Chapter 74: Rescued
He gathered some cobweb dust from the corner under the eaves and smeared it all over her wound; whether it could stop the bleeding and save her life depended on fate.
If it weren’t for considering her special identity, which might yield important information if left for the J side during interrogation, he wouldn’t even give her this cobweb dust.
He found a few hemp ropes in the yard, and Su Ning bound the person’s hands and feet completely, without any concern or mercy.
“Ning Yatou, that’s enough, you hurry up and…”
“Professor Xu, I’m not leaving.”
“You silly girl, why can’t you get it!”
Xu Yin was exasperated, and with her weakened body, she felt a wave of blackness before her eyes.
Seeing her swaying as if about to collapse, Su Ning quickly stepped forward to support her. “Professor Xu, if Comrade Qu’s identity checks out, then the J side and J office will take action at the fastest speed.”
Staying behind had the effect of the spring water; no matter what, it could save their two lives.
Besides, she was unfamiliar with the place and people here; rushing out like a headless fly, how could she quickly find the J office to report a case, and how could she swiftly find people to come for rescue?
She was just afraid that because of her leaving, Tong Tai, in desperation, would go all out and simply kill them all…
Even if she survived, so what? Could she live with peace of mind bearing these few lives from then on?
Without a watch, she couldn’t know the exact time, but judging by the sky, it should be around eight or nine in the evening.
No matter what Tong Tai had gone to do, he was certainly hurrying back now.
After calmly thinking it over and coming up with a plan, Su Ning dragged the half-unconscious Hua Qiao, due to blood loss, back to where she had fallen before, then helped Xu Yin back to lean against the wall by her husband.
After groping around on the ground, she successfully found that gun and her own Swiss Army Knife.
“Ning Yatou, you?”
“Professor Xu, believe me. From now on, don’t say anything; just conserve your strength well!”
Considering the realistic issues she mentioned, Xu Yin felt a mix of emotions in her heart, unable to describe the taste.
A normal person encountering this kind of thing—if there was a chance to survive, who would still consider whether they could find people and rescue after escaping?
Wouldn’t they first get themselves out of danger!
Looking at the person constantly busy arranging something, a layer of mist rose in Xu Yin’s eyes, yet her lips held a smile: the efforts of the previous generation and their generation weren’t just to let the juniors and descendants live better and happier lives?
How could there be only Su Ning as a child with such a sincere and ardent heart?
So was the future they looked forward to still far away? So they were willing to give everything without regret for life.
Xu Yin, having silently made her decision, said no more, just turned her head to trace her husband’s outline with her eyes, as if to engrave it in her heart forever.
Su Ning, who was preparing countermeasures, was completely unaware of her plans.
Since she wasn’t a professional and had only learned the basics from Brother Zhang, she could only try her best to clean up all the traces in the room.
At least, she wouldn’t let Tong Tai notice something wrong the moment he came in.
After looking around and confirming nothing was overlooked, she gathered her things and squatted down in front of the supine Qu Tang.
She had roughly checked before and knew his most severe wounds were in the abdomen and the root of his thigh.
Two large bleeding holes pierced by a sharp weapon, the surrounding clothes already turned pitch black and stuck tightly to the wounds; sniffing carefully, besides the smell of blood rust, there was a fishy odor.
Even if she were given this gun, she wouldn’t know how to use it, and she knew deeply she had no chance of blindly hitting a second time.
So Qu Tang was especially important; he was the key to whether they could all survive smoothly.
She secretly took out the spring water from the space and held it in her hand, blocking the view behind her, carefully feeding all the spring water into his mouth.
Compared to the amount she had swallowed earlier, it was reduced by a small half; it wouldn’t heal the wounds but could improve his condition enough to wake him.
The moment Qu Tang regained consciousness, he was ready for battle; the instant her hand reached over, he tried to seize her.
“Comrade Qu!”
Noticing the tension in his facial muscles, she knew he had successfully woken up.
Reacting swiftly, she stuffed the gun into his hand and said something in the smallest voice.
Changing from grabbing to gripping, feeling the familiar item, Qu Tang felt a bit more safety and confidence in his heart.
At the same time, he couldn’t help but wonder: who was this young girl? Another undercover comrade who had groped her way here?
Seeing that he understood her intention and remained motionless in a comatose pose, Su Ning finally left the haystack with relief, pressing her whole body against the wall and hiding behind the room door.
