Chapter 46: Becoming the Bait Again
After dinner, Leng Qing Qiu showed no intention of returning the key to Lu Zhi Yin.
Leng Qing Qiu felt she was essentially imprisoning Lu Zhi Yin, but her foolish childhood friend seemed not to have noticed anything unusual.
“Come with me to find prey first, and I’ll take you home after we get back.”
Leng Qing Qiu continued to trick Lu Zhi Yin.
She pushed Lu Zhi Yin out of the house.
Since Lu Zhi Yin had cooked dinner early, it wasn’t too late after the meal, and the sky hadn’t completely darkened, it was dusk.
The streets were covered with a layer of gold, and the warm sunlight fell on Lu Zhi Yin, making her feel a bit dazed.
The wounds on her body didn’t hurt much anymore, and she seemed to have a delusion that this world… wasn’t so dangerous?
In a daze, Lu Zhi Yin was taken into the car by Leng Qing Qiu.
This time, Leng Qing Qiu didn’t take Lu Zhi Yin to the red-light district, but to a derelict residential area.
Tall, unfinished concrete buildings stood out among the surrounding low-rise houses.
“In the past, the city mayor considered redeveloping this residential area of low-rise houses, but due to funding issues, the project was halted halfway, and the government was unable to spend a large sum to demolish these nearly completed buildings, so it was abandoned.”
After carrying Lu Zhi Yin and her wheelchair out of the car, Leng Qing Qiu calmly recounted the history of the area.
“As for the residents whose houses were demolished in this area, they did not receive compensation and often lived miserable lives. Some residents left the city, while others stubbornly moved into this area without water or electricity.”
“Well… besides that, the crime rate here is also high.”
Finally, Leng Qing Qiu did not forget to add this sentence.
“Mmm…”
Sitting in her wheelchair, Lu Zhi Yin looked at the bare buildings and the uneven cement road in front of her in the afterglow of the sunset.
Few pedestrians were seen on the road, and even those who occasionally passed by mostly looked tired.
Lu Zhi Yin remembered the last time she went out with Leng Qing Qiu, when she was used as bait to attract so-called prey.
Although such a plan seemed reasonable, it was truly heartbreaking and also made Lu Zhi Yin feel scared.
“Um… today, am I going to be bait again?”
Tugging at Leng Qing Qiu’s clothes, the white-haired girl in the wheelchair looked worried.
“Yes.”
Looking at the troubled Lu Zhi Yin, Leng Qing Qiu did not hesitate.
She patted Lu Zhi Yin’s shoulder.
“Don’t worry, I’ll be there in time.”
After a moment of hesitation, she still comforted the uneasy girl.
Contrary to her words, dark thoughts arose in her heart.
She wanted to see Lu Zhi Yin get hurt; if she got hurt, she would have a reason to keep her by her side, right?
Frowning, Leng Qing Qiu still couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her.
She couldn’t help but feel annoyed just thinking about Long Qinxin’s appearance that afternoon.
Parking the car in place and locking it, Leng Qing Qiu pushed Lu Zhi Yin into the community.
“Gulp…”
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, although Leng Qing Qiu said she would appear in time to protect her, Lu Zhi Yin still couldn’t eliminate her fear.
Although she seemed to have become a little foolish, she wasn’t foolish enough to trust someone unconditionally.
Closing her eyes, Lu Zhi Yin forced herself to calm down and looked at the surroundings.
There were no green plants in the community, and the roadside was bare, naturally there were no streetlights or other facilities. To be honest, bare was also good? At least there was no need to worry about something hiding in the corners.
Pushed by Leng Qing Qiu, they wandered around the community. Gradually, the sky completely darkened, and the tall buildings did not light up like those in the city remembered.
Lu Zhi Yin’s world became pitch black, and she became more and more uneasy.
The faint moonlight in the sky could not bring Lu Zhi Yin even a little sense of security.
Her shoulders began to tremble uncontrollably. Perhaps the only thing Lu Zhi Yin was grateful for at this moment was that there were no supernatural events in this world.
Otherwise, with her timid nature, she might have scared herself to death.
Well, of course, that was an exaggeration.
Leng Qing Qiu’s vision in the dark seemed much better than Lu Zhi Yin’s. She was always calm, her hands steady, and the wheelchair continued to move forward steadily.
After a while, the wheelchair stopped.
Leng Qing Qiu disappeared quietly.
“Gulp…”
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Lu Zhi Yin knew that this was the beginning of Leng Qing Qiu’s plan, and she had completely transformed into bait.
Although she was prepared, Lu Zhi Yin still inevitably panicked when she was abandoned again.
“Calm down, calm down… If I want to be bait and attract attention, I should…”
Pursing her lips, Lu Zhi Yin tried hard to think about how to cooperate with Leng Qing Qiu.
She placed her hands on the wheels of the wheelchair and began to control the wheelchair to move forward herself. The sound of the tires rolling was particularly noticeable in the silence.
Lu Zhi Yin boldly moved forward in the darkness.
The wheels of the wheelchair would occasionally roll over small stones on the road, causing bumps. Each bump of the wheelchair produced a louder noise.
The particularly noticeable tire sound began to attract the attention of some people with ulterior motives in the darkness.
However, she was not intercepted by the prey Leng Qing Qiu wanted.
Lu Zhi Yin actually began to relax gradually until a firelight appeared in her sight.
In the distance, two or three figures were gathered around a bonfire, doing something.
“…Should I… should I go over?”
Afraid to move forward, Lu Zhi Yin muttered to herself, as if asking Leng Qing Qiu, but actually asking herself.
After waiting for a long time, no one answered Lu Zhi Yin’s question.
“Hoo…”
Taking a deep breath, Lu Zhi Yin finally decided to move forward.
Although she was also very scared, she needed the money Leng Qing Qiu gave her, and she also needed to improve Leng Qing Qiu’s favorability.
In fact, as long as she was told what to do in advance, she wouldn’t be particularly scared…
In her heart, Lu Zhi Yin told herself this, and she was still brooding over the previous incident.
As she got closer to the bonfire in the distance, she soon saw more things.
A bare-chested man was pressing a woman against a discarded utility pole, his body constantly moving, and what he was doing was self-evident.
The two people around them watched the couple with great interest.
Lu Zhi Yin’s body stiffened, and she suddenly didn’t want to move forward anymore.
“It seems that two hundred yuan and favorability points are not that important anymore.”
She began to control the wheelchair and tried to back away.
However, the distance was not far now. A man next to the couple turned his head and spotted Lu Zhi Yin.
