Chapter Thirteen Was Hijacked

  It was already past four in the afternoon when they arrived at the provincial city. Xing Ye dragged her luggage out of the train station, and the prosperity of the provincial city was something that her small county town couldn't compare to. Xing Ye wouldn't be like she was on her first trip to the city, looking at everything with fresh eyes. She found a small inn near the train station that looked relatively clean and decided to stay there for the night. It was impossible to go see her brother today, so she would rest tonight and head out early tomorrow morning.

  Although I had all the money on me, which was just over three thousand yuan, for safety reasons, I still took a standard single room for two people overnight. I took the key thrown by the service staff at the counter and went to find my room on the second floor myself. You can't expect service staff to lead you to your room or carry your luggage in this kind of small hotel.

  She went upstairs to the second floor, room by room, and finally found her own room in a corner. Just as she was about to open the door, two doors on the right side opened simultaneously, and a group of people rushed out.

  Xīng yè hái méi liǎo jiě fā shēng le shén me shì qíng ne, yǐ jīng bèi rén lè zhù le bó zǐ, yī bǎ dāo kǒu héng zài le yǎn qián, sì wǔ zhī hēi dòng dòng de qiāng kǒu duì zhǔn le zì jǐ. Lèng zhù le de xīng yè bèi hòu miàn de rén lè dé chuǎn bù shàng qì lái, cái liǎo jiě guò lái zì jǐ zhè shì bèi jié chí chéng wèi rén zhì le.

  Are you kidding me? Otherwise, how could I have encountered such a coincidence (in fact, even more coincidental things have happened to me, rebirth), being strangled by the starry night and rolling my eyes, what's going on, this way is not waiting for the bandit to use a knife, I will be strangled to death by him first.

  "Don't come any closer, I have a hostage, if you come any closer I'll kill him first" - a phrase often used by hijackers.

  "You'd better relax, or you'll choke your hostage to death." The young man opposite him held a gun motionless, staring at him with an expression as calm as if he were chatting with friends over tea.

  The bandit looked at Xing Ye with a pale face, and quickly loosened his arm, but brought the dagger closer.

  Xīng yè yī néng hū xī jiù dà shēng kǒu suì qǐ lái, méi bàofǎ shì rén bèi lè nàme jiǔ huì rúcǐ.

  Translation:

  As soon as he could breathe at night, he started coughing loudly, it's inevitable that a person would be so after being choked for so long.

  The young man with the gun was apparently the leader of this group, for it was he who spoke again.

  "Your companions have all been captured and we've got you surrounded. Where can you escape to? Put down your sword and surrender!"

  The starry night felt the villain behind him trembling all over, with a shiny dagger only ten centimeters away from his face. He thought to himself: Please don't tremble, hold it steady in your hand.

  "Don't move" Seeing someone trying to sneak forward, the thug pointed his dagger at them and shouted loudly, then quickly turned the dagger back into the darkness of night.

  "But are they just drugs? If you kill the hostages, it's a capital offense."

  "Spare me the nonsense, with what I have in my hands, you'd be shot multiple times. The scoundrel shouted: 'I've eaten, drunk and enjoyed myself, even if I die, it's not unjust, but this little girl is unlucky, she'll have to accompany me in death.'"

  Xing Ye listened to his words without turning pale, it turned out that he still met a desperate man, and he had just been reborn and hadn't done anything yet, if he died like this, it would be too worthless.

  "Little girl, take a good look at those people over there. It's them, these police officers, who are forcing me to kill you. If you die and want revenge, don't forget their share." The thug tightened his grip on Xing Ye's neck, forcing her to lift her head and look towards the police across from them.

  He was choked by him at night and couldn't speak. If he could speak, he would definitely ask about his mother and grandfather first.

  The words had an effect on the police, and the young man in plain clothes waved his hand to stop his companions from taking action.

  The thug sneered and pulled Xing Ye back towards the stairs, retreating as the police advanced, keeping a certain distance.

  A group of armed police officers with live ammunition were ambushing at the corner of the stairs, apparently here to provide support.

  "Get down, quick! Prepare a car with full tank of gas for me and park it at the gate. Don't turn off the engine!" The thug shouted professionally at the police rushing towards the stairs.

  Police wearing bulletproof vests and helmets retreated to the first floor staircase and refused to withdraw further.

  The situation was temporarily at a stalemate.

  The stars in the night sky were shining anxiously, what do these police officers eat, snipers? Aren't there always snipers on TV, one shot and it's all over? But looking around, not even a window can be found, even if there are snipers, they can't be used!

  It seems that the thugs behind are not very strong, and Xing Ye considers whether to fight or not. The police seem to be unable to intervene, and if he allows the thugs to take him out of the door and onto a car, he will be in even greater danger alone. As long as he is not stabbed to death with a dagger, even if he gets hurt, he can still save his life.

  Xīng yè ná dìng zhǔ yì qiāo qiāo bǎ shǒu shēn jìn le lǚ xíng dài lǐ, dàitú zhǐ shì lè zhuò le tā de bózi, bìng méi yǒu kòngzhì tā de shuāng shǒu, ér xīng yè rú jiù mìng gāo bān de jǐn bào zhe zìjǐ bù dà de lǚ xíng dài, zhēn qián xíng shì jí pò dōu méi yǒu yìshí dào, zìjǐ shǒu lǐ ná de dōngxi.

  Her silent hands rummaged through her bag in the dark of night, found it, and grasped what she was looking for tightly in her hand, feeling a bit more at ease.

  Now it's time to find an opportunity, police comrades, you should also play a role, such as attracting the attention of the thugs.

