Ryan's left arm was still hooked on the ladder, fumbling for the gun to slip into his belt. His left hand was still holding the detonator. Taking advantage of his distraction, Bronze sprang out from behind, rushed under the ladder, jumped up and reached for the detonator.

He grabbed the detonator and snatched it out of Ryan's hands as he fell, nearly pulling him off the ladder as well. Ryan cursed and tried to raise the pistol again, only to find that the gun was hooked to his belt.

It was too late for Bronze to shoot - Ryan gave up trying to pull out the gun and threw himself down the ladder. The bronze bullet slammed into the wall, and Ryan slammed into him, falling with him to the roof, and the two of them rolled in the puddle.

Bronze had something in both hands, he had a detonator in his left hand and a pistol in his right hand, and it was difficult to raise the gun to aim in his position. Ryan pressed down on him, raised his fist and slammed it, and then grabbed the detonator.

Bronze pressed his knee against him, rolling to get away from it, but the blow he hit Ryan's lower abdomen wasn't heavy enough. Ryan caught up with Bronze and threw another fist at him, slashing his right wrist and knocking his gun out of his hand. The pistol fell into a pool of water, and Ryan rushed over to grab the gun, but Bronze lifted his leg and swept it away, knocking Ryan far away from the pistol.

At this point he staggered back away. He hit the parapet and nearly flipped over. Ryan went back to grab the pistol stuck under his belt. Bronze doesn't know where his gun has fallen. He clutched the detonator and turned to hide on the antis. His shoe slipped on something the firefighter had dropped. He suddenly understood what it was, and hurriedly grabbed the fire axe with his free right hand. No sooner had Ryan pulled his gun from his belt than he threw the axe over.

Bronze heard Ryan laugh, and then he heard the axe smash into his face. At first, he thought it was the blunt one that hit Ryan, but the axe didn't fall. It was still there, standing on Ryan's forehead. Then he shook like a drunkard and fell down.

But bronze is not at ease. He staggered forward and picked up Ryan's pistol. He hoped that the roar of the fire would drown out the gunshots. Three shots were fired at him in the head.

"Old Gu!"

His courage had run out, and at first he didn't even realize it was Officer Blue calling him.

"Old Gu!"

He turned to see Officer Blue standing on the roof of the building where Ryan had detonated the bomb. Behind him, flames burst out and sizzled in the rain.

The bronze took a step forward and shook. He finally couldn't resist the shock and fatigue. But he couldn't stop, especially when he was about to rescue Gong Yu. He rushed frantically to the bottom of the ladder. He didn't know how he got there. He and Officer Lan bypassed the holes that had exploded in the roof of the building, and found Gong Yu desperately trying to climb away from the fire. Behind her, the oilcloth on which she had been lying burned up.

As Bronze helped her up, the light of the fire illuminated the wound he had just received. "Ryan is dead."

Gong Yu whispered, "Thank God." ”

"But we still have to watch out for Renata." He and Officer Lan Sa grabbed Gong Yu and stumbled away from the scorching flames and walked towards the ladder.

Bronze was delirious again. He didn't know how he got Gong Yu under the ladder, but when he came to Ryan's body, he was a little more sober. He stopped and let Gong Yu lean against Officer Lan.

"What's wrong?" Officer Lan asked, "Why did you stop?" ”

Bronze was too tired to explain. He searched Ryan's wet clothes and found what he needed, his car keys. Ryan had boasted that he was watching from the street when he got downstairs. There's a good chance they'll be able to find the car Ryan was driving.

But that wasn't what he was looking for. Ryan had just knocked his pistol away, but it couldn't be left here. He struggled to remember their struggle, stumbling towards the puddle of water into which the pistol had fallen. But when he put the pistol on his belt, he reluctantly remembered that he had something to do. He shook in a daze. "It's never over."

"What are you talking about?"

"This bastard. We can't just leave him here. I don't want people to recognize him. ”

As they carried Ryan up the ladder, the corpse looked unusually heavy. Officer Blue climbed to the top of the building, bronze laboriously lifted the body up and handed it to him, and climbed up with himself, grabbing Ryan's limbs, getting as close as they could to the flames, and throwing him in. The bodies disappeared into the fire. Then he threw the axe into it.

He had been worried that Renata would find them. He and Officer Lan cautiously returned to the place where they had dropped Gong Yu, lifted her up and continued walking down the roof. They were going to use the farthest Antie, and it was estimated that Renata would not be waiting for them in ambush there.

