Chapter Twenty-Three: An Unexpected Encounter
The people stationed at the original headquarters of the Huo Nie family might not have thought that I would kill a 'Hui Horse Gun' the next day.
According to normal thinking, the most important thing I should do is to hold Chen Chong hostage and negotiate with them.
It's not that I haven't considered this approach, but it's a pity that between them and Chen Chong, I obviously believe in Chen Chong more, and it's better to trade with them directly than to trade with them.
The second is that I don't want to use Chen Zhong as a bargaining chip, even if I kill Chen Chong with my own hands one day in the future, I will not use him as a bargaining chip. It feels like this is an insult to our former feelings, and I don't need to be understood.
So, when I hitchhiked into town, everything went well.
My senses were much sharper than before, and I didn't notice anyone watching me around, not even anyone paying special attention to me.
I just bought a cake casually, and I walked straight to the street where Lao Zhou was being held.
It's still early, but around 8 a.m., it happens to be a weekend, and there aren't many pedestrians on the streets.
The street where Lao Zhou is located should be a snack night market street, but in the morning it is the quietest time, with some greasy pavement, few pedestrians, and the surrounding buildings should also be old buildings in the 80s, mixed with some newly built buildings, which looks a little messy.
A place like this, if it weren't for the locals of City C, it would be difficult for outsiders to find it, and it would be difficult for Chen Chong to hide Lao Zhou in such a place.
I followed the address given by Chen Zhong and quickly found the building.
Chen Chong has already ordered the people to leave, so I can go up without any scruples I don't have to worry about the people sent by Chen Chong will leak any news because of the sudden evacuation, because Chen Chong told me that these people are confidants, so he can be sent to monitor Lao Zhou with confidence.
It's a relatively new building in the midst of a clutter of buildings, so there's an elevator.
I entered the elevator and went directly to the 14th floor where Lao Zhou was.
Coming down from the elevator, it is a long corridor, because this building is strictly speaking, like a single apartment, and there is no large apartment, so getting off the elevator is a long corridor, and because the people living in it are messy, the corridor is full of various sundries, which is very messy.
I didn't delay too much, and went straight to No. 07, where Lao Zhou's apartment was located, Chen Zhong didn't give me the key, but this is not a problem for me, according to my current strength, even the lock of the security door can be broken.
But unexpectedly, the door of room 07 was not closed as I imagined, but hidden, which made me have a bad feeling in my heart, and I immediately pushed the door and walked in.
There is no place to hide in a one-bedroom room, and I quickly searched the room, and there was no trace of any person?
Could it be that Chen Chong deceived me? This is not very likely, I forced myself to calm down, and took a closer look, the open bed, the messy instant noodle box, and the kind of urinal specially prepared for people with limited mobility, all the details show that there is definitely a patient here, and it has been inhabited by patients with limited mobility.
Chen Chong shouldn't have lied to me.
I spent a minute observing these details, and then saw a long mark on the wooden floor that had been covered with dust and had not been cleaned much, and some messy palm prints, I suddenly thought of something, and immediately walked to the bedside, reached in and touched it, and the bed was still warm, indicating that the people here had not left for a long time.
I probably had a guess, but my mind was still a little messy, and it just so happened that I saw a person looking at the door at the door that I had opened, and with some caution, I rushed at once, and grabbed the man into the house.
I probably looked a little fierce, and the person I pulled in said in a loud voice, "What are you doing? Do? I'm the property manager of this building. ”
"Property management?" I raised my eyebrows and asked, I don't understand why the property management is looking here early in the morning?
"It's property management! The rental houses here are all rented by our property management, and the situation of this room is not right, out of responsibility, I want to take a look. Seeing that I let go of his collar, the property manager quickly said something to me, but his tone was inevitably full of complaints.
I calmed down a moment and said, "I'm a friend of the sick in this room, and I'm here to visit." But not only is the door not closed, but there is no one here, what's the matter? ”
"I just came up from the surveillance when I saw that something was wrong, this room was originally occupied by three people, two men taking care of one patient. But since yesterday, the two men who had been taking almost their turns to care for the sick man were gone. And no, early in the morning, I saw a very thin man carrying the patient away, and instead of taking the elevator, he took the safe passage, and I felt that something was wrong. You know, the landlord can ask our property company, this person is gone, and the rent in the future will be ruined in case of any big things" The property manager heard that I was a friend of the resident, and began to talk endlessly, but the general meaning was nothing more than worrying about various things.
