Chapter 48: Wu Yu 07 (3)
The barrel of a gun stared down at me as I became briefly distracted. My mind blanked as I went all out, grabbing Zhu Shuyun’s arm and twisting it toward him. Amidst the chaos, I heard the cracking of bones and flickers of fear, anguish, confusion, and realization flash before Zhu Shuyun’s eyes.
Bang!
I became dumbfounded and noticed a small bloody hole in Zhu Shuyun’s chest when I looked down the next second. The latter had probably pulled the trigger before he realized the gun was aiming at himself. I kicked the gun away from Zhu Shuyun’s strengthless hand before promptly rolling my tank top to press on the gunshot wound.
“He’s dead! He’s dead!” yelled someone from the pit. Simultaneously, as if the birds had realized this fact as well, they quickly took to the air before vanishing from our sights.
Tan Jiao stood in a daze behind me before she plopped to the ground after some time. “Are you alright?” she asked.
“I’m fine.”
Cries of help echoed from the pit as the Zhu family pleaded, “Please help us! Please come quick!”
With cries from the Zhu family and the accompanying faint sounds of police sirens filling the air, I looked at the pale and motionless Zhu Shuyun. His life force seemed to be fading away before my eyes. “Stay with me! Tell me, where did the birds come from? Why do they listen to you?”
Zhu Shuyun listlessly opened his half-closed eyes and said in a weak voice, “B-birds...someone gave me.”