Chapter 292: Hero Saves Beauty

Director Liu spread his hands and shook his arms, saying: "Your parents are standing right here; where did I arrest them? It's you."

Director Liu said angrily: "You were a good child when you were young; how did you become such a failure when you grew up? You say, what kind of person takes a woman as a hostage?"

"I don't care. Even if I die, I'll take someone with me. Let this woman have a ghost marriage with me; I'll take her on the road together!"

"Yang Shuhuai!"

Director Liu said earnestly: "Look at your father; he's full of white hair before he's even fifty. Look at your son again. Can you bear to leave these relatives for a lifetime? You couldn't even manage this life well, and you're thinking about the next life?"

"You all forced me!"

Yang Shuhuai pointed his gun at Director Liu and said: "We are all human. Why do they get to eat and drink well while I have to starve and freeze? I don't accept it!"

Director Liu furrowed his brows and said: "If you have ambition, you can still live a good life through diligent work and hard effort."

"Bullshit!"

"I, damn it, earn twenty-something yuan a month and can't even afford to smoke. A good life! Why didn't you give our family a good life when I was starving! It's all you!"

Liu Yuan shivered as soon as he got onto the tank platform.

Because the wind up there was really too strong, blowing on his face and chilling his heart.

Young people's blood heats up fast and cools down fast.

The impulse to run out with Yang Shuhuai had slowly faded. Now surrounded by police, Liu Yuan was also a bit scared.

He scanned the water tank casually and went to the entrance to see Yang Shuhuai's parents persuading him to surrender. He felt that no one could climb up such a high water tower in the middle of winter; even in summer, it wouldn't work.

Liu Yuan really hoped Yang Shuhuai would surrender so he could go home.

Don't look at Liu Yuan holding a long gun; the bullets he fired just now were aimed at the sky. That doesn't count as a crime, right?

Watching Yang Shuhuai still shouting at that neighborhood director, Liu Yuan felt a bit satisfied.

Didn't those people who usually sat in offices and looked down on them now have to be hung out here by them, blowing in the cold wind and begging them?

"Right! Blame them!"

Liu Yuan echoed Yang Shuhuai and lowered his head again, very afraid that the people outside would see what he looked like.

If you lose the person, don't lose the formation. When cursing, you must have momentum.

Just as Liu Yuan wanted to stand up and shout again, he suddenly felt himself being hugged from behind, and then felt a pain in his neck.

Magically, his eyes could suddenly see the scene behind him.

Behind him was a terrifying, ugly, scarred face that looked like it wanted to devour someone...

This was the last scene Liu Yuan saw in his life.

Li Xuewu, with a dagger in his mouth, tiptoed and slowly lowered the person in his arms, then waved at the two people on the wall.

He Yuan nimbly climbed over the wall of the water tank platform, landed, and handed the shoes placed on the wall to Li Xuewu.

As soon as Li Xuewu climbed up, he saw someone squatting by the wall looking down. When Li Xuewu took off his shoes and jumped onto the platform barefoot, this person roared at the people below, giving Li Xuewu a fright.

But fortunately, this person's attention was attracted by the people below, and Li Xuewu still managed to sneak up behind him.

The rest was simple: press the shoulders, hold the head with both hands, and twist.

"Crack!"

That ended this person's life.

As for why Li Xuewu didn't use the dagger in his mouth, it was because killing with a dagger wasn't as silent as in movies.

Even if you cover the enemy's mouth, it doesn't work.

The hissing sound of the throat being cut and the sound of blood spraying were not small at all in this dark night.

Stabbing the heart was even worse; the enemy would struggle violently, and the sound of heels hitting the ground was loud.

So, twisting the head by surprise was the fastest and quietest method.

Isn't there a saying: if you aren't obedient, I'll twist your head off...

He took the shoes He Yuan handed over but didn't put them on, instead signaling for He Yuan to take off his shoes too.

Because the soles of combat boots still made noise when in contact with the ground, it would have an impact when going down the spiral staircase later.

Seeing Qi Delong come up, Li Xuewu put away the dagger in his mouth and led the two toward the entrance.

First, he looked down from the entrance. It was indeed as Yang Shuhuai's father said: the entire interior of the water tower was empty, with stairs built along the inner wall.

