She Lives without Regret in This Life

Chapter 1278: Chapter 1348: Life-Saving Grace

The driver’s reaction was quick as well; he immediately pulled out a gun from under the seat and skillfully returned fire.

"You damn bitch, see if I don’t kill you today." Julian was the kind of person who held grudges, and anyone who dared to escape was captured and brutally killed. This time, he had been outsmarted by a pregnant woman, which was an enormous humiliation.

If he didn’t capture her to torture her, he couldn’t swallow this indignation.

Sheng Ning cursed inwardly, also shocked by the driver’s proficiency with a gun. She once again clearly realized that this wasn’t her home country; this was one of the places with the highest crime rates in the world, and where citizens could legally carry guns.

Her reaction was also quick. Knowing that if she failed to escape, she would face humiliation and death, she didn’t hesitate to open the car door on the other side and roll to hide behind a trash bin.

The street was lined with brightly lit shop windows, but behind the bustling facade were often dark places. Unassuming alleyways led to all sorts of old houses.

This area was usually inhabited by the lowest strata of society, a mix of people with houses and various shops densely packed. Many bars and nightclubs were also open here.

Sheng Ning quickly surveyed the area and found her only chance to hide was to run into the alleyways. She originally wore high heels but they hindered her running, so she took them off and clutched her belly, running desperately inside.

The fight on the street had ended; the driver saw he couldn’t win and threw his gun to the ground, raising his hands in surrender.

"Bastard." Julian went to the car’s back seat to find that the person was gone, the door on the other side was open, and he quickly chased after.

"Over there, that way."

"Stop right there, or I’ll shoot."

"You damn bitch, you want to die."

The voices behind her grew closer, and more frightening were the bullets that followed right at her heels. No matter where Sheng Ning ran, Julian kept tenaciously on her trail.

She was utterly exhausted, and just as she was about to be caught, a small hand reached out from a half-open, dark door.

Sheng Ning darted inside.

The door had just closed when she heard a flurry of footsteps pass by outside.

"Shh!" a young voice made a gesture to stay silent.

Sheng Ning collapsed to the ground, her back weakly leaning against the door. Overwhelmed with exhaustion, she felt like she could faint, but she had to bite her lips tightly and slowly regulate her breathing.

Afraid of being discovered, she didn’t even dare to breathe loudly.

The room was not lit, only faintly outlined by the streetlights outside. Once her lungs felt a bit better, she realized there was a little boy standing in front of her.

And he was very young, maybe only four or five years old.

"My name is Lin En," the little boy said to her in fluent Mandarin.

Sheng Ning was moved to tears, grabbing the boy’s hand.

"What... what are you doing?" Lin En was obviously startled by her action, stepping back in panic. "Let go, quickly let go."

"I’m sorry." Sheng Ning hurriedly let go and apologized, "I was too excited, meeting a fellow countryman in a foreign land makes me so happy." After holding back tears for so long, at this moment they uncontrollably fell.

"I’m not your fellow countryman; I was born in the M Country, and have never been to the East," Lin En said.