Chapter 1117 — Valentine's Day Special: Xiao Ning's Story, Part 2
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"Put me down!" the girl said, in a tone that brooked no argument.
"Don't move if you don't want to die!" Wei Zhao said coldly.
"Put me down and I won't move!" the girl said.
"Bang..."
In the instant Wei Zhao's attention wavered, there was a dull thud — a bullet struck his calf! Though an injury of that degree was nothing much to Wei Zhao, the pain still made him frown. At present his strength was only equivalent to the early Yellow Rank.
Looking at the girl still squirming in his arms, Wei Zhao felt a surge of anger and reached out to smack her backside! Of course, he meant only to teach her a lesson, not to hurt her — otherwise, with his strength, a few blows like that would likely have killed her.
"Ah—" the girl cried out. She had never imagined Wei Zhao would dare to hit her — and on her bottom, no less!
The girl felt aggrieved. She was the little princess of her family — when had she ever been treated like this? And by a man, on her backside!
Shamed and furious, the girl scolded him: "Let me go! If you don't put me down right now, when I get back I'll report you for acting shamelessly!"
"Your mouth is on your own face. Suit yourself," Wei Zhao said mildly.
Wei Zhao was not one of Feng Tianlong's people, nor was he under Feng Tianlong's authority, so no matter how the girl complained, it made no difference to him.
Seeing that she could not frighten Wei Zhao, the girl gave up. Pouting, her face full of displeasure, she let herself be carried onward.
Though Wei Zhao could not run faster than bullets, he was far faster than the big man chasing behind; in no time at all he had left the man far behind.
But Wei Zhao did not slacken for that. The big man might have been chasing on foot, but the armed men had vehicles, and Wei Zhao feared he would call others to pursue by car.
In the snow, running left footprints; no matter how far Wei Zhao ran, they could find him.
After running a while, Wei Zhao stopped.
"Can you... put me down now?" the girl asked when she saw him stop.
Wei Zhao did not answer. Still holding the girl tightly, he leaped up and sprang onto a tree! He did not intend to travel on the snow any longer; he meant to leap from tree to tree, for only thus could he cover his tracks and avoid the armed men's pursuit.
And the reason Wei Zhao chose this spot to leap into the tree was that just ahead lay a cliff! In this way he created the illusion that they had jumped off the cliff, misleading the armed men.
"Ah!" The girl had not expected Wei Zhao to carry her up into a tree, and she was startled. "You... what are you doing?"
Wei Zhao still paid her no mind, choosing suitable footholds among the several trees and continuing on.