Time passed second by second, the room fell into complete dead silence, with only occasional unconscious groans from Hua Qiao struggling to stay alive.
……
“Squeak—”
In the darkness, she didn’t know how much time had passed; her body against the back half of the wall was already numb and sore, and the sudden sound of the door made her tense up again, abandoning her plan to relax.
Tong Tai first entered the adjacent room, searched around, but still no sign of Hua Qiao; his heart startled with a bad premonition.
Glancing at the things on the table that he had looted from that little girl, he touched his waist and quickly headed to the detention room.
Out of caution, the moment he pushed open the room door, Tong Tai sidestepped to dodge, raising the gun in his hand without rashly entering.
After waiting a long time with no movement from inside, he carefully scanned around through the light bulb under the eaves.
He immediately recognized the figure lying on the ground as Hua Qiao!
Xu Yin and the others were still in place, but that little girl who came out of nowhere was gone without a trace.
He had checked that the injury from the iron rod blow was not light, and plus, the little girl was fair and delicate, with only thin calluses on her thumb and index finger from holding a pen; clearly a pampered daughter raised in luxury.
A little girl who was badly injured and had no strength to truss a chicken—how exactly had she taken down Hua Qiao?
Holding the gun, he stepped over the threshold; the room was empty with no place to hide, except for…
The dark wound opening pointed at Su Ning again, this time directly aimed at her head.
“Young Comrade, do you know how to shoot?”
A cold smile tugged at his lips as Tong Tai stared fixedly at her hand behind her back. “Don’t let the gun go off and hit yourself—raise your hands!”
“Director Tong, have you heard these two sayings?”
Slowly moving out of the shadows, Su Ning faced the gun barrel; her face was pale from blood loss but showed no other expression as she slowly brought her hand from behind her back toward him.
“The first is, villains die from talking too much. The second…”
Although rabbits are herbivorous animals, when truly desperate, they can turn omnivorous.
The glint of the dagger made Tong Tai’s eyelids jump; realizing something was wrong, he had just turned when he heard a bang breaking through the air by his ear.
“Thud—”
Seizing the opportunity, she kicked away the gun from his hand, and with her size 36 foot, she kicked straight into that always sinister smiling face, thoroughly knocking him unconscious.
She let out a long breath; this long day was finally coming to an end.
……
Shanghai City Second J District Hospital.
Having just bandaged his wounds and gotten a tetanus shot, Yan Bei, still shaken, seemed to forget his own injuries and rushed into the hospital room like a gust of wind.
Fu Jiaming, slightly behind and limping, wasn’t much slower.
There were people at home in the regiment headquarters, so getting the news naturally spread quickly.
When they heard about this, the two were casually chatting at the Yan Family, even mentioning Su Ning—wondering how her mission was going, when she could finish, and whether to take her to tour Shanghai City properly.
Then they heard this extremely unexpected and shocking news.
Enemy T, kidnapping…
Such a vicious incident wasn’t common at the regiment headquarters but not rare either; but involving an ordinary person, and one they knew—Su Ning—that was downright explosive!
Eight poles couldn’t touch, yet they still managed to connect roundabout; that luck was something else!
“Su Ning, how are you? Where are you hurt? Is it serious?”
Excitedly grabbing her shoulders with both hands, Yan Bei looked her over from head to toe, noticing the large patch of gauze on the back of her head with faintly seeping blood-red.
His face darkened like overcast clouds about to unleash a storm, his body emanating chilling air, dropping the surrounding temperature several degrees.
“Your head, can it take it?”
The concussion lump on the front probably had just healed, and now the back was cracked open again.
After venting in words, Fu Jiaming’s eyes showed even more worry. “What did the doctor say? What hit you?”
“Iron rod. They said to prevent tetanus, so I got a shot. Stay for observation tonight; if no other issues, I can be discharged.”
“Damn it, who did it? One or two more inches and you’d be gone on the spot?!”
Hearing this, Su Ning just nodded in agreement, while Yan Bei beside her clenched his fist hard.
“Jiaming, watch her. I’ll be right back.”
“Hey, aren’t you going… running so fast?”
Awkwardly withdrawing his hand, Fu Jiaming turned to her. “Probably worried about you, going to ask the doctor about your condition…” right?
Uncertainly explaining this, Fu Jiaming scratched his head: though his brother’s demeanor looked more like going to beat someone to death.
But no need to say that to her, who had just been through the fright and a brush with death.
