Chapter 123: The Husky’s Joy
Chapter 123: The Husky’s Joy
Boom!
The wall, which had been cracked and dented from the impact, suddenly collapsed.
Li Zian was startled. He shifted his gaze and saw a figure staggering through the gap towards him through the billowing dust.
Square-Faced was not dead.
“Where is he?” Liu Jun’s first words.
Li Zian sighed. “He got away.”
Liu Jun stumbled unsteadily to stand before Li Zian, paused for a second, then said, “You got beat up this badly too?”
Li Zian: “…”
Wasn’t that much better than you, who got kicked downstairs despite having a gun?
Liu Jun’s heart was full of frustration and confusion. “That guy looked like just an old man no matter how you see it. How was he so strong? I’m sure even my instructor wouldn’t be a match for him.”
“Well, I fought him for several minutes. If he hadn’t been hiding a knife on him, I might have caught him.” Li Zian said modestly.
“Keep bragging. Nobody saw it anyway.” Liu Jun’s eyes held a bit of disdain.
Li Zian shrugged. “I fought him all the way to the second floor. Then he kicked me down. I passed out and just woke up now. So, you’re more capable. You definitely woke up before me, right?”
Liu Jun: “…”
“He is Huang Bo.” Li Zian saved a little face for Square-Faced.
“How do you know?”
“I asked him if he was Huang Bo, and he admitted it himself.” Li Zian said.
“And then?”
“We fought. We struggled, and in the end, he ran away.” Li Zian said. The matter of the White-clad Woman was too strange, and he felt Gushi Dayueer was clearly on his side. Before he figured out her true identity, he didn’t plan to discuss her with Square-Faced.
“I was careless. If I had known earlier, I would have asked the Special Police for help, surrounded the place first, then gone in to arrest him.” Liu Jun looked somewhat annoyed. He turned and walked towards the Village Road.
Li Zian followed him. “Where are you going?”
“I need to check on my colleagues.” Liu Jun said.
“By the way, earlier I did as you said. When Huang Bo came out, I called for help, but none of your colleagues came to support me.” Li Zian said.
“Oh no, could they be…” Liu Jun quickened his pace.
Li Zian’s heart also sank a little. He knew what Liu Jun was worried about. But based on what he knew, if those police officers had really met with some accident, met with misfortune, it wouldn’t have been Huang Bo’s doing, but Gushi Dayueer’s. Looking back now, no wonder no one came to support him when he called for help. Most likely, Gushi Dayueer had struck those officers.
Was she good or bad?
Li Zian’s mind was full of confusion.
Reaching the Village Road, Liu Jun and Li Zian quickly found two police officers. One was lying on the Village Road, the other in the grass beside it. Both were motionless, and it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.
Li Zian reached out and placed his hand on one officer’s carotid artery. The officer’s pulse was still beating. He immediately felt relieved; they were just knocked out, not dead. He then moved to the other officer’s side, checked his pulse as well. The situation was the same. Gushi Dayueer had only knocked them out, not killed them.
“How are they?” Liu Jun was extremely anxious, tears welling in his eyes.
Li Zian said, “Don’t worry. They’re just unconscious. No danger to their lives.”
After speaking, he pinched the philtrum of the officer lying in the grass and transferred a thread of Zhenqi into him.
A few seconds later, that officer suddenly took a gasping breath and opened his eyes.
“Xiao Zhang, are you okay?” Liu Jun asked with concern.
The officer was still dazed, unable to regain his senses for a while.
Li Zian used the same method to wake the other officer.
Only then did Xiao Zhang manage to speak. “What happened to me?”
Liu Jun said urgently, “You passed out. What did the person who attacked you look like? Do you remember?”
Xiao Zhang wore a confused expression. “No, nothing like that… I just suddenly fell to the ground. I didn’t see anything.”
The other awakened officer also said, “I didn’t see anything either. We were stationed here, watching that Small Western-style House, and then somehow we just lost consciousness.”
Li Zian knew who it was, but he didn’t say.
“There are two more over there. Let’s go check.” Liu Jun walked towards the other end.
On the other side of the Small Western-style House, by the Village Road, two more police officers lay, one male, one female. Same situation, just knocked out, no danger to their lives.
Li Zian woke those two officers as well.
Liu Jun again asked the two officers if they had seen who attacked them, but those officers also knew nothing.
Afterwards, Li Zian, Liu Jun, and the four officers entered the Small Western-style House and went up to the room on the second floor.
Hong Baohui lay on the ground, motionless. Li Zian reached out and felt her carotid artery. There was no pulse.
“She’s dead.” Li Zian said.
His mood immediately soured. If he hadn’t tracked down Gushi Dayueer and found Hong Baohui, then Hong Baohui probably wouldn’t have died here.
It was the same with Ma Fuquan before. If he hadn’t drawn that Symbol to find Kang Haichuan, Ma Fuquan wouldn’t have died either.
For no clear reason, he suddenly remembered that Hexagram Interpretation: The one to be chased must not be chased.
He hadn’t had a very deep understanding of this Hexagram Interpretation before, but now it gave him an extremely profound realization. The one to be chased must not be chased. Chasing leads to death!
