Chapter 1651: Chapter 1630: A Boring Concert A Chinese girl was standing on the plaza outside the concert hall, looking quite distressed, holding a sign asking for tickets, and not moving an inch. Not knowing whether it was love at first sight or something else, Yelena walked straight towards the Chinese girl, then took out her own ticket. As the girl looked at her in astonishment, Yelena handed her ticket to her with a blissful expression and said, “Here you go.” The Chinese girl hurriedly put down the sign and said loudly, “How much? I’ll pay you.” Yelena smiled and shook her head, “No need for money. My boyfriend got me a better ticket, so this one’s no use to me. You can have it. The seat isn’t the best, but I suppose you won’t mind.” The girl quickly replied, “I don’t mind, of course not, oh no, what I mean is, I’m really, really grateful just to have a ticket. But I can’t just take it for free. Let me pay you the original price? Let me see how much it is.” Yelena shook her head with a smile and said, “No need to pay. I’m in a really good mood today, really good.” Yelena couldn’t help but glance back at Gao Yang. Seeing Gao Yang smiling at her, Yelena waved her hand and said to the girl, “Alright, I wish you a pleasant evening. Goodbye.” The Chinese girl was extremely surprised. Holding the ticket in one hand and her wallet in the other, she watched Yelena’s retreating figure and suddenly said, “Thank you so much. My name is Zhang Shuying. I’m really happy to meet you and very grateful for your ticket. It’s really important to me, thank you!” Yelena didn’t leave her name. She just waved her hand back at her and ran to grab Gao Yang’s hand, chuckling, “Helping others can really lift one’s spirits, right?” Gao Yang shrugged and said, “What’s that saying? Giving roses to others, fragrance lingers in your hand.” Yelena spoke with a tender expression, “Oh, darling, you’re really so poetic.” Gao Yang couldn’t help but laugh and said in a low voice, “Poetic? Well, you’re the first person to say that about me.” As Gao Yang expected, the security check was indeed strict. Although it didn’t come to body searches, passing through a security gate was required. However, with the invitation, he and Yelena took the VIP channel, which required no security check, only verification that the bearer of the invitation was the correct person. Finding out that Simon managed to get him an invitation rather than a regular audience ticket, which didn’t require going through security at the entrance, Gao Yang felt a bit regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have brought a gun. Even though he knew that having a gun wouldn’t be of any use, not bringing one made him unsettled. This was his occupational habit. But fortunately, Gao Yang’s occupational habit wasn’t too severe; it was just a symphony after all. Even without a gun, it wouldn’t make his stay unbearable. Entering the venue, waiting, and then there was a high-standard symphony. First, a solo performance by a renowned violin master, followed by classical symphony led by the same master as the first violinist. Unfortunately, Gao Yang didn’t find this farewell performance of the master to be particularly impressive acoustically. It was quite good, but Gao Yang really felt that the master’s violin wasn’t as pleasing as Yelena’s. Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚫𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦⚫𝘯𝘦𝘵 Yelena remained excited throughout. Gao Yang acted excitedly too, and they kept holding hands, only letting go to applaud, and clasping hands again once the applause ceased. Therefore, a lot of Gao Yang’s attention was on Yelena’s small hands. He kept thinking about how it would be if Yelena were performing on stage. Finally, the concert ended. Gao Yang and Yelena stood up and applauded vigorously, but to Gao Yang, the concert itself was quite dull. However, with Yelena’s presence, it wasn’t so boring after all. For someone as unrefined as Gao Yang, a live performance of a rock band he liked would suit him better than this high-class symphony, which he couldn’t immerse himself in as Yelena could. As the concert ended, Gao Yang took Yelena’s hand and they began to walk slowly out with the crowd. The VIP exit and the regular exit weren’t together but were not far apart. When they first exited, there were still quite a lot of people at the entrance, and Gao Yang, not quite used to being in such a large group, couldn’t help but quicken his pace with Yelena. “That was truly perfect, a perfect farewell show, wasn’t it, darling?” Gao Yang smiled and said, “Indeed, it was a perfect performance.” Still immersed in the music, Yelena replied, “I’m so glad we came together. I wonder when I can reach such heights. What’s wrong?” Yelena noticed that Gao Yang abruptly stopped and suddenly pulled her forward, and as she curiously followed Gao Yang’s gaze, she saw what he saw. Four big-bearded men with Arab features had gotten out of a car across the street and were walking straight towards them. Yelena’s pupils contracted slightly like a cat’s as she fixed her gaze on the Arabs, and just then, Gao Yang whispered in her ear, “Don’t look, follow me.” Gao Yang pulled Yelena away, but it was too late. As the crowd noticed the four Arabs behaving strangely, they suddenly pulled guns from their clothes. There was no time to leave because they were too close. The exiting crowd was dense, obstructing Gao Yang’s view, and by the time he noticed the anomaly, the distance between them and the four Arabs was only twenty meters. The four began shouting slogans. Gao Yang instinctively reached for his gun with his right hand while pushing down Yelena’s head with his left, even though he realized halfway through his motion that he hadn’t brought a gun. When faced with an attack, the instinct is either to dodge or to counterattack. This had become second nature to Gao Yang, but this time, he found that there was nowhere to hide. The shooting angles of the four gunmen covered both him and Yelena, and no matter how fast they ran, they couldn’t outrun bullets. In the first response, Gao Yang pushed Yelena’s head down. In the second response, he searched around for someone who could block the bullets for them, but there was no one he could pull over to shield them. Gao Yang was definitely the first to notice the anomaly, giving him a slight edge in reaction time, albeit just a fleeting second or two, but it was immensely precious. Shots were fired, accompanied by the crowd’s screams. Yelena made a move; she straightened her body, which Gao Yang had pressed down, and stood in front of Gao Yang. Facing Gao Yang and with her back to the gunmen, Yelena’s face showed panic, but her actions were resolute. She instinctively spread her arms wide as if that would shield Gao Yang from more bullets.