Chapter 40 Conversation in the Car
"Damn it!"
Tang Baiqing stood at the door, stunned for a few seconds before finally coming back to his senses. He rushed to the girl's side and lifted her head, shouting anxiously, "Xiaoying, are you okay? Xiaoying!"
As he lifted her head, Tang Baiqing felt his hands were covered in blood, and the girl's convulsions became more pronounced, with saliva and blood mixed together spilling from her mouth and nose.
Tang Baiqing's face turned pale with fright. He struggled to lift the girl up and shouted at the Wu Shixiong, "What are you standing there for? Help me!"
At the door, the Wu Shixiong was already bewildered, staring at Tang Baiqing and asking, "What... what's going on?"
"Don't ask stupid questions, hurry!" Tang Baiqing yelled.
Seeing the injured person in such a state, Wu Shixiong did not ask any more questions. He immediately threw down his food bag, pulled out a pair of work gloves from his pocket, put them on, and rushed to the girl's side, lifting up her legs.
"Quick, get in the car!" Tang Baiqing urged.
The two of them lifted the girl together and were about to rush out, but at that moment, the girl, who had been convulsing all this time, suddenly began to make obvious gasping sounds from her mouth and nose. Then her body stiffened and her eyes stopped moving.
Tang Baiqing and Wu Shixiong had been carrying the girl all along, and they both felt the moment when her body stiffened.
"Clang!"
Wu Shixiong's back had already opened a gap in the door.
"Don't... don't move!" Tang Baiqing suddenly shouted.
"She... she's gone." Wu Shixiong spoke with certainty, not a question.
Tang Baiqing swallowed hard. "First, put her down."
The Wu Shixiong didn't argue or say much and cooperated with Tang Baiqing to lay the girl down on the ground, then immediately went to stand in a corner of the room, motionless.
Tang Baiqing crouched on the ground, his eyes scanning around in fear. Only then did he see the tool he had just picked up to hit someone with, which was a special small hammer used to knock the fastening bolt of a speedboat.
"Motherf***er!" Tang Baiqing gritted his teeth, suddenly stood up, and looked up at Wu Shixiong. "Help me carry her out and throw her into the sea."
The Wu Shixiong didn't move. "I... I can't throw her."
"Damn it!" Tang Baiqing walked towards Wu Shixiong with red eyes. "I told you to come and help me!!"
Wu Shixiong remained motionless and habitually crouched against the wall. Tang Baiqing kicked Wu Shixiong twice in anger, picked up the hammer, and looked at the girl on the ground.
Struggling and contemplating, Tang Baiqing stood beside the girl and stared blankly for half a minute before finally throwing the hammer aside in defeat and turning to the inside to retrieve his phone.
"Hello?" After a few seconds, the phone was answered.
"Dad...Dad...I'm in trouble."
"What happened? What's wrong?" the middle-aged man on the other end of the phone asked.
"I...I accidentally killed someone."
The middle-aged man was silent for three or four seconds before asking calmly, "Where are you?"
"I'm on the third-story building next to my workplace, and the only other person there is a smuggler," Tang Baiqing glanced at the Wu Shixiong from the corner of his eye. "I didn't mean to do it."
"Tell me the location."
"In Haiyan Pit..." Tang Baiqing truthfully disclosed the location.
"Wait!" The middle-aged man hung up the phone directly.
At the wall, Wu Shixiong looked at Tang Baiqing in the dim light and asked, "Should we call the police?"
"Call the police? Don't talk nonsense," Tang Baiqing swept him a glance.
Wu Shixiong obediently nodded and didn't speak again.
In just over half an hour, Tang Baiqing smoked more than ten cigarettes in the room.
"Creak!"
Finally, the door of the third-story building was pulled open, and a man in a suit stood in the shadow outside and waved at Tang Baiqing, "Baiqing, come out."
Hearing the sound, Tang Baiqing immediately stood up and rushed out of the room.
After Tang Baiqing left, Wu Shixiong looked at the corpse on the ground with some fear and unconsciously walked to the window of the room, close to the light switch.
Outside the door, the heavy rain continued to fall, and Tang Baiqing crouched and rushed into his father's car.
Inside the car, in addition to Tang Baiqing's father, there was an old police officer who had come over in his pajamas.
Outside the car, the driver stood in the rain waiting.
"Dad, I... I really didn't mean to. She scratched me, so I hit her just once, only once!" Tang Baiqing explained desperately.
"Smack!"
Tang Baiqing's father slapped him across the face, complex emotions flashing in his eyes. "Playing with women can lead to deadly consequences, you stupid pig-headed fool!"
Tang Baiqing's cheek swelled up, and he didn't dare say a word.
"Old Yang, can you handle this?" Tang Baiqing's father turned to the man in pajamas and asked.
The man thought for a moment, looked up at Tang Baiqing, and asked, "Did anyone see her when she came to find you?"
"Yes, we were playing cards," Tang Baiqing nodded.
"Was anyone else in the house?" the man asked again.
"Yes, there was a worker who smuggles goods, he lives here," Tang Baiqing revealed everything.