This Hexagram Interpretation seemed plain on the surface, but it was actually a very ominous hexagram!
“Mr. Li, what are you thinking about?” Surprisingly, Liu Jun was much more polite.
Li Zian collected his thoughts, his emotions somewhat low. “I’m thinking that if I hadn’t found this woman, she probably wouldn’t have died.”
Liu Jun said, “Don’t take everything onto yourself. That Huang Bo is ruthless and cruel. He even killed an old friend of decades without hesitation. This woman was hanging out with him and knew at least some of his secrets. Even if you hadn’t found her, he would have eventually killed her to silence her.”
Hearing Square-Faced say this made Li Zian feel a bit better.
“Come with me. I want to talk with you for a moment.” Liu Jun walked out the door.
Li Zian followed Liu Jun to the Living Room downstairs and asked, “Officer Liu, what did you want to talk about?”
Liu Jun was silent for a moment before speaking. “What happened tonight isn’t something just anyone experiences. We faced life and death together, so I consider you a friend. I hope you’ll be honest with me.”
Li Zian nodded. “I consider you a friend too. What do you want to ask me? Go ahead.”
“Were my four colleagues knocked out by that White-clad Woman?”
“Possibly. I didn’t see it.” Li Zian truly hadn’t seen it.
“Who exactly is that White-clad Woman? What’s her relationship to you?” Liu Jun stared directly into Li Zian’s eyes.
Li Zian gave a wry smile.
What kind of friend was this?
One moment calling me a friend, the next interrogating me like a criminal.
He already had a plastic wife, and now he had a plastic friend too.
“Why aren’t you speaking? You’re hiding something from me, aren’t you?” Liu Jun’s gaze was sharp.
Li Zian leaned closer to Liu Jun’s face.
Liu Jun leaned his neck back, displeased. “What are you doing?”
Li Zian leaned back again. “I was letting you look at my eyes.”
“What’s wrong with your eyes?”
“Eyes are the windows to the soul. You can see my inner self through my soul’s window, and then you’ll know if I’m lying to you or not.”
Liu Jun: “…”
Li Zian’s voice suddenly grew loud, filled with anger. “If I fucking knew who she was, would I be chasing after her like a dog? Would I still call you to come catch the culprit? The same question, like a broken record, do you have to ask me eight times before you’re satisfied?”
Liu Jun wiped the spit from his face and said calmly, “Don’t get worked up. It’s a professional habit. The person has escaped. Next, I’ll request a warrant for Huang Bo’s arrest. You don’t need to stay here anymore. I’ll have Xiao Zhang drive you back.”
Li Zian said, “I’d like to take a look at the room Huang Bo lived in.”
Liu Jun didn’t even think about it before shaking his head. “That won’t do. It’s against the rules.”
“Didn’t you say we’re friends?”
“Even if it were my own father, it wouldn’t be allowed. Rules are rules. If you don’t want Xiao Zhang to take you back, then you can walk back.” Liu Jun said.
Li Zian really wanted to strangle his neck, but he held back in the end.
Hitting a police officer? How drunk would you have to be to reach that state?
“Then you drive me back.” Li Zian said.
Liu Jun looked surprised. “Why should I drive you back?”
“Didn’t you say we’re friends? A friend driving a friend home, isn’t that the proper thing to do?” Li Zian retorted.
“Fine, I’ll drive you back.” Liu Jun strode out without hesitation.
Li Zian was taken aback for a moment. He had only meant to tease Square-Faced, but he hadn’t expected Square-Faced to agree without a second thought.
He wondered, had Square-Faced really started to consider him a friend?
The Jetta car headed back towards the city.
Li Zian looked out the window at the brightly lit city, but his mind was on the white-clad Gushi Dayueer.
The saying goes, for a woman to look pretty, wear mourning white. This phrase suited Gushi Dayueer perfectly. Unfortunately, he hadn’t even seen her face.
She had spoken four sentences to him in total. The first was her name. The second said he was too weak. The third said he would die. The fourth said if one day he could defeat her, she would talk with him.
Defeat her?
Even someone as formidable as Huang Bo ran at the sight of her. Four police officers were knocked out without even seeing her face. How could he possibly defeat such a powerful Heroine?
Finally, all the questions merged into one.
“Huang Bo wanted to kill me, but she saved me. Could she really be my junior martial sister?” Li Zian pondered in his heart.
“Old Li, you’re wandering around outside so late at night. Doesn’t your wife mind?” Liu Jun broke the silence in the car.
Li Zian said, surprised, “What did you just call me?”
“Old Li. Aren’t we friends? Calling you Mr. Li is too distant. Calling you Old Li is much more familiar, right?” Square-Faced said.
Li Zian said irritably, “That wife of mine can’t control me, Old Liu!”
“Petty. I’m 24. How old are you?”
“I…”
“Older than me, huh? Haha, Old Li.” Liu Jun laughed happily, then pulled a wound and cried out in pain, “Ouch!”
Li Zian laughed. “Hahaha!”
A man’s happiness can sometimes be really simple.
You ask me what I’m laughing at?
How should I know?