Chapter 144: Lets do it.
With adrenaline pumping and a racing heart, she told Muyang, "We need to get down now."
"No," Muyang held her back tightly. "We could get hit if we move suddenly; we need to find out where the shooter is aiming from first."
He was not willing to watch her get her head blown off carelessly. They needed to be careful and deceptively calculative to escape.
"Host, there is no movement; you have twenty seconds to hit the ground and escape from your current position."
Suddenly she remembered the umbrella. She had received a bullet proof umbrella which she had never used.
"No time." She said and jumped down, pulling him along with her. While she landed smoothly on the ground, Muyang landed on his back. Her reason for doing this was to ensure that he did not notice that she had magically conjured up an umbrella out of thin air.
"Come on, let’s go." She helped him up and popped the umbrella open. Hopefully, this would be enough to protect them until they disappeared into the crowd.
Muyang took the lead by swiftly pulling her into the shadows, taking care to avoid all the brightly lit areas especially when more fireworks were set off. It was a short distance of less than five minutes to their tent but somehow, with all the hiding and sneaking around, it felt like an hour or more was the time it took for them to get to safety.
When they were safely hidden away inside of the tent, Muyang grabbed her shoulders and embraced her tightly. His heart was beating so fast and his entire body was tense. She knew why he was scared, honestly she was scared too. That shot had come too close to be dismissed easily. One of them could have died.