The chill of the rainstorm almost penetrated into my bones.
Qiaoqiao walked quickly towards the direction the carriage left, her belly bulging under her poncho, and she held it up with her palms.
Only in this way will the kraft paper and food not get wet in the heavy rain.
Steak doesn't taste good when it's cold.
"23,25,27..."
Using the halo of street lights, Qiao Qiao walked forward through the reflective number plates on the buildings on the street.
There was not a single person in sight on the street. My ears were filled with the sound of rain and the sharp whistling of the wind blowing across the roofs and hats, and the raindrops pattered on the ponchos.
"31,33,3..."
The street lights suddenly flickered a few times, making Qiao Qiao unable to see the number plate on the wall clearly.
Qiaoqiao could probably guess what was on it, so she skipped it and continued walking forward, but after a few seconds, her steps suddenly stopped.
Fifty meters ahead, a row of street lights suddenly went out like extinguished candles.
Qiaoqiao stopped and looked at the street ahead with a hint of doubt.
This was not a coincidence or a faulty wiring. Immediately afterwards, the adjacent second row of street lights went out, then the third row...the fourth row.
It's like some kind of existence is approaching Qiaoqiao.
Qiaoqiao immediately turned around and ran back without thinking.
The darkness spread faster than her running. Rows of extinguished street lights seemed to turn darkness into substance, swallowing Qiao Qiao's back.
Qiaoqiao turned around in a hurry and discovered this. The darkness was spreading rapidly, and it was difficult for her to run back to the restaurant before the darkness arrived.
Something seemed to be surging in the thick darkness. Qiao Qiao bit her pale lips, put her palms into her pockets, grabbed a newspaper, turned around and threw it behind her.
She knew Lu Li's style well. If she didn't go back for a long time, Lu Li would notice a problem and he would definitely come to find her.
The moment he turned back, Qiao Qiao saw a row of street lights behind him extinguished, and darkness encroached on the space behind him.
Gritting her teeth, Qiaoqiao sped up and ran towards another row of street lights just a few meters ahead.
tread--
Just as he was about to run into a new area of light, darkness chased him, and Qiaoqiao's figure and the sound of running were swallowed up by the darkness.
The streets in the heavy rain returned to calm, and the flashing street lights became bright again, as if nothing had happened.
…
tread--
The fallen shoes made a splash.
The dim yellow light reflected countless broken worlds in the accumulated water, and the pale newspapers on the ground reflected the light.
A slender hand picked up the newspaper in the water. The newspaper was torn apart like crumbs and was swept into the sewer by the current, leaving only a small piece on the palm.
"A newspaper?"
"What Qiao Qiao left behind."
The blurry words on the soaked paper were recognized by Lu Li as coming from "True News from Allen Peninsula".
In this kind of weather, a soaked newspaper would be torn into pieces by the rain in just a few minutes. This newspaper fell to pieces within a few minutes.
Looking around, there was only accumulated water on the road that had not been discharged into the sewer and countless spreading ripples, and there was no food——
Qiaoqiao left the newspaper intentionally, and the fact that she didn't throw away the food meant that the matter was not serious, or that she didn't have time to throw it away?
Lu Li dropped the piece of paper, let it be washed down the sewer, and headed to Huntley's delicious steak frying.
Huntley's Delicious Grilled Steak Restaurant is about to close, and half of the windows have been darkened. When Lu Li arrived, the manager thought he was a customer and was hesitating whether to cook another meal.
When Lu Li asked Qiao Qiao, the store manager, whom Aunt Mary called Little Huntley, looked at Lu Li warily: "Are you her friend?"
"Mary said your food was cooked quickly, and Jojo didn't come back for a long time."
Little Huntley was suddenly enlightened and became enthusiastic: "So you are friends of Mrs. Mary. If I had known I should have given you a 10% discount. Mrs. Mary is really a good person... Oh, what are you asking about? That
Girl, right? She left just now, maybe less than two minutes ago. Didn't you see her when you came?"
Maybe it's too late.
Qiaoqiao is very smart. People who have been involved in gangs and slums since childhood know best how to survive.
After leaving the restaurant, Lu Li returned to where he saw the newspaper. He paused for a moment in some dark alleys, tilted his head and said to his side, "I sensed the ghostly aura nearby. Maybe Qiao Qiao is nearby."
Anna's figure appeared in the void, and the rain passed through her soul. Anna, who was floating in the air, closed her eyes.
In Lu Li's supernatural perception, Anna's aura extended around like tentacles, getting farther and farther... and was suddenly blocked in front of the entrance of an alley.
It was originally hidden, but was revealed in Anna's shroud.
"Over there." Anna opened her eyes and swept away her scarlet pupils.
It was a dark alley hidden in darkness.
…
The moment he was shrouded in darkness, Qiaoqiao stopped.
The surroundings were filled with darkness, with only the oil lamp in his hand illuminating a small area.
Qiaoqiao breathed calmly and looked around cautiously, but except for the sound of wind and rain, there was nothing in the darkness——
Qiaoqiao suddenly turned his head and looked towards the alley where there was a faint noise.
"Please don't, help me! Someone help me -"
The sound of hurried running and hoarse shouts for help came from the alley.
Qiaoqiao remained quiet and motionless, observing the development of things.
The desperate screams were getting closer and closer to the alley. The next moment, an unkempt face appeared at the alley, within the scope of the oil lamp. But the next moment, a pair of big hands stretched out from the darkness behind her and grabbed her.
Woman's hair.
Qiao Qiao saw the woman's pain and despair at the moment when her hair was grabbed, and she also saw countless men's hands reaching out from the darkness again, grabbing the woman's body with greedy smiles, and dragging her into the light.
The dark alley outside.
A woman was molested in an alley? How could it be so simple, but...
Listening to the woman's wailing, Qiao Qiao clenched her fists.
How could she be indifferent...
Qiao Qiao gritted her teeth and approached the alley. Suddenly, a tall and ferocious figure appeared on the edge of the oil lamp, glaring at Qiao Qiao fiercely: "You want to meddle in other people's business?"
"Uh, I..." Qiaoqiao almost thought it was really a human being, if the scene of being dragged into the darkness wasn't real enough.
She took out the brown paper bag hidden in her arms, took out a piece of bread and handed it to the figure, tentatively asking: "Are you hungry?"
The figure paused for a moment, and the complex three-dimensional face under the light of the oil lamp became ferocious, and he waved his hand and opened Qiaoqiao's palm.
The bread fell to the ground along with the brown paper bag containing the food, quickly soaked and torn, and several long loaves of bread inside rolled out of the alley.
“Ah food!”
Qiaoqiao subconsciously looked at the food on the ground with distress, but saw a long loaf of bread hitting a black rain boot.
Looking up, Qiao Qiao shouted in surprise: "Lu Li!"
Lu Li looked down at the inedible food soaked in water and frowned slightly.
