On the bustling New Year's Eve, in a small square not far from a residential area, a brown stuffed bear with a bow tied around its neck walked out of a public toilet in the corner, carrying a backpack in his hand, and looking around, looking very cute.
People who came to the square to celebrate the New Year quickly noticed his presence and turned their heads to look over. Some active children even couldn't help screaming, shouting "Bear, Bear", and pulling their parents over to come over to have a close contact with the stuffed bear.
However, before they got close, the silly-looking stuffed bear suddenly stopped looking around and ran towards the activity stalls around the square. Then, it stopped in front of an old man's balloon stall with a strong purpose, gestured for a while, and finally took out a lot of pink big bills from its backpack and stuffed them into the old man's hand.
The old man was moved, bowed to the stuffed bear and thanked him, then picked up his plastic stool and the box of money, left the tricycle with a lot of balloons tied to it, and left.
The next second, the teddy bear put his backpack on the tricycle full of balloons, stepped on the tricycle, and skillfully rode the tricycle out of the stalls, along the roadside shops and stalls... and started buying things while riding.
The crowd: "..." Hey, is there something wrong with your style?
"Candy, prank fireworks, colorful lights, New Year banners... There are so many kinds of things. Is it so lively to celebrate the New Year outside?" Shi Jin muttered while hiding in the doll costume. He looked very leisurely and relaxed on the outside, but in fact, he was almost driven crazy by the progress bar that was still slowly increasing.
Xiao Si, who had been silent since entering the square, finally moved and said excitedly: "We have located it! The baby has not entered the residential area yet, but is parked at the gate of the community!" Shi Jin
's eyes lit up, and he quickly threw out a few red bills to buy out all the prank fireworks on a stall, piled the things on the car, got on the car, and drove across the small square like a gust of wind with a car full of balloons, candies and toys, heading towards the residential area.
The crowd of onlookers: "..."
The children who were ready to come over: "...Waaaaa——! Xiong Xiong is running, I want Xiong Xiong!"
...
The community where Chen Qing invited Lian Jun to dinner is called Tuanjie. It is a relatively old community with a small area, messy greenery, narrow roads, few parking spaces, and the gate faces a busy old street, which can only accommodate two cars driving side by side at most.
Gua Yi parked the car at a street corner some distance from the community, observed the surrounding situation, and said: "The buildings here are too complicated, and people could be hiding anywhere. Once ambushed, it will be difficult to escape."
Gua Er, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, added: "The community is too old, the interior is small, and it seems that there is no elevator. Is the leader of the Black Rose crazy? Let Chen Qing set up the dinner place here. Isn't he afraid that we will get suspicious?"
Lian Jun listened to their discussion and glanced at the people coming and going on the street. group, asked, "Have you arranged the personnel?"
Gua San, who was sitting on his left, turned off the tablet and replied, "The rescue personnel from Chen Qing's family are ready and can act at any time. The official and our people have also successfully ambushed around the community and are now investigating suspicious people and vehicles around. The situation inside the community is unclear, and we are still waiting for feedback from the early investigation personnel."
Lian Jun nodded to show that he understood, looked at the time, and called Chen Qing.
Gua Jiu, who was sitting on the other side of Lian Jun, immediately began to locate Chen Qing's specific location.
The call was quickly connected, and Chen Qing's voice was the same as usual, asking: "Lian Jun, have you arrived? My last soup is almost out of the pot. This time you have to taste my cooking skills. My soup is very good, with rich ingredients. It took me more than half a month to select the ingredients."
More than half a month.
Lian Jun extracted important information and looked at the New Year's blessing characters on the glass of the street shop. The image of Shi Jin making a snowman in high spirits appeared in his mind. After a slight distraction, he quickly came back to his senses and said along with his words: "Then I must taste it. I haven't arrived yet. The road conditions here are not good, the road is narrow, and the snow on the roadside has not been thoroughly cleared. It is difficult for my car to enter, and I estimate that I will be late."
