Chi Zhongyue was woken up by a phone call from Wang Rou.
Glancing at the time, it was only seven in the morning. She had only slept for a few hours.
As soon as she answered, Wang Rou's voice came through, grave and serious: "Zhongyue, you and Jiang Yuan need to hide well during this time. Stay out of sight as much as possible."
Wang Rou's tone was extremely solemn.
Chi Zhongyue's expression turned serious. "What's going on? Did you find out? Is it an infiltrator or did the team leader betray us?"
Wang Rou let out a long sigh. "I was called in at four in the morning to help, but from our current investigation..."
"The second team leader hasn't betrayed us. We're not sure if it's an infiltrator, but so far we haven't found any signs of infiltrator activity."
"Furthermore... even if it was an infiltrator, we judge that it's highly unlikely they could know the complete information of an entire team and locate them all!"
"Even infiltrators, when they show themselves, always target truly valuable objectives. They generally won't expose themselves for ordinary Awakened Ones."
"The casualties in the second team yesterday were all Redeemers and Supporters. The Disguisers in the second team weren't affected. That's why we think it might not be an infiltrator!"
"We're still investigating the specific reason. Until we find out, just hide well and don't give the fanatics a chance, especially Jiang Yuan. You know how important he is."
Chi Zhongyue said firmly, "Don't worry, Sister Rou. He won't be in danger before something happens to me!"
"Good, that's settled then. I'll notify you if there are any new developments, and you must remember to inform us immediately if anything happens."
Wang Rou suddenly smiled. "By the way, take this time to personally teach Jiang Yuan."
"I believe with your personal teaching, his progress won't be slower than at the safe house."
"After all... you were also transferred from being a Disguiser, and were known as a genius Disguiser... In short, try to help him improve faster. From Team Leader Wang, I learned that higher-ups are already planning missions for Jiang Yuan."
When Wang Rou mentioned the past, Chi Zhongyue's eyes didn't waver at all. She remained calm.
After Wang Rou finished speaking, she replied softly, "I understand, Sister Rou. I'll teach him well."
After hanging up the phone, Chi Zhongyue had no more sleepiness.
She got dressed and opened her door.
As soon as she stepped out, she saw several rich and beautiful dishes already placed on the dining table. She looked up in surprise at the kitchen, where Jiang Yuan was busy, wearing an apron.
"You're awake? Go wash up and get ready for breakfast," Jiang Yuan said, turning around with a bright smile when he heard the sound behind him.
Chi Zhongyue averted her gaze slightly. "Did you stay up all night?"
Jiang Yuan shook his head. "Of course not. I'm just used to getting up early."
"Then I'll go wash up. Thank you for your hard work."
"It's not hard at all."
Ten minutes later, the two sat at the dining table eating breakfast.
"By the way, you made this breakfast yourself, so did you go out this morning?" Chi Zhongyue suddenly remembered something and asked with a furrowed brow.
Jiang Yuan replied, "I'm not that stupid at a time like this. I ordered a delivery person through a phone app to buy ingredients from the market. I bought enough for several days, so we won't need to go out these days."
Chi Zhongyue's brows immediately relaxed, and a hint of satisfaction appeared on her small face. "Not bad, not bad. Your vigilance is good. You haven't wasted these past few days!"
"Mm~ The taste is good too. Thank you for the breakfast! I like it!"
Jiang Yuan smiled brightly again, sunny and handsome: "I'm glad you like it, sister~"
Chi Zhongyue's beautiful deer-like eyes suddenly widened. She stopped chewing with her puffed cheeks and stared blankly at Jiang Yuan. "What did you call me???"
Jiang Yuan repeated, "Sister~"
This time, the word "sister" had a trailing tone.
Chi Zhongyue trembled all over, almost dropping her chopsticks on the table. Of course she knew Jiang Yuan was doing this on purpose, adopting a different style to play the role of a suitor.
Yes, she admitted that Jiang Yuan did have talent in acting.
But as the "test subject," she really couldn't accept this style!
It wasn't that she found it disgusting or anything. It was just... just... extremely cheesy!
She really couldn't take it!
"No! Don't call me that!" Chi Zhongyue quickly stopped him. Seeing Jiang Yuan about to speak again, she hurriedly said, "Stop, stop, let's talk about serious matters!"
"Sister Rou just called me and told me about yesterday's incident."
When it came to serious matters, Jiang Yuan immediately returned to normal.
Chi Zhongyue repeated what Wang Rou had said.
As expected, after hearing it, Jiang Yuan was also greatly puzzled. He frowned and said, "The team leader didn't betray us, and there are no signs of infiltrator activity. This doesn't make sense!"
After thinking for a long time without finding a key point, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, let the higher-ups worry about this headache."
He put down his bowl and chopsticks, no longer pretending to be a cute boy, and said with a smile, "I'm full. Take your time. I'm going for a run."
Chi Zhongyue's apartment did have a treadmill, but it was a normal one. Even at its fastest speed, it wasn't much.
