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Jiang Yue Lou was lying on the bed, half-naked; the bullet wound on his waist was exposed to the light, bloody and terrible.
Chen Yu Zhi looked at the wound and frowned, “It’s a penetrating wound, the bullet is still inside. We’ll have to take it out.”
Jiang Yue Lou grinned, “The foreigners used Webley revolvers, their bullets are much larger than a normal one, and the rate of fire is also slower. If it was a normal bullet, I wouldn’t have troubled you right now.”
Chen Yu Zhi looked at him calmly, “If that was the case, then you would have been dead of excessive blood loss already, but you’re right that would have been less trouble for me.”
As he said this, he opened his medical kit and started preparing everything for the operation.
Jiang Yue Lou glanced at him, “You came fully prepared. How did you know you would have to deal with a gunshot wound?”
“I’m not deaf, I heard the gunshot at the pier tonight,” Chen Yu Zhi said as he began to disinfect the area around Jiang Yue Lou’s wound.
“The lady was very anxious when she came, I could smell blood on her, and she also asked me to keep it secret.”
“Maybe her roommate was about to give birth to a child in secret?” Jiang Yue Lou joked.
“En!” Chen Yu Zhi deliberately pressed a little harder on the wound, causing Jiang Yue Lou to shout.
“You are so brave, did you fight against a gang again?” he sighed “As I said before, I can treat any patient, whether it is a murderous gangster or an unreasonable policeman.”
Chen Yu Zhi wiped the skin near the wound with the water-soaked gauze, and picked up a scalpel, “But I walked in a hurry, and forgot to bring anesthetic so it would be very painful.”
Forgot the anesthetics? Jiang Yue Lou looked at him carefully and didn’t believe it at all. This little doctor was still mad at him and deliberately wanted to punish him. But for some reason, Jiang Yue Lou wasn’t angry at all and even found this quite interesting. He came to Hong Kong with his courage only but didn’t expect things would turn that way. Not only was he injured, but he also got separated from his subordinates.
It was the most embarrassing and critical moment for him. And it was exactly at that time that he met Chen Yu Zhi again. And seeing him gave Jiang Yue Lou an inexplicable sense of relief and peace of mind.
The same feeling a person who was lost on a wild road in the night would feel when his partner suddenly found him.
Even quarreling with him gave him a sense of comfort. He looked at Chen Yu Zhi’s stern face and was suddenly in a good mood.
“Why are you in Hong Kong?”
Chen Yu Zhi ignored him, “I will start now. It will be painful so it’s okay if you want to shout.”
Jiang Yue Lou nodded. Chen Yu Zhi held a knife in one hand, and the skin near Jiang Yue Lou’s wound with the other. The tip of the knife cut through Jiang Yue Lou’s skin and opened the wound. Chen Yu Zhi was very focused as if nothing else in the world was worth his attention except for the wound in front of him. Jiang Yue Lou was right. This bullet was larger than a normal bullet, and it penetrated deep into the abdominal cavity. Fortunately, it did not damage the blood vessels or the internal organs. Jiang Yue Lou was a lucky guy. Chen Yu Zhi felt the skin under his fingers tighten. He glanced at Jiang Yue Lou; his hand lying on the pillow was already tight into a fist, and he was grinding his pale lips hard, but he made no sound because he didn’t want to lose face.
Chen Yu Zhi couldn’t bear it after seeing him like this. He did bring anesthetics, but he wanted to take revenge on Jiang Yue Lou. He couldn’t help himself. The policeman’s brutality and lawlessness bothered him, and his sister would not have been kidnapped if he wasn’t arrested for no reason.
But Chen Yu Zhi didn’t expect that the bullet had penetrated so deep that it would take him more than ten minutes to pull it out. Chen Yu Zhi instantly regretted what he did. He shouldn’t have been mean to him and seeing Jiang Yue Lou gritted his teeth and said nothing, made him feel even more guilty. He would rather be yelling at him.
After a few more minutes, his scalpel finally hit the hard bullet. Chen Yu Zhi put the scalpel back, picked up the forceps, and probed into the wound to reach the bullet.
“Bear with me a little more, I’m almost done.”
Jiang Yue Lou nodded and bit his lips again, drawing blood. He could taste the blood in his mouth, and his skin was covered with beads of sweat. He could feel Chen Yu Zhi’s forceps churning in his abdominal cavity, and suddenly something came out. Jiang Yue Lou’s body tightened, almost convulsive, and he used almost all his strength to restrain himself from shouting.
Chen Yu Zhi felt that Jiang Yue Lou was really in pain, and tried to work faster. His hands moved rapidly, disinfecting and suturing the wound meticulously. He used the western technique to wrap the bandage around his waist. Jiang Yue Lou remained motionless. Chen Yu Zhi thought he probably fainted due to the extreme pain and felt even more guilty about it. He sighed softly, took off his gloves, wiped the sweat from his forehead with gauze, and began to pack his utensils quietly.