"It's okay. It's my fault. I was so focused on getting together with you that I forgot to consider the road conditions here." Chen Qing soothed her. The sounds of pots and shovels and televisions could be heard in the background, which sounded very homely and real. "Then drive slowly and call me when you're almost there. I'll tell you which building you're from."
Lian Jun took the opportunity to say, "Come out to pick me up when you get there. I'll be waiting for you at the gate of the community."
There was silence for a few seconds on Chen Qing's end. Then he said as usual, "Anyway, just come over here and call me when you get there. I'm about to make the soup. I'm hanging up now. Come over quickly." After that, he hung up the phone.
Gua Jiu stopped his hands from dancing quickly on the computer keyboard and frowned, saying, "It can be roughly confirmed that the phone signal is indeed coming from the area of the community, but it is impossible to pinpoint a specific building because the call time is too short."
"Just make sure that the person is in the community." Lian Jun put down his phone and looked at Gua San on his left hand. "Black Rose has spent more than half a month preparing for this meal. It is very likely that the residents in the community have been replaced. Let those who enter the community to investigate the situation be careful."
Gua San nodded and buried his head in sending a message to his subordinates.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the person who entered the community to investigate sent back a message - everything was normal, in other words, the person who entered the community did not find out anything. To be more precise, Lian Jun's guess is probably correct. Black Rose may have replaced the residents of the community. The residents who are active in the community now are probably disguised by Black Rose's people.
Everyone frowned. Lian Jun tapped his knee with his finger and told Gua Yi to drive closer to the community. At the same time, he called Chen Qing.
The call was quickly connected. After Chen Qing answered, Lian Jun said that he had arrived at the gate of the community and asked Chen Qing to come out to pick him up. Chen Qing refused very embarrassedly, saying that he suddenly had a stomachache and was solving physiological problems. Then he reported the specific address of his house and said that he had opened the door in advance and asked Lian Jun to go directly.
Everyone in the car: "..."
"What should we do now? Wait or go in?" Gua Er asked.
Gua San continued, "If we wait, Mr. Chen will probably call us later and say he is constipated."
Gua Jiu also followed up, "But if we go in, we will be in danger."
Everyone turned their eyes to Lian Jun, waiting for him to make a decision.
"Wait." Lian Jun answered with a firm tone and a calm attitude. "Black Rose wants to lead us into a trap. If we don't move, they will definitely compromise. So wait, Chen Qing will come out. We can't go into the community. The situation inside is unclear. Going in is like sending food."
Everyone was determined and waited quietly.
Three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes... Chen Qing didn't call for a long time. Lian Jun was also very calm and didn't call Chen Qing.
The situation was invisibly at a standstill. Outside the car was an old street filled with the festive atmosphere but sparsely populated. Inside the car was silence, as if a window separated two worlds.
…
"Ma!"
In a room on the second floor of a shop opposite the community, the leader of the Black Rose, Wang Mei, could not help but take off her headphones, slammed the table hard, and angrily cursed: "This Lian Jun is too slippery, he is so cautious when meeting an old friend!"
The deputy sitting next to him did not expect Lian Jun to be so cautious. He was unwilling to even enter the community gate without seeing Chen Qing. He frowned and said: "Then Brother Wang, what should we do now? Should we waste time with him?"
"What the hell! Lian Jun is a man who values his life the most. He has seen more traps than the money we have earned in our lifetime. If we keep wasting time, do you believe he will just break the promise and go back to his lair to hide?" Wang Mei snorted unhappily, walked to the window with a sullen face and looked at the car Lian Jun was sitting in front of the gate of the opposite community, and said through gritted teeth, "Go! Let Chen Qing call Lian Jun again and try to coax him into the community. If If you really can't fool him, just let Chen Qing come out to pick him up!"
The deputy was a little worried when he heard this, and said, "But what if Chen Qing comes out and Lian Jun still refuses to enter the community, or even asks to take Chen Qing to eat somewhere else?"
This worry is not unreasonable. With Lian Jun's cautiousness, he may really be able to coax his old friend to give up the big meal he made himself and go to his place to eat instead.
