Her first reaction was not "Great, Big Brother is here, we are saved," but rather "Great, Big Brother is here, we are doomed."
Shen Yi reflexively pulled Sasa and walked in the opposite direction.
"Um..." Sasa was yanked so hard by Shen Yi that she almost tripped. "Do you know the people over there?"
Sasa's eyesight was not as good as hers.
Her observation skills were also far inferior to Shen Yi's. Under the dim lights, she could only vaguely see a group of people at the end of the corridor. The tall figure leading them seemed to be saying something to the people beside him.
Right now, she could only blindly follow Shen Yi's steps and completely obey her commands.
"I know him," Shen Yi answered calmly, but her heart was overwhelmed with panic.
Shen Yi still remembered to this day how, after her second brother was caught and brought back by their eldest brother, he was locked in a dark room for a whole year, living a life devoid of hope.
She was young back then and even gloated when Shen Ruxu was caught, clapping and cheering from the sidelines, waving flags for her eldest brother. She never expected that one day it would be her turn.
Shen Yi could not smile at all now.
She even felt a chill down her spine.
Who knew how long she would be locked up if Shen Zhizhao caught her.
Moreover, Shen Zhizhao clearly had a problem with her current look. She absolutely could not fall into his hands.
"So who exactly is that person?" Sasa's voice was filled with panting and confusion.
Shen Yi blurted out without a second thought:
"My enemy."
Sasa: "???"
Enemy?
She was a bit bewildered, and then, without understanding why, was dragged by Shen Yi to run in another direction.
Less than twenty meters after they changed direction and ran, they could acutely sense that many unknown forces had flooded into this place.
Shen Yi's footsteps were very light, and her keen observation skills allowed her to constantly dodge wave after wave of people.
...
At yet another corner, Shen Ruxu had already brought his men to secure the route in advance, just waiting for Shen Yi to walk right into his trap.
The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder from dissipated bullets, and there were dark red stains on the ground, enough to make one imagine what had happened here not long ago.
Against this bloody backdrop stood a group of people.
Dressed in black, armed with guns, and well-trained, they were distributed at various shooting positions in the alleyway.
Shen Ruxu looked down at the bloody scene before him without any emotional fluctuation.
He looked away, leaning against the wall in boredom, tilting his head, pricking up his ears,
waiting quietly for his sister to come to him.
The surrounding men in black would occasionally steal glances at him.
This young master had quite a reputation in the underground forces, and his wanted posters were plastered everywhere.
At this moment, wearing a white shirt and a black trench coat in this dusty underground corridor, he looked unusually harmless.
Before she ran, Shen Yi absolutely never would have thought that these scumbag brothers of hers would take turns blocking every escape route.
Right now, her mind was entirely focused on getting Sasa out first.
Anyway, she was not the one in danger in this place.
Shen Yi was exceptionally calm, without the slightest bit of panic.
Until.
She turned another corner and met love—
Shen Ruxu, in his white shirt and black trench coat, stood with one hand in his pocket amidst the blood and gunpowder smoke.
The hem of his coat drooped and swayed gently with his turning motion.
Hearing the footsteps, Shen Ruxu immediately turned his head.
The two of them locked eyes so unexpectedly.
The young man's originally clear facial contours were broken into pieces by the shadows, as the main lights were out and only the emergency lights were on.
All that was left were a pair of curving eyes and a mouth hooked into a smile.
The image was inexplicably ghostly and eerie.
Shen Ruxu looked at her with a beaming smile.
"Where are you trying to run?"
"Little Yi?"
His tone was intimate and drawn out, like melting syrup slowly dripping from a spoon, carrying a coquettish sense of "I have been waiting for you for a long time."
However, given the situation, hearing such words from this young man's mouth only felt terrifying.
Shen Yi looked at him unexpectedly, biting her lip, almost screaming out loud.
Sasa caught a glimpse of the young man in the white shirt and black trench coat from the corner of her eye.
When he spoke, his tone still held a smile.
But that smile, the moment Shen Ruxu raised his eyes and truly saw clearly Shen Yi's hair—
Stiffened.
Shen Ruxu could not even bother to scare his wildly running sister anymore.
His smile froze on his face, his eyes widened, and his eyes were filled with pure, pupil-quaking shock.
"...Shen Yi, what is this look of yours?"
Faced with this thunder-struck broccoli hairstyle, he stopped acting cool. His pleasant youthful voice finally stopped drawing out its tones.
If you listened closely, it even sounded a bit dry and incredulous.
Shen Yi did not answer. She turned sharply and dragged Sasa to run back the way they came.
Her movements were incredibly fast.
As if she had seen a ghost.
Sasa was pulled so hard she stumbled and almost fell.
Shen Yi's grip was surprisingly strong, forcefully steadying her.
