"Thank you for saving my life." The young man was lying on the ground, his blood pooling around him as he gasped.
There was no reply but a quiet laughter could be heard in the alley. Then, the young man saw a robe floating in the wind like waves under the moonlight. It looked to him like the person the robes belonged to was carrying a young girl in his arms. In the blink of an eye, the ghostly figure disappeared.
The young male stumbled out from the alley. In his mind, he still thought about that highly skilled person but now was not the time to look for him.
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Shen Lian was being spontaneous. After playing the mysterious savior, it could be said that he had satisfied one of his adolescent fantasies.