Chapter Sixteen: The Riot Begins

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  That night, Zhao Tianming took Wang Chong away from the Zhao family apartment, with Du Haisheng sitting in to keep watch. He still didn't believe that his daughter could run out and cause trouble.

  The newly merged gang still has a lot to deal with, such as comforting the military's mind, deploying troops and generals, etc. For Zhao Tianming, who has been listening to storytelling since childhood, telling stories like "Three Kingdoms" and "Sui Tang Yan Yi", although he can't recognize a few big characters, he has a unique way of managing his own gang and subordinates.

  Moreover, tomorrow's armed riot is likely to make the newly absorbed gang members have wild ideas, take advantage of the situation and cause trouble. If someone takes advantage of the situation to stir up trouble, it will be difficult to control.

  The next morning, Zhao Wei quietly got out of bed, put on her clothes, took out the banner hidden under the bed, and tiptoed to the main hall.

  After a night of intense ideological struggle, she finally made up her mind to participate in today's armed uprising, although doing so would make her feel guilty towards Du Haisheng. However, she thought Zhao Tianming's words were just jokes, and even if they were true, with her around, when the time came, she could just cry, throw a tantrum, or go on a hunger strike in front of her father, and Zhao Tianming would surrender.

  "Can you bear to have your old man drive me out of the Zhao's apartment?"

  Just as she thought she was about to succeed, a cold voice suddenly echoed in the hall, not loud, but extremely cold, without any emotion.

  A sudden question made Zhao Wei'er, who was still secretly pleased with herself, jump up. Following the direction of the sound, she finally saw a man lying on the sand in the center of the hall, his eyes narrowed as if he hadn't woken up yet, but the previous sentence had obviously come from this person's mouth.

  Zhao Wei'er saw this person and her mood suddenly fell into an abyss, with a dejected look she came to the man's side, smiling and saying: "Hai Sheng brother, why are you sleeping outside? It's so cold, be careful not to catch a chill."

  "Whether I catch a cold or not is not what I care about, where you are going is what I care most about."

  Du Haisheng opened his eyes and sat up, making room for Zhao Wei'er to sit down as well.

  He had expected this girl to do so yesterday, and when everyone fell asleep, he lay on the sand to prevent her from running out and making trouble, although he also wanted to go.

  As expected, just when I was about to doze off after a sleepless night, my naturally keen ears picked up the extremely faint sound of the door opening. A cold smile spread across my heart as I finally spoke up and asked questions.

  Zhao Wei'er smiled mischievously: "I just want to go out and exercise by running."

  "What's that? Why bring some banners along?"

  Du Haisheng stared at the small flag in Zhao Wei'er's hand, his expression cold and questioning: "Running doesn't require bringing these things along, does it?"

  "I..."

  With both human and material evidence present, Zhao Wei was momentarily speechless, her eyes blinking twice before breaking into a sly smile. She grasped Du Haisheng's arm, shaking it while pleading: "Haisheng brother, my good brother, just let me go! Everyone from the Shanghai University Alliance has gone; if I don't go, others will call me a coward later. I know you're the best and most loving to me, Wei, so please let me go!"

  Good brother, my good brother...... Du Haisheng felt that it really had a different flavor after listening to it, and he couldn't help but have all sorts of fantasies. This sentence is also too ambiguous.

  Zhao Wei'er saw Du Haisheng's infatuated and drunken appearance, with a dazed expression, recalling for a moment, suddenly feeling that her words were unclear, feeling embarrassed, her small face turned red again, and she quickly withdrew her hand that was still holding his arm. For a while, the atmosphere in the scene became slightly awkward, even with some ambiguous atmosphere.

  "Hey, I'm saying, can you let me go?!"

  After a long while, Zhao Wei'er calmed down and looked at Du Haisheng with a still flushed face, her tone of voice also softened as she spoke.

  "No way, unless Uncle Zhao approves, I don't have the right. Put back what I gave you and stay honestly in the apartment."

