Three days passed by in a flash. When the day of execution arrived, Yu Meng was calmer than she had imagined.
The four of them were guarding the north, south, east and west ports. The time of arrival was closer for the four search ships. Yu Meng and Tan Yubai were in charge of the west and north, and Shen Nian and Su Yu were in the east and south. They set up a meeting place beside the crowded tourist attraction.
When the bomb exploded, cries of alarm and screams could be heard incessantly. She ran desperately with the fleeing citizens, her eyes were filled with smoke and dust, and the rumbling sounds beside her ears seemed to be too difficult to make a decision.
Tan Yubai, Tan Yubai, I love you so much that I have gone crazy. In this whole world, I am probably the only one who can do this.
He had given her the longest pain, but it was also the longest love she had ever had.
So now, she had unleashed all of her courage and potential.
The yellow sand filled the air, causing Yu Meng to cough as she ran. Beside her was an old man who had fallen down. She had to stop to help him. The old man's face was covered in dirt and he coughed heavily.
In that instant, Yu Meng suddenly regretted what she had done.
This explosion had destroyed countless homes and injured countless innocent civilians. Before this, they had tried to minimize the damage, but the closer they got to the pier, the fewer residents there were. Thus, although there was no guarantee of zero casualties for the innocent citizens, there was at least a chance to do so.
But now, as Yu Meng supported the elderly man, her heart was in turmoil.
She began to wonder if she was right in doing so. Was this love really meant to persevere like this?
Yu Meng didn't know. She was just regretting it, but there was nothing she could do. Since the situation had already become like this, she had no way of turning back.
The plan went smoothly, but the LTTE was here much faster than he expected.
Regardless of whether or not this matter had anything to do with the LTTE, Lu Youhuai was the first to take the blame.
As long as they follow the weapon's investigation, they should be able to find Yue Sa soon. At that time, it would all depend on fate.
The government had taken complete control of the tourist area, especially the crowded areas, and was investigating them one by one, just in case.
On the giant screen of the central square, there was a live broadcast of the news, as well as the police investigation.
Yu Meng was walking with the crowd when she suddenly saw a familiar figure on the screen.
The scout in the middle of the third row wore a shadow on his arm. It was obvious that his tattoo had been washed away.
Although she couldn't see what the original tattoo looked like, based on its size and location, it wasn't hard for Yu Meng to determine what kind of symbol it was.
It was the tattoo of a tiger.
This man should be a spy sent by Fierce Tiger to the police. The tattoo that was deliberately washed away was proof of that.
Fierce Tiger had a rule that if a person wanted to leave, they had to cut off that tattoo's arm. It was useless to wash the tattoo off.
Therefore, this police officer must be Fierce Tiger's man. If he were to be found out by accident while scouring the team, then …
Thinking of this, Yu Meng immediately changed directions.
She had to change her plans temporarily, hoping that the three of them would also be able to see the live broadcast and not meet at the rendezvous point.
Since the tiger had responded so quickly, there must have been other traps waiting for them.
Yu Meng suddenly felt that she had changed her destination, but she didn't know where she was going.
She saw the old man she had just saved staggering along with the crowd towards the safe house.
Yu Meng had an idea. She strode over and stood beside the elderly man, holding her arm.
The old man recognized that it was her who had just saved him, and now, he was rather touched by the fact that she was unable to move. He held Yu Meng's hand, constantly saying in the local language, "Thank you."
What Yu Meng had not expected was that the safety zone was filled with inspectors.
The last thing she could do was to meet the inspectors, whether it was the government or the tiger's spies. Her passport had already been here for a long time. If she was found out, she would be sent away to protect the country. If someone found out that she had done something improper, she would be investigated.
Yu Meng had no choice but to release the old man and change their plans once again.
Although she took advantage of the chaos to leave the West District's port, it wasn't that easy to leave the West District.
There were checkpoints everywhere. She was trapped here and couldn't go anywhere.
Yu Meng's heart was anxious and tense.
I wonder how the three of them are doing now.
Yu Meng suddenly had an idea. Since she couldn't sit still and wait for death, she should think of a way to leave the west region. She should contact the three of them as soon as possible and determine their meeting destination.
The ground was littered with glass shards. They were the cracks of the glass windows, and the sharp shards of glass were scattered all over the ground.
Yu Meng gritted her teeth and fell to the ground.
