Chapter 39
Shen Bining pretended not to know anything and said to Tang Hui with a smile, "Tang Hui, you take Lisa home. I drove here, so you can go home by yourself."
Lisa's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this. It turned out that she and Tang Hui had just argued about who should take them home.
Lisa asked Tang to give her a ride, explaining that she didn't have a car and didn't want to take a taxi home alone so late. Tang retorted sarcastically, "You were so enthusiastic when you were following people in a taxi, why can't you take a taxi home by yourself now? I bet you can easily take a taxi home by yourself."
As expected, after hearing this, Lisa's emotions, which had been building up all night, finally erupted. Ignoring the guests coming and going at the restaurant entrance, she started crying and making a scene.
Tang Hui frowned as he looked at Shen Bining. He knew that Shen Bining was making concessions for his own good, but he still felt uncomfortable.
He felt wronged on behalf of Shen Bining.
A long-awaited birthday dinner was ruined by an uninvited guest, and now she has to have her "boyfriend" take the other woman home. Any girl would be resentful.
Even if they weren't really a couple, and Shen Bining didn't feel love for him, she would still feel uncomfortable. This wasn't about romantic love, but about respect.
Tang Hui didn't want Shen Bining to suffer this injustice any longer, and was about to refuse when he saw Shen Bining shake her head slightly, indicating that he shouldn't do it.
Shen Bining is neither magnanimous nor a saint. In fact, she also dislikes Lisa's self-centered behavior. Under normal circumstances, she might have used some tricks to teach the young girl a lesson.
But she was so exhausted tonight that she didn't want to watch Lisa's crazy tantrums anymore; she just wanted to say goodbye to this girl as soon as possible.
The best solution is to let Lisa have her way and "give" Tang Hui to her.
It's unclear whether Tang Hui understood Shen Bining's thoughts, but he at least realized that Shen Bining also hoped he would send Lisa to avoid a worse situation.
He nodded slightly with a sigh, then gave Lisa a cold look before striding towards the car. "Since you asked me to take you home, hurry up and leave. Don't stand there crying at the door, it's really unsightly."
There are four or five restaurants on this street, and each restaurant has a small parking lot for customers to park in. The parking lots are all very close to the restaurants.
The three of them arrived at the parking lot one after the other, and just then, something unexpected happened.
Just as Tang Hui turned around to say something to Shen Bining, a figure darted out from the dimly lit parking lot and slashed at Tang Hui's back with a knife.
Tang Hui felt a sharp pain, and before he could react, a second stab followed.
The two girls were facing the assailant directly, and they saw what happened after he slashed Tang Hui with his first knife. Seeing that Tang Hui had been stabbed, and that the assailant was relentlessly swinging his knife at Tang Hui again, the two girls instinctively screamed.
Although Tang Hui was not from a military or police background, he exercised regularly, was young and quick-witted. He was caught off guard by the first stab, but he reacted by the time the second stab came.
Unfortunately, it was too late. The murderer was too close. The second slash came down with lightning speed. Tang Hui only had time to barely dodge to the side and avoid a vital part of his body, but the slash still landed squarely on his left arm.
Tang Hui was, after all, just a mortal being. After being stabbed twice, he was in excruciating pain and his mind was already somewhat hazy. When he dodged the second stab, he used too much force and lost his footing, falling forward and crashing to the ground.
At that moment, he finally saw the perpetrator clearly.
The man was about forty years old, with an ordinary appearance—the kind of person who would disappear instantly in a crowd. He was dressed sloppily, his hair was messy, and he clearly had a very unhappy life.
At this moment, the man looked down at Tang Hui, who was lying on the ground in a disheveled state, with a fierce and sinister expression. He held the knife high in his hand, and his expression was sometimes excited and sometimes vicious, to the point that his facial muscles were twisting and twitching, making him look extremely terrifying.
"Attorney Tang, do you still remember me? I think you probably don't. How could a rich man's lackey lawyer like you remember a poor man like me? You've ruined me. I lost my wife, my home, and all my money. I couldn't go on living. But luckily, I've run into you again. Since you won't give me a way out, then you can come with me on this journey."
With that, the man roared and brandished the knife in his hand, stabbing it fiercely at Tang Hui.
Although the excruciating pain and blood loss had left Tang Hui in a terrible state, his survival instinct allowed him to narrowly avoid the man's attack at the last moment. The man missed his stab and fell to the ground due to inertia. Tang Hui seized the opportunity to immediately counterattack and wrestled with the man.
Under normal circumstances, a man could not possibly be a match for Tang Hui, who had excellent physical fitness. However, he launched a sneak attack first, and Tang Hui was slashed twice and bled a lot, putting him at a disadvantage for a time.
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Shen Bining and Lisa were stunned when they witnessed such a bloody and violent scene. After regaining their senses, they both let out heart-wrenching screams.
Seeing Tang Hui struggling with the murderer and seemingly losing ground, the two girls felt their hearts leap into their throats, as if they were about to faint.