“Are you feeling better now?”
Chen Yu Zhi was startled and almost dropped the forceps on the ground. He looked back at Jiang Yue Lou, who was not asleep at all and instead was looking at him with a smile. It turned out that this person had long understood that he had deliberately not given him anesthesia.
Chen Yu Zhi started to blush and was a little bit irritated. As for why he was irritated, he couldn’t tell. He decided to pretend he didn’t hear anything and took out the medicine paper to prescribe the medication.
“Take two pills a day for three days, and you should feel better soon. I will come back again tomorrow to change your bandage.”
Jiang Yue Lou raised his gaze and looked in the direction of the bedroom door which was tightly closed, “She only knows that I’m a businessman, don’t tell anything about me.”
Jiang Yue Lou added, “There is still something I need your help for”
Chen Yu Zhi’s hand movement paused, “What is it?”
“Give me your hand.”
Chen Yu Zhi was puzzled but regardless stretched out his hand. Jiang Yue Lou drew a triangle symbol on the palm of his hand and made a circle inside the triangle.
“What does that mean?”
“You don’t need to know. You only need to leave this symbol downstairs near the Department Store, at the corner of Fifth Avenue, and downstairs of this apartment building. Remember, the triangle should point in the direction of the apartment.”
Chen Yu Zhi shook his head: “I can’t help you. I’m just a doctor, and I came to Hong Kong to…”
He suddenly stopped talking and handed the written medicine prescription to him. Jiang Yue Lou didn’t pick up the prescription but grabbed Chen Yu Zhi’s wrist instead, and his eyes flashed with an indisputable light.
“My subordinates are looking for me! We came to Hong Kong to trace the source of Jing Cheng’s opium. Someone here controls it. The entire opium smuggling at the south of the Yangtze river transit here and needs to be stopped!”
“I can’t help you with this.”
Chen Yu Zhi tried to remove his wrist, but Jiang Yue Lou was much stronger than him even though he was injured. He was grasping Chen Yu Zhi’s wrist in his hand like an iron cast that couldn’t be shaken.
Chen Yu Zh, who couldn’t escape despite using all his strength, felt that his anger was surging up again.
“Apart from using brute force, do you have any other tricks? As long as you get what you want, you don’t care what happens to others at all! If you didn’t lock me up that night, my sister would have never disappeared!”
“Sister?”
Jiang Yue Lou turned over the prescription note in Chen Yu Zhi’s hands, and saw the portrait of Chen Keying behind, with a line of text: “My little sister Chen Keying is missing. If you have any information, you will receive a big reward. Thank you.”
“Your sister is missing?”
He looked down at the portrait again, and suddenly remembered the scene he saw in the night streets of Jing Cheng two days ago. Two men hugging a sleeping girl walked towards the alley. The girl was somewhat similar to Chen Keying in the photo.
He slowly let go of his hand, and Chen Yu Zhi took the opportunity to withdraw his hand and took two steps back.
“When did your sister disappear?”
“It was the night I was locked up,” Chen Yu Zhi whispered, with a painful expression, “I heard from some people at the Nianchun Pavilion that Keying was sold to Hong Kong.”
Jiang Yue Lou knew better than Chen Yuzhi about the Nianchun Pavilion. His eyebrows furrowed, a sense of guilt started to surge in his heart, and he didn’t know what to say for a while.
“Don’t worry,” Jiang Yue Lou finally said, “I will take care of your sister’s case.”
Chen Yu Zhi was a little surprised by Jiang Yue Lou’s answer, but didn’t reply and started packing his utensils.
“You are a doctor, right?” Jiang Yue Lou said behind him when he was about to leave.
“You must know how many people in Jing Cheng are smoking opium, and how many of them can live until next year? Have you thought about it? If you don’t help me, it’s like you are helping the opium dealer.”
Chen Yu Zhi finished packing his things, closed the medical kit, and looked at Jiang Yuelou, “It’s two pounds for the consultation fee.”
Jiang Yue Lou silently took out the money and handed it to him.
Chu Ran was sitting on the sofa when Chen Yu Zhi came out, she stood up quickly.
“How is he?”
“He’s fine. I took out the bullet, and it didn’t hurt any organs or vessels,” Chen Yu Zhi said, “I will come back tomorrow to change his bandage.”
Chu Ran nodded, and asked, “You seem to know each other, am I right?”
Chen Yu Zhi shook his head, “We have met once.”
He looked at Chu Ran’s expressions and added, “He is not a bad person. But you’d better send him away as soon as possible. Wherever this person goes, nothing good happens, he is just a nuisance!”
He deliberately amplified his voice so that Jiang Yue Lou in the other room could hear it.
“But he is injured, how can he leave?” Chu Ran asked hesitantly, “And if the police come again, what should…?”
Chen Yu Zhi lowered his eyes and said, “Don’t worry, someone will pick him up soon.”
He said goodbye and left. Chu Ran put on her coat, still not completely reassured, and went out to buy the medicine.
