Her hands trembled and her throat burned.
She reached into her coat, pulling out Shen Xiao's phone.
But there was no signal.
And even if there was… Who would she call? The people after him were the kind who made you disappear without a sound. Hospitals were not an option at that moment.
A low voice called from the shadow of the stairwell. "You are heavily bleeding."
Bai Zhi jerked up, grabbing a broken glass shard from the floor. But the figure that stepped into the flickering light wasn't a cop or a killer.
It was a woman. Older, draped in layers of faded scarves, jewelry made of wire and bones clinking against her wrists. Her skin was weathered, her eyes sharp and strangely knowing.
"I saw what happened," the woman said, her voice low and hoarse. "That man is cursed, and the bullet he got hit with has a venom worm that would eat him up... That blood isn't just human anymore."