In particular, Tang Hui had two knife wounds, and even in the dim light, it was clear that most of his body was soaked in blood. The murderer was still holding a knife, exuding a reckless and hateful aura, as if he wanted to take Tang Hui down with him.
At this moment, Shen Bining showed her strong inner strength. After a brief moment of panic, she quickly calmed down and began to think about how to save people.
Her eyes darted around, quickly locking onto a brick. She quietly and swiftly darted over, picked it up, and then nimbly approached the battlefield, waiting for the moment when the murderer would reveal his back to her.
Soon, Tang Hui, weakened by pain and excessive blood loss, could no longer hold on and was overpowered by the assailant, who pinned him down. The assailant grinned maliciously and tried to stab Tang Hui with his knife. Tang Hui desperately resisted with both arms, struggling to save himself.
Now is the time. Without hesitation, Shen Bining rushed over and smashed the brick in her hand hard against the exposed back of the murderer's head.
"Ah!" With a scream, the murderer fell to the ground. Tang Hui, who had been in grave danger, felt the pressure ease and quickly got up from the ground.
Due to blood loss and pain, coupled with the exhaustion caused by the fight with the murderer, Tang Hui looked very unwell. He barely managed to stand up, his body swaying as if he might collapse at any moment.
Shen Bining rushed over and carefully helped Tang Hui up, almost crying with anxiety. "How are you? Can you hold on? Passersby have already called the police and dialed 120. Just bear with it a little longer."
Tang Hui gave Shen Bining a weak smile. Although he had been stabbed twice, it was only a superficial wound and had not affected any vital organs. He should be able to hold on until the ambulance arrived.
He felt guilty for scaring Shen Bining.
Just as Tang Hui was about to say a few words of comfort to Shen Bining, he suddenly heard a muffled thud, which startled the two of them.
The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Lisa, who had been standing there blankly the whole time, had also fainted.
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The restaurant where the meal was taken was located in a busy downtown area, and it was during the busiest time of day. The attack that occurred near the parking lot immediately attracted everyone's attention, and soon police cars and ambulances arrived.
Tang lost a lot of blood, and Lisa also fainted. In addition, the murderer who was knocked unconscious by Shen Bining was also taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Shen Bining, as a family member and the perpetrator, also went to the hospital. The police left a few people at the scene to investigate, while the rest went to the hospital.
Once in the ambulance, Shen Bining insisted on going to her family's hospital. While the ambulance was en route, she first contacted her father, asking him to arrange for a doctor to operate on Tang Hui. She then called Qi Wang and Song Ziyi, asking them to come to the hospital to help.
After doing all this, she held Tang Hui's hand tightly, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at Tang Hui, who had been anesthetized and was now unconscious. Her eyes were filled with lingering fear and heartache.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Shen Changqing was already waiting at the entrance. The three patients were carried off the ambulance and rushed to receive treatment. Only then did Shen Bining finally breathe a sigh of relief.
She even had a feeling of escaping death.
Seeing that his daughter looked terrible, Shen Changqing mistakenly assumed that she was also injured and insisted on taking her for a check-up.
Shen Bining gently pulled away from her father's grasp, looking dazed and still in shock. "Dad, I'm fine, I'm not hurt, I was just scared. I don't want to go for a checkup, I want to stay outside the operating room and wait for Tang Hui to come out."
Shen Changqing knew his daughter's personality and knew he couldn't persuade her otherwise, so he had to check her for any external injuries himself. After a quick examination of her arms and legs and finding no wounds, he was completely relieved.
Sitting beside his daughter, seeing her pale and distracted face, Shen Changqing hesitated several times before finally asking, "Didn't you say it was that kid's birthday? How could something like this happen just because you were having a meal? Were you unlucky enough to be robbed, or is someone deliberately seeking revenge?"
Shen Bining opened her mouth to answer when a detective in charge of the case walked over.
The detective nodded politely to Shen Changqing and said, "Miss, would you please cooperate with us to take a brief statement?"
After hesitating for two seconds, Shen Bining nodded.
Shen Bining recounted the events in as much detail as possible. After the police confirmed that there were no problems, they had Shen Bining sign the statement.
The officers who came to take the statement were an older man and a younger man. After reading the statement, the younger man muttered, "Was this a robbery? These bandits are really arrogant these days. They're not satisfied with just taking money; they even used a knife. Their sentences should be doubled."
The older policeman patted the younger officer on the back of the head, saying with a wry smile, "This young lady never said that the assailant wanted them to hand over their valuables. He just came up and attacked her with a knife, and it was a sneak attack from behind. It's obviously not a robbery-murder. Besides, if it was a robbery, they should have targeted a girl who was relatively weaker. The victim was young, strong, and tall. What thief would be so stupid as to target someone with a high risk factor?"
As he spoke, the old policeman looked at Shen Bining, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Miss, I suspect it's a revenge killing. Has your boyfriend offended anyone recently?"
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