"Sister-in-law, I only know a little about traditional Chinese medicine. Anyway, this lady is fine, so you don't need to worry. If you're still concerned, you can take her to the hospital for observation."
At this moment, Feilong rushed over, "What's wrong, Sister Bi?" He had just overheard Gao Jianfei's words. Feilong's gaze towards Gao Jianfei was once again filled with confusion!
Tonight will be an absolutely thrilling night for Feilong!
Not only was the family nearly destroyed by the kidnappers, but there were also many unanswered questions surrounding Gao Jianfei!
Feilong wasn't stupid. The kidnapping situation had been dire; Feilong had almost given up hope of survival. But then, things took a dramatic turn—over a dozen formidable kidnappers were swiftly killed. One detail, however, left Feilong suspicious… Gao Jianfei was the first to arrive, smashing open the doors of the two vans, letting everyone out, and telling them that the kidnappers had been completely wiped out!
Throughout the entire process, Gao Jianfei's behavior was not quite normal... He was too calm and composed!
A bunch of robbers died outside, and they were killed by the unbelievable method of bows and arrows. Gao Jianfei calmly came over and smashed the car door... Isn't there a problem with that?
Now, we see Gao Jianfei taking pulses, talking big like a traditional Chinese medicine doctor.
Feilong really can't understand Gao Jianfei anymore!
Meanwhile, several ambulances rushed into Feilong's villa area. Feilong rubbed his temples. "Jianfei, you stand here with your sister-in-law for a while, I need to clean up this mess." After saying that, Feilong gave a wry smile and ran towards the guests.
Some guests were still there. Several corpses lay on the ground.
"Then, Jianfei, take Sister Bi to the hospital too," Feilong's wife said quickly, her eyes darting around.
Gao Jianfei thought to himself, this was just a momentary excitement or fear that caused his blood and qi to become disordered, which made him faint. It's not a big deal! Why do we have to send him to the hospital?
However, despite thinking this way, Gao Jianfei would not go against Feilong's wishes. He directly carried Sister Bi and personally put her into an ambulance.
Feilong's wife quickly got into the ambulance and said to Gao Jianfei, "Jianfei, I'll take Sister Bi to the hospital first."
Gao Jianfei said "Oh," and then casually asked, "By the way, sister-in-law, who exactly is this lady? What is your relationship with her? Also, why did she say she was my mother just now?"
Feilong's wife smiled awkwardly. "Alright, Jianfei, I'll talk to you again after I go to the hospital and come back. Anyway, don't overthink it, it's nothing. Sister Bi was probably just scared and talking nonsense."
Gao Jianfei nodded.
"Teacher!" At this moment, Wu Keyou and the leaders from the municipal and provincial party committees rushed over.
"Teacher, I'm so glad you're alright! You scared me to death!" Wu Ke's worry was genuine, showing that he respected and cared for Gao Jianfei, his nominal teacher.
"Teacher Gao, why are you back again? Where are those robbers?" Mayor Feng He of Huashi City's face was still somewhat pale, clearly still shaken.
Gao Jianfei casually lied, "I don't know what happened myself. On the way, the robbers were killed by some archers, and Feilong and I drove back."
"Archers?" The municipal and provincial leaders were all speechless with surprise. "What archers?"
The name "archer" is really too unfamiliar to modern society!
Gao Jianfei smiled, feigning helplessness. "I really don't know."
Gao Jianfei saw no need to hide or conceal the so-called "archer." Firstly, he couldn't easily deal with the corpses; if they were there, the police would find them soon, and the "archer" would become a fact.
But this has little to do with Gao Jianfei.
No one knew that Gao Jianfei could shoot arrows, and no one could guess that it was Gao Jianfei who did it!
On the one hand, the iron bow and the remaining arrows were well hidden in the haunted house, and the police couldn't find them even after digging three feet into the ground; on the other hand, Gao Jianfei is now an artist and painter, so who would doubt that someone with such an identity would be a terrible archer?
Seeing Gao Jianfei's slightly impatient expression, the leaders didn't ask any more questions. Just as Gao Jianfei had thought, the leaders didn't suspect that this great artist was involved in the series of horrific events that night. On the contrary, the leaders were relieved... thankfully Gao Jianfei returned safely; otherwise, it would have been an irreparable loss for the flower market, G province, and even the entire national art scene!
