“Hello, mom, from today onwards, I’ll be on a secret mission. I’ll probably only be able to return home after a while.” Inside a closed toilet, Xiao Yi took off her denim shorts[2] while talking to her mother. “I know, I’ll keep my safety in mind. You worry for those bad people that offended me. My martial arts were passed down from dad! Oh right, don’t tell dad or big brother about me going on a secret mission. They already work very hard outside, I don’t want them to worry. Remember to take care of your body, and don’t play mahjong for so long, it’s bad for your waist. Alright mommy, I’m going to shower now.”
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yi’s eyes teared up. She suddenly felt that she was very selfish. To escape her job of confiscating porn, she undertook the mission of an observer, and deceived her mother. Originally, her dad and older brother had been transferred to a special forces team in Beijing[1], leaving her and her mom to fend for themselves in Lin Hai City. Now that she had left home too, her over five decades old mother was all on her own.
Putting aside those distracting thoughts, she hoped that these two years would be her own nirvana. The best case scenario would be that after this mission, she too would be transferred to the Beijing. This way, she could naturally bring her mother there too, and the whole family would be reunited.
Xiao Yi took off her skin-tight T-shirt while humming a small tune. Wearing only her black lace underwear, she looked at her exquisite figure in the dressing mirror. Suddenly, the sound of someone knocking on the door could be heard.
“What is it? I’m washing up. Why don’t you use the toilet downstairs?” Xiao Yi didn’t need to think at all to know who it was outside the bathroom.
“I will begin to run away in thirty seconds. Starting now.” Shen Ming said coldly.
“What did you say?” Xiao Yi was stunned. She even slightly forgot that the person she was following was a death row convict.
“I meant exactly what I said. You still have twenty-five seconds.” By the time Shen Ming finished saying those words, he was already running towards the entrance on the bottom floor.
“Bastard! You dare run?!” Xiao Yi panicked. She immediately wore the denim shorts that she had just taken off, and rushed out of the toilet. She didn’t even have enough time to put on her T-shirt. At the moment, Shen Ming had just closed the door to the house.
Knowing that this wasn’t a joke, Xiao Yi became livid. She grabbed her handgun and chased him outside. Luckily, there was enough time to wear a pair of shoes.
At the entrance to the Commercial Business Area, it was nighttime, and there was nobody around. Under the orange streetlights, Shen Ming’s body was leaning close to the ground as he dashed forwards.
“Halt! Stop running!” Xiao Yi, who came from a family of cops, shouted out of habit. Her 105cm legs, chased after him in long strides.
The two people were about 100m apart, and moving at high speeds. Shen Ming was already out of Xiao Yi’s handgun’s range, so she could only try her best to catch up to him.
Xiao Yi went all out. She kept up with Shen Ming for 1.2km, running like mad for 3mins, and directly ran into a crowded street.
The streets tonight were abnormally lively. Many pedestrians saw Xiao Yi running in her underwear with their own eyes. Quite a few perverts took out their phones and snapped photos of Xiao Yi’s tender 32C breasts shaking as she ran. But as soon as they saw the gun in her hand, they were so scared that their erections went flaccid[3] and they immediately made way for her.
Shen Ming, who was in the lead, was like a monster as he dashed through the crowd, it was as if he did not slow down at all. Any pedestrian that he brushed by, felt as if a large gust of wind suddenly blew past them. He agilely grabbed onto a flowerbed with one hand, then flipped over it. He was even steadier than a gymnast as he fell. Then, he continued to run full speed ahead.
Only those who had chased after Shen Ming before, would know why this monster needed observers. That single armed flip showcased Shen Ming’s superhuman physique. Xiao Yi concluded that even if she were racing against her brother[4], who was a member of the special forces, she wouldn’t be left behind by much. But the 100m gap between them just wasn’t something Xiao Yi could close, no matter how hard she tried.
Running at full speed for a sustained period of time made her feel as if her lungs were about to explode. Her calcaneal tendon hurt so much that it felt like it could rupture at any moment. However, Xiao Yi just strongly gritted her teeth and continued to chase after Shen Ming as if her life was on the line[5], she was unwilling to back off in the slightest.
Arriving at an old apartment complex that Shen Ming had dashed into, Xiao Yi went inside as well. There, she saw Shen Ming behind a pair of closing elevator doors, waving at her.
“Bastard! Stop right there!” Xiao Yi didn’t even bother with a warning shot. She just took aim and fired. The bullet grazed past the closing elevator doors and shot inside. However, it missed its target.
The elevator rose towards the top floor. Xiao Yi took a deep breath and rushed up the spiral stairs.
“Youngest aunt’s[6] skill with the gun…...really impressive.” Inside the elevator Shen Ming, who had obviously run full speed for over 20mins, wasn’t even breathing hard. He touched his cheek, which was slightly bleeding.
After running at full speed for a long distance, one’s heart would beat rapidly, and their breathing would be unstable, affecting shooting accuracy. Even though the distance just now was only 10m, as long as Xiao Yi managed to hit the elevator door, she would be on the same level as the elites of the police world. To be able to shoot into the elevator and graze Shen Ming…… she was already at the standard of the special forces.
Shen Ming, this immoral person took the smoking lift straight to the 23rd floor. We should pity the chasing Xiao Yi. She ran so much that her right leg cramped, so she had to hop to the last floor.
Her skin was completely covered in sweat, and her black lace underwear was so soaked that it could have water wrung out of it.
This was an old apartment complex. Apart from the entrance where Xiao Yi was standing at, there was no other way out. She used the breathing technique her father taught her to adjust her heart rate, endured the pain of her cramping leg, readied her gun and walked towards the last door. She used one hand to open the door 90 degrees. Xiao Yi vigilantly and swiftly looked around to find her target.
But right at that moment, there was the sound of a fist banging the wooden door at her side, and in the next moment, something just grabbed Xiao Yi’s gun. In less than 0.1s, Xiao Yi’s .77 caliber handgun was dismantled into scrap metal like it was a lego figurine.
Xiao Yi jumped up and gave a roundhouse kick. It was impolite to not return favours[7]. So, she did so by directly kicking the old dilapidated wooden door into a heap of sawdust.
“Your fitness is quite good, and your legs are very strong. Your body is a lot stronger than mine was before I joined the Nirvana.” Shen Ming patted the sawdust off his body. He looked at Xiao Yi who was 2m away. He was not the least bit stingy with his praises.
[1] 帝都- Imperial City/Royal City etc. it refers to the capital of china: beijing The way it’s used is mildly sarcastic
[3]吓破的色胆 Lit: scared so badly their lust broke
[5] 玩命 lit: play with life
小=small/youngest 姨=阿姨=maternal aunt
[8] 霸王撩阴腿
[9] China’s police hotline
[11] Now the author is straight up making fun of china
[13] 很火 Lit: very fire. Means popular
[15]张力之美
之=的=particle grammatically used as possesive/ ‘s