Li Yun was not a man who liked to gamble, but life was strange sometimes. Circumstances kept forcing him to roll the dice.
"You're right. I'm not here for fun."
"And I'm not with the authorities."
"I came here because I had no choice. What I want is simple: to leave this place. To leave Xiantian Town."
"That's it?"
Mengmeng stared at him, her brain feeling as though it had short-circuited and burned out.
She had imagined all kinds of possibilities: perhaps Li Yun had come looking for someone, or for something. It had never occurred to her that he wanted to leave.
She stood stunned for a long while before finally managing to squeeze out a sentence.
"If Zhang Laosan's men hadn't brought you here and said you were a guest, I'd damn near suspect you were some young master who'd been abducted."
"Fine..."
"If it's that simple, I won't have to go to much trouble."
"As it happens, I'm leaving too. Follow me."
With that, she turned and walked straight toward the bathroom.
Li Yun froze. She was leaving too? What did she mean by that?
He couldn't quite make sense of it.
Seeing him still standing there, Mengmeng, already inside the bathroom, urged him on. "What are you waiting for? Move! You think it's easy to leave this place? Who knows how many eyes are watching from the shadows outside?"
"If you want out, this is the only way."
Li Yun took a deep breath and entered the bathroom. In the small room, Mengmeng had already pried two floor tiles loose with her bare hands, revealing a deep hole.
"Good grief!"
"There's a tunnel here?"
"You did this all by yourself? That's incredible."
Mengmeng rolled her eyes. "What are you thinking?"
"If I were that capable, would