Under the moonlight

Chapter 117 Acting Cute?

Xu Ao took the documents and stopped thinking about them. He hurried back to pack his things and made a phone call to Jiang Ying on his way back.

"My flight is tomorrow morning. How's the embassy doing now?"

"Xu Ao, I'm troubling you to come back and clean up this mess again, I..."

"Why say all this?"

"The embassy is now completely locked down. If you arrive tomorrow, mercenaries may take you directly from the airport to the embassy."

"What, is it the same as before, sealing off the entire city?" Xu Ao said with a cold snort.

"Yes, but this time it's much more serious than last time. Last time, at most there was a lack of food and water. This time, the whole city is plagued, and there are infected people everywhere. There isn't enough medicine to treat them. They really can only wait to die."

"Okay, I understand. I didn't expect to come back unscathed this time either." Xu Ao said coldly and hung up the phone. It seemed that it was impossible for him to help the people this time; he would be lucky to save the people at the embassy.

Huang Meng returned home fuming. Thinking about how Xu Ao had spoken to her earlier, she grew increasingly angry. She grabbed a pillow and threw it forcefully onto the bed. "Xu Ao! You think your tricks can fool me? You don't want me to go? I'll go anyway!"

But now that the threat is gone, what can she do? Huang Meng stood up and paced back and forth in the room. It was Li Shuo who recommended her to go to S country. He also had classmates there. Could he possibly have a solution? Thinking about this, she called Li Shuo and directly explained her thoughts. Unexpectedly, Li Shuo's reaction was the same as Xu Ao's.

"Are you crazy?! What's going on over there that you want to join in the fun? Xu Ao has a mission to do, he can't do anything about it. Are you going to commit suicide with him?" Li Shuo said irritably.

“Li Shuo, you know me. Once I’ve made up my mind, no one can persuade me otherwise.”

"Why do you have to keep hitting this wall? If Xu Ao had any hope, he wouldn't have broken up with you before leaving. Don't you understand?"

“I understand, but I think they still have a chance. Even if the final result isn’t good, we are Chinese, and that’s my confidence,” Huang Meng said calmly as she listened to Li Shuo’s anxious shouts on the other end of the phone.

“Even if you have the protection of being from China, bullets don’t discriminate. You’ve been through it once, so you know how ruthless artillery fire is. Even if it’s said to be an accidental killing, so what?” Li Shuo was genuinely anxious as he listened to Huang Meng’s firm tone.

"Don't say so much, I've already made up my mind. Just tell me if you can help!" Huang Meng was too lazy to talk to him anymore; she didn't have much time left.

"I, I really can't do anything with you. I'll just ask for you. If you can't find out, then don't think about it anymore, understand?" Li Shuo had no choice but to appease her first. However, he was also worried about his classmate's current situation. He probably couldn't do anything about it either, so asking wouldn't hurt.

Huang Meng hung up the phone, thought for a moment, and then quickly called Zhao Meng again, but it was always busy. She tried several times and got the same result. Huang Meng started to get anxious. It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon. She thought that Zhao Meng should be at the company at this time, so she grabbed her phone and went downstairs.

As soon as Huang Meng arrived at the company, she went to the conference room, but Zhao Meng was nowhere to be seen. Where had he gone? Huang Meng saw Liang Yuanyuan and quickly grabbed her, asking, "Yuanyuan, have you seen Zhao Meng?"

Looking at her anxious expression, Liang Yuanyuan shook her head blankly, "No, I didn't see it."

"Huang Meng, what brings you here?" Zhao Meng was somewhat surprised to see Huang Meng at the company.

"Zhao Meng, I've been looking for you. Where have you been?" Huang Meng quickly pulled him into the conference room and closed the door. She looked at Zhao Meng anxiously and said, "Xu Ao took that document."

"Hmm, I can imagine. He probably won't take you with him; he'll definitely try to take it back." Zhao Meng breathed a sigh of relief. Although he had already prepared a backup plan, it would be best if Xu Ao could make her give up the idea of ​​going with him.

"So, can you help me? You know a lot of people, and Chen Zhi knows a lot of people too. Can you help me buy a plane ticket?"

"I, I..." Seeing Huang Meng's anxious look, Zhao Meng suddenly didn't know if what he was doing was right. He had also survived the explosion of the fire in S country, so he knew how dangerous it was to go to S country.

"I do have a way, but you can't go." Zhao Meng stammered for a long time before finally telling Huang Meng the truth.

"Xu Ao broke up with me because of this," Huang Meng said to Zhao Meng with a serious expression.

"What? Break up?" Zhao Meng thought about it for a moment and understood Xu Ao's intention. He would rather break up with her than let her go on this risk.

"In that case, there's even less reason for you to go."

“Zhao Meng, I’m going not just for him. Nasha, Yuri, Lin Hanshuang, and Jiang Ying and Chen Che from the embassy are all people I care about. I want to help them. Don’t you want to? If you’re the kind of person who would stand by and watch someone die, how could you help rescue so many people under the fire? Yuri, he’s your friend, right? Can the shipment you found be delivered to him when he’s injured? Can it save him?”

Hearing Huang Meng's barrage of questions, Zhao Meng was at a loss for words. It would be a lie to say he wasn't worried, and it would also be a lie to say he didn't care or not at all.

“Zhao Meng, come with me. If I’m not mistaken, the shipment you found will be taken away by Xu Ao, right? We’ll go under the company’s name, under the pretext of delivering goods. They won’t make things difficult for us. Besides, with you here, you’ll protect me, right? Zhao Meng, think about it. We’re Chinese citizens. They won’t do anything to us. They just want to sanction S country. They won’t make things difficult for us.” Huang Meng saw that Zhao Meng’s expression was slightly wavering, and she grabbed his arm, looking at him with eager eyes.

"But……"

"Zhao Meng, I believe you. You will help me. Only you can help me now." Huang Meng knew that what she was doing was somewhat shameless, but she had no other choice. She couldn't just watch Xu Ao go to his death alone.

"Okay, but you have to listen to me." Zhao Meng finally gave in to Huang Meng's persistent pleading and agreed.

"I knew you would help me." Huang Meng looked at Zhao Meng and hugged him excitedly.

Zhao Meng felt her soft, fragrant body embrace him and reached out to hold her tightly. However, she was unwilling to risk danger and had to go with Xu Ao; she truly loved him. His arms fell limply to his sides, and he gently patted her shoulder. "Let's go back and pack up. I'll pick you up first thing tomorrow morning."

"Zhao Meng, do not tell Xu Ao about this beforehand."

These were Huang Meng's words to him before she left. Perhaps she had guessed that he would contact Xu Ao in advance and was afraid of any further accidents, which is why she said this.