"Alright, it's wonderful that Teacher Gao has returned safely!" Mayor Feng He of Huashi patted Gao Jianfei on the shoulder. "Teacher Gao, I'm still a little scared. If something had really happened to you, how would I explain it to the painting enthusiasts across the country? How would I explain it to those people in the Painting Association?"
"Ha, Mayor Feng, isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?" Gao Jianfei was both amused and exasperated. He felt that what Mayor Feng said was far too absurd.
Secretary Meng immediately chimed in, "Teacher Gao, Mayor Feng is no joke. Right now, the entire internet and major newspapers are talking about you. I even logged onto some art enthusiast forums this morning, and they're treating you like a god!"
Gao Jianfei, however, chatted with these leaders as if nothing had happened. Not long after, several police cars rushed into the villa area.
A burly, middle-aged man in plainclothes jumped out of one of the police cars. He was handsome and had an impressive appearance. At a glance, you could tell he was definitely a high-ranking officer!
A dozen police officers, along with some forensic experts, jumped out of several police cars and quickly began to investigate the scene.
The ambulance that just arrived was essentially a waste of time; aside from taking Sister Bi back to the hospital, there were no other injured people lying on the ground.
They were all dead.
The emergency center dared not touch the bodies of the deceased, after all, this was an attack by a terrorist madman, and the provincial public security department had already intervened. The bodies would inevitably be handled by forensic doctors from the public security system to collect evidence.
Currently, a large number of police officers have begun questioning the guests at Feilong Villa.
Feilong also told the police about the area where the bandits were killed.
"Director Zhuo!" At this moment, Mayor Feng of Huashi and Secretary Meng, among others, walked directly toward the burly middle-aged man who got out of the police car.
The "Director Zhuo" immediately inquired, "Comrade Feng He, Comrade Meng Guangliang, what exactly happened? Was there a gunfight here? I see there are several victims. Although I don't yet know the details of the case, one thing is certain: this is one of the worst criminal cases to occur in our G province in recent years. You described it as a 'terrorist' incident on the phone just now. What exactly happened?"
Mayor Feng and Secretary Meng quickly recounted the entire incident to Director Zhuo. Director Zhuo listened with growing alarm, his brows furrowing deeply.
However, although he already knew the heinous nature of this case and knew that solving it would be very difficult, and his facial expression showed great anxiety, he also felt a mixture of joy and worry.
It's important to know that Director Zhuo is actually only the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau of G Province!
However, rumors have been circulating that Director Jiao Huafeng, who is currently in a full-fledged position, is going to be promoted to a central government post! This will create a vacancy in his position, and several deputy directors are secretly vying for it!
Among the candidates vying for the position of Deputy Director-General Zhuo, his advantage wasn't actually that significant. However, given the massive terrorist attack that occurred in G Province tonight, if Deputy Director-General Zhuo could successfully solve the case, his promotion would be virtually guaranteed!
Therefore, despite knowing the case was tricky, Deputy Director Zhuo was quite ambitious.
At this moment, a police officer walked directly towards Deputy Director Zhuo and reported, "Director Zhuo, we have taken statements from the guests here and the owner of this villa, Long Yifei, a private entrepreneur from Huamin. There is a situation that may be of concern... After the robbers stormed into this villa, they took several hostages, but during the hostage situation, all the robbers were killed, and the hostages were safely returned."
"Hmm?" Deputy Director Zhuo raised an eyebrow.
At that moment, Deputy Director Zhuo's phone rang, and he answered it. Immediately, someone on the other end reported… “Deputy Director Zhuo, in the suburbs behind Fengming Mountain, 16 male corpses have been discovered, including two European and American men. They were all killed by… with arrows!” The voice reporting this trembled slightly.
“Bows and arrows? This case is getting stranger and stranger!” Deputy Director Zhuo frowned. “Bring all the men’s bodies back to the station and have the forensic doctors perform autopsies to analyze the specific cause of death.”
After hanging up the phone, Deputy Director Zhuo immediately said to a police officer beside him, "Bring all the hostages held by the robbers back to the station, except for the elderly and children!"
Immediately, police officers came over and told Gao Jianfei, Feilong, and the others who had been held hostage by the mercenaries to go back to the police station to give statements.
Gao Jianfei smiled; he didn't care anyway. No one could find any fault with him! Not even the best policemen and detectives in the world!
