Chapter 123: You Are Going to the United States with Me

Several soldiers squinted at He Yuzhu and waved their hands casually: "You go!"

Clearly, they didn't take He Yuzhu seriously at all; all their attention was locked onto Shen Wenqing—not only did they search him from head to toe, but they also repeatedly pried open his right hand, staring closely at the web between his thumb and index finger and his knuckles.

Just as they were about to let them pass, a snag suddenly occurred on Lao Zhou's side.

Someone in his group was stopped because that person's hands were covered in thick calluses, which were clearly marks left by holding a gun for years.

The soldiers detained the man on the spot, and the atmosphere instantly tightened.

Shen Wenqing's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly lowered his voice to ask urgently: "Zhuzi, do you have a way? No matter what, we must save him."

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and soon had an idea: "Uncle, you go directly to 91 Hao Yuan and wait. I will definitely save him and bring him there to meet you."

Shen Wenqing didn't say anything more, just gave He Yuzhu a meaningful look, turned around, and disappeared at the street corner.

He Yuzhu quickly flashed into an empty, narrow alley and then entered his space.

He nimbly changed into tattered clothes and carefully applied makeup.

When he came out again, he had turned into a little beggar, shrinking and shivering in the cold wind.

He curled up at the street corner holding a chipped, broken bowl, but his eyes were fixed on the detained man like a hawk.

In fact, he wasn't the only one detained; there were five men in total, all tied up on the side because of the gun calluses on their hands.

After about half an hour, a military truck came rumbling over.

Four fully armed soldiers escorted these people to climb into the back of the truck, and after the truck started, it drove toward the Military Camp in the city.

He Yuzhu followed quietly along the street like a shadow.

Until the truck drove onto a remote dirt road, He Yuzhu suddenly threw a stone!

With a "Bang—", the stone hit the truck window, and the glass instantly shattered into shards.

The driver was startled and slammed on the brakes.

The weather was cold and the road was slippery, so the truck slid a long way before coming to a stop with a "creak."

At this very moment, He Yuzhu slid under the truck like a ghost.

Two soldiers outside the truck jumped down cursing to check the situation; He Yuzhu suddenly reached out from under the truck, grabbed their ankles, and with a thought, pulled them into his space.

The other two soldiers in the truck bed just poked their heads out to figure out the situation when a black shadow swished into the truck bed! A cold light flashed, and the Dagger in He Yuzhu's hand had already slit one man's throat; the other man hurriedly raised his gun, but was kicked off the truck by him right in the chest. Before he could climb up, a Flying Knife whizzed over and hit him right in the throat.

The driver saw that the situation was bad, pushed open the door and wanted to run, but after running only a few steps, he was shot down.

He Yuzhu didn't dare to delay at all, quickly cut the Rope binding the group, pulled the target person, and said urgently: "You are Lao Yang, right? Come with me!"

Lao Yang followed, panting, and said gratefully: "Little brother, thank you! Where are we going?"

"Don't be polite, we're going to meet Lao Zhou! We must be fast, the Police will be here soon," He Yuzhu said at a rapid pace.

The two ran across two streets in one breath, and Lao Yang was already out of breath.

He Yuzhu stopped and said: "Lao Yang, wait for me for a moment, I'm going to buy something and call a rickshaw by the way."

When the two returned to 91 Hao Siheyuan, Lao Zhou was pacing anxiously. Seeing them return safely, he let out a long sigh of relief: "Luckily we had Zhuzi, otherwise today would have been a disaster!"

He Yuzhu distributed the steamed buns from his arms to everyone and said in a deep voice: "Twenty people from the US Military Advisory Group have died in the city recently, and now the whole city is under martial law. Everyone must be careful."

After settling everyone down, He Yuzhu turned and went out, rushing toward Liu Rusi's residence.

As soon as he entered, he saw Liu Rusi in a towering rage, with plates and bowls smashed all over the floor, shards splashing everywhere.

He Yuzhu leaned over to her and asked: "Sister, what happened? Why are you so angry!"

