Chapter 41: The World Has No Thieves (5)

  As soon as the police arrived, the crowd suddenly scattered like a pot of boiling water. With a shout of "The police are here! Run!", everyone immediately dispersed in all directions, abandoning their weapons and fleeing for their lives, without even caring about their injured comrades. At this point, what use was there in talking about brotherhood or righteousness? The injured people could only curse loudly as they slowly got up, limping and stumbling after the others.

  A motley crew! I hid in the corner of a small alley, hearing the chaotic noise outside, couldn't help but burst out laughing. I casually tore off the mask on my face, then took off my jacket and the rope used to tie up the gasoline bottle, and threw them all into the trash can next to me. Then I pulled out a lighter and lit it, quickly running towards the depths of the alley, after turning several corners, I had already arrived at the back door of the wine building.

  Just as I knocked twice, the door was opened with a creak, and Old Cow pulled me in. I smiled and shook my head, following him into the first-floor hall. Almost everyone in the store was leaning against the floor-to-ceiling window to watch the commotion. I walked through the darkened hall to the window and couldn't help but laugh again at the scene before me. The entire street was in chaos, with a dozen or so police officers chasing after people in the flashing lights of their cars, several slower ones already having been knocked to the ground.

  The monkey or someone passing by shouted in a low voice with an excited face: "Ahui, you're so cool!"

  "Ah ah!" The crowd turned around and chimed in with seven mouths and eight tongues: "Wow, you're so awesome to take on forty or fifty people by yourself!"

  "You little rascal, your move just now was too cool, and it stunned those sons of bitches!"

  "You didn't see just now, when the police got out of the car and saw a group of people on the ground, they all had a feeling of not knowing what to do!"

  "Wow, those who have received military training are really different!"

  ……

  I laughed and waved my hand to interrupt everyone: "Just a bunch of mobs, can't make any big deal, did you throw away the phone card?"

  Having received a definite answer, I nodded and said to the crowd: "Don't look anymore, the police will definitely come over soon. Everyone go back to sleep quickly! Remember, everyone must pretend they don't know anything and still look sleepy!"

  I took another glance at the bustling streets outside and sneered, "Heh heh, with the bank's firepower, I guarantee everything will be safe and sound until opening hours tomorrow!"

  The first floor of the wine building is a hall, the second floor has some well-decorated private rooms, and the third floor is where the brothers and employees rest. After driving a group of excited guys into their respective rooms, I also walked into the room assigned to me, took off my clothes and hid in the quilt.

  Half an hour later, the sound of knocking on the door came from downstairs. I put on my clothes and walked out of the room, only to see everyone's tense face squeezed in the corridor. I smiled helplessly, let Old Cow go open the door, then comforted everyone a few words, and sent them back to their rooms to continue pretending to sleep.

  Before long, footsteps were heard in the corridor, and then Lao Niu knocked on each door and shouted loudly: "Get up! Everyone get up quickly! Captain Zhou of the Criminal Police Brigade has something to ask everyone. Don't sleep anymore!"

  Then came the sound of doors opening and greetings, it seemed that everyone knew Captain Zhou, looking quite familiar. I turned on the light, tied the gun holster to my body, put on my coat and walked out of the room with a sleepy look. Everyone was already gathered in the corridor, without exception, all looked like they hadn't woken up yet.

  Next to Lao Niu stood a policeman, one of whom was over thirty years old, with piercing eyes and a stern face. The sharp glint in his eyes made me frown slightly, this policeman didn't seem simple. Another one was in his twenties, wearing glasses, holding a notebook and taking notes, probably a newly assigned intern policeman.

  Officer Zhou's eyes scanned the room, finally settling on me with a slight furrow of his brow. After sizing me up again, he spoke slowly: "I haven't seen this one before."

  The voice is faint but very clear.

  "Oh, him." Old Cow smiled and pointed at me, saying: "He's our university classmate, just returned from the US for Chinese New Year, staying here for one night, and came to visit us. He'll leave tomorrow." Then he pointed at Officer Zhou and the young policeman behind him with a respectful face, saying to me: "Ah Hui, this is Officer Zhou of the Criminal Police Team, known as Detective Zhou, very capable! And this is Officer Yang, I heard he's a university graduate from the police academy!"

  I forced out a smile and nodded in greeting.

  "Oh, you're back from America! What kind of work were you doing in America?"

  Officer Zhou's eyes had been fixed on me, and he must have already noticed me and had some suspicions about my identity. Damn it, I didn't reveal anything! It seems that his reputation as a god of detection isn't undeserved after all, he has some skills. Luckily, my face has become thick enough over the past six months, so with a smile on my face, I said: "I work at Hofei International Trade Company in America, just working to make ends meet."

  Officer Zhou's eyes were still fixed on me without blinking: "May I see your ID?"

  "Okay." I nodded and walked into the room, taking out my ID card, passport, and work permit from my bag. Officer Zhou glanced at them briefly before handing them over to a young policeman behind him, who took them one by one and recorded them down.

  "Something happened outside just now, did you know?" Officer Zhou finally stopped staring at me and turned around to ask formally.

  Everyone shook their heads in confusion. Officer Zhou continued to ask, "Just now, there were 40 or 50 people outside shouting and fighting, didn't you all hear it?"

  Everyone shook their heads in confusion, and Officer Zhou continued to ask: "I heard that you guys had a fight here this afternoon? Judging from the situation, they should be here to smash your store, aren't you clear about it?"

  The crowd finally stopped looking confused and exchanged surprised expressions. Old Cow was even more shocked, shouting: "Smash our store? No way! What kind of person is this? How did we not know?"

  "Ah, the gang, just that... " Officer Zhou looked at me deeply again and said: "They seemed to have encountered some trouble before taking action."

  Everyone let out a collective sigh of relief, and Old Cow concluded on behalf of the group: "So that's how it is! Luckily, luckily. Officer Zhou, you know this too - those Black Tiger Gang guys are always causing us trouble, we've asked for your help before but you couldn't do anything about it either. Now some Robin Hood-like characters have appeared, to be honest, we really should thank them."

  Everyone nodded in agreement, and Officer Zhou said: "If there's anything unusual or any discoveries today, please notify me immediately. I've disturbed you all, now get some rest!"

  After finishing, Officer Zhou nodded to everyone and patted Old Cow's shoulder as he walked out. The young policeman returned my documents and smiled before turning around to follow him. Old Cow happily winked at everyone and followed after them: "Officer Zhou, I'll see you off."

  As they watched the few people's silhouettes disappear around the corner of the stairs, everyone finally let out a long sigh of relief and lightly applauded in celebration. Old Donkey: "Damn it, scared me to death, broke out in a cold sweat!"

  Everyone patted their chest and sighed, Huazi patted his chest and said with a fright: "Just now Old Zhou stared at Ah Hui all the time, it scared me to death!"

  I burst out laughing and waved the documents in my hand: "I'm a legitimate Chinese citizen, after all, I'm also half a little sea turtle!"

  Everyone burst out laughing and after another round of commotion, they all went back to their rooms to sleep.

  Officer Zhou walked onto the main street, forgetting that one eye had already been extinguished by the fire. The desolate street was a mess. He hailed the young policeman following behind him: "Xiao Yang!"

  Chapter 1 is uploaded today, and there will be another chapter tonight. The upload was delayed, please forgive me!

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