Legend of the Dark Night

Andy ran for a few kilometers in one breath, turning who knows how many corners in the crisscrossing alleys, stepping on squishy disgusting things, being chased by stray dogs, and almost falling into a ditch.

He kept up a fast pace without daring to slack off. Thanks to years of fitness training and boxing practice, otherwise he would have dropped dead from exhaustion long ago!

Until his lungs felt like they were burning, he finally stopped, raising his head to look at the low buildings ahead—

This was still the urban area, but the buildings were no longer so dense, and the fear it gave him was correspondingly less.

Two kilometers further ahead was a wetland park. Not only were there no surveillance cameras there, but the terrain was complex and the bushes were dense. As long as he plunged right in, that group of cops would find it hard to look for him again. And as long as he crossed the wetland park under the cover of night, he could reach the outskirts of the city. As for after that, well...

We will deal with after-matters after!

First survive the immediate crisis!

Andy began to hear the faint sound of police sirens. He did not know if it was his imagination, but this made him extremely nervous.

The city after midnight was very empty, especially this place. Almost not a single car could be seen on the road, save for a young woman carrying a shoulder bag who was wobbling forward on a shared yellow bike under the dim yellow street lights. Right, on the pedestrian overpass ahead, there was also a figure standing. She looked like she might be a very short underage girl, only she was a bit strange. In the middle of the night, she was actually standing straight on the pedestrian overpass without moving around.

And she seemed to be staring right at him...

Andy could not help letting out a long breath, continuing to run forward along the street while adjusting his posture and pace to make himself look less panicked, like a night runner.

His gaze involuntarily drifted toward the girl on the overpass, always feeling that the tiny Chinese girl was staring at him, and moreover, that gaze actually made him feel a bit chilled—he even felt like a small gazelle targeted by a cheetah.

Damn it, why would I associate this with Animal Planet? Andy cursed angrily in his heart.

He quickly ran close to the pedestrian overpass. At this time, raising his head, he could clearly see the girl—she was indeed a rather short girl wearing a very ordinary white T-shirt and shorts, with long hair draped over her back. Her upper body was lit in sharp contrast of light and shadow by the street light, and her figure seemingly had a lot to offer. Because of the lighting, her face appeared pitch black to Andy, but this did not affect Andy's judgment of her threat level.

At the same time, Andy also discovered that she was indeed staring at him. From the very beginning until now, she had been staring at him!

This made him somewhat uneasy again.

Reason told him that this female had nothing to do with him and absolutely could not threaten him, and that he could even take on twenty! But intuition told him that a fierce tiger was crouching there...

Suddenly, Andy's pupils constricted.

He stopped in his tracks instinctively, terrified to the extreme!

He saw that tiny figure prop herself up with one hand on the overpass railing, and her entire body nimbly vault over the railing and jump down.

What was this situation?

This overpass was a good five meters high! So was this Chinese girl planning to commit suicide here in the middle of the night? But what did it mean that she waited until he got close before jumping!

Andy was dumbfounded, but the subsequent reality exceeded his expectations and made his eyes widen—

There was no dull thud of a human body hitting the ground and no sound of splattering blood, sounds Andy had heard many times before, but now he only heard a practically imperceptible landing sound, like a cat nimbly jumping down from a cupboard—that very short figure had indeed landed, but she was still standing!

Only to see Heroine Yin barefoot with tender white feet, holding two sports shoes in her left hand, hooked solely by her index and middle fingers. She did not look at Andy at the first moment, instead focusing on bending down to neatly place her sports shoes on the ground.

Then she straightened up and raised her head.

The two of them stared at each other in this midnight.

One lowered her head with a face full of panic and shock, while the other raised her head, yet was extremely calm.

This silence was soon broken—

With a bang, the woman riding the shared yellow bike lost her balance and crashed to the ground! But even while sitting on the ground, she still stared blankly at this side with a face full of terror!

