Chapter 53: Charm of the Heart (XI)

He heard the words from the leader over there, and saw that the first member of the exploration team was about to enter the crack, so he shouted loudly: "Stop!"

So the first fighter plane stopped just in front of the crack.

The exploration team was stopped. In confusion, they were told that they were not needed to take risks for the time being, and were told to go home and rest and return to their posts tomorrow. They had already made up their minds and were ready to never return, but at the last minute they were suddenly told that they didn't have to go. They were confused until their comrades hugged them tightly and beat their backs hard, and then they finally reacted. There was a warmth in their eyes, and they hugged them back hard.

The two design drawings sparked heated discussions at the National Research Institute. Scientists strongly wanted to have a direct conversation with An Cui as there were some parts that they simply could not understand.

The hardliners were still stiff-necked and looked unhappy when they heard this gruff voice saying, "This picture is clearly drawn, how can you not understand it?"

The moderate smiled: "You don't understand, why are you asking so many questions?"

The hardliners were angry: "Your smug faces are disgusting!"

Scientist: "That's right. Simply put, her ideas are beyond our level of technological development. Her two designs are a reform. If they can be completed, they will definitely bring absolute benefits to our world. But we don't have the ability to complete them yet. We need her help..."

The moderates promised An Cui that they would not check her true identity again. If she wanted to let them know, they could know, and if she didn't want to, she didn't have to. If she had any needs, she could also raise them, and they would consider whether to meet them. However, the world is now in danger, and people all over the world are living under the threat of foreign invaders and are in urgent need of help. They hope that she will not hesitate to lend a helping hand.

The hardliners thought that their attitude was a disgrace to the government and that a citizen was stepping on their head. However, they could not resist An Cui's tricks. Faced with the good things that An Cui threw out one after another that excited the researchers of the Academy of Sciences, they could only be stubborn at first and then their faces turned red. They dared not speak out their anger.

They no longer have the right to intervene in the matter of An Cui, as the President has handed it over to the moderates.

Their ultimate goal is world peace. No matter who An Cui is, where she comes from, or how mysterious she is, she is on the side of humanity, and that is enough. In troubled times, smart people know that there is no need to get to the bottom of some things.

...

An Cui came to school in the morning and found a lunch box in her desk. When she opened it, she found that there was no dead rat or live cockroach inside, but a meal that looked quite delicious. There was a smiley face made of meat floss on the rice grains. An Cui looked at the other students in the class and asked who had sent it.

Yao Jie, who was sitting in the back seat with his feet up and playing with a knife, said again in a sarcastic tone: "Yesterday you were a hero saving a beauty, but today there is a beauty who is willing to sacrifice herself for you, isn't there?"

Huang Jie said at the side: "Meng Jiao, I'm telling you, don't eat it, it might be poisonous. The boy named Xiang Ge from the next class is said to be a psychopath. Isn't there a saying in psychology that many mentally ill criminals have a history of abusing small animals? Xiang Ge strangled a cute rabbit to death!"

The rabbit originally came to school from nowhere and was picked up by a girl from the next class, Class 10. When the PE class was over, the boy who beat the girl up yesterday was the first to come back to the class. He saw Xiang Ge strangling the rabbit's neck with one hand, and the rabbit was already dead. So the news that Xiang Ge was a pervert spread among the grade, and no one wanted to be friends with him, and some even started to bully him.

An Cui was quite surprised. Was it true? The male protagonist of this copy gave her a lunch box? ? A wife character? ? She glanced at the two of them, closed the lunch box, and walked to Class 10 with it.

Xiang Ge was sitting in the corner of the last row, right next to the trash can. He was writing something on a piece of paper with his head down. He was not very good-looking, but he probably had a beautiful face, as his skinny hands and wrists exposed looked very nice.

When he caught a glimpse of An Cui coming over, he immediately put down his pen and stood up.

"Is this from you?" An Cui asked.

Xiang Ge nodded timidly, his gray glass-like eyes looking at her cautiously, "Thank you."

"Even if it wasn't you, I would still help. It's just a small favor. Since it's a thank you gift you prepared specially, I'll accept it. We're even, that's all."

