Murong Yunxi was startled suddenly because the bomb had stuck to her hand. As time pa.s.sed by, she felt despairing instantly. She was week as if her heart had been hollowed out. Sitting on the ground in despair, she looked at Murong Ye and Gong Yu with blank eyes.
"Brother, Gong Yu, just leave this place now. It"s too late! Make good use of the time left and run as far as you can."
Gong Yu chuckled, looking extremely tender in his eyes. He crouched over and fondled Murong Yunxi earlocks. "Silly girl, I will be with you whatever happens."
Murong Ye still looked serious. He took out a tiny Swiss army knife, which contained many small tools in it.
He crouched, watching carefully the bomb in Murong Yunxi"s hand.
Blank also lost his head on seeing the current situation. He said hastily, "I"ll go to ask for help." Then he ran away after saying this.
Seeing what Gong Yu and Murong Ye were doing, Murong Yunxi almost shed tears because they didn"t seem to leave her alone and escape. But the fact was that it was not her alone but all of the three who would lose their life here. Should anything bad happen, her beloved ones would be killed with her.
"Brother, just leave with Gong Yu, time is running out! We can"t die here all!"
"Shut up! Keep quiet if you wish all of us to be safe." Murong Ye"s words were beyond doubt but sounded cold. He almost had never spoken to Murong Yunxi this way, but he couldn"t care so much at the moment.
He set off prising open that black case with his small tools.
Gong Yu was sitting beside Murong Yunxi, holding tight Murong Yunxi in his arms so as to give her more warmth and courage.
Murong Ye held his breath and stayed focused. He opened the case"s lid carefully, underneath which were scattered and disorderly circuits of all kinds and various components as well, which dazzled Murong Yunxi"s eyes.
Murong Ye stopped moving his hands, distinguishing the designs and trends in it with care.
The pointer indicated that there were only two minutes and five seconds left. Time was tighter and tighter.
Murong Ye found a pair of tiny scissors in the Swiss army knife and held a colorized wire. Murong Yunxi closed her eyes, not knowing what color the wire held by Murong Ye was. She heard a slight crack that was so faint that it could hardly be heard, which showed how light Murong Ye"s movement was.
The timer ran faster and the time on it was pa.s.sing by with double speed.
"Brother, did you cut the wrong one? Why the time is pa.s.sing by even faster?" Murong Yunxi couldn"t help asking in fright when she opened her eyes and saw this.
Murong Ye kept moving his hands indifferently. He cut another prolate wire with his knife, and the time returned to its normal peace instantly.
But there was less time left, that was, one minute and eight seconds. Would they manage to change their fate within such a short time?
Murong Yunxi"s heart was nearly in her throat. She even imagined how her beautiful slender fingers would fall apart and bleed or became beyond recognition when the bomb exploded. She looked at Murong Ye"s fingers with apparent joints, thinking that they would be faced with the same doom because his hands were also the nearest to the bomb.
Then she wondered if she would feel painful the instant the bomb exploded. Would she be blown up and die or would she die after bleeding when the bomb blew up her arms first?
"Brother, whether you succeed or not, I would like to tell you that I am happy in these days when you treasured me and loved me. If there is the next life, I hope that I will still be your sister. Of course, I hope that I will be your sister earlier and thus longer."
Murong Yunxi smiled slightly. Murong Ye looked up at her, his eyes filling with a complex mood, and said coldly, "Stop holding those foolish ideas."
Then he continued his work.
Murong Yunxi gently snuggled up to Gong Yu. She closed her eyes, smelling that faint fragrance of gra.s.s that she had been addicted to. Instantly, she didn"t feel nervous or frightened anymore.
"Gong Yu, I feel so happy to meet you! Thank you for loving me and for all the sacrifices you"ve made for me. And thanks for bringing me Niannian and for not abandoning me from beginning to end."
Murong Yunxi said slowly. Each word seemed to contain all her feelings, which went direct into Gong Yu"s heart and kept it warm.
Murong Ye raised his head, cast his eyes over Murong Yunxi, and lowered his head again.
Gong Yu enclasped Murong Yunxi tighter. "Xiao Xi, don"t think so much. We"ll be fine! Niannian is at home, waiting for us to come back. You"ve promised her to take her a gift. And you told me that Xuanxuan"s wedding was the one that you wanted to attend the most, didn"t you?"
