Chapter 42: You won't mind one more hostage, will you?

  Suddenly, there were two more people on the road, but in an instant, all the vehicles driving on both sides came to a stop. Just now, if that driver hadn't stepped on the brakes, Sha Qi's body would have been crushed into two pieces.

  Ye Bai returned to the dinner table and sat down, picking up his chopsticks again as if nothing had happened.

  Ye Bai's series of actions was as smooth as floating clouds and flowing water, and the entire process took only three seconds.

  "You... you even hit someone from the National Security Bureau? This is getting out of hand!" Lin Fei said angrily.

  "Police officer's wife, I told you before, you can't bend your elbow outward."

  Ye Bai picked up a piece of rice cake and put it in her mouth, chewing for two mouthfuls before saying: "Can't you think I should just follow them honestly?"

  Ye Bai's first sentence made Lin Fei even more annoyed, but the next one immediately calmed her down... Indeed, how could Ye Bai follow Sha Qi? If Ye Bai really followed Sha Qi, she might not see tomorrow's sun.

  Many times, the power of the National Security Agency is much greater than that of the police bureau.

  Through the glass window of the restaurant, Lin Fei saw Sha Qi and He Li had gotten up and left in a black sedan. She naturally lost her appetite for dinner and said, "You quickly find a place to hide."

  "Why hide?" Ye Bai said nonchalantly, "With these idiots still unable to do anything to me, you should have confidence in your own husband."

  "The National Security Bureau isn't as simple as you think, there are many experts inside. And because of the explosion at the Municipal Bureau building, recently in Tianjing City, there have been many National Security Bureau experts active. Even if they won't take action for Sha's family's Sha Zhi, you just beat up the National Security Bureau's Sha Kui and He Li, so the National Security Bureau's experts will definitely come to settle the score. They never admit defeat." Lin Fei explained kindly.

  "Let them come then, one by one, a pair at a time, best if several decent ones come, don't always be so predictable." Ye Bai said lightly and confidently.

  Lin Fei looked at Ye Bai again, let out a long sigh, and didn't try to persuade him anymore. She knew that there were many powerful people in this world, but she couldn't be certain which level Ye Bai belonged to among them.

  She had also investigated Ye Bai before, but unfortunately, apart from the information on his ID card, she couldn't find any other information about him.

  "This guy's origins are mysterious, he might actually be a master."

  Lin Fei comforted herself in her heart and lost her appetite, so she got up to settle the bill.

  Ye Bai also finished eating and stood up with Lin Fei to the counter.

  Lin Fei patted her own pocket and helplessly discovered that she hadn't taken out her wallet, which was still in the police station's locker room. She could only look at Ye Bai.

  Before, Ye Bai did say he would treat us.

  Ye Bai was smiling and staring at Lin Fei, looking at Lin Fei's extremely beautiful face, looking at Lin Fei's proud chest, looking at Lin Fei's S-shaped waist and plump buttocks, without any awareness of asking the host to pay the bill.

  "Sir, madam, are you going to settle the bill?" asked a slightly plump woman sitting behind the counter.

  "Yes, just a moment." Lin Fei replied with a sentence and stared at Ye Bai, "I didn't bring my wallet, you pay the bill."

  "Uh-huh, okay." Ye Bai nodded, but patted his own pocket and found that he didn't have any money either. He couldn't help but furrow his brow.

  This is embarrassing, I originally said to invite the police officer's wife to dinner, but how could I not bring money out? Ah, I wore Long Hao Ran's clothes, and the money was in the pocket of my original clothes...

  "Can I owe this for now and come back tomorrow to pay you?" Ye Bai asked the woman behind the counter.

  "We don't allow credit here, young man."

  That fat woman said nothing wrong, but she couldn't help muttering: "No money to pretend to be a big shot and invite beautiful women to dinner, eat and not pay the bill, really shameless."

  As the fat woman said, such a man really exists. His face is thicker than the corner of the city wall. He invited a beautiful girl to dinner and ended up pretending not to have brought his wallet, letting the beautiful girl pay the bill.

  It's clear that the fat woman thought Ye Bai was this kind of person, because she could tell at a glance. The clothes on Ye Bai's body weren't high-end goods, and the clothes plus pants were probably only two or three hundred yuan, and they didn't even fit well.

  "What's wrong with the way you're talking?"

  Lin Fei saw Ye Bai was about to get angry, so she spoke up first. She looked at the fat woman and said, "We won't shortchange you on money, you'd better watch what you say."

  Then Lin Fei took out her own mobile phone and dialed a number, apparently preparing to have someone bring money over.

  When he heard the police officer's wife speaking up for him, Ye Bai was overjoyed and didn't bother to argue with that fat woman anymore.

  That fat woman was originally jealous of Lin Fei's figure and appearance, if it wasn't for seeing Lin Fei wearing a police uniform, she would have definitely slammed the table. It was precisely because Lin Fei was wearing a police uniform that Ye Bai had thrown Sha Qi and He Li out earlier, so she didn't report to the police. Of course, with her eyesight, she couldn't see how formidable Ye Bai was either. Moreover, this counter was very high, and she had been dozing off inside, so she hadn't seen clearly what happened just now.

