Chapter 217: Stealing the Dog

He Yuzhu picked up the sobbing He Yushui and asked, "Don't rush, tell your brother, when did you discover Xiao Hei was missing?"

He Yushui wiped her tears with her sleeve and answered intermittently, "Just, just an hour ago... We went to the East Cross Courtyard to have dinner at Dahua's house. Xiao Hei was following us, but then it ran out. I thought it had gone home, but, but when we came back from the aunt's house, we couldn't find it anymore..."

"Have you asked everyone in the courtyard?" He Yuzhu looked around at the gradually darkening courtyard.

"I knocked on every door and asked," He Yushui said with a crying tone, "They all said they hadn't seen it."

He Yuzhu pondered for a moment: "Do you think Xiao Hei would run out of the compound by itself?"

"It never dares to go out the main gate," Wang Xiaomi said.

He Yuzhu had an idea in his mind.

He put He Yushui down, held her hand, and walked toward the front courtyard, passing by every door seemingly at random, while actually secretly activating the system Scanning.

There was no movement in the front courtyard, and there were no discoveries near Jia Dongxu's house or Yi Zhonghai's house.

When he walked near Xu Damao's house, he could hear several people inside boisterously drinking and playing finger-guessing games.

He Yuzhu turned to the Houyuan without changing his expression, and the scanning revealed that Xiao Hei was tied up by its limbs, its mouth bound, curled up in a corner of a remote cellar, shedding tears pitifully.

He did not go to save Xiao Hei directly, but instead turned around and knocked on Xu Damao's door.

Xu Damao opened the door and saw it was him, then asked with a cheeky grin: "Yo, Master He, where did you come back from making a fortune?"

He Yuzhu sneered: "Xu Damao, I think your skin is itching again. Hurry up and tell me, where did you put my Xiao Hei?"

Xu Damao spread his hands innocently: "Master He, you are wronging a good person. We brothers are just eating meat and drinking; why don't you come in and have a couple of drinks?"

He Yuzhu glanced into the room; besides Yan Jiecheng and Li Yong from the courtyard, there were two unfamiliar young men. Those two were about seventeen or eighteen years old, broad-shouldered and thick-waisted, looking like trained fighters at a glance.

He Yuzhu let He Yushui, Xiaomi, Dahua, and Ding Li go home first, then strode into the room and sat down in the main seat without any courtesy.

The other five people looked at each other, at a loss.

"Bang!" He Yuzhu slammed the table hard; the tabletop immediately cracked in several places, and several bowls and dishes were shaken onto the ground, smashing to pieces.

Seeing that He Yuzhu showed him no respect in front of everyone, Xu Damao's face immediately darkened: "You surnamed He, don't think you can run wild just because you have strength! Today, I'll let you see the power of my two Bodyguards!"

He gave a wink to the two broad-shouldered, sturdy men.

The two immediately stood up; one went to grab He Yuzhu's waist, while the other swung a fist directly at his temple.

He Yuzhu lowered his head to dodge the incoming fist, took the opportunity to grab the man's wrist, and shook it hard. With a "Crack!", the man's shoulder was directly dislocated, and he squatted down in pain.

The other one who was hugging his waist was dodged by his light movement, and finally, he kicked him in the head. The man stumbled back several steps, his head hitting the wall heavily, and he fainted on the spot.

Just at this moment, there was a light "Click" sound.

He Yuzhu turned his head and found that Xu Damao was holding a Nambu Pistol in his hand, the pitch-black muzzle pointing directly at him.

"He Yuzhu, I've endured you for a long time. Do you really think I'm afraid of you? Even if I finish you off, I can still run far away. In this world, where are you going to go to reason?"

He Yuzhu did not change his expression, but instead chuckled: "Xu Damao, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you've grown some skills. Do you think you can scare me with this piece of junk?"

"Try cursing me again?" Xu Damao skillfully pulled back the hammer with his thumb.

"Aren't you afraid of implicating your Siqiang? If he goes to prison again, no one will be able to save him!"

Xu Damao sneered upon hearing this: "I figured that matter out long ago. Besides saving my Siqiang, who else have you saved? Don't you have any idea in your own heart? What's still posted on the walls of Si Jiu Cheng now... What good does it do you to threaten me with this?"

"It seems that your low-class Siqiang hasn't taught you fewer underhanded tricks," He Yuzhu laughed.

Xu Damao smiled triumphantly: "I have money and can hire ten Bodyguards; are you afraid of a country bumpkin like you?"

Before the words had finished, He Yuzhu struck like lightning and instantly snatched the pistol from Xu Damao.

He Yuzhu turned the gun on Xu Damao: "Are you feeling a bit regretful? You spoke a bit too confidently just now, didn't you?"

Xu Damao's face turned pale instantly, and he forced a smile: "Master He, just now... just now I was just joking with you. We've been friends since we were kids playing in the mud, how could I really shoot at you?"

He Yuzhu's hand holding the gun didn't move a muscle, and he sneered: "Whether you shoot or not, I'm going to play with this gun anyway. It's something from the Japanese, it looks quite fun. You five, all stand against the wall for me! If I don't hit you, consider yourselves lucky; if I do hit you, don't blame me. Who told you to steal things?"

He Yuzhu kicked the guy who had been knocked unconscious on the ground hard twice. The man groaned and woke up, looking around blankly: "What, what happened..."

He Yuzhu said: "Nothing, nothing, stand up and play a game."

He Yuzhu raised the muzzle and said sternly: "All of you stand against the wall! Don't make me say it a second time."

The five people were reluctant and dawdled, so He Yuzhu raised his hand and pulled the trigger toward the ground.

"Bang!"

The gunshot was deafening in the small room; the few people were so frightened that they trembled all over, scrambling to stand in a row against the wall.

He Yuzhu asked coldly: "Did you steal my Xiao Hei?"

Xu Damao still wanted to deny it, but Yan Jiecheng next to him couldn't take it anymore and said with a crying tone: "It was Brother Damao... Brother Damao said he wanted to take the dog out to roast dog meat..."

Xu Damao was so angry that he cursed loudly: "Yan Jiecheng, you bastard! Wasn't it you who complained to me all day, saying that the dog barked at night so you couldn't sleep well, and asked me to vent your anger?"

Yan Jiecheng retorted with a crying tone: "I was just complaining casually... I didn't ask you to..."

"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

He Yuzhu raised his hand and fired five shots in a row next to the five people's heads; the bullets all hit the wall less than two inches from their heads.

All five of them were so scared they wet their pants.

Xu Damao's face was deathly pale, and he flopped to his knees on the ground: "Master He, I won't dare to do it again. If there's another time, you can just kill me."

"Bang bang!"

He Yuzhu fired two more shots over Xu Damao's head; the bullets grazed his hair and hit the wall behind him.

He muttered to himself: "Why the hell didn't I hit anyone with a single shot?"

Xu Damao had already fainted on the ground by this time.

The courtyard was already in chaos, and people from the front and middle courtyards were running toward the Houyuan one after another.

He Yuzhu took out a string of firecrackers unhurriedly and lit them in the room.

The firecrackers crackled and popped in the room, and smoke filled the air.

Yi Zhonghai was knocking on the door outside, asking anxiously: "What are you kids doing? This is too scary."

He Yuzhu opened the door with a smile and said: "Uncle Yi, we're playing a game."

Just at this moment, four Patrol Police ran in; the one with the pockmarked face who had come last time was here again, and he looked at He Yuzhu and asked, "Who fired the shot just now?"