui shivered.
She returned to her car, locked the doors, set her navigation to Tianfeng Hotel, turned around, and drove back.
She kept her speed at about fifty kilometers an hour. This time, she finally did not see that Black Fish in her rearview mirror again, and she at last breathed a sigh of relief.
Previously, Huang Yuanrui had thought of herself as someone with nothing to lose, while Zhang Qiong had everything to lose. That was why she had acted without fear.
Only now did she understand that everything was a double-edged sword. Having “nothing to lose” also meant the cost of something going wrong was extremely low.
A woman from out of town with no parents to look after her-if she died here, not many people would pursue the matter.
If something happened to her, would Qin Song investigate it to the end for her sake? Huang Yuanrui had no confidence in that whatsoever.
There were countless ways in this world to make a person suddenly disappear.
She thought of a post she had once come across online-there was a hidden door inside one of the stalls in a public restroom. Maybe all you did was push open the restroom door to relieve yourself, but among the people who came out of that restroom, you would never be one of them again.
There were also some real cases everyone knew about: a wife went into a fitting room, but when her husband opened the door, she was gone; your friend went to the bathroom, yet all you saw afterward was a cleaner pushing out a trash cart…
She no longer dared to go looking for trouble with Zhang Qiong.
But “not daring” did not mean “not hating.” Deep in her heart, she recorded yet another account of humiliation.
For now, she decided to set aside the matter with Zhang Qiong and continue to the next step of her plan-finding He Qian.