Li Xuewu stuck his head out and looked. The target Yang Shuhuai was still standing at the third-floor window, the hostage was at the third-floor stairs, and there was another person standing beside the hostage.

Slowly pulling his head back, Li Xuewu signaled the target's position to the two, and then started arranging the operation.

Because they hadn't started learning sign language yet, Li Xuewu could only explain the operation plan in their ears.

"The target is in a blind spot for shooting; they can't be hit from above. He Yuan and I will sneak down slowly. After we go down, you go to the door and don't move. Aim at the person beside the hostage from above. As long as you are discovered, shoot him first."

He Yuan and Qi Delong both nodded to indicate they understood.

"He Yuan, your target is the one beside the hostage. I'll keep an eye on the mission target. The lighting downstairs is very poor; get as close to the target as possible before shooting."

Seeing He Yuan nod, Li Xuewu drew his pistol and led He Yuan barefoot to sneak down.

Not to mention how many sharp bits were on the stairs of the water tower that had been there for too long, just the temperature in the dead of winter.

Li Xuewu felt his two feet were already numb through the socks.

Damn it, he was definitely going to have a stomachache today.

Entering the entrance, he took the rope off He Yuan's back and gently tied one end to the iron pillar of the handrail.

The two moved down slowly.

Yang Shuhuai, standing at the third-floor window, was clearly angered by Director Liu's nagging and raised the gun in his hand to fire a shot at the patrol vehicle.

"Bang!"

This shot hit the railing on the roof of the car, sparking a few sparks.

Even if Yang Shuhuai was angry, he didn't dare to shoot at Director Liu.

It wasn't that he was benevolent or didn't want to kill innocents, but because it was dark.

He knew his marksmanship was sloppy, and he was afraid that if his hand shook, he would hit his father, mother, or son. So, no matter how angry he was, he just fired a shot at the car.

"I'm dead today, and I'm not afraid of death! Even if I die, I'll leave a name behind. In the future, who in the underworld won't know the name Yang Shuhuai? If I can't be a hero in life, I'll trade my life for a badass reputation."

"You are confused!"

Director Liu stood by the wall and shouted at the third floor of the water tower: "What reputation? Tomorrow's newspaper will at most publish 'Armed Bandit Yang So-and-so Shot Dead.' Who will know who Yang So-and-so is?"

"Liu Quanyou, damn your grandfather! Are you trying to go against me? Don't stand by my father; move two steps to the side and see if I dare to shoot you!"

Director Liu wouldn't try that; wouldn't that be 'trying and dying'?

"Yang Shuhuai, you are already surrounded. Surrender and there's a way to live; resisting to the end will implicate your family."

"Yang Shuhuai, you don't want your son to be without a father, do you? You don't want your parents to be without a son, do you?"

"The two boys doing evil with Yang Shuhuai, I don't know who you are yet, but think about it: is it worth it to follow him in his madness and lose your lives together?"

"Stop shouting, damn it! Damn your grandfather, daring to shake my army's morale! Dad, stand to the side and see if I don't blow him away."

While talking, he aimed his gun again and shouted to the top floor: "Yuanzi, don't believe his nonsense. We have no way out; going out means death. It's better to take a few more with us now. Shoot this bastard for me!"

"Bang~ Bang~ Bang~ Bang~"

While talking, Yang Shuhuai fired four shots at the wall where Director Liu was.

Just as he wanted to fire the fifth shot, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Why was there no movement upstairs?

Yang Shuhuai shouted: "Liu Yuan! You damn coward..."

Before he could finish the sentence, he turned his head and saw two dark figures sneaking down from upstairs.

"Damn! Kill that woman!"

Seeing someone coming down, Yang Shuhuai's first reaction was to send his ghost-marriage wife on her way to wait for him.

Just as Yang Shuhuai finished shouting, he heard a gunshot from upstairs.

"Bang!"

"Xiaobin!"

Yang Shuhuai shouted, then wanted to pull back the long gun sticking out of the window to deal with the two upstairs.

"I'm not dead!"

It turned out that this shot had hit between Zhou Xiaobin and the hostage.

It wasn't Qi Delong's fault for missing; the environment inside was just too poor, with light coming only from the tiny bit through the third-floor window.