"Who was that? Do we need to deal with her?" a man in black next to Shen Ruxu leaned in and asked tentatively.
He was one of the men who had followed Shen Ruxu the longest and knew his boss quite well. Shen Ruxu's expression was too strange right now; he was in a state between shock and trance.
"My sister," Shen Ruxu recovered slightly. All the warmth on his face faded completely in a second. He smiled, looking a bit sinister: "Do you want to deal with my own sister?"
"I am sorry." The man's heart skipped a beat, realizing he had misspoken. "Then why did she look at you as if she saw a ghost?"
Shen Ruxu did not answer.
He was still immersed in the shock of his sister's new hairstyle and could not recover for a long time.
He thought he was going to give her a surprise first, but he did not expect Shen Yi to give him a fright first.
That lump of green uncontrollably surfaced in Shen Ruxu's mind again.
He took out his phone from his trench coat pocket and dialed Shen Wenta's number.
The phone rang twice and connected. He did not exchange pleasantries, and his speaking speed was a bit faster than usual:
"Little Yi went over there. Looking at the direction, she will most likely run into your people. Get ready."
"You could not stop her?"
"She ran too fast," Shen Ruxu dragged out his words. "Oh, right—"
"How is your heart?"
Shen Wenta was impatient: "I do not have heart disease."
"That is good."
"???"
Baffling.
Sasa was dragged by Shen Yi on a wild sprint. Panting, she recalled that in the flurry before leaving, she had locked eyes with Shen Ruxu for a second.
The light at the time was too dim, and she was being dragged along by Shen Yi, so she only saw a blurry outline.
For some reason, that outline gave her a strong sense of deja vu.
"Wait, who was that person just now? Have I seen him somewhere before?" The woman could not help but look back several times.
Shen Yi froze for two seconds, thinking that her second brother's romance was about to arrive.
Although Shen Ruxu was like a tuxedo cat prone to bouts of madness, that face of his could indeed fool a lot of people.
He had been like this since childhood; when he did not speak, he looked like a melancholic beautiful youth.
She asked hopefully, "Does he look like the man of your dreams?"
"No. He looks like a murderer. I have definitely seen him on a wanted poster!"
Shen Yi: "..."
Her expectations were instantly shattered, leaving only one thought in her mind:
Useless brothers, only good for making her lose face in front of her friends.
"Xiaoyi," Sasa said, a delayed sense of nervousness creeping into her voice. "Who was that guy? Why did he greet you? Do you know him?"
Putting aside the fact that he looked like a murderer.
Sasa genuinely thought the man they just saw was incredibly handsome.
Shen Yi replied without a second thought, "He is my enemy too!"
Sasa was speechless, her mouth twitching slightly.
But on second thought, it was understandable for an assassin to have a lot of enemies.
So, she decided to keep quiet.
Shen Yi asked, "Are there any other exits here?"
Sasa thought for a moment. "In this direction, there is only an exit on the north side. There is a freight passage there, usually used for transporting large equipment. There should be the fewest people guarding that area, but we will have to take a big detour and cross through the equipment level."
Shen Yi did not hesitate. "Lead the way."
The two fumbled their way forward, avoiding several areas of crossfire, and squeezed through a maintenance tunnel that was almost completely blocked by debris.
Shen Yi's clothes were smeared with quite a bit of dust.
She looked rather dusty and disheveled all over.
Shen Wenta leaned against the wall; he had already been waiting there for quite a long time.
He had arranged his men twenty meters behind him, leaving only two close bodyguards standing ten paces away.
Hearing a rustling sound like a little mouse, he instinctively stood up straight and adjusted his posture.
He was ready to meet her.
His gaze was fixed tightly on the direction of the unavoidable path not far away.
Shen Yi instinctively poked her head out first to observe.
The moment she caught a glimpse of a familiar face.
She froze in dismay.
Shen Wenta also instinctively looked over.
Then, his breath hitched slightly.
His sister, peeking out with her bright, clear eyes.
However, at first glance, rather than her face.
What Shen Wenta noticed first was the color.
Green.
A fluffy green that sparkled under the emergency lights.
Shen Wenta took a full second to process the potential psychological trauma this color might bring him.
Sasa also instinctively glanced at the person blocking the exit.
The appearance of the man in the lead made her stare blankly for a couple of seconds.
The young man's features offered a blunt, undisguised stunning beauty. With his jet-black hair and pale lips, he looked like a richly blooming black tulip.
Extremely dark, yet extremely gorgeous.
He also gave off a dangerous aura, like a venomous beauty.
However, the moment Shen Wenta opened his mouth, he tore this captivating atmosphere to shreds. He suddenly gripped the gun in his hand tightly, his voice icy and laced with incredulous questioning: "Shen Yi? What happened to your old hairstyle?!"
