Chapter 198

The two climbed up quickly and saw from afar a solitary dark blue tent on the grass at the top of the mountain, 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'll 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... It looked like someone had robbed and looted 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 wanted 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 him from both sides.

There was dead silence inside and outside the tent.

A man and a woman were lying on the ground. They were Qiao Yi and Wang Tongxin. Both of them had multiple knife wounds, some of which were still bleeding. The whole body and the ground were covered with blood. Qiao Yi's eyes were wide open, and he seemed to be dead. 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 the gun and squatted down, first checked Qiao Yi's breath and pulse, and confirmed death. Then he 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 quickly weighed 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 frightened Xia Yongze. Then she put away her gun, glanced at the roaring waterfall next to her, and gritted her teeth and said, "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 any calls. She had to save people first.

Wang Tongxin had seven or eight knife wounds on her body, especially one on her back which was extremely severe and bleeding. 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."

"it is good!"

Fortunately, Wang Tongxin's serious injury was on her back, and the other wounds were bandaged very firmly. Xia Yongze immediately squatted in front of her. His body was like a bear, with a thick and wide back. He was also careful, almost bending his entire back flat, wanting Wang Tongxin to feel as stable as possible.

Li Qingyao was about to help the person to 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! Go... now... it's 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 trail first."

"No! What if you get into danger alone?"

"Am I stupid? I will 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 body of the father 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 with them 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 when he heard 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 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 the phone with Li Qingyao, 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. Not only him, but also his team, who had been on duty all night yesterday and were only resting now, the people in the other tents were all 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 careful."

"Ah."

Chen Pu was very familiar with the terrain of the surrounding mountains. He simply took a shortcut and climbed all the way up, at a very fast speed. Although it was drizzling, it had no effect on him. However, he estimated that Li Qingyao and the others' speed 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 in this mountainous area is sporadic, and I don't know if she didn't check her phone or didn't receive the message.

He arrived at Mount Lookout.

He thought they should have reached here by now, so he took out his cell phone to make a call, but the signal was completely gone. He had brought a walkie-talkie, but Li Qingyao had just arrived and didn't have one yet, so he had to put it away and continue climbing the mountain.

He even hummed a song, a light and popular love song. After humming several lines, he realized that he was laughing. Thinking that he would suddenly appear in front of her, she would not be so cold-hearted that she would fly over to him in ecstasy, but her clear eyes would definitely be glued to him and full of smiles. His chest felt warm and his steps became faster.

He had already set up the tent for her at the rest stop. He didn't know if other colleagues would gossip if he went to sleep in her tent in the middle of the night. It was still not good. But he felt that he might not be able to help himself. Shit.

In such a difficult environment, after being apart for so many days, can I sleep with my girlfriend for a night, and can I sleep in the same tent with Zhou Yangxin and hate each other? Can I do the same?

How about sneaking out early in the morning so that no one would see her? 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 his mind kept thinking about how to sleep in the future, 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 gunshots.

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.

Dabao, see you tomorrow.