Lizzie subconsciously glanced in that direction, that place, she knew, was the black market in town, in her past life she went in there to exchange spaghetti for Darrell.
It was so noisy, probably because someone was checking the black market, and the people inside were running away in all directions.
Lizzie walked away faster, so she wouldn’t get bumped into later, thinking she was going to the black market.
However, just then, a figure stumbled out of the alley.
The guy was not tall, slim, ran past in the dim shadow, but you could vaguely see that he was a teenager.
Lizzie’s gaze fell on the figure, and she hesitated for a moment.
Even though it was dimly lit, that familiar silhouette made her heart skip a beat.
Colton!
She almost blurted out, “Shouted.”
“Colton!”
Colton heard a familiar voice, stopped in his tracks, and turned around suddenly.
“Lizzie?”
Lizzie took a few steps–forward and stood in front of Colton. She quickly took off the scarf, brushed it on the snow to erase his
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footprints, and then pulled him away.
Colton saw it and followed along, sweeping as he walked further
away.
I walked onto the main road, the snow on the ground was packed down and wouldn’t leave footprints, then I ran off into the distance.
Ran a few steps, Lizzie started to feel pain in her legs and slowed down a bit.
Colton saw the crash, immediately crouched down, and picked up Lizzie on his back.
Lizzie didn’t say he was running slowly, just jumped on his back because they wouldn’t be able to run fast and might get caught.
Colton carried Lizzie on his back, and as he ran out of the alley, three people suddenly appeared and looked around before running towards them.
“Stop!” The three people came straight towards them.
Colton’s body froze for a moment, and he stumbled with Lizzie on his back.
Lizzie whispered in his ear, “Don’t panic, put me down and do as I say.”
Colton took a deep breath and slowly set Lizzie down as instructed.
Almost at the same time, those three people had surrounded him.
The leader was a middle–aged man, with sharp eyes, looking them up and down, especially lingering on Colton for a long time.
He asked, “What are you running for?”
Colton had sweat beads on his forehead, avoiding eye contact, lips trembling, unable to say a word.
The man immediately saw that Colton was guilty, and he stared at him, “You! Why are you sweating so much?”
Lizzie took a step forward and discreetly stood in front of Colton, “Sir, my brother is carrying me on his back, he must be sweating and tired.”
The leader eyed Lizzie suspiciously, looking back and forth between her and Colton.
“Carry you? You’re perfectly capable, why should he carry you? Can’t you walk by yourself?”
“I had a car accident a few days ago and broke my leg. I just put down my crutches in the past two days. The doctor told me not to walk too much. The road is slippery in this snowy weather, I really can’t walk, so I let him carry me for a while.”
She calmly took out her work ID from her bag and handed it over.
“This is my work permit, it’s a temporary proof that I assist in the factory. But today I went to the Research Institute Residential Building, on my way back to Acagoza Heights, just happened to pass by here.”
The leader took the documents and quickly glanced through them.
When he saw the words “Equinox Research Laboratory” on the researcher’s badge, his expression changed slightly, the doubt on his face seemed to lessen a bit, but didn’t completely disappear.
He handed the documents back to Lizzie, then his gaze returned to Colton.
“You’re a researcher, so this may not be your concern. He needs to
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come with us and clarify things.”
Colton heard this and his face, which was already pale, turned even paler. It was as if all the blood had drained from his body.
Lizzie nodded slightly, “Okay. But my little brother is timid and young, I can’t let him go with you alone. Besides, my legs are not convenient, I can’t go back alone, I’ll go with you.”
The leader glanced at Lizzie, nodded, and agreed.
Colton’s mind was blank and he just went with the flow subconsciously.
Lizzie grabbed him and said, “Colton.”
The play had to be well rehearsed.
Colton immediately got it, squatted down in front of Lizzie again, waited for her to catch up, and then stood up and continued walking.
Colton carried someone on his back and walked slowly.
The person in the lead frowned, wanting to hurry them up, but then thought about Lizzie’s company. “What if she knows the big boss and causes trouble for me later?”
