The walking time on the navigation app is calculated based on the pace of a normal adult. Xu Man deliberately walked a little faster and arrived at the drugstore just after 11:10. The drugstore was still open, but there were no customers. There was only one clerk sitting behind the cash register looking at his phone. When asked where the anti-allergic drugs were, he slowly leaned half of his body out and pointed in a direction.
The allergy that Xu Man suffered in her sophomore year lasted for a long time and left a deep impression on her. So even after two years, when the packaging of the medicines had changed significantly, she still found two medicines based on her memory of the relevant drug names and went to the checkout counter to pay.
In fact, the best way to treat minor allergies is to use topical medications, but these medicines are internally prepared by the hospital and are not sold to the public. She can only make do with oral medications for now, and wait until tomorrow to see how the rash subsides before deciding whether to go to the hospital for treatment.
After paying and leaving the pharmacy, she took out her cell phone to check the time. It was 11:16. If she hurried, she might get home before 11:30. So she quickened her pace and walked back along the street.
The street lights along the street seemed to be broken. They had not been on for several consecutive times, making one side of the street very dark. Xu Man was a little nervous when she first arrived. She turned on the flashlight function on her phone and walked all the way, but nothing happened until she reached the pharmacy. On her way back, she relaxed and focused her attention on her arm, using the light from her phone to check the rash.
The rash didn't subside, but it didn't spread either. It was still the same size as before, which made her feel relieved. It seemed that it was just a minor allergic symptom, and it would go away after taking the medicine.
A hand suddenly came from behind her and covered her mouth and nose with a wet towel. Then another arm came up, grabbed her shoulders and dragged her to the side.
After being stunned for a second, Xu Man reacted quickly, loosened her grip on the bag and phone, held her breath, bent down and lowered her center of gravity, and at the same time twisted her shoulders, trying to use the resistance techniques she learned in school to break free from the confinement.
The cell phone fell to the ground with a thud, the back side facing upwards. The glaring light dazzled her eyes. The gangster behind her seemed very experienced. He dodged her elbow and increased the strength of his hands, covering her mouth and nose tightly, as if he was determined to knock her out.
Xu Man still held her breath, but she didn't know whether it was a psychological effect, or she inhaled drugs in the first second when she didn't react, or it was because of the light of the phone, her eyes were blurred, and her shoulders that were tightly restrained also felt painful. She tried her best to continue to entangle with the criminals behind her, but her consciousness was gradually becoming blurred...
In the distance, someone seemed to be shouting. After a few seconds of being unconscious, Xu Man suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground. Fresh air rushed into her nostrils. She felt a piercing pain in her knees, probably because she hit the ground. It took her a long time to realize what had happened. She quickly stood up and turned around to check the situation.
There were two figures entangled together not far away. One of them was shorter and obviously at a disadvantage. He was knocked to the ground by the other within a few seconds. He knelt on the ground with his hands tied behind his back. Then there were two crisp sounds.
"Don't fucking move!"
The tall man took out a pair of handcuffs from behind his waist, handcuffed the other man's hands, said "Police!" viciously, then pressed the short figure's head down to the ground and warned him again not to move.
Xu Man was still in shock, her heart beating wildly. She took two steps forward and suddenly felt dizzy. She stopped and coughed twice while covering her mouth: "Captain...Captain?"
The man on the other side seemed not to hear her words, still concentrating on dealing with the struggling criminal. He finally subdued the criminal, but he did not let his guard down. He continued to suppress him and asked in a stern voice: "What were you doing just now?!"
Xu Man touched her aching knee, picked up her phone from the ground, shone the flashlight across the street, and shouted again in a louder voice: "Captain?"
The light swept over, illuminating the gangster who was pressed face down on the ground and Qin Shen who was suppressing him.
Hearing her voice, Qin Shen was obviously startled and looked up at her: "Xiao Man?"
Surprised, he unconsciously relaxed his grip. The criminal who was pinned down took the opportunity to try to get up and run away, but Qin Shen quickly pinned him down again and even took out his pistol and pointed it at the back of his head: "I told you not to move! Don't you understand me?! Or do you want to experience the feeling of being shot for resisting arrest?"
In fact, his action was just a bluff. He didn't even pull the safety of the pistol, let alone shoot and kill. It was impossible for him to just give the bullet to anyone casually. But the gangster was obviously frightened. He gave up the idea of escaping and lay completely on the ground motionless.
"Call the detachment and ask them to come and take the person away."
Xu Man was stunned for a moment before she realized that Qin Shen was talking to her. She responded quickly and hurriedly turned on her mobile phone. She even forgot to turn off the flashlight and just shone the light over, causing Qin Shen to squint.
