Chapter 14: Morning and Dusk
ββ¦β¦ It's a trap. The sudden light was a little dazzling, and Ling Shucheng squinted his eyes slightly.
Yuan Sui was leaning against a wall and panting, his throat seemed a little uncomfortable: "It's not necessarily aimed at us - but it really scares me." β
"It must have been a deliberate attempt to make that house look 'different.'"
"Yes. After all, whoever comes, when they see the only small western-style building around that looks different, they will probably touch it in and take a look. Once you stay a little longer, it's like this, 'Bang-'. As he spoke, Yuan Sui also made a gesture to explode, "The last time I came here, maybe they came to set up explosives." The clutter in the room was piled up to delay the people who entered the house and to cover up where they had moved. β
"So, the reason for deliberately shooting is more to deter us." Ling Shucheng glanced thoughtfully at Yuan Sui, who was still coughing a little, "Three people? β
Yuan Sui seemed to be a little distracted, and was stunned for a moment before realizing that Ling Shucheng was asking her a question just now, raised his hand to the hillside where the unknown enemy was just now, and explained: "Look at that direction, although it happens to be facing us, but the distance is too far. At least among my classmates, I don't think there is anyone who can hit us with a single shot from that distance. β
"Hmm." Ling Shucheng visually measured the distance and nodded slightly. Besides, it's still night.
"So when you say that there are three people on the other side, I think it's very strange. From that distance, if you have the intention of 'hitting', the only way to improve the accuracy is to go in the direction of the light source in the exposed position in my hand, regardless of the maximum firepower of 3721. Maybe you got lucky. Yuan Sui unfolded the coat in his hand, shook the glass slag vigorously, and handed it back to Ling Shucheng with both hands a little embarrassed, "If there are three people on the other side, it is impossible for one person to carry a gun, and the other two are shouting and cheering on the side." But the firepower just now was obviously wrong, there was only one gun. And the bullet was originally heading in the direction of the door, not at me. The only one in charge of shooting, the level is still so bad? I don't think so. β
"The shooting was just to force us to take shelter in the room, and they really relied on the explosives that had been planted in advance." Ling Shucheng thought in his heart, "Judging from the results, it's roughly like this. But there is a basic question, if you rely on explosives, why not design it to detonate as soon as you enter the door? If you choose this method you deduce, it means that the other party needs to set up a guard tower on the hillside in a suitable location, and keep an eye on the movement here in shifts every day. β
"I don't know ......" Yuan Sui's expression was also a little troubled, as if he had been thinking about this issue for a long time, "I want to ...... Could it be that this not-so-clever device wasn't aimed at us in the first place? The reason why it didn't explode when the door was opened was to set a buffer time, so as not to accidentally blow up the wrong object? β
"It's not easy to know what Fei is doing." Han Yue's voice suddenly came from the top of his head, directly scaring Yuan Sui. He was sitting on the window edge above Yuan Sui's head, crossed Erlang's legs, and continued slowly: "Yo, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, are you so timid? β
Yuan Sui looked up, and hurriedly moved back away with small broken stepsβif she grew a little taller, she would be able to give Han Yue a foothold. "Brother Yue, did you float up? Why didn't there be any sound at all. If I was really scared just now, I could just give you a top. β
"Well, I didn't have that ability, I crawled along the outer wall of this row of houses." Han Yue touched his chin and corrected, "It's not to hit you, to be honest, I think even if you really make a big jump, you shouldn't be able to stand up to me." β
"Is it so hurtful?" Yuan Sui took a few steps forward unconvinced, as if he was planning to measure the distance.
"Let's get down to business first." Ling Shucheng interrupted at the right time, and at the same time had a vague premonition that these four words might be on his lips for a long time, "Tell me what you plan to do." β
"It's up to you guys."
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"Something's wrong!" The middle-aged man in the racer shouted loudly and stumbled all the way.
The lights along the way seem to be lit up by his footsteps in turn. Soon, the lonely alley, which was still dim and silent, suddenly came to life, and a young man had just poked his head out of the window curiously when he was pulled back into the house by a large hand twisting his ear; The people who had been hiding appeared from all over the place in twos and threes, and some of them were discussing loudly with the people around them, and they were putting on their clothes in a panic. In the midst of the noise, a few children's cries can occasionally be heard.
"I just heard movement...... How? Didn't work out? Someone asked in a loud voice.
"Phew, what a success, I didn't blow it up, I didn't say it, I blew up the wrong person." The man was squeezed into the middle of the crowd, took the water handed by others, poured two mouthfuls, coughed twice before he said: "And it blew up on the head of the most difficult person to mess with!" β
"Who, who?" The crowd boiled.
"Those soldiers!"
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Late at night. Yuan Sui sneezed two or three times in a row, causing two men, one fat and one thin, to look up at her several times, and finally Yuan Sui was barely frightened back by the fierce eyes that Yuan Sui was trying to hold back and almost glared out.
"I've pushed too hard, kid." Han Yue whispered.
Yuan Sui patted his face, worked hard to move his facial muscles, and quietly pointed to Ling Shucheng, who was still standing on the other side with his back to the other side with a light face, as if he was a little angry.
"Teach students according to their aptitude. We can't put too high demands on people who are not very well developed in the original expression management system. Han Yue Zhengse said.
The moon was dim tonight, but the stars were especially bright, like countless small gems sprinkled in the dark flannel.
