Under the moonlight

Chapter 135 Demonstration

Xu Ao turned his head and stared at the bones on the table, but what he saw was a face with no expression visible except for a pair of eyes. "No wonder his eyes looked at me with such mockery back then," Xu Ao said coldly.

"What do we do now? What about down there..." Jiang Ying looked at the group of people with grim expressions and said. After all, these were once vibrant lives, but now they were carelessly thrown to the bottom of the pit, being used and trampled upon.

"Bury it, bury it with great fanfare." Xu Ao said firmly, without looking up at the broken bones on the table.

"Xu Ao, what if this is exactly what they want?" Huang Meng looked at Xu Ao's cold face and said anxiously. If they really did this on purpose, whether it was provocation or a demonstration, they just wanted to find a pretext. Back then, Xu Ao and his group suddenly appeared and not only took away his compatriots, but also the lives of the S country people they wanted to destroy. How could he let it go so easily?

"Old Huang, there's something I need your help with." Xu Ao said directly to Old Huang, as if he hadn't heard Huang Meng's words.

"Xu Ao!" Huang Meng was anxious and couldn't help but step forward and grab Xu Ao's arm. "You need to think this through. We don't have complete confidence in them yet." Huang Meng frowned and looked at Xu Ao seriously.

"I'm serious, and I've thought it through." Xu Ao looked at Huang Meng and said each word seriously, then squeezed Huang Meng's hand on his arm tightly.

"What do you need me to do?" Old Huang looked at Huang Meng's worried face and Xu Ao's determined face. Although he didn't know what they wanted him to do, he still asked seriously.

"I need you to lay out all the bones at the bottom of the pit for me, so I can see if I can identify the race by looking at the bones," Xu Ao said earnestly, squeezing Huang Meng's hand.

"Xu Ao, wake up! Your bones are almost completely burned." Zhao Meng glanced at Huang Meng, who was standing next to Xu Ao with a worried expression, and gritted his teeth. Although he was unhappy, he couldn't help but say this.

"That's why we're listing them out one by one, hoping we can find something useful." Xu Ao looked up at the group, his gaze firm and unwavering; this time, he was determined.

Old Huang frowned, lifted his eyelids through his glasses to look at Xu Ao, and then fixed his gaze on the broken bones on the table. After a moment of contemplation, Old Huang looked at Xu Ao and said, "It's not difficult to do this, it's just a bit troublesome. I need some manpower to help me. At least you young people need to get all of those things from the bottom of the pit, um, up for me."

"What? Us? How do we get up here?" Li Shuo reacted strongly to Lao Huang's words, his face full of reluctance, his eyebrows almost knitted together.

"What are you yelling about! Are you even a man?!" Jiang Ying said disdainfully to Li Shuo, then rolled her eyes at him.

"I, I, you, you, how can you talk like that, woman? So you weren't told to do it!"

"I didn't say I wouldn't help!" Jiang Ying immediately retorted. Seeing that the two people's eyes were getting wider and wider, Jiang Ying even lowered her arms, looking like she was about to rush up and slap him. Huang Meng quickly said to Li Shuo, "Shut up and hurry up and think of a way to help. If you have to dig by hand bit by bit, how long will it take!"

Huang Meng glanced helplessly at Li Shuo. Perhaps he was too scared to think straight. The pit was quite big, and no one knew how deep it was. How could they possibly dig it by hand?

"Oh, I see. Do you have any equipment?" Li Shuo relaxed after Huang Meng's words and asked Xu Ao.

"Yes, there is a small excavator in the open space behind the warehouse."

"Who knows?" Li Shuo asked, looking at the group.

“I will,” Jiang Ying replied, staring at him expressionlessly.

"Uh, hehe, you really are capable." Li Shuo looked at Jiang Ying and chuckled.

"Since it's settled, then we'll wait for your good news. I'll go back and make some preparations first," Old Huang said to the group, glancing at his wrist.