Jiang Yue Lou, who had listened to their conversation, was smiling in the bedroom. Someone will pick him up soon? So, Chen Yu Zhi agreed to his request. But the nuisance part? Jiang Yue Lou shook his head.
“If I was a nuisance, I wouldn’t be so lucky to escape death again. God still treats me well.”
The sun was about to rise in the early morning, and Jiang Yue Lou hadn’t closed his eyes all night. He was finally able to relax, and he closed his eyes and went into a light sleep.
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Bai Jinbo laughed and said, “Who dares to be late to meet Mayor Cai. Director Zhan, you also came very early.”
The two went in, walking side by side, and Zhan Jun Bai who had no intention of asking at first suddenly asked,
“Any news from Jiang Yue Lou? I haven’t heard from him in the past two days? Do you know what he is doing right now? He disappeared in such a hurry at the last fundraising banquet.”
He then added, “Once the meeting is over, I would like to invite you to Fenglin Wanfan Restaurant to eat steak”.
Bai Jinbo waved his hand, “Yue Lou was recently sent to Linjiang on official business, and he would return after finishing his duties. As for this old bone of mine, I really can’t get used to the coffee and steaks that fashionable young people like to eat these days. It will be better for me to go home and eat some home-cooked food comfortably.”
Zhan Jun Bai smiled and said: “It seems that Mrs. Bai must be very skilled, and grasp Director Bai’s stomach firmly. I’ll have to come another day and take a taste of her cooking.”
“Sure, when Yue Lou comes back, I will invite you all.”
Bai Jinbo had a good impression of Zhan Jun Bai and was willing to let Jiang Yue Lou make friends with such powerful figures. The two talked and laughed, turned to the stairs, and walked along the corridor.
Of course, Bai Jinbo didn’t know that in Hong Kong, Jiang Yue Lou was recovering from surgery done without anesthesia, while Sun Yongren and Song Rong were squatting in a small hotel room, worried about their missing Boss.
Sun Yongren still had bruises on his face and looked out the window with a worried look.
“It’s been more than twelve hours, and the Boss still hasn’t contacted us. You sure he wasn’t caught by those foreign devils, right?”
Song Rong wasn’t feeling any better. He was wiping his gun like he always did whenever he was upset or worried and answered, “No way.”
“Under normal circumstances, I will agree with you, but this time the situation is different. The boss was injured last night and he was also outnumbered…”
Suddenly someone knocked on the door. Song Rong and Sun Yongren were instantly on their toes, and they pointed their guns at the same time at the door.
Song Rong asked in a low voice, “Who is this?”
The knock on the door repeated, two short and one long knock.
Sun Yongren jumped over to open the door, “Boss!”
But it wasn’t Jiang Yue Lou who was standing outside the door, but the embarrassed Sun Heming. He stepped in and closed the door.
“Where is the Chief?”
“Where is Wang Ying?” The three of them asked each other at the same time.
Sun Heming shook his head heavily, “He didn’t make it, I was able to run away thanks to him.”
He looked around the house, “Why is it only the two of you, where is the Chief?”
Song Rong and Sun Yongren were still mourning Wang Ying’s sacrifice before they looked at each other after hearing the question.
Sun Yongren said with difficulty, “We don’t know where he is yet. We have lost contact with him since last night.”
Sun Heming was shocked and annoyed, “What?! Why didn’t you protect him? You are standing here having a good time when the Chief is still missing?”
Sun Yongren retorted, “Aren’t you embarrassed to say that? If you would have been more cautious last night and didn’t make a sound, nothing would have happened, and the Chief would have been safe and with us right now!”
“It was an accident,” Sun Heming showed a trace of shame, “It’s useless to argue, what should we do now?”
Song Rong stood up, holding his gun, “The most urgent task now is to find what happened to the Boss before moving to the next step.”
Song Rong, who was the calmest of the group, temporarily took the lead.
“Sun Heming, go around the dock and the police station and see if you can find anything. Sun Yongren, go to the main streets to see if there are any contact signs left by the Chief. I will go and check the hospitals. Regardless of the situation, let’s meet here again in three hours.”
Sun Yongren nodded and went out with Sun Heming. Song Rong put the gun on his waist and followed them.
In front of the Catholic church on Fifth Avenue, a flock of white pigeons flew by while praying choir foreigners and children filed into the church. The sacred songs fluttered over the square.
Chen Yu Zhi glanced at his watch; it was almost time to go to work. He wanted to post more notices he made for his missing sister. He finally noticed a bulletin board near the church.
Chen Yu Zhi stepped forward, carefully pasted a few more posters on the bulletin board, and pressed it twice to be sure it would not be blown away by the wind.
At this time, Jiang Yue Lou’s words sounded in his ears “Don’t you know how many people in Jingcheng smoke opium? If you don’t help me, it’s like you are helping opium dealers.”
He hesitated for a moment but decided to write the mark Jiang Yue Lou told him to do on the bulletin board.
