novelraw Chapter 99 Rescue... Sister Xiaoxuan.
Chapter 99 Rescue... Sister Xiaoxuan.
It's midnight in Tamsui, Taiwan.
A SYM Dijue 125 motorcycle rode along the banks of the Tamsui River, the night wind blowing in its face carrying away most of the sweltering heat.
Two people dressed as waiters were riding the motorcycle, which moved in and out under the irregular light of the streetlights.
The person wearing a helmet and riding a bicycle in front was actually Li Shuo.
He held the handlebars steadily.
Fan Xiaoxuan, still wearing a baseball cap, clung tightly to his waist in the back seat, her whole body pressed against his back. Her face was still a little pale, as if she had been frightened and had not yet recovered.
A pretty little face was buried in Li Shuo's back, and she didn't say a word the whole way.
The motorcycle was parked in front of a coffee shop.
The row of shops was all dark, with only the moonlight and the distant streetlights providing some illumination.
Li Shuo, his long legs supporting him on the ground, waited a moment, then turned his head and softly called out to her, "Sister Xiaoxuan...? Sister Xiaoxuan!"
Fan Xiaoxuan seemed to have been pulled back from some kind of "horror," and looked up blankly: "Huh?"
Li Shuo gently patted her arm around his waist, saying, "We're here. Why don't you get down?"
"Oh, okay..."
She let go of the car and tried to get off, but her legs were too weak to stand, and she fell forward.
Li Shuo, who was already paying attention, was prepared and caught her in one go.
Seeing that her little face was still dazed, he simply squatted down and carried her on his back.
Fan Xiaoxuan did not resist, letting him do as he pleased, obediently lying on his back, burying her face in the back of his neck, her warm breath sweeping over her.
I could feel her trembling slightly.
He carried her to the doorway, to the café that was closed, and took out his keys from his pocket.
This is the real estate reward I won in a previous system draw. The paperwork is complete, but I haven't checked it yet.
Pushing open the door, a stuffy, dusty smell hit me. It was pitch black, and everything was blurry.
Li Shuo touched the switch and tried to push it up; surprisingly, there was electricity.
The lights came on.
The first floor looks to be about 100 square meters, and it's very spacious.
Several sets of booth sofas were covered with dust cloths, and some product price posters were hanging on the wall.
It's not old; you can tell it hasn't been closed for very long.
The soft and sweet Fan Xiaoxuan behind him pressed her face against the back of his neck because of the sudden bright light, and her body trembled slightly.
Li Shuo thought for a moment and then turned off the lights.
After closing my eyes and adjusting to the darkness for a few seconds, I followed the direction of the stairs I had just glimpsed in my memory and groped my way upstairs in the dark.
Once upstairs, he turned his head and whispered, "Close your eyes."
Fan Xiaoxuan obediently closed her eyes.
Li Shuo pressed the switch for this light.
Wow, this upstairs space is probably about 70 square meters, and it's actually a simply decorated living space.
It has a full-length design, but it also has a kitchen, a bathroom, a sofa, a coffee table, and even a bed.
Although there was a thin layer of dust on the furniture, it was clean overall.
He put Fan Xiaoxuan on the sofa, and seeing that she was still afraid of the light, he slid down and huddled between the sofa and the coffee table.
Li Shuo looked at her and recalled the scene he saw when he returned to the private room where she was hiding at the beginning of the crisis; she looked just as terrified.
He hurried to the kitchen and rummaged around, luckily finding matches.
I picked up the few ambient candles I saw on the cabinet when I entered, lit them, and turned off the lights.
The room darkened, and the orange-yellow flame of the candle flickered.
Fan Xiaoxuan stared at the flickering light, her eyes slowly focusing, and her body gradually relaxed.
In the dim light that enveloped this small space, she felt Li Shuo sitting on the sofa behind her and the warmth emanating from him. Instinctively, she leaned against his lap.
Looking up at it very seriously.
"Why did you come back to save me..." Her voice was unsteady, as if she wanted to confirm something.
The images flashing through my mind were a jumbled mess.
The unresolved issue of her father saying he didn't want her when she was very young, and the image of Li Shuo suddenly appearing and saving her from the brink of death, alternated between the two thoughts.
Tears suddenly streamed down my face silently.
"That was so dangerous...!" Her voice choked with emotion. "They opened fire... and there were bombs too...!"
Li Shuo looked down at her, her voice a mix of coquettish complaint and self-reproachful tears. He felt a pang of emotion, yet also a strange urge to laugh.
He couldn't very well tell her that it was Li Shuo who fired the shot... and that it wasn't a bomb... but a grenade, a grenade that he had drawn from the system before.
