Chapter 129 Using Oneself as Bait
"Am I in danger or is Qin Liang in danger? What if he harms innocent people again if we can't bring him to justice as soon as possible?"
Jiang Ruzhen retorted solemnly and seriously, "I believe you can definitely protect me. Director, don't hesitate!"
"This..." The director was truly in a dilemma.
In the past, in situations like this, the method of using oneself as bait, as Jiang Ruzhen described, would indeed be adopted to reduce the harm suffered by the public.
But after all, the higher-ups had given instructions to prioritize protecting Jiang Ruzhen's safety.
He was hesitant to take any risks, but the situation was indeed dire. Qin Liang had already come knocking on their door, and if they didn't arrest her quickly, Jiang Ruzhen would be in real danger, and he would still be in deep trouble.
He'd give it his all; if he could catch the person on the spot, he'd have done a tremendous service.
"Alright, then I'll have to trouble you, Comrade Jiang. Please be very careful. The suspect is very good at disguising himself and has some counter-surveillance capabilities. Be wary of any stranger who approaches you."
After agreeing on a plan, Jiang Ruzhen secretly left through the back door of the police station.
When I got home, that feeling of being secretly watched came back.
Jiang Ruzhen took off her skirt, changed into a neat set of trousers and a long coat, put on a hat, and went out, strolling leisurely along the street.
As Jiang Ruzhen passed an intersection, an elderly woman suddenly grabbed her arm, startling her.
She thought Qin Liang was disguised as an old lady to approach her, but after taking a closer look, she realized that he was just an ordinary old woman from the countryside who couldn't find her daughter and was asking her for directions.
It was a false alarm. Jiang Ruzhen continued walking, and an old man selling vegetables by the roadside beckoned her to come and buy some.
"These are all homegrown, fresh vegetables. Girl, why don't you buy some?"
Jiang Ruzhen went over and pretended to pick out vegetables. After studying the old man carefully for a while, she waved her hand in disappointment and greeted the plainclothes officers around her to indicate that this person was not Qin Liang.
After two false alarms, Jiang Ruzhen's initially relaxed mind gradually tightened. She had originally thought that Qin Liang was just a rough and uncultured man and would be easy to capture.
I never expected him to be so cunning and treacherous, and to be so careful not to show his face easily.
Feeling restless and uneasy, she walked to the edge of an artificial lake, patted her calves, and casually sat down on a bench.
She's been gone for most of the day, and Qin Liang still hasn't shown up. She doesn't know where he's hiding.
Will I have wasted all this time today and come back empty-handed?
Just as she relaxed, a dark figure suddenly darted out of the bushes beside her and rushed towards Jiang Ruzhen.
Jiang Ruzhen turned around abruptly and saw that the person was holding a shiny fruit knife in their hand. She immediately screamed in surprise.
"Help!"
Her sharp scream instantly alerted all the people lying in ambush nearby. Before the dark figure could get close, she was pinned to the ground by four or five plainclothes officers and unable to move.
Jiang Ruzhen was still in shock when she was instantly pushed out of the crowd by the surging people.
The station chief rushed out from his ambush position and pushed through the crowd to examine the situation carefully.
"Damn it, that bastard Qin Liang is pretty shrewd; he always strikes when people are off guard..."
He reached out and tugged at the other man's beard, making him cry out in pain. "What are you doing? What are you doing? I was just looking for a place to wash my fruit knife so I could cut some fruit later. Why are you grabbing me?"
Clutching the real mustache in his hand, the station chief's face instantly turned deathly pale. Wait a minute, this isn't Qin Liang...
Oh no, where is Jiang Ruzhen?
"Jiang Ruzhen... Jiang Ruzhen..."
He turned around and searched everywhere, only to see Jiang Ruzhen getting into a car with two plainclothes officers in the distance. The car started and sped away.
"Damn it, we've been tricked! Everyone get in the car and chase after them..."