Zhou Xiaobin discovered the bullet hit in front of him, and his blood rushed to his head. He picked up the iron rod in his hand and was about to stab the woman who was constantly shaking her head.

"Bang!"

No sooner said than done, just as Xiaobin finished saying he wasn't dead, He Yuan, who had already reached the fifth floor, took action.

Because he could see a rough shadow by the light of the window, He Yuan remembered Li Xuewu's words and fired a shot boldly.

It was really the simulation training that helped him. This shot hit Zhou Xiaobin directly on the left side of his forehead, entering from above the temple, spraying blood all over the woman hostage in front of him.

Yang Shuhuai's long gun had already been pulled back; he raised it and aimed at the two dark shadows he had just seen.

"Huh? Why the hell is there only one shadow left?"

This question stayed in Yang Shuhuai's head for less than 0.3 seconds. Just as he was about to move the muzzle to chase the shadow running down, he heard a "hissing" sound.

Yang Shuhuai's eyes reflexively looked up, only to see a person in black descending from the sky.

"Bang!"

The last record in Yang Shuhuai's eyes was that person in black floating down upside down, head first, holding a gun with both hands raised at him.

"Bang!"

Seeing the person shot in the head by him, Li Xuewu fired another shot to be sure.

Please give applause to Li Xuewu's first shot, because that shot was really accurate.

As for the second shot, everyone should just pretend they didn't see it, because this second shot was truly cautious.

Li Xuewu was most afraid of death, and most afraid of those villains in movies who were clearly shot dead but still had 1% battery left to add drama to themselves.

"Li Kezhang, are you two okay?"

"Safe."

"..."

"He Yuan?"

Li Xuewu replied 'safe' while hanging on the rope, but didn't hear He Yuan's voice, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Li Kezhang... I sprained my ankle..."

"Damn your grandfather, to have a record that isn't zero casualties with just these two petty thieves, I'm convinced by you, damn it!"

Li Xuewu swung, grabbed the rope, flipped over, and landed on the third-floor platform.

He looked at He Yuan, who was standing on the fourth-floor stairs holding the railing, and asked: "Can you go down by yourself?"

"Yes, I can."

He Yuan agreed, then hopped down.

"Li Kezhang, I'll send your shoes down."

Qi Delong shouted from upstairs, then turned to go to the roof to get Li Xuewu and the other's shoes.

Li Xuewu saw He Yuan was fine, looked at the hostage's direction, and said: "It's okay, you are very brave, not making a sound at all."

After finishing, he walked carefully to the window with a faint light, kicked the dead body lying on the ground, and then stepped on the person's fingers, constantly grinding them.

Seeing that this person really had no reaction, Li Xuewu moved away the gun muzzle that had been pointing at him.

He hadn't felt it much just now, but standing by the window listening to Director Liu nagging below was really annoying.

This Director Liu didn't have the potential of a negotiation expert at all, only knowing how to talk in circles. No wonder Yang Shuhuai cursed him.

"Director Liu, stop the noise; the target has been subdued."

"Ah?"

Director Liu's voice was interrupted, and he couldn't help but say 'ah.' Then he shouted happily: "Success?"

"Success, the hostage is fine and very brave!"

He shouted to the outside, and then saw the security guards break through the main gate of the waterworks and run toward the water tower.

Li Xuewu looked at the light machine gun muzzle pointing this way, furrowed his brows, and pulled his head back into the window.

He bent down, picked up the long gun beside Yang Shuhuai, and looked at it—an old antique.

"Clap."

He threw the gun on the ground and turned to walk toward the hostage.

"Why aren't you speaking? It's already safe."

Seeing the hostage shrinking in the corner without making a sound, Li Xuewu said with a smile: "We are police, here to rescue you."

"Li Kezhang, your shoes."

"Thank you."

While talking, he walked to the stairs beside the hostage and sat down, took the shoes Qi Delong handed over, and thanked him.

"You go help He Yuan."

Because it was too dark inside, Li Xuewu gave instructions, looked left and right at his shoes, and stretched out his frozen feet to put them on.

By the faint light of the third-floor window, Li Xuewu walked to the hostage and looked. It turned out her hands were tied behind her back.

He looked at the woman's face, who was twisting on the ground, and saw something white in her mouth.

"So her mouth was blocked; no wonder she didn't make a sound."

