護花近衛 - 第784章 小可姐姐 - 清風書屋

Just as Yu Xiaoke's stretcher was about to be lifted into the ambulance, she sprang off it in one leap and waved at Qiu Lingshan. "Bye-bye, Sister Lingshan! I'm off!"

The ambulance stood outside the police cordon, so hardly any officers were still posted beside it; the few who remained were there to assist the medics, and none of them had remotely expected that these seriously injured prisoners might get up and run.

"Yu Xiaoke! Stop right where you are!" Qiu Lingshan's nose was practically twisted with rage. The girl was too cunning by half — she had been feigning unconsciousness all along, waiting until Qiu Lingshan's guard was down before bolting from the stretcher!

And by now it was plainly too late to catch her. Yu Xiaoke might be wounded, but her qinggong was no empty boast! Qiu Lingshan rather regretted that the palm strike had been too light, that she had not left Yu Xiaoke gravely injured and so given her this opening.

In truth, Qiu Lingshan had misread the situation. Yu Xiaoke's injuries were in fact severe: a palm strike from a Huang-rank expert, even one not delivered with full force, is more than an ordinary person could withstand. The reason Yu Xiaoke could still rise and flee despite her wounds was a conviction burning inside her — she must not be caught by Qiu Lingshan. If she were caught and sent to prison, that in itself did not much matter, but what would become of the children at the orphanage?

So even if it killed her, Yu Xiaoke would grit her teeth and escape back. On her shoulders rested the food, clothing, shelter, and travel of every child in the orphanage; her responsibility and burden were too great to permit the slightest slip.

"Sister Lingshan, till we meet again!" Though her expression was pained, her voice was cheerful. She had once again successfully escaped Qiu Lingshan's pursuit.

"Yu Xiaoke, you just remember this! Next time I won't stop until I beat you to death!" Qiu Lingshan was beside herself with fury, glaring at Yu Xiaoke and speaking through clenched teeth.

Yu Xiaoke did not argue with her. She knew her own condition well enough: her injuries were grave, and she was now running toward the orphanage purely on clenched teeth and sheer conviction.

Wei Zhao felt a faint stir in his heart and said to Qiu Lingshan, "I'll follow and take a look."

"You can catch her?" Qiu Lingshan brightened at his words, thinking Wei Zhao meant to help her capture Yu Xiaoke.

"I'm not going to catch her. She's in a bad way — I'm afraid you've beaten her to death." With that, Wei Zhao set off after her.

Qiu Lingshan stamped her foot in anger. It looked for all the world as though Wei Zhao could catch Yu Xiaoke if he chose, yet he deliberately would not, and instead meant to go and check on her injuries!

But she had no way to interfere in Wei Zhao's affairs. Angry as she was, Qiu Lingshan did not dare raise any objection with him.

Wei Zhao followed Yu Xiaoke stealthily and saw her running in the direction of the shantytown. He had to admit that her speed was truly remarkable; had he not already advanced to the Xuan rank and been adept at winning by speed, he could hardly say whether he would have been able to keep up with her.

Yu Xiaoke's figure flew swiftly along; in the blink of an eye she had passed through the shantytown and reached a dilapidated courtyard. She pushed the gate open and went in — perhaps the flight had drained the last shred of strength from her whole body, for the moment she crossed the threshold she collapsed to the ground and could not rise again.

Wei Zhao silently admired her endurance. To have run such a distance and still mustered her last breath to reach this place was truly admirable.