Chapter 83
The two climbed up quickly and saw from afar a solitary dark blue tent on the grassy hilltop, rustling in the wind.
"Maybe they are hikers." Li Qingyao frowned.
"The entrance to the mountain is sealed, how come you're still coming up?"
"This mountain range is so huge, with many paths leading to different places. They may not know that the police are closing the mountain for a search, so they may have come from other entrances. We will go over and ask them, and try to persuade them to leave."
As a result, the two of them took two steps forward and realized something was wrong.
There was a faint smell of blood in the wind. Outside the tent, things were scattered all over the ground: blankets, clothes, mineral water bottles, books, dishes and chopsticks...it looked like someone had robbed and ransacked the place.
"There!" Xia Yongze exclaimed, pointing to the edge of the tent.
A pair of men's legs were exposed on the ground, motionless.
Li Qingyao's eyelids jumped, and he stopped Xia Yongze who was about to rush over, and pulled out his gun. Seeing this, Xia Yongze also drew his gun, and the two of them slowly stepped forward and surrounded them from both sides.
There was dead silence inside and outside the tent.
There was a man and a woman lying on the ground. They were Qiao Yi and Wang Tongxin. Both men had multiple knife wounds on their bodies, some of which were still bleeding, and their bodies and the ground were covered in blood. Qiao Yi's eyes were wide open, and he looked as if he was dying. Wang Tongxin was holding a blood-stained rag doll in her hand, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and she was dying.
"Safe." Li Qingyao said, quickly put away his gun and squatted down, first checking Qiao Yi's breath and pulse to confirm death. She then gently helped Wang Tongxin up and asked, "We are the police. What happened? Can you still speak?" While asking, she asked Xia Yongze to take off his backpack.
They carried some simple first aid supplies with them, such as bandages, iodine, and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Wang Tongxin opened her eyes and grabbed Li Qingyao’s arm with her weak hands: “Two men… with knives… my husband… is dead…” She burst into tears, “My children… my two daughters… were taken away by them… save them… please save them quickly…”
Xia Yongze took a deep breath and lowered his voice to whisper in Li Qingyao's ear: "Two men? Are they them?"
Li Qingyao nodded, his face extremely grim and his palms soaked with sweat, but his mind was quickly weighing the situation in front of him and he made a decision in an instant.
She drew her gun and fired three shots into the air as a warning, which scared Xia Yongze. Then she put away her gun, glanced at the roaring waterfall next to her, and said through gritted teeth: "Bandage him first, saving lives is the most important thing."
She took out her cell phone again, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make a call. We can only save people first.
Wang Tongxin had seven or eight knife wounds on her body, especially one on her back which was extremely serious and bleeding profusely. Li Qingyao first took away the rag doll that Wang Tongxin was holding in her hand. Seeing Wang Tongxin staring at the doll with a sad face, he stuffed the small doll into his coat pocket and said, "I'll keep it for you first and return it to you when we get to the hospital."
Both of them knew some basic first aid and used all the bandages on Wang Tongxin, but the wound on her back was still bleeding and could not be stopped.
Li Qingyao said, "There is no signal on the phone. We are too close to the waterfall and the noise is too loud. The gunshots we fired just now may not be heard down the mountain. We can't delay any longer. She has lost too much blood and is still bleeding. She could die at any time. We have to get her down the mountain immediately."
"good!"
Fortunately, Wang Tongxin's serious injury was on her back, and her other wounds were bandaged tightly. Xia Yongze immediately squatted in front of her. His body was like a bear, with a thick and broad back. He was also very careful, and almost arched his entire back, wanting to make Wang Tongxin feel as stable as possible.
Li Qingyao was about to help the person onto him, but Wang Tongxin struggled violently, refusing to go up: "Don't...care about me! It doesn't matter if I die! Please, you! Save my...two daughters...go now...they left for half an hour...said they wanted to rape them...they were only 8...15 years old..."
Wang Tongxin cried bitterly and begged desperately. Xia Yongze was at a loss.
Li Qingyao: "But you will die! We can't watch you die."
Wang Tongxin desperately shook her head. Because of the pain, her whole body was shaking violently with every word she spoke. Her face was pale from excessive blood loss, but her eyes were like fire: "Save my daughter...save them first..."