He said this and pulled the white cloth ball out of the woman's mouth.

"Wah! Wuwuwahwuwuwu!"

As if a giant sound system had been suddenly turned on, the woman's crying burst out all at once.

Li Xuewu dug his ears and looked at the ceiling, thinking that the sound-gathering effect of this water tower was really good; one could open a live stream and sing in it without even needing to buy a sound card.

He took out the dagger from his waist and picked open the rope on the hostage's hands.

"Alright, alright, you are safe, stop crying."

Li Xuewu put the dagger back on his waist and helped the woman up with his hands.

But he never expected that as soon as the woman got up, she threw herself into his arms.

"Wuwuwahwuwuwu."

Li Xuewu helplessly looked at Qi Delong and He Yuan, who were walking down.

These two were quite witty and looked at each other.

He Yuan said: "Li Kezhang, my ankle hurts; I can't help you."

Qi Delong said: "Li Kezhang, He Yuan's ankle hurts; I have to support him, I can't help you."

The two held back their laughter and continued walking down, because they had already heard the sound of smashing doors below.

Li Xuewu smiled bitterly and hugged the woman hanging on him, afraid she would fall if she couldn't stand.

He patted the woman's back and said: "Alright, alright, be good, it's okay, safe now."

Women are all coaxed, right?

Besides, he couldn't see the woman's face clearly, but her figure was good. Although she wasn't as tall as Li Xuewu, she must have been 1.7 meters.

Li Xuewu was wearing little, so he had already felt the woman's 'fullness.'

At this moment, Li Xuewu couldn't push the person away; if he did, the sound effect would be even louder.

"Be good, stop crying."

Li Xuewu patted her back and coaxed her for a long time before the woman stopped making sound, then said "Ah!" and jumped off Li Xuewu.

But as soon as she jumped down, she said "Ah!" again.

"What's wrong?"

Li Xuewu thought the woman was injured.

"I... I..."

The woman said to Li Xuewu in a voice like a mosquito: "I'm not wearing shoes on my feet, I'm still barefoot. Just now they took off my shoes and used... used..."

"Used what?"

The woman hesitated for a while, then said: "Used socks to block my mouth."

After saying this, the woman lowered her head.

It turned out the white cloth ball Li Xuewu had just pulled out of the woman's mouth was her sock.

"You sit for a while, I just took that ball..."

Li Xuewu helped the woman sit down, then searched the ground.

Fortunately, it was a white sock; if it had been a dark color, it would have been hard to find.

"Found it. Where are your shoes?"

He handed the sock to the woman and asked about her shoes so he could find them for her.

"My hands were injured on the ground, and I was tied up just now, so I have no strength. Can you help me? My shoes should still be on the street... Wuwuwuwu~"

While talking, the woman started crying again.

He didn't know if she was crying for her own encounter or for the encounter of those shoes.

Li Xuewu looked downstairs. Why hadn't those damn boys come up yet?

Is this a ladder to heaven?

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll help you put them on, stop crying."

Li Xuewu opened the sock in his hand, found the opening, felt the woman's foot, and put it on without distinguishing left or right.

The woman was a bit embarrassed to have her feet touched by Li Xuewu and curled her toes.

Li Xuewu felt it but didn't say anything.

Women at this time still mostly followed old traditions.

Saying that a woman's feet couldn't be touched by other men, only by...

Li Xuewu didn't say anything just to downplay the woman's thoughts, so she wouldn't go out and say he touched her feet and try to latch onto him.

He put on the other one too.

He stood up and looked downstairs again; it was pitch black.

The two damn boys who went down just now also had no sound.

Turning back to look at the woman who was still sobbing, Li Xuewu took a breath and said: "I can't find your shoes. If you want to go down quickly now, I can only carry you."

After Li Xuewu finished speaking, the woman hesitated for a while before saying 'thank you' embarrassedly.

Don't look at how the woman hugged and cried on Li Xuewu just now; that was emotional excitement.

Which woman could endure such fright in this situation?

Which woman could endure close-range gunfire?

Which woman could endure being covered in blood and not cry?

Why did she throw herself into Li Xuewu's arms? This has to be seen from the hostage's perspective.

Suddenly kidnapped, mouth blocked, hands tied, and ready to lose her life at any moment.

