"Don't open your eyes."
Yan Xiao spoke.
Restlessness still stirred inside Qin Manjiang. Although he couldn't see Yan Xiao, he could smell the aroma of food.
Still, if it was only the smell, he could endure it.
Yan Xiao withdrew his hand and guided Qin Manjiang into the car, then took the driver's seat and sped away.
Feeling the car start moving, Qin Manjiang asked, "Where are we going?"
"Shaking off the tails," Yan Xiao said calmly.
"Tails?" Qin Manjiang wanted to open his eyes and glance behind him, but forced himself to resist.
"Did you spot the people following me?" Qin Manjiang asked.
He had guessed as much. Kong An might have secretly sent someone to watch him.
"Including me, four. Three men and one woman," Yan Xiao said. "One man and the woman were working together."
That many people were watching me?!
Qin Manjiang froze. Who on earth were they all?
"Can you describe what they looked like?" Qin Manjiang asked.
"The woman was carrying an umbrella. Conspicuous. Her male companion had prominent canine teeth."
Flower? Who was the man? Gu?
"Another man was alone. White turtleneck sweater. Heterochromia."
Wait... heterochromia?
Among the people Qin Manjiang had met, only one had heterochromia: Lin.
Lin was the assistant of the Doctor who had given him the Relic Phone.
Lin was watching me?
On the Doctor's orders...?
"And then there's me," Yan Xiao said. "You can open your eyes now."
Could I?
What if I lost control again?
Although Qin Manjiang trusted Yan Xiao, Yan Xiao was driving. If he lunged at him uncontrollably, they might crash and die.
Keeping his eyes cautiously narrowed, he tried opening them little by little. As he looked toward Yan Xiao beside him, his face gradually became clear.
"Oh, you're wearing a mask."
Seeing