"You only hit her once?" the man asked sternly.
Tang Baiqing nodded immediately. "I really just hit her once, Uncle Yang!"
"Do many people know about your relationship?" the man asked.
"Quite a few, we met at a gathering, and some people in our circle of friends know that we're together," Tang Baiqing replied.
The man rubbed his hands together and turned to Tang Baiqing's father. "If this is not handled officially, it could get worse. If someone saw her coming here or knew about her visit beforehand, things could escalate."
Tang Baiqing's father remained silent.
"If it's dug up later, it will be harder to contain," the man spoke tactfully. "Dealing with it privately is one thing, but if it's uncovered later and someone dies due to a brawl or an accident, that's a whole different story, do you understand what I mean, Old Tang?"
Tang Baiqing's father gritted his teeth and leaned in to whisper in the man's ear, "My son had a bright future, but involving him in official matters will ruin it."
"My suggestion is this, with the least amount of risk," the man pondered for a moment before speaking. "I have connections at the police station, so it won't become too serious."
Tang Baiqing's father clenched his fists and looked at his son with a gloomy gaze, contemplating for a long time before nodding. "Alright, let's do it your way."
"The worker, can you handle him?" the man turned to ask Tang Baiqing.
"I know his boss, I can talk to him," Tang Baiqing nodded. "He shouldn't say anything reckless, and I didn't do anything wrong either."
"We're coming, he can't speak," the man reminded with a frown.
"I understand, I understand!" Tang Baiqing nodded.
"Old Tang, why don't you go back first and I'll pick up another cop?" the man suggested.
"Okay," Tang Baiqing's father nodded.
—---
Around 11 pm, police sirens blared across the beach, and six or seven police cars stopped in front of the third-story building.
Tang Baiqing and Wu Shixiong, the two parties involved, were taken away by the police, while the female corpse was loaded into a police van.
Sitting in the police car, Tang Baiqing's mind went blank. His heart was in chaos, and he seemed to have already sensed his own fate.
His bright future was ruined, and he faced the danger of imprisonment.
—---
After 4 am.
Yu Mingyuan's call came into Su Tianyu's cellphone: "Get up and go to the third-story building quickly. Something happened there. You need to rearrange everything, including the ship, and move it before the police station opens at 8:30 am. Hurry!"
Su Tianyu sat up suddenly. "What happened?"
"Tang Baiqing shot up drugs and killed someone there."
"...Is this guy bored?" Su Tianyu cursed in disbelief and got out of bed.
Chapter 40 Conversation in the Car
"Damn it!"
Tang Baiqing stood at the door, stunned for a few seconds before finally coming back to his senses. He rushed to the girl's side and lifted her head, shouting anxiously, "Xiaoying, are you okay? Xiaoying!"
As he lifted her head, Tang Baiqing felt his hands were covered in blood, and the girl's convulsions became more pronounced, with saliva and blood mixed together spilling from her mouth and nose.
Tang Baiqing's face turned pale with fright. He struggled to lift the girl up and shouted at the Wu Shixiong, "What are you standing there for? Help me!"
At the door, the Wu Shixiong was already bewildered, staring at Tang Baiqing and asking, "What... what's going on?"
"Don't ask stupid questions, hurry!" Tang Baiqing yelled.
Seeing the injured person in such a state, Wu Shixiong did not ask any more questions. He immediately threw down his food bag, pulled out a pair of work gloves from his pocket, put them on, and rushed to the girl's side, lifting up her legs.
"Quick, get in the car!" Tang Baiqing urged.
The two of them lifted the girl together and were about to rush out, but at that moment, the girl, who had been convulsing all this time, suddenly began to make obvious gasping sounds from her mouth and nose. Then her body stiffened and her eyes stopped moving.
Tang Baiqing and Wu Shixiong had been carrying the girl all along, and they both felt the moment when her body stiffened.
"Clang!"
Wu Shixiong's back had already opened a gap in the door.
"Don't... don't move!" Tang Baiqing suddenly shouted.
"She... she's gone." Wu Shixiong spoke with certainty, not a question.
Tang Baiqing swallowed hard. "First, put her down."
The Wu Shixiong didn't argue or say much and cooperated with Tang Baiqing to lay the girl down on the ground, then immediately went to stand in a corner of the room, motionless.
Tang Baiqing crouched on the ground, his eyes scanning around in fear. Only then did he see the tool he had just picked up to hit someone with, which was a special small hammer used to knock the fastening bolt of a speedboat.
"Motherf***er!" Tang Baiqing gritted his teeth, suddenly stood up, and looked up at Wu Shixiong. "Help me carry her out and throw her into the sea."
The Wu Shixiong didn't move. "I... I can't throw her."
"Damn it!" Tang Baiqing walked towards Wu Shixiong with red eyes. "I told you to come and help me!!"
Wu Shixiong remained motionless and habitually crouched against the wall. Tang Baiqing kicked Wu Shixiong twice in anger, picked up the hammer, and looked at the girl on the ground.
