“What’s going on, don’t be afraid.”
“Daddy came back to kill me and mummy, he was sharpening his knife in the kitchen.” Jiang Yang’s voice was tinged with sobs.
“What?!”
He Bi almost crashed into the barrier, but he immediately reminded himself that it was probably a trick of Zhang Chao’s, or maybe Zhang Chao had approached Jiang Yang and asked her to tell him that on purpose.
“Daddy came back at noon with bruises all over his face. I told Daddy to take a shower and brought him a towel, and Daddy strangled me with it, saying he was going to beat me to death. He said it was all because of me, that people outside were coming to bully him and that I was a death knell. Later I bit my dad’s hand and he let me go. Then later an uncle came knocking on the door and after talking to dad, he sharpened his knife and wanted to chop me and mum to death. Mum told me to beg dad, but I didn’t dare. Mr. Ho, I’m so scared, when will you arrive?”
“I ……”
He Bei looked at the sign in front of him, a kilometre ahead was the city of Wushan, he could change into a set of cars in Wushan and drive all the way to the southern border and go straight out of the country.
Or he could drive from the provincial road in the city of Wushan to the north, the country was so big that he could live under a different identity altogether with a change of location.
Either way, it was a way of life, but if he went back, he would not be able to resist killing Richard Jiang, and that would be life or death.
At noon today, he had received Jiang Yang’s first call for help, and He Bei had impulsively grabbed his gun and rushed out the door before he remembered to test to see if Zhang Chao was watching him.
But the test turned into a real escape.
If he escaped, Zhang Chao would definitely not be able to catch himself. What Zhang Chao wanted was the clues behind him, not him as a person. If He Bi had escaped, Zhang Chao wouldn’t have made a big deal of it, it would have spooked the snake.
“Teacher He, when are you coming, Dad is cutting down the door, I’m so scared.”
Hearing Jiang Yang’s cries on the phone, He Bi’s heart was instantly in turmoil, he knew that this decision would make him regret it for the rest of his life, but he turned the car around anyway.
“Captain, he’s back!” Meng Meng shouted over the channel.
I felt quite bad inside, if He Bi had slipped away, I would have been able to catch him with peace of mind instead, but he was back, and that’s what made me feel so bad about myself.
There was no sound from upstairs, but Meng Meng was able to monitor the windows of Richard Jiang’s house from a nearby monitor.
“This beast is something else, he’s looking in his daughter’s room with a knife! Captain, it’s still light for you to break one of his legs last time. Let Cai go in and get the man down first.”
Chu Xiaoxiao also heard the voices on the channel and covered her chest, her face flushed with anger.
Any normal person would be furious to hear such a thing, and only a pervert like Jiang Kai would take pleasure in bullying women and children.
I said, “Calm down, wait a little longer, wait why bother.”
“Captain, didn’t you tell us to stop He Bi, once we save Jiang Yang, He Bi will definitely not come back.”
“Follow my orders.”
As soon as I finished my words, Zhao Zichen said on the channel, “My spies just reported back that He Bi was overtaking all the cars on the highway and getting filmed for violations all the way, it looks like he’s going to have all his license points deducted this time.”
“I thought you were accessing the channel to say something.”
Zhao Zichen laughed, “But if it’s deducted, it’s deducted, he’s about to eat a jail cell, and it’s useless to keep the points on his license. But this is a man I really admire, he came back so recklessly for his students. And looking at his driving, it seems like he already expected you to be waiting for him. This is called knowing that there is a tiger on the mountain, but I admire him, even though his position is different. Zhang Chao, don’t be too rude in your actions when you catch him, you can’t engage in the same thing as a martial artist out of doors with a scholar.”
“f*ck you.” I cut the channel, in a very apprehensive mood at this point.
Chu Xiaoxiao asked me, “Why do I feel like you don’t really want He Bi to show up?”
“Half and half, I can deliver if he shows up, but the rest of this man’s life will be delivered. When all is said and done I set him up to cheat.”
I felt rather uncomfortable when Chu Xiaoxiao put her soft little hand out and squeezed my palm.
Finally, ten minutes later, He Bi’s car appeared in our view.
He pulled up and darted out of the car, carrying a gun in his hand.
I told Chu Xiaoxiao to hide and not to get out of the car, then opened the door and rushed out.
“He Bi! Stop!”
He Bi wasn’t surprised to see me and didn’t stop, continuing to walk upstairs.
His hair was a mess, his face was covered in sweat and the sweat stuck to his gla*ses, so he just took them off and threw them away.”
I rushed up two quick steps and grabbed him from behind, and He Bi hissed and raised his gun to smash my head in.
“Don’t do it!” I yelled low, squeezing his wrist in one smooth motion, discharging the gun, then twisting his arm behind his back.
“You let go of me! I’m going to save someone!”
“Are you going to save someone or are you going to kill someone? Stop, you’re not guilty of this, I’ll let go of you, don’t you dare.”
“Zhang Chao, what the hell do you want?”
I let go of him and he turned and ran upstairs again, luckily I was quick enough to squeeze his shoulder and pin him against the wall again.
He Bei’s eyes were red: “I know you set up a trap to wait for me, you let me go up and save the man, kill or be killed as you wish.”
“What kind of people do you take us to be? Can I just stand by and watch something happen to Jiang Yang? My men are up there.”
I pushed He Bi away and He Bi glanced up the stairs in disbelief.
He dialed Jiang Yang’s number once more, and Jiang Yang answered.
“Mr. Ho, I’m fine, an uncle came and saved us. But I’m so scared, Daddy told him now that he wouldn’t dare, but Daddy is lying, he will beat us again later, can you save us?”
He Bei’s eyes flushed and his body leaned loosely against the wall, rubbing his hair.
“Mr. Ho will be here soon, who is the one who saved you?” His voice choked, not sure if it was from regret or something else.
“He said he was a friend of Mr. Ho’s, and he told me to call him Uncle Cai.”
“Okay, the teacher will be right there.”
He Bi hung up the phone in dismay, and after a while he smiled to himself.
“I’ve known this day would come, Zhang Chao you really are good at what you do.”
I said, “No, I just took advantage of your kind-heartedness.”
This was not a pat on He Bi’s back, I was telling the truth, no matter how well he did in other things, but as a teacher, he was the only good teacher there is.
He Bi shook his head mockingly, and after a while, put his hand in front of mine.
He didn’t need the slightest thought of trying to run, and probably knew he couldn’t get away.
“Admit it, you put up with it for so long to catch me, and now you win.”
I patted him on the shoulder, “We’ll talk about it downstairs.”
But He Bei didn’t catch up and I turned around to see him standing on the steps staring at me dumbfounded.
“Zhang Chao, what the hell do you want? I’m a gun salesman, just arrest me.”
In fact, He Bi and I both knew in our hearts that he knew I wasn’t here for him, and I knew very well that he had said that on purpose, meaning he would never relent and tell me more.
“Go away. I just don’t want Jiang Yang to see his beloved teacher in handcuffs.”
He would believe me, but when he saw that I was going straight downstairs and really didn’t mean to handcuff him, he had to believe it too.
Without his gun, he was really just a very ordinary teacher, nothing else, and to escape from under the noses of a bunch of special forces would be about as good as a dream.
