After considering for a while, Han Muzi scrolled through her contact list, but she couldn’t find anyone whom she could contact for help in this situation.
She couldn’t contact Han Qing. If she did, he would know all about the recent happenings in her life. He would then bring her back home by force.
If she told Yan about her current situation, Yan would definitely ask Han Qing for help, especially when she couldn’t come up with any ideas to help.
Therefore contacting Yan was just the same as contacting Han Qing directly.
But who else could she contact for help at this moment? Did she really need to ask Ye Moxuan for help instead?
Han Muzi bit her lips in anguish, unsure of her next steps.
It was at this moment that her phone rang.
Glancing at the screen, she saw Ye Moxuan’s name being displayed on it.
How was this possible?
Was this what he meant when he said that they were soulmates?
With trembling hands, she pressed the ‘answer call button’ on her handsfree earphones.
“Hello?”
“Try your best to head towards areas where there are surveillance cameras. Avoid blind spots and small alleys.” A low baritone voice buzzed from her earphones.
Han Muzi inhaled sharply, for she couldn’t believe her ears. Her lips trembled slightly. How did Ye Moxuan know that she was being followed? Was he lurking somewhere nearby?
She had a sudden urge to turn around and look for him.
Through her earphones, the man’s voice buzzed through again.
“Don’t turn around.”
She immediately froze.
“Follow my next instructions, word for word.”
After discovering that she was being followed, she would be lying if she said she wasn’t scared. There had been a spate of troubles recently and it seemed someone was out to get her. It stood to reason that they would have someone monitoring her every move.
She was recently with Ye Moxuan all the time, but she noticed that she would be followed when they weren’t together. What did this mean?
Having received his instructions over the phone, she gradually calmed down.
“Drive to the right side and stop for a while. After that, take the turn to the right.”
She instinctively nodded her head and carried out his instructions.
She carried out the actions without saying a word, thinking perhaps Ye Moxuan could see what she was doing.
Ye Moxuan frowned and said, “Say something.”
Han Muzi asked, “What’s the matter?”
“When I’m talking to you, please acknowledge with a response.”
“…Understood.”
After taking the turn, Han Muzi glanced into the rear view mirror and saw that the black sedan was still close behind.
Han Muzi inhaled deeply and heard herself asking Ye Moxuan a question in a distracted voice.
“Where do I go from here?”
Ye Moxuan did not reply. The silence was a bit unnerving so Han Muzi blinked her eyes a few times and timidly called out to him again, “Ye Moxuan?”
Ye Moxuan was analysing and plotting the route she should take and did not have time to reply to her. Having finished with mapping out the route, he turned his attention back to her, just in time to hear her calling out his name in a soft, timid voice.
Upon hearing his name being called out like that, he felt as if a jolt of electricity had just passed through him. It numbed his heart.
He pursed his lips in confusion, wondering why she never called out to him like that while they were both in the same bed. If she had, then he would….
It’s better not to think about it. But it was already too late; the thought had triggered his recollection of the wonderful scene this morning. Ye Moxuan felt his throat tightened, and a certain part of his body getting aroused. As he reached up and squeezed his eyebrows together, he then replied to Han Muzi, “I’m here.”
When she finally heard his reply, Han Muzi couldn’t help but grumble at him.
“If you were there, why didn’t you respond?”
This guy just asked her to always reply when he was speaking to her, but now he couldn’t even follow his own rules?
“Heh.” Ye Moxuan’s chuckle was transmitted to her over the earphones. “Are you scared? Hmm?”
Han Muzi just bit her lips and ignored him.
She was in a daze due to the recent developments and had completely forgotten about her fight with him earlier.
“Do you see the traffic lights up ahead?”
“Yes.”
Han Muzi nodded her head, forgetting that Ye Moxuan couldn’t see her gesture. “I see it.”
“Slow down now.”
She reduced her speed as instructed. “What now?”
“Wait.”
Wait? Wait for what? Han Muzi glanced up toward the timer display on the traffic lights. After thinking for a while, she had a sudden revelation.
“I think I understood the plan now.”
When Ye Moxuan heard her, he couldn’t help but smile deviously.
“Looks like you already know what to do.”
Han Muzi could only guess at what he was trying to achieve. “I don’t have the precise timing estimates, do you?
“Yup. Slow down. Good, this speed is perfect. Keep it up for 10 seconds then slam the accelerator.”
“Copy that.”
Han Muzi drove slowly, keeping her speed in mind and aware of the countdown.
With one second to go before the lights turned red, Han Muzi took a deep breath and put the pedal to the metal.
The car that was being driven slowly suddenly shot off like an arrow being fired from a bow. It was so fast that it was a little staggering.
The car that was tailing her wasn’t aware that she was deliberately stalling for time. When she suddenly sped off, they were caught off by surprise. One of them yelled, “After her!”
Just as he shouted, the lights turned red and another car had swerved into the lane in front of them, making further pursuit impossible.
“Sh*t!” The driver cursed and slammed both his hands on the steering wheel. “We’ve been duped!”
“What happened? What do you mean we’ve been duped?” the guy in the back of the car asked. “I thought you had it well in hand. Why did she suddenly speed off?”
The driver glared at the car in front of them and the traffic lights. Gritting his teeth, he said, “She must have realised that we were tailing her. That’s why she slowed down just now. She timed it well to have us stuck here.”
After hearing the explanation, the guy seated in the back whistled in amazement.
“Crap… this girl is good. We’ve tailed her for a good distance and she didn’t react to us. So, how the hell did she know that she was being followed? What do we do now?”
“What else can we do? We’ll have to wait for the lights to change before commencing the pursuit. Anyway, she’s just a girl. We’ll be able to catch up. Let’s see where she could run to.”
While they were discussing their next course of action, someone knocked on their window.
After a brief pause, the knocks came again, more insistent this time.
“Who is it?” The driver wound down the window.
Standing outside the window was a man with a cold and emotionless face. It was Xiao Su, who had been summoned there by Ye Moxuan over the phone earlier.
“It’s you guys, right?” Xiao Su looked at them helplessly. “Of all the jobs you could have chosen, you took this as your occupation?”
“What do you mean?” The driver made eye contact with the guy seated at the back, and the rear passenger immediately said, “Just drive.”
Xiao Su just sighed in exasperation. “There’s no need. You have been surrounded.”
Under Ye Moxuan’s guidance, Han Muzi entered the safe zone and managed to shake off this gang of henchmen while luring them into Xiao Su’s ambush.
“All of you will now come back with me and we will all have a nice little chat, shall we?”
Upon hearing this, those that were in the car looked at one another and their faces went as pale as ashes.