Gao Jianfei's background is simple; he's just a migrant worker from a small city, now working in G province. This is Gao Jianfei's past experience. Although he recently entered a casino, the casino and tonight's events are completely unrelated! The crucial question is, who can find Gao Jianfei's bow and arrow?
Seeing that Deputy Director Zhuo was about to take Gao Jianfei away, the flower market's leadership immediately pleaded, "Deputy Director Zhuo, that's Gao Jianfei, a young painter from our flower market. He has nothing to do with tonight's events. He's a genius painter..."
"Take them all away!" Deputy Director Zhuo said in a rather forceful tone. "Comrade Jiao Huafeng went to Beijing for a meeting. He instructed me by phone to set up a special task force for tonight's heinous case. I am the commander-in-chief. Don't say anything more, take them all away!"
And so, Gao Jianfei, Chen Xian, Fei Long, and Tang Wenjun were taken directly into a police car and sped away.
In the police car, Gao Jianfei wasn't too worried. Instead, he was pondering a question… there must be a mole among Fei Long's trusted men. Finding this mole would mean uncovering the mastermind behind tonight's events!
How do we find the traitor?
This would certainly be an extremely troublesome and difficult matter for others, even for Feilong. However, for Gao Jianfei, it was not difficult at all.
Gao Jianfei only needs to do one thing...
ghost!
When I have time, I'll just go back to where I killed those robbers, extract their souls, piece them together, and that'll be it!
Of course, Gao Jianfei wouldn't be indifferent to this matter. If the real mastermind isn't found, the Feilong family will likely face endless trouble.
Gao Jianfei didn't want Feilong to get into trouble, nor did he want Feilong's mother and Xiaotang to get into trouble, and he also didn't want Feilong's sister-in-law to get into trouble!
When Gao Jianfei looked up, he saw Feilong and Tang Wenjun, their faces hidden in the dim moonlight streaming in through the car window. They were both lost in thought, their expressions somber.
Feilong's wife had just accompanied Bijie to a nearby hospital when Bijie woke up from her coma.
Gao Jianfei is right. After all, it was just a momentary excitement that caused him to faint. Now that he has woken up, he is fine.
Sister Bi didn't waste a single second at the hospital. She rushed out as if she had lost a precious possession, repeatedly muttering, "My son...where's my son? My son!"
Judging from Sister Bi's condition, it's clear that something is wrong with her emotions.
Feilong's wife hurriedly followed Bijie out.
"Sister Bi, you need to calm down! Calm down!" Feilong's wife, with strength she didn't know she came from, grabbed Sister Bi and shook her violently a few times. Then, she pulled Sister Bi into a nearby coffee shop.
The two found a private room and sat down.
Sister Bi took out a pack of women's cigarettes from her purse, lit one with trembling hands, took a few puffs, and gradually calmed down.
I must say, Sister Bi's smoking posture is really beautiful and elegant.
"Wanjun, you won't let me see my son." At this moment, Sister Bi finally recovered from her hysterical frenzy.
People have become much more normal.
"Sister Bi, what makes you so sure that Jianfei is your son? Just because he has the surname Gao? Because he looks a lot like Brother Jin?" Feilong's wife retorted.
Sister Bi exhaled a smoke ring. "Wanjun, we're all getting old, and you're a mother yourself. You should know that when... when facing her own son, there's an unseen calling! Just like when I first saw Jianfei, I knew he was definitely my son!"
Feilong's wife stared at Bijie for a few seconds, and finally sighed, "So what? Bijie, I really wanted to tell you about Jianfei coming to G Province, but Feilong kept dissuading me. Now that I think about it, he was right. Bijie, your identity is very special. Also, let me be frank, your relationship with Jin-ge was beautiful, but it was also dangerous and fatal! You should know how terrifying it would have been if your real husband had found out about your secret affair with Jin-ge. Although Jin-ge was very successful in the gambling world at the time, compared to your real man, he was like an ant! Fortunately, you two kept it very secret, and very few people knew the inside story. And your real man was too busy to investigate. But, you and Jin-ge actually had a child... this..." If this gets out, not only will Brother Jin be in danger, but even you, Sister, won't be able to protect yourself! Since Brother Jin had the foresight to find a simple woman in a small city to be his wife, and then gave this child to that woman to raise, absolutely refusing to let you see that child again, and 22 years have passed, it has proven that Brother Jin's actions were correct. Now that this child has grown up, if you don't want to dredge up these old stories and harm this innocent child, then you'd better... not acknowledge him!" After a pause, Sister Feilong continued, "Sister, as I said before, my thoughts were the same as yours. Since he's your own flesh and blood, why can't you acknowledge him? However, my husband's analysis makes a lot of sense, so I advise you, just leave it at that! You can just watch Jianfei grow up, as an aunt, in a different capacity, watching him get married and have children, isn't that better?"
