Chapter 489

Chapter 489 The Man in Black

Going out for a late-night snack with Su Rui was indeed an opportunity for Danielle Sharp to find a chance to escape.

After all, the two were evenly matched in combat ability, and her injuries had nearly fully recovered. If it came down to a full-on fight, this Apollo who had been playing games all night might not actually be able to keep her here!

The only thing Danielle Sharp was worried about was the drug she had taken. If another full-body itching episode hit her, that was absolutely something she couldn’t endure! Her plan was to escape and immediately return to the West, seek out renowned doctors to rid her body of the poison. After all, there was still a month before the next episode, and that was more than enough time.

Although this approach was a bit of a gamble, Danielle Sharp had no choice. Being stuck in that hospital room was truly worse than death for her!

Not to mention, she had no intention of being used as a bargaining chip by Su Rui!

Danielle Sharp was fully aware that her identity was extremely sensitive. If Apollo kept her in his grasp, she could be used to hold many people in check!

This guy had definitely realized that long ago, which was exactly why he had given her that drug!

“Get out, I need to change.” Danielle Sharp tugged at the bath towel wrapped around her and said.

She hadn’t realized that just a few minutes ago, a corner of the towel had lifted and given Su Rui a glimpse of what lay beneath.

“Alright.” Gazing at her beauty, Su Rui couldn’t help but swallow, a faint mysterious smile crossing the corner of his lips: “I hope you’ll like the clothes I bought for you.”

When Danielle Sharp changed and walked out, Su Rui couldn’t help but feel his eyes light up.

Although he had already considered Danielle Sharp an exceptionally stunning woman, he hadn’t expected that she could look this beautiful in these clothes.

A simple low-cut camisole with delicate fringe at the chest, her full curves and cleavage displayed just right, the thin straps leaving almost her entire shoulders bare, white as jade, her skin impossibly smooth.

The top wasn’t very long, barely reaching her navel, revealing a stretch of equally snow-white midriff. Worn on Danielle Sharp, these clothes sparked endless imagination. Any normal man who saw her would want to lift that camisole up and take in the spectacular view beneath.

If the camisole on top was pure and simple yet deeply alluring, then the bottom half that Su Rui had chosen for the beautiful Danielle was enough to make one laugh and cry at the same time!

It was a — denim pencil skirt!

Anyone who had seen a pencil skirt knew it was a garment that perfectly showcased a woman’s curves, bringing out both the hips and thighs just right. The better the figure, the more one would choose this style. As for those with less ideal figures, wearing one would only be an embarrassment.

Danielle Sharp had a great figure and looked stunning in the skirt, but the key issue was that the pencil skirt was pulled tight from the hips all the way down to the knees, and combined with the characteristic stiffness of denim, it left her with no choice but to take tiny little steps!

Was Danielle Sharp really supposed to shuffle away from Su Rui in tiny mincing steps? Just thinking about it was enough to make anyone dizzy!

Su Rui had once again taken his “shameless genius” to the absolute extreme.

Looking further down at her feet, she wore a pair of 10-centimeter stilettos. Having just put on heels that high, even keeping her balance was a challenge, and paired with the straight pencil skirt, what exactly was Danielle Sharp supposed to use to make her escape?

It was obvious that she had realized this too, which was why her expression looked rather unpleasant, cold as ice.

“Hey, those clothes fit you really well.” Su Rui said, making small talk.

“Everything fits me well.” Danielle Sharp took a few steps, stumbled, and nearly fell.

The heels on these stilettos were just too thin and too tall! It was practically like walking on stilts! Even with all of Danielle Sharp’s extraordinary skills, she couldn’t manage them!

Su Rui reacted quickly, catching her just as she was about to twist her ankle!

In that moment, Su Rui felt his arm get firmly squeezed by two soft, incredibly elastic peaks!

There was only a thin camisole between them! The sensation was truly beyond words!

Danielle Sharp’s face flushed a deep red. Once she steadied herself, she shoved Su Rui aside: “Pervert, get away from me!”

“No good deed goes unpunished, huh. If it weren’t for me, you would’ve fallen flat on your face just now.” Su Rui said irritably. Women were unreasonable, especially beautiful ones.

Danielle Sharp said nothing more and stormed into the passenger seat.

Su Rui started the car, glanced at her, and said: “Please put your seatbelt on.”

The latter said nothing, pulled the seatbelt across her chest and buckled it tight, the two peaks nearly bursting out from the pressure, giving Su Rui yet another eyeful.

After their car had driven several hundred meters, a shadow like a ghost emerged from the bushes, watching the direction the car had disappeared, and flagged down a taxi.

“Sir, where are you headed?” the taxi driver said.

The figure wore a baseball cap pulled down very low, their entire body shrouded in black clothing, making it impossible to make out their appearance or build.

On a summer night like this, going out dressed like that felt deeply unsettling.

“Follow that car up ahead.”

