195: Chapter 195 Who stabbed me in the back?
When they arrived at the secret meeting spot, Lei Zhen was surrounded by everyone as soon as he got out of the car.
Even Zheng Wenchang came forward with a face full of worry to ask about his situation over the past few days.
"Master, I'm fine," Lei Zhen said. "I've been living quite well these days; I even secretly went to the hospital to visit Lin Miaozhen."
"You've got some nerve," Zhu Xiaojun said. "The police all over the city are looking for you. You're just one step away from being put on the criminal most-wanted list."
Yin Yong also came up and patted Lei Zhen on the shoulder. "It's good that you're okay."
Lei Zhen looked at Yin Yong and said, "Brother Yin, thank you. If it weren't for you, our Second Group would be gone."
Yin Yong frowned and said, "If you say 'thank you' to me one more time, I'm going to be unhappy. I've already abandoned Captain Li Liang to become family with you, yet you're still being polite? Do you really see me as an outsider?"
Lei Zhen quickly said, "My mistake, my mistake. This is all just what you should do, alright?"
Everyone was amused by Lei Zhen.
"Stop chatting," Gu Qingcheng quickly stopped the small talk. "It's too conspicuous out here. Let's talk in the car."
So, several of them returned to Gu Qingcheng's car.
Lei Zhen briefly explained his and Gu Qingcheng's discovery to everyone—specifically, the speculation regarding Xie Xiaoyu being shot.
Everyone was horrified after hearing it.
"Then everything makes sense. No wonder Zhang Liang was silenced; if he had spoken about this, the police could easily have followed the clues to find the child."
"But there's still something I don't understand," Yin Yong said. "Logically, drug dealers are ruthless. They clearly could have killed him to eliminate any future trouble. Why would they keep Xie Xiaoyu alive?"
Lei Zhen said, "I haven't figured that out either, but there must be a reason. I think they must have a reason why they cannot kill Xie Xiaoyu."
"Could it be that you're all wrong, and Xie Xiaoyu has already been silenced by Tan Brothers?" Zhu Xiaojun proposed a hypothesis.
Lei Zhen shook his head and said, "The possibility is very low. I've checked; compared to the Xie brothers, Zhang Liang has been with Kang Minghao longer and is more trusted by him. If they wanted to kill Xie Xiaoyu, Zhang Liang and his crew could have done it. There's no need for Kang Minghao to have Tan Brothers do it."
"That's true," Zhu Xiaojun nodded. "In that case, it's more likely that Xie Xiaoyu is alive."
Lei Zhen said, "We'll know the answer soon."
"Lei Zhen, what do you plan to do?" Zheng Wenchang asked.
"It's simple. The only way now is to make Tan Erhu get injured, and furthermore, make him give up on regular hospitals and take the initiative to go to that underground clinic."
"Huh?" His words made everyone look at each other in bewilderment.
"You're planning to move against Tan Erhu?" everyone asked in unison.
Lei Zhen grinned. "You are all police officers now, while I've been kicked out of the force. I'm just a civilian. Something like this can definitely only be done by me."
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Two hours passed quickly. It was already midnight, and Tan Erhu finally emerged from the mahjong parlor.
Outside the mahjong parlor was a dark old street. Due to years of neglect, the lights of the old-fashioned street lamps were very dim.
Since it was late at night, there were almost no figures to be seen on the street.
Tan Erhu' hometown was nearby, so he usually liked to find some local old friends to play cards with.
His Range Rover was parked in a parking spot on the side of the road.
Tan Erhu actually had a wife, but the main task of this legal wife was to take care of the elderly in the villa. Like his brother, Tan Erhu would pick a 'concubine' every night, going wherever he felt like.
After all, with nearly thirty lovers, he had a wide range of choices.
As Two Tigers walked, he took out his phone and flipped through photos of his lovers, finally selecting a college student he had recently acquired.
"Damn, I've been playing too hard lately; I feel like my kidneys can't keep up," he couldn't help but lament. "After tonight, I really need to rest for a few days to recover my strength."
Tan Erhu didn't sense any danger at all as he reached out to pull the car door open.
