Tangling with the Western Commander

Chapter 65: Chapter 65: Recognize at a Glance!

From afar, Wen Xian saw that familiar figure, her breathing slowed.

Time around her seemed to stretch, each minute, each second elongated.

She never imagined that the man who haunted her nights, the one she believed to turn for a lifetime, would so suddenly reappear in her view.

From a distance, she saw him wearing a black coat, swiftly weaving through the crowd as if he were chasing someone. His footsteps stopped for a moment, blending into the moving crowd.

Her first reaction upon seeing him was shock; her second was to look around for any suspicious figures.

She deduced that Lu Xiao’s sudden appearance might be due to an assignment.

Indeed.

As she stood at the storefront, she noticed a man in a gray outfit approaching quickly, wearing a hat, looking inconspicuous.

Since the area was mostly filled with tourists leisurely browsing the stores, only he moved hastily.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Soon, that man would pass by her side.

Wen Xian picked up a mask and put it on her head, bowing to avoid eye contact.

After he passed by, Wen Xian, through her mask, watched the direction he left…!

Soon, Lu Xiao caught up.

Throughout the chase, Lu Xiao continuously altered his appearance, mastering the art of tailing.

Having eavesdropped on that suspect last night, he was almost certain today that the suspect was heading to a rendezvous point to meet his accomplices and lay low.

He had to catch them this time; otherwise, once they escaped, it would be very hard to find them again in the vast west!

There Wen Xian stood, wearing a wrathful Maharaja mask, her eyes following him as he quickly approached; her hand tightened its grip on the door frame.

Their reunion came under such circumstances.

With her mask on, he might not even realize she was there, and she couldn’t speak a word to him, afraid to interfere with his work.

Yet, that persistent thought made her uncontrollably fix her gaze on him.

Lu Xiao was in rapid motion, following the suspect, when suddenly, he sensed someone continuously watching him.

With his sharp senses from special forces training, he almost instantly spotted that intense gaze in the crowd.

When he saw it, he paused for a moment.

There, in front of a Tibetan mask shop, stood a figure by the door, masked and holding the frame, just watching him.

Watching him continuously.

At the sight of that figure, Lu Xiao’s heart skipped a beat—!

His pupils contracted.

Even though the mask hid her face, he felt he recognized who she was.

Her silhouette, her attire, reminded him unceasingly of her.

When their gazes met, for a moment, the air seemed to freeze, everything went still, no sounds, just the two of them staring at each other in the crowd.

“…”

But in the next instant, everyone in the frame continued their actions, the surroundings still noisy and chaotic.

Lu Xiao couldn’t stop his movement, just then—

The woman standing at the mask shop door suddenly took off the mask from her face and threw it to him—!

Lu Xiao caught the mask in his hands, his eyes fixed on her unveiled, stunningly beautiful face. She then pointed in a direction.

It was exactly the direction the suspect was fleeing—!