As they talked, Murong Ye cut off the last wire and the timer ceased at last. Murong Ye took a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground, sweat soaking into his forelocks.
Murong Yunxi opened her eyes and saw the timer stop at 35 seconds.
"The timer stopped? Does this mean that you"ve made it, brother?" Murong Yunxi asked in amazement, gazing at Murong Ye with her eyes.
Murong Ye picked up the corners of his mouth and smiled with ease. "Sure. How can I leave you in danger? Don"t look down upon your brother."
"You"re so awesome, brother! You defused a bomb! Are you a bomb disposal expert?"
"I forgot to tell you that the Murong Family reserved not only a gang of killers but also an a.r.s.enal. I know very well about all the most advanced arms and ammunition. But this bomb had been refitted. It was harder and took much more time to defuse because its orders had been messed up."
Murong Yunxi praised him exaggeratedly, "Eh, brother, you"re amazing! You"ve done an excellent job!"
Murong Ye followed Murong Yunxi and said, "You, too. You did a great job today."
Gong Yu also praised, "We"re all the same because we are from the same family."
The nervous atmosphere dispersed at once. The harmony and warmth among the three family members replaced everything else.
Murong Ye made some extra efforts to separate that black case from Murong Yunxi"s hand. But the glue was so sticky that some skin was pulled off from Murong Yunxi"s palm during this process.
Murong Yunxi drew a cold breath and broke out in a cold sweat instantly due to the pain. She knitted her brows tightly, looking pale on her face abruptly.
Gong Yu grasped Murong Yunxi"s hands but found that her hands had been shivering out of pain. He lowered his head and blew at Murong Yunxi"s palm to relieve her pain.
Murong Ye felt extremely remorseful for this, accusing himself of being so careless. If they just took it back and found some proper tools or medicinal liquid, perhaps she would not have to suffer the injury and the pain.
Then Gong Yu helped Murong Yunxi up, hoping that he could take her to see a doctor as soon as possible and dress her wound. But since Murong Yunxi had been sitting too long and had been so nervous just now, she staggered and would fall to the ground if Gong Yu had not held her in time.
"What"s wrong?"
"My legs are numb!"
Gong Yu shook his head helplessly, and then he picked Murong Yunxi up by her waist and walked out of the toilet, followed by Murong Ye.
But as they got into the hall on the first floor, they saw Blank looking into the door anxiously, seeming worried about what happened inside. They were from the Murong Family after all. Should anything happened to them, he would have to bear all the consequences. At the same time, he was frightened by the bomb, which would kill him unless it was treated seriously. He dared not play with his life.
So the instant the three appeared in the hall, he took a sigh of relief and rushed over.
"How are you? Are you all right? Is that bomb a fake one? It must be a trick! That"s so detestable. Don"t let me find out who"s so bored, or..."
Blank clenched his teeth and muttered. He had been too nervous just now, so these complaints were just a way of venting his anger.
Murong Ye held up the bomb in his hands that hand been out of recognition after being defused, which made Blank felt sick instantly.
"Sh*t, this is a real f*cking bomb. It didn"t blow up because it has been defused!"
"Who-who defused it?" Blank stared at the object in front of him. Though it had been defused, its black outlook still made him alert and scared at once.
"Me!" Murong Ye answered him with ease as if he had answered such a simple question as "What did you have for lunch?".
"There"re always talents coming forth in the Murong Family. You have talents of all kinds. I admire both what Ms. Murong and Master Murong have done.
Murong Ye ignored Blank"s flattery. Instead, he looked at him seriously. "I need all the surveillance videos in the mansion today, is that ok?"
"The surveillance video? No problem, of course. I"ll let someone imprint a CD and send it to you. I"m so sorry because all this took place in our mansion today. But we didn"t expect this. From now on, I"ll ask my men to carry on a thorough investigation. I"ll never let this happen to Master Murong and Ms. Murong again when you visit here."
"And, I need you to find out a man. Once you find him out, you must leave him to me."
"Ok, no problem. There is no problem. We are grateful to Master Murong as long as you won"t blame us for our dereliction of duty. And we are determined to meet all Master Murong"s demands."
By this, Blank felt like that a blade had been placed upon his neck. He was even much more frightened than before the bomb had been defused because Murong Ye looked as cold and scary as Death who came for killing.
"Alright, that"s all for today!" Murong Ye was about to leave after finishing his words, but with his penetrating eyes, he noticed a man among the crowd walking away, who looked kind of strained.