Near Fifth Avenue, Sun Yongren was walking in the crowd in despair, looking everywhere for any sort of sign. He checked everywhere, around the telephone poles, on any bulletin board, and posters and advertisements on the walls, but couldn’t find anything yet.
Sun Yongren was very anxious; he was muttering, begging all the Gods and Buddhas he knew about to help him. When he arrived near the Christian church he felt that he just arrived in a western country. Maybe he should pray to God instead. He looked at the cross and said “Amen”. Probably this God heard his prayer because when he walked over the bulletin board next to the church, he suddenly saw the sign!
Sun Yongren was so excited that tears appeared in his eyes. He hastily looked in which direction the triangle was pointing at, turned an alley, and saw a man drawing something at the corner of the wall. Sun Yongren immediately leaped behind the wall and quietly waited. Once he was done, the man finally got up and walked away. Sun Yongren was shocked when he finally recognized the man’s face. It was Chen Yu Zhi!
Sun Yongren was frightened. He got closer to the drawing Chen Yu Zhi just made, and it turned out that it was the symbol set by the boss.
How did Chen Yu Zhi know about this symbol?! He wanted to catch Chen Yu Zhi and asked him directly when a foreigner patrol suddenly came over, and Chen Yu Zhi went up to talk to him.
Sun Yongren was taken aback and quickly bent down pretending to tie his shoelaces. However, he was wearing leather shoes, so he decided to give the impression that he was cleaning them to not attract the attention of him.
Because he was far away, he couldn’t hear Chen Yu Zhi describing Keying to the policeman. He could only see that Chen Yu Zhi was showing a piece of paper to the policeman before the policeman went his way, and Chen Yu Zhi put the piece of paper in his bag and walked forward.
The whole scene was witnessed by Sun Yongren, but he completely misunderstood what just happened.
“Damn you, Chen Yu Zhi! How dare you betray our Boss!” Sun Yongren thought bitterly, “The moment I put my hands on you, I will kick you to death! No, I will ask where the Boss is first and then I will kick you to death!”
He followed Chen Yu Zhi and watched him walk into the Shandetang Clinic.
In the morning, when he had some free time, Chen Yu Zhi took out his old medical records he was using to make the posters and his medical prescription leaned on the table and wrote on the back of the files the information about his missing sister.
Dr. Qiu walked in. He picked up one of the hand-made posters made by Chen Yu Zhi and asked, “Is there any news from your sister?”
Chen Yu Zhi stopped writing and shook his head, “Hong Kong is too big, it’s really difficult.”
He added a sentence in his heart, “people who wanted to find each other could not be found, but people who didn’t want to meet happened to meet each other.”
Dr. Qiu said, “You can post an ad about your missing sister in the newspaper. After all, the circulation of newspapers is bigger than all the posters you are doing by yourself.”
Chen Yuzhi replied, “I already thought about it. But the cost of an ad in the newspaper is high, and it will be published for only one day. No one reads an old journal as they want to read the latest news. Unless the ad is published every day, the effect is minimal. Drawing posters and giving medicine prescriptions will last a little longer. Posters can generally last for a week, and they can be posted in many places with heavy traffic, so the spread is more effective than newspapers. Western medicine is at least three days a course of treatment, and there is enough time for the patient to read it, which is why I am also writing the information on the medical prescription.”
Doctor Qiu nodded, “Dr. Chen, you are thoughtful. With all your efforts, I am sure you will find your sister soon.”
Chen Yu Zhi smiled thankfully, but his smile faded quickly. His eyes fell on the photo of his sister. Keying was looking at him through the frame with a sweet and gentle smile.
Not far from Shandetang Clinic, Song Rong, Sun Yongren, and Sun Heming were observing him in the dark.
Sun Heming patted Sun Yongren on the shoulder, “Good job Yongren, you were very quick this time.”
Sun Yongren was still enraged, “I was wrong about Chen Yu Zhi! The last time I helped him, I even spoke kindly about him in front of the Chief! I didn’t expect that he was an opium dealer!
Song Rong’s face was solemn, “There is no evidence yet. Even if he knows the secret signal only known by us, he could be an enemy or a friend.”
“It’s not the Chief who told him about the secret code!”
Sun Yongren insisted, “Apart from us, who do you believe the Chief would trust? I’m telling you something is wrong here, I even saw him discussing with the foreign police!”
Sun Heming also echoed, “Yes, this person is suspicious. He was present at the warehouse in Jingcheng last time, and this time he is here again in Hong Kong when we have to deal with another opium smuggling case. Is it just a coincidence?”
Song Rong nodded, “Whether it’s an enemy or a friend, you should catch him first, and don’t let him have a chance to inform anyone”
There were not many patients in the clinic that day, so when it was almost noon, Chen Yu Zhi asked Dr. Qiu if he could leave and decided to go out to post a few more posters.
He thought for a while and decided to go and see Jiang Yue Lou first to change his bandage.