Under normal circumstances, when encountering such a situation, one should call the police to contact the command center, and then the command center will assign the police from the corresponding jurisdiction to come based on the location. But at this time, Xu Man didn't have time to think so much. Qin Shen asked her to contact the detachment, so she directly called the detachment's internal phone and asked them to send someone to respond to the call.
She had not fully recovered when she called, and her report of the situation was unclear, but she gave her own and Qin Shen's name and work number, and the other party did not ask any more questions. They simply sent police officers out, and even specifically asked how many people to send and whether they wanted to contact the other police officers who had gone home to rest. It was obvious that they had misunderstood that they had encountered some major incident.
After finally finishing the call, Xu Man's pounding heart calmed down a little. She took two steps forward and approached Qin Shen.
"Captain, why are you here?"
"I'm going to ask you." Qin Shen frowned and looked at her, "What are you doing out here in the middle of the night? I really didn't expect - you -"
Maybe he was really angry, for the first time he couldn't speak clearly.
In fact, he was indeed in a very confused mood, with fear, relief and anger mixed together. He had just come out of Xu Man's community and saw that it was already past eleven o'clock. The day shift bus had stopped running and the night shift had not left yet, so he was going to take a taxi back. However, because he had successfully confessed his love to the person he liked, he couldn't calm down and was itching all the time, so he went to a nearby convenience store to buy a pack of cigarettes, ready to smoke a few before going back.
He was just leaning against a street lamp post smoking a cigarette and looking at the scenery out of boredom. Because he was in a very good mood, even though it was pitch black across the street, he was still looking at it happily. When he was smoking the second cigarette, he suddenly saw a ball of light on the opposite side, as if someone had turned on his mobile phone to light the way for walking.
As the light was shining in the front and downward, he couldn't see the specific appearance of the person opposite him, but he could recognize the style of the clothes, which was somewhat similar to what his girlfriend wore during the day. He became more careful and looked a few more times. As a result, he saw a figure sneaking up from behind and strangling the person, dragging her into the shadows.
The detective instinct made him throw away the cigarette in his hand immediately, shout and rush over to subdue the sneaky figure.
At that time, his heart was still calm, with only a part of him feeling angry at seeing the crime scene. It was not until a light from the opposite side swept over and he heard a familiar call that his heart began to really surge.
Xu Man!
The person who almost got into danger was actually Xu Man!
——It's impossible to describe the feeling at that moment. For a moment, he wanted to pull out his gun and shoot the bastard under his command. He did pull out his gun, but luckily reason prevailed at the last moment and restrained him from pulling the safety bolt. He just used 100% of his strength when pushing the man to the ground, or rather, smashing him. Forget about civilized arrest and legal arrest, he just wanted to shoot the bastard right now!
God knows how scared and angry he is at this moment!
How would the incident have turned out if he hadn't stopped to smoke across the street and happened to run into Xu Man in danger? Just thinking about it, the rage in his heart surged up wildly, impacting every cell in his body. He used great willpower to restrain himself from smashing the butt of the gun in his hand hard on the head of the person below.
At the same time, he couldn't help but vent some of his anger on his girlfriend: "I say, you really are - what do you want to do by running out in the middle of the night? Don't you know it's dangerous to walk alone at night?!"
The person opposite shrank back, as if frightened by him: "I...I came out to buy medicine."
"Medicine? What medicine did you buy?"
Qin Shen's question was still not in a good mood.
Xu Man replied in a low voice: "I just found a little rash on my skin. I was afraid it was an allergy, so I went out to buy some medicine. I didn't expect to encounter something like this..."
Qin took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and shouted to the people below: "Stand up! Don't make any unnecessary movements!"
The man of medium build stood up slowly, lowered his head, and said nothing.
Qin Shen escorted him to the side of the street, took out another pair of handcuffs, handcuffed him to the welded stainless steel guardrail, and warned him again not to act rashly before putting away his pistol, taking two steps back, and looking at Xu Man who was lighting the way nearby.
"Did he drug you just now? Are you okay? Are you feeling dizzy or uncomfortable?"
"Not bad." Xu Man replied. Her mood had gradually calmed down and her voice had become more stable. "Except for a little dizziness at the beginning, there was nothing unusual."
"Don't think it's okay. Who knows what this bastard used to torture you? I'll take you to the hospital for a checkup when someone comes." Qin Shen cursed irritably, "Damn it!"
Xu Man pursed her lips, feeling a little guilty, but more of a sense of security: "I'm really fine, I just scraped my knee a little, but why are you here? I thought you had gone home a long time ago."
Qin Shen's attention was completely drawn to her "scratched skin" and he didn't hear the second half of her sentence at all. He frowned and walked forward: "Where is your skin broken? Let me see."
Xu Man lifted the hem of her skirt and shone the flashlight of her mobile phone towards her knees. They were red and bleeding, but better than she had imagined. It looked like it was just very painful, but in fact the skin was not much broken.
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