Suddenly, someone descended from the sky and shot the bad guy dead with one shot.

Just like Zixia said: "My destined one is a world-conquering hero; one day he will step on colorful clouds to marry me..."

Even Zixia couldn't endure such excitement; how could this ordinary woman endure Li Xuewu's way of appearing?

That clean and beautiful shot didn't just hit Yang Shuhuai's forehead; it hit the hostage's heart.

Ask yourself, which woman doesn't fantasize about how her destined one will appear before her eyes in a special way?

And which woman has had an experience like hers?

If you were her, tell me, would you throw yourself into Li *World-Conquering Hero* Xuewu's arms?

Li Xuewu walked to the woman, bent down, stretched his right hand under the woman's knees, put the woman's right hand on his shoulder with his left hand, hugged the woman's back, and lifted her up with a gentle effort.

"We're going down now."

"Mm."

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, the woman wrapped her injured hands around Li Xuewu's neck and answered softly.

This person is so safe, so good at coaxing people, so good at holding people!

Feeling the woman's fast "thump-thump-thump" heartbeat in his arms, Li Xuewu steadied himself and walked down step by step.

The woman looked at Li Xuewu's eyes through the darkness.

What a pair of bright and dazzling eyes...

Li Xuewu had no leisure to look at the woman in his arms, but walked down carefully step by step.

Because he was already familiar with the distance of the stairs, Li Xuewu walked more and more steadily until he saw the open main gate.

"Huh?"

Since the door was already open, why weren't the team members going up?

By the time Li Xuewu completely descended the stairs and walked to the first floor, which was illuminated by the car lights, he saw that both sides of the water tower gate were full of people.

There were action team members from tonight, onlookers who came out in the middle of the night, neighborhood cadres, and branch bureau leaders.

Their identities were different, but their actions were the same.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

Feeling the tidal applause outside the door, Li Xuewu smiled bitterly, then adjusted his expression and walked out.

Because he had already seen someone taking pictures at the door.

Ever since he was photographed with his "indecent photos" last time, Li Xuewu had secretly sworn to be cautious when facing cameras in the future.

Because you don't know if the person taking your picture is a human or a dog.

Some people's photos are truly dog-like!

Walking to the door and seeing He Yuan and Qi Delong standing by the door, Li Xuewu knew why no one had gone upstairs for so long.

Before Li Xuewu could glare at the two, he was flashed by a camera flash.

A person wearing a black combat uniform, with a few black ashes on his face, not only didn't affect his image but instead added a fierce and brave temperament.

Looking at the person in his arms, it wasn't a steel gun, but the rescued woman hostage.

The gentle beauty, pear blossoms with rain, was held in the arms of this fierce warrior.

Softness and toughness formed a sharp contrast against the background of the water tower's brick structure.

The photographer knew that this photo he just took was definitely the most successful work of his life.

The woman held by Li Xuewu was also surprised, then blushed and hid her head toward Li Xuewu's shoulder.

Li Xuewu lowered his head and looked at the woman in his arms. Because she was hiding from the light, Li Xuewu only saw an ear.

"Comrade Li Xuewu is fearless in the face of danger, a lone horse and a banner, and has achieved success!"

"I don't deserve it, Director Gao. Your expectations are the goal I strive for."

"Mm, yes."

Zheng Fuhua stood beside Director Gao and said to Li Xuewu: "Leading by example, possessing the courage of ten thousand men, stepping on blades and drinking blood, with no regrets in one's heart."

"Overpraised, Director Zheng. It all depends on your strategic planning that I was able to achieve victory here."

"Comrade Li Xuewu, you've worked hard."

Seeing his godmother's worried eyes, Li Xuewu said with a smile: "Serve the people."

After accepting the condolences of the three, Li Xuewu carried the hostage onto the patrol vehicle below the lighthouse stairs.

Because the main gate of the waterworks had been opened, the vehicles had all turned in.

Just as Li Xuewu shouted 'success,' the action team members outside the wall all swarmed over the wall into the waterworks.

And the transport vehicles had all turned around, lining up and parking on the street.

After welcoming Li Xuewu, the other command personnel started organizing the team, preparing to return.

Because the compartment wasn't high, Li Xuewu crouched a bit to place the hostage on the seat.