He was carrying his medical kit in one hand and the posters in the other. Not long after he walked out of the hospital, suddenly a man wearing a hat came from behind, snatched the posters in his hand, and ran away.
Chen Yu Zhi was taken aback, “Hey! Stop! Give it back to me!”
The man ran into an alley, Chen Yu Zhi didn’t want to lose the posters so he chased after the man. He turned into the alley, only to see that there was no one and that it was a dead-end! At the same time, he felt a sudden pain in the back of his neck and he immediately plunged into the darkness.
After a long time, Chen Yu Zhi finally woke up. The back of his neck was still aching; he groaned and raised his head laboriously. The shadows in front of him slowly dissipated, and Chen Yuzhi saw that Sun Yongren, Song Rong, and another man he didn’t know were standing in front of him.
“You?” Chen Yu Zhi was surprised to see them and wanted to stand up, only to find out that his hands had been tied behind the chair.
“Don’t move!” Sun Yongren pointed a gun at his forehead, “Don’t try to play tricks, or I will break you! Now, tell us! Where is our Chief? When did you catch him?”
Chen Yu Zhi’s head was still hurting, and he couldn’t understand clearly what Sun Yongren was saying, “Who caught whom?”
“Stop playing dumb!”
Another man grabbed his neck and stared at him viciously, “How do you know about the secret symbol? Where is he now? Say it!”
He raised his hand to slap Chen Yu Zhi, but Song Rong stopped him first.
“Yongren, Heming, calm down.”
Song Rong said, “Doctor Chen, please just tell us the truth, do you know where our Boss is?”
Chen Yu Zhi looked at him and nodded slowly.
The three of them glanced at each other, shocked.
“Then say it!” Sun Yongren said anxiously.
Chen Yu Zhi raised his eyes and looked at the three of them, “How do I know if I can trust you?”
“Your motherf—! Say it again if you want to die!”
Sun Heming was furious, raising his hand ready to hit him, but Song Rong grabbed his wrist and pushed him away.
Song Rong quickly untied Chen Yu Zhi, bent down in front of him, and looked at him very seriously, “Doctor Chen, we were wrong to kidnap you and bring you here that way but we are really worried. The Boss is injured, and we don’t know where is. So please tell us. Did you take care of him? How is his injury?”
Chen Yu Zhi rubbed his wrist slowly. He also looked at Song Rong and could see that his face was sincere.
He decided to trust him.
“Jiang Yue Lou is not badly injured, and he is recovering. I can show you where he is.”
Sun Yongren was overjoyed and quickly helped Chen Yuzhi to stand up, and bowed at him, “Surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple* Doctor Chen, please forgive me.”
Sun Heming still has some doubts, “Give us the address!”
Chen Yu Zhi glanced at him, “It’s near Sheung Wan. I’ll take you there.”
Sun Heming nodded helplessly, “Well, I’ll find a car, it will be more convenient.”
After he finished speaking, he walked out quickly. Song Rong looked at him, with a hint of suspicion in his eyes.
In Chu Ran’s apartment, Jiang Yue Lou was lying on the sofa. Chu Ran walked out of the kitchen with the medicine and put it in front of Jiang Yuelou, “You have to take your medicine.”
Jiang Yue Lou stood up quickly, his movements were almost as agile as before. Chen Yu Zhi took care of him properly, and as his recovery ability has always been strong his wound was no longer a problem, but his body temperature was still a little high. He thanked Chu Ran and took the medicine.
“When are you… planning to leave?” Chu Ran hesitated before finally asking.
Jiang Yue Lou smiled slightly, “Don’t worry, my subordinates will be there soon, and I will be no longer a trouble for you.”
Chu Ran was a bit sullen, and hurriedly said, “I don’t think you are troublesome…”
“I did give you a lot of trouble.”
Jiang Yue Lou said, “I haven’t asked your name yet.”
Chu Ran hesitated for a moment, “My name is Cheng, Cheng Xiuzhi.”
“Miss Cheng,” Jiang Yue Lou nodded, “My name is Bai, Bai Qing.”
Both knew that they didn’t tell each other their real names, but neither said anything about it.
Jiang Yue Lou wasn’t as relaxed as he seemed to be. He was anxious.
Song Rong and Sun Yongren stayed behind that night, did they get away safely? What about Sun Heming and Wang Ying? Did they manage to meet each other? If they have fallen into the hands of foreigners, how can Chen Yu Zhi contact them? What should he do next? Should he request support from Director Bai?
Next time Chen Yu Zhi comes, if there is still no news, he will send a telegram to Director Bai.
Jiang Yue Lou was carefully planning everything when he suddenly realized that something was wrong. It turned out that before he even knew it, he had already regarded Chen Yu Zhi as one of his own.
The doctor knew his true identity and the reason he was in Hong Kong. He could betray him easily, but he never thought about this possibility.
