Chapter 38
“Bang!”
It was a very hard slap, the sound was so loud that Bai Le, who was hiding behind the door and eavesdropping, was startled. He subconsciously touched his face, grimacing, looking very painful.
Mia was slapped hard and screamed, almost falling down. She felt something sweet in her mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. Covering her swollen face, Mia was completely stunned. After a long while, she looked at Mi Dong in shock and grievance, and said tremblingly: "Grandpa, you hit me..."
"You disappoint me so much!"
Mi Dong's hands, which had been as steady as a rock even when he was fighting Snow, were trembling slightly. His back hunched involuntarily, his face was more listless than ever, and his eyes were filled with deep disappointment and fatigue. His body looked so thin, like a piece of dry and cracked dead wood. Now he looked more like a dying old man than ever before.
Mia was frightened. She didn't care about her grievances. She hurriedly held Mi Dong's arm and asked with tears in her eyes: "Grandpa, what's ? Grandpa, don't scare me... I did something wrong, you can beat me or scold me, but don't do this... Don't get angry and hurt yourself..."
Mi Dong waved his hand and pushed her away, angrily saying, "Don't cry!"
Mia was startled, her eyes widened, she bit her lips, and tried hard to hold back the tears that were about to burst out. She hiccuped and looked at Midong with tearful eyes.
Seeing the tears in the girl's big eyes, Mi Dong's heart softened. After all... she was just a child! In the past seventeen years, she had been living in a simple and peaceful environment. Suddenly, she encountered a drastic change. Of course, she could not immediately adapt to the cruel rules of survival here. She still retained her innocence and kindness, as well as her childish willfulness and selfishness.
Mi Dong knew that if in the outside world, a child like Mia would be good enough; he also knew that Mia had been trying hard to forget the past and learn how to survive in this place, but... it was not enough, not enough! Red Prison Star was not a place where people could grow up slowly to maturity, nor was it a place where people could learn lessons and continue to correct and improve after making countless mistakes. Here, the price of mistakes and naivety was often two kinds - death, or a life worse than death. Mi Dong didn't know how much time he had left, but he hoped that before he died, Mia would at least have the ability to protect herself.
In fact, under Mi Dong's guidance, Mia had already begun to try to be independent, although she still had a lot of shortcomings. But when Mi Dong went hunting, Mia was kidnapped and was fortunately rescued by Rong Yuan. Mi Dong didn't know what kind of solid protection the man named Rong Yuan had created for Mia, so that the girl's newly budding sense of crisis and vigilance melted away in less than a month.
Mi Dong certainly couldn't blame Rong Yuan for saving his granddaughter and protecting her too well. What made him angry and disappointed was that Mi Ya had so easily forgotten his previous teachings and still treated herself as the carefree little girl who was loved by others. He knew that Mi Ya behaved like this not because she was stupid or forgetful, but because of her subconscious weakness and fear that made her choose to escape from reality.
Thinking of this, Mi Dong's heart, which had just softened, immediately hardened again. He said coldly with a stern face, "Mia, do you remember what I told you?"
Mia blinked blankly, looking at him at a loss.
Mi Dong continued: "Do you remember how your two uncles died?"
Mia's face was full of pain, and there was uncontrollable sadness in her eyes.
Mi Dong asked again: "Do you remember why we ended up here?"
A hint of hatred suddenly rose in her big eyes. Mia held back her tears and nodded vigorously.
Mi Dong roared, "Then what are you doing now!!! Your mother's revenge has not been avenged yet! Your uncle's revenge has not been avenged yet! Your revenge has not been avenged yet! Your enemies are still enjoying the glory and wealth on the mother planet, what are you doing? Have you trained these days? Have you fought by yourself? Can you survive without relying on others? Where do you think you are now? Who do you think you are? Do you still want to uphold justice for others? Do you know that if you continue to be so weak, those people's present will be what you will be like in the future? You can't stand this or that! If you don't even have the ability to survive independently, what qualifications do you have to talk like this?!"
Mia was scolded by him like a blade of grass in the strong wind. Her body swayed and she could hardly stand. She bit her lips hard, but still couldn't stop the tears from falling like beads from a broken string.
After yelling out the anger that had been suppressed in his heart, Mi Dong seemed to have exhausted all his strength. His expression became listless again. He took a deep breath, and after a long silence, he said in a heavy and slow tone: "Girl, grandpa can't protect you forever, you... grow up quickly."
Mia could still hold on despite the torrential roars before her, but after hearing these words of weakness, helplessness and begging, she could no longer hold back. She covered her face and cried bitterly, saying over and over: "Grandpa, I'm sorry... I was wrong... I'm sorry..."
Outside the door, Bai Le, who had always been as thick-skinned as a city wall, suddenly felt embarrassed to eavesdrop any further. He scratched his face, turned around and left, sitting in the living room, sighing.
"What's wrong with you?" Germain was speechless when he saw him like this.
Bai Le nodded, then shook his head, sighed, and said in a deep voice: "Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run!"
"Wow!" Germain was surprised - Bai Le could say such a high level of words? He praised: "Captain, I haven't seen you for a long time, and your level has improved!"
"Bullshit, I've always been very capable, okay?" Bai Le retorted casually, and then said: "But this sentence was actually said by Rong Yuan."
"Mr. Rong?" Germain asked curiously. In fact, although they didn't say it, they were very curious about everything about Rong Yuan.
"Well, there was once before..." Bai Le had just entered the reminiscence mode when he was interrupted by a shout -
"Captain, something terrible has happened!"
