Chapter 110 – Run!

Liang Junyu kept his eyes straight ahead, a faint smile on his lips. “There’s no traffic this way. Don’t tell me you still don’t trust me. What is there to worry about?”

“But I’m kind of in a hurry…” Qiu Yuming glanced at him and said, “Manager Liang, let’s get back on the main road. It would be bad if we got lost.”

“Heh, we won’t,” Liang Junyu said.

A sudden flicker of wariness rose in Qiu Yuming’s heart. All at once, she realized she might have been too anxious earlier. If she hadn’t been so focused on sneaking away, if she had thought it through a little more… But Liang Junyu was an elite white-collar worker. Surely he wouldn’t do anything, right?

But then she thought of Jiang Yushi’s warning…

At that moment, Liang Junyu suddenly reached out and turned on the radio. The anchor’s voice came through at once, sounding somewhat urgent. “…As of now, we still have not received any strong rebuttal, which makes it difficult not to suspect that this may not be a farce after all. Has our world truly welcomed visitors from beyond the stars? Are these visitors capable of transforming the human body a blessing or a curse for us? And is the truth really as that mayor claimed? We have here a statement just released by an important national official… A press conference will also be held later today, so please stay tuned to this station for further updates…”

“Heh…” Liang Junyu laughed as he listened. “Who knows? Maybe it’s true. Actually, it’d be fine if it were true. Then I wouldn’t have to worry about the mortgage anymore, or some wealth gap. If things really got to that point, as a man, would I still be afraid I couldn’t conquer one woman? Would I still be afraid that years of hard work would be crushed by some poor brat?”

He was practically muttering to himself unconsciously. It was obvious his mind was in turmoil.

“Hm? Are you playing with your phone? You’d better not make any calls right now.” Liang Junyu abruptly turned his head and glared at Qiu Yuming.

Qiu Yuming trembled. She could clearly sense the change in Liang Junyu’s attitude now. He was completely different from the warm, smiling man he had been before. At this point, she was no longer suspicious. She was certain Liang Junyu really had a problem!

“It’s fine. I won’t use it,” Qiu Yuming said without letting anything show.

“I’m feeling a little carsick. Can you pull over for a moment?” Qiu Yuming’s voice trembled slightly, but she still did her best to remain calm.

“Can’t you just hold on a little longer?” Liang Junyu asked with a frown.

Under his stare, Qiu Yuming’s heart pounded wildly, but she still forced the corners of her mouth up. “I really feel terrible… It’d be bad if I threw up in your car. After all, you’re giving me a ride back. I already owe you one…”

Liang Junyu looked ahead. This place was already a rather desolate stretch of the suburbs. Vast fields lay on both sides, and there wasn’t even a house in sight. After thinking for a moment, he slowly stepped on the brake and said, “Then get out and get some air, but make it quick.”

“Okay.” Qiu Yuming gripped her phone. Then, suddenly gritting her teeth, she smashed it hard at Liang Junyu, who was also about to open the door and get out.

The sharp corner of the phone struck the back of his head, and Liang Junyu immediately let out a pained grunt. Qiu Yuming was shaking all over, but she didn’t dare hesitate. She opened the car door at once and got out.

Even now, she still wasn’t completely sure, but that strange feeling just now had made her deeply uneasy.

“This place should be close to the checkpoint…” Qiu Yuming thought as she ran and dialed the police. But this was also the first time she had ever heard a busy signal when calling the police… Despair surged into her heart.

Liang Junyu clutched the back of his head and cried out twice, then lowered his arm and looked at his palm.

Fortunately, Qiu Yuming had hesitated when she struck him, so there was no blood. The pain, however, was still intense.

“Fuck!” Liang Junyu cursed a couple of times, then made a call as well. The number he dialed belonged to the very person who had told him something would happen today.

“Hello, Vice President Li? …No, I didn’t get Jiang Yushi out. Jiang Fusheng arranged bodyguards near her apartment complex, and that kid was there too, so I had no choice but to come to the lab… Yes, I admit I botched it, but you have to give me some time, don’t you? Besides, I did bring out one of that kid’s junior schoolmates, but the girl just got out of the car and ran… I’m by Hebian Village, on a small road, yes… All right. I’ll catch up to her first.”

As he spoke, Liang Junyu felt around beside him and pulled out a knife, then got out of the car. “Vice President Li, don’t forget. As long as Su Lifeng is taken care of, Jiang Yushi is mine, and the vice president position at the company will be mine too. But if I may ask, why exactly are you going after Su Lifeng? To be honest, I hate Su Lifeng, but not enough to call it a blood feud. If you want me to work with you, you should at least tell me the details, right?”

A woman’s slightly hysterical voice came from the other end of the line. “My Qianqian is missing. Anyone who had a conflict with her before that is my enemy! Those police said my Qianqian might be connected to Zhu Hao’s murder case? Ha. I already asked around. Even if Zhu Hao wanted to kill someone, the person he should have killed was this Su Lifeng, so why is Su Lifeng still alive while my daughter has disappeared?! Jiang Yushi too, really, but I’ll leave her debt for Jiang Fusheng to pay. You can rest easy.”

As the call was abruptly disconnected, a contemptuous smile appeared at the corner of Liang Junyu’s mouth. “Fuck, what a crazy woman. Doesn’t even think about who influenced her daughter into becoming like that…”

After saying that, he looked toward Qiu Yuming, who had already run off the road. “Little girl, why did you suddenly attack me?”

Qiu Yuming glanced back, and her scalp went numb. An even stronger terror surged through her in an instant. Although Liang Junyu had taken a blow and his running speed was slightly affected, he was still much faster than her.

After her foot slipped, Qiu Yuming stepped into a small pit in the field and immediately fell. She hurriedly struggled back up and kept sprinting forward. Fortunately, she was wearing flats, but the wild grass underfoot and the unfamiliar ground created huge obstacles for her. The one saving grace was that Liang Junyu was wearing leather shoes, so he was just as unsuited to running through the fields.

“That’s right, Senior Su. Call Senior Su! Did he change his number? Right… There was a mass text. That one had his new number. But can Senior Su help me? No, I should have called him from the very beginning…”

In her panic, Qiu Yuming was still searching for the number. By then, Liang Junyu had already caught up to a spot not far behind her…

“Little girl, if you just behave, no one will get hurt. Stop running!” Liang Junyu’s eyes held a look of utter madness, like a viciousness that had been suppressed for far too long had finally found a chance to erupt.