At this moment, a sorrow and grief that no one could describe or inscribe was reflected in Sister Bi's eyes. She sighed dejectedly, "My real man? Kai Xiong? Ha, maybe God is playing a trick on me. Wan Jun, you know that in some ways, Kai Xiong isn't a real man. He... he can't have normal sex with women. Back then, I was in my prime, how could I bear this? And I couldn't divorce Kai Xiong because of his status. So, that's why I... sigh, actually, Kai Xiong isn't as heartless as you think. He's usually very good to me. He's very obedient, protective, and doting. Unfortunately, Kai Xiong and I are husband and wife in name only, without any real marriage."
After a few seconds of silence, Sister Bi suddenly stood up. "Wanjun, in short, don't worry about my affairs. Back then, because Chen Yifeng deliberately spread false information to Brother Jin, and also bribed several of my good friends to stick me on a trip to Austria, Brother Jin believed that I had been kidnapped by Chen Yifeng. Later, Brother Jin suffered a complete defeat, was crippled, and disappeared without a trace! I owe Brother Jin, and Jianfei, so much. I will definitely find a way to make amends!"
After saying that, Sister Bi left the coffee shop.
Feilong's wife also sighed and followed her away.
Huashi Public Security Bureau Interrogation Room.
Fei Long, Chen Xian, Tang Wenjun, and Gao Jianfei were taken to four different interrogation rooms to give their statements.
The statements of Feilong, Chen Xian, and Tang Wenjun all have one thing in common.
Feilong… It was indeed Jianfei who first broke down the car door, reminding us that all the robbers outside had been killed and urging us to come out. However, I can say with certainty that Jianfei definitely didn't kill those robbers. Jianfei was still a naive child; he couldn't possibly have killed so many people. Besides, those robbers died from arrow wounds. That had nothing to do with Jianfei.
Chen Xian... I really don't know. All I know is that when I was scared, my boyfriend opened the car door and told me that all the nightmares were over and we were safe!
Tang Wenjun…it was really strange at the time. I remember, at the birthday party, the robbers didn't kidnap Gao Jianfei, but he volunteered to be a hostage. Later, when we were locked in the van, we were all terrified, but Gao Jianfei calmly smashed the door and let us out. He told us that the robbers were all dead. He was really calm at the time.
In his office, Deputy Director Zhuo carefully studied the three transcripts. His right index finger tapped rhythmically on the table, clearly indicating he was deep in thought.
At this moment, a police officer knocked on the door and entered. He reported, "Deputy Director Zhuo, the autopsy reports for the 16 robbers are in. They died from arrow wounds. The killer's archery skills were astonishing; he killed almost every robber with a single arrow, either piercing their throats or their hearts. His methods were swift and decisive."
"It seems the truly terrifying one isn't the robbers, but... that archer!" Deputy Director Zhuo stood up abruptly. "I want to personally interrogate Gao Jianfei; he's suspicious!"
In a small interrogation room, Deputy Director Zhuo and two police officers looked at Gao Jianfei with serious expressions.
“Speak. If we tell you, you’ll be in a passive position,” Deputy Director Zhuo said solemnly to Gao Jianfei.
"Officers, I really don't know what you want me to say." Gao Jianfei shrugged innocently. "I've said everything I need to say. Do I have to repeat myself? Fine, I'll say it then. They locked me in the van, and then they stopped, apparently to check something, but then I heard screams and gunshots. After that, I climbed out of the window and looked around; there were a bunch of corpses. Then I knew that the kidnappers might have been killed by someone, so I was the first to rush over and release Feilong and my girlfriend."
"You were very calm at the time." Deputy Director Zhuo looked at Gao Jianfei with an aggressive gaze. "You're only 22 years old. Facing a group of vicious thugs, you actually volunteered to be a hostage! I don't believe a 22-year-old could do such a thing. Is this a sense of justice? Personal heroism?"