Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

20. The Anger of Leah and Shen Yunie

There were noisy and chaotic voices, curses and footsteps mixed together. Finally, everything was quiet after a gunshot. The place where the girl was was like a battlefield. Mei said excitedly: "Please come and help us. I will send you the location!"

After speaking, Shen Yunie didn't have time to say a word before he heard the sound of the phone being hung up. Another message quickly popped up on his phone. It was the location sent by Meiyi, which was just outside Changkong City. He didn't know how the two girls could run to such a place. But at this moment, their lives were in danger.

"All students please take your seats in the auditorium immediately. I repeat, everyone please take your seats. The homeroom teacher will then begin to count the number of students. Those who are absent will be punished."

The broadcast sounded, as if urging the boy to choose between the two options. Shen Yunie's brows instantly frowned, and the task was only one step away.

He knew that if he missed today, it would be much more difficult to catch the criminal. People born with stigmata were also extremely strong in recovery ability, and he had promised the principal that he would catch the criminal today. The whole school was in turmoil because of this sentence. Was he really going to give up everything?

"Yune." Leah looked at the hesitant look of the little shota, but still didn't say what was in her heart. When she heard that Kiana was in danger, she wanted to save her. She had an impulse in her heart that made her want to urge the little shota, but she still suppressed it.

Let him decide for himself. It will definitely not be a choice that will disappoint you.

Shen Yunie could not afford to hesitate too much in this urgent time. He did not speak but took a step forward. He was going to go straight into the auditorium, but now he turned around and walked downstairs. The young man said firmly: "Let's go save people."

"I think so too!"

When walking down the stairs, a figure passed by Shen Yunie. The other person's gloomy and weird appearance left a deep impression. It was Asakura Miyuki. He stared at the girl and couldn't see any problem with her actions. He didn't continue to walk down the stairs until she completely disappeared from his sight.

The headmistress stood at the entrance of the auditorium but could not see the boy. She knew that the speech could not last too long. Gathering students for no reason would only make Qianyu Academy's reputation worse among parents. She anxiously sent messages and made phone calls, but received no response. The boy did not show up until the end.

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On the outskirts of Changkong City, the location is a long-abandoned factory. After hanging up the phone, the girl stayed here in a daze, Meiyi sat down against the rusty iron door, the previous gunshot seemed to shatter her soul, the girl lost all her strength, her face was blank and painful.

"Kiana, you can't be in trouble. You mustn't be in trouble." Mei held the sand on the ground with both hands, letting the sharp stones pierce into her palms. It was not known whether it was the pain in her hands or the sadness in her heart that made the girl's eyes well up with tears. "Why am I like this? I can't do anything well. I can't do anything..."

The sound inside was much quieter. I don’t know if it was because the distance was too far or it had ended.

Seeing her best friend fighting for her, she was too cowardly to say a word and hid here alone. It was just because of the shadow she had from childhood, the shadow that made her unable to draw her sword against others even though she had superb swordsmanship.

The sound of a speeding car was heard, and the dust on the ground was rolled up high. One could imagine how the tires of the car had been worn down. A car stopped suddenly in front of Mei, and the tires were still smoking. The boy got out of the car.

"Where's Kiana?" Shen Yunie's face looked a little ugly. There would definitely be a lot of difficult things when she returned. But after all, human life was the most important thing. Sister Liya liked Kiana very much, so she couldn't let her down.

He looked around but couldn't see the white-haired girl. He looked at Mei and asked, "You left her alone?"

"I'm sorry, I..." Mei wanted to explain, but what the other party said was indeed true. She closed her mouth and pointed at the iron door behind her with a dirty finger, "Kiana is inside, please help her."

Shen Yunie looked at the girl, his pupils suddenly shrank and then quickly calmed down. He walked towards the iron gate and opened it completely with force, then walked in alone without caring about Meiyi.

The abandoned factory was very large, with an open space in front of it, surrounded by several rooms and a second-floor building made of iron frames. At this time, there were nearly a hundred people standing on the entire first floor. Just by looking at their clothes, it was clear that they were bikers. The staircase leading to the second floor was the most crowded, and many people were banging on a door and cursing at the people inside.

