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Chapter 8: Get The Melon

"Talk? Then why did all those people have to leave?"

Hui Yin was feeling annoyed. Talk if you want to talk, just don't shamelessly tell lies and appear like a kindly old man. Such fake pretenses were jarring to the eyes.

"I didn't tell them to leave, Miss Hui. They left on their own."

Hui Yin pursed her lips and kept silent. She didn't have the energy to deal with him any longer.

Seeing Hui Yin's impatience, Party Secretary Lee continued, "I heard Miss Hui posted a picture of Mr. Lu online? What a clever idea, to let the whole world know that Mr. Lu is in our village and letting us take up the responsibility if anything untoward happens to him."

Hui Yin returned his fake smile with another one of her own. "You're thinking too much, Party Secretary Lee. This junior only wanted to know Mr. Lu's identity, and is certainly not as calculative as you say."

Hui Yin quickly forgot that only seconds ago, she hated people with 'fake pretenses'.

Lu Shen lowered his head, an imperceptible smile tugging on his lips. But when he raised his head again, he was back to his customary icy expression.

"I deeply apologize for what our police has done to the two of you. Be rest assured, I will seek justice for Mr. Lu's injury. He Fenfang, why don't you brew a cup of tea for all of us? There are tea leaves in the cabinet of the second room to your right when you go out."

The tea shop owner stood up and after nodding slightly to Hui Yin and Lu Shen, she then left the room.

"You say you deeply apologize for causing my injury, and yet you're not frantic to rush me into an emergency room. Why is that?"

Hui Yin didn't expect Lu Shen to speak out, but his words had a ring of truth in it. If this Party Secretary was really afraid of letting this incident badly affect the reputation of their village and their police, he should be trying to treat Lu Shen's wound as soon as possible. But having a relaxed discussion like this, he was definitely acting opposite to his words.

"Oh, I'm sure Mr. Lu is unfamiliar with villages as small as ours. We don't have a lot of vehicles, and only a flatbed truck comes once a week loaded with food and simple household goods for sale. It would take a long time for us to borrow one and go to the nearest hospital."

Hui Yin yawned loudly. What was the point of talking with this man? He was not going to say directly whatever it was that he wanted from them.

"Party Secretary Lee, if your intention for calling us over here is to only apologize, then Lu Shen and I will leave now."

Hui Yin stood up, pulling Lu Shen along with her. She was feeling very suspicious about this man. They needed to go outside, back to where a lot of people could prevent their enemies in the dark from acting directly against them. She knew that no matter how ruthless they were, they wouldn't create a senseless massacre.

"Miss Hui, don't be too hasty. I still have something else I need to talk about with you and Mr. Lu...ah, He Fenfang, you're back with the tea. Why don't we all relax and sit down? I still haven't mentioned Mr. Lu's car accident, have I?"

Hui Yin stiffened. Lu Shen looked at her, waiting for her decision. If he had not lost his memories, he would have certainly done as he liked without asking for her opinion.

After a brief pause, Hui Yin nodded.

The two of them sat back down.

The kind elder gave them their cups of tea, and Hui Yin nodded her thanks as she took a sip. It was the same flavor as the one in the tea shop. Because it was personally brewed, it had a better aroma and taste than manufactured tea bags.

"How did you know about Lu Shen's car accident?" Hui Yin immediately asked.

Party Secretary Lee shook his head with a laugh. "Miss Hui is indeed too impatient. One would have thought you're more interested in this car accident than the victim himself."

Hui Yin severely wanted to wring this old fart's neck. Why don't I give you a little 'accident' too, huh?

"Whatever Hui Yin asks, take it as if I'm the one asking you."

Lu Shen was quick to defend her. He didn't know a thing about his identity, but from the reaction of the people around him, he seemed to be quite...intimidating?

Like he expected, the Party Secretary shrank a bit when he heard him speak. Lu Shen wasn't aware that every time he was feeling angry, his voice would also sound cold, making a person feel like they were submerged in ice. Amnesiac or not, he would still be carrying characteristics of his former self. It was quick to come out when his emotions were riled up.

Party Secretary Lee cleared his throat and inwardly shifted his chair so that he was slightly farther away from Lu Shen.

"Like I said before, there are only a few vehicles in our village. So if word comes out that an expensive car was found overturned on the side of the road without a driver, and the missing Mr. Lu turned up in our village, it would be easy for people to discover the connection between the two. It is as simple as that, Miss Hui. I mean nothing else with my words."

Then why did you stop us from leaving?

Hui Yin stood up once again, and this time, three other people also stood up with her. The butcher, the forty-something year old woman, and the kind tea shop owner.

Hui Yin's expression changed.

Party Secretary Lee waved his hand. "Knock them out."

In unison, these three people struck the necks of the confused actresses, and their heads fell limply with a thud on the table. Lu Shen stood in front of Hui Yin, his expression unsightly.

"It's useless," she said, her eyes finding Party Secretary Lee. He was still sitting down, but he gave her a smile when his eyes met hers. "They drugged the tea."

Lu Shen grabbed her hand tightly.

"I'm still feeling okay. I'll distract them, you run out of the door."

"No."

How could she let him ruin her plans when everything was going smoothly? Isn't this the perfect chance to follow the vine and get the melon? [1] Ever since they went out of the forest, Hui Yin hadn't let down her guard. It was just as she predicted. They did decide to act today.

"You run, I'll distract them. Meet with your parents when they arrive and search for me. You're the one they want dead. If I end up getting captured, they'll use me as a hostage and not kill me because they know we're close," she whispered.

