Chapter 424: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, return tenfold! (asking for monthly votes)

“You think too much. Stop being suspicious all the time. Those policemen are not as powerful as you think.” The man answered as he took off his coat and lay down on the bed tiredly.

It was already midnight and the only sound outside could be heard was the sound of car tires rolling on the road and the occasional barking of stray dogs fighting for food.

The woman hid behind the window and observed for a while. Finding nothing unusual outside, she also lay down on the bed.

The man turned over and stared at her with burning eyes: “He Ying, I have been feeling very uncomfortable these past few years…”

He Ying felt the man’s hot breath spraying on her face and frowned slightly: “Old Song, now is not the time…”

Song Zelin, who was called Lao Song, swallowed his saliva and said coldly, “Don’t think I don’t know that the damn Liu Xu and you have crossed paths several times. Don’t forget that I was the one who pulled you out of the nightmare. If it weren’t for me, you would have died in the hands of your ex-husband.”

He Ying sighed and turned to look at him: “After we get out, I’ll give you…”

“No!” Song Zelin squeezed closer to her: “Right now…”

He Ying couldn’t resist. She knew in her heart that if she wanted to survive, she could only rely on the man in front of her.

“I can help you in other ways, okay?”

Song Zelin narrowed his eyes: “What method?”

He Ying stretched out her deft hand, and after a moment, the lights in the room went out.

At the same time, on the street outside the hotel, a man in a hat glanced at the extinguished lights on the second floor of the hotel, then flashed out from behind a concrete pole.

He looked forward and backward. There was not a soul on the street in the early morning. There were only two stray dogs, one big and one small, squatting next to the trash can, whimpering softly.

The man came to the street on the hotel side and stopped in front of a muddy car.

Wearing gloves, he took out a steel ruler from his arms, inserted it into the car window on the driver’s side, and after fiddling with it for a while, the car door opened with a “bang”.

The man looked at the situation on the street again. There was no one, no surveillance, and the hotel was dimly lit. No one noticed him at all.

Then the man got into the car, broke the car lock very skillfully, and slowly drove away.

Fang Yonghui was sitting in the main driver’s seat of the black SUV, and Zhang Yong was sitting in the passenger seat.

The two men watched the man steal the car without taking any action.

Fang Yonghui took a sip of canned coffee and said, “Xiaoyong, take a nap. I’ll keep an eye on him.”

Zhang Yong shook his head: “Brother Hui, go to sleep, I’m not sleepy yet.”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Just go to sleep when I tell you to. Luo Da has repeatedly reminded me not to go to work tired.”

Zhang Yong licked his lips, hesitating to speak, then mustered up the courage to ask, “Brother Hui, are you still blaming yourself?”

Fang Yonghui stared at the entrance of the hotel with red eyes. Because he held his hands too tightly, the can of coffee he was holding was deformed.

“No, I don’t blame myself.” Fang Yonghui replied, but the expression on his face did not say that. If he didn’t have the psychological burden, he would not have gritted his teeth when talking about this matter. That regretful tone could not deceive people.

Zhang Yong sighed slightly: “Then I’ll go to sleep first, and it’ll be your turn later.”

He reclined the chair, lay down, and soon began to snore.

Fang Yonghui finished his coffee, stared at the window on the second floor of the hotel, and muttered fiercely: “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and return it tenfold!”

———-

A night passed and at six in the morning, the sky was just beginning to brighten.

The harsh sound of footsteps on the wooden stairs woke up the boss who was dozing off at the front desk.

He looked up, rubbed his eyes, and saw the man and woman who had checked in last night coming to the counter.

Song Zelin threw the key in his hand at the front desk. After the boss took the key, he opened the drawer, took out the deposit and returned it to the guest.

Seeing them leave, the boss lay down on the counter again, ready to go back to sleep.

But in less than a moment, the man and woman rushed in again.

Song Zelin was carrying a black travel bag and shouted angrily, “Where is my car outside?”

The boss blinked and said, “Car? What car?”

“My car is parked outside!” Song Zelin pointed outside the hotel: “My car was parked on the side of the road last night.”

When the boss heard this, he lost all his sleepiness. He stood up and said defensively, “What does your car loss have to do with me? Besides, this is a hotel, not a parking lot. Please leave now and don’t bother me!”

“You run a hotel, why don’t you help watch over the cars?” Song Zelin was so angry that his face turned pale.

“Ha.” The boss laughed. “I only charge you 100 yuan for a room, and I also help you watch the car? Do you think you are staying in a five-star hotel? I tell you, don’t pick a fight with me here.”

“Fuck you!” Song Zelin reached out and tried to grab the boss’s collar across the front desk.

The boss wasn’t afraid at all. Instead, he leaned forward and shouted, “Come on, come on, try to touch me? Hit me? Hit me on the head? I’m afraid of you!”