  "The police are not easy to deal with, they even need money for food." The fat woman muttered again, "She looks pretty good, but her temper is not small, and she's found a poor guy like him as her boyfriend."

  "Are you looking for a beating?" Ye Bai was furious. "Who are you calling poor?"

  When Yeh Bai scolded himself, the fat woman also got angry. She suddenly stood up and said with a face full of quivering fat: "It's you, if you really have money, not carrying cash on your body, there should be cards at least!"

  "What's going on? Is someone causing trouble?"

  A fat chef with a cleaver in his hand rushed out of the kitchen, also with a sullen face and a strong smell of greasy smoke, and pointed at Ye Bai with the cleaver, saying: "Are you looking for trouble?"

  "Get out, idiot!"

  When others use a kitchen knife to point at themselves, Ye Bai cannot have no reaction. He kicked out with one foot and let the fat cook fly back to the kitchen door again.

  "Little master has a card on him, what's wrong? Can the card be used to pay?" Ye Bai took out a bank card from his pocket. Originally, he was supposed to leave the bank card at home, but when he went out in the morning, Yu Man reminded him to bring it for transfer, so he had brought it with him.

  "With a card, of course, you can pay the bill. You don't even know this and still dare to say that you're not poor? I bet there's no money in your card!"

  The fat woman has come out from behind the counter, she first looked at the fat cook, seeing that the fat cook had climbed up again, looking like nothing was wrong with him. She pinched her waist and pointed at Ye Bai, saying: "What's going on? No money to pay the bill, thinking of causing trouble? Can't even fight properly? Everyone come see, police beating people!"

  "Stop calling!"

  Ye Bai generally wouldn't easily lay a hand on women, but this fat woman had already made him furious beyond endurance. Just as he was about to take action, Lin Fei, who had just finished the phone call, grabbed his arm and shouted at the fat woman.

  "Does your card really have money?" Lin Fei asked Ye Bai.

  "Yes, there should be more than 20 million." Ye Bai nodded in response.

  "Yeah, yeah, keep talking, with over 200 million words from you, I'd be the richest person in the world!" The fat woman said with disdain.

  "If you have it, eat it, how is it?"

  Ye Bai waved his hand and unexpectedly caught a fly that had flown in from who-knows-where.

  "How come there are flies in this restaurant?" Lin Fei frowned and said. She had also just arrived at the branch office recently and was not familiar with the nearby restaurants.

  Other guests were curious onlookers, and didn't mind that there were flies in the restaurant. In fact, having flies in a restaurant wasn't anything out of the ordinary.

  "Fine, if not, you eat it!" The fat woman said, and went back to the counter, putting the card reader on the counter.

  "Bet the password, I'd like to see where this poor guy got over 20 million!" The fat woman thought that if there really were over 20 million people, they would invite a beautiful policewoman to dinner and wouldn't come to her restaurant. Moreover, this young man looked too young.

  Under Lin Fei's guidance, Ye Bai successfully entered the password of his bank card.

  Then Lin Fei and the fat woman both stretched their heads to look at the small screen of the card reader...

  "Units, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands... hundreds of thousands, millions... Ah?"

  The fat woman was stunned, she never thought that others would actually have more than 20 million in savings.

  Lin Fei was slightly surprised, but then she relaxed, thinking that someone as skilled as Ye Bai would not be unreliable.

  "Come on, eat it, I heard flies are nutritious." Ye Bai handed the dead fly to the fat woman's face, and suddenly felt that letting this fat woman eat a fly was more satisfying than beating her up.

  The fat woman's face was even uglier than a pig's liver at this time.

  "Lin team, I'm here, this is the money."

  Zhang Yan hastily ran over and handed over a stack of red banknotes.

  "This meal is on me, I'm so sorry to have troubled you two elders... just please don't make me eat this fly." The fat woman begged with a bitter face.

  "Eat flies? What's going on?" Zhang Yan was quite puzzled.

  "Never mind?" Lin Fei also thought that it was better to let things go, after all, Ye Bai had just kicked the fat chef.

  "No way." Ye Bai was too lazy for nonsense and flatly refused, "I don't need your money."

  There are over 20 million people in Kari, so it's no big deal for them to spend a little money on this meal, which only costs around $10.

  "Anyway, I'm not eating it, I..."

  A fat woman was about to play truant, but when she spoke, she suddenly felt that there was something extra in her mouth. Before she could spit it out, the thing had already drilled into her belly.

  The dead fly on the counter was gone again.

  "You..." The fat woman glared at Ye Bai with her eyes wide open, then suddenly vomited a puddle on the ground.

  "Let's go."

  Lin Fei felt disgusted, so she put 200 yuan on the counter and took Ye Bai's bank card, pulling him out of the restaurant. In her heart, she thought: This guy really can do anything!