But as soon as he let go, he saw the hostage's face clearly by the light in the car.

"It's you!"

"Ah!"

Li Xuewu looked at the surprised woman; her mouth wasn't crooked when she was surprised.

That's right, the person Li Xuewu rescued was Ran Qiuye, whom he had just seen in the courtyard tonight.

Ran Qiuye saw Li Xuewu's face clearly and was also too surprised to speak.

How could there be such a coincidence in the world?

She had clearly just glanced at him in the courtyard, and fate had arranged for him to rescue her.

Thinking of his bravery and determination in the water tower, his ruthlessness and coldness toward the bad guys, and his gentleness and care toward her.

Ran Qiuye didn't know what her mood was now; she felt as if she were floating on a cloud.

Li Xuewu saw the 'crooked-mouth goddess' looking at him obsessively and was also stunned.

Did he get into another romantic entanglement?

Adjusting his expression, Li Xuewu said with a smile: "It's really fate. How did you end up here?"

While talking, Li Xuewu walked to the door and looked out, seeing Director Gao and the others had already gotten into the car and left.

The scene was left with action team members preparing to board the vehicles.

Of course, there were also the police from the Jiaodaokou station doing the cleanup.

Rescuing people took five minutes, but cleanup wouldn't be finished in an hour.

He jumped out of the car and looked at the door, seeing the police officer from the neighborhood station who had just gone to pick up the suspects' parents standing by the door.

Li Xuewu waved his hand, and the man ran over.

"Officer Li."

Li Xuewu saluted back and asked: "The operation was hurried just now, and I haven't asked your name yet?"

"Report Officer Li, my name is Ren Chenggong."

"Good name."

Li Xuewu patted Ren Chenggong's shoulder and said: "The girl who was rescued had her shoes taken off by the criminals on the road. You work hard and help look along this road."

"Yes!"

After being asked his name by Li Xuewu, Ren Chenggong saluted and ran to the motorcycle at the door.

After Li Xuewu returned to the car, he saw He Yuan and Qi Delong were already putting on their cotton-padded clothes.

Ran Qiuye had heard what Li Xuewu said standing by the door and smiled gratefully at Li Xuewu, saying: "Thank you."

Crooked, crooked again.

Li Xuewu looked at Teacher Ran, who was smiling with a slightly crooked mouth, grinned, and then replied with a smile: "It's nothing. Just now, for convenience, we took off our cotton-padded clothes. Now we have to change back; sorry about that."

Because he was wearing thermal underwear inside, Li Xuewu didn't mind this, and as soon as he got into the car, he started taking off his clothes.

He couldn't not wear cotton-padded clothes; it was already the middle of the night, and if he showed off outside in a single layer, he would definitely catch a cold.

Even with Li Xuewu's physique, he wouldn't dare say he was cold-resistant in Beijing.

"Please go ahead."

Ran Qiuye knew the feeling of freezing, because her feet were currently only wearing a pair of socks.

Thinking of the socks, Ran Qiuye's face turned red instantly.

Because she remembered that inside the water tower, this person helped her...

Thinking of this, Ran Qiuye couldn't help but shrink her feet wearing white socks under the seat.

After changing into cotton-padded clothes, Li Xuewu put on his combat uniform, checked his firearms, and said to Ran Qiuye: "I still have a mission. This vehicle has to carry the people executing the mission back to camp. You follow this vehicle to the neighborhood office. First, you need to make a statement; second, your shoes."

While talking, Li Xuewu looked at Ran Qiuye's shrinking feet and said: "They have to go to the neighborhood office to rendezvous after they find the shoes, so you just sit in this vehicle."

After finishing, Li Xuewu turned to get out of the car.

"You!"

Hearing Ran Qiuye's voice, Li Xuewu turned and asked: "Do you have anything else?"

Seeing Li Xuewu turn back, Ran Qiuye was a bit embarrassed, but thinking he still had to execute a mission, she gathered her courage and asked: "What is your name?"

"My name is Li Xuewu. When you saw me tonight, that was just when I had come out of my house."

Li Xuewu answered Ran Qiuye's question seriously, but didn't say his name was 'Justice' like he did when teasing Third Brother.

This wasn't a skyscraper, and he wasn't Spider-Man.