"Maybe there's another way." Officer Blue said. He led them to a shed on the roof of an adjacent building, but when he tried to open it, he found it locked. "Turn your head away." Officer Blue stood at an angle where the bullet would not bounce off him, and fired several shots at the wood around the lock. That part of the door shattered, and Officer Blue kicked it open, trembling.

They went inside and avoided the heavy rain. The dimly lit stairwell was empty. There was no sound of residents running down the stairs.

"They won't fail to hear the siren, and the people in the building must have withdrawn." Bronze said.

"But the fire hasn't burned so far, it's still safe." Officer Blue said.

They went to the ground floor. Walking out into the noisy and chaotic streets, I was dazzled by the noise of motors, the sound of jetting water, and the shouts of people. They struggled to squeeze their way through the crowd. The flickering light made their eyes narrow.

"We have a wounded wife here," Officer Blue said, "and let's get over." ”

They squeezed to the right and passed a fire truck along the sidewalk, avoiding the paramedic on the other side of the fire truck who were rushing towards someone. Bronze felt that every time he and Gong Yu moved together, she had to shrink back.

"The car is there." Officer Blue said.

The car was near the corner, newer, blue, and it was clearly the one Ryan was driving. Bronze tried to insert the key into the lock next to the passenger seat, and it was just right.

Thirty seconds later, Gong Yu lay in the back seat. Bronze knelt next to her, and Officer Blue sat behind the wheel. An ambulance stood in front of their car. "Hold her up." Officer Blue said.

"What are you going to do?"

"Take a detour." Officer Blue started the engine, started the car, and slammed the steering wheel to the right. He stepped on the gas pedal and jolted onto the pavement.

Gong Yu was tossed and groaned. Bronze leaned against her, straining to keep her from slipping off her seat. Officer Blue drove the car down the sidewalk, and the pedestrians scattered in all directions. After driving around the corner, he drove back to the road with a bumpy ride.

Gong Yu groaned, and she hurt even more.

"That's it." Officer Blue looked in the rearview mirror, sped to the next corner, and turned the corner. "Nobody is following us. All you have to do is relax, guys. Let's enjoy the ride. ”

Bronzers don't need encouragement. He was so tired that he couldn't even breathe. To make matters worse, he was shaking uncontrollably, partly from being overly excited, but he knew it was mostly because he had been in the rain for so long and was already chilling from his bones.

"Old Blue?"

"What?"

"Find us a place to stay, quickly."

"What's wrong—"

"I think I'm going to—" Bronze's voice trembled. "Hypothermia."

"Damn, won't you?"

"I've got to take off these wet clothes."

"Put your hands under your armpits. Don't fall asleep. Is there a blanket or something in the back seat? ”

"Nope." Bronze teeth fight straight.

"After a while it will be warm in the car." Officer Lan said, "I'm going to find a place to get some hot water." Support to live, old. ”

"Support to live? Of course. Support myself. I'm holding myself so tight, I'm—"

"Hold me," Gong Yu said, "hold me tighter." Warm up with my body heat. ”

But no matter how tight he leaned against her, her voice seemed to come from far away.

Bronze dreamed of Renata, a tall, thin black-haired white Russian woman with a strange voice and an open hole in her throat. He felt Renata's black, oppressive figure pressing down on him, and she held a stone aloft to hit him on the head, but just as he was about to fight back, his sanity cleared up, and he realized that it was not Renata who was leaning down towards him, but Gong Yu, and that thing was not a stone, but a towel.

There was another person with her—Officer Blue—and they held him down. "Don't worry, you're fine. We'll help you. ”

Bronze kept blinking. He was dizzy, as if he had been drunk all night. He struggled to figure out what was going on. His body ached, his arms and face ached like pins and needles. Muscle twitching. He had never hurt like this in his life. A little farther away, pale sunlight peeked in through the curtains that had been drawn.

"I'm in—"

"In an inn outside Hangzhou."

Bronze scanned the dark interior of the room, remembering the inn where Ryan had imprisoned Gong Yu, which made him uncomfortable.

"How long has it been—what time has it—"

"It's almost 7 o'clock in the evening." Gong Yu sat next to him, supporting his body with his uninjured leg. She placed the towel on his forehead. The towel was soaked in boiling hot water. Bronze immediately felt the heat.

"This inn only charges money, and doesn't ask much about anything." "And the room is in the back, and the waiter can't see who is entering the room." ”

Bronze thought uncomfortably, just like the inn where Ryan imprisoned Gong Yu.