  "If it weren't for you, there wouldn't be a past, I wouldn't have sorrow, but..."

  A string of ringing sounds started.

  Lin Fei first returned the bank card to Ye Bai, then took out his own mobile phone from his pocket and pressed the answer button, saying "Hello".

  Just a few seconds later, Lin Fei's face changed greatly, and she said: "Damn it, I'll be right there!"

  "Lin's team, what's wrong?" Zhang Yan asked.

  "A group of robbers has robbed Zhou Laosheng's jewelry store and is now holding many hostages, confronting the special police." Lin Fei walked quickly towards the City North Branch Bureau.

  "Aren't we specifically in charge of Zhang Ye's case now?" Zhang Yan asked again.

  "But my niece works there and she's also a hostage." Lin Fei explained, then instructed Zhang Yan, "You don't have to follow me, just stay at the branch office and keep an eye on Hyeong-gwa, be extremely careful, don't give him another chance."

  "I understand." Zhang Yan nodded.

  When they arrived at the courtyard of the North City Branch Bureau, Lin Fei got into a police car and was surprised to find that Ye Bai was already sitting in the front passenger seat.

  "How did you also come up? Don't you have anything to do this afternoon?" Lin Fei asked.

  "If there's anything, I'll have my wife accompany the police." Ye Bai replied.

  Lin Fei didn't have the heart to bicker with Ye Bai, and immediately started the police car, speeding quickly onto the highway.

  There is a pedestrian street next to Dongdajie in Tianjing City, which is also one of the most famous commercial streets in Tianjing City. There are many domestic and international well-known shops here, including Zhou Laosheng Jewelry Store.

  It's noon now, with the scorching sun hanging high in the sky. Even on a bustling pedestrian street, it should be deserted at this hour.

  Now the whole pedestrian street is crowded with people and very lively.

  Inside the pedestrian street, however, were armed police and paramilitary police, while many onlookers were blocked outside, only able to peek into the pedestrian street by standing on tiptoes behind a row of special police.

  The largest police force is at the entrance of Zhou Lao Sheng Jewelry Store, with rows of SWAT officers standing guard at the entrance and many snipers on high points around.

  "Bandits inside, what conditions can you put forward? Don't harm the hostages under any circumstances."

  "You have already made a great mistake, don't make another one on top of it! Think about your wives and children, think about your elderly..."

  At the entrance of Zhou Laosheng Jewelry Store, a bespectacled negotiation expert invited by the police is holding a loudspeaker and shouting into it.

  Bang!

  Suddenly, gunshots came from inside the store, scaring the negotiation expert and Director Liu of the Municipal Bureau so much that they ducked their heads.

  Then, a man with a bleeding thigh crawled out of the store, crawling extremely hard and painful. He was carried away by two SWAT officers after he reached the stairs at the entrance.

  "What's going on?"

  When he heard someone asking, Director Liu turned his head and saw that it was Lin Fei who had arrived. He smiled bitterly and said: "The hijackers are now inside, a total of six people, all holding submachine guns. Every twenty minutes, they will shoot and injure a hostage, then let the hostage slowly crawl out. This is already the third hostage."

  "Didn't they mention any conditions?" Lin Fei asked.

  "No." Director Liu shook his head and said.

  "What are they going to do?" Lin Fei looked puzzled.

  "Who knows?" Director Liu said helplessly, "They've been in there for an hour, but except for shooting and injuring the hostages, not a single one has made a sound or shown their face. Moreover, they seem to be well-trained, and our snipers haven't had a chance to fire. There are also many hostages inside, so we don't dare act rashly."

  "By the way, how did you come here? Aren't you in charge of that kidnapping case at the branch bureau?" Director Liu asked unexpectedly.

  "I just received a call saying there's a situation here. I came because my niece is inside." Lin Fei explained.

  "Oh, all the hostages who were just injured are men." Director Liu nodded, "Your niece is probably still inside."

  At this moment, a hijacker came out with a female hostage.

  "Xiao Wan!" Lin Fei couldn't help but exclaim, because the female hostage was none other than her niece, Lin Xiao Wan.

  At this time, Lin Xiaowan was clearly frightened, her whole body trembling, her small face pale white. She was only eighteen years old and had never seen such a scene before.

  Because the robbers did not all come out, and there were still many hostages in the store, the police did not dare to shoot easily.

  "We want to exchange hostages, we want a policeman."

  One of the robbers shouted loudly.

  The two kidnappers who appeared were tall and sturdy, holding submachine guns in their hands, with black headgear like stockings on their heads.

  "I'm coming!"

  As the surrounding police frowned, Lin Fei took a step forward and walked towards the entrance of the store.

  "Auntie!" Lin Xiaowan finally saw Lin Fei and couldn't help but shout loudly.

  The kidnapper was quite decisive and with one push, he pushed Lin Xiaowan towards Lin Fei. They seemed to be not worried at all that Lin Fei would turn around and leave.