"Red Maple Garden," Yang Wenbin asked in surprise, "Are you sure?"

"Hmm,"

"But when he chooses this place, it means that he has ......"

"He must know, he knows that it's us," Yan Junli said calmly,

"I don't understand, if he already knew that we were ambushed here, how could he go to the appointment," Yang Wenbin asked incredulously,

"This is the arrogance of skeletons, there is a kind of person, the more desperate he encounters, the more excited he is, the more he wants to swim against the current, thinking that he is the savior who can reverse his fate," Yan Junli's tone carried an indescribable emotion of awe or mockery, and then he raised his head and looked at the maple trees in front of him,

Autumn passes, winter comes, the leaves of the maple tree have fallen, the once beautiful scenery is gone, people go to the building, and even the tree is only left with a messy dead branches and rotten leaves, there is no beauty at all.

"Has this place been deserted since Hanako was arrested?" asked Yang Wenbin.

"Yes, this area is an excellent scenic spot, and it is said that if you take care of these maple trees again, you will still be able to attract a lot of guests," Yan Junli raised his head and reached out to pull down a dead leaf from the branch above his head, "But all the developers and businessmen have shied away from this, after all, under the maple trees here, there are dead people, and the story of the maple ghost spread by Hanako at that time is probably still affecting the nerves of the people,"

Yang Wenbin looked at the barren red maple garden in silence, and only after a while did he speak, "At that time, what kind of feelings did the skeleton have for Hanako Nakano?"

"Who knows," Yan Junli chuckled, "but for that person, all human beings are the same, he only treats them as pawns, as bargaining chips in the trade, I don't think he will understand where the real value between people is until he dies,"

"Is the time he made an appointment at nine o'clock," Yang Wenbin suddenly looked down at his watch and frowned, "It's past ten o'clock now, and the skeleton doesn't look like a person who will be late,"

"It's okay, Xiao Hong is guarding the back door, so even if the skeleton goes through the back door," Yan Junli suddenly froze in the middle of his words, suddenly realizing how wrong it was to do so, "It's over, Xiao Hong,"

Before Yang Wenbin could react, Yan Junli had already pulled out his legs and ran towards the back door of Hongfeng Garden, and before the two of them could reach the back door, they saw the skeleton holding Li Hong hostage, and the muzzle of the pistol was aimed at the temple of the young officer.

"Captain Yan, Captain Yan," Li Hong's chest was clasped by the skeleton's elbow, it was difficult for him to move freely, and he was helplessly looking at the two people who were coming,

"Black cat, don't come unharmed," the skeleton sneered with murderous intent,

"Skeleton, you put the gun down," Yan Junli walked to a distance of about three meters from the skeleton and stopped, raised his arms to signal the skeleton to calm down, "If you have something to say, let's talk about it,"

"I thought you were the one who knew best that there was nothing to say between us," the skeleton smiled playfully, "Seriously, you guys are very powerful, few people have been able to force me to this kind of dead end in the past few years, although I rescued Wang Hong, but you also forced me to the point where I had to flee like a rat crossing the street, not to mention that in the end, I was actually a bamboo basket to draw water, planted in Shi Lize's neurotic hands, come back to my senses, I have no way out, even if you don't make a move this time, Sooner or later, they'll take advantage of my weakness to catch me off guard,"

"When you and Shi Lize were hiding underground to avoid risks, I had already sent someone to find out all your drug-making dens, and your death-free gold medal was invalid, just waiting for a pot to take you off," Yan Junli said with a tense face, "Give up, it's futile for you to struggle now,"

The gun in the skeleton's hand pressed closer against Li Hong's head, "That's why I feel that instead of passively waiting for death, it is better to take the initiative to attack before death, black cat, what do you think?"

"I don't think so," Yan Junli stared nervously at the skeleton's every move, "Zhou Mu, you put the gun down, if you dare to touch a hair of Li Hong, I will definitely break your body into ten thousand pieces,"

"No, you put the gun down," the skeleton tightened his index finger on the trigger and lifted his chin neatly, "throw all your weapons to the ground, kick them aside, hurry,"

"Team Yan, leave me alone, rush up and kill this bastard," Li Hong shouted, but no one seemed to listen to him,

"Okay, I'll put it down," Yan Junli raised one hand and reached to his waist with the other, threw the gun on the ground, and kicked it aside,

"And the dagger you have in your coat, throw it out too," the skeleton added with a sneer,

Yang Wenbin, who was on the side of "Yan ......", couldn't stand it, and seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted by Yan Junli with a gesture,

"Xiao Hong's life is the priority," Yan Junli replied in a low voice, took out the dagger from the inner pocket of his coat, and threw it out.