Li Qingyao's eyes were hot, and Xia Yongze's nose was already blocked by soreness. He said, "We will send you down the mountain first, and come back to save your daughter right away. I swear!"
But Wang Tongxin refused: "No! Going now... is too late... Don't worry about me, please! Don't let them..." She couldn't go on.
Li Qingyao's voice became unusually calm. "Alright, Xia Yongze, you carry her down the mountain. I can't do that. Run down, but be careful to stay steady. Once you get close, fire your gun again. I'll follow them and find their tracks first."
"No! What if you get into danger alone?"
"Am I stupid? I will wait and observe, not act rashly, and wait for you to come. She is right. If we wait until we get down the mountain before going up the mountain, we will lose the trace of the two criminals, and the two girls will be finished."
Looking at the father's body on the ground, and thinking of the beastly things the two men had done to the hostess and the little girl in another family, Xia Yongze felt a chill in his heart. He no longer hesitated and nodded: "I will bring people up as quickly as possible."
Li Qingyao held Wang Tongxin's hand and said, "Don't worry, I'll catch up now. I promise you that I will save your daughters even if it costs my life. You can't die, otherwise what will happen to them in the future?"
Wang Tongxin shed tears again: "Thank you..."
Xia Yongze felt even colder in his heart after hearing this, but he couldn't say anything and couldn't think of any better way. He could only carry Wang Tongxin on his back, gather all his strength, and run down the mountain like a gust of wind. Li Qingyao ran quickly into a dense forest in the direction pointed by Wang Tongxin.
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Chen Pu had been walking alone in the mountains and forests for more than two hours and climbed two mountains.
After hanging up Li Qingyao's call, he certainly wouldn't listen to her. He immediately put on his thick coat, thought for a while, took out a piece of chocolate from his bag, put it in his pocket, and left the tent.
In the tent behind him, Zhou Yangxin was sleeping soundly. It's not just him. Their team had been on duty all night yesterday and were just taking a break now. Everyone in the other tents was fast asleep.
There was only one police officer left, yawning on duty. When he saw Chen Pu coming out, he asked, "Captain Chen, why don't you take a rest? Where are you going so late?"
Chen Pu smiled and said, "Go pick someone up."
"be safe."
"Um."
Chen Pu is very familiar with the terrain of the surrounding mountains. He simply took a shortcut, climbing all the way up and over at an extremely fast speed. Although it was drizzling, it had little effect on him. However, he estimated that the speed of Li Qingyao and the others would be affected.
On the way, he also sent her a message: [Where are you? 】
The message was sent, but she didn't reply. The signal is intermittent in this mountainous area, and I don’t know if she didn’t check her phone or didn’t receive the message.
He arrived at Mount Lookout.
Figuring that they should have reached this point by now, he took out his cell phone to make a call, but the signal was completely gone. He did bring a walkie-talkie, but Li Qingyao had just arrived and had not yet received one, so he had to put it away and continue climbing the mountain.
He even hummed a song, a lively love song that was popular at the time. After humming a few times, he finally realized what he was doing and burst out laughing. Thinking that he would suddenly appear in front of her in a moment, with her cold personality, it was impossible for her to fly towards him in ecstasy, but her clear eyes would definitely be glued to him and filled with smiles. His chest felt warm and he walked faster.
He had already set up the tent for her at the rest area. She didn't know if other colleagues would gossip about him if he went to sleep in her tent in the middle of the night. Still not very good. But he felt like he probably wouldn't be able to help himself, damn.
In such a harsh environment, after being apart for so many days, can being able to sleep in the arms of my girlfriend for a night be the same as sleeping in the same tent with Zhou Yangxin and disliking each other? Can it be the same?
How about sneaking out early in the morning so no one sees you? Maybe. Doesn't she also like to sleep in his arms?
The wind from the mountain was blowing fiercely, making Chen Pu's forehead feel cold. But the important question of how to sleep in a while kept wandering in his mind, as if it was filled with warm honey.
The loud and noisy sound of the waterfall always lingers in my ears.
"Bang, bang, bang."
Chen Pu stopped.
He vaguely heard gunshots, but it wasn't clear and he wasn't sure if it was a gunshot.
But this is not right. Why are there unusual noises on the top of the mountain so late at night?
Where did Li Qingyao and the others go?
His heart skipped a beat, a chill covered his face, and he began to run towards the top of the mountain.
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