On his left arm, countless sharp glass shards stabbed into his flesh. Pain instantly swept through her entire body. Yu Meng trembled in pain, and her steps couldn't help but falter. Gritting her teeth and with a pale face, she was carried to the ambulance.
He had escaped this wave of investigation.
Due to the sudden chaos, the hospital was almost full. It was as if Yu Meng's car had no other choice but to be sent to the North Zone.
Because North Zone was a chaotic place all year round, it was hard to manage the hospitals there. If not for the urgent situation, Yu Meng would not have been assigned to the North Zone.
He got out of the car and entered the hospital. Luckily, Yu Meng's wound wasn't deep, but there were many wounds and some infection.
The doctor quickly helped Yu Meng with her wounds. This train of people still had other patients to treat, so Yu Meng was arranged to stay in the ward. There was a special guard at the door, because after they were treated, they would be sent back for questioning.
Yu Meng couldn't go back with them, so she took the chance to go to the toilet and jumped out of the window.
Obviously, Yu Meng had overestimated herself.
When she looked down from the glass, she felt she might as well have been taken by the police.
Wasn't this too high!? She felt that she wasn't that high when she went up to the second floor from the first floor. Why was she so terrifyingly high when she really climbed up?
Yu Meng was short of breath. She wanted to retreat, so she obediently lay back down on the bed, ready to resign herself to fate.
However, just as she was about to go back, she accidentally slipped and fell without any warning.
"AHH!"
She thought that she was definitely done for. If she wasn't disabled, then she was a fool with a concussion.
After preparing for the worst, Yu Meng's body fell down, but the pain she had imagined didn't come.
On the contrary... It was like falling into a soft embrace.
"Ahh …"
Before long, a painful groan could be heard coming from beneath him …
Yu Meng froze. This voice was …
"Tan Yubai!" She quickly jumped up and squatted at the side, looking at the dark underbrush. There was a hint of a familiar figure in it.
Seeing this, Yu Meng couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"It's really you!"
Tan Yubai was not lightly pressed, all the bones in his body seemed to have broken.
He furrowed his brows and sat up, rubbing his numb shoulder and knee, then looked up at Yu Meng, "How is it, are you hurt?"
When he rushed to the hospital, he saw a person standing at the window in the backyard. At first, Tan Yubai couldn't see her clearly, but he guessed that Yu Meng might use such a stupid method to escape, so he quickly ran over and saw that it really was her. Before he could even call out to her, she had already jumped down from the window.
Tan Yubai had no choice but to bite the bullet and rush forward to catch it.
Yu Meng shook her head and reached out her hand.
"I'm fine. How are you?"
As Tan Yubai loosened his grip on Yu Meng's hand, he pulled Tan Yubai up.
"I didn't break an arm or a leg."
Tan Yubai saw the gauze covering Yu Meng's arm.
Yu Meng told him everything.
"You." A thick layer of pain surfaced in Tan Yubai's eyes: "Idiot."
"How did you know I was here?" As Yu Meng brushed off the dirt on her body, she asked, "Huh?"
"I saw the situation in the West District live on the news. When I saw you being sent to the ambulance, I wrote down the license plate number and followed you here."
"You didn't join them?"
Tan Yubai shook his head: "North Zone has been keeping a strict investigation. They can't even fly away now."
"Then what should we do?"
"Let's find a safe place to hide."
"Alright."
The place that Tan Yubai said was safe was the tea garden back then in Mu Bai's house. That place had already been completely destroyed, and the government did not have the intention to rebuild it either. Hence, it remained in such a desolate place, becoming a place that no one in the North Zone was willing to go.
Walking back into the tea garden, Yu Meng couldn't help but feel a little absent-minded.
The meaning of this place to her was completely different than before.
The story between Wen Lan and her before was just a touching love story to Yu Meng, but now, she had recovered her memories. Wen Lan was no longer the tragic heroine, but more importantly, her mother.
The fallen leaves under his feet had already turned a dark black, and he could no longer see the original shape of the leaves.
Yu Meng's footsteps were slow, as if every step she took was filled with caution.
Tan Yubai stopped not far away from the old tree where she was pointing at. He half knelt there and used his hand to straighten the slightly crooked wooden board in front of him.
No, it wasn't just a board stuck in the ground. It was her mother's tombstone.
Yu Meng stood rooted to the spot, staring blankly at her.
Tan Yubai was so familiar with it, his movements was fluid. He righted the tombstone, took out a tissue from his pocket, and carefully wiped off the dust on the tombstone.