  It's clear that the stalemate has lasted too long, and the thugs couldn't hold on any longer.

  "Where is the car I want? Why isn't it ready yet?"

  The young man opposite still spoke in a calm and unhurried tone: "We can't possibly agree to your demands, you have no choice but to release the hostages and surrender, it's the only way out."

  "Damn it, you see their faces? These are the people who want to kill you." He said, pointing at the crowd with a dagger in his hand.

  The moment his hand left, she swiftly pulled out a short knife from her bag and slashed at the man's arm holding the dagger. The man reacted quickly, counterattacking with the dagger, but it was cut off by the short knife. Xing Ye didn't care about this; as she drew her knife, her other elbow forcefully struck the man's ribcage, sending him tumbling down the stairs.

  The police upstairs were stunned for a moment and didn't react until several seconds later, when they rushed towards the thug who was unable to move after being knocked down.

  The stars at night can't take care of those already fallen and weakened on the ground.

  Staring at the half dagger that fell on the ground in the starry night, a chill ran down his spine. If not for his own sharp blade, he would have been stabbed with a hole in his body.

  "How are you?" Li Nanfang squatted in front of Xing Ye.

  He looked up at the starry night and saw that it was the young police officer who had just spoken with the thug. He wanted to speak, but his teeth were chattering and he couldn't get the words out, so he simply shook his head, then thought better of it and nodded instead.

  "Give it to me," Li Nanfang said, pointing at the short knife tightly clutched in his hand under the starry night sky.

  "My" starry night gazed into his eyes, finally able to speak, expressing myself with the simplest words.

  "This is evidence" Li Nanfang wanted to take down the knife in Xing Ye's hand, but unexpectedly Xing Ye gripped it even tighter.

  "Will you return it to me?" Xīng Yè asked anxiously at night.

  "Uh-huh, in principle, yes."

  "This dagger is of great significance to Xing Ye, and naturally cannot be ignored."

  "Alright, I promise." Li Nanfang couldn't help but find her childish behavior somewhat amusing.

  The starry night relaxed its grip, and due to excessive force, its fingers were unable to stretch normally.

  "It's a good knife" Li Nanfang looked at the blade and handed it over to his colleague along with the half of the dagger on the ground.

  "Can you get up? We need you to go to the bureau to make a record."

  Tried it at night and really had no strength, legs are weak!

  "My legs are weak, help me out." Xing Ye stretched out his arm towards Li Nanfang.

  Li Nanfang helped her up and walked with her for a circle, and since she wasn't seriously injured, they just opened up the place.

  The other police officers have all received their pay and are preparing to leave.

  Xīnyè tiē zhe xínglǐ jǐn gēnzhe Lǐ Nánfāng, "děng děng", zǒu dào ménkǒu Xīnyè xiǎngle shénme yòu zhé huí qù.

  English Translation:

  Xinye carried his luggage closely following Linanfang, "wait a minute," walking to the door Xinye thought of something and turned back again.

  Li Nanfang curiously followed her in and saw that she was asking the waiter for a refund. The waiter originally didn't want to give it back, but after seeing Li Nanfang standing behind her, he became nervous and quickly returned the money to her.

  "Are we stopping here?" Li Nanfang asked her as he opened the car door.

  "After this incident, I have psychological trauma. Living here makes me afraid of not being able to sleep. You think, shouldn't I ask them for some mental damage compensation?" Xing Ye said while getting on the car.

  "It won't happen again at least for today." Li Nanfang started the car.

  "I won't run into this kind of thing again if I change to another store, will I? That's too unlucky. Ah," suddenly came to my senses and felt a bit regretful, "you're right, since they live here, they should at least waive the rent for me."

  Li Nanfang was amused by Xing Ye's serious tone.

  He gazed at Starry Night through the rearview mirror. Starry Night knew he was looking and smiled back at him, elegant in the rearview mirror.

  "What's your name?"

  "Luoxingye" replied honestly at night.

  "How old is he?"

  "16" mentally, 30 in his heart.

  "Is this an official interrogation?" Xing Ye retorted.

  "Of course not." Li Nan was puzzled as to how she could think that way.

  "What about you? Don't you need to introduce yourself too?" Xuan asked on a starry night.

  "I'm 26 now. Ten years older than you!"

  The starry night rolled its eyes weakly, who asked you this anyway.

  "I'm a cop on TV, don't I always have to show my badge and tell people who I am?"

  Li Nanfang realized he had made a fool of himself, wondering what was wrong with him. Normally quite dignified, today he had made a laughing stock of himself in front of a young girl. Still, he needed to introduce himself.

  "Li Nanfang, captain of the first squadron of the provincial public security bureau's criminal investigation team."

  "The 26-year-old squadron leader is pretty good." Xīng Yè whispered.

  Li Nanfang occasionally glanced at Xing Ye in the rearview mirror, a 16-year-old girl who made his brothers' eyes drop to the ground today.

  Today, such a situation, not to mention a girl, even if it were a man who was hijacked, would be scared out of his wits. But surprisingly, this seemingly weak and pitiful-looking girl not only remained calm in the face of everything but also seized the most advantageous opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the thug. Just that kind of courage and daring to draw her sword is enough to make a group of big men blush with shame.

  "You're very brave, it's really not easy!" Li Nanfang sincerely praised.

  "My life is mine to fight for, if someone else was held hostage I would have hidden far away long ago." Xing Ye thought to himself now, doesn't he feel brave? Just a moment ago he was so scared he couldn't even stand up straight. If there's another time something like this happens, most likely he won't be so reckless again, or else he might just lose his life.