He Ying hurriedly advised: “Forget it, forget it…”

Seeing the woman trying to stop the fight, the man retracted his hand. The boss’ tone became a little better and he said, “This town is not big. The police station is right on the edge of town. If you really lost your car, you can call the police in a few steps. Instead of arguing with me, you might as well go and report it quickly.”

“Okay, you’ve got it!” Song Zelin said angrily, and walked out the door with his bag.

Standing on the side of the road, the two people were at a loss for a moment, not knowing what to do.

He Ying looked at the breakfast shop across the street and sighed: “Let’s eat something first.”

So, the two of them walked into the breakfast shop, sat in the corner, ordered two baskets of steamed buns and two bowls of noodles, and talked in low voices while eating.

He Ying glanced outside the street and asked cautiously, “Old Song, what should we do now?”

Song Zelin put down his chopsticks, pondered for a long time, and replied: “The place we are in now is called Jingxi Town. It is more than 100 kilometers from here to Baishi County. Now we don’t have a car, so we can only take a bus to get there.”

“Even if we go to Baishi County, can we really escape from there?”

Song Zelin nodded: “Didn’t I tell you? My student Scarface has been hanging around in Baishi County, specializing in the business of routing wires. I have already contacted him, as long as we give him 200,000, he will definitely be able to get us out.”

He Ying looked worried. She looked around the breakfast room warily. Most of the people eating breakfast were townspeople in plain clothes, and there were no suspicious people. But she still said worriedly, “Old Song, my eyelids have been twitching these past few days. I really feel like someone is watching me.”

“Hey, you are too suspicious. This is a remote place. No matter how powerful the police are, they can’t track us here.” Song Zelin ate the buns nonchalantly.

He Ying took out a bank card and handed it to him: “I still have money here. If it really doesn’t work, let’s buy a second-hand car. I always feel unsafe taking the bus.”

Song Zelin immediately shook his head: “We have to keep the money. We will need it in many places when we escape. Besides, we are unfamiliar with this place. Where can we buy a car? It will take a lot of time to handle the formalities, and it will easily expose our identities.”

Seeing that He Ying was still worried, Song Zelin hugged her shoulders and said, “Don’t worry, I will definitely take you out. As long as we escape, with our abilities, we will definitely be able to make a comeback.”

He Ying nodded, ate breakfast absentmindedly, and observed the surrounding situation from time to time.

Eight o’clock in the morning, at the bus station in Jingxi Town.

It is called a bus station, but in fact it is just an open space surrounded by walls on four sides, with two yellow buses parked inside.

Two people walked in carrying their bags, asked the driver about the departure time, and then got on the bus.

They wanted to sit in the last row, but found it was full.

So the two of them had to sit in the second to last row by the window.

Baishi County is close to the border, and there are many people traveling between the two places. Soon, the bus was full of people.

The driver then held the thermos cup and slowly sat in the driver’s seat.

Although the road is paved with asphalt for more than 100 miles, the road is bumpy due to cutting corners and the constant trampling of large trucks, so the speed of the car has slowed down a lot.

He Ying sat leaning against the car window. As the car swayed, she wanted to sleep very much, but she forced herself not to fall asleep.

Instead, Song Zelin fell asleep leaning on her shoulder, snoring slightly.

He Ying looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them. She thought to herself that maybe she was worrying too much. Things had come to this point and it was already irreversible.

At this time, Song Zelin was awakened by her movements, opened his eyes slightly, and advised: “Don’t worry, sleep for a while.”

He Ying nodded, hugged the handbag in her arms, and soon fell asleep leaning against the car window.

At this moment, a hand stretched out from the gap between the two seats, with a sharp blade clamped between two fingers…

————–

More than an hour later, He Ying woke up to a loud noise. She hurriedly pushed Song Zelin next to her and said, “Old Song, we’re here.”

Song Zelin opened his eyes and nodded. He stood up sleepily and reached out to take his travel bag from the luggage rack.

As soon as he took it off, he saw He Ying turning over her handbag with a pale face.

Seeing a hole on the side of the bag, He Ying hurriedly unzipped it and after searching for a while, she was completely shocked.

“Mr. Song, my wallet was stolen and my bank card is gone!”

Song Zelin’s face froze, his heart pounding, the money was gone!

There was 500,000 yuan in the bank card that He Ying carried with her, and the card was issued using an outsider’s ID card, so the police could not trace it.

Half a month ago, their bank cards were frozen by the police and they could not withdraw any money.

This card is the only thing that contains their life-saving money!
Song Zelin looked up hurriedly and saw that the bus had stopped. The passengers in the car began to get off one after another, and there was no one in the back seat.

He immediately squeezed through the crowd and shouted to the driver: “Master, Master, our wallets have been stolen!”

The driver was unscrewing the thermos and drinking tea slowly. Hearing this, he turned around and asked calmly, “How much was lost?”

