Chapter 26 The Avengers
It was already 10 p.m. when we finished the barbecue.
Li Zhibai directed Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang to stop Qiu Ling, and then paid the bill with satisfaction.
Qiu Ling: "..."
Lu Yanhe said, "Officer Qiu, don't be so polite with him. His monthly allowance is more than your salary for half a year."
Qiu Ling: "!!!"
She stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked completely at ease.
“You see, we will absolutely not compete with him for the order,” Lu Yanhe added.
Li Zhibai was very satisfied with Lu Yanhe's two sentences and nodded to Qiu Ling, "Oh, Officer Qiu, none of the people I eat with have ever paid the bill."
Qiu Ling asked in shock, "Are celebrities really that rich?"
Li Zhibai grunted and said, "Being a top-tier artist does make a lot of money. Artists at our level, well..."
Yan Liang said, "He mainly lives on the pocket money his family gives him."
Qiu Ling felt relieved.
Okay, if he's just a rich kid, then she understands.
Qiu Ling happened to pass by the entrance of Hongfu Residential Area on her way back.
"Bye-bye, Officer Qiu, let's have barbecue together again next time," Li Zhibai said.
Qiu Ling: "No, I'm not used to being treated all the time."
“Then you pay next time,” Li Zhibai said. “I definitely won’t try to pay for it again.”
Qiu Ling: "Okay, I'll treat you next time."
Li Zhibai stood at the door, waved to Qiu Ling, and watched her leave happily.
Lu Yanhe glanced at Li Zhibai, whose face was filled with the youthful joy of spring.
“Officer Qiu is very beautiful, Li Zhibai,” Lu Yanhe said.
Li Zhibai answered instinctively, "Of course."
Then he suddenly realized what was happening.
"What do you mean?" Li Zhibai looked at Lu Yanhe with suspicion. "You haven't fallen for Officer Qiu, have you?"
"Shouldn't we be asking you that?" Lu Yanhe said.
Yan Liang nodded, completely agreeing with Lu Yanhe's statement.
"That's right."
Li Zhibai immediately turned his head away, stammering, "Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Keep pretending!" Lu Yanhe laughed disdainfully.
He glanced at Qiu Ling, who had already crossed the street, and said, "You seem so concerned about what happened between her and that Mr. Chen she went on a blind date with last time. You don't have that kind of interest in this?"
Li Zhibai: "What's wrong with showing concern? I just think Officer Qiu is a good person with a good personality, so what's wrong with wanting to make friends? You two are still in high school, so focus on your studies."
Lu Yanhe: "Hmm?"
"Hmm what? Did I say something wrong? Lu Yanhe, don't think that just because you ranked in the top 300 in the grade once—"
"Wait a minute," Lu Yanhe interrupted him.
Li Zhibai: "What are you waiting for? Don't be so arrogant. Let me tell you, getting into Yuming and Zhenhua isn't such a simple matter—"
Lu Yanhe immediately covered Li Zhibai's mouth with one hand.
"Look at that person!"
He gestured with his eyes to the other side of the road.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang had no idea what Lu Yanhe wanted them to see.
"What's wrong?" Yan Liang asked.
Lu Yanhe withdrew his hand and wiped it on Li Zhibai's clothes.
"Holy crap!" Li Zhibai's eyes widened.
“I saw that person at the barbecue restaurant.” Lu Yanhe looked at the person across the street wearing a long-sleeved jacket and a sun hat. Judging from the figure, it seemed to be a woman. “She was standing outside the barbecue restaurant when I went to get my drink.”
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang looked puzzled: "So?"
That person was just walking across the street; they weren't a paparazzi or anything.
Lu Yanhe asked, "Do you remember the band-aid on Officer Qiu's face? She said that she went to arrest someone today, and that person's wife scratched her and thought that the police were deliberately framing her husband."
It wasn't until this moment that Li Zhibai and Yan Liang understood the implication in Lu Yanhe's words.
"You mean, that woman might be that man's wife?" Li Zhibai asked in shock.
Lu Yanhe: "I don't know, but the combination of these events is too coincidental. At least forty minutes have passed since I saw her at the barbecue restaurant. If she were just strolling around, she would have left long ago. If she lived nearby, she wouldn't still be here. You see, isn't she following Officer Qiu?"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhibai immediately lifted his leg to cross the road.
"What are you doing?" Lu Yanhe grabbed Li Zhibai with lightning speed. "Don't make any rash moves."
Li Zhibai said, "That woman might be here to get revenge on Officer Qiu. I have to go and warn her!"
Yan Liang said, "Perhaps we've made a mistake, it's a misunderstanding, just a coincidence."
“Yes, maybe it’s just a coincidence, but if I’m not overthinking it, then Officer Qiu is in a bit of danger,” Lu Yanhe said. “Li Zhibai, if that woman really wants to get revenge on Officer Qiu, she must have noticed the three of us eating barbecue with Officer Qiu just now, and she knows we know Officer Qiu. If you suddenly rush over to Officer Qiu now, what if you provoke that woman and she suddenly attacks? What if she’s carrying a knife or some other sharp weapon? Call Officer Qiu and remind her not to show anything unusual.”
Li Zhibai thought Lu Yanhe's words made sense, nodded, and immediately picked up his phone.
Lu Yanhe said, "I'll go over first and follow that woman to see what happens. You guys just stay on the side of the road and keep an eye on her. If that woman really makes a move, and I can control her for a while, you should call the police immediately."
Yan Liang looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise: "You're going to follow her? Alone? What if she really has a knife on her? Aren't you afraid?"
Lu Yanhe: "If she really had a knife, I should be able to subdue her relatively easily if I pinned her to the ground from behind."
The disparity in power between men and women is undeniable.
Yan Liang: "I'll go with you, Li Zhibai. Did you hear what Lu Yanhe said just now?"
Li Zhibai frowned. "You told me to stay here and watch over things—"
Just then, the call he made went through.
"Officer Qiu, I need to talk to you about something. Don't show anything unusual, we've discovered..."
As Li Zhibai was speaking, he looked up and saw that Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang had already crossed the road.
Qiu Ling, who was about fifty meters away from them, received Li Zhibai's call and immediately became alert.
Her first reaction was to carefully observe the surroundings for any mirrors or similar objects that would allow her to see what was behind her.
If it really was the man's wife from the daytime who wanted revenge, then she must have a dangerous weapon on her.
Qiu Ling had studied martial arts and knew basic self-defense techniques.
She also had a stun gun in her bag.
She carefully took out a stun gun from her bag, held it in front of her stomach, and listened carefully to the sounds behind her.
Livin Garden is just ahead, around the corner.
There aren't many people on this side of the road, and even fewer over there.
She rounded the corner and entered its shadow, then quickly dodged and wedged herself into a narrow crevice, waiting for the person behind her to appear.
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