How come he's the vice leader?!
Su Xiaoning stared blankly at the embarrassed vice leader in front of her, her original intention to give him a good scolding vanished at this moment.
"It's just a few pieces of herbal jelly. If you want some, just come and get it from me. Why would you need to steal it?"
Hearing Su Xiaoning's question, the vice leader scratched his head guiltily and muttered, "How could I possibly accept this? I treated you and the people around you so badly before. What if you didn't want to give it to me? As a vice leader, how could I lose face like this..."
"Do you think you're so great just because you came to steal?" Su Xiaoning said, both amused and exasperated. She let go of the vice leader's hand and handed him a large pot of herbal jelly. "Take it. It's just something to eat, no big deal!"
“You…” The deputy leader looked at the herbal jelly in his hand with a complicated expression and a guilty look on his face. “You are a good person, but I was arresting your senior brother… However, we had no choice but to do so, and we hope you can understand.”
Mentioning Bai Hua, who had been missing for several days, Su Xiaoning still had unsolved mysteries in her mind, so she tentatively asked, "I still don't know why you arrested my senior brother. Did he offend you? If so, I will apologize to you on his behalf, so please don't make things difficult for him, okay?"
"Alas, you have no idea..." The deputy leader sighed and slowly began to recount what had happened some time ago.
It turns out that a long time ago, the leader of the Canal Gang fell seriously ill and specifically requested Bai Hua and his apprentice to treat him. The gang members went to great lengths to invite Bai Hua and his apprentice, but unexpectedly, shortly after the master and apprentice began treating the leader, the leader disappeared!
The gang leader still carried the gang's token. Before his disappearance, he did not designate anyone as the next gang leader. Now that the token has disappeared along with the gang leader, the huge gang is leaderless and has been in turmoil for quite some time.
"So... you've placed all these grudges on Bai Hua?"
Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoning was dumbfounded. So this was the reason why Bai Hua was being hunted!
The deputy gang leader frowned and said in a low voice, "Our Cao Gang has always had a rival, the Whale Gang. When this happened, our first suspicion was that Bai Hua and his apprentice were bribed by the Whale Gang to assassinate the gang leader. Now that Bai Hua's master has passed away, we can only do our best to capture Bai Hua and find out the gang leader's whereabouts."
“But Bai Hua isn’t that kind of person,” Su Xiaoning defended Bai Hua. She was good at judging people. Although she hadn’t known Bai Hua for long, he didn’t seem like the kind of person who could be bribed to commit a serious crime.
The deputy gang leader looked gloomy and shrugged, saying, "This isn't something you can decide alone. As long as Bai Hua remains at large, we will not give up the search for him."
The situation is so deadlocked, this is going to be difficult.
Su Xiaoning lowered her head and thought for a while, then leaned close to the vice leader's ear and said, "I have a way that should make Bai Hua walk right into our trap. Then we can find out the truth with just a few questions..."
...
Three days later, news quickly spread throughout Tongcheng.
The distinguished guest invited by the Cao Gang, Su Xiaoning, is a medical prodigy. She has decided to pursue medicine and do good deeds for the people. Now she needs a master to teach her medicine. All talented people are welcome to come to the Cao Gang and give it a try.
As soon as the news came out, quite a few people went to the Cao Gang to apply to be Su Xiaoning's master, but Su Xiaoning never gave in. She patiently waited for her prey to fall into her trap.
One night, Su Xiaoning's window was opened silently again. While Su Xiaoning was still asleep, someone grabbed her arm and dragged her outside.
"Baihua, you've finally arrived."
Su Xiaoning said in a deep voice. She suddenly flung the person in front of her, who was caught off guard and fell to the ground, looking at her angrily.
"I told you long ago that I could teach you medicine, but you're so comfortable staying here that you're looking for another master? Tell me, who in the entire Tongcheng has better medical skills than me!"
Bai Hua angrily rebuked Su Xiaoning, feeling deeply distressed that Su Xiaoning wanted to become someone else's apprentice.
Su Xiaoning looked at him without fear and said bluntly, "If I hadn't released this information, why would you have come back to find me? You've been on the run for so long and still won't explain things clearly. You're really something!"
"You..." Bai Hua's eyes widened, and he suddenly realized that he had fallen into a trap. He hurriedly got up from the ground and was about to run away when the door was suddenly opened with a "bang," and Su Qingcai and the deputy gang leader walked in with a group of people.
"You...you actually set a trap for me!"
The window was blocked, and Bai Hua was furious, staring at Su Xiaoning with eyes that seemed to want to devour her alive.
“Since you’ve done some things, you should be prepared to face the consequences.” Su Xiaoning shrugged, not feeling guilty at all. “What exactly happened with the disappearance of the Cao Gang leader? You’d better explain it clearly now, or I can’t stop them from doing whatever they want to you.”
Bai Hua pursed his lips tightly. He originally didn't want to say anything, but when he saw the menacing looks of the canal gang members, he chickened out.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything I know! But I only want to talk to you about this. Tell them all to leave!"
Bai Hua directly designated Su Xiaoning, though it's unclear what his intentions were.
Before Su Xiaoning could answer, Su Qingcai spoke with a gloomy expression.
"No! What can't we say here? What if you try to run away again?"
Just kidding, what if a man and a woman alone in a room and something happens between them?
“I already said I would tell you everything, how could I possibly run away? Don’t you trust your partner at all?” Bai Hua snorted coldly and walked directly to Su Xiaoning’s side. “Anyway, I only want to talk to her. If you don’t leave, I won’t say anything!”
"Don't push your luck!" Su Qingcai couldn't take it anymore and was about to step forward to teach Bai Hua a lesson when Su Xiaoning pushed him and the Cao Gang members out the door.
"Alright, alright, it's no big deal. I'll keep an eye on him; there's absolutely no way he'll run away!"
After saying that, Su Xiaoning closed the door.
Facing the tightly closed door, Su Qingcai was so angry that her head ached.
Inside the room, Su Xiaoning paid no attention to Su Qingcai outside. She was too eager for an answer and asked impatiently, "Now you can tell me, right?"
Bai Hua looked troubled, and after hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke.
"Actually, I don't know where the leader of the Canal Gang went! The Canal Gang did ask my master and me to treat the leader, but he wasn't sick at all. He even threatened us to disguise him. My master did the disguise, and I never saw his face. Now my master has passed away, and the leader has disappeared. Even if you ask me, I have no idea!"
"How could this be?" Su Xiaoning was stunned, completely unexpected by this revelation. "What about the canal gang's token? Do you know where it went?"
"This..." Bai Hua was about to speak when he suddenly sensed an unusual aura, and his expression immediately changed.
"Oh no, someone's outside!"
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