Under the moonlight

Chapter 124 Jiang Ying's Reminder

Zhao Meng and Li Shuo stayed in the rooms opposite Huang Meng and Xu Ao respectively. After a short while of simple repairs, Jiang Ying knocked on Huang Meng's door.

"Come in." Huang Meng looked at Jiang Ying standing outside the door, turned around and let her in. "Did you need something?" Huang Meng knew that with Jiang Ying's personality, she wouldn't come to see her just to catch up.

"Why did you come along? And what's the deal with those two men?" Jiang Ying stood in front of Huang Meng with her hands in her pockets, looking serious.

"They came along because they were worried about me; I came for their sake."

"Them? Yuri? Lin Hanshuang?" Jiang Ying asked, frowning as she saw her hesitate.

"Yes, I'm worried about them, they..."

"Worried about them? Have you ever thought about how much trouble you've caused Xu Ao? He didn't originally need to get involved in this mess. After learning about our situation, he volunteered to come here to help. It's already difficult enough that he can hold the embassy and ensure that all the staff here can be safely evacuated from this country. What are you doing here?"

Jiang Ying looked at Huang Meng in disbelief, not understanding why she would act so impulsively and emotionally.

"Jiang Ying, I know. I underestimated the situation here. I was wrong. I will try my best—no, I promise I won't cause any trouble for them." Huang Meng only realized her mistake after arriving and seeing the actual situation. Hearing Jiang Ying's reprimand, she didn't explain.

"Not causing trouble? You yourselves are trouble." Jiang Ying glanced at Huang Meng, then helplessly lowered her hands and sat dejectedly on the edge of Huang Meng's bed. "What are you planning to do?"

"I have absolutely no clue what to do right now," Huang Meng said dejectedly, plopping down next to her.

“The mercenaries we’re dealing with now are different from the ones we’ve encountered before. This group is much more ruthless. If the previous group was cruel, these new ones are even more cold-blooded and indifferent to human life.”

"Do you know something?" Huang Meng looked at Jiang Ying, her brows furrowed in worry.

"Yes, you probably saw it on the way here. The mercenaries only blocked off the area where the tents were clustered. The roads were all open. When Lao Chen and I drove out and passed their government building, we saw with our own eyes that they directly shot and killed government staff who were trying to escape from the building. Those people fell right in front of our car. They were like cats playing with mice, deliberately letting them run into the street, giving them a glimmer of hope, and then raising their guns to end their lives before that hope could be fulfilled."

After Jiang Ying finished speaking, she closed her eyes and covered her face with her hands, seemingly in great pain. Huang Meng didn't know how to comfort her, so she just sat quietly.

"Their target this time is very clear: the government building in the city center and the area that has been sealed off. They have not restricted the actions of the embassy. We can move around freely, but there will be people watching us along the way. Compared with before, the signal they are sending is very clear: as long as we do not cross their bottom line, we are safe."

After Jiang Ying finished speaking, she looked at Huang Meng seriously. Her meaning was very clear: as long as they didn't have contact with those people, they would be safe, or at least safe.

But if they discover that the embassy staff have been in contact with them, the consequences will be the same as those 'rats' that they have shot and killed for their amusement.

Huang Meng understood Jiang Ying's meaning. Seeing the deep worry in her eyes, she nodded blankly, saying nothing. What else could she say? No matter how she thought about it, it seemed to be a dead end. Yuri, Lin Hanshuang, and Nasha might never see the blue sky they loved again.

Jiang Ying watched as Huang Meng nodded at her, tacitly accepting her statement and understanding the cruelty of reality. Finally, she breathed a sigh of relief, her face regaining its previous calm. She stood up, tugged at the hem of her shirt, and turned to open the door.

"Ah~" She had just opened the door when Li Shuo lunged at her. If she hadn't dodged in time, this man's head would have been...

"What are you doing!" Jiang Ying's face flushed red instantly. She glared at Li Shuo and stormed away from him. Even though she tried to avoid him, the man's cheek still brushed against her chest. What a lecherous man!

Li Shuo chuckled at Jiang Ying's retreating figure, saying sorry but without a trace of remorse on his face. Once her figure disappeared, he immediately stopped laughing. "Tch, are we trouble? Women are the trouble, hmph~" Zhao Meng stood by the door, glanced at Li Shuo, and went in first.

"I'm not trying to be mean, Zhao Meng, but I can understand Li Shuo eavesdropping on me. But why are you here too?" Huang Meng had been watching everything that was happening at the door. She was about to say something to Li Shuo when Zhao Meng walked in from the side, leaving her speechless.

“Well, it wasn’t eavesdropping, it was just listening openly and honestly,” Zhao Meng said, smiling at Huang Meng.

“You’ve all heard that. We’re at the embassy now, so it’s best to stay out of it. The situation seems to be quite different from what we expected.”

"Yes, I heard you." Zhao Meng pulled up a chair from the table and sat down, looking at the ground. After a while, he looked at Huang Meng and said, "Do you remember those people we met at the airport? Where did they go?"

"Them? I don't know either." His question suddenly caught Huang Meng's attention. "Exactly, since there are mercenaries everywhere in the city, and they even followed us all the way back to the embassy, ​​where could those people have gone?" Huang Meng looked at Zhao Meng with a puzzled expression.

“I think they must have their own connections, maybe someone is helping them,” Li Shuo said, sitting on the edge of the bed with his legs crossed.

"A rendezvous? Who? Who can rendezvous with them right under the mercenaries' noses? And where will they be taken?" Huang Meng was most concerned about their destination.

"Hmm, they came out of the airport one after us. If they were being questioned, it would definitely have taken a while. When we came out, I remember that woman saw them earlier, so why didn't we see them?"