One way or another, she had expected to get caught. Lu Shen was useless right now without his memories, and Hui Yin was even more so. How could they fight with the culprit in their situation? She could only plan a risky mission like this.

[1] track down somebody by following clues


Chapter 9: Sounds Good Too

Hui Yin knew he wouldn't agree, so she didn't wait for his response. She picked up her tea cup and aimed it at the approaching butcher. He dodged, but she expected that too.

Hui Yin ran towards the door. When the butcher tried to stop her, Lu Shen hit the butcher's leg with a swift kick and thrown him over to the floor. It was done in less than a second.

Hui Yin blinked. This man's judo skills were too impressive. But she knew that for the Party Secretary to sit like that without a care in the world, he must have been hiding a weapon.

"Go!" Hui Yin turned the knob, but it was locked. "Lu Shen!"

As they switched positions, Hui Yin saw in the corner of her eye that the Party Secretary was starting to stand up. Knowing that they didn't have enough time, she picked up her wooden chair and threw it at him.

You bald bastard, take this!

Lu Shen succeeded in kicking the door open. It was made of flimsy material, and he aimed near the keyhole, the weakest part of the door.

Just as Hui Yin had thrown the chair, she saw that the woman and the tea lady were taking out their guns. Her heart thudded to a stop. It wasn't only the Party Secretary who had a weapon. In addition to the drugged tea, these people came well-prepared for any unforeseen situation that could arise.

Lu Shen pushed her down. "Duck!"

The bullets whizzed past the two of them and created holes into the wall. Each loud sound of the gun firing was amplified inside the small room.

Lu Shen crawled towards the unconscious butcher and used it to cover their bodies as he pulled Hui Yin towards the open doorway.

Her lips twitched. This was the true definition of being a meat-shield.

"Stop them!" shouted Party Secretary Lee.

He was sweating profusely as he had not expected for the situation to come this far. Wasn't that man seriously injured? How did he manage to move so quickly? He Fenfang and the other woman were only amateurs who had been given a gun. As for him, all he knew was how to accept bribes and entice the villagers. He did own a gun, but he hadn't fired one for several years.

Hui Yin quickly changed plans when she saw the look on the Party Secretary's face. Could they win? Compared to being captured, it would be far better to interrogate her would-be capturers for information instead.

Lu Shen knew what the girl beside him was thinking. He flipped the table on its side and stashed her behind it.

"Lie down on your stomach, they won't aim that low," he whispered to her. "I'll fight them."

"But your shoulder is injured!"

His eyes lit up. "Are you worried for me?"

"It's not a question of whether I'm worried or not, I just don't want to be responsible for a person's death!"

He gently patted her head. "Thinking about me because of guilt for the rest of your life sounds good too."

"..."

This man was crazy.

Using the butcher to receive the stray bullets, Lu Shen dashed out from behind the table. As for Hui Yin, she obediently laid down and covered her head.

There were grunts and screams, shouts and gunshots. The sound of a scuffle soon entered her ears, and Hui Yin wanted to take a look. But she didn't dare to.

Not long afterwards, Lu Shen's exhausted voice called her over.

"It's alright, you can come out now."

Hui Yin timidly crawled out from behind the table. She saw the two women immediately, and they were lying down side by side, with the butcher between them. Both females were sporting twin black eyes and a busted nose. Studying their banged up appearance, Hui Yin couldn't help but rub her nose.

This man truly...didn't have any tender feelings towards the fairer sex. He even punched their faces.

But what is with this strange position?

"The butcher had an affair with the two women, and the two of them decided to fight it out." Lu Shen's low voice interrupted her reverie. "The butcher tried to stop them, but he was the one who got shot instead. Afterwards, I took their guns and they punched each other, so having no choice, I knocked them out."

Hui Yin's eyes glanced towards him. He was sitting with his back on the wall, and his shoulder injury had started bleeding again. The Party Secretary was beside him, both of his arms broken. He looked miserable.

"The Party Secretary wanted to scold the butcher for his affair, and the man got angry. He broke two of his arms. As for us, since I'm injured and you were scared, we hid in the corner and didn't intervene."

Lu Shen was truly efficient. He already had a cover up story for what happened.

Hui Yin sat beside him. "What about the actresses?"

"Fainted due to fright. One of them is dead. Hit by a stray bullet. The butcher too."

Hui Yin was already feeling woozy due to the tea, and this piece of news nearly made her pass out. She had stayed strong before because adrenaline took over her body, but now that the fight was over...no.

She still couldn't faint here. There was still Party Secretary Lee, whom she needed to question about the culprit.

While Hui Yin was on her mental journey, she felt a sudden weight on her shoulder. When she looked over, she saw that Lu Shen had fallen asleep and his head was using her shoulder as his pillow. He breathed deeply and evenly, his fluttering eyelashes casting shadows along the crest of his cheekbones.

Well, no wonder. Hui Yin only took a sip of her tea. He drank nearly half of it. It was already surprising that he hadn't passed out earlier.

Hui Yin looked silently at Party Secretary Lee.

"I know what you want to ask." There were no pretenses in his voice now, only resignation. Party Secretary Lee heaved a deep sigh.

"I've only met him once, and I didn't get to see his face. He said he wanted to kill Mr. Lu here, and if I could do that, he'll be able to raise my position and transfer me to the city. If we could spare you, then we should. But if we couldn't...he told us to kill you along with Mr. Lu."


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