How did this happen? Jiang Yue Lou couldn’t understand himself. Even with Song Rong and Sun Yongren, it took him a long time to develop a sense of trust with them. How could he already trust a perfect stranger he has only met two times? Not to mention that their first encounter was not very pleasant.
Jiang Yue Lou was wildly thinking about this when he suddenly heard a sharp brake noise coming from outside. He got up and walked to the window to see that several black cars were parking downstairs. He could also see a group of men led by a woman rushed out of the cars, and scattered in the streets. It seemed that they were looking for someone.
Jiang Yue Lou’s eyes became sour. These people were coming for him. Were they sent by Lucas? How did they know he was here? Did Song Rong and the others get caught? Was it maybe he who…
Although he was thinking nervously, he didn’t standstill. The curtains have been drawn. His gun was full of bullets. Seeing that the men were looking for him in all the buildings, it seemed that they didn’t know his exact location, meaning that it wasn’t Chen Yu Zhi who had betrayed him. Jiang Yue Lou knocked on the bedroom door, and Chu Ran opened the door immediately.
“What’s the matter?” She asked, worried.
“They found me,” Jiang Yue Lou replied before grabbing Chu Ran who was trying to walk to the window and pushed her back rudely.
“Don’t look.”
Chu Ran frowned, “You are hurting me.”
Jiang Yue Lou released her, “Sorry.” He apologized to her while putting on his coat and grabbing a hat.
Chu Ran watched his movements, “Are you going now? I will go with you”
“If they find out you were with me, they will hurt you.” Jiang Yue Lou said, “I’m going now, don’t worry, stay there, and they will not find out about you.”
Someone suddenly knocked at the door.
Jiang Yue Lou raised his gun and looked at the door nervously. Neither of them made a sound, and they stared at the door silently.
The person knocked on the door again, two short and one long knock.
Jiang Yue Lou breathed a sigh of relief and walked straight to the door. When he opened the door, the person he found standing outside was Chen Yu Zhi.
Chen Yu Zhi was leading Song Rong and three people to where Jiang Yuelou was. Sun Yongren was driving as fast as he could, and Song Rong and Chen Yu Zhi were sitting in the back. Once they were near Chu Ran’s apartment, Song Rong suddenly asked Sun Yongren to stop.
“There are a lot of cars parked ahead,” Song Rong watched suspiciously, “Something is wrong.”
Sun Yongren nodded “Yes it’s not normal, why are there so many people? There is also a woman who seems to be the boss.”
Sun Heming seemed very anxious, “I will go, Dr. Chen, just tell me the address.”
Song Rong shook his head, “If it’s one of us three they will recognize us right away. We should let Dr. Chen go, they don’t know about him. Five minutes after you go upstairs, I will make an explosion and will pretend to be the Chief to draw their attention away. You’ll take this opportunity to get out.”
Chen Yu Zhi considered it for a while and nodded calmly, “Okay.”
Song Rong looked at him, “Be careful and act normally.”
Chen Yu Zhi thought about it again, “But how can I make Jiang Yue Lou believe that I am on his side?”
“When you knock on the door, do only two short and one long knock,” Sun Yongren rushed and said, “That way Chief will know that you are working with us.”
Song Rong said, “Don’t worry, the Chief already trusts you.”
Chen Yu Zhi was surprised, but didn’t add anything, opened the door, and got out of the car.
Song Rong was right, Chen Yu Zhi didn’t attract anyone’s attention and entered the building smoothly. Once they met, he told Jiang Yue Lou about Song Rong’s plan.
“We don’t have much time, are you ready?” Chen Yu Zhi asked.
“Let’s go,” Jiang Yue Lou said simply, before turning around to look at Chu Ran, “Miss Cheng, thank you for your help. I hope I will have the opportunity to repay you in the future. Goodbye.”
He was about to leave, but Chen Yu Zhi was not at ease and added, “Miss Cheng, get rid of all the gauze and the medicine and don’t tell anything to anyone.”
Chu Ran followed behind and watched them going downstairs, “You guys also be careful!”
When Jiang Yue Lou and Chen Yu Zhi just reached the first floor, they heard a loud noise coming from outside. The explosion occurred at the gate of a neighboring apartment building. A figure ran out of the exploding building and fled in the opposite direction.
A man shouted, “It’s Jiang Yue Lou!”
The female leader directs her men to jump into the car, “Go after him!”
Sun Yongren started the car and drove towards Chu Ran’s apartment. He had just stopped at the door of the apartment when he felt something on his temple! Sun Heming pointed a gun at him, “Don’t move.”
Sun Yongren understood at once, gritted his teeth, and said, “Sun Heming! You fucking rat!”
Sun Heming sneered, “It wasn’t a mistake last night. I purposefully made noise and Wang Ying was also killed by me. Please, Yongren, be good, and don’t make me kill you too.”
Sun Heming honked at the thugs with his free hand and brought back the thugs who hadn’t run far, and shouted, “Sister Xiaofeng, that’s a fake, don’t chase him! The real Jiang Yue Lou is still inside that building.”
