wind in the dark night

Chapter 276 Breaking in
Bai Xue felt confused.

Because she suddenly realized that when encountering danger, her first reaction would be to inform Qi Yue, not anyone else.

"Teacher Bai? Teacher Bai?"

"……what?"

"Are you OK?"

"It's okay, I was just distracted."

Fang Yongyan said: "You didn't even look at the menu when ordering. Are you a regular customer here?"

Bai Xue said, "I often come here to buy books. I've stopped by a few times... Oh, there are many second-hand bookstores in the alley behind the big stage. If you're lucky, you can buy thread-bound books from the Qing dynasty. There are also out-of-print books, but they're very expensive."

"Teacher Bai likes collecting?"

"Every time I come to buy books, the bookstore staff will recommend a variety of books. After a long time, I have learned a little bit about this area..."

A car came speeding over.

As soon as the car door opened, Zhao Zhenhai got out, nodded slightly to another car parked on the side of the street, and walked into the Huayue Restaurant.

Fang Yongyan frowned: "I seem to have seen this person somewhere..."

Bai Xue said, "He is a policeman."

Zhao Zhenhai walked over and said, "Miss Bai, where are the criminals?"

Bai Xue said, "About ten minutes ago, he went east."

"What are his physical features?"

Zhao Zhenhai glanced at Fang Yongyan.

Bai Xue thought for a while: "He was wearing a dark cotton jacket, a gray and white checkered scarf, and a baseball cap... There was nothing else. He walked very fast, so I didn't see him clearly."

"These are enough."

Zhao Zhenhai turned around and was about to leave.

Bai Xue couldn't help but ask: "Where's Qi Yue?"

"outside."

"Why doesn't he come in?"

Zhao Zhenhai explained, "Before coming here, Captain Qi called me and told me to come to you to find out the situation. Tianyi Street is very close to Huaihua Lane, so he should have been here for a while. Oh, Captain Qi didn't get out of the car. He was probably worried that the criminals would recognize him. They met on Qingnian Road before."

Bai Xue then noticed that Qi Yue's car was parked across the street. She couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but then she thought again that it would be better not to meet him, as meeting him would only add to her troubles.

Zhao Zhenhai left Huayue Restaurant and came to Qi Yue's car window. He whispered, "Captain, Miss Bai said that the criminals were wearing a peaked cap, a dark cotton jacket, and a gray and white checkered scarf. They were heading east. The east is the direction of Xinmin Street. The area is too large. Should we call for reinforcements?"

"who's that person?"

"Fang Yongyan, the teacher of No. 1 Primary School. Have you forgotten that last time..."

"I remember now, the guy I saved from the bandits."

"Yes, that's him."

"How many people did you bring?"

"Count me in as five."

"Leave two for me. You lead the search along the road. When you find the target, fire a warning shot."

"understand!"

Zhao Zhenhai returned to the car.

Soon, Wang Peng and Sun Fugui got off the car and changed to Qi Yue's car. The two cars drove one after the other towards Xinmin Street.

……

At night, the temperature dropped sharply.

No. 306 Xinmin Street.

Du Juan picked up the phone and dialed Qi Yue's home number. The phone rang for a long time but no one answered. In the afternoon, she and Qi Yue made an appointment on the phone that she would help pack up in the evening.

After sitting on the sofa for a while, she felt some movement outside. She stood up and walked to the door, listening carefully. She heard a slight metallic contact sound - someone was trying to pick the lock!

There was a click.

The sound of the door lock spring.

From the time the abnormality was noticed to the time the door lock was pried open, it took less than half a minute in total.

Du Juan was startled and quickly retreated to the living room, because she knew that the person who came was definitely not an ordinary thief. There were two doors in total entering the house, the outer one was a Western-style iron door, and the inner one was a mahogany door.

The wrought iron door has a composite lock core. Even the most professional locksmith would have to tinker with it for at least an hour or two to pry it open. If it really took that long, it would have been discovered long ago.

Du Juan picked up the phone and was about to dial when the door creaked open and Sergei, with a ferocious look on his face, rushed in, holding a silenced pistol and shouted, "Don't move!"

Du Juan pretended to be terrified and staggered to sit on the sofa. There was a folding knife in the fruit plate on the coffee table. If she could find a good opportunity, at least she would have a weapon to fight back.

Ring ring ring!

The phone rang suddenly.

Sergey picked up the phone and listened for a while, then said to Du Juan, "Looking for you."

Du Juan picked up the phone: "Hello?"

Jiang Bin's voice came from the phone: "Ms. Du, your friend has been tricked by Qi Yue and is poisoned. Follow him obediently. As long as Qi Yue is willing to hand over the antidote, he will not hurt you. Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you dare to resist, you will bear the consequences yourself!"

"You are Officer Jiang?"

"it's me."

"This is how the same thing?"

Jiang Bin said calmly: "I won't tell you the specific reasons in detail. In a nutshell, everyone should take a step back and solve the problem. From now on, there will be peace and harmony in the world."

Du Juan said, "He broke into my house with a gun. Is this the way to solve the problem? Officer Jiang, I heard you were missing a while ago, and I've been worried about you... How could you get involved with such a person?"

In fact, Du Juan had already guessed it - the ferocious guy in front of her was the unlucky guy who sneaked into Qi Yue's house that night.

Normally, it is common to set up some traps in an agent's home for security reasons. Qi Yue told Du Juan that there were poison needles hidden in the wooden box, and Du Juan didn't find it strange.

However, as an intelligence agent of the Military Control Commission, Jiang Bin was actually having an affair with Sergei, which made Du Juan feel suspicious. She wanted to find out the truth, who was Sergei on whom in the whole incident, and what role did Jiang Bin play.

"Ms. Du, thank you for your concern. There are some things that you'd better not know. I promise you that as long as Qi Yue agrees to hand over the antidote, no one will hurt you. Goodbye."

Jiang Bin hung up the phone.

Sergei held the gun, took his coat from the coat rack and threw it to Du Juan: "Let's go!"

Du Juan asked: "Where are you taking me?"

Sergey didn't understand Chinese. He only knew some simple common words, so he ignored her and kept urging her, "Let's go!"

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

Sergei made a gesture to silence Dujuan, signaling her not to move. He tiptoed to the door and stood ready.

Du Juan secretly breathed a sigh of relief because she knew that it was Qi Yue who came. As partners in the same line, they would agree on special codes in advance to deal with emergencies.

For example, the rhythm of knocking on the door is also a code word.

Listening to the footsteps fading away, Sergei waited patiently for a while, making sure there was no more movement outside the door, and then said to Du Juan: "Let's go!"

Dujuan got dressed, opened the door, and walked out. Sergei followed closely behind her, covering his pistol with his scarf, pointing the muzzle at Dujuan, and vigilantly observing the surrounding situation.

(End of this chapter)