Xiang Ge didn't say anything, just watched An Cui leave. On his pale and gloomy face were a pair of large and melancholy eyes, and his pupils were like two gray glass beads, greedily following An Cui's back.

The lunch boxes continued to be delivered, changing every day, from local dishes to foreign dishes, and each time they were beautifully prepared. An Cui said frankly that she would not eat them, but the other party looked timid and pitiful and said that they were gifts of thanks. The delivery continued the next day, and after An Cui confirmed that there was no poison, she simply threw them to others to eat.

When she was walking home from school, she found him following her again, far behind her. She turned her head to look at him, but he didn't hide, but followed her openly. "Why are you following me?"

Xiang Ge stood there with a frail body, his eyes timid, as if he was afraid of being driven away: "I want to escort you home..."

An Cui: "..."

As it turned out, Xiang Ge was indeed useful. After school, a space-time rift appeared. An Cui was rushing to the secret base to change clothes when she was stopped by a few boys who looked like gangsters from other schools. They said, "You are Meng Jiao, right? Our boss wants to see you. Come with us..."

An Cui kept walking, ready to walk over and knock the man down, but she didn't expect a man to rush out from behind her and knock the man down with a fist. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, it would be hard to believe that Xiang Ge, who looked like a weak chicken, could knock these people down, and his movements were quite fierce and decisive. After beating the man, the man still looked at her with an "I am a weak chicken" look, timid and innocent.

An Cui felt that it was certain that this man was sick, otherwise he would not have a happy ending with the witch. No matter how much she said to him, it would be useless. He would probably continue to beat him after his injuries healed. Besides, he was relatively quiet, so overall it would not have much impact. An Cui was too lazy to pay attention to him.

...

Yan Cheng was playing tennis with his friends. His muscles bulged and sweat splashed with every swing of the racket. He looked completely different from his usual gentle and artistic self, but he still caught the attention of the girls sitting outside the court.

The opponent failed to receive the ball again and said helplessly: "No more play, no more play."

"I see you've been in a bad mood lately. What's going on? Is it that your biological sister from another family is causing trouble again?"

Yan Cheng took the towel and wiped the wet hair on his forehead, "Stop talking."

The atmosphere at home was strange recently. He didn't know when his parents had such a good relationship with An Cui. Last time, he saw a couple who said they were going to have a private dinner with An Cui. They were talking and laughing while eating. Even his father, who was the most gentle and elegant, seemed a little excited. He was too enthusiastic. When they got home, he asked them what was going on. The two of them just said that it was nothing wrong to have a meal with their biological daughter.

Fortunately, Yan Shu didn't know, otherwise he would be so sad.

But just because Yan Shu doesn't know now doesn't mean he won't know in the future. He can foresee what might happen later, which makes him very unhappy, and he even hates An Cui very much. He is very satisfied with his original family and doesn't want any changes.

After packing up the rackets, Yan Cheng and his friends prepared to move to another place to eat. However, on the way, an abnormal alarm suddenly sounded. It was a level three alert, which meant that the intruder was small, and the way to deal with it was to enter the building immediately and close the doors and windows.

So the gymnasium was immediately closed and locked, and the guests consciously checked the doors and windows, and then came to the lobby on the first floor.

However, when they all arrived at the lobby, Yan Cheng found a faint wisp of green smoke in the air. Gan Lan had described the crack to him before, and he immediately gasped and yelled, "Run!"

Only then did people realize in shock that the space-time rift was actually directly opened in this gymnasium!

No one expected this to happen. Seeing the disgusting wolf-like creatures appear out of nowhere, the people in the gymnasium immediately screamed in panic and turned to run away. However, the intruders were faster. Some people were thrown down and had large pieces of flesh on their backs torn off, dying in agony. Some people just ran into a table tennis room and tried to close the door, but it was knocked open before they could remember to close it tightly. Some people ran towards the closed door and knocked on it, hoping that the person inside would open the door and let them in, but the person inside didn't dare to open it...