Just then, a dark shadow holding a sharp knife suddenly lunged out. Tan Erhu didn't notice a thing, unaware that the sharp knife was already aimed at his butt.
"—AAAH!—"
Then came a blood-curdling scream. A heart-wrenching pain shot through Tan Erhu' backside, and he began to wail while clutching his butt.
He turned around and saw a man wearing a hood staring at him with wide eyes.
"You bastard, you dare mess with my woman? I'm going to take your dog life!"
After saying this, the man raised the sharp knife in his hand and stabbed toward Tan Erhu...
Although Tan Erhu' butt was injured, he was still a trained fighter from the underworld. He grabbed the other's wrist, and the two began to scuffle by the car door.
In the end, the man who stabbed him was overpowered by Tan Erhu, and the dagger actually plunged straight into the masked man's chest.
"—AAAH!—"
The man let out a scream and then fell flat on the ground.
Seeing the blood gradually spreading out from the masked man's body, Tan Erhu was dumbfounded.
He had actually killed the guy?
He quickly looked around and saw there was no surveillance, so he hurriedly and frantically pulled open the driver's side door and got in.
The moment he sat down, Tan Erhu almost jumped from the pain. He clutched his butt and could only endure the agonizing pain, gritting his teeth as he drove away.
Just as his car turned the corner not far away, an SUV followed behind.
Yin Yong was driving, and Zhu Xiaojun and Zheng Wenchang were also in the car.
Lei Zhen climbed up from the ground and then put away his retractable spring-loaded knife.
Gu Qingcheng drove up in her Xiaomi; Lei Zhen pulled open the door and got in.
Seeing Lei Zhen's chest covered in 'bloodstains,' Gu Qingcheng smiled as she stepped on the gas. "You made it look quite professional."
Lei Zhen used some tissues to wipe it off. "If I didn't make it look realistic, how would he fall for it?"
The car had traveled less than two hundred meters when Gu Qingcheng's phone rang.
She saw it was a call from her mom.
Gu Qingcheng couldn't even be bothered to answer and hung up directly.
It was clear that the conflict between the mother and daughter had not yet truly been reconciled.
Seeing her daughter hang up on her, Luo Qin's chest rose and fell with anger.
"This wretched girl, she won't even pick up my calls," she said while looking at Gu Wenhai, who was lying down reading a book next to her. "You call her."
Gu Wenhai was stunned for a moment. "What for? Will she pick up if I call?"
"Then what should we do?" Luo Qin said. "It's already 12 o'clock and she's still not home. What on earth is she doing? Is she going to stay out all night?"
Gu Wenhai said, "The child is in her twenties; do you still think she's a high schooler? She knows her own limits."
"Knows her limits, my foot," Luo Qin said. "What I'm most worried about right now is that Lei Zhen."
"I think Lei Zhen is quite good," Gu Wenhai chimed in.
Hearing this, Luo Qin immediately snatched Gu Wenhai's book away. "You're also speaking up for that guy named Lei? Do you know what kind of person that kid is? Also, last time I met him, do you know what his attitude was when he spoke to me?"
"What attitude?"
"Insolent," Luo Qin said in one word. "Never mind that he's not even a cop anymore; even if he were, I would never let Qingcheng marry him."
Gu Wenhai didn't want to argue with her, so he simply shrunk into the blankets and went to sleep.
The fact that Lei Zhen had injured Kang Minghao was indeed unexpected even for him, the Bureau Chief, but this precisely showed that Lei Zhen was a man of action who dared to think and do, which made Gu Wenhai admire him even more.
What he was worried about now was how Lei Zhen would resolve his current predicament.
It was also a good chance to test his ability to handle adversity.
On Gu Qingcheng's side, the two cars took turns following behind Tan Erhu' Range Rover, and the target didn't notice anything unusual.
Tan Erhu, thinking he had killed someone, also called his brother immediately.
"I don't know him; he just suddenly rushed out and stabbed me. I guess he's the ex-boyfriend of that college student I just got?"
"Forget it, if he's dead, he's dead. As long as it wasn't caught on surveillance, Young Master Kang can help us solve this. But you can't go to a hospital; go straight to Dr. Jiang to have the wound treated."