Struggling and contemplating, Tang Baiqing stood beside the girl and stared blankly for half a minute before finally throwing the hammer aside in defeat and turning to the inside to retrieve his phone.
"Hello?" After a few seconds, the phone was answered.
"Dad...Dad...I'm in trouble."
"What happened? What's wrong?" the middle-aged man on the other end of the phone asked.
"I...I accidentally killed someone."
The middle-aged man was silent for three or four seconds before asking calmly, "Where are you?"
"I'm on the third-story building next to my workplace, and the only other person there is a smuggler," Tang Baiqing glanced at the Wu Shixiong from the corner of his eye. "I didn't mean to do it."
"Tell me the location."
"In Haiyan Pit..." Tang Baiqing truthfully disclosed the location.
"Wait!" The middle-aged man hung up the phone directly.
At the wall, Wu Shixiong looked at Tang Baiqing in the dim light and asked, "Should we call the police?"
"Call the police? Don't talk nonsense," Tang Baiqing swept him a glance.
Wu Shixiong obediently nodded and didn't speak again.
In just over half an hour, Tang Baiqing smoked more than ten cigarettes in the room.
"Creak!"
Finally, the door of the third-story building was pulled open, and a man in a suit stood in the shadow outside and waved at Tang Baiqing, "Baiqing, come out."
Hearing the sound, Tang Baiqing immediately stood up and rushed out of the room.
After Tang Baiqing left, Wu Shixiong looked at the corpse on the ground with some fear and unconsciously walked to the window of the room, close to the light switch.
Outside the door, the heavy rain continued to fall, and Tang Baiqing crouched and rushed into his father's car.
Inside the car, in addition to Tang Baiqing's father, there was an old police officer who had come over in his pajamas.
Outside the car, the driver stood in the rain waiting.
"Dad, I... I really didn't mean to. She scratched me, so I hit her just once, only once!" Tang Baiqing explained desperately.
"Smack!"
Tang Baiqing's father slapped him across the face, complex emotions flashing in his eyes. "Playing with women can lead to deadly consequences, you stupid pig-headed fool!"
Tang Baiqing's cheek swelled up, and he didn't dare say a word.
"Old Yang, can you handle this?" Tang Baiqing's father turned to the man in pajamas and asked.
The man thought for a moment, looked up at Tang Baiqing, and asked, "Did anyone see her when she came to find you?"
"Yes, we were playing cards," Tang Baiqing nodded.
"Was anyone else in the house?" the man asked again.
"Yes, there was a worker who smuggles goods, he lives here," Tang Baiqing revealed everything.
"You only hit her once?" the man asked sternly.
Tang Baiqing nodded immediately. "I really just hit her once, Uncle Yang!"
"Do many people know about your relationship?" the man asked.
"Quite a few, we met at a gathering, and some people in our circle of friends know that we're together," Tang Baiqing replied.
The man rubbed his hands together and turned to Tang Baiqing's father. "If this is not handled officially, it could get worse. If someone saw her coming here or knew about her visit beforehand, things could escalate."
Tang Baiqing's father remained silent.
"If it's dug up later, it will be harder to contain," the man spoke tactfully. "Dealing with it privately is one thing, but if it's uncovered later and someone dies due to a brawl or an accident, that's a whole different story, do you understand what I mean, Old Tang?"
Tang Baiqing's father gritted his teeth and leaned in to whisper in the man's ear, "My son had a bright future, but involving him in official matters will ruin it."
"My suggestion is this, with the least amount of risk," the man pondered for a moment before speaking. "I have connections at the police station, so it won't become too serious."
Tang Baiqing's father clenched his fists and looked at his son with a gloomy gaze, contemplating for a long time before nodding. "Alright, let's do it your way."
"The worker, can you handle him?" the man turned to ask Tang Baiqing.
"I know his boss, I can talk to him," Tang Baiqing nodded. "He shouldn't say anything reckless, and I didn't do anything wrong either."
"We're coming, he can't speak," the man reminded with a frown.
"I understand, I understand!" Tang Baiqing nodded.
"Old Tang, why don't you go back first and I'll pick up another cop?" the man suggested.
"Okay," Tang Baiqing's father nodded.
—---
Around 11 pm, police sirens blared across the beach, and six or seven police cars stopped in front of the third-story building.
Tang Baiqing and Wu Shixiong, the two parties involved, were taken away by the police, while the female corpse was loaded into a police van.
Sitting in the police car, Tang Baiqing's mind went blank. His heart was in chaos, and he seemed to have already sensed his own fate.
His bright future was ruined, and he faced the danger of imprisonment.
—---
After 4 am.
Yu Mingyuan's call came into Su Tianyu's cellphone: "Get up and go to the third-story building quickly. Something happened there. You need to rearrange everything, including the ship, and move it before the police station opens at 8:30 am. Hurry!"
Su Tianyu sat up suddenly. "What happened?"
"Tang Baiqing shot up drugs and killed someone there."
"...Is this guy bored?" Su Tianyu cursed in disbelief and got out of bed.