The thugs who were led away by Song Rong turned over and drove back towards the apartment building. Sun Yongren went crazy, taking advantage of Sun Heming’s carelessness, he lowered his head sharply, avoiding his muzzle, and started to fight him in the small space of the car, trying to grab his gun, and shouting desperately while fighting, “Chief, don’t come out! This is a trap!”
Song Rong heard Sun Yongren’s scream and hurried back, but Sister Xiaofeng was faster than him. The car had already stopped at the door of the building, and the thugs rushed in.
No one noticed Jiang Yue Lou quietly poked his head out of the door of the next building.
Jiang Yue Lou quietly turned back and gestured to Chen Yu Zhi to stay where he was. He saw a car parked outside the door. Jiang Yue Lou was fast; he put down the thug who was guarding the car and jumped in the vehicle.
Jiang Yue Lou started the car and beckoned Chen Yu Zhi to join him. Chen Yu Zhi quickly got into the car, but at the same moment Xiaofeng Sister figured out that something was wrong. She rushed out of the building, ready to shoot Chen Yu Zhi.
But Jiang Yue Lou was faster than her. He shot her, and the bullet grazed Sister Xiaofeng’s shoulder, making her take a step back. Chen Yu Zhi took this opportunity to get in the car. Jiang Yue Lou slammed on the accelerator and rushed in the direction of Sister Xiaofeng and her men. They all jumped out of the way to save their lives.
“Sun Yongren hasn’t got away yet!” Chen Yu Zhi said eagerly.
“You, take the steering wheel,” Jiang Yue Lou said.
Chen Yu Zhi leaned over and took the steering wheel while Jiang Yue Lou leaned out and shot numerous other cars one after the other, each shot reaching the wheels of each car precisely.
When passing by Sun Heming and Sun Yongren’s car, Chen Yu Zhi slowed down. At this time, Sun Heming happened to be pressed on the glass by Sun Yongren. Jiang Yue Lou raised his hand and fired without hesitation. The bullet passed through the glass and hit Sun Heming between his two eyebrows.
Sun Yongren got free, stepped on the reverse, and drove until he reached Song Rong’s side. Song Rong pulled Sun Heming’s body out of the car, quickly jumped into the passenger seat, and drove away following Jiang Yue Lou’s car.
Sister Xiaofeng jumped in a car ready to chase them, but the car couldn’t move after the tire was shot. She patted the steering wheel angrily, looking at the back of Jiang Yue Lou’s car, which was already far away.
It was unsafe to return to their previous hotel, so Jiang Yue lou decided to take everyone to the luxurious Jinchao Hotel. At least, this big hotel was always crowded, and it would be difficult for their enemy to make a move this time. They were finally able to rest in the room. Song Rong was looking out from the window while Chen Yu Zhi treated Sun Yongren’s wound. The latter was still angry.
“Sun Heming, you fucking rat! It was too nice of us to shoot you to death!” Sun Yongren scolded, “He killed Wang Ying and almost killed our boss, this fucking bastard!”
Song Rong looked at Jiang Yue Lou and said, “Boss, I suggest we go back to Jingcheng first. We don’t know how much information Sun Heming revealed, besides…”
Jiang Yue Lou knew what Song Rong meant, but he didn’t know if the department had any more traitors. This was precisely what he was concerned about. Jiang Yue Lou was nervous and couldn’t think straight.
Chen Yu Zhi finished treating Sun Yongren and turned to Jiang Yuelou, “Come here, let me see your wound.”
Jiang Yue Lou, who was thinking deeply, replied vaguely, “I am fine.”
Chen Yu Zhi walked up to him, knelt in front of him, and put his hand on Jiang Yue Lou’s forehead without saying anything.
Jiang Yue Lou, shocked, opened his eyes wide. He never liked other people touching his face. Perhaps it was because he was too focused and lost in his thoughts, but he didn’t avoid Chen Yu Zhi’s move. At first, he wanted to push Chen Yu Zhi away, but the slightly cool touch of his hand eased the drowsiness of his mind, making him unwilling to push him away. While he was still hesitating, Chen Yu Zhi had already withdrawn his hand.
“You have a fever. I noticed it in the car,” Chen Yu Zhi said with a sharp glance, “Come here, let me have a look.”
Jiang Yue Lou nodded and followed Chen Yu Zhi in the other room.
Sun Yongren opened his mouth in a daze and watched them enter the bedroom together. He turned around and said to Song Rong, “Did you also see what just happened?”
Song Rong seemed to have heard nothing instead, he bowed his head and started to wipe his gun. Sun Yongren continued, “Do you remember that time when a woman splashed some wine on Boss’ face? I wanted to help him and tried to wipe his face. He went crazy, pushed me, and kicked me away.”
“Be quiet,” Song Rong said.
Jiang Yue Lou sat on the bed half-naked again. Chen Yu Zhi unwrapped the blood-oozing gauze, cleaned his wound, and put on a new bandage. Watching Chen Yu Zhi’s every movement, Jiang Yue Lou asked in a low voice, “Is there any progress with your sister?”