But I was in no mood to listen to his ramblings, when I suddenly interrupted him and said, "A thin man carried the sick man on his back? When did it happen? ”
"Isn't that what just happened? I saw it with another colleague on duty. I'll go up and take a look at the situation, and the complication down there is a block downstairs. However, the four exits of this building, I don't know if they can be stopped."
Before I could finish my words, I ran to the safety exit like an arrow from a string.
I hurried downstairs, trying to stop the man before he could take them away.
Unfortunately, even if I was extremely fast, it was too late in the end, and I didn't meet anyone along the way.
But when I thought of carrying a person on my back, it was clear that I had just left, and I would definitely not be able to walk fast, so I didn't give up and began to run around this building quickly, and the four exits will always be met by me, right?
In this way, I ran through the two exits and didn't see any special people, but finally at the third exit, the exit closest to the busy street, I saw a thin figure, carrying a man in an overcoat, who was stopping a taxi and preparing to get into it.
Without saying a word, I rushed over, but unfortunately it was a little farther away, and the man was already in a taxi and left.
How can I be willing, fortunately, this street is more prosperous, and it is morning, and the taxi is still relatively easy to stop, I stopped another taxi at a very fast speed, and followed the previous taxi.
My heart was full of doubts, which one could that thin man be?
Not long after, the taxi in front of me arrived at its destination, a shanty town equivalent to a slum, and I watched as the thin figure got out of the car with a man in a coat on his back.
Because I didn't care about it, part of the coat slipped off, revealing most of the head of the person being carried, and when I looked at it, I was sure that it was Lao Zhou.
I breathe a sigh of relief in my heart, as long as I don't follow the wrong goal, that's a good thing.
Seeing their car, I casually threw the driver a 100-yuan bill, and I didn't care about looking for money, so I hurriedly got out of the car.
I saw the thin man enter from the entrance near a snack bar, and I rushed in, less than twenty seconds before and after, but when I entered the alley, my head was big, the terrain here was very complicated, there were forks in the road, where was the figure of the thin man as far as I could see?
However, I'm not panicking, where can I go fast with a man on my back? And it's full of residents, even if you spend some money, you can find out, not to mention that I'm not slow, I can explore everywhere.
So I walked into the shantytown, and along the larger main street, I was ready to take a look at every fork in the road.
I didn't expect that as soon as I reached the first fork in the road, a huge spider pounced on my face, I subconsciously blocked the spider with my hand, but I was still inexplicably bitten by the spider, and I didn't have time to catch my breath and see the current environment clearly, a thin fist hit my lower abdomen.
How can an attack of this magnitude pose a threat to me? I grabbed the fist at once, and with a sharp slick of my back, pushed him against the wall.
"You've been bitten by my poisonous spider, and if it weren't for my secret recipe, you'd be dead." The thin man's voice was very awkward, as if he was pinching his throat to speak.
I didn't bother to pay attention to him, looked around, and saw that Lao Zhou was placed on the ground next to him.
I looked at Lao Zhou, Lao Zhou also saw me at a glance, he was first excited, then crying and laughing, and then shouted: "Third child, you let Hainian go first." ”
Qin Hainian? I'm really speechless, why is this woman still so reckless, thinking like this, my hand really has a paralyzing feeling, it seems that she really let the spider bite me.
"The third? Ye Zhengling! As soon as Qin Hainian turned around, he couldn't allow me to speak, so he pounced on me, hugged me fiercely, and then cried wow, crying and saying, "What hat are you wearing!" I didn't even recognize you, I thought I was being chased by those monsters again. ”
I'm depressed in my heart, I'm afraid that only Qin Hainian's highly myopic and reckless personality will not recognize me because I wear a hat, right?
I looked at Qin Hainian's face crying with pear blossoms and rain, and even the beard she stuck to her face was half washed down by her tears, and I said speechlessly: "Where are your glasses?" Also, I'm poisoned! ”