If he had answered the question about being the one who solved the hostage problem, and then jumped off a skyscraper to leave, it would have made him look very LOW.

This compartment was less than two meters off the ground; if he had really answered 'Justice' and then jumped...

He jumped out of the car, closed the door, took a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and walked toward the door while smoking.

As soon as he reached the main gate, he heard heart-wrenching crying.

It turned out the three people shot dead by Li Xuewu and his team had come out of the waterworks one step ahead of them.

Now the bodies of these three were placed on the ground, preparing to be loaded onto a truck.

Yang Shuhuai's parents and son were wailing and sobbing over Yang Shuhuai's body.

Especially Yang Shuhuai's son, so young, having been tossed around in this icy environment for so long, and now encountering the pain of losing his father.

Everything is fate; nothing is up to oneself.

Li Xuewu stood beside the three bodies, listened to the crying, finished his cigarette, then pinched the butt out with his fingers and threw it on the ground, before walking toward Yan Jiecheng, who was waiting for him by the car under the streetlight.

"Li Kezhang, Director Liu took a car and left first; he asked me to tell you."

Li Xuewu nodded without replying and got into the car.

Yan Jiecheng was terrified of Li Xuewu to the extreme.

He had never seen someone with such a hard and ruthless heart.

Standing in front of someone he had killed was nothing, but smoking nonchalantly in front of the dead person's parents and child, especially amidst this heart-wrenching crying.

If someone told Yan Jiecheng now that Li Xuewu had eaten people, he would believe it.

Truly believe it!

Not knowing where Li Xuewu wanted to go, Yan Jiecheng started the engine and drove forward.

Not for anything else, just not wanting to hear the crying behind him anymore.

Li Xuewu picked up the notebook beside the console and looked; all the targets had been arrested.

Below the notebook were the completion statuses of the temporarily arranged tasks.

Because the temporary tasks were provided by Fatty, without exact reconnaissance and investigation, the success rate wasn't high, only catching twenty-something people.

But in the eyes of Director Gao and Director Zheng, who had just read this notebook, this was already an incredible achievement.

Who dared to say they could sweep away all the small hoodlums in the entire neighborhood overnight?

Li Xuewu was now sweeping two neighborhoods.

"Calling Command Vehicle No. 2, calling Command Vehicle No. 2."

Li Xuewu picked up the handset and called Duan Youting.

"Command Vehicle No. 2 received, please speak."

"What are the results?"

"Hahahaha!"

Duan Youting laughed loudly on the other end of the call: "A bountiful harvest, returning triumphantly."

"Received, received."

Li Xuewu put down the handset, leaned his head against the seat, closed his eyes, and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Return to the neighborhood office."

"Yes."

Yan Jiecheng agreed and turned toward the neighborhood office.

The patrol car and the sidecar motorcycle following behind followed Li Xuewu's car in turn as they drove toward the neighborhood office.

Just as Li Xuewu was about to fall asleep from the swaying of the car, Yan Jiecheng brought the vehicle to a stop.

"Li Kezhang, we've arrived."

"Good."

Li Xuewu opened his eyes, shook his somewhat heavy head, and reached out to pull the door open.

It wasn't until Li Xuewu jumped out of the car and was hit by the cold wind that he regained his energy.

He saw a line of trucks, sidecar motorcycles, and jeeps parked in one direction at the entrance of the neighborhood courtyard.

It wasn't that Yan Jiecheng hadn't thought about driving the car directly into the courtyard, but Old Man Zhang, the gatekeeper, waved his hand at him to signal that he wasn't allowed in.

Therefore, Yan Jiecheng could only park the car at the entrance of the neighborhood courtyard.

"Grandpa, you're not asleep yet?"

Li Xuewu rubbed his eyes and greeted Old Man Zhang before walking into the courtyard.

Old Man Zhang looked at Li Xuewu without making a sound. However, the cat sleeping on the windowsill gave a start, raised its tail, and looked over. Seeing the lights on outside the window and the pitch-black distance, it thought it was dreaming, so it yawned and lay back down to continue sleeping.

The courtyard was much livelier than the street. This three-section courtyard of the neighborhood office was considered large, but the large space in the front courtyard was now filled with people squatting on the left and right.

The security guards standing on duty along the courtyard wall held their guns and saluted Li Xuewu. Li Xuewu returned the salute as he walked inside.