With the appearance of the young man, the factory became quiet and all eyes were focused on one place.

"Where's Kiana?" Shen Yunie exuded a chill. It was these guys who disrupted all her plans. Anger gradually rose in her heart, "Where is she?"

"Who are you, kid?" Several nearby biker gang members saw a boy who was much shorter than themselves and immediately walked over with ferocious looks on their faces.

The thick water pipe pointed straight at him, stopping only a few centimeters in front of him. The man turned around and shouted to his companion at the stairs, "Keep smashing the door. The white-haired woman won't be able to hold on for much longer after being shot! Get out of here quickly, or you'll die here today."

It turned out that the gunshot was caused by Kiana being shot. Shen Yunie's expression became colder and colder. "You will regret it and will remember this day forever."

"bump!"

The man who pointed the water pipe at him was suddenly punched and flew away. Shen Yunie did not do it, but Leah could not help but do it. The man was punched and flew away and fell heavily to the ground and fainted. Her eyes were slightly red, and she returned to the space after she finished.

"Asshole!" The silence was broken again, and the bikers began to besiege Shen Yunie. But soon they began to show fear in their eyes. This male high school student was as strong as a monster, and his speed was also very agile. He easily knocked them all down in front of more than a dozen weapons.

Shen Yunie's movements were very fast. She was furious, so her strength was not light. She knocked down a burly man with one punch. The man did not faint but began to wail. The bones in his arm were broken.

He rushed from the front of the factory to the stairs alone. The bikers changed from rushing forward to forming a circle. No one dared to move forward, otherwise they would be knocked down, and in serious cases even their bones would be broken.

After knocking down six or seven people in succession, Shen Yunie came to his senses again, the pistol at the dark hole was already against his forehead, and he had to stop.

The expression on the biker's face suddenly turned ferocious, and he sneered, "Go ahead, you're really good at fighting? Why don't you continue and see which is faster, your fist or my bullet!"

What does it matter if she fights hard? She will still die if she gets hit by a bullet. That white-haired girl fought so fiercely, but she escaped in a panic after getting hit by a bullet.

Thinking of this, the biker smiled even more, but the next second his expression froze, "Ka-ka--"

The boy quickly grabbed the gun and bent it in front of everyone with his huge strength like a pair of pliers. His strength was so strong that the gun gradually rolled into an iron ball, and the biker's hand was also rolled inside. The next second, a wailing sound resounded throughout the factory.

"Ahhh!"

No one dared to provoke Shen Yunie anymore. He was so strong that he could even bend a pistol. If he went up to her again, he would be beaten to death! Their companions were lucky enough to only have broken fingers, but if they were unlucky, their entire hands would probably be crippled.

The boy was covered with a layer of fierce anger. He walked to the stairs unimpeded, and then stretched out his hand to push open the door that was blocked by heavy objects. A cloud of dust was raised, and a familiar figure curled up in the innermost part of the room like a frightened rabbit. The bloodstains on the floor were particularly conspicuous. Kiana's lips were pale and her consciousness had become blurred.

21. Cowardice

When she heard the sound, she subconsciously thought that it was a biker gang that broke in. She struggled to get up, but her blurred consciousness made it difficult for her to even raise her hands. A small face was pale between the scattered hair.

Shen Yunie then realized that her shoulder was injured. The bullet didn't penetrate her but grazed her shoulder. Even though she was so lucky, the bullet's lethality still made her shoulder bloody.

He took out a small tube of painkiller from his pocket, opened it and fed it to Kiana, and used his sleeve to temporarily stop the bleeding for her. After doing all this, he picked up the girl and asked, "How are you? Are you awake now?"

The pain was suppressed, and Kiana's consciousness became much clearer. She could see clearly who was in front of her. She opened her lips and asked in confusion: "Shen, Shen Yunie, why are you here..."

"I came to save you. You two got into trouble at exactly the right time. My big plan was ruined." Shen Yunie replied helplessly. He walked out of the room, and the remaining bikers looked at the boy's cold eyes. They immediately dispersed, and no one dared to step forward to stop him.

Only then did he look away. The girl in his arms showed a surprised expression when she saw this scene. She breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Where is Mei, where is she?"