Andy took a deep breath. Hearing the police sirens behind him getting closer, he finally confirmed that it was not his imagination, which meant he could no longer delay. And the experience gained from boxing classes allowed him to maintain a modicum of calmness now, so he began to size up the female opposite him.

She was indeed very short, looking not even up to his chest. Although not thin, she was definitely not robust either; a preliminary estimate was that her weight was perhaps even a third of his. Normally, he could definitely kick her several meters away with one foot and punch her directly to death, but just now this female had jumped straight down from the overpass, followed by every movement and demeanor seeming imbued with contempt for himself. Moreover, the long narrow scar on her left cheek and her calm gaze both made him develop the absurd feeling that this female was definitely not someone to mess with!

"Um, excuse me, miss," Andy said in the most standard Mandarin of his life.

"Huh?" Heroine Yin narrowed her eyes.

At this very instant, an intense murderous aura was released from her body, radiating outwards like a substance, even making Andy take a step back instinctively, his eyes growing even more terrified!

Could it be that she was a legendary martial arts master?

Bulls*t, Chinese kung fu is all crap, all fake, those martial artists could be beaten to death with one punch by himself!

Thinking thus, Andy forcefully mustered up his courage, and right on the spot warmed up his joints. His explosive muscles bulged with just a tiny bit of effort, looking incomparably frightening! Then he assumed a boxing stance, stepping with light-footed movements that belied his massive physique, thoroughly resembling a fighting expert who had maxed out attack, defense, and evasion.

Then he hesitated no longer, violently rushing toward Heroine Yin!

His body whipped up a wild wind!

Like a fierce beast!

When Cheng Yun arrived at the scene riding in a police car, the tall and robust Black man was lying on the sidewalk. Heroine Yin was squatting boredly by the roadside, playing with the small grass inside the lawn by hacking at it from side to side with a small knife.

Nearby there was also a young woman wearing a yellow dress, waving her mobile phone at the police car.

Two police cars screeched to a halt. Several police officers and Cheng Yun got out one after another, all surrounding them.

Heroine Yin turned and stood up, still holding the small knife in her hand, while the Black man lay right beneath the street light. This scene left all the police officers present dumbfounded.

"That's my friend!" Cheng Yun hurriedly shouted. "She helped you guys chase the suspect earlier!"

"Put the knife down!" he shouted to Heroine Yin next.

"Oh." Heroine Yin folded the knife back up and tucked it into her trouser pocket.

Zhou Jiaxing and Old Chen exchanged glances and walked to Heroine Yin's side. Seeing this, the rest of the people did not come to make things difficult for Heroine Yin, turning instead to check on the Black man's condition.

"Your friend actually managed to catch this guy!" Zhou Jiaxing looked at Heroine Yin in disbelief, speaking to Cheng Yun, then glanced at the Black man lying on the ground and swallowed hard. "And she knocked this guy flat!"

"Incredible!" Old Chen added. "Simply a heroine among women!"

Ignoring their exclamation, Cheng Yun hurried over to Heroine Yin's side and asked, "How is it?"

"What how is it?"

"You didn't beat him to death, did you? And where did this knife come from?"

"You mean this knife? It fell out of him." As Heroine Yin spoke, she fished out the small knife again, flipped it open, and played with the glittering blade as if no one else was around, saying, "Don't tell me, this small knife is quite sharp, and it can even fold back. Fun, I want it!"

"I asked you a question!"

"I answered!"

"There's another sentence!"

"Nah, he just passed out!" Heroine Yin waved her hand.

"Put the knife away!"

"Oh." Heroine Yin tucked the knife away again.

Zhou Jiaxing and Old Chen lit a cigarette, stood nearby, and said, "Thanks to you guys this time, otherwise even though he wouldn't have been able to run either, the few of us definitely would have made a laughingstock of ourselves and had to write self-criticisms. If you want this knife, just say you brought it yourselves! Anyway, that kid's case is basically settled, and if we hold onto this, it'll just rust in the warehouse."

"Mm," Cheng Yun nodded. "Then many thanks."