The station chief roared and led everyone into the car to chase after the vehicle ahead.
Jiang Ruzhen had just let down her guard and was standing on tiptoe behind, peering inside in a daze, wanting to see what Qin Liang, who had been arrested, looked like now.
Suddenly, a plainclothes officer approached him and said, "Comrade Jiang, the arrest scene is too dangerous. Your mission is complete, and the station chief has asked me to take you away."
"Oh." Jiang Ruzhen, without suspecting anything, followed the person into the car.
But the further the car drove, the more remote the area became, and the more desolate the roads on both sides became.
Jiang Ruzhen sensed something was wrong, but she calmly turned around and asked.
"Qin Liang, is that you?"
The plainclothes driver chuckled, removed his wig, revealing a shiny bald head.
He casually wiped his face, removing all the disguise and revealing a face that originally resembled a skull.
Jiang Ruzhen's pupils contracted rapidly, and she recoiled slightly.
Qin Liang grinned, revealing a set of large, black teeth as he glared menacingly at Jiang Ruzhen. "What? You don't recognize me, do you?"
"I'm in this state because of you."
Jiang Ruzhen steadied herself and calmly said, "What are you talking about? What do I care about how you are now?"
"Oh--"
Qin Liang sneered again, "Jiang Ruzhen, it's my own fault for underestimating you before, thinking that you, a stupid woman who has been bullied for more than ten years, have no real skills."
But I should have known. You were no saint; you could overturn your husband's case without any evidence and then send my sister, Qin Lanlan, into that old geezer's hands.
Jiang Ruzhen also scoffed, but calmly replied.
"My husband was exonerated because Heaven couldn't bear to see him suffer and punished you ungrateful wolves on my behalf. As for Qin Lanlan's fate, it was all caused by your mother, Li Fen, and has nothing to do with me..."
"Shut up! You dare mention my mother?"
Qin Liang raised his hand and slapped Jiang Ruzhen across the face. "You bitch, if you hadn't found someone to encourage me to gamble, how could I have gotten so caught up in it that I'm now neither human nor ghost?"
"If you hadn't made me addicted to gambling, how could I have sold my mother? How could my mother have been driven to desperation to seek revenge on you, only to be stabbed to death by you? Jiang Ruzhen, you are the most vicious person!"
Jiang Ruzhen raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, her beautiful eyes surging with boundless hatred. She threw her head back and laughed loudly, a laugh that was both wild and tragic.
Qin Liang was stunned by her laughter. He angrily grabbed her neck and squeezed it tightly, gradually increasing the force.
"You still have the nerve to laugh? What are you laughing at?"
"I laugh at you for being the one to accuse others first. Your Qin family is truly a den of snakes and rats, always ready to turn the tables on others."
It was you who maliciously framed my husband, leaving me to live in the shadow of being scorned by others for twelve whole years.
And all these years you have not only shown no remorse, but you have also watched our whole family foolishly work for your family.
You are the heartless scum! Even being skinned alive ten thousand times wouldn't be enough to vent my hatred!
Qin Liang was so angered by Jiang Ruzhen's scolding that he roared and slammed his fist into his hand.
"You're asking for it!"
As Qin Liang gradually increased his pressure, Jiang Ruzhen's face turned red from being pinched, and the veins on her forehead bulged.
Just at this critical moment, the sound of police sirens suddenly rang out in the distance. Qin Liang was startled and turned to look.
At that very moment, Jiang Ruzhen flipped her hand forward and thrust it forward, and Qin Liang's knife plunged into his chest with a soft thud.
Having landed a successful blow, Jiang Ruzhen quickly opened the door and rolled down, while Qin Liang, clutching his chest wound, stumbled out after her.
"Jiang...Ruzhen, you...you poisonous woman, you must die today..."
Holding his breath, Qin Liang pulled out the knife from his chest and viciously stabbed at Jiang Ruzhen's back.
In a flash.
In a flash, Jiang Ruzhen disappeared!
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