Thinking back to that time...
He received a call from Fan Xiaoxuan and knew that she was in trouble because of him. Without thinking, he turned around and went back to "Qian Gui".
When he sneaked in through the staff entrance, he first found a waiter's uniform to put on, thought for a moment, and then grabbed a pair of white gloves to put on as well.
Upon arriving, they discovered that the "hats" were still outside the store; reinforcements had not yet arrived, and they were merely guarding the perimeter.
Yang Yong and his two wanted accomplices in the kidnapping were both masked and armed.
And there's also a Uzi submachine gun!
Seeing that they were controlling the three hostages they had grabbed, they all put on hoods and retreated inside.
The target was exactly the private room he had started in.
It has to be said that the Barbie Hsu sisters would still choose such a location for privacy, as it's a really good spot.
These kidnappers also took a liking to her at first glance, but... Sister Xiaoxuan is inside!
Li Shuo quickly pretended to be a panicked waiter and appeared out of nowhere. Sure enough, the three men grabbed him and detained him.
He deliberately squeezed to the front and entered the private room first, where he immediately saw Fan Xiaoxuan, who was wearing a baseball cap pulled down low and looked startled.
She huddled between the sofa and coffee table in the private room, her face filled with terror.
Li Shuo stumbled to her side, stepped forward to block her, and secretly squeezed her hand.
She froze for a moment, then gripped his hand tightly with her fingers.
One of his accomplices reached into his pocket and found he only had one hood left. He yelled, "Damn it! We don't have enough hoods!"
Li Shuo immediately said in a timid voice, "Let's get this woman first, let's get this woman first!"
He then pretended to be cowardly, took the hood, put it on Fan Xiaoxuan's head, and whispered, "Don't be afraid."
The robber scoffed at his cowardly appearance.
I thought to myself... He looks pretty handsome... You were a coward and chose to be a witness... So if things get heated later, don't blame me for blocking you in front of the line.
Ignoring him, he took off his hood and grinned maliciously, then began to complain about his accomplices.
"You fucking 'hat' pulled out a gun just for asking one question! Now you're cornered here!"
The one who was scolded muttered, "If the boss hadn't been bored hiding and insisted on bringing a girl here, would we have run into this mess?"
Hearing this, Yang Yong angrily cursed from the side, "Damn it! Who knew someone would come to cause trouble at the movie? Who would have known about this kind of thing!"
Taking advantage of their argument, Li Shuo began to beg for mercy again: "Big brother, big brother, I didn't see anything, please let me go..."
As he spoke, he pretended to be careless, and several stacks of New Taiwan Dollars fell out of his pocket and landed on the ground.
The kidnapper who had started removing the hood saw this, his eyes lit up, and he grinned as he came over to collect the money: "Oh, you waiter, you're not exactly a model citizen, are you?"
Li Shuo looked terrified, quickly picking up the money from the ground and folding it into a thicker stack, his eyes filled with both fear and reluctance.
The kidnapper walked over and held out his hand: "Give it to me!"
Li Shuo, looking timid and hesitant, slowly extended the hand holding the stack of money.
When the kidnapper got within a step, he suddenly clenched his fist on the money, and the wad of new bills instantly became like a "short stick" stabbing into the kidnapper's throat!
His throat visibly collapsed, the kidnapper's eyes bulged, he could only groan incoherently, and his body went limp.
Li Shuo supported his slumped body, and a thought struck him!
The Smith & Wesson Model 629 revolver that the system randomly selected for prizes slid out of my hand.
Bang—bang bang!
Two triple shots, two to the chest and one to the head (Mozambique shooting method), and Yang Yong and his accomplice, who were just about to react, had their heads instantly blown apart.
The gunshots echoed so loudly in the private room that they made everyone's eardrums tingle.
Li Shuo placed the gun in his hand into the hand of the robber who was now gasping for air, and shoved him toward his two accomplices who were lying on the ground convulsing.
He glanced down at the two people he had hit, feeling a little dazed.
This was the first time in my two lives that I had fired a gun, and I was surprisingly quick about it.
It's not the ability of the Flying Tigers elites.
This marksmanship and instinctive reaction are the urban gunfight abilities from the game "Heat" (the bandit) that I drew.
I remember that movie mentioned that the lead actors underwent three months of special training with the British SAS before filming began, and each of them fired tens of thousands of bullets with various weapons.
No wonder it's a movie that many countries' "hats" (referring to the film's visual style) have to learn from... It's truly amazing!
The hostages, terrified by the gunshots, cried in hushed tones and curled up in a ball.