“My money and bank cards are all gone!” Seeing that the driver didn’t care, Song Zelin immediately blocked the door and shouted to the people in the car: “No one is allowed to get off the car, my wallet was stolen!” “Your wallet is lost, what does it have to do with us?”

“Get out of the way, don’t delay our business!”

“Young man, how much money did you lose? If it’s not much, I think it’s fine.”

Someone stole half a million dollars from me!
Song Zelin gritted his teeth, looked at these people, and shouted loudly: “No one is allowed to get off the car, I want to search you!”

Hearing this, the driver frowned and said, “Then call the police! Call the police.”

“Uh…” Song Zelin was startled.

At this time, a middle-aged woman in the car agreed: “Yes, call the police. I think it was the two people sitting in the back seat who stole it. They got off the car halfway and were sneaky. They must not be good people.”

The driver had already pulled out his phone: “I’ll call the police. There’s a police station at the bus station. They’ll be here in a few minutes.”

Upon hearing this, Song Zelin’s heart started pounding, and he quickly pretended to be calm. “Well, forget it, it’s only a few dozen dollars, not much, so as not to trouble the police comrades.”

Although he said this, his heart was bleeding and his lips were trembling.

The driver glanced at him and asked: “You really don’t want to call the police?”

Song Zelin quickly shook his head: “It’s really not that much money, and I have something else to do. It’s not worth bothering the police for a few dozen dollars.”

The driver curled his lips and said, “I saw you were so anxious, I thought you had lost tens of thousands of dollars. Well, then don’t block the door and prevent people from getting off the bus.”

Song Zelin quickly moved his hand away and clenched his fist again and again.

The sky in Baishi County was gray and covered with a thick layer of haze.

On the road outside the bus station, He Ying squatted on the side of the road with three one-yuan coins in her palm and her face was pale.

“My bank card and several thousand in cash are all gone, all gone…”

Song Zelin also squatted down, and his wallet was stolen by the thief.

In other words, they only had three dollars left on them.

He Ying turned her head and looked towards the police station at the end of the street, and whispered softly: “Old Song, turn yourself in, we have no way to survive…”

Song Zelin was shocked: “No! Turning yourself in means death! We finally managed to escape here, and we will be free after crossing those mountains!”

“We have no money. Will your student Scarface help us?”

Song Zelin swallowed his saliva and said, “Don’t worry, Scarface will definitely help us out of the teacher-student relationship. I’ll call him right away.”

Half an hour later, a black Passat stopped by the roadside.

A young man with a big gold chain around his neck and a scar on his left cheek got out of the car. When he saw Song Zelin, he walked over with a smile on his face and hugged Song Zelin.

“Teacher Song, I haven’t seen you for several years. You are still so handsome!”

Song Zelin, as the other party’s former teacher, spoke in an extremely humble tone: “Scar… Xiao Wei, we haven’t seen each other for a long time. How are you? I heard that you made a fortune here?”

“Just trying to make a living and earn some money.” Scarface let go of Song Zelin, looked at He Ying behind him, and smiled, “Who is this?”

Song Zelin immediately introduced: “This is my friend, Miss He, she does a big business.”

He Ying forced herself to shake hands with the other party. When she wanted to let go, Scarface was unwilling to let go and looked her up and down.

He Ying’s heart sank to the bottom and she struggled to free her hand.

Scarface grinned and rubbed his fingers together, as if he was still savoring the other’s smooth skin.

Seeing this, Song Zelin didn’t dare to say anything, but just flattered: “Xiao Wei, the thing I told you…”

Scarface nodded: “Teacher Song, don’t worry, it can be done! Don’t you want to go out? No problem, it’s noon now, I’ll treat you, let’s go eat first and talk while we eat.”

“Okay!” Song Zelin smiled and raised his eyebrows at He Ying, meaning that it was okay to suffer a little grievance and it would pass if he just endured it.

He Ying followed them into the car without saying a word.

After arriving at a restaurant, Scarface asked for a private room.

As soon as Song Zelin sat down, he started to get close to him and flattered Scarface very much.

Scarface drank his wine and said, “Teacher Song, let me give you an 80% discount from the 100,000 yuan per person mentioned earlier, so it will be 80,000 yuan per person, a friendly price. A group of people will go there tomorrow night, and you can follow them.”

Song Zelin glanced at He Ying, and then replied: “Brother, it’s like this, when we took the bus here, our money and bank cards were stolen…”

Scarface raised his eyebrows: “Was it really stolen?”

Song Zelin nodded heavily: “There is 500,000 in the bank! Brother, you have a wide network of contacts. As long as you find these thieves, I will give you all the money as our expenses for this trip. Do you think it’s okay?”

“Really?” Scarface’s eyes lit up.

“I keep my word!” Song Zelin said sincerely.

