In December, winter had completely set in in Tong, and it was unbearably cold. Chu Xiaoxiao and I waited in the car for a while, cold and hungry, and we both hadn’t eaten yet.
We hadn’t eaten yet. Chu Xiaoxiao rubbed her stomach and leaned out of the window, watching a husky on the side of the road chewing on a skewer fed by its owner.
“I really hate to admit it, I’m a little envious of that dog.”
I cried and laughed, “You make it sound like I’m mistreating you, come on, let’s go find something to eat first.”
“Let’s order takeaway, can we not stay here and keep an eye on it, what if someone comes while we’re gone?”
“You don’t have to, there are people walking their dogs, who would be stupid enough to come out and a*sa*sinate them now, they might as well stab someone in the street. They want to silence He Bi, they just don’t want me to get caught. They’ll recognise my car, and us being here will just discourage the group from coming forward.”
“That’s great, let’s find something to eat while we wait for the guys to take the bait.”
As my car drove away, He Bi upstairs closed the curtains, and of course, Meng Meng reported the incident to me.
Trudy suddenly asked, “Is He Bi going to slip away?”
“Yes.”
“Huh? Then you dare to leave him alone in the house.” It dawned on Trish, “You were hoping he could slip away!”
“Shhh.” I smiled and slapped her lips, “You’re afraid my leader won’t hear you, aren’t you?”
“I just didn’t think you’d want to let him go, you’ve changed so much.”
“Changed how?”
“You used to be so principled, but you seem to have become more affectionate now ……”
“Are you complimenting me or scolding me? It’s up to him whether He Bei wants to go or not, and it’s up to him whether he can get away with it. He did commit a crime, but I’m not a cop either. Personally I admire him and can only do so much ……”
Chu Xiaoxiao circled my neck, “Of course I’m complimenting you, you must have been influenced by this Missy.”
We found a barbecue stall, not many night stalls in winter, not many people at the stalls, the tables were almost empty, we both sat down and rubbed our hands together waiting for food.
“Captain, why bother going out.” Monk said, “He’s probably going to run.”
Mon Mon’s voice came over the Bluetooth headset and I said, “Keep watching and watch for anyone approaching him.”
“Yes.”
Chu Xiaoxiao went to order food, my card was frozen, now I could only dawdle with food and drinks, I never thought I could be a soft-earner one day, the world has really changed.
A man in a leather jacket sat down opposite me, his head bowed and all chill, but there was clearly an empty table next to us.
As soon as he sat down, he pulled a bottle of Erhuotou out of his pocket and slapped it on the table.
I glanced at Chu Xiaoxiao, who was still ordering in earnest and wouldn’t be back for a while, and sighed with relief.
“It looks like you’ve come specifically to find me.” I said.
The man was wearing a duck-tongue hat, so I couldn’t see his face, only a bearded chin, and from the looks of it he was at least in his forties.
“Have some.”
His voice was hoarse as he took a gla*s and poured it over to me.
I didn’t move or run, but I’d seen the other short knife at his waist.
“Drink some, drink some for the road.”
I was persuaded again, and the man took the two-pot bottle and blew directly into it, opening his mouth with a choking smell of alcohol.
“What’s your name, good man?”
“Don’t ask so many questions if you’re dying, we’re not that polite.”
As he drank, he nonchalantly ate the peanuts on our table.
“Did you see the cripple on the left? And that old man frying vegetables yet, that’s one of ours. The one carrying the mutton skewers for your girlfriend is a big disciple of the eighth-grade school. You don’t want your girlfriend to get stabbed through the heart with the iron skewer of those mutton skewers. Then give me the Yin family.”
I laughed: “So that’s it, you’re here for the Yin family. I don’t know any Yin family.”
“Zhang Chao, it’s no fun to lie to people. There are five Yin family members in your family, and one of them is a descendant of Yin Lan. If you hand him over to us, you and your girlfriend will be safe. You are a descendant of the Ji family, and Master Ji has been kind to our family, so don’t force me to get rough with you.”
Chu Xiaoxiao was here to keep me in check, she was my biggest weakness, and this man in front of me would definitely use Chu Xiaoxiao to keep me in check.
“That group of people have no blood ties to you, you hand them over to me and I’ll let your girlfriend go. You know that the eighth level sect loves to use beautiful women like your girlfriend to double up on their internal skills, you love your girlfriend a lot, or I’ll have someone else love her too.”
I crushed one of the gla*ses on the table, the gla*s powder clattered off my palm with such a loud sound that Chu Xiao Xiao heard it and looked back at me, she also saw someone sitting across from me and was curious, taking two steps back.
The man turned back and greeted Chu Xiaoxiao with a smile. Chu Xiaoxiao thought it was my friend and quickened her pace.
“Have you finished ordering your lamb kebabs? Just come back!” I cursed in my haste.
Chu Xiaoxiao was startled, I never spoke to her in such a tone, she stood still in a panic, even though she didn’t know why I was angry, she believed that I was definitely trying to protect her.
I was glad that Chu Xiaoxia could trust me so much.
“You have a good relationship with your girlfriend, it’s not easy for a man to find a woman who trusts him so much, if it was another woman, you wouldn’t be able to have a peaceful life from tomorrow onwards.”
“None of your business.”
“I’m just reminding you not to forget how good this woman is. You wouldn’t want to trade her life for the lives of those five people in the Yin family.”
“They’re my family too.” I said.
The man cupped his gla*s and smiled contemptuously, “You really do take Han Kun as family.”
“He was supposed to be.”
“Oh, you Ji family are really out of your minds, what does this have to do with you. Is it true that you won’t stop until the Ji family is broken, I don’t even deserve it for you. You have one last minute to make your choice again.”
“I’ve already told you, no way, there’s no way I’m handing them over to you.”
Bang!
The big man rose long enough to slap his dagger on the table, the dishes and cups and saucers on the table jumped a little, and several of his accomplices heard the signal and stood up with their knives drawn.
The unknown diners at the scene thought it was a gang fight and were too frightened to make a sound, just hoping that it would not affect them.
The lamb skewer griller from the eighth-grade faction reached out to grab Chu Xiaoxiao, who copied the lamb skewer from the barbecue stall and screamed and poked it straight at the man’s face.
I have long said that even the best kung fu is afraid of a chopper, and even the eighth-grade faction’s kung fu is afraid of a burning hot fire brazier.
Chu Xiaoxiao grabbed the lamb skewer and danced around with her eyes closed, none of the kung fu masters dared to approach her for a while.
But no one else could get in, and she couldn’t get out.
“That’s strong, little b*tch, I’ll make sure I get you tonight!”
Chu Xiaoxiao didn’t care, he grabbed the frozen chicken, duck and fish in the freezer and smashed them.
After everything was smashed, the gang stared at her with sardonic smiles and lewd lust in their eyes.
“You’re so tender-skinned, I wish you were this strong in bed.”
The gang of brutes rubbed their hands together, approaching Chu Xiaoxiao step by step as if they were wild wolves on the prowl.
Chu Xiaoxiao shrank back: “Don’t you come over, Zhang Chao!”
My heart was burning, and I said to the man, “Let my girlfriend go, come at me if you have anything to say.”
“We all know that you soldiers are not afraid of death yourselves, this b*tch is our bargaining chip, let her go and you will not negotiate even if you die with us. Zhang Chao, Zhang Chao, for the sake of your woman, you can only hand over the Yin family.”
