101: Hostage rescue story exposed
“Brother, let's talk nicely. Why resort to knives and guns?”
The icy feel of the gun barrel froze Feng Dehai, the manager of Xingsheng Bank, solid. He glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw Gao Ze's face, nearly scared out of his wits.
Earlier, in the bank's ground floor lobby.
He had personally witnessed Gao Ze swiftly and accurately headshot four robbers, terrifyingly fierce.
“Brother, what do you want? If it's money, I can give it to you, just let me go!”
Suppressing his inner panic, Feng Dehai began to probe Officer Gao Ze.
“Not money. I just want to know where your robber accomplices escaped to through the tunnel dug from inside the bank?”
“Brother, what do you mean by that?”
Feng Dehai’s pupils constricted, and he forced a smile, saying, “I don’t understand what you mean!”
“I'm the manager of Xingsheng Bank. I was just held hostage by the robbers, as you saw. How could I be an accomplice?”
“If you're not an accomplice, then who is?”
“Otherwise, how would the robbers know the bank's internal situation so clearly?”
Gao Ze retorted, “Besides, as soon as the robbers entered the bank, they ran straight to the second floor. You were held hostage by the robbers from the second floor, and you led them to the bank's security alert system and the vault!”
“Brother, I was held hostage by the robbers!”
Feng Dehai cried, “If the robbers hadn't held a gun to me, how would I have cooperated with them?”
“I'll only say this once. Are you going to tell me the escape direction of those robbers or not?”
Gao Ze's expression was stern, and his fingertip lightly pressed the safety catch of the pistol. In a major case like a bank robbery, he didn't have much time to find evidence of Feng Dehai being a robber.
But in an emergency, a certain degree of suspicion was enough.
As a criminal investigation expert with rich experience, Gao Ze naturally wouldn't be bound by rigid procedural forms.
“I'll tell you, put down the gun!”
The click of the pistol’s metal parts made Feng Dehai recall the scene of Gao Ze headshotting the robbers in the bank lobby. Cold sweat instantly streamed down his forehead:
“The tunnel we dug connects to the underground passage of Metro Line 5, Chunhua Road, about 300 meters away from the bank.
Then, according to the predetermined plan, our boss Liu Kangmei will climb out of the subway's underground passage and change equipment and passports in Room 97, Building 5 of the nearby Anshun Urban Village, to escape Donghai City and go abroad.”
“Are you sure you’re not lying to me?”
Gao Ze carefully observed Feng Dehai’s facial expressions. From his subtle movements, the possibility of him lying was very small.
“Brother, how dare I lie to you!”
“My life is still in your hands!”
Gao Ze asked, “Then are you sure the robber leader Liu Kangmei will follow the plan and go to Anshun Urban Village to change equipment?”
“Yes, absolutely!”
“We've done such a big thing; we definitely can't stay in the country. We must run quickly!”
Feng Dehai said, “And I'm the second-in-command of the team. The entire plan was formulated by me and Liu Kangmei together. The other simpletons don't know, so he will definitely go!”
“Then you’d better not lie to me, otherwise your prison sentence will be two years longer!”
Gao Ze took out rose gold handcuffs, cuffed Feng Dehai to a roadside iron railing, and then called Zhao Mingsheng, notifying the Police to arrest him.
He didn't have time to wait and act with the Police.
Now was the time to race against the robber leader Liu Kangmei.
So he headed straight for the Anshun Urban Village that Feng Dehai mentioned.
At the same time.
By this time, most of the hostages inside the bank had been guided and evacuated by the Police, returning home or going to the hospital.
Or they were being interviewed by the media outside the cordon.
Lili also walked out of Xingsheng Bank. She looked around, her gaze searching for that familiar figure among the large crowd of Police officers, but ultimately, she didn't find him.
So many Police officers couldn't give her as much sense of security as Gao Ze.
“Lili, you're out. Thank goodness you're okay!”
Outside the cordon, Jiang Qianyu saw her bar manager and waved with a smile.
From a relationship perspective, they were more than just friends; they also had three years of shared interests and cooperation. Lili was an elite talent who had done a lot of specific execution for her in building her circle.
Therefore, Jiang Qianyu was worried and came to visit when she learned Lili was at Xingsheng Bank.
“Miss Jiang~”
Seeing her acquaintance appear, Lili felt a bit more relaxed.
“Why do you have a strange smell on you?”
As Lili approached, Jiang Qianyu involuntarily covered her nose. She could smell a faint odor of urine on Lili.
Lili: “.......”
However, thankfully, Jiang Qianyu still understood social etiquette and didn't pursue the matter, asking:
“How were you rescued?”
“What did you experience inside Xingsheng Bank just now? Was it exciting? Was it like a Police movie playing out?”
Facing such a large-scale Police presence and robbery incident, even Jiang Qianyu couldn't help her curiosity.
“I was rescued by Officer Gao.”
Lili said, “To be precise, all of us hostages in the bank were rescued by him.”
“Who, Officer Gao?” Jiang Qianyu asked in surprise, “Gao Ze?”
“Yes, it was Officer Gao Ze!”
Lili recounted Gao Ze's performance inside Xingsheng Bank, omitting the part where she couldn't help but relieve herself:
“Officer Gao Ze is very impressive. He notified the Police and killed five robbers in the bank, which created an opportunity for the external Police.”
“Gao Ze's Gunmanship is so strong, and he can even crush a person with one hand!”
“Is this even a human? Purely a human beast!”
Jiang Qianyu's mouth dropped open, and she secretly congratulated herself for not dealing with Gao Ze.
In fact, when she learned that Gao Ze knew her most hidden secret weakness, she had thought about dealing with Gao Ze, but she had concerns due to her identity.
Fortunately, she gave up, otherwise, it would be easier for Gao Ze to deal with her than to crush an ant.
“Where is Gao Ze now?”
Jiang Qianyu craned her neck, trying to spot Gao Ze's figure among the Police officers.
“Officer Gao is still on duty!”
“Has the robbery incident not been resolved yet?” Jiang Qianyu frowned and asked upon hearing this.
“It seems not. Some robbers escaped!”
Lili said, “The Police are still pursuing them!”
“Then doesn't that mean Gao Ze is still in danger?”
Jiang Qianyu's heart skipped a beat. Just then, Li Qingyan's phone rang.
“Jiang Qianyu, I can't reach my husband.”
“I heard you invited my husband to dinner. Have you seen him?”