Yan Cheng and his classmates were very athletic and responsive. When they found the crack, they immediately turned and ran to the nearest window and quickly jumped out of it. The safe house was only 50 meters away, and they all ran in immediately.

While running, Yan Cheng heard a girl say in horror: "Qiaoqiao and Annie are still inside..."

"What?!"

"Why are you still in there?!"

"No, I don't know. It seems like I accidentally tripped over someone and couldn't catch up..."

"Grass!"

"What now?!"

While the group was talking, an intruder had already run out through the window and chased after them.

At this time, they suddenly found that the door of a large shopping mall in front of them suddenly opened, and a large group of panicked people rushed out, accompanied by a group of invaders who looked exactly like those in the gymnasium, like wolf monsters, ugly and disgusting, with sharp and terrifying fangs. They greedily and happily pounced on people one by one, crazy for the abundant food.

An intruder indoors is also an intruder outdoors.

Yan Cheng suddenly realized that this time there was not just one crack, but possibly several, and some of them were even indoors!

"Help! Help!!"

"Open the door! Open the door and let us in!!"

"Mom, mom, woo, woo, woo..."

Everyone ran in panic, trying to find shelter. The safe house was knocked, but the people hiding inside didn't dare to open the door, because there were too many intruders, too close, and they could pounce at any time when they opened the door. If one entered the safe house, then everyone inside would be finished! Similarly, the shops and shopping malls that were lucky enough not to have cracks inside did not dare to open their doors. Even if someone wanted to open the door, they would be besieged and stopped by the people around them.

"If they come in, can you be responsible?"

"If you want to die, go die!"

"Wait for the police! Shadow Woman will definitely show up too! What else can we do except wait!"

"..."

Every door was closed.

Sirens rang out all over the city, helicopters were everywhere in the sky, gunshots were heard one after another, monsters were shot and fell one by one, but more monsters came out of the cracks that had not yet closed. Fighters flew over quickly, stopped in front of the cracks, and attacked them one after another, finally preventing their number from increasing.

This time there were five of them, each appearing in different locations, some indoors and some outdoors. All of them were small social creatures, too scattered and very troublesome. People's panicked escape on the streets also greatly hindered their aiming.

Gan Lan and Yan Wenqing were both in the safe house. When they suddenly saw their son among the fleeing crowd, especially when a monster was chasing him, they almost fainted.

Yan Shu, who was in the safe house with the Meng family, also saw Yan Cheng and frowned slightly. He was going to die? If he died, would Gan Lan and Yan Wenqing be able to give her all their love? If not, it would be more valuable for him to stay alive and provide her with love. But what if Gan Lan and Yan Wenqing really gave her all?

But soon the witch didn't have to think about this difficult problem anymore, because Shadow Woman finally arrived.

Shadow Woman dropped from the sky, and as soon as she landed, her knife flashed, and the two beside her were killed by her.

Including the one that was pressing on Yan Cheng.

Gan Lan tightly grasped Yan Wenqing's hand, breathing heavily. There were bursts of cheers around her, as if An Cui's arrival meant safety.

Yan Cheng was caught off guard and his face was sprayed with smelly blood, but he didn't mind at all. He pushed away the heavy corpse on his body, and looked at the slender black figure that had been copied by his brush countless times, gasping for breath. He saw her figure flashing like a snake, swift, neat, and fearless, and the invaders fell to the ground one by one.

When people saw her, they all ran over to hide behind her as if they had seen a patron saint, and she chopped down all those who rushed towards her.

The people in the safe house were watching the images from the satellite, so they could see the following scene from a bird's-eye view: the scattered people rushed towards An Cui from all directions like they had grabbed a life-saving straw, and hid behind An Cui, gradually forming a dark mass of people hiding behind her. At the same time, there were monsters attracted from all directions, just like a tide of beasts.

Everyone watching this scene in the safe house felt their hair stand on end and their scalps tingled.

The government and An Chui had formed a tacit understanding: the soldiers on the helicopters shot at them, trying to kill them as much as possible in the first line of defense, while An Chui was the last line of defense, killing the fish that escaped. The soldiers on land immediately moved to other blocks to provide assistance and eliminate the remaining invaders.

