The sky had completely turned dark, and only a few street lamps on the small street were lit. The surrounding old and abandoned buildings cast huge and eerie shadows, like phantoms cloaked in darkness.
Shi Nian twisted and turned, darting into a dark alley. There were no lights in the alley, only the faint outline of a wall on one side and a wire fence separating it from the desolate area on the other. She hid behind a pile of abandoned cardboard boxes and dialed Ye He's phone.
The alley was pitch black, with only a few dim orange streetlights filtering in from outside, barely illuminating a small area near the mouth of the alley. Shi Nian kept her eyes fixed on any movement at the alley's entrance, and finally managed to dial the phone.
Ye He was shocked after listening: "You hid Nisha's drugs on yourself? Oh my God, if the police catch you, jumping into the Amazon River won't wash you clean!"