In the distance, a series of flickering points of light are like intermittent waves on the water, constantly approaching this small circular square from one side, as if it were a flowing Milky Way.
It's a pity that Ling Shucheng's eyesight is very good.
He could already clearly see a group of iron-faced men walking towards this place with old-fashioned flashlights.
More than half an hour ago, he and Han Yue quickly sneaked into the small room where they were arguing about whether to go to the explosion site immediately to see the situation, let go of the sharpest one who looked at him and went home to report the news, and then tied up two of them like crabs about to be thrown into a steamer, and finally moved the two of them here with a little effort.
"Yo, it's coming pretty fast. You two, you'll have to settle me down a little later. Don't make any big moves that look like you've been abused by me, and don't do it motionless, I don't need to teach you any more, right? Ling Shucheng heard that Han Yue behind him was carrying out ideological education on the two hostages, and he was full of ruffianism, and he didn't know whether he was pretending to be too similar or acting in his true colors.
But Han Yue's performance undoubtedly had a very good effect, and the two people who were gagged behind perfectly interpreted "nodding like pounding garlic", as if they wanted to touch the person who was still smiling in front of him through sincere eyes.
I remember that at the beginning, these two people were not very obedient, and they scolded a lot of unclean mouths, but they were still a little bold - until Han Yue listened to it with a spring breeze on his face, and accurately called out the name of the person opposite.
As if someone had suddenly choked his neck, the man asked Han Yue's identity hoarsely, and there was fear in his eyes.
"You should call me sir." As soon as Han Yue finished speaking, the slightly fatter one almost strangled himself because he was too excited, and in the end he could only be brought here half-dragged and half-resistant, which successfully made Han Yue, who was tired and panting, look even more terrifying.
Even if it was expected that these homeless people who fled from the "Zhuan" must be hostile to the army, the undisguised fear revealed by these two people still made Ling Shucheng a little frightened.
Ling Shucheng's gaze swept lightly over the two of them, and he was not so surprised to see the fear and disgust in each other's eyes. But unexpectedly, he vaguely read a little pleading look in the eyes of the slightly chubby middle-aged man whose courage and physique were disproportionate.
In fact, a middle-aged man with a big belly and a poop face, with scattered tears in his eyes, and his expression mixed with a little bit of shy flattery, not only is not convincing, but also inexplicably a bit like a bridge in a comedy. Han Yue's shoulders twitched slightly, but fortunately he didn't laugh, but Ling Shucheng still looked solemn.
This group of people is not capable of protecting a paradise at all. It's not a paradise though.
It's a pity that only they can stand up. Ling Shucheng felt a prickly in his heart, rubbed his eyebrows, and turned to stop looking at him.
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"Good evening, everyone." Han Yue yawned and scratched his head again. Ling Shucheng remembered the previous ridicule, and deeply felt that he was worthy of the words "Mount Tai collapsed in front and his color remained unchanged".
At this time, the three of them, together with the two hostages who were tied up by the five flowers, were surrounded by fifty or sixty people. Although this group of people was only silent, their eyes were like blades scraping on Ling Shucheng's body. He saw that there were several children in the crowd who looked to be eight or nine years old, who were being tightly held in the arms of their parents, staring at him directly, and there was some resentment in their eyes.
No one responded to Han Yue's greeting. The small square full of people was silent.
Han Yue was not depressed at all. He walked leisurely around the two hostages empty-handed, without the intention of speaking first, and without even his eyes falling on the crowd, there were people who took a few steps back a little everywhere he went. After a few laps, the other party's encirclement was much looser, and the tense expressions on some people's faces began to falter.
"We've been out of it for a long time! What more do you want! Suddenly, a woman holding a child shouted, her voice sharp as if she were screaming.
After a long silence, this sound was particularly harsh, Ling Shucheng saw the girl held by the woman covering her ears and hugging her mother tightly, trembling slightly, but her mother's eyes were always firmly locked on Han Yue, and she was unaware of her daughter's state.
"Well, look at what you said." After being quiet for a while, Han Yue rubbed his ears and said unhurriedly, "You are not as important as you think, don't worry." β
The woman was choked for a moment, tears were already rolling back and forth in her eyes, and she wanted to speak again several times, but finally gritted her teeth and held back.
"Okay, don't look at me like this, I'm not here to collect debts." Han Yue was still so calm, "Look, even as soon as we entered the door, you inexplicably blew up such a big bunch of fireworks to welcome us, oh, the person who lit the fireworks is still here, what are you afraid of." β
"Sorry, we didn't mean to do that." A middle-aged man with thick dark circles stood up and said in a sincere tone, "I'm afraid you also know in your heart how much your appearance will make us afraid." So please forgive us for being rude and get out of here as soon as possible. β
"Oh, it's not intentional, first clear up your own problems, and then build a moral high ground for yourself, and drive us away. Yes, bro. Han Yue's tone cooled, and at the same time, the crowd also became restless, and a few of them had already put their hands into their pockets with gloomy expressions, completely intending to fight for their lives.
"That's interesting." Seeing this, Han Yue laughed, "Are you planning to rely on the numerical advantage - a few moves under me?" β
The direction of this negotiation was a bit bad, Ling Shucheng clenched the saber hidden in the cuff, and glanced at Yuan Sui, only to find that the other party was frowning and covering his nose, as if he was trying very hard to hold back his sneeze.