"We arrived here at 6 o'clock in the morning," Ms. Gong said, "and you've been asleep for nearly 13 hours." You just don't wake up and freak out the hell about me. ”

Officer Blue pointed to the bathroom. "It took a lot of effort for me to undress you and get you in the bath. To treat hypothermia, you need to start with warm water. I slowly warmed up. When your face began to improve, I dragged you out, dried you, put you on the bed, and covered you with all three blankets I found on the shelves. Gong Yu took off his wet clothes by himself, dried them, and lay down beside you to help keep you warm. I poured you a big glass of hot water. Dude, I've never seen anyone so tired. ”

Gong Yu kept wiping his bronze face. "It's still bruised and bruised everywhere. Your face is bleeding profusely. ”

"Sometimes I have a better night than this." Bronze mouth is dry. "I want to ...... Drink some water. ”

"You'll have to drink hot water," Officer Blue said, "I'm sorry, but I want to make sure you get your temperature back." He poured some hot water from the bamboo-shelled thermos into the porcelain cup and brought it to the bronze lips. Be careful. ”

The water tasted worse than Bronze thought. "It's okay to put some tea in it. Where did you get it from? Bronze pointed to the thermos.

"I'm busy. While you were sleeping, I went out and bought something. I bought food and clothes, bought crutches for Mrs. Gong, and—"

"You're leaving us here alone?" Bronze asked in surprise.

"Mrs. Gong has your gun. Her wound hurt, but she was able to sit in that chair and guard the door. There seems to be no reason not to buy what we need. ”

Bronze tried to sit up. "Renata, that's your reason."

"There's no way she's going to keep up with us." Officer Blue said, "I'm extra careful. When I had the slightest doubt, I took a detour or drilled an alley. If there were headlights following me, I'd see it. ”

"We managed to track Ryan." Bronze said.

"That's because we have a guide. Do you think it's possible for Ryan and Renata to leave the introducer in their own car? She didn't even have a car that she could use to chase us. ”

"She could steal one."

"That had to happen after she knew we weren't on the roof anymore and that we had stolen her car. Even so, by the time she intercepted a car, we would have gone far away. There's no way she's going to know which way we're going. Relax, old man, she is no threat to us. ”

"Not for the time being."

It was not bronze who said this, but Gong Yu.

"But she's going to be a threat to us." Gong Yu added melancholy.

"Yes," said Bronze, "Renata has gone to such great lengths to get revenge on me for her two brothers, and she won't stop now." She'll be more determined. ”

"Especially since we're holding the money." Gong Yu said.

Bronze was bewildered and speechless. He looked at Officer Blue.

"When we arrived at this inn," Officer Lan said, "I checked the trunk of the car while you and Gong Yu were resting. In addition to the explosives that were enough to blow up a large Buddha, I also found the thing. Officer Lan pointed to a bulging duffel bag on the floor next to the bed. That 1 million. ”

"Oh my God—" Bronzer was tired and began to dizzy again.

"Don't sit still," Gong Yu said, "your face is pale. Lie down and don't move. ”

"Renata will come to us." Bronze closed his eyes and let fatigue take his way. He reached out to touch Gong Yu, but his consciousness was already blurred, and he didn't feel his hand hanging down.

When he woke up again, it was already dark in the room. He still felt dizzy and aching all over his body. But he had to move around — he had to go to the bathroom. He was unfamiliar with the inn's rooms, and before he could find his way, his shoulder hit the wall.

He went into the bathroom, closed the door, and turned on the light. He didn't want to wake Gong Yu up. In the mirror, his image was astonishing, not only with the marks of scrapes and scratches, but also with the dark blue circles under his eyes and his haggard cheeks full of beard stubble.

After convenience, he thought that the sound of flushing did not wake up Gong Yu. But when he turned off the light and opened the door, he found that the light in the room was on. Gong Yu sat on the bed. She was lying next to him. Officer Blue leaned back on a pillow on the other bed.

"I'm sorry." Bronze said.

"You didn't wake us up." Officer Blue said.

"We've been waiting for you to get up." Gong Yu said, "What do you think?" ”

"Just like I seem." Bronze staggered towards her. "What about you? What do you think? ”

Gong Yu changed his posture and shrank his body. "My leg was swollen and twitching, but the wound didn't look infected."

"At least that's in our favor." Bronze collapsed on the bed and wrapped himself in a blanket. He rubbed his temples. "What time is it?"

"Two o'clock in the morning." Officer Blue put on his pants and got out of bed. "Do you feel sober enough? Can you talk about something? ”

"My throat is so dry." Bronze raised his hand as if in self-defense. "But I don't want that damn hot water at all."

