Will quickly issued orders, and the bodyguards who had been disguised as ordinary tourists, quietly protecting Huangfu Jue and the rest, immediately began to close in on his and Gan Yuan’s direction.
However, because there were simply too many people in the square, even though they weren’t far from them, it wasn’t easy to approach.
"Hurry up!" Squeezing to the front of them, Gan Yuan took the initiative to clear a path for Huangfu Jue, "Excuse me, thank you... excuse us..."
A family of three quickly weaved through the crowd towards the exit.
On the other side of the stands, Qian Xueying was slowly sipping her drink, responding half-heartedly to the boy next to her.
Pretending to look around, she turned her gaze towards the direction where Huangfu Jue and the others were, only to see an empty stand—Huangfu Jue and the others had vanished.
Qian Xueying’s grip on her drink tightened so much that the can crumpled, and the cola began to spill out, staining her legs.
She cursed under her breath.
"I’ve got it..." The boy reached for a napkin, intending to wipe it for her, but Qian Xueying slapped his hand away. His palm stung from the hit, and he looked at her in astonishment, thinking she didn’t want him to touch her, and he quickly apologized, "Sorry, I... I just..."
Realizing she had lost her composure, Qian Xueying quickly put on a smile.
"I... I didn’t want you to dirty your hands, never mind it, I’ll go to the restroom and clean up!"
Taking the napkin the boy handed over, she quickly stood up and ran to the stand below, scanning the surroundings for Huangfu Jue’s figure.
Noticing movement near the exit, something stirred in her, and she immediately started plowing through the people in front of her, pushing her way towards the exit.
At the top level platform of the building.
The assassin’s hands were on the sniper rifle, and his expression was very ugly.
He had been trying to aim since a while ago, and just when the stands had quieted down enough for him to spot Gan Tang, unexpectedly, the family of three mysteriously left their seats.
The three moved through the crowd, and he simply couldn’t get a clean shot.
Just as he was considering whether to change his strategy, Gan Yuan, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped.
Because she saw someone.
Moses had just squeezed through the crowd and reached the exit to leave when he heard Gan Yuan’s urgent voice behind him. Surprised, he stopped in his tracks and turned towards the direction of the voice.
Sure enough, he spotted her immediately, as she made her way through the crowd toward him.
At the same time, Gan Yuan also saw Moses, and abruptly halted her steps as she moved to shield Huangfu Jue who was carrying Gan Tang behind her.
"Moses, you... what are you trying to do?"
There was a hint of anger, interrogation, and distance in her tone.
Moses glanced over her legs set apart in a stance ready to attack and her clenched fists by her side, her left hand subtly reaching into her pocket—presumably for a dagger. Seeing this, the surprise in his eyes turned cold.
He scoffed coldly, "Is the Duchess interrogating or questioning me?!"
Gan Yuan was at a loss for words.
After a moment, she spoke again.
This time, her voice was much calmer.
"If you’ve got no business here, we’ll be going now!"
Stepping to the side, she grabbed Huangfu Jue’s arm and pulled him, intending to leave from beside Moses.
Moses extended his arm to block her way.
"What if I do have business?!"
The man’s arm stretched out in front of her, with fingertips slightly trembling, revealing the suppression of some strong emotion.