Chapter 259: Escape

As soon as I heard, things went bad.

No need to ask, they already suspected me and were about to start arresting me.

I had to leave immediately.

I said to Xiao Long, "Quickly help me pack up."

Xiao Long started packing the things on the table.

I also said to Shen Honghong, "They've already come; they probably intend to silence us all. Come with us."

Shen Honghong simply didn't believe it,

"In broad daylight, who would dare to arrest me."

I paid no more attention to Shen Honghong,

I leaned against the window and looked down,

I saw Kong Shi leading a group of men in black clothes standing downstairs, assigning tasks.

From his gestures one could tell,

his meaning was to surround completely,

he would let neither the elevator nor the safety exits go.

In that crowd of black-clad people, I spotted Ruan Wei, who was talking to a tall man wearing sunglasses.

Although that man wore sunglasses,

but I still recognized him from his build—that person was Liu Shiru.

Liu Shiru looked pleased, pointing at our room with his finger, saying something I couldn't hear.

Hou Laoban came running over like a rabbit, saying something to Kong Shi that I couldn't make out.

I hastily pulled my body back,

It looked like this time they really were going to catch me.

Xiao Long had already packed up,

Xiao Long asked, "Grandpa, shall we take the stairs?"

I said, "The stairs and elevator aren't safe; we'll take the emergency passage."

Xiao Long nodded, took the suitcase and went out first to carefully observe the outside.

Then he waved at me,

"Grandpa, they haven't come up yet."

At that moment I told Shen Honghong, "Come with me."

Shen Honghong at that time shook her head and said, "I'm not going."

I didn't bother explaining to Shen Honghong any further,

I grabbed her arm in one swift motion,

pulled hard, bringing Shen Honghong into my embrace,

I held Shen Honghong,

"You must come with us."

Without further ado, I took Shen Honghong out of the room.

Shen Honghong shouted, "What are you doing? What are you doing? If you keep this up I'll call for help."

I brought Shen Honghong to the stairwell; Xiao Long had already kicked open the emergency passage, revealing a dark hole.

This emergency passage resembled a playground's spiral slide.

It could let a person slide quickly down to the ground.

Xiao Long saw us catching up,

He first threw the suitcase into the black hole, hearing only a clang,

and the suitcase vanished.

Xiao Long then jumped in,

Xiao Long also quickly disappeared into the black hole.

The hole could only accommodate one person at a time,

so Shen Honghong and I couldn't enter together,

Shen Honghong struggled, refusing to crawl into the black hole.

The situation was urgent; I couldn't let this woman keep causing trouble.

I picked up Shen Honghong,

I gripped her thighs tightly with my hands,

then, like throwing an object, I hurled Shen Honghong into the black hole,

All I heard was Shen Honghong's "ayyo" cry, then silence.

I stared for a moment, then also crawled into the black hole,

then, holding my head, I began to slide in the darkness.

Because this emergency passage had never been used since it was built, its surface wasn't very slippery.

Only the downward pull of gravity supported the sliding.

My body generated huge friction against the pipe,

I could feel my whole back heating up.

Suddenly I thought of Shen Honghong's bare legs,

Sigh, I guessed that down below they'd likely scrape off a layer of skin.

There's no way; who let her not wear pants for the sake of beauty?

I was sliding fast, and before long I saw light.

It started as a point, then slowly grew bigger.

Next I was quickly thrown out of the slide.

I fell straight to the ground. Fortunately this is where the hotel stores miscellaneous items,

They are all hotel bedding.

No one will get hurt.

I hurriedly stood up, but my head felt a bit dizzy because after sliding down from a height there's a pressure difference,

My blood pressure can't keep up, so my head feels dizzy.

I swayed twice and finally stood up,

Looking at Xiao Long's face, it was as if he'd come out of a chimney,

Xiao Long had already helped Shen Honghong up,

At this moment Shen Honghong looked like a ruffled chicken, her fur all standing on end.

It's truly horrible to behold.

I said to Xiao Long, "Hurry up and open the door, let's drive away."

Xiao Long, being young, seemed fine and kicked the simple door open with his foot.

We quickly went out.

I caught my breath and opened the car door.

I took Shen Honghong from Xiao Long's hands,

Shen Honghong's hair was like a bird's nest, her face devoid of any color,

She was filthy all over, and both legs had scrapes,

It looks like Shen Honghong was really frightened.

Yeah, sliding from that height, someone without experience couldn't take it.

I had no time to worry about Shen Honghong, I forcibly shoved him into the car,

Then I also got into the car. Xiao Long had already started the engine.

Suddenly someone came out from the side door,

They had also come down from the emergency passage.

These people shouted loudly, "Here, quick, here!"

Xiao Long pressed the accelerator and our car shot out like an arrow from a bow.

Those black-clad people were using their hands to shield against the dust.

Xiao Long asked me from the car, "Old sir, where are we going? Back to Shanghu?"

I said, "They'll surely tail our car; we can't drive straight to Shanghu,"

"First we'll head to Huaihai City, then take the exit road and return to Shanghu from Huaihai."

Xiao Long nodded and drove toward Huaihai City.

I didn't expect their actions to be this fast too.

I stuck my head out and saw several large off-road vehicles following us behind.

I then said to Xiao Long, "Xiao Long, show your driving skill and shake off those vehicles; otherwise we'll be wiped out."

"Old sir, rest assured; if I didn't even have this ability, these years of study would have been wasted."

Xiao Long then displayed his driving skills in the traffic.

Sometimes going with the flow, sometimes against it.

Deliberately creating chaos.

Those off-road vehicles' drivers were also skilled, sticking close to our car without letting go. Their vehicles were big and not afraid of collisions.

If a vehicle blocked their path, they'd just ram straight through. It looked like their car was about to catch up to us,

Xiao Long then said to me, "Old sir, hold on tight,"

"I'm going to keep that lead car from veering into the green belt."

After saying that, Xiao Long jerked the steering wheel hard to the left,

I was jostled in the car, head spinning, and at this point Shen Honghong had already fainted.

The slide from above was enough for her to endure, and now the car's swaying makes it unbearable for anyone.

Xiao Long finished turning the wheel and then slammed the brakes,

He used the rear side of his car to hit the frontmost vehicle,

That vehicle probably didn't expect Xiao Long's car to suddenly brake,

The driver froze for a moment,

Xiao Long's car struck that vehicle's front.

That vehicle, moving fast, due to the impact quickly deviated from its normal course and then slammed into the median green belt.

I sat in the car and clearly felt something bump us from behind.

The car jolted once.

But Xiao Long then released the brakes,

stepped on the accelerator,

The car sped off.

Then he hard-turned the steering wheel to the right and drove onto another road.

The car behind, failing to steer in time, actually kept driving straight past.

Our car, at the fastest speed, on that small road, the Mercedes-Benz drove. We finally escaped from Zaocheng Xin Cheng.

Near the point where we were about to reach Dawang Town,

I then had Xiao Long turn around and drive toward Shanghu.