Because these squatting people were all detained using the same method—the one Li Xuewu taught the guard team—it was impossible to tell who was who among them.

Once he entered the second gate, he saw that the middle courtyard was just like the outside, also filled with people squatting.

"How many have been caught? I remember there were only forty-something on the list, right?"

After saluting Shen Fang, who walked out, Li Xuewu looked at the people all around and asked.

Shen Fang smiled bitterly and said, "You really hit the jackpot. Nobody gets to rest today. The screening work alone is enough to wear us out. See that?"

Shen Fang pointed at the people squatting in the front courtyard and said, "Those on the left were all caught along with the targets, and those on the right were caught according to your subsequent requirements. These..."

Shen Fang pointed at the people in the middle courtyard again and said, "These are the mission targets, plus those whose mission status hasn't been confirmed. All together, it's well over a hundred people. And that's not counting the so-called 'tough guys' and 'pickpockets'; those people are all squatting in the back courtyard. We'll have to wait until we finish interrogating and screening them to decide."

Li Xuewu looked at the brightly lit, noisy offices one by one and asked, "Are there enough interrogation personnel?"

"Enough for now."

Shen Fang nodded and said, "Director Gao and Director Zheng stayed here for a while and temporarily transferred people from brother stations to help me. We will continue to transfer personnel tomorrow to participate in the case investigation. Sigh."

As he spoke, Shen Fang gently nudged Li Xuewu and asked, "You're something else. Director Gao hasn't stopped praising you since he stepped into the courtyard. Brother, you're going to get promoted."

"Alright, alright, alright."

Li Xuewu smiled and pulled Shen Fang toward Director Wang's office in the main house, because he saw that his godmother's office was still relatively quiet.

"If I give birth, I'll definitely tell you if it's a boy or a girl."

"Get out of here."

Shen Fang also knew that Li Xuewu had something to say, so he followed Li Xuewu into the main house.

"Tell me, how did you rescue that beautiful girl? A hero saving a beauty—was there a scene where she offered herself in marriage?"

"Let's not talk about the girl for now." Li Xuewu knew that Ran Qiuye was in the car behind him; she should be getting off to give her statement right about now.

"What's there to say? Let's talk about your business instead."

Shen Fang looked at Li Xuewu in confusion and asked, "What about me?"

Seeing his godmother sitting on the sofa in the room, closing her eyes to rest, Li Xuewu smiled and said, "Director Wang, I'm borrowing your precious space for a moment."

Director Wang opened her eyes and looked; it was her godson and Shen Fang from the neighborhood station.

"Hehehe, why be so polite? You two talk, I'll go out and take a look."

"No need, no need, you sit, it's fine."

"No."

Director Wang waved her hand, put on her cotton-padded jacket, and walked out. As she walked, she said, "Those who made mistakes are still people; they can't be left freezing like this. I've had the kitchen boil some ginger soup; let these people drink some in a while."

"Hey, you really are righteous."

Li Xuewu praised his godmother, saw her off, and then closed the door.

"Station Chief Shen, does your brother-in-law work at the Xidan station?"

"Yes, why?"

Li Xuewu pulled Shen Fang to sit on the sofa and then said, "The people I caught during the operation said they were instigated by someone to carry out robberies here. The other party provided them with weapons, startup capital, criminal targets, patrol times, and so on."

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, Shen Fang also frowned and asked, "Is it a person named Hu Sihai?"

"Hmm?"

Li Xuewu stared and asked, "Who is Hu Sihai?"

"Then it's not the same line."

Shen Fang frowned and explained, "I discovered it just now while organizing the interrogation records. Several people here who carried out robberies were all gathered by a person named Hu Sihai, and he would take a cut from their hands—the so-called 'protection fee'."

"So it really is an organized criminal group."

Shen Fang nodded and said, "I think so too. Hu Sihai's range of activity is near Xidan, so when you asked just now, I asked if it was this person."

Li Xuewu explained, "The person I'm looking for is named Zhu Laoba. The one caught also confessed Zhu Laoba's frequent range of activity and the address of his mistress, saying that to find him, one has to start from the mistress's side."

"It seems we've caught someone extraordinary."

Good brother:

Monthly tickets are doubled now~

I'll work hard to update more next month~