  Du Haisheng resolutely refused, saying that armed uprising was a concept, joking, that was a scene of bayonets seeing blood, let alone now bullets flying everywhere, once Xiaoyao had any accident, no need for Zhao Tianming to take action, he would also have the urge to commit suicide.

  Zhao Wei'er, seeing that neither soft nor hard tactics could move the stubborn Du Haisheng, couldn't help but let out a disappointed sigh. She obediently returned to her own room and put away the small flag in her hand, then came back to sit beside Du Haisheng with an innocent and lovely expression. However, her eyes were fully focused, and her ears were listening intently for any movement outside, even hoping that the gunshot would ring out soon.

  He knew that with Du Haisheng around, he couldn't leave even if he wanted to. Although it was a bit disappointing, he inexplicably felt happy, being stopped by him and worried about his own safety, which seemed to be enjoyable as well.

  Hiss...

  Just as the two were silent, a gunshot rang out across the sky and echoed through the hall.

  Zhao Wei'er's eyes lit up and she jumped up, saying: "It's on!"

  Du Haisheng didn't respond to her. He hadn't closed his eyes all night yesterday, and now the drowsiness was catching up with him, his whole head feeling dizzy and heavy.

  Bang, bang......

  The gunfire grew louder and more intense, without being on the scene, just by the commotion, it was clear that the situation was not trivial.

  In the distance, the two people in the hall seemed to hear the mournful cries of those who were shot and killed in the crossfire between the two groups.

  As time went by, the sound of gunfire drew closer and closer. Zhao Wei'er knew that the workers' picket team was advancing step by step. The police command center where Bi Cang's unit was stationed was not far from her home. Once they occupied the police command center and the Shanghai Police Headquarters, this riot would be a real success.

  Thinking of this, she felt her heart boiling with enthusiasm, only to regret that she couldn't see the intense scene in person and contribute even a little bit of strength to the riot.

  Wu Tianyun and Zhang Ma heard the gunshot and also came to the hall, seeing Zhao Wei'er and Du Haisheng sitting there, they couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and they all admired Zhao Tianming's wise decision.

  At this moment, a sudden rapid footsteps sounded outside, the apartment door was pushed open with a "whoosh", and a young man with blood all over his face and wearing glasses stood there.

  Zhao Wei'er raised her head and immediately recognized who the person was. "Ah" she exclaimed, quickly rushing forward to support the person standing at the door by holding their arm.

  "Li Wenbo, what's wrong with you? Where are the other classmates from the University Alliance?"

  The person who came was Li Wenbo, the vice president of the Shanghai University Alliance. He was also one of the commanders of today's armed rioting university students. Zhao Wei'er just didn't understand how he ended up in such a sorry state.

  Wu Guanjia and Zhang Ma saw the injured person, listening to the young lady's tone, seemingly her classmate. Zhang Ma quickly went to fetch some clean water, while Wu Guanjia went into the room to get some wound medicine. With a towel, she wiped away the bloodstains on his body, applying the medicine to his wounds. Everyone who saw this couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts. On Li Wenbo's chest was a long gash of about ten centimeters, fortunately not too deep; otherwise, he would have certainly lost his life.

  Li Wenbo took a sip of water and urged hastily with some incoherent words: "Go quickly, go quickly to rescue the other classmates!"

  "What's going on?"

  Du Haisheng stood up, stretched out his hand to feel his pulse, saw that it was normal, and then let go of his hand and asked.

  Li Wenbo took a look at the man in front of him and recounted what had happened.

  It turned out that the Shanghai University Alliance, together with students from Shanghai Normal University and other schools, had planned to take to the streets today in a show of spiritual support for this massive uprising. They had not intended to join forces with the armed workers' pickets to occupy the Garrison Command headquarters. Yet, despite their caution, someone leaked the news, and Bai Chongxi dispatched a small contingent from his troops to suppress them. How could a group of unarmed students possibly resist well-armed soldiers?

  For a time, the language was not harmonious, and the university students were emotionally agitated. The other side opened fire and killed, and even gangsters participated, seeing the students being hacked without saying a word. The scar on his body was left by the opponent's hacking knife...