Liang Bo was also at the scene. He first checked the Black man lying on the ground, and upon discovering he was not dead, without a second word slapped him twice, waking him up.

The Black man groaned and shouted two words, which everyone could tell meant hospital, but no one paid attention to him.

Shouting loudly to have him cuffed and thrown into the car, Liang Bo walked over to the young woman wearing the yellow dress. "Did you call the police just now?"

"She told me to call." The woman pointed at Heroine Yin. Recalling the scene from just moments ago, she still felt like she was dreaming.

Liang Bo nodded and said again, "It's only two minutes either way, and it's so late, I'm embarrassed to ask you to go make a statement. Where do you live, we'll drive you over!"

"No need, right in that building ahead."

"Alright then, that's it, go back early and rest!" Liang Bo waved his hand dismissively, then walked straight toward Cheng Yun and looked at Heroine Yin.

"You chased him down?" he asked.

"What of it?" Heroine Yin frowned.

"You knocked him flat too?"

"You got a problem?" Heroine Yin was naturally averse to these official runners, and coupled with Liang Bo's not-so-nice attitude, her tone turned somewhat aggressive.

"How did you knock him flat?"

"If you've got the guts, walk closer and I'll demonstrate for you!"

"Ahem ahem!" Cheng Yun hurriedly pulled her back, then whispered to Liang Bo, "She's practiced martial arts since she was a child."

"Pfft!" Liang Bo scoffed.

He had looked through all of this Black man's background information. If traditional martial arts could allow such a tiny girl to knock flat such a tall Black man proficient in boxing, bows and arrows could win against heavy machine guns!

"Alright, alright, wrap up the operation!" He did not say much else, glancing at the scar on Heroine Yin's face, his gaze shifting slightly downward to see her bare feet. "Do you guys want to go back with us to make a statement?"

"Don't ask me, I'm an idiot, I don't know anything!" Heroine Yin tilted her head straight up to look at the pitch-black, murky sky.

"Is it a must to go?" Cheng Yun asked.

"It's not forced, it's late." He raised an eyebrow and said, "We have other matters to attend to elsewhere as well, estimated to keep us busy until midnight, and manpower is short. You understand coming during the day is fine too."

"Alright," Cheng Yun nodded.

"Then we'll take him back first, you guys—"

"We'll hail a cab!"

"That's fine too," Liang Bo said, pausing. "Then I'm rather sorry, we are indeed busy, and there's no room left in the car."

"Understood, understood. Thanks for the hard work."

Liang Bo waved his hand without saying more, walking directly toward the police officers, and the rest of the cops followed behind him.

Vaguely, he could still be heard speaking in an angry tone: "Don't think you're in the clear just because the person was caught! A bunch of idiots, letting him run out several kilometers like this, you've completely thrown away your faces, damn it. Go back and write self-criticisms for me, one by one!"

When they had left, Cheng Yun took out his phone and started calling a ride-hailing car, while Heroine Yin stood behind him carrying her shoes.

Cheng Yun looked back. "Why aren't you wearing your shoes?"

"My feet are dirty, I'll wash them clean before putting them on," Heroine Yin said softly. "They're new shoes!"

"Don't you have socks?"

"New socks."

"Fussy!" Cheng Yun rolled his eyes.

"Right, what is that thing?" Heroine Yin pointed at a shared yellow bike lying on the ground not far away. "It looks like a lot of fun."

"That's called a bicycle."

"Why doesn't it fall over? I see a lot of people riding these two-wheeled things."

"I'll teach you when I have time."

"Great!" Heroine Yin grinned broadly.

Soon, the car arrived, and Cheng Yun pulled Heroine Yin in to sit.

Heroine Yin, experiencing a car ride for the first time, expressed that it was very novel, touching left and right, looking this way and that with wide-open eyes, feeling the interior was a bit different from what she had imagined.

Ever since she arrived in this strange world, she had only seen these boxes running back and forth on the roadside, and had never ridden in one.

About to return to school for graduation defense, so nervous, so nervous.