Kadi rushed in in a panic, his eyes confused, sweating profusely, and his expression flustered and a little uncertain.
"What's wrong?" Seeing the usually calm man become like this, Bai Le stood up and asked in surprise. Germain next to him frowned and his expression became fierce.
"People outside are saying... saying... that we, Howling, have a way to leave Prison Star, and the old leader has been secretly preparing for this matter for some time. The rumor spread throughout the city in no time, and they... a lot of people went to the old leader..." Kadi said in a panic.
"What?! How's my dad?" Bai Le asked without thinking.
Kady and Germain were both stunned.
Bai Le only paid attention to the last sentence and did not refute the rumor at all. Does it mean... does it mean that the rumor is not a rumor... that this thing might be true?
Even though they were loyal to Bai Le and his son, and had never doubted that their boss was the kind of person who would abandon all his brothers and only think about escaping, when they suddenly heard that they could leave Prison Star, even calm people like Germain and Kadi could not help but waver. And... with Boss Bai's personality, if there was only one person who could leave, it would undoubtedly belong to Bai Le.
Germain was in a trance for a few seconds. Looking back, he didn't even know what he was thinking at that time. He just instinctively reached out and grabbed Bai Xiang when he saw Bai Le was about to rush out to find Bai Xiang.
"Let me go!" Bai Le said anxiously, "Something might have happened to my dad. I want to go find him!"
"No!" Germain said without thinking. He paused for a moment, put aside all his thoughts, considered the current situation, and then said: "If the old captain is fine, you may become a target of attack by those people if you run away; if the old captain is in trouble..." Facing Bai Le's murderous gaze, he said frankly: "It will be useless for you to go. So the most important thing for you now, and also what the old captain wants you to do most, should be to protect yourself, and then find a way to find Mr. Rong. If he is there..."
Germain paused. He suddenly thought - if the rumors were true, if Bai Xiang really had a way to leave Prison Star... there was no doubt that it had something to do with Rong Yuan.
His mind was in a mess, and he forgot what he was going to say. But when Bai Le was stopped by him, his impulse passed, and he calmed down, saying with a serious face: "You are right, I should go to Rong Yuan... even if I have to kneel down and beg him... even if it costs me my life... I will ask him to save my dad."
"It's too late." At this moment, Kadi's face suddenly changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "They are already here."
Several people turned their heads and through the open doors and windows, they could see the dark crowd outside, like army ants, rushing over at an extremely fast speed. In the blink of an eye, people were everywhere in their field of vision. The crazy crowd rushed towards the small building with a desperate attitude. People were constantly squeezed off the narrow overpass and fell screaming, but no one even looked at them. Along the way, many people continued to join the team, and the crowd grew larger and larger, rushing over like waves.
Even from such a distance, Bai Le could almost see the frantic eyes, ferocious faces, and the roars of desperate beasts. Even though he was fearless, he couldn't help but shiver at this moment and subconsciously took a step back.
Germain and Cady looked at each other and reached out to grab Bai Le's arm at the same time. Bai Le was startled and struggled and shouted, "What are you doing?"
Germain held him down and said, "We'll stop them, you hurry up! Go into the ventilation duct and crawl as far as possible! Don't trust anyone, and don't stop for a second until Mr. Rong finds you!"
His expression was so serious and resolute that Bai Le was stunned for a moment and struggled even harder, "Are you crazy? What can you two do? Don't you think dying is not fast enough? Let's go together. I won't be a deserter!"
"Shut up! Can you please stop whining like you're in a melodramatic romance novel?" Cuddy said bluntly, "They're looking for you. If the two of us stay here, they might not even look at us. It's more dangerous to be with you. Go away, go away. We'll be safer if you leave!"
No matter how stupid Bai Le was, he knew that it was just words to coax him, but the two of them grabbed him like iron clamps and dragged him to the ventilation duct, firmly as iron, without hesitation. He was so anxious that tears were about to fall, but he knew rationally that even if he insisted on staying, it would really be useless.
"What are you doing?"
A voice was heard, and the three of them froze at the same time.
They forgot that there were not only three of them in the building at this moment.
Mi Dong, who was unable to stay any longer because of the noise here, stood on the stairs to the second floor. Behind him was Mia, whose eyes were red and her cheeks were swollen. Both of them were looking at them.
Zhihuo and Okoto were also on the other side, and they didn't know how long they stood and listened.
The three of them formed a clever triangle, which, whether intentionally or unintentionally, blocked the way of Bai Le and others.
To Germain and the others, Zhihuo and Okoto were just two small characters who were lucky enough to get close to Rongyuan. In the past, they did not take these two people seriously. Even now... Okoto could only create a little bit of obstacles for them, which was not a big trouble.
The key point is Mi Dong who just arrived here. This old man may not be as good as Snow, but Bai Le and the other two are weaker, and Mi Dong can handle them with one hand.
In the past, even though these people were attached to Rong Yuan, they were naturally respectful to the people of the Howling Knights, the largest force in the Central City . But now, the situation of Howling Knights, with the whole city as the enemy, is even worse than that of the Tyrant Army, which was previously reviled by the people. The behavior of the Tyrant Army only touched the bottom line of some people, but they got involved in the most urgent and most desired desire of everyone, but they had no ability to realize it. No one dared to bet on how much rationality the people outside still had at this time, just like no one dared to bet on whether the people in front of them could still believe.
Now, everyone could be their enemy, but who else... could be their ally?