"She's outside, she left you behind." When it comes to Raiden Mei, Shen Yunie already has a very bad impression of her. She cowardly abandoned her companions regardless of life and death, and he didn't understand why Kiana liked to stay with such a person.

"I know. Don't blame her. She can't fight anyway."

Shen Yunie did not refute her words. Meiyi must know better than herself whether she would fight or not. Kiana quietly hid in the boy's arms. The warm feeling made the pain in her body much less, just like that afternoon, comfortable and reassuring.

Leia breathed a sigh of relief when she confirmed that the girl had no other wounds. However, she felt a dull pain in her heart when she saw the blood gradually seeping through the bandage.

Mei walked out of the factory and stood at the door waiting anxiously. When she saw the two people appear, her eyes widened a lot because of surprise. She was worried about Kiana's situation, but she was too ashamed to step forward. She stood there and watched the two people pass by her. Shen Yunie didn't want to pay attention to her either.

Kiana's condition was not serious, but she still needed surgery. Shen Yunie put Kiana in the back seat, and before returning to the main driver's seat, she said coldly to Meiyi, "Are you leaving or not?"

"Let's go, thank you..." Mei was stunned for a moment, then she reacted and said gratefully. She sat in the back seat, her eyes fell on her companion's shoulder, and her vision suddenly blurred.

Kiana, who was facing him, smiled weakly and comforted him softly, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Shen Yunie drove back along the same route. It took nearly an hour to drive. She knew the speech was definitely over. Her phone had been vibrating repeatedly before. It must have been a message from the headmistress. She was furious when she thought she had been tricked.

The car did not drive directly back to Changkong City. Kiana's injuries required surgery. Shen Yunie drove to a small clinic in the suburbs and learned that the patient who was shot was going to undergo surgery. The doctor's first reaction was to ask the reason and notify the police, but when he saw an agent certificate in the boy's hand, he stopped all actions and started the surgery.

After watching the girl being pushed into the operating room, Shen Yunie sat down on the bench, while Meiyi sat on the other side with her head down, looking gloomy. She looked at the wall clock from time to time, as if every moment of waiting was torture.

Shen Yunie didn't want to talk to her. Why did he leave Kiana alone before when he was so worried? When they met before, he felt the difference in Raiden Mei. She was definitely not one of those weak young ladies who couldn't carry anything on their shoulders or lift anything with their hands.

When he closed his eyes to rest, he heard the girl's voice as soft as a mosquito, "Shen Yunie, can I ask you for a favor?"

He opened his eyes and cast a puzzled look, only to see Mei clenched her fists as if she had made up her mind, "I want you to teach me fighting techniques, and I also want to protect Kiana!"

Shen Yunie was stunned for a few seconds, and after making sure that she had not heard wrongly, she looked at her with a complicated look. After thinking for a while, she sneered, "Okay, but you have to fight with me first, let me see how strong you are."

"it is good!"

The girl walked out of the clinic, and Shen Yunie followed behind. Before she was about to leave, she was stopped by Leah. She felt that the little boy's next move was a bit radical and wanted to dissuade him, but seeing that Shen Yunie was determined to go, she could only let him go.

"Can you use a sword?" Shen Yunie threw the bamboo sword he got from the doctor's office to the girl, "Use your weapon, or I won't bully you too much."

Mei's expression froze, and she looked at the bamboo sword falling and reached out to hold it in her arms. She shuddered as if she was holding an ice cube, and held the bamboo sword in a very strange position. The boy didn't care about this somewhat funny position, and nodded to signal her to attack.

"I'm going to do it." Mei quickly stepped forward and stabbed the opponent's shoulder with the bamboo sword.

Even the sword-holding posture was wrong, so you can imagine how slow the sword was. Shen Yunie slightly turned his body to avoid the attack. He did not attack directly, but signaled the girl with his eyes to continue attacking.

The next sword still missed, and the following bamboo sword strikes missed by brushing past the boy's body. Shen Yunie's expression was very calm, and dodging these was nothing to him.