Then when Chen Qing is in Lian Jun's hands, what else can they do?
Wang Mei's expression became even uglier after hearing this. She looked at the car that Lian Jun was sitting in with gloomy eyes. She picked up the gun on the cabinet and wiped it vigorously. She said, "We can't let Chen Qing follow Lian Jun. Send someone to warn him and let him remember who is holding his child now. If Lian Jun refuses to enter the community later, then we will kill him here! Tell Chen Qing that even if he can't trick Lian Jun into entering the community, he must trick him into getting out of the car or opening the window to gain an attack angle for the sniper. Tell him that if Lian Jun doesn't die today, his child will never see the sun tomorrow!"
The deputy was still a little worried and said, "But..."
"No buts!" Wang Mei turned her head back to interrupt him, pointing the gun at him, "Or are you really going to let Lian Jun go? You know I don't spare any cowards among my men."
The deputy was so scared that he shut up immediately, not daring to say anything more. After coaxing him for a few words, he picked up his phone and contacted his subordinates in the community.
...
Inside the car, Gua Yi retracted his gaze and said, "There are five suitable sniping positions nearby. The nearest one is on the second floor of the shop opposite and on the second floor of the shop behind the vehicle. One of these two places has the lights off and you can't see the indoor situation clearly, and the other has the lights on and the curtains are drawn. They are both very suspicious."
"Find someone to infiltrate." Lian Jun ordered, stroking his mobile phone with his fingers, and suddenly asked, "What time is it?"
Everyone was stunned. Gua San, who happened to be looking at his tablet, scanned the time and replied, "It's half past six."
They set out at around five o'clock and it took them half an hour to get here. Then they found a way to delay for almost an hour. Now it was dark and there were fewer pedestrians on the road. It was a good time to do something.
Lian Jun nodded to show that he understood, and ordered: "Send someone to slowly approach this side, and prepare to start a fire outside the community gate. Let the authorities find a way to clear the streets to avoid accidentally hurting innocent people."
Gua San nodded to show that he understood.
The cell phone rang suddenly, attracting the attention of everyone in the car.
Lian Jun glanced at the phone and said, "It's Chen Qing's call." Then he pressed the answer button.
Chen Qing called to ask why Lian Jun hadn't arrived yet. Lian Jun said that he was buying fruit outside the community, because he felt that it was not good to come empty-handed during the New Year. Although everyone was a friend, they still had to be polite. Then he asked Chen Qing if he was free, saying that the buildings in the Tuanjie community were arranged too irregularly, and he didn't know the way, so he needed someone to pick him up.
Chen Qing teased him with a smile, then found a few excuses and pointed out the way in detail, still hoping that Lian Jun could come in by himself.
Lian Jun continued to lament his own lack of direction, saying that he just couldn't find the way.
The two of them were acting to each other tacitly, and their tone was harmonious and harmonious, like good friends about to get together. However, Wang Mei, who was eavesdropping, felt like vomiting blood the more she listened, and cursed Lian Jun for being pretentious and lying.
As the boss of Mie, when did he, Lian Jun, learn the social etiquette of ordinary people? Buying fruit, Lian Jun is so old, does he know which way the door of the fruit shop opens? The lie sounded like the truth. You have the guts to say you want to buy fruit, but why don't you have the guts to get off the car!
"No more waiting! Let Chen Qing come out to pick up the people. Everyone get ready. Find a chance to ambush Lian Jun. Drive a few cars over. Once you succeed, everyone retreat immediately!" Wang Mei finally couldn't listen any more. After giving a few orders, she hung up the phone and personally aimed her gun at the car Lian Jun was sitting in.
...
Chen Qing finally came out to pick up the people. He was alone, wearing very thin clothes and a funny apron, which was very obvious.
He walked to the side of Lian Jun's car, and while the people hiding in the dark couldn't see his face, he mouthed to Lian Jun in the car and said silently: There are people ambushing inside the gate of the community. Everyone has a gun in their hands. There are snipers nearby. Don't get out of the car.