Li Shuo went over first, took Fan Xiaoxuan's hand (who was wearing a hood), and pulled her to his side.
She was too scared to take off her hood herself. She was terrified when she heard the gunshots, but when Li Shuo came over and took her hand, she suddenly felt a great sense of security.
Li Shuo picked up the wads of cash he had and stuffed them into his pocket. He opened the door to the private room and, feigning panic, shouted, "They're fighting amongst themselves! Run! Come this way!"
Upon hearing this, the three hostages ripped off their hoods, not caring what they were looking at, and rushed frantically toward the sound of the door opening.
Huh? Isn't that the same receptionist from the beginning, the one in lace and stockings? Why is she running and leaving water stains all over her face...?
Seeing that the hostages had all left, Li Shuo took out a US-made grenade from the system, somewhat speechless.
Back then, they were saying they were involved with American actresses, so how could they pull out this thing that no one knows where to use?
I never expected to need it so soon.
He pulled the tab and threw it among the three kidnappers.
Then, taking Fan Xiaoxuan with him, they rushed out of the private room along with the hostages, but turned into another passageway.
Boom!
The deafening explosion of the grenade shook the entire floor, and my eardrums ached.
The chaos and smoke concealed them.
When Li Shuo and Fan Xiaoxuan, covered in dust from the explosion, ran outside, they saw that reinforcements had finally arrived.
But it doesn't matter anymore, now that I'm out, it has nothing to do with him.
These days, black and white surveillance cameras are expensive and a rip-off, and they use videotapes that need to be changed every twelve hours.
Li Shuo had observed the area when he went in. The place with the most surveillance cameras was the cashier on the first floor. The private room that Barbie Hsu and Dee Hsu chose was not covered by surveillance cameras at all.
When they came out, he also put a waiter's uniform on Fan Xiaoxuan and found two clean towels for them to cover themselves with.
The two mingled with the crowd of onlookers and walked out.
"Where are your car and assistant?" he asked.
"I secretly ran back after the book signing..." Fan Xiaoxuan's voice was still a little unsteady.
Li Shuo scratched his head. He definitely couldn't go to the hotel; Fan Xiaoxuan being photographed would be troublesome. And given her condition, he certainly couldn't go back to Hsinchu on his own.
Oh, right... should we go check out the shop in Tamsui that he drew?
The area was surrounded, making it impossible for taxis to get in, and reporters were also present.
Li Shuo glanced around.
Just then, I saw a chubby guy on the side of the road, riding a motorcycle and peeking around, completely absorbed in watching the commotion.
Li Shuo wanted Fan Xiaoxuan to pretend to be in pain...
Hmm, looking at it this way... well, there's no need to pretend anymore!
He estimated the approximate price of a motorcycle and then walked over with a worried look on his face.
"Big brother, please help! My girlfriend got hurt in the chaos just now, I need to take her to see a doctor right away."
The chubby guy looked at the tall, dirty-faced guy with a girlfriend with a hint of envy and jealousy, and said in a sour tone, "I have things to do too."
Li Shuo directly pulled out more than 10,000 New Taiwan Dollars in cash, enough to buy a new car.
…and handed it over anxiously.
Seeing that the other person was still hesitating, he said excitedly, "Brother...actually, my girlfriend and I accidentally got pregnant...she's so scared her stomach hurts...please, help me!"
Fan Xiaoxuan felt a bit of "naturalness" when Li Shuo called her his "girlfriend"...
But as he continued to ramble on with his absurd reasons... she buried her head in her hands, squatting there, trembling as she suppressed a laugh... the fear she had just felt in danger had lessened a bit!
The chubby guy looked really uncomfortable seeing Li Shuo's "girlfriend" squatting over there.
With this money... I could buy a new car with a higher configuration... and finally nodded in agreement to the deal.
I only caught a glimpse of them, and although their faces were a bit dirty, the young man's girlfriend... looked rather pretty.
After taking the money, he kindly gave me some advice on what to be careful about with the car.
Li Shuo watched as his "girlfriend" got into the car, settled in, and hugged his waist tightly.
Just as the chubby guy was looking on with envy, the motorcycle zoomed away.
My thoughts drifted back to the night, to the second floor of a coffee shop in Tamsui.
Fan Xiaoxuan leaned against Li Shuo's leg, staring at the boy whose shadow flickered in the candlelight.
He seemed to have come to his senses and was looking down at her.
The more she looked, the more restless she felt.
It felt like something had been holding back for a long time, or perhaps it was because of this early summer season.
My body, which was initially chilled from the shock, is now burning hot.