Chapter 195 Faking Death
Gu Xizhou needs Su Nanzhi's death to gain the trust of his target, but Su Nanzhi naturally cannot really die, so he can only let Su Nanzhi fake her death.
Plan B is that Su Nanzhi wears a full-body safety harness and is then pushed off the cliff by Gu Xizhou to create the appearance of fake death.
Before Su Nanzhi saw the cliff, she was not so frightened. But now that she was a little afraid of heights, she became subconsciously timid.
But after she took a few steps to the side, she realized that she had deviated from her plan.
Su Nanzhi bit her lip tightly, took a deep breath, and was about to take a few steps back.
"Su Nanzhi, don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for offending someone you shouldn't have offended."
But before she could move, Gu Xizhou spoke. His face was full of nervousness, but his words were full of malice.
Before he finished speaking, he had already taken a few big strides to Su Nanzhi's front.
One hand restrained Su Nanzhi's hands and carried her on his shoulder.
"There's someone behind me."
Gu Xizhou whispered this reminder, and then carried Su Nanzhi, trembling slightly but firmly, and walked towards the cliff a few meters ahead.
Gu Xizhou saw Su Nanzhi's reaction just now.
He wanted to hold Su Nanzhi in his arms, but the danger behind him forced him to suppress his worries and let reason override emotion.
Even though she knew she was wearing a safety belt, the fear of not having her feet on the ground and the sound of water getting closer and closer made Su Nanzhi tense up. As planned, she could no longer care about anything else and vent her fear through screaming.
"Help."
Su Nanzhi felt a little relieved when she noticed Gu Xizhou tightening his grip on her hand, but her fear of heights still made her tremble uncontrollably.
Damn her luck, in this day and age, being in the underworld still requires caution.
If they followed plan A, Gu Xizhou would only need to smear some fake blood on his body and then take one of her blood-stained clothes to report.
Now, she wants to engage in extreme sports that have never even appeared in this era.
Because of years of hard work in her previous life, Su Nanzhi's health was not good. Later, she made a lot of money, but she had never experienced the various extreme sports that many rich people would try.
Being carried on Gu Xizhou's shoulders, face down, Su Nanzhi closed her eyes in fear and dared not look at the cliff. However, the splashing water from the waterfall hitting her face made her calm down a little.
"Tell me before you throw me down."
Gu Xizhou tightened his grip on Su Nanzhi's hand, and he really wanted to let Su Nanzhi go.
But a sense of responsibility does not allow it.
The organization has been planning this event for a long time, and the mission cannot fail because of him.
"Don't be afraid. Relax your body and hold your head."
Gu Xizhou wanted to remain calm, but his hands, which were holding Su Nanzhi's waist, trembled unconsciously, and his voice had a noticeable tremor.
Even before finalizing the plan, he had already jumped over the cliff no less than a hundred times while wearing a safety harness to ensure the safety of the plan.
What if the rope connecting the safety belt breaks?
Thinking of this, Gu Xizhou's face turned pale.
"Don't be afraid."
He repeated it again, saying it was to comfort Su Nanzhi, but it was more like he was talking to himself.
The wind from the cliff lifted up Su Nanzhi's hair and clothes, deepening her fear of not having her feet on the ground.
Hearing Gu Xizhou's words, she opened her mouth to curse, wanting to say that Gu Xizhou was talking without any pain in his waist, but she met Gu Xizhou's complicated gaze.
Su Nanzhi had never seen him like this before. He was filled with fear but also with a determination to risk everything. His tightly pursed lips seemed to be silently telling of the unspeakable torment.
It was completely different from his usual calm and relaxed attitude, as if everything was under control.
"I'm not afraid."
Su Nanzhi suddenly calmed down. After she finished speaking, she closed her eyes and waited for the plan to be implemented.
Gu Xizhou looked at her rare gentle appearance and wanted to touch her face.
Thinking of the current situation, he could only grit his teeth and swallow the fear in his heart, his voice so cold that even he himself felt unfamiliar with it.
"Go to hell."
The next second, Su Nanzhi's figure fell like a kite with a broken string.
The wind at the bottom of the cliff whistled and blew up the corners of her clothes, and she disappeared from Gu Xizhou's sight in the blink of an eye.
Gu Xizhou's legs felt a little weak. He could pierce the enemy's heart without changing his expression, but he didn't have the courage to face the danger that Su Nanzhi might be in.
At that moment, he almost wanted to jump off the cliff with Su Nanzhi.
A few seconds later, when he heard the loud sound of falling water from the bottom of the cliff, Gu Xizhou was shocked. He stuck his head out in panic to see the scene below, but as expected, he could only see the splashing mist of the waterfall.
His nails dug deep into his palms, blood seeping out from between his fingers and dripping onto his dark trouser legs, but he was completely unaware.
"You can do it, kid."
