Ning Yuan nodded and smiled at him: "Go ahead!"
He waved goodbye to Rong Zhaonan.
Ning Yuan stood in the corridor in a daze for a long time. The winter wind in Guangzhou was cold and gloomy, and it made her heart feel cold and gloomy as well.
Do they really not care at all? Actually, no.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have kept avoiding the issue of acknowledging her relatives, wanting to give herself more hope.
But when everything turned out as I had guessed and suspected, I couldn't help but feel sad and regretful.
Ning Yuan leaned against the corridor wall and gazed at the stars for half an hour. After calming herself down, she dusted off the dust on her sleeves and prepared to go back inside.
Forget it, she doesn't need any brothers! She doesn't have any brothers, except for Wei Heng, she also has a cousin in bed!
Night was falling, and it was almost midnight.
Just before Ning Yuan was about to enter, she suddenly noticed something by the door.
She looked down at herself for a while, then her expression changed.
Manhua yawned and came out carrying a washbasin. When she saw Ning Yuan's appearance, she asked in surprise, "What's wrong, Ning?"
Ning Yuan straightened up, pulled Man Hua into the room, and whispered a few words in her ear.
Manhua was startled and looked at her in disbelief. She quickly went back to her room and squatted down at the door.
Sure enough, I saw the same sign at my own door.
Ning Yuan glanced at Ou Minglang's door, frowned, and asked Man Hua, "When did we get this mark on our door?"
Manhua has a pretty good memory; after thinking for a while, she said, "I don't know."
Who would notice a conspicuous mark on the wall in front of their door?
Ning Yuan sighed and waved to Man Hua: "Go and inform Brother Hua and Ou Minglang first. I'll go to the front desk to make a call."
Manhua nodded, her face pale.
After finishing her phone call, Ning Yuan stood at the door and saw that Man Hua and Hua Zi were both holding scissors or screwdrivers from who-knows-where.
Ou Minglang also held a small knife in his hand, his face somewhat grim: "How is it?"
Ning Yuan smiled bitterly: "I called the police station and they answered. They said that when Teacher Zhang was being transferred to the detention center today... something went wrong and he escaped."
She paused, then continued, "Not only did he escape, but most of his men also fled, and two bandits were killed or wounded."
It seems that Teacher Zhang is no ordinary petty thief; he's probably the ringleader.
It's simply unbelievable that this happened decades later.
It's not surprising that this happened in the 1980s, when there was no Skynet surveillance, no security checks, and no comprehensive ban on guns and explosives. There were all sorts of incidents that resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries.
Even before the crackdown has officially begun, ruthless robbers are already pulling guns and engaging in shootouts with the police! Seven or eight police officers are frequently killed in these incidents!
Ou Minglang frowned deeply: "Isn't there another thief who was caught by the police, and the whereabouts of the fugitives were found out during the interrogation? Can't we arrest people?"
Ning Yuan shook her head: "Let's not even talk about when we can get a confession. Even if the other party confesses, it will still take time for the police to formulate an arrest plan."
Ou Minglang's expression was not good: "No wonder that bandit surnamed Zhang did not resist at all when he was captured."
He and Ning Yuan both thought it was because Wei Heng and the others had intimidated the bandits.
Looking back now, they had a backup plan all along and weren't afraid of being caught at all.
They might have bribed some corrupt elements within the team to make their escape so smooth.
Ning Yuan looked at the doors of the other rooms: "Have you marked all the doorways?"
Ou Minglang, Manhua, and Huazi all nodded: "It's done!"
The scissors, knife, and screwdriver in their hands were used to mark the door.
Ning Yuan cautiously and quickly walked around the second-floor corridor.
Sure enough, we saw that each door had a similar mark to theirs.
She breathed a slight sigh of relief: "Okay, that's all for now."
She just discovered that there was an inconspicuous cross sign on the door of hers, Ou Minglang's, and Manhua's.
This startled her, and she suddenly remembered that two days ago, Teacher Zhang had smeared a bloody cross on her arm.
So, they simply had Ou Minglang and Man Hua quickly mark all the entrances on this floor with the same cross shape.
This mark was present on the door of all twenty-odd rooms on this floor.
Ou Minglang frowned: "Will this work? If that bandit surnamed Zhang really wants revenge, this method can only fool them temporarily!"
He looked outside the guesthouse and said, "Why don't we find somewhere else to stay right now, leave tonight, and get rid of them completely!"
They'll be heading back to Shanghai in a couple of days!
Ning Yuan looked at the pitch-black night outside and sighed, "If we're going to leave, we'll have to wait until dawn tomorrow. If we go out now and run into armed thieves, we'll just be handing them our lives."
Police found various controlled knives on Teacher Zhang and his group.
They also found homemade guns on two of the thieves, and Teacher Zhang even had a Type 54 pistol from who-knows-where in his belt.
Hearing Ning Yuan's words, Man Hua broke out in a cold sweat; she had never encountered anything like this in her life.
Her teeth chattered: "Should we...call the police?"
Ning Yuan smiled wryly: "This kind of thing can only be reported to the police station. After all, I only guessed that it was a mark made by the criminals. I didn't actually see the criminals make it."
Ning Yuan shook her head: "I don't even know if they will come to retaliate against us tonight. It's all just my guess."
None of the four of them remembered exactly when the mark appeared at the door.
She had just asked the only receptionist on duty downstairs.
The woman hadn't paid any attention to whether any suspicious people were entering or leaving the guesthouse in the past two days.
Guangzhou is located at the forefront of reform and opening up, and the management of these small guesthouses is very lax.
People come and go every day, and many can stay even without a letter of introduction.
To put it bluntly, the idea that the markings meant the criminals would come after them for revenge was purely her speculation.
We were able to find out the inside story of Teacher Zhang's escape.
It's because Comrade Wang Zhihe (also known as Furu) is involved in this case, and she herself is a witness in the case.
Manhua and Huazi felt a little relieved. Manhua grabbed the scissors and muttered to herself—
"Yes, it's all just speculation. Nobody knows when the sign at the entrance appeared. Maybe it's been there for a while?"
"Maybe those thieves won't even come tonight, after all, they didn't come yesterday either!"
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