Chen Yu Zhi’s gesture paused, “No.”
He wrapped the gauze, took out a bottle of western medicine, poured out some pills, and handed them to Jiang Yue Lou, “This is an antipyretic. It will help to reduce your fever.”
Jiang Yue Lou swallowed it without even looking at it. Chen Yu Zhi packed his medical kit, stood up, and said, “I have to go now. Remember, don’t put water on your wound, and don’t use excessive force.”
Jiang Yue Lou smiled and said, “Sure, you should also say that to Xiaofeng’s sister and her men too that I need some rest.”
But Chen Yu Zhi didn’t smile back. Instead, he frowned and looked at Jiang Yue Lou: “How can you be so calm right now? Are you not worried about putting yourself and the people around you in danger?”
“Then what do you want me to do?” Jiang Yue Lou asked, his smile fading, ” Do I just lie here and cry and feel sorry for myself? We’re dealing with a life-or-death situation here. It’s too easy for you to act as if you don’t see it.”
“Do you think that using violence against violence is the only way?”
“These people showed no mercy to anyone, and you still want to try to talk with them?”
“You!” Chen Yu Zhi didn’t want to argue with Jiang Yue Lou again, but he couldn’t stand his indifferent attitude. He was still angry at him for Keying’s disappearance.
“Me?” I have to be like them,” Jiang Yue Lou refused to stand down, “the wicked would be scared of you only if you are willing to be more cruel and wicked than them.” And you, what do you propose? Reply evil with virtue? What can be done with virtue?”
“But your way of doing things has hurt innocent people.” Chen Yu Zhi couldn’t help but ask, “Miss Cheng saved your life, and she took great risks helping you! What would you do if something happened to her? She didn’t do anything wrong. And what about my sister, if it weren’t for you, she wouldn’t have disappeared.”
Every time Chen Yu Zhi’s sister was mentioned, Jiang Yue Lou felt guilty. He knew the girl he saw that night was probably Chen Keying. He knew he could have saved her, but at that time, his only concern was to convince Director Bai of the importance of the mission in Hong Kong. But looking at Chen Yu Zhi’s haggard and bleak eyes, he couldn’t say anything to excuse himself.
Jiang Yue Lou took a breath and said in frustration, “Just go. Sun Yongren, send him off.”
When Sun Yongren joined them, he immediately felt the atmosphere between the two was tense. He has no idea what happened between them, but he didn’t dare to ask.
“Doctor Chen, please follow me,” He said to Chen Yu Zhi politely.
“I doubled your consultation fee,” Jiang Yue Lou said loudly, “We should thank the “great” doctor Chen Yu Zhi for his “gracious” help.”
“What? Oh…” Sun Yongren stared at Jiang Yue Lou’s face. Seeing that he had no intention of moving forward, Sun Yongren took the money and handed it to Chen Yu Zhi.
“Doctor Chen, please take it. We will see you tomorrow again when you come to change Chief’s bandage.”
“Just give him the money.” Jiang Yue Lou cut him off, “And no need to come tomorrow, I don’t want to be bothered.”
Chen Yu Zhi turned pale with anger. He was about to leave but turned back and took only half of the money.
“I’m just an ordinary doctor, not a “great” one, so you don’t need to give me that much. “Thank you”, Chief Jiang.”
He angrily put the money in his pocket, took his medical kit, and left. Sun Yongren saw that Jiang Yue Lou still refused to move or speak, so he had no choice but to send Chen Yu Zhi off himself. All that time, Song Rong was standing outside in confusion.
Chen Yuzhi walked downstairs in a rush, and Sun Yongren, who was following him, tried to make an amendment, “Doctor Chen, I want to apologize for what happened just now. Our boss…his temper sometimes he…, but he is truly a good person.”
When a rickshaw passed by, Sun Yongren asked him to stop. He brushed the non-existent dust on the seat and asked Chen Yu Zhi to get on it.
He was so diligent and careful, but Chen Yu Zhi was still really angry. He just nodded, was about to get in the car and leave when suddenly, there was a loud noise upstairs in the Jinchao Hotel. A room on the third floor exploded, and a storm of smoke, flames, and debris rushed out from the windows.
Everyone fled in panic. Sun Yongren looked up at the site of the explosion room and realized, horrifyingly shouted, “Boss!”
Without caring about anything else, he ran towards the hotel.
Chen Yu Zhi stared blankly at the smoke coming out of the room. The coachman asked him in horror if he wanted to leave, and Chen Yu Zhi suddenly jumped out of the rickshaw and ran towards the hotel with Sun Yongren.
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Sun Heming honked the horn with his free hand and brought back the thugs who hadn’t run far, and shouted: “Sister Xiaofeng, that’s a fake, don’t chase him! The real Jiang Yuelou is still inside that building.”
This paragraph was repeated twice.
Ok now i understand a bit.