A cold voice from behind brought Gu Xizhou back to his senses.
Looking at Gu Xizhou's absent-minded and pale face, Brother Qiang raised his eyebrows with some disdain.
"First time killing someone?"
Gu Xizhou nodded.
This time, Brother Qiang showed a smug smile, "Kill a few more in the future, and you'll get used to it."
The tone was understated, and those who didn't know would think that Brother Qiang was talking about slaughtering pigs instead of talking about living people.
Brother Qiang's cruelty made Gu Xizhou suppress his worries about Su Nanzhi. "Brother Qiang, let's go first, otherwise Su Nanzhi's companions will run into us when they come to look for her."
Brother Qiang raised his eyebrows, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and said contemptuously, "Let's kill them all."
Despite saying this, Brother Qiang still raised his foot and walked away from the edge of the cliff.
Gu Xizhou lagged behind him by one step, took one last look at the cliff, and then followed.
"Brother Qiang, can you tell me who you have killed? Let me broaden my horizons."
Brother Qiang exhaled a puff of smoke, his expression filled with both nostalgia and pride.
"I've killed so many people, I can't remember them all."
"But before, I killed a professor who came from the countryside in Lingshui Village."
Gu Xizhou's pupils shrank. He originally thought that Brother Qiang was just bragging.
But when they heard such specific information, they immediately confirmed that Brother Qiang had really killed people, including intellectuals who had been sent down to the countryside.
Gu Xizhou agreed with Brother Qiang and asked him to talk about more of his past "achievements", but the more Brother Qiang talked, the more Gu Xizhou lost his composure on his face.
He still overestimated the humanity of Brother Long and his gang.
"Brother Qiang, you are really amazing."
Gu Xizhou's flattering words made Brother Qiang look at him with much kinder eyes.
Brother Qiang blew out a smoke ring and said, "Just follow Brother Long from now on and good things will happen to you."
Gu Xizhou naturally nodded in agreement.
The next second, Brother Qiang suddenly stopped and looked at Gu Xizhou with a half-smile, saying, "If he's alive, I want to see him. If he's dead, I want to see his body."
A dark glint flashed across Gu Xizhou's eyes, "Brother Qiang, is this unnecessary?"
"If Su Nanzhi fell from such a height, even if she was a bird, she would be dead, right?"
Brother Qiang smiled but didn't say anything.
Gu Xizhou frowned.
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Su Nanzhi’s current condition is that she wants to faint but can’t.
Su Nanzhi was hanging in the air, and the waterfall completely soaked her body, making it almost impossible for her to open her eyes.
Not sure if it was due to fear of heights or the headache from being splashed with water, Su Nanzhi could only feel waves of dizziness coming from her brain.
It was just the pain from being restrained by the seatbelts all over her body that made her want to faint but couldn't.
Although Gu Xizhou, Gong Chang, and that female comrade all assured her of absolute safety.
But after all, this is not a bungee jumping spot that has been safety tested, and when Su Nanzhi fell from the cliff, she inevitably hit the rocks on the edge of the cliff.
But before she could figure it out, several men appeared ten minutes later and caught her with a ladder over 2 meters high.
When she landed, her legs went weak and she fell directly into the water.
Fortunately, the pool connected to the waterfall was not deep, and Su Nanzhi could just barely keep her head out of the water while sitting in it.
The female comrade who had just met Su Nanzhi was about to help her up when a voice came from her waist.
"Activate the backup plan."
Su Nanzhi paused, walked towards the shore a few steps away, and then lay face down on the shore.
A backup plan was made to prevent Long Ge's people from determining whether she was dead or not.
In this plan, Su Nanzhi only needs to pretend to be dead.
"Comrade, sprinkle some blood on me."
"I'm going to close my eyes and pretend to be dead."
After completing the most difficult high-altitude bungee jumping, Su Nanzhi is now in the mood to joke.
But the eyes of others looking at Su Nanzhi were full of worry.
It wasn't very obvious in the water just now, but when Su Nanzhi came out of the water, the blood on her head covered her face.
The female comrade who had just met with Su Nanzhi was a medical soldier. She stepped forward and quickly checked Su Nanzhi's condition. She confirmed that although there was a hole in her head, there was no internal injury, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
However, looking at her somewhat hideous wound, the female medic couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Although the brain wasn't injured, such a large wound will definitely leave a scar after it heals...
But now is not the time to talk about this, so she sprinkled the fake blood on her back around Su Nanzhi.
Su Nanzhi realized belatedly from the female comrade's reaction that he had a head injury.
She reached out her hand and touched the blood on her head, pulling the corner of her mouth helplessly.
She is considered a hero, and she needs to think carefully about what reward to ask the organization for.
Two minutes later, Su Nanzhi was the only one left lying alone by the waterfall.
Su Nanzhi wanted to stay awake at first, but soon fell asleep in a daze.
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