Rescue - 2
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A loud gunshot erupted, stunning Gu Yanqi. Then, when he heard something fall to the ground, his heart leaped into his throat and he hastily lifted his head to look at his surroundings.
However, he could not see anyone around.
"Fu Zhi!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, sounding as if the most important person in his life was dead.
'This is it. It's over,' Gu Yanqi thought as he closed his eyes.
Everything had happened too fast, and by the time he came around to his senses, Fu Zhi had been shot.
Gu Yanqi felt a strong sadness welling up from the bottom of his stomach as he murmured, "May you rest in peace forever, my friend. Remember to pick a good family when you move on to your next life…"
"Shut up."
A sound came, followed by a gunshot. The bullet grazed Gu Yanqi's cheek, and the man behind him fell to the ground.
Gu Yanqi turned his head around and realized that the person talking was none other than Fu Zhi.
'If she's still standing, then the person behind me is…'
Gu Yanqi swallowed a big gulp of bloody saliva and asked, "You know how to use a gun?"
"Yeah," Fu Zhi replied flatly.
Even though their situation was dangerous and they could die at any moment, a hint of joy welled from the bottom of Gu Yanqi's heart at the possibility that they might be able to survive this ordeal. At the same time, he also felt a little bit angry and deceived now that he knew that Fu Zhi knew how to use a gun.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Gu Yanqi asked.
"Did you give me a chance to say anything?' Fu Zhi replied expressionlessly.
Gu Yanqi was stumped.
Well, he admitted that he had been a little bit paranoid just now, but it was because he cared about her! He took two steps forward and asked, "Did Nanli teach you how to use a gun? Or did you learn somewhere else?"
Fu Zhi did not seem like an amateur to him at all. After all, she had been able to hit her target even though visibility was low.
Was she really a high school student from a normal high school in a small town? Gu Yanqi doubted it.
"You're too noisy," Fu Zhi said as she pointed her gun at Gu Yanqi's chest. "I've been putting up with you for quite a long time, so keep your mouth shut, or I can't guarantee what will happen to you."
After saying that, she threw the first-aid kit to Gu Yanqi before adding, "Hold it for me and let's go find Li Nanli."
Gu Yanqi was speechless.
There were two things he wanted to tell her. First, he was injured and the first-aid kit was a little bit hefty. Second, was Fu Zhi not supposed to be the one holding the first-aid kit? After all, he was more accurate and experienced than her in this kind of situation.
However, he soon realized how wrong he was.
While following Fu Zhi, he saw with his own eyes that Fu Zhi had never once missed a shot along the way, and she did not need his help at all.
If Gu Yanqi wanted to describe how he felt right now, he would compare it to someone telling him out of the blue that he had won five million in cash prizes. His heart was filled with surges of excitement and disbelief.
However, these feelings did not last long. Just as lifted his head and saw a dimly lit house at the top of the mountain, he turned to Fu Zhi and said, "I think Nanli and his team are inside that house."
The moment the words spilled out of his mouth, a streak of light crossed the sky.
Fu Zhi's expression changed, and she shouted, "Gu Yanqi, get down!"
Gu Yanqi was stunned, and Fu Zhi hastily jumped on him.
As both of them rolled down the slope, the hill they had been on just now blew up. Yellow sand filled the sky, and the searing heat and the explosion tore away Gu Yanqi's cloth, causing his wound to open up again as stabbing pain shot through his body.
For a moment, he could not hear anything but buzzing noises.
Fu Zhi got up to her feet and said something, but he could not hear well. However, judging from the motion of her mouth, he surmised that she was asking about his condition, so he just shook his head as a signal that he was fine.
Then, he turned toward the hill that had been razed to the ground. Cold sweat was trickling down his back as his heart raced into a gallop.
Fu Zhi had saved his life. When the realization hit him, a mixed feeling welled from his heart, but at the same time, he was grateful that Fu Zhi was there.
It took him roughly half a minute to regain his hearing. Then, he heard Fu Zhi say, "Is my first-aid kit okay?"
Gu Yanqi was stunned.
It was only now that he realized Fu Zhi had not been trying to save him but the first-aid kit in his arms. It took two people a lifetime or a life-or-death process to form a deep relationship, but it only took one second to destroy it. This was what Gu Yanqi concluded, and he was going to make it his life motto.
Gu Yanqi expressionlessly showed Fu Zhi the first-aid kit.
Fu Zhi took a look at the kit and heaved a long sigh of relief after seeing that it was still in one piece.
In the meantime, Gu Yanqi's pupils constricted, and he hastily pulled back.
There was a man standing in front of them, and there were ten or so SUVs behind him.
The moment Gu Yanqi saw the man's face clearly, his heart sank.
There was a scar across the man's face. He was wearing a green combat uniform and he was thickly built. His muscles were so huge that it seemed as if they were going to burst from his clothes at any moment.
There was a silver skull badge surrounded by roses on his chest, and he was holding a heavy weapon in his hand right now.
Apparently, he was the one who had shot at them just now.
"They're the mercenaries of the Phantom Lord!" Gu Yanqi said, feeling anxious.
The Phantom Lord was the strongest, most mysterious mercenary group from Country M. They were notoriously known for their ruthlessness, and most of their members were cold-blooded killers.
Mark, the mastermind behind these internationally famous serial murders, had once been one of them. It was only because he had a different ideology from the group that he had decided to leave.
Gu Yanqi had not run into Mark, so even though he knew that these mercenaries were from Country M, he had not expected them to belong to the Phantom Lord.
Things would be easier if they were another mercenary group, but if they were facing the Phantom Lord…
The Phantom Lord had been built by Shen Cizhou, the former strongest mercenary in the world. Although Shen Cizhou had quit being a mercenary many years ago, the things he had left in the Phantom Lord were lethal and deadly.
Gu Yanqi took a deep breath and fixed his eyes on the man standing in front of everyone. Based on his badge, he knew that the man was Mark, one of the division heads of the Phantom Lord. He was best known for his cruelty and brutality, and many people had lost their lives in his hands.
Mark threw the weapon in his hand to one of his underlings. He took a look at the list and then took a step forward.
"You are Gu Yanqi?"
He did not speak fluent Mandarin. There was a gleam of amusement and contempt in his eyes as he fixed his gaze on Gu Yanqi, looking as if he was staring at unarmed prey.
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