Chapter 105 Closing the Net
"What's the noise? Be more specific!" Gu Qiuhan's voice sounded close to Gu Qiuyue's ear, low and rapid, and his warm breath brushed across her cold earlobe.
"Just a sound... very short, like... like a piece of iron scraping against wall tiles, or... a crowbar hitting something..." Gu Qiuyue tried her best to recall the fleeting sound, her heart beating so wildly that it seemed like it was going to burst out of her chest.
Gu Qiuhan's eyes flashed!
Crowbar? This was definitely not a noise a wild cat could make. He quickly concluded that the other party was probably probing the rear window, or even preparing to attack.
"Flour!" Gu Qiuhan shouted, his eyes sweeping over Xu Qin. Xu Qin, as if waking from a dream, hurriedly stuffed the small cloth bag of flour in her hand to Gu Qiuyue, "I also put in some chili powder from home."
Gu Qiuyue held on tightly, her cold fingertips touching the rough cloth, as if she had caught a glimmer of hope for counterattack.
Gu Qiuhan quickly gestured, indicating that Gu Qiuyue and Xu Qin should stick close to the wall and hide in the shadow of the side door of the main room (leading to the backyard).
He himself was like a cheetah ready to pounce, moving silently to the side door, his body pressed against the cold wall, holding his breath. Gu Qiuhan had a military dagger in his hand that gleamed with cold light, the blade gleaming with a cold glow in the dim light.
Time seemed to be stretched out, and every second was as unbearable as cutting flesh with a blunt knife. The only sounds left in the main room were the extremely suppressed breathing of a few people and the pounding of their hearts.
“Crack…Crack…”
An extremely slight, yet extremely clear scraping sound came again from the direction of the backyard. This time, the sound was closer, with a cautious tentativeness and the texture of metal rubbing against a hard object, and the target was directly pointed at the blocked rear window of Gu Qiuyue's room.
All the blood in Gu Qiuyue's body seemed to rush to her head!
It's coming! It's really coming! Just across the wall!
Xu Qin was so frightened that she trembled all over and almost screamed, but Gu Qiuyue covered her mouth tightly. The two of them were pressed tightly together and could feel each other's violent trembling bodies and cold palms.
Gu Qiuhan's eyes became extremely calm at this moment. It was the absolute calmness tempered after experiencing a life-and-death struggle. He tilted his head slightly and gave Gu Qiuyue an extremely firm look, as if that look was saying: Don't be afraid, just follow the plan!
The scraping sound paused for a moment, as if confirming something, and then the sound changed into a stronger, rhythmic prying sound.
"...Creaky...Creaky..." The groaning of the old window frame under the heavy burden was infinitely amplified in the silent night, like the whisper of a devil. The people outside were trying to pry open the window that was blocked by the desk and bookcase.
"Do it!" Gu Qiuhan muttered to himself and suddenly waved his hand towards Gu Qiuyue.
Now is the time!
Gu Qiuyue's heart almost jumped out of her throat. The huge fear was instantly suppressed by a desperate ruthlessness. She suddenly rushed out from the shadow where she was hiding, and used all her strength to throw the bag of flour in her hand towards the part of the window that was pried open the most.
"puff!"
With a dull thud, the cloth bag filled with flour hit the window gap precisely and exploded instantly. The snow-white flour with red chili powder spread out like a thick fog, instantly filling the narrow alley space and rushing into the room through the tiny gap that was pried open.
"Cough! Cough! Shit! What the hell?!"
"Damn it! It's flour! What else is in there? Eyes! My eyes!"
Two sudden, painful, and angry coughs and curses were heard outside the window, accompanied by the sounds of flustered clapping and the clanging of falling metal tools.
Right now!
Gu Qiuhan's eyes flashed with coldness. He suddenly opened the side door leading to the backyard of the main hall. His tall figure was like a tiger descending from the mountain, wrapped in cold murderous aura, and pounced into the choking white dust like lightning.
"Don't move! Police!" Almost at the same time when Gu Qiuhan rushed out, several majestic and loud shouts suddenly rang out outside the front yard door and the entrance of the alley. The dazzling flashlight beams tore through the darkness like sharp swords, instantly locking the front and back of the Gu family courtyard firmly.
The net is finally tightened!
But in the choking white fog in the backyard, the muffled sound of fighting had just begun.
"Bang! Puff!"
"Ugh!"
Amidst the choking white mist of flour and chili powder, the dull clatter of flesh colliding and short, painful howls echoed one after another! It was impossible to make out the specifics of the situation; all one could hear were the fierce struggles, heavy breathing, and muffled groans of pain, like wild beasts tearing and fighting for their lives in the thick fog!
"Brother!" Gu Qiuyue's heart was in her throat. She subconsciously wanted to rush out to help, but her mother Xu Qin grabbed her arm tightly! Xu Qin's face was as pale as paper, and her body was shaking violently, but her eyes were extremely firm. She shook her head desperately at her daughter, indicating that she should not cause trouble.
"Listen up, everyone inside! Put down your weapons! Surrender immediately!" Outside the front yard door, the public security personnel's majestic shouts were accompanied by hurried footsteps approaching, and the flashlight beams were shaking on the courtyard wall. It was obvious that someone was trying to climb over the wall or break the door to support the backyard.
At this moment, a figure was thrown out from the rolling white dust in the backyard like a broken sack, and fell heavily on the stone steps of the back door of the main room with a "clang". He curled up into a ball, holding his stomach and retching and coughing in pain, with tears and snot all over his face. He was one of the unlucky guys whose eyes were blinded by the chili powder.
Immediately afterwards, Gu Qiuhan's tall figure strode out from the white mist like a god of war. His army green casual clothes were covered with flour, and there were several white marks on his face, but his eyes were as sharp as a knife. The military dagger in his hand had been put away, and instead he was twisting the arm of another gangster.
The gangster was a head shorter than him. At this moment, he looked like a chicken with its neck strangled. His arms were twisted almost deformed, and his face was also covered with flour and chili powder. One of his eyes was swollen to a slit, and the other eye looked at Gu Qiuhan with horror, and he let out an inharmonious wail from his mouth.
Gu Qiuhan's movements were clean and sharp, with a soldier's unique sense of strength and control. He gave the other man no chance to struggle, driving his knee into the other man's lower back while simultaneously yanking his twisted arm upwards.
"Crack!" With a teeth-grinding sound and a pig-slaughtering scream, the gangster's arm was instantly dislocated, and his whole body collapsed as if all his bones were pulled out. Gu Qiuhan threw him to the ground like garbage and stepped on his back.
"Behave yourself!" Gu Qiuhan's voice was cold, carrying a murderous aura from the smoke of gunpowder.
"Don't move!"
"Hands up!"
Almost at the same time when Gu Qiuhan controlled the second gangster, several uniformed police officers had already nimbly climbed over the courtyard wall or broke into the front yard. The black muzzles of their guns and the bright flashlights instantly locked onto the two gangsters on the ground who had lost their ability to resist, as well as Gu Qiuhan who was on guard with a knife.
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