"I bought some tea. What do you think? Have a drink? ”

"Excellent."

The tea leaves are Longjing, but they are the kind that are crude by local tea farmers outside the city. After brewing, the bronze and so on cooled a little, and I took a big sip.

"How about a bite to eat?" Officer Blue asked.

"My stomach isn't good yet, but I'd better eat some."

Officer Blue opens an oiled paper bag. "I bought steamed buns and beef — and roast chicken, pig tongue and steamed sausages."

"I want a steamed bun with some beef."

"And then."

Bronze actually caught it, and he was taken aback. He peeled off the brown paper wrapped around the steamed bun and took a bite of the steamed bun and the cardboard-like braised beef, which had no taste at all. "It tastes good."

"It doesn't taste great, but it's good for you."

"We have to decide what to do." Gong Yu's serious tone contrasted sharply with Officer Lan's humor.

Bronze looked at her and gently held her hand. "Yes. If you didn't go to court to testify, the Justice Department would be upset. They will look for you. ”

"I've dealt with this." Gong Yu said.

"Handled—" Bronze was puzzled. "I don't understand."

"Officer Blue drove me to the city and found a phone. I called my contact in the Justice Department and found out that I didn't need to testify. There was a meeting to discuss the prosecution of Giordano there, but now that he was dead, the Justice Department said there was no need to continue. Gong Yu hesitated. Did you kill Joe Kansai too? ”

Bronze didn't say a word.

"For me?"

"You have to keep reminding yourself that there's an officer with you." Bronze said.

Officer Blue looked at his hands. "Maybe it's time for me to go for a walk."

"I didn't think—"

"I'm not angry. You two have a lot to talk about, you can be alone for a while. Officer Blue put on his native boots, grabbed a piece of clothing, nodded, and walked out.

Gong Yu waited until the door closed before speaking. "Officer Blue told me about your experience last night." She reached for his hand. "I can't thank you enough."

"All you have to do is love me."

Gong Yu straightened his neck in surprise. "You say that as if I have to convince myself to love you. Indeed, I love you. ”

She had never told him that before. His long-awaited words made him excited, and a warm current surged through his body. He stared at her passionately. The delicate woman he knew in Santa Fe bears little resemblance to the woman in front of him with a pale face, thin cheeks, deep-set eyes, and loose hair. This is the woman he has risked his life several times to get it. In order to save her, he was willing to go wherever he wanted him to go and what he did.

He felt his throat tighten. "You're so beautiful."

Her face was bloody again.

"I can't live without you." Bronze said.

Gong Yu took a sharp breath, and even the sound of inhaling could be heard. She looked at him as if she had never really looked at him before, and then she hugged him. Hugs hurt their wounds, but they still hugged them passionately and forcefully. "I don't deserve this."

She had said the same to the doctor when Bronze had helped her climb the Anti in his apartment. Is "not worth it like this" another way to express feelings? Or was that what she meant, and she felt unworthy—because she had used him before, and now she was ashamed?

"What's wrong?" Gong Yu asked.

"Nothing."

"But—"

"We still have a lot of details to think about." Bronze said quickly, "Did that contact person in the Department of Justice ask you about Ryan?" ”

"He did." As soon as the topic shifted, the intimate atmosphere was replaced by a matter-of-fact tone. Gong Yu looked a little confused. "I told him that I thought Ryan was the one who told Giordano that I was hiding in Santa Fe. I said that I was suspicious of Ryan from the beginning, and I ran away from him when I arrived in Hangzhou. I told him I had no idea where he was. ”

"Say the same to them in the future." "By the time Ryan's body is found at the scene of the fire, it will be difficult for the authorities to identify him because they don't know who to compare it to," Bronze said. They may never be recognized. His disappearance will be a mystery. On the surface, it was as if he was afraid of going to prison and fled. It's important not to show the slightest hesitation and say you don't know what's going on with him. Don't change that. ”

"I'll have to explain where I went on Saturday afternoon after I left Santa Fe." Gong Yu said.

"I'll make a phone call, a former acquaintance of mine lives in Jiaxing, and he owes me a favor. If the Department of Justice wants a witness, he will testify against you. They will ask you about your relationship with him, and you will tell them that I mentioned him to you in Santa Fe, that he is an old friend of mine, and that I want you to stop by to see him when you come to Hangzhou. So it's natural for you to run away from Ryan and run to him, it's very close. ”

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