Chapter 28: Stormy Weather (15) Flying Kite Net

  "Madman, you're here!" Seeing Lin Ao Feng descending from the sky, Xi Jun Mai was overjoyed to the point of tears. Lin Ao Feng glared at Xi Jun Mai and roared: "What are you still standing there for?! Hurry up and take Zhang Si Qi away!" After that, Lin Ao Feng picked up two police batons on the ground and charged forward against the three red-headed thugs rushing over.

  After seven or eight minutes, Lin Ao Feng caught up with Xi Jun Mai and Zhang Si Qi, asking: "Old Xi, didn't you say you weren't coming today?! How come you're here again?!"

  Xie Junmai looked at his girlfriend awkwardly, and suddenly found the courage to say: "You and your girlfriend can come, why can't I and my girlfriend come?!"

  Lin Ao Feng glared at Xi Jun Mai with a bad temper and said, "If you must come, don't bring two bodyguards. Just now it wasn't me, you and Zhang Si Qi would have been done for."

  Sitting in the sedan, Qin Keqing's soul was not at peace. Seeing Lin Aofeng, she hastily pushed open the car door and rushed into his arms, crying: "You this dead madman, you abandoned me without care, do you know how worried I was about you?!"

  Lin Ao Feng comforted Qin Ke Qing by rubbing her: "Alright! Alright! It's all over, didn't I come back perfectly fine?!"

  "Afeng, promise me!" Qin Keqing raised her head, still looking at Lin Aofeng with tears in her eyes, and said: "From now on, don't do anything that makes me worry again, okay?!"

  "I promise you!" Lin Ao Feng wiped away the tears on Qin Ke Qing's face with his lips and said, "Alright! This isn't a place to linger, let's leave quickly!"

  Seeing Lin Ao Feng and Qin Ke Qing get on the bus, Xi Jun Mai, who had already boarded the bus earlier, let out a sigh and joked: "Crazy people, what time is it now? You two are still being affectionate!"

  "Say a few less words, no one thinks you're mute!" Lin Ao Feng gave Shi Jun Mai a white eye, then said to the security guard sitting in the driver's seat: "Trouble you, go to Fu Ren Hospital first!"

  "Alright!" The guard responded with a single word and started the car.

  "Oh no! Oh no!" Chen Duxiu and Li Lisan, who were waiting for news in the small Western-style house, hastily opened the door. Li Lisan asked: "What's wrong?!"

  He Bingyi panted heavily and said: "The concession police have started arresting people, so far more than a hundred people have been arrested." (Note: He Bingyi, also known as Nianci, joined the party in January 1925 and participated in the May 30th demonstration that year. He was shot and killed by imperialist police.)

  "What?!". Li Lisans and Chen Duxiu exchanged a glance, Chen Duxiu said: "The concession police arrest people, it's to make us afraid, give up the march voluntarily and compromise with them."

  Li Lisan nodded slightly and said to He Bingyi: "Comrade He Bingyi, you are more familiar with the workers and students in Shanghai. This afternoon, you should still organize the demonstration parade according to the original plan and try to force the police station to release the students who were arrested this morning."

  "Alright! I have a plan in mind!" Watching He Bingyi hastily leave, Chen Duxiu said: "The road to the revival of our Chinese nation is filled with thorns and obstacles, as well as blood and tears!"...

  At one o'clock in the afternoon, the crowd that had dispersed reassembled. On the street of the main road, GCD member Cai He-sen stood on a temporary platform and said: "Imperialism kills Chinese workers like Gu Zhenghong without guilt! Chinese workers and students supporting their murdered compatriots on their own soil are guilty instead! Being arrested, imprisoned, and sentenced by the Ministry of Works, what kind of world is this?! What country's law is this?! Can we Chinese people tolerate imperialism running amok like this?!

  "No!" The people, students and workers around shouted in unison: "Down with imperialism! Take back the concession!"

  "Afeng! The parade outside has started again." Qin Keqing reminded softly as she heard the slogans coming from outside.

  Lin Aofeng looked out the window, listening to the slogans of the procession. He hesitated for a moment and said to Qin Keqing: "Keqing, you stay here with Old Xi and the others. I'm worried that something might happen outside, so I'll go take a look first."

  "No way!" Qin Keqing grabbed Lin Ao Feng and said: "If you're going, take me with you. Otherwise, stay here."

  "Yes! You madman, listen to Keqing for once!" Xi Junmai walked out of Tian Lina's ward and came to Lin Aofeng's side, pulled out a cigarette and handed it to Lin Aofeng, then said: "The people from the police station have all gone crazy today, you'd better stay here!"

  Lin Ao Feng took over the cigarette and sat silently at the door of the ward, smoking.

  "Bang... Bang..." A little after four o'clock in the afternoon, a crisp gunshot was heard by Lin Ao Feng and others. Lin Ao Feng and others immediately jumped up from their chairs outside the ward. Lin Ao Feng said expressionlessly: "Imperialism has made its move against us again!"

  "What?!". Xijun Mai and others looked at Lin Aofeng in unison. Lin Aofeng bitterly pulled out a cigarette, lit it up, took a deep drag, exhaled the smoke, and said faintly: "Don't forget, the British are now in charge of the Shanghai Municipal Police. They've never considered us human, they could manufacture the Sha Tin massacre in Hong Kong, can't they do it again in Shanghai?!"

