Free Web NovelChapter 90: Chapter 90: Why Is There a Little Girl?
Su Li looked around helplessly. "I was chasing after my runaway cattle. I realize I’ve come quite a long way."
The sun was gradually setting. It was already past five in the afternoon. If she didn’t head back soon, she probably wouldn’t make it home before dark.
"Your foot isn’t badly injured right now, but if you walk all that way back, you won’t even be able to stand on it tomorrow."
After all, Su Li had sprained her ankle because of their trap, so Wu Sheng felt they bore some responsibility.
But how to take that responsibility was the question.
The injury wasn’t severe, and he couldn’t just carry a young woman back. But letting Su Li leave on her own wasn’t an option, either.
’Give her a ride?’ They were in the middle of a training exercise; that wasn’t appropriate.
Wu Sheng’s brow furrowed.
"I should be fine," Su Li said, unaware of Wu Sheng’s dilemma. If an ordinary person had dug this trap, she definitely would have said something.
But since it was dug for a training exercise, they were conducting official business, so it wasn’t her place to complain.
Besides, she had already held them up. It was best to leave as soon as possible.
With that thought, Su Li asked the question she hadn’t finished earlier. "Did you see two cattle run past here?"
"We did," Wu Sheng said, pointing ahead. "They’re up there."
"That’s great! I’ll go herd them home." Su Li’s eyes lit up.
"Thank you for everything today. I’ll be going now." Su Li said her goodbyes and turned to leave. freewebnσvel.cøm
"Wait a second." Wu Sheng suddenly raised a hand, tilting his head to listen for a moment. His gaze hardened.
Wa Wa Lian immediately dropped and pressed his ear to the ground.
"Boss, something’s coming."
Wu Sheng nodded. "Reset the trap on the double. Then conceal yourselves."
After giving the command in a low, rapid-fire voice, he looked over at Su Li.
Holding her breath, Su Li pointed to the side. "I’ll go over there."
"No time." Wu Sheng stepped forward and grabbed Su Li’s arm.
Forced to keep up with him, Su Li asked, "What do you mean? What’s happening?"
"We’re taking cover together. Once we’re hidden, don’t make a sound and don’t move." Wu Sheng stopped and pointed to an indentation behind a small earthen mound that was clearly used for lying in wait. "Get down."
"Okay." Su Li quickly dropped to the ground.
Once she was down, she looked up and realized that in that short amount of time, the trap she had fallen into had been restored.
It was perfectly concealed again, without a single flaw.
The two soldiers were rapidly falling back, and the way Su Li looked at them changed completely.
’That speed, that skill... They’re definitely not ordinary people.’
Su Li looked at Wu Sheng lying beside her. He didn’t look very old, but he was their boss, which made him even less of an ordinary person.
Just as Su Li was thinking this, she heard a distinct noise.
A vehicle was approaching.
Su Li clapped a hand over her mouth and pressed her head low against the ground, determined not to be a burden.
In seconds, the two soldiers were back in their hiding spots, once again resembling clumps of ’foxtail grass’. freewebnovel.cσ๓
Wu Sheng, who had likewise turned back into a clump of ’fountain grass,’ blended seamlessly with his surroundings... unlike Su Li.
Wu Sheng glanced at Su Li’s conspicuous red clothes. As the sound of the vehicle grew louder and closer, he suddenly moved toward her.
"Pardon the intrusion." Before the words had even faded, he abruptly covered Su Li with his upper body.
Su Li felt warmth radiating onto her back, and the unfamiliar scent of a man filled her nostrils.
She reflexively wanted to move but desperately held herself still.
Wu Sheng was merely hovering over her without actually touching her, perfectly concealing the giveaway of her red clothes.
The sound of the vehicle grew closer and closer, and the ground itself seemed to tremble.
Su Li didn’t dare move a muscle or even breathe.
Meanwhile, Wu Sheng and his two men, perfectly hidden, fixed their sharp gazes on the truck that was slowly approaching the trap.
Behind the lead truck, there were three three-wheeled motorcycles.
"Are the Red Team guys scared or what? We haven’t seen a single attack," came a loud discussion from the truck.
"Probably. To hear people talk, you’d think the Red Team was legendary. I was expecting something special!"
"I know, right? I was picturing them with three heads and six arms. Who would’ve thought... HA HA..."
Amid their boisterous laughter and discussion, with a thunderous CRASH, the truck successfully drove right into the trap.
"AHH!" Amidst a chorus of shouts, the men on the three motorcycles behind were stunned.
"What’s going on?" They had just gotten up to be on alert when they saw someone suddenly rushing toward them from up ahead.
But in a flash, before they could even process what was happening, one motorcycle with its three riders had been flipped to the ground, tied up, and immobilized.
In the blink of an eye, the nine men from the three motorcycles... were all captured.
By the time the nine men finally came to their senses, they saw that on the truck in the trap, all twenty-eight people, including the driver, had also been captured.
From start to finish, the entire engagement took three minutes.
The captured men hadn’t even gotten a clear look at their opponents’ faces before it was all over.
Wu Sheng and his two men acted as if nothing had happened.
Su Li had watched the lopsided confrontation from beginning to end, and her expression was one of pure, slack-jawed astonishment the entire time.
’They called this a training exercise, but it was all offense and no defense.’
’The moment the truck fell into the trap, the three men had vanished in the blink of an eye. Their speed and reflexes were... ’
Having witnessed it all from such close proximity, Su Li was so shocked that she remained motionless on the ground for a long moment.
"I was captured just like that? I refuse to accept it!" A sudden, incredulous wail shattered Su Li’s train of thought.
"No, I don’t accept it! I can’t accept it!"
Su Li looked toward the sound and saw a man, his hands bound with a leather belt, kneeling on the ground and shouting at the sky.
Su Li: "..."
Her mind automatically supplied a tragically dramatic ballad as his background music.
"Stop howling. It’s grating," Wu Sheng said, picking at his ear.
"Keep howling and we’ll gag you," Wa Wa Lian added from the side.
"You can’t abuse prisoners! Prisoners have dignity too!" the wailing man immediately shot back.
"Gag him." Wu Sheng couldn’t be bothered to argue.
"Alrighty!" Wa Wa Lian stepped forward excitedly. "Hope nobody’s socks are stinky!"
He grinned as he scanned the group. "If your socks stink, I’d advise you to stop howling."
The entire group of captives fell silent.
The wailing man shut his mouth, but unfortunately for him, he was gagged anyway.
"I’m going to take inventory of the spoils." The soldier with the honest face waited for Wu Sheng’s nod and then went off gleefully.
"Everyone, assemble over here."
Wu Sheng said, pointing ahead.
Once everyone had gathered, Wu Sheng paused, then suddenly turned to look behind the small earthen mound.
"Still not coming out?"
The captives were startled, and all of them looked toward the earthen mound.
Then, from behind the mound, a pretty young woman slowly emerged.
Everyone stared, dumbfounded, and couldn’t help but ask, "What’s going on?"
"Is she on the Blue Team, too?"
"Why is there a young woman here?"
"This is just unfair! They even brought a girl with them!"
Wu Sheng frowned, then looked at Wa Wa Lian and said, "You and I will go up ahead and see if those two cattle are still around."
"You stay here, finish taking inventory, and watch them," Wu Sheng instructed, nodding toward the soldier with the honest face.
"Yes, sir," the two immediately acknowledged.
"Let’s go see about your cattle," Wu Sheng finally said to Su Li.
"Okay." Su Li nodded and obediently followed him, leaving the crowd of captives with faces of utter disbelief.