Lian Jun nodded to show that he understood, but he said, "I'm sorry, I forced you to come out to pick me up."
"What is there to apologize for? I was careless and forgot that it's hard to find a place in this neighborhood." Chen Qing's tone remained the same, with a smile on his face, but he was a little anxious in his heart.
He was very scared, afraid that Lian Jun would really take risks for him. In fact, he had already accepted his fate. He only hoped that Lian Jun could rescue his child and then send his wife and children to a safe place. He didn't care much about his own safety.
Let him die. People who have been in the underworld, even if they quit halfway, have already prepared themselves to be pulled back into the dark world. He is already very satisfied to have lived an ordinary life for these years.
And if Lian Jun hadn't protected him back then, he wouldn't have had such a peaceful life. He didn't want Lian Jun to get hurt because of him.
Thinking of this, he slowly stood up, and instead of pulling Lian Jun's door as Wang Mei instructed, he took a step back and signaled Lian Jun with his eyes to hurry up and not to bother with him.
Lian Jun frowned, shook his head at him, and then signaled Gua Er to get ready to open the door and pull Chen Qing in. The others prepared to cover him, and he didn't forget to say something to comfort Wang Mei who might be eavesdropping on their conversation: "Wait a minute, I'll get off the car now. The gate of this community is too narrow, and it seems that the car can't drive in." Chen Qing
thought he was really going to get off the car, so he hurried forward and pressed the door, and his movements were very obvious.
"Damn it, what is Chen Qing doing! Why didn't he open Lian Jun's car door, but blocked it instead? Doesn't he want his child's life?" Wang Mei was so angry that she wanted to pull Chen Qing's hand to open Lian Jun's car door and drag Lian Jun under her gun.
The deputy standing next to him suddenly put down his phone in panic and said anxiously: "Brother Wang, it's bad, someone is surrounding us from the outside, and several teams of our brothers guarding the outside circle have lost contact!"
Wang Mei's expression changed drastically, she immediately realized that Lian Jun had outwitted her. Her plan had already failed, and with a fierce expression, she changed her sniper rifle, aimed at Chen Qing beside the car, and prepared to deal with this useless waste first.
Click.
He loaded the bullet.
Click.
Gua Er gently pushed open the car door, ready to drag Chen Qing into the car.
All the snipers hiding in the dark also aimed their guns at Lian Jun's car.
Time seemed to stand still, the Black Rose personnel lying in ambush in the community and Lian Jun's men pretending to be pedestrians and gradually approaching on the street, all carefully watched the situation over there in the car, the atmosphere reached an extreme, everyone was waiting for a signal to start a war.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!
Shi Jin pedaled the tricycle frantically, watching Lian Jun's progress bar suddenly soar to 999.5, and was almost suffocated. Seeing a familiar vehicle finally appear in front of him, he braked without thinking, turned around and pulled out a prank firework from the car, letting Xiao Si add a powerful buff to himself, lit the firework and threw it hard in that direction.
Bang!
Hiss, hiss, hiss-
the firework flew out in a parabola, and hit the middle of the old street with a bang. After landing, a circle of ribbons exploded with a bang, and then colorful smoke rose, quickly spread, and enveloped part of the street.
Bang!
After throwing the fireworks, Shi Jin stretched out his bear paw and pressed the loudspeaker on the tricycle hard, turning the volume up to the maximum.
"Congratulations on your wealth, congratulations on your wonderful life... Selling balloons, lovely and beautiful balloons... The best ones please come over, the bad ones please go away..."
The distorted singing and hawking voices alternated, cutting through the night sky of the city and shocking everyone's ears.
What... are these?
Everyone was stunned, and before they could react, there were several more bangs, and a bunch of ignited prank fireworks smashed over together, some fell on the gate of the community, some hit the sign of the shop across the street, and some were even thrown directly into the gate of the community. Everywhere was filled with the sound of exploding ribbons and floating colorful smoke, and the street instantly became hazy and dreamy.