Liu Rusi glared at him and asked back: "Where have you been, kid? I've been looking for you for two days and couldn't find you!"

"I went to see my parents! It's the New Year, it wouldn't be right not to go see them, would it?" He Yuzhu said with a helpless expression.

Liu Rusi pulled him upstairs, grabbed his ear directly, and pressed him: "Those twenty people from the Advisory Group, did you kill them?"

"Didn't I tell you, I went out," He Yuzhu insisted, refusing to admit it.

Liu Rusi took out a portrait and asked: "Tell me, is this what you usually look like?"

"Sister, let's not talk about this, let's talk about serious business!"

Liu Rusi calmed down then and said: "The Beiping Secret Service Bureau Chief we were pulling for didn't get approved, and the new appointee is still someone who doesn't get along with us."

"Then let's stir up more trouble for him, either get him moved or kill him. Anyway, Liu Xiaohua hasn't been caught yet. Push everything onto him!" He Yuzhu said.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Liu Rusi's anger dissipated, and she said softly: "Zhao Ying is leaving in three days, and I feel quite sad."

"Sister, it's a good thing she's going to the United States to start a company. Do you think we should pool some more money for her?" He Yuzhu looked at Liu Rusi and continued, "Anyway, her father is leaving soon, and if we don't use this connection now, it will expire. It's better to let Zhao Ying take me to that bank again to scrape up more money, which can also give our company more working capital."

Liu Rusi thought for a moment: "I'll ask her what she thinks." After saying that, she went to the bedroom to make a phone call.

An hour later, Liu Rusi's originally cold eyes became soft, and she said with a smile: "The Mayor's safe was also handled with her father's help."

"Good, I'll prepare, and we'll act first thing tomorrow morning," He Yuzhu replied.

On the other side, Xu Fugui had been hiding outside for three days. Today, he really couldn't hide any longer, so he braced himself to go home. As soon as he entered the Siheyuan, he was stopped by Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui asked with ill intent: "Old Xu, who exactly was that person who went to my shop to get money with you that day? He looked quite fierce."

Xu Fugui hurriedly shook his head: "I was set up! That day, a buddy insisted on dragging me to the casino to try my luck, and as a result, I lost money and owed the casino twenty Big Ocean. I wanted to run, but I was caught and beaten up. People really shouldn't touch gambling!" As he spoke, he sighed.

Yan Bugui pointed at him and said: "It's not that I want to lecture you, but although your family's situation is better than mine, money doesn't grow on trees. Hurry up and quit gambling."

Xu Fugui changed the subject: "Yan Bugui, your business is also quite good! You have twenty Big Ocean in daily turnover, that's a lot of money earned in a month."

"No way, that day was just a coincidence that I ran into a big customer," Yan Bugui hurriedly defended.

"Don't play poor with me!" Xu Fugui was relentless.

Yan Bugui also became serious: "Old Xu, we need to be clear. It was agreed at the beginning that I would return sixty to you at the end of the year, but you took twenty in advance, so when the time comes, the amount I return won't be that figure."

"Lao Yan, you're being unreasonable! I lent you money to help you open your shop. Now I'm looking for you because I'm in urgent need. I'll go home and get the money to pay you back immediately. By the end of the year, you should return whatever you were supposed to return."

"Xu Fugui, you're being unreasonable..."

"How am I being unreasonable?" Xu Fugui said.

"The nature of our borrowing is the same, why should I pay interest when I borrow from you, but you don't have to when you borrow from me!" Yan Bugui argued.

"It's just different..." Xu Fugui lost his confidence.

The next day, He Yuzhu followed Zhao Ying into Citibank once again. Under Zhao Ying's cover, he quickly stowed Mayor Xiong's belongings into his space.

After the two came out, Zhao Ying grabbed He Yuzhu's arm and asked earnestly, "Don't you try to pull any fast ones on me, kid; did you take everything out?"

He Yuzhu nodded.

Zhao Ying's tone was firm: "You must go to the United States with me. Even if you aren't willing to stay there, you still have to take me there before coming back."

He Yuzhu pondered for a long time before saying, "Let me think about it some more."