The calmness of the opponent further stimulated Meiyi. The girl was sweating profusely while holding the sword. She knew that her holding the sword in this way was wrong, but she still did it. She felt as if her heart was being hammered. The bamboo sword and the duel, those memories emerged in her mind, the shadow that still frightened her to this day.

She gritted her teeth and swung the bamboo sword fiercely. "Bang!" The next second, the sword in her hand was knocked away. The opponent's strength made her step back several steps. She felt a sharp pain in her chest and had to squat down to cover her chest. In her sight, Shen Yunie had no expression on his face and turned around to leave.

"Don't go. You promised to teach me."

"I forgot to tell you, I hate people like you who are capable but still hide behind others." Shen Yunie turned around and said in a cold tone, "I won't teach you."

Mei was stunned, as if she didn't hear clearly what he said, and looked at the boy in confusion.

"You know swordsmanship and you're the same type as me, which means you're much stronger than Kiana but you're still hiding behind her. You don't care if she's injured or about to die."

Shen Yunie's perception was not wrong, and Leah felt it as well. The moment she saw Meiyi, she could feel the rich Houkai energy emanating from her body. The person in front of her was a natural stigmata, and through observation, she could find that there were marks on the girl's palms and knuckles, which were marks left by holding the sword for a long time.

This is also the reason why he lost his good impression of Mei instantly. Kiana is just an ordinary person but she can fight for her, but she is cowardly hiding away. She even didn't react when her companion was shot. It's not worth it at all.

22. Born with a Stigmata

Hearing these words, Mei's face turned pale instantly. Her body was indeed the same as that of the boy, and the stigmata could be on the back. It was also because of this that she had lingering nightmares and shadows in her life since she was a child.

"No, you don't understand... I no longer have the courage to swing a knife at others." The girl's messy hair and eyes dimmed. She wanted to explain that she was not that kind of person.

Shen Yunie didn't care and asked coldly: "So you are just going to watch her die? If that's the case, you'd better keep Kiana away from you, otherwise sooner or later you will kill her."

This is not a reason for defense but an excuse for cowardice. In Shen Yunie's eyes, the girl in front of him is more and more a coward. "These are just excuses."

Mei stared at the boy blankly. When she was young, her father told her that she had undergone an operation to transplant a gem core into her body. Her father wanted to train her to be a hero of mankind. Her body also changed greatly during that period. When her peers could not move heavier tables and chairs, she could lift objects weighing dozens of kilograms.

Her physical agility has been greatly improved, and she is like a superman among her peers, even stronger than some adults. But Mei doesn't like this ability, because every time she falls asleep at night, there is always a voice cursing in her ear.

The fierce tone was like a devil in a TV series, torturing her so much that she never had a chance to sleep peacefully at night. During the day, she studied kendo and martial arts. As her strength grew stronger, the double torture almost broke her spirit.

One day, she fainted from exhaustion during sword training. When she woke up again, it was already evening. The scene around her left a shadow on her life. The teacher in charge of teaching kendo was dead, killed by her bamboo sword, and several maids also fell down, and the blood almost spread to half of the kendo room.

The girl screamed in fear and was found by her father who rushed over after hearing the noise. She fell into a coma again and was found in a hospital bed when she woke up. Since then, the sound has never appeared at night again, but she has lost the courage to raise the sword against anyone.

The shadow lingered, and the stigmata on her back told her all the time that she was a monster who would kill everyone around her.

"Go now." The boy's voice brought her back to her senses. Shen Yunie's expression was still cold. "Go back to Qianyu Academy now, and stay away from Kiana."

Mei's body trembled and she struggled to get up. She shook her head vigorously, "Can you let me wait until she wakes up? I want to talk to her... She is my only friend."

Only those who stay away from her can live safely. Even if someone wants to get close to her, they will be driven away by her cold appearance. Only Kiana is an exception. On the first day of her appearance, the girl ignored everyone's strange looks and stood alone beside herself.

She said she was also a lonely person, and it would be good for the two of them to be friends so that neither of them would feel lonely.

"Sorry, I don't allow it." Ignoring the girl's pitiful appearance, Shen Yunie refused without hesitation.

