Under the moonlight

Chapter 133 Secretly Following

As usual, lunch was delivered to the room door by the kitchen staff. Xu Ao kept a close eye on when Huang Meng would open the door to get her food, and quickly opened the door, wanting to take this opportunity to say a word to her, or even just to catch a glimpse of her.

Since that day when they parted, so much had happened, and he had never had a proper conversation with her. Coincidentally, Zhao Meng also opened the door at the same time, and his purpose was even more undisguised. He stared straight at Huang Meng as soon as he opened the door.

"How are you doing? Are you settling in?" Xu Ao glanced at Zhao Meng opposite him. This guy is pretty quick!

"Hmm, what's there to be used to or not used to?" Xu Ao looked at Huang Meng, who seemed a little unhappy.

"Huang Meng, I..."

"Bang!" Before Xu Ao could finish speaking, Huang Meng glared at him and slammed the door shut. Li Shuo across the hall opened his door, picked up a tray, and was about to turn around and go in when he saw Xu Ao and Zhao Meng staring at each other. "What, aren't you going to eat?"

The two then turned their gaze away. "Actually, she has feelings for you," Zhao Meng said to Xu Ao before closing the door.

As Xu Ao looked at the door that Zhao Meng had closed, he suddenly felt a different kind of affection for this man. At first, he thought Zhao Meng had a strong sense of roguishness, but as he got to know him better, he found that he was not only upright but also quite loyal.

Zhao Meng placed the tray on the table, fiddling with the food but having no appetite. His mind was replaying what Huang Meng had said on the rooftop that day.

She trusted him so much that even when he broke up with her in front of her, she never doubted him and firmly chose to believe him. Behind this trust were their shared experiences, her understanding of him, and her love for him.

Zhao Meng put down his chopsticks, leaned back weakly in his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and muttered to himself, "If you really love him, how can I force you to do something against your will?"

Xu Ao was also unable to eat. He had so much to say to Huang Meng, but he was afraid that once he opened his mouth, he would not be able to control himself and say too much to her. Sometimes, knowing too much is not necessarily a good thing. The more you know, the more you think, and the more you are burdened by the world, and the less you can truly feel at ease.

He certainly hoped she could be free and embrace life passionately, instead of being dragged into a living hell by the despair and helplessness here.

However, Huang Meng didn't think so much like the other two. She was excited about what she was going to do in the evening, and quickly finished her meal and put the plate back at the door of her room.

She looked around; the entire hallway was eerily quiet. Thinking back to not long ago, in the room opposite, Li Linlin would always smile and invite her to eat together in the lobby on the first floor. Her gaze moved backward to the room where Lin Hanshuang and Yuri had once stayed; it should be empty now. "Sigh~" Huang Meng sighed, lowering her eyes, and turned to close the door. How were they?

Actually, they are not completely unable to go out, but they have to be disinfected in that disinfection room every time they enter or leave. To avoid trouble, many people choose to stay in their own rooms and not go out, which is safe for themselves and others.

The city is now almost entirely controlled by mercenaries, and even their government is under their control. As a result, the work of the embassy has almost come to a standstill. All that is needed each day is simple record-keeping. Apart from the staff on duty and the logistics personnel, there is hardly anyone moving around in the entire building.

And so, the whole building spent another day in silence. Huang Meng had been waiting in her room all day until the sun outside the window gradually dimmed and the sunlight changed from scorching white to soft orange-red. Huang Meng knew that the time was almost up. She quietly opened the door and quickly walked to Jiang Ying's room. Jiang Ying had already opened her door. She went in effortlessly and gently closed the door behind her.

"Let's wait a little longer, it should be soon." Jiang Ying glanced at the time and nodded to Huang Meng.

Sure enough, every time Huang Meng and Jiang Ying sat down, they heard footsteps in the corridor. If the three of them went out together and walked in the corridor, the footsteps of three grown men would be quite loud.

"Let's go and see." Huang Meng and Jiang Ying exchanged a glance, crouched down and quickly walked to the door. After listening carefully, when the footsteps faded into the distance, she gently opened the door a crack and saw only the back of Li Shuo, who was at the back.

“They’ve left. Let’s wait five minutes before going down,” Huang Meng said, turning to Jiang Ying.

Perhaps because it was their first time doing something so clandestine, both of them were very nervous. Jiang Ying, however, remained relatively rational. She paced back and forth in the room, frowning and deep in thought.

"What's wrong? Why are you so serious?" Although Huang Meng herself was nervously rubbing her hands, based on her understanding of Jiang Ying, she knew that Jiang Ying's nervousness was not the same as hers.

"I'm worried about that pit they mentioned. How come there's a pit behind the embassy? Where did it come from? Was it there before?" Jiang Ying asked, then looked at Huang Meng with a serious expression.

Faced with her barrage of questions, especially the last one, Huang Meng truly didn't know how to answer. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Well, I'm not entirely sure either. We took that path that time, but we were worried about the mercenaries and also wanted to move quickly, so we didn't have time to think... Wait a minute." As Huang Meng spoke, a sudden thought flashed through her mind, as if she had remembered something. She frowned, stared at the floor, thought for a moment, and then suddenly looked at Jiang Ying, "One thing is certain: there were no potholes on one side of that path before."

“Because we encountered mercenaries on the road before, and Xu Ao and I quickly lay down under the grass by the roadside to escape. So, at least that section of the roadside is flat,” Huang Meng said earnestly to Jiang Ying.

"Hmm, it seems we still can't be sure if there are any potholes along the road right next to the back wall. Well, it's about time, let's go down first," Jiang Ying said, glancing at the time.

The two quickly opened the door, went downstairs, and walked to the entrance of the lobby on the first floor. They deliberately hid and looked around. Huang Meng and Jiang Ying peeked out and could just see the wall they had climbed over. At this time, only Li Shuo was left. He was wearing a rope and was very agile. He climbed over in a few moves.

"Hmph, you're all pretty good at climbing walls," Huang Meng said with a snort.

"Let's go." Jiang Ying saw that there was no one left by the wall, so she quickly pulled Huang Meng over and carried a chair from the hall.

"What do you want to do?" Huang Meng looked at the chair, then at Jiang Ying and asked.

"peep."

Huang Meng immediately understood, gave Jiang Ying a thumbs up, and the two of them quickly carried the chairs to the wall, arranged them, and each of them stood up slightly, peeking out to stare at the three big men working below.