But having one was better than nothing.
After two hours of physical exercise, Chi Zhongyue began teaching Jiang Yuan the skills he usually studied.
She taught very seriously, and Jiang Yuan learned very attentively.
Time passed unknowingly, and the two were like a cohabiting couple, their lives fulfilling and warm.
...
The two got along quite harmoniously, but the situation outside was in chaos.
The two stayed in the small apartment for a full three days.
Not only was there no good news, but one bad news after another came.
The reason why the second team members' positions were locked and eliminated still hadn't been found. Moreover, members of the first, fourth, and sixth teams began to be precisely targeted and killed during these three days.
Only the third and fifth teams were spared.
Fortunately, this time the precise targeting wasn't a complete annihilation like the second team.
Instead, they would find and kill a few today, find and kill a few tomorrow.
After three days, eight people from the three teams had died!
Everyone was panicking.
No one knew what was happening or how those fanatics knew their identities.
These days could definitely be called the darkest days since the establishment of the Sushan City Branch.
Jiang Yuan and Chi Zhongyue were sitting in the living room, video chatting with Wang Rou and the others.
Wang Rou's voice sounded very tired: "You really mustn't go anywhere during this time."
"Among all of us in the Sushan City Branch, only our third and fifth teams are safe."
"But no one can guarantee that those fanatics won't target us, so you must hide well recently."
Pausing for a moment, Wang Rou continued, "But I believe the matter should be resolved soon."
"I heard that the provincial headquarters is furious. A deputy minister is personally leading a team to investigate."
"Our Sushan City Branch minister and deputy ministers are all under isolation. This deputy minister will personally take over."
"Just endure for a few more days, I believe..."
Jiang Yuan's expression was heavy. This kind of unknown fear was the most troubling.
*Knock knock knock—*
Before Wang Rou could finish speaking, someone suddenly knocked on the security door from outside.
Then a man's voice sounded from outside: "Hello, I'm a delivery person. I've brought the things you ordered."
Chi Zhongyue stood up while saying to Wang Rou in the video, "Sister Rou, I'll go get it. We've run out of vegetables these days, so I asked the delivery person to buy some more."
Wang Rou nodded slightly.
However, just as Chi Zhongyue was about to open the door, Jiang Yuan suddenly grabbed her. His face changed dramatically as he looked at the door, but he called out to the outside in an awkward voice, as if after strenuous exercise, with a hint of post-excitement panting: "Uh, buddy, wait a minute!"
"My girlfriend and I aren't dressed. Sorry, sorry, coming right away!"
After saying this, he picked up the straight knife from the coffee table and Chi Zhongyue's long sword, handing the long sword directly to Chi Zhongyue.
Wang Rou's expression in the video changed drastically, her face instantly turning pale. She didn't dare to say anything else and ran to the adjacent room where Aunt Wang was as fast as she could.
She didn't even dare to hang up the video call, afraid that the sound of hanging up would attract the attention of the person outside!
On Chi Zhongyue's side, after Jiang Yuan said the first sentence, she immediately understood. Her small face also changed color instantly.
But... her change in expression was different from Wang Rou and Jiang Yuan's.
One second she was a gentle, lively, beautiful neighbor fairy.
The next second she became manic, bloodthirsty, with madness in her eyes.
Fortunately, her madness wasn't the irrational kind like demon worshippers. She was crazy, but also calm.
She spoke in an embarrassed tone: "Oh, you go yourself~ I'll hide in the room, you go get it~"
While speaking in this heart-quivering tone, her movements were quite quick and decisive.
She pulled Jiang Yuan silently to the balcony French window, then pulled open the curtain on the left side of the balcony.
There was a half wall on the left side of the balcony, and on that half wall, there was a hook with an expansion bolt deeply embedded in the wall.
On the hook, there was also a thick safety buckle. Connected to the safety buckle was a large bundle of parachute rope, and at the end of the rope was another safety buckle.
This was a high-rise fire escape device.
Jiang Yuan was overjoyed. He had thought they would have to fight to the death, and might even die today.
After all, no one who had been precisely located these past few days had survived.
Now with this thing, their chances of survival were much greater!
"Are you ready? I still have another delivery to make. Please hurry up."
Chi Zhongyue quickly tied the rope for Jiang Yuan. Jiang Yuan quickly responded, "Coming right away, coming right away!"
However.
As soon as he finished speaking!
*Bang——*
A loud noise. The thick security door was kicked with tremendous force, as if the entire house shook.
Fortunately, this security door was specially customized and wasn't kicked open in one go.
Seeing this, the two didn't dare to delay any longer.
Chi Zhongyue even jumped directly onto Jiang Yuan's body, her hands tightly around his neck, her long, straight, legs tightly wrapped around his waist!
Jiang Yuan put one arm around Chi Zhongyue, and with the other hand, he smashed the side French window.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Holding Chi Zhongyue, he jumped down from the 26th floor!