"So you're satisfied," Yan Junli shouted, "What do you want?"

"Keep your distance, if you dare to get closer, I'll blow out this kid's **," the skeleton held Li Hong hostage, and walked back to the parked car on the side of the road, "Yan Junli, it's your turn to taste what it means to be completely defeated this time,"

As he spoke, the skeleton took Li Hong hostage and got into the car, and then the car galloped away in the distance, leaving the dust all the way away.

Yan Junli and Yang Wenbin watched the skeleton flee with Li Hong like this, and didn't dare to make any moves.

"So we just watched the skeleton rob Xiao Hong, and we didn't know where he was going," Yang Wenbin asked with suppressed anger.

"Then what can I do, how do I know that he will use such a despicable and obscene method," Yan Junli replied irritably,

"You should have come with the police in the first place and not go it alone,"

"You're blaming me now, why didn't I see any objections from you when I first came over," Yan Junli roared back,

Yang Wenbin took a deep breath and waved his hand, "Okay, okay, now arguing about who is right and who is wrong doesn't make any sense, and it won't save the situation, what matters is what we do now,"

"I informed the bureau to block every place in City C where he might appear," Yan Junli didn't finish before Yang Wenbin interrupted,

"No, he has a hostage in his hand now, you make such a big move, in case you provoke him, it won't be fun to destroy the hostage with one shot,"

"Then what do you say you can do now," Yan Junli became impatient again, "Now we only have the police force in our hands to play this card that can be played, you,,"

"No, I still have a card," Yang Wenbin said calmly, "I think it's time to use it now,"

Yan Junli was stunned, "What,"

Yang Wenbin took out his mobile phone, stared at a string of numbers on the screen and hesitated for a while, but still pressed the call button,

The phone rang no more, no less, exactly three times, and it was picked up, and a soft female voice came from there,

"Hey, which one, please?"

Yang Wenbin turned around and carried Yan Junli on his back, took a deep breath, and then said calmly, "Poppy, I'm Yang Wenbin,"

The other head was obviously stunned, "Doctor Yang, why are you ......?"

"Last time I was at the café, you gave me your number, remember, I bet that the number is real,"

Poppy chuckled, "Of course it's true, I've never lied to you so far, so what's the matter with calling me at this time?"

"Poppy, Yan Junli and I didn't catch the skeleton, but he kidnapped my friend and got into the car and fled," Yang Wenbin said earnestly, "If it were you, you must know where he was most likely to go,"

"Heh," Poppy asked, amused and strange, and asked with interest, "even if I knew, what reason and position would I have to help you, is it because I said I liked you, or because you think I would sympathize with you because you are a cripple, you can't help but think too highly of yourself,"

"No, it's not," Yang Wenbin said calmly, "Poppy, you once said that you did things for the skeleton because of his money, right?"

"So what,"

"No, you're definitely not because of his money," Yang Wenbin said, "because you are not a money-loving woman at all, although you are always dressed up brightly, but I noticed that none of your clothes are luxury brands that exceed the civilian price, and your lipstick, that lipstick has been used to the bottom, although I don't know women very well, but I know that it takes at least 9 to 10 months to use a lipstick, that is to say, you have at least 9 months with only that lipstick by your side, This doesn't seem like what a woman who loves to dress up would do, so I deduce that you are not a woman who loves to dress up, and this lipstick does not exist for the sake of dressing up, but for some purpose of work, and in addition, your perfect disguise technique, as well as the skilled knowledge of potion dispensing, are far beyond the qualities that an underworld courtesan should have, of course, the most important point that makes me draw conclusions, It was when that drug-addicted homeless man overdosed on drugs that you didn't hesitate to help me rescue him, which made me finally believe that you are a person who is on the side of justice," Yang Wenbin paused and said, "You are not a drug dealer under the skull, you are a government agent who infiltrated the drug gang undercover,"

The other end of the phone was silent for a long time, Yang Wenbin held the phone nervously, if he hadn't been forced to such a point, he wouldn't have taken the risk of taking this move, after all, the other party was a heavily trained agent, and he told the truth so rashly, he wasn't sure whether the other party would help him, or would want to shut up and erase him,

After a bitter silence, there was the laughter of poppies, not hostile, just soft and nice,