The figure in black spoke, their Mandarin stiff and halting, their voice extremely hoarse, sounding deeply eerie, even sending a chill down one’s spine!

“What car up ahead?”

The driver was a bit dazed. The long dark road ahead looked completely deserted, not even a hint of headlights in sight! What car?

The more he looked at this passenger, the more something felt off. Had he picked up someone mentally unstable?

“Drive forward, I’ll tell you the direction.”

With that, the figure in black pulled out a thick wad of Chinese yuan and placed it on the center console!

Looking at that stack of cash, easily several thousand at least, the taxi driver swallowed hard, slammed the accelerator, and the car shot forward like an arrow released from a bow!

And after that taxi took off, a figure poked their head out from a tree branch in the distance, small and lean, holding a pair of night-vision binoculars.

After noting the taxi’s license plate number, the person spoke into their earpiece: “Sir, a taxi has followed them. All in black, couldn’t make out the appearance, estimated distance around 500 meters.”

From the other end of the communicator came Su Rui’s mocking voice: “Quite cautious indeed. But at 500 meters, are they sure they can keep up?”

“Sir, should we move in now? Intercept the vehicle directly?”

“No need. This one’s mine to deal with. You all follow carefully from behind. There might be more shady characters who’ll show themselves, so whatever you do, don’t tip them off.”

With that, Su Rui switched off the communicator.

“Were you just on a call?” Danielle Sharp raised an eyebrow, seeming to have picked up on something from Su Rui’s conversation, and said: “The reason you brought me out here was to see whether I’d make a good enough lure, wasn’t it?”

Drawing the snake out of its hole!

Su Rui wanted to see just how many people were watching him, and how many people cared whether Danielle Sharp lived or died!

Su Rui glanced at Danielle Sharp’s prominent chest and smiled: “Even if you weren’t a lure, you have more than enough appeal in certain areas.”

“Why won’t you give me a straight answer?”

“I have no obligation to treat a prisoner with courtesy.” Su Rui glanced at the fuming beauty and laughed: “Relax, I only just put this soft sword of yours on today. I don’t have the habit of wearing it to the bathroom.”

Hearing that, Danielle Sharp seemed to breathe a little easier.

“You’ve never seen Ninghai’s nightscape, have you? Let me show you the sights of our international metropolis today.”

With that, Su Rui floored the accelerator and the car shot forward!

He was driving Lin Aoxue’s BMW, with acceleration far superior to the taxi several hundred meters behind!

Watching the lights outside the window gradually blur into streaks, Danielle Sharp realized someone was tailing them from behind. She smiled faintly and said nothing, settling into the role of a spectator. As long as she could escape, what did anything else matter?

Su Rui pushed his driving to the absolute limit, weaving left and right across Ninghai’s elevated highways, turning at every fork he came across, completely deviating from their original route.

Ninghai’s outer ring elevated highway was already known as the most complex road network in Asia. Someone had once joked that if a foreign army came to attack Ninghai and got onto this highway, they’d be lost for half a year and never find their way off.

Su Rui darted left and right, swiftly breaking through the elevated highway’s “maze,” shifting from the south side of Ninghai all the way to the north!

Ten minutes later, the taxi driver was wandering aimlessly on the elevated highway and said helplessly: “Buddy, you can keep your money, I really can’t see that car anywhere.”

The figure in black with the baseball cap paused for a moment, then yanked open the car door and leaped out!

The car was going 80 kilometers per hour! Jumping out like that was either death or serious injury!

The taxi driver was on the verge of a breakdown. He quickly brought the car to a stop, but looking around, there was no trace of the figure in black anywhere in the vast darkness of the night!

“What the hell, am I dreaming?” The driver rubbed his eyes, then picked up the thick wad of Chinese yuan from the center console, and only then felt slightly reassured.

Su Rui drove Danielle Sharp through the night and arrived at a lively-looking night market barbecue stall in the north of the city.

“Boss, give us a jin of lamb, 10 skewers of squid, 20 skewers of chicken wings, and the coldest draft beer you’ve got.”

Danielle Sharp smoothed her skirt and sat down, glancing around, clearly not at ease with this kind of dining environment.

All around her were bare-chested men clinking glasses and hollering at each other, the tables covered with disposable tablecloths, the ground a bit greasy, the air thick with smoke and the smell of charcoal.

For the refined Danielle Sharp, how could she possibly tolerate an environment like this?

And besides, those skewers looked charred and blackened — were they even edible? Wouldn’t this stuff cause cancer?

“You can’t drink and drive.” Danielle looked at the several large bottles of draft beer, her brow slightly furrowed.

“You can drive us back later.” Su Rui said casually, tilting his head back and downing a large gulp.

“Fine.” Danielle Sharp agreed without hesitation. In truth, she was just testing Su Rui. As far as she was concerned, the more Su Rui drank the better — ideally until he was dead drunk and completely out of it!

But she had consistently overlooked the faint smile playing at the corner of Su Rui’s lips.