  "Master, you're fine!" Just then, Lin Quannan arrived at the hospital.

  "Nan Shu, how did you come?!" Lin Ao Feng saw Lin Quan Nan suddenly appear and immediately became curious. Lin Quan Nan said with a bitter face: "Young master, the students and workers who were demonstrating just now went to the old gate police station door to protest. The captain of the police station guarding the police station suddenly opened fire on the demonstrators. Many people were killed or injured. Master and madam are worried about you, so they asked me to come and take a look."

  Lin Ao Feng let out a breath and said: "Uncle Nan, I'm fine. Would you mind sending Xi Jun Mai and Miss Zhang back first?"

  "What about you, young master?" Lin Quannan asked.

  Lin Ao Feng smiled and replied: "I'll send Ke Qing back. I'll be home soon!"

  Lin Quan Nan glanced at Qin Keqing beside Lin Ao Feng and nodded slightly, saying: "Alright! But you be more careful yourself!"

  Seeing off Xi Junmai and others, Lin Aofeng looked at Qin Keqing. Qin Keqing pouted and lowered her head to ask in a low voice: "Aofeng, did you want to stop those executioners from killing students and workers this afternoon?!"

  Lin Ao Feng shook his head and said: "Alright! It's all over, don't think about it anymore. I'll take you home now. Your uncle and aunt must be worried sick!"

  Qin Keqin hesitated and looked towards the ward, Lin Aofeng smiled and said: "Don't worry! Tian Lina will be fine, I've already made all the arrangements."

  "Alright then!" Qin Keqing followed Lin Ao Feng out of the hospital.

  "Knock knock knock, knock knock knock"

  "Here! Here!" Hearing the knock on the door, Qin Keqin's mother opened it and saw Lin Aofeng and Qin Keqin standing at the entrance. She patted her chest and said: "Keqin, you've finally come back! Your father and I were worried to death!"

  "Mom! There are guards sent by Ah Feng and Jiang Uncle, what could happen to me?!" Hearing her daughter's words, Qin Keqin's mother glared at Qin Keqin and said, "You still know that?!"

  "Mom! Ah Feng is still by our side! Can't you just give me some face?" Qin Keqing said with a pout.

  "Look at me, I was so busy talking to you that I forgot about Ah Feng!" Then Qin Keqing's mother turned to Lin Aofeng and said: "Ah Feng, thank you for your hard work today!"

  "It's nothing!" Lin Ao Feng glanced at Qin Ke Qing and said, "Auntie, it's getting late, I'll head back home first. They're still waiting for me! I'll come visit again another day."

  Qin Keqing's mother nodded and said: "Alright then! I won't keep you today either, be more careful!"

  "Got it!" Lin Ao Feng looked at Qin Ke Qing and said: "I'll go back first!"

  "Hmm! Be careful yourself!" As he spoke, Qin Keqin suddenly remembered the pistol Lin Aofeng had given him that morning and hastily reached into his pocket. Lin Aofeng smiled and said: "You keep it! In these chaotic times, with him to protect you, I can rest a little easier!"

  "Gurgle...gurgle..."

  After about an hour, Lin Ao Feng drove back home. Looking at the tightly closed door, Lin Ao Feng's body went limp and he leaned against the steering wheel, tears streaming down his face. As the saying goes, "A man has tears but does not easily shed them," only when he is deeply sorrowful. At this moment, Lin Ao Feng felt that although he was a transmigrator who knew what would happen in the future, he regretted that due to his own insignificance, he could not change or prevent the tragic events from occurring.

  "It's so late! Why hasn't Feng'er come back yet?! Nothing bad has happened, has it?!" Cheng Xue Mei anxiously paced back and forth in the living room.

  Lin Guodong, who was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, put down the newspaper and said: "Didn't Anan say that when she came back? A Feng is fine."

  "Am I not worried?!" Cheng Xue Mei stopped in her tracks, with a worried and distressed expression, saying: "So many people died this afternoon, and Feng Er still hasn't come back, how can I not be worried?!"

  Beep Beep

  As soon as Cheng Xue Mei's voice fell, the car horn sounded. Lin Guo Dong stood up and said: "It must be Ah Feng back!"

  "Dad, Mom!" After about two or three minutes, Lin Ao Feng walked into the living room.

  "Son, are you alright?!" Cheng Xue Mei quickly walked to Lin Ao Feng's side, using a handkerchief to wipe the water stains on his body while saying to the servant beside her: "Go get Master a cup of ginger tea!"

  "Mom, I'm fine! Don't bother so much!" Lin Ao Feng said as he walked in front of his father. Lin Guo Dong sighed and patted his son's shoulder, saying: "First go take a bath, change your clothes and come down to eat. No matter what happens, first fill your stomach before talking!"

  Lin Ao Feng nodded and went upstairs without a word. Looking at the back of her son, Cheng Xue Mei slowly walked to her husband's side and said: "Zi Liang, I always feel that Feng Er seems to be not quite right. Is it because he was stimulated during the tour? Should we ask Dr. Liu to come and take a look at Feng Er?"

  Lin Guodong smiled wryly and said, "Don't worry! Our son is not that fragile. In the past few years, we were all deceived by Feng's appearance. He learned a set of martial arts at Daiyun Temple, and this morning when the Indian police rushed into the procession to arrest people, more than a dozen Indian police officers were injured by our son, and they are still lying in the hospital!"