Xu Ao nodded to him. Zhao Meng glanced at Huang Meng, who was staring at Xu Ao, sighed softly, and turned to leave. Jiang Ying, being a woman of action, went to the backyard to check on the excavator.

Li Shuo looked at the people who had been gathered together just moments before. Now that they were all gone, he looked around and saw that apart from Huang Meng and Xu Ao, he was all alone.

"Um, well, I'll go back to my room first. Why are you calling me again?" He didn't want to be a third wheel, so he turned to leave, but Xu Ao stopped him. "Go check on the excavator for Jiang Ying. We need to get moving as soon as possible." After Xu Ao finished speaking, he turned to look at Li Shuo, who looked awkward. "Could you give me another job? I feel like she doesn't really like me."

"Yes, I can see that." Xu Ao said calmly, looking at Li Shuo.

"So, you want me to go and make a fool of myself?" Li Shuo raised an eyebrow at Huang Meng and Xu Ao, both of whom were looking at him with 'what do you think?' expressions, and neither of them said a word.

"Well, okay, sigh, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head! I'll go." Li Shuo looked at Huang Meng and then at Xu Ao, then shrugged helplessly, spread his hands, and said helplessly, before taking long strides towards the backyard.

"Are you really sure? Once the excavator is used, it will make quite a commotion, and they will definitely notice." After Li Shuo left, Huang Meng turned to Xu Ao and said seriously.

"They've already taken advantage of us, why should I be afraid of them! So what if they find out? Humph!" Xu Ao placed his hands on the table, his eyes behind his glasses revealing a sinister and sharp glint as he stared intently at the broken bones on the table. "They should pray that we don't find out anything, otherwise they're the ones who should be worried," Xu Ao said coldly.

“Since you’ve made up your mind, then go for it! As long as we don’t get close to the areas they’ve blocked, there shouldn’t be any major problems. Xu Ao, you must be careful.” Huang Meng said, pulling on Xu Ao’s arm with concern. This time, she could clearly sense his anger.

"Yes, don't worry, I know what I'm doing." Xu Ao turned his head and took Huang Meng's hand in his. "I have you by my side, how could I not have any concerns?" After saying that, Xu Ao brought her small hand to his mouth and rubbed it.

“It’s not just me, it’s them, it’s your colleagues, it’s the entire embassy, ​​it’s all on your shoulders.” Huang Meng let his lips rub against her palm, the tingling sensation traveling from her palm to her arm and straight to her heart.

"Yes, you are the most important." Xu Ao seemed like a completely different person now. Gone was his calmness and solemnity. Like a rogue, a smile played on his lips as he spoke straightforward words of love, looking at Huang Meng with a gentle expression.

"Xu Ao! What time is it? Isn't this cheesy!" Huang Meng looked into the unfathomable tenderness in his eyes, which almost instantly drew her in. But he just smiled slightly, meeting her almost subdued gaze, as if admiring her falling for him.

Huang Meng forcefully pulled her hand away, turned around, and said in a muffled voice with her back to him, "Don't forget, you were the one who broke up with me first."

Hearing her say that, Xu Ao felt a surge of joy. Sure enough, this girl still cared about this matter, which meant that her heart was still with him.

Xu Ao's smile became even more unrestrained and arrogant. "But I remember you didn't agree, right? Since..." Xu Ao stretched out his arms and wrapped them around her waist, gradually getting closer to her until his chest was pressed tightly against her back.

He rested his chin on her shoulder and took a deep, almost greedy breath, filling his chest with her scent. He was so reluctant to exhale slowly, and only then, with the warmth emanating from her chest, did he finally relax.

Huang Meng had her back to him when she felt a weight on her shoulder. She was about to lift her shoulder to lift Xu Ao's chin when she heard a heavy sigh. Then her whole body slumped down. "Let me hold you for a while, just a little while. It's been so long since I've held you," he said in a deep voice.