Wang Mei was about to pull the trigger when he was stunned. His vision was filled with a hazy aura. He almost saw double vision, not to mention sniping people.
Gua Er, who was pulling the car door, was also stunned, but he only paused for a second before coming back to his senses. Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, he decisively pushed the door, stepped out of the car, pulled Chen Qing in, slid the seat back, reached out to put Chen Qing down, helped him put his legs into the car, and then slammed the door shut. The whole process was done in one go, and it took no more than five seconds.
"Drive, retreat!" he said, and couldn't help turning his head to look in the direction of the singing.
Others who didn't have to drive did the same thing as him.
In the midst of the colorful smoke dancing in the wind, a stuffed bear was approaching on a tricycle, throwing candy fireworks as it walked, and occasionally releasing two balloons into the air. It was simply a real "naughty child".
"Fuck! Whose child is this? He came here to play a prank on New Year's Day. It's really... really cruel! He saved us from a fight." Gua Er couldn't help but praise.
Gua San frowned and said, "He disrupted the Black Rose's plan and is likely to be retaliated. We must send someone to protect him."
"Then send someone!" Gua Yi opened his mouth and quickly turned the steering wheel. Before the Black Rose's people could react, he reversed the car, turned around, and left this place of trouble without looking back, puffing exhaust gas.
Lian Jun frowned slightly, his eyes still fixed on the colorful smoke - he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that the action of the teddy bear throwing things was familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
"Lian Jun." Chen Qing, who was huddled in the passenger seat, suddenly called him.
Lian Jun came back to his senses, retracted his gaze, shook off the inexplicable thoughts in his mind, looked at Chen Qing, who looked like a survivor, and said soothingly: "Don't worry, someone has gone to rescue your children. There are not many people guarding them, and they will be rescued safely." Chen Qing
nodded, climbed up with the force of Gua Er, squeezed into the co-pilot seat, nodded gratefully to Lian Jun, and said: "Thank you, I thought I couldn't come back this time."
Lian Jun comforted him a few words, and suddenly felt a little flustered when he thought of Shi Jin who was still alone in the club.
At the entrance of the community.
After Lian Jun left, the members of the Black Rose who realized it later and Lian Jun's men who pretended to be passers-by immediately fought in a mess. A large number of official troops were pouring in here. Wang Mei's ambush failed and he was so angry that he almost smashed the house. In the end, his deputy persuaded him with kind words and took him to prepare for evacuation.
Even after they were safely in the evacuation vehicle, Wang Mei still felt unwilling to give up, and ordered harshly: "Tell the sniper not to retreat yet! Find the bear who set off fireworks randomly and kill him!"
The deputy was shocked and said worriedly: "Now there are officials and exterminators everywhere, it is too dangerous for us to leave people behind."
"Are you the boss or am I the boss? Do as I say!" Wang Mei was so angry that she pulled out a gun and pointed it at him, saying viciously, "I said that someone must die today, you don't want the person to die to be you."
The deputy swallowed hard, shook his head, took out his mobile phone, and called the sniper in front of him.
Shi Jin was riding a tricycle on the old street, trying to leave the street as soon as possible. He finally realized that there were no ordinary pedestrians on the street, only gangsters and prostitutes. If he didn't leave, he would be dragged into the war.
"Jinjin, the progress bar is starting to rise!" Xiaosi suddenly screamed. Shijin
was shocked and almost missed the pedal of the tricycle. He said, "What's going on? Isn't Lianjun's progress bar starting to fall?"
"It's not my baby's, it's yours! Your progress bar is rising! Very fast!" Xiaosi shouted with a broken voice, almost dying of fear.
Shi Jin looked at his progress bar and saw that it was soaring at a speed of 10 points per second. Now it has risen to more than 900. His heart sank. He thought of something and turned his head to look around. He quickly locked several possible sniping locations. When the progress bar reached 980, he let go of the tricycle, jumped off the car and rolled on the ground, rolling towards the street.
Puff.
The bullet flew through the air and shot into the ground not far away.
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