These two lines of defense made people instantly feel like they had escaped death, and the shopping mall behind them also quickly opened its doors, allowing the people behind An Cui to rush in.

Once again, she pulled the long knife out of a corpse, and at the same time, she stabbed the other knife into the mouth of the monster that pounced on her from another direction. The two long knives in An Cui's hands had already been stained red. Her face and body were also covered in blood and she had several scratches. Her chest was heaving violently, and her arms felt a little tired.

Yan Cheng ran to the transparent elevator of the shopping mall, leaned on the glass and looked down, and saw An Cui's appearance, and was extremely nervous and worried.

Fortunately, the cracks had gradually closed and stopped increasing. By the time the people behind An Cui entered the mall, there were no more intruders in front of An Cui.

But the alarm hadn't been triggered yet, the intruder hadn't been cleared, so she held the knife and moved to where she was needed.

It was not until around four o'clock in the afternoon that the last intruder was killed and the alarm was finally lifted.

There was another explosion on the Internet. Many of Yancheng's classmates sent him messages of condolences, and excitedly asked him how it felt to be saved by Shadow Woman and to watch her fight up close.

How does it feel? Yan Cheng held his still violently beating heart, his hands still trembling slightly, thinking that he didn't know what it would feel like in the future, but at least now, at this moment, if she needed it, he could give her his life.

...

Gan Lan and Yan Wenqing came out of the safe house and returned home. They heard noises upstairs and thought a thief had broken in. They grabbed a kitchen knife and a broom and went upstairs. When they came to their bedroom, they suddenly opened the door and found that it was An Cui, who was still wearing the Shadow Woman combat uniform.

She leaned against the wall, looking a little weak.

Gan Lan threw the broom away at once, "Jiao Jiao!"

Yan Wenqing also quickly put the kitchen knife aside and walked over.

"Sorry for making the floor dirty..."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Are you hurt?!"

"Well, I need clothes and medicine."

"Okay, okay, I'll prepare it for you right away!"

It didn't feel troublesome at all, and there was even a sense of mission and excitement. Yan Wenqing went to look for medicine in his house, and when he saw that something was missing, he immediately went out to the pharmacy to buy it. Gan Lan first went to look for a set of Yan Shu's clothes, and when Yan Wenqing came back after buying the medicine, he helped her apply the medicine in the bathroom. Looking at the hideous claw marks on her shoulder, Gan Lan was so distressed that she cried while disinfecting and bandaging her. When she looked up and saw that her expression was firm, as if she didn't feel any pain at all, the complicated feelings in her heart were agitated again.

Gan Lan insisted that An Cui stay at home for two days to recuperate. After such an injury, there must be a lot of food that cannot be eaten. The Meng family didn't know that she was the Shadow Woman, and she didn't tell them. It was inconvenient to live in the Meng family. There were no extra rooms at home, but it didn't matter. Yan Cheng could just sleep on the sofa in the living room.

When Yan Cheng came back, Gan Lan told him that his room would be given to An Cui first and he would have to sleep on the sofa in the living room.

Yan Cheng frowned and said in a repulsive tone: "Mom, I'm an adult. It's not good for her to sleep in my room?"

"What's wrong with that? She is your sister. And she has received such a great favor from you, so what's wrong with her sleeping in the same bed with you?" Gan Lan said as she added red dates and wolfberries to the soup.

Yan Cheng said, "I received a favor from her? What favor did I receive from her?"

"Anyway, your sister is going to sleep in your room. If you don't want to, you can stay in the school dormitory for a few days."

Yan Cheng was a little impatient. He went upstairs to his room to pack his clothes and go back to the school dormitory. He really felt that Gan Lan and Yan Wenqing must have been poisoned and that was why they became like this.

He thought An Cui was coming to stay but hadn't come yet, so he opened the door immediately and suddenly saw An Cui sitting cross-legged on his bed, holding a white cloth in her hand, wiping her two long knives that were stained red.

An Cui looked over calmly and sharply, like two sharp arrows, suddenly shooting into Yan Cheng's heart.

The author has something to say: That's it for today, take a breath, huh~