The man, trapped in a hallucination, was stopped in his tracks by the terrace railing, and then his own montum sent him tumbling over it.
Yan Feifan saw it happen, and his brain reacted.
But his body lagged far behind his brain’s reaction; it was only just beginning to move.
’Maybe it’s because I took a few extra whiffs of that poisonous mushroom smoke just now, and it’s made sluggish?’
For so reason, this thought popped into his head.
Then, a grueso scene of mangled flesh and blood flashed through his mind.
This was equivalent to the height of the eighth floor.
Twenty-five or twenty-six ters. A headfirst fall from that height, and he’d be dead on impact, nine tis out of ten.
Just as Yan Feifan’s mind was racing, he saw a figure whoosh to the railing and reach out...
It was Yu Suye.
With her lightning-fast reflexes, she grabbed the man’s foot.
A jolt went through Yan Feifan.
’Just what you’d expect from soone with training. So agile, so quick to react.’
At the sa ti, Yan Feifan’s body finally kicked into gear, and he charged forward.
Just then, Yan Feifan witnessed another horrifying sight.
The man Yu Suye had grabbed was hanging outside the railing, but after his fall was halted for just a mont, he began to plumt again.
She was left holding nothing but an empty shoe.
’Damn it all... he’s a goner...’
This ti, however, Yan Feifan’s body moved faster than his mind could react.
A sudden surge of strength welled up in his legs. He stomped hard on the floor, and his entire body lunged toward the railing like a tiger pouncing on its prey.
Yan Feifan slamd onto the terrace floor, shot his hands through the gaps in the railing, and precisely grabbed the man’s ankle.
He clung to it like it was a lifeline, refusing to let go.
The imnse downward force yanked him forward, and his head slamd into a tal bar of the railing with a BANG.
His montum finally stopped!
Yan Feifan paid no mind to the pain; on the contrary, he was just glad.
’This railing is well-made. If it wasn’t, I might have been dragged over the edge with him, and we’d both be eting our maker.’
However, the imnse weight pulling on his arms was taking its toll. Yan Feifan was struggling, and a sharp pain began to burn in both his arms.
Just then, soone dropped to the floor right beside Yan Feifan, reached a hand through the railing, and also grabbed the falling man’s leg.
Yan Feifan felt the strain on his arms imdiately lessen by a great deal.
It was a familiar presence. Yan Feifan didn’t have to guess; he knew the person beside him was Yu Suye...
At that mont, a cacophony of shouts erupted around Yan Feifan.
"Ah, save him...!"
"Ah, quick... quick...!"
"Help...!"
Although their shouts were chaotic and they looked panicked, as if they’d never faced a crisis before, their hands-on efforts to help were surprisingly coordinated and swift.
With everyone pitching in, they managed to haul the man back up by sheer force.
When he saw the man was finally out of danger and had been laid on the terrace by Ma Yufeng and the others, Yan Feifan let out a huge sigh of relief.
But the mont he relaxed, he felt his heart begin to pound wildly, as if it were about to burst from his chest.
Sweat started pouring from his body uncontrollably.
He didn’t have an ounce of strength left in his body, only enough to gasp for breath.
Yan Feifan knew this was the aftermath of an adrenaline spike.
He lay on the floor, staring up at the pitch-black, starless night sky, panting as he waited for the stress reaction to subside.
A familiar face ca into his field of view.
He also felt a cool sensation.
It was her, wiping the sweat from his face with a moist towelette.
"Feifan, you know sothing?"
"The way you saved him just now was unbelievably cool and heroic."
Yan Feifan managed a weak smile in response to Yu Suye’s praise.
"Feifan, here, drink so water."
Yan Feifan opened his mouth, accepted the straw Yu Suye held out for him, and took several large gulps.
As the cool, slightly sweet water went down his throat, Yan Feifan felt his entire body relax.
His heart rate was rapidly slowing down.
The strength in his limbs was also returning, bit by bit.
"Co on, let help you up!"
Having recovered so of his strength, Yan Feifan got up with Yu Suye’s support and collapsed into one of the terrace’s rattan chairs.
Ma Yufeng and his sister ca over, their faces full of lingering fear. "I don’t even know how to thank you two."
"I was so scared just now, my heart nearly jumped out of my chest."
"If soone had actually died, my dad probably would have thrown off this building to atone for it, a life for a life."
Ma Yufeng wiped the fresh sheen of nervous sweat from his forehead and continued, "I’ll tell my dad the truth about everything. I’ll let him be the one to thank you for this enormous favor."
"However bad the beating or severe the punishnt is this ti, I’ll take it."
Ma Yufeng said with a glum look, "I feel like this is just an unlucky year for . It’s probably better if I just keep a low profile."
Yan Feifan, who still hadn’t fully recovered, couldn’t be bothered to respond to him.
’A rich kid like him would probably only behave for a few weeks—two or three months at the absolute most. Then his true nature would reerge, and he’d go right back to making trouble however he pleased.’
However, Yan Feifan noticed that Ma Weixia had been staring at him the whole ti, as if there were a beautiful flower growing on his face.
Before Yan Feifan could even speak, Yu Suye slung an arm around his shoulder and warned, "This prize is already taken."
Ma Weixia glanced at Yu Suye, then at Yan Feifan, then looked down at her own chest. With a soft huff, she turned and walked back toward the penthouse apartnt.
Just then, Yan Feifan heard ambulance sirens wailing, growing closer and closer.
From the sound of it, there was more than one...
A full six ambulances pulled up downstairs.
Such a major scene alard the entire residential complex, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.
Yan Feifan and Yu Suye used the chaos as cover to head back to their apartnt.
A short while later, he received a call from Ma Yufeng’s father, Ma Hongchen.
"Mr. Yan, I’ve received calls from several of my neighbors. They’ve sent videos and pictures, too."
Ma Hongchen’s voice on the phone was strained with anxiety.
"They’re saying all sorts of things, and the videos and pictures are terrifying."
"I don’t believe a word that little rascal says."
"That little rascal said that you, Mr. Yan, were there and helped handle the situation."
"Mr. Yan, could you please tell the truth?"
Yan Feifan replied in a serious tone, "Mr. Ma, your son invited so friends over for a barbecue, and six of them accidentally ate poisonous mushrooms."
He added, "But you don’t need to worry too much, Mr. Ma."
"The toxin in these mushrooms isn’t very potent. It’s a neurotoxin. With treatnt, they should be back to normal in a few hours."
A sigh of relief could be heard from Ma Hongchen over the phone. "I feel much better now that you’ve told that, Mr. Yan."
"Ah, but... that rascal also said soone nearly fell off the building?"
Yan Feifan downplayed it, saying, "It was a close call, but no harm was done."
"Mr. Yan, it seems we’re in your debt once again."
"I’ll wrap up my business overseas as quickly as I can. When I get back to Binhai, I’ll visit you to express my gratitude in person..."
At nearly eleven o’clock that night, Yan Feifan finished the work he had on hand, tidied up his desk, and got into bed, turning off the light to sleep.
He had only just closed his eyes and was starting to drift off when he heard the sound of his door being pushed open and then closed.
Imdiately after, Yan Feifan felt his thin blanket being lifted away as a soft, warm, and smooth body lay down beside him.
Yan Feifan jolted, all trace of sleepiness gone in an instant.
"Su Ye, what are you doing?"
"Helping you with your howork!"
As she spoke, she took his hand and placed it on a certain lofty peak...
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