Chapter 240 Caught in the Net
On the empty, quiet street, a dark figure was dragging its heavy body forward.
Because dirt kept falling from his body, the dark shadow left clear marks on the ground.
In the dead of night, Song Lubai was still tossing and turning on her makeshift bed on the floor.
Logically speaking, the temperature here is lower than in Xinjiang province in summer, but in Xinjiang province, the nights in summer are quite cool.
She had never felt this hot when she lived in a tenement building before.
Despite feeling physically exhausted, I just couldn't fall asleep.
Her mother's breathing was even, and she sounded like she was fast asleep.
Song Lubai was parched from the heat, so she got up, drank a glass of cool water, and then fanned herself with a fan.
The more she fanned herself, the more agitated she became. Song Lubai put down the fan and lay back down, forcing herself to close her eyes and sleep.
My mind remained clear the whole time. A mosquito buzzed in my ear, and I swatted it away, finally bringing peace to the world.
I don't know how much time passed, but in a hazy state, I seemed to hear some noise in the hallway.
The sound was very faint, but it was getting closer and closer.
It seemed that someone was deliberately tiptoeing this way.
She opened her eyes instantly, her gaze showing no sign of sleepiness.
Looking at my watch by the moonlight, it was already past one in the morning, and dawn would break in a little over three hours.
Her heart pounded, and she silently picked up the iron hammer that was leaning against the wall and placed it behind the door.
The doors and windows were all closed, otherwise the room wouldn't be so hot due to lack of ventilation.
She had barely stood behind the door when she saw a dark figure crouching by the window.
Her guess came true, and she gripped the hammer tightly in her hand.
Slowly, a slight sound came from the latch of the window.
Under the moonlight, Song Lubai watched as the handle at the window latch slowly swayed.
"Click"
After a crisp sound, the window was pushed open from the outside in.
Song Lubai was so nervous that her blood seemed to freeze, and her throat began to tighten.
As the dark figure climbed up through the window and tried to go inside, Song Lubai cried out "Ah!" and swung the hammer forcefully, smashing it down on the man's head.
The dark figure was Lu Jianxi. He hadn't expected there to be someone guarding behind the door, and he couldn't see what was happening behind the door from the window.
Caught off guard, Lu Jianxi was struck hard on the head and immediately fell to the ground, bleeding profusely from his head.
Song Lubai's shouts woke Zhang Cui up.
"What's wrong? What are you doing standing there?"
Song Lubai's hands were trembling. "Someone's climbing on the window, Mom. I suspect it's that Lu Jianxi."
Zhang Cui's drowsiness vanished instantly, and she asked anxiously, "Where is he?"
Song Lubai said, "I hit him with a hammer, I don't know if he was knocked unconscious or ran away."
The hammer was borrowed from a neighbor in the afternoon by Song Lubai. She was on guard and didn't even dare to open the window when she slept, so she naturally had to be fully prepared.
At that moment, she was thankful that she was too hot to sleep. If she had fallen asleep and someone outside had opened the window and jumped in, neither she nor her mother would have survived.
It was quiet outside. Zhang Cui mustered her courage and stood by the window to look out. She saw a dark figure lying on the ground.
The person was face down, so she couldn't see who it was, but she was certain it was a man.
"I reckon he's passed out. Let's call for help and wake up all the neighbors. We can't handle this ourselves."
The mother and daughter's shouts woke up the neighbors.
A few minutes later, the floor was brightly lit.
The hallway was packed with people, and the ground was completely surrounded.
The burly man mustered his courage, turned the person on the ground over, and asked, "Who is this? He looks familiar."
Niu Lili yawned and said, "Zhang Cui, isn't this some guy who came to see you in the middle of the night?"
Zhang Cui cursed, "You can't utter clean words from your filthy mouth. I'll sew it up for you with a needle tomorrow."
"Are you blind? This is Lu Jianxi, the nephew of Lin Dahai, who caused trouble here before. He was arrested before, but he escaped and became a wanted criminal."
Upon hearing that it was this heartless bastard, the timid among them all took a step back.
"What's wrong with him? Why isn't he moving? Is he dead?"
Song Lubai said, "He climbed out the window. I was scared, so I took a hammer and smashed him down."
As soon as she finished speaking, Song Lubai began to worry.
If she accidentally kills someone, will she also have to go to jail?
Because people like that are simply not worth it.
A man squatted down and checked Lu Jianxi's breathing. He said, "He's unconscious, but he's still breathing. Does anyone have a rope? Let's tie him up and take him to the police station. He definitely won't be able to escape this time."
There was a pool of blood on the ground. When the men were tying people up, Song Lubai saw Lu Jianxi's fingers twitch.
Her heart skipped a beat, and she reminded him, "Hurry up, he's moving, he's about to wake up."
These words startled the men.
Zhang Cui had often talked about Lin Dahai and Lu Jianxi with her neighbors in the tenement building. Everyone knew that Lin Dahai was a troublemaker and a very good fighter. They had all witnessed it firsthand and knew that Lu Jianxi was incredibly tough.
The men cautiously tied Lu Jianxi up, and by the time he regained consciousness under their manipulation, he was already being dragged downstairs.
This matter concerns Song Lubai and her daughter, so naturally the two of them have to go to the police station.
By the moonlight, Lu Jianxi wanted to see the faces of these people clearly and memorize them so that if he ever escaped, none of them would get away!
Lu Jianxi's gaze froze when he saw Song Lubai's face.
Zhang Cui's daughter is so beautiful.
Such a beautiful woman should belong to Lu Jianxi!
Song Lubai noticed his gaze and gave him a disgusted look.
That look was no different from looking at garbage.
Not long after the group left the tenement building area, they saw a figure dragging his leg on the street.
The man was hunched over and walked unsteadily, as if his body had no support, and his two legs looked particularly strange when he walked.
Encountering such a strange person on the street in the middle of the night, everyone felt like they had encountered something evil.
As the dark figure drew closer, Zhang Cui hesitated and said, "It looks like Lin Dahai to me."
Everyone stared intently as the figure drew closer. When it reached them, they recognized the face clearly. Who else could it be but Lin Dahai?
Bound hand and foot, Lu Jianxi, his face covered in blood, asked, "You son of a bitch, you're still alive! I'll bury you and you'll still live!"
These words sent chills down the spines of those around them.
What kind of beast is this? He actually buried his own uncle alive.
Lin Dahai hadn't spat out all the dirt from his mouth. Although he wasn't dead, he was practically dead.
"How can I die if you don't die!"
Lin Dahai approached and slapped Lu Jianxi across the face, yelling, "You heartless bastard, you've ruined my life..."
Lu Jianxi struggled fiercely and cursed loudly: "You old bastard, you slept with my wife, framed me, and caused me to be arrested. I'm going to kill you!"
The others had not heard of Lin Dahai sleeping with Lu Jianxi's wife.
This was so shameful that Zhang Cui wasn't stupid enough to tell anyone; if she did, she would lose face.
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