“Okay, it’s settled!” Scarface laughed, clinked glasses with Song Zelin, and then stood up: “I’ll ask someone to find the thief right away, you guys eat first.”

Soon, Scarface came back with an opened bottle of red wine in his hand.

He poured a glass of wine for Song Zelin and He Ying respectively, then raised his glass and said, “Mr. Song, Ms. He, I can’t take half a million for nothing. After I send you there, I will arrange your life there. Come, let’s have a drink.”

He Ying didn’t want to pay attention to him, but Song Zelin gave her a look, so she had to pick up the wine glass, pretended to smile, and took a sip.

As soon as she drank the wine, He Ying’s face changed. She wanted to stand up, but she fell to the ground with a dizzy head.

Song Zelin also felt something was wrong. Before the smile on his face disappeared, he fell headfirst onto the table.

Seeing that the two men had been hit, Scarface spat out the wine in his mouth and then made two “Pooh” sounds in succession.

At this time, the door of the box was opened, and several fierce-looking strong men walked in from outside and dragged the two people out without saying a word.

Scarface picked up the teacup, rinsed his mouth, and sprayed it on the ground. He cursed: “Damn it, two wanted criminals are trying to escape. I don’t want to do business with you. I don’t want to live anymore!”

———-

He Ying woke up with a dizzy head. She couldn’t open her eyes at all. She could only hear the intermittent sound of dripping water in her ears.

Thinking of what happened before she fell into coma, she suddenly tried to get up, but her feet, hands and waist were all tied up, making her unable to move.

She wanted to scream, but her tongue was numb and no sound came out.

It was not until a long time later that she tried hard to open her eyes, but the searchlight hanging from the ceiling stung her eyes. She glanced away quickly and found that Song Zelin was also tied to a stainless steel table and was sleeping soundly.

He Ying’s pupils dilated and her heart beat madly. She swallowed and continued to try to break free, but she was still powerless.

At this moment, heavy footsteps were heard in the room. She shuddered with fright and turned around to look at that person, but saw a basin of cold water poured on Song Zelin’s face.

Song Zelin was immediately awakened. After opening his eyes, his throat rolled and he struggled hard for a few times, but the rope tied him tightly and no sound came out of his mouth.

At this time, He Ying saw Scarface walk over Song Zelin’s head and looked at them with a smile on his face: “Song Zelin, He Ying, a wanted criminal nationwide, and an A-level one!”

Scarface pulled out a wanted poster from his hip pocket, opened it, and showed it to them: “What on earth have you done to make the Ministry of Public Security offer a reward of 200,000 for your arrest?”

At this time, He Ying had regained consciousness. She bit her lip and said, “What the hell do you want? Hand us over to the police? Okay, you can call the police and get a reward of 200,000!”

Scarface threw the wanted poster in her face: “You wish, what I did was illegal, how dare I hand you over to the police?”

Song Zelin bit his lip hard. The pain made him sober up. He immediately begged, “Xiao Wei, didn’t we agree on this? As long as you find those thieves, you can get 500,000 yuan. You don’t have to…”

Scarface cursed, “Bullshit! The thieves who stole your money have been arrested by the police. Do I dare to go to the detention center to rescue them?”

Song Zelin didn’t believe it and retorted: “Nonsense, we didn’t call the police, the police wouldn’t act that quickly.”

“Believe it or not!” Scarface was too lazy to say more to him.

He Ying gritted her teeth and asked, “What exactly do you want? We don’t have any money.”

Scarface smiled and said, “Who said we have no money?”

He walked to He Ying, stretched out his index finger, and stroked from her neck to her lower abdomen.

“You are full of money, kidneys, liver, corneas… money everywhere…”

Upon hearing this, He Ying turned pale with fright and her body kept twisting.

She screamed, “Hand me over to the police, please, hand me over to the police…”

Song Zelin was also frightened. He begged for mercy with trembling teeth: “Xiao Wei, don’t do this… Let me go, I’m your teacher, you can’t do this to me, please, I can get some money…”

“Ha!” Scarface sneered, “Teacher, do you still remember that you are my teacher? You beat me a lot back then!”

He laughed grimly again: “Okay, okay, then I’ll let you live a few more days.”

At this point, Scarface shouted to the doctors in white coats standing next to the sink, “Go ahead, take out a kidney from each of them first, and take out the cornea as well. Be steady, don’t kill them, or they’ll be worthless…”

The two men in blue plastic suits shrugged: “No problem.”

Upon hearing this, Song Zelin was shocked, tears and snot streamed down his face, and his body shook uncontrollably.

He Ying was completely stunned. Such despair filled her heart that she stared motionlessly at the mold spots on the ceiling.

She thought back to the last case she had worked on, the woman swinging the claw hammer wildly in despair…

Finally, judgment fell on his own head…

(End of this chapter)