"Yune, isn't this too much?" Leah couldn't help but ask. She could clearly feel the girl's Honkai energy increasing dramatically. After realizing that Mei was born with a stigma, the little boy guessed that she was afraid of this power, so she didn't dare to fight. In order to let Mei have the courage to fight, he also wanted to see her ability, so he mocked her now.

"It's okay." Shen Yunie responded, facing the girl who was approaching, he suddenly pressed his bracelet. Heiyuan appeared in his hand, and the sharp tip of the gun pointed directly at the other party's throat, "Kiana, that idiot did something wrong, I will help him correct it."

"She's not wrong!" Mei's eyes showed a trace of anger, and two memories emerged in her mind. She realized that she couldn't stand the days without Kiana. Even if she was just imagining it in her mind, she felt distressed. "Even if she was wrong, it shouldn't be corrected by someone you've known for a few days."

"I'm her savior, so I have to consider her safety." Shen Yunie knew that he had lit the fuse of the explosives, and now it was only one step away from the final explosion. He immediately focused his mind, "Want to see her? Walk past my gun first. Otherwise, get out of here!"

The air became sticky, and the oxygen here seemed to be replaced by something. Shen Yunie saw that the anger in Meiyi's eyes was getting stronger, and there was a faint purple light around her, emitting a violent aura.

Shen Yunie knew what Mei's ability was. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck Heiyuan, and he was knocked back several meters. The special material of Heiyuan did not change, but his sleeves were blasted into charcoal, and his white arm was black and numb with pain.

Just like her last name, her ability is lightning, a powerful and violent attack.

"I want her to make her own decision!" Meiyi was also greedy sometimes. She couldn't stand Kiana leaving her, and couldn't stand running away like this. The ability that had been sealed since childhood appeared, and the girl's consciousness became blurred.

"boom--"

The lightning blasted the ground, raising dust, and the next lightning blasted towards Shen Yunie. Before it touched his body, it was received by the black abyss, and the lightning was pulled into the ground. The gun swept across and knocked the girl down, but she quickly got up again.

Then there were more thunder and lightning bombardments. Shen Yunie was not able to resolve them every time. After many attacks, he felt that he was at a disadvantage. His attack was only the body of Heiyuan's gun, otherwise one shot would penetrate the opponent's body, but they were not fighting to the death.

Mei's attacks, on the other hand, became increasingly fierce, each time aiming at the vital points. The veins on the girl's delicate face swelled, and her eyes changed from black to the same lavender as the lightning. She raised her hand and several lightning bolts condensed into a powerful attack.

Shen Yunie dodged, the lightning brushed past his body, the horrible impact instantly scorched his clothes. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he once again saw the terrifying side of being born with a stigma.

"You can't attack the enemy, but you can kill me?"

Mei's consciousness instantly recovered a lot. She stopped attacking and immediately wanted to explain: "That's because..."

"Because of what? Because I stopped you from being together? You are just being cowardly. It's not that you can't use this ability, you just don't want to do it yourself. Anyway, you have a thug by your side!"

The lightning in the air disappeared, Mei's previous violent appearance disappeared, and charred holes appeared on the ground around her. She suddenly realized that she had really killed him. She showed an unbelievable expression, and her pupils suddenly shrank. Wasn't her performance just as he said?

Kiana is not a fighter, she is her best friend. It is not because she is a coward that she does not fight... But why did she not feel any shadow in her mind when she was fighting just now?

The girl couldn't figure it out, her face turned pale and she took a few steps back.

"Think about it carefully, why was I able to fight just now, and why couldn't I fight before?" Shen Yunie took back the Black Abyss. He was not feeling well now, and many parts of his body were burnt black. Although it didn't cause too much damage, the numbness and pain in many parts were enough to make people frown.

23. Fight for Kiana

The competition ended as Shen Yunie disappeared from the clinic. Meiyi squatted on the ground and hid her face in her knees. The curses and whispers in her ears every night when she was a child emerged in her mind, and she recalled the horrible scenes in the kendo room. It was obviously these fears that made her unable to raise her sword to others, but why did she use her ability to fight Shen Yunie just now?

At that time, there was no fear in his mind, he just wanted to fight for Kiana. Whether she wanted to stay away from him or not, only she could make the decision. After these thoughts emerged, lightning struck out.