False evidence

Chapter 283 Illusory Image (10)

Gao He winked at me.

I understand what he means; these few sentences contain a lot of information. From his perspective, at least he has a direction to investigate.

He took out his phone, started recording, and held the phone to the bottom of the door crack.

However, just as he crouched down, a shout suddenly came from the other end of the corridor: "What are you doing?"

Gao He's body trembled.

I gestured for the person who was shouting to be quiet, quickly beckoned, and then squatted down at the doorway.

The other person was also unsure of the situation. Out of curiosity, they didn't say anything more and quickly walked over.

I slammed my tongue down and mouthed – Follower!

Gao put his phone down and glanced sideways at the shadow on the ground.

The man came up to me, staring at me as soon as I opened my mouth. Suddenly, Gao He twisted his body and struck the Chanzhong acupoint between my chest and abdomen with his elbow. Then, he raised his hand and pinched the carotid artery in my neck. With a little force, my eyes rolled back and I fainted.

Before the other person could collapse to the ground, I silently moved forward and hoisted him onto my shoulder. I gave Gao a wink, then turned and carried the man to the public restroom where I had previously knocked out and hidden the driver.

When I returned, Gao He pressed his ear against the door, looking at me with a hint of reproach in his eyes.

I pretended not to see it, rolled my eyes up, and pressed my ear against the door.

Gao He had this expression because the person he had just knocked out was not a follower of the duo who were trying to trick him, but a guy who looked like a sailor.

Gao He glared at him, but he knew in his heart that if I hadn't cheated and outmaneuvered him, even if we had found the imposter Zhu Wanlin, the harvest would have been far less than we had hoped for.

Perhaps because it was far from our city, the people in the room weren't very wary.

After a brief pause, the conversation continued—

"I'm quitting. Hou Lei, you should quit too."

"Are you teaching me what to do?"

"Heh...heh heh, how could I dare? I just couldn't take it anymore..."

"Can't stand it? Damn it, where were you before?!"

With a loud crash, it sounded like something had been kicked over.

"Do you remember how Zhu Wanlin treated you a year ago? I remember! You said your name was Zhu Wanqi and that you were his older brother! Do you remember how he treated you?"

"Haha, I remember. He was drunk at the time. He put the leftover food in a basin, put it on the ground, and said, 'Eat this basin, and I'll give you 20,000 yuan.'"

"and then?"

"I hit him."

"What happens next?"

"He's going to call the police..."

The other person abruptly interrupted him: "I was the one who stopped him from calling the police! Otherwise, you, a murderer wanted by country X, would have been executed a year ago! I saved your life!"

"You surnamed Hou! You didn't save me! You ruined me!"

"Am I harming you?"

"I did kill someone! But I've already changed my nationality! If my dad hadn't told me, I wouldn't have ended up like this..."

"Don't be so stupid! So what if you changed your nationality? You're still a murderer!"

"Enough! You call me a murderer, but aren't you the same? You're the one who pushed Zhu Wanlin off the boat!"

……

I was listening intently when Gao suddenly picked up his phone and stood up.

I observed his expression and got up, then spun around to his side.

The moment I turned around, I saw seven or eight burly men walking quickly toward me.

The one leading the group was the driver I had knocked unconscious in our first encounter not long ago.

I gritted my teeth: "Damn it, I should have given him some more."

Gao He, quick-witted as ever, asked, "Did you ask Fang Yun—who owns this ship?" He then pulled out his identification and said to the menacing group, "I am..."

He had only said two words when the door opened.

One of the men who came out was Hou Lei.

He saw the phone in Gao He's hand, and his expression suddenly changed: "Don't let them off the ship!"

I kicked him, but he slammed the door shut and went back inside.

"boom!"

I kicked a hole in the door.

The next second, led by the driver, along with several men dressed as sailors, each wielding sticks and wrenches, charged straight at me and Gao He.

"you go first!"

I shouted, took two steps forward, and suddenly unfurled the iron fan.

In the instant the slightly sharp edge of the fan swept past the group of people, he leaped forward and delivered two consecutive kicks, striking the two people in front of him in the chest.

I feinted with the iron fan, then slapped the 'driver's' head open with a slanted elbow. As I quickly crouched down, I grabbed a man's genitals with one hand.

Just then, a gust of wind blew up to the back of my head.

Although I raised my iron fan to block it, I still took a heavy blow to the back of my neck during the obstruction.

I suddenly felt dizzy and instinctively ran away without thinking.

Hearing footsteps coming from the side corridor, I didn't care who it was. In a flash, I swung my closed iron fan straight at the other person's throat.

"it's me!"

One of them dodged the assassination attempt and came up to me, grabbing my left armpit with one hand. "I'm Liu Hong!"

My left arm went slightly numb. As I saw the face of the person who was pinching me, I flung the iron fan away with my right hand and threw it behind him.

"Leave it to me!"

As the words were spoken, Liu Hong spun around and leaped up, kicking the person chasing him from behind away. Then, with a somersault, he caught the iron fan before it hit the ground and smashed it into another person's temple.

Seeing his bravery, I suddenly felt emboldened and rushed forward, passing under his ribs and punching him in the lower abdomen.

The two men, one using their upper body and the other their lower body, quickly took down two more opponents.

Just as they were about to deal with the remaining few, a man suddenly appeared from behind them, swung a wrench, and knocked the rest of the thugs unconscious in the blink of an eye.

I realized what was happening and laughed, "I thought you, the captain, had really run away."

It turned out that Gao He ran up the stairs on one side and then came down from the other side.

After catching his breath for a moment, Gao kicked open the door.

In the room, besides Hou Lei, there was a man and a woman. The man was none other than 'Zhu Wanlin' whom they had met before!
Gao He said in a deep voice, "Stop resisting, I've already sent the recording to my colleagues!"

Hou Lei took a step back and said in a sinister tone, "Officer, what can a recording prove? Can I say we're rehearsing a play?"

Gao He said, "Okay! But you still need to come back with me to assist in the investigation. We will conduct a DNA comparison on this 'Mr. Zhu Wanlin.' If he is not Zhu Wanlin, we will contact the authorities of the cruise ship's country of origin to assist in the search for missing persons!"

"We must investigate!"

Hou Lei nodded, then suddenly pulled a woman to his side to shield her, pressing a small knife against her neck. "Get the hell out of my way, or I'll kill this woman!"

Gao shouted, "What you're doing makes your crime even more serious!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

The woman being held hostage chuckled and said, "Boss Hou, you've got a new trick up your sleeve, hehe, this is fun!"

It was only then that I recognized the woman as the one Zhu Wanlin and Hou Lei had originally intended to drug at the Sichuan restaurant.

Judging from her appearance, she had obviously taken drugs and was feeling high!
"I told you to get out of my way..."

Hou Lei's shouting stopped abruptly, the knife in his hand fell to the ground, and he stiffly turned his head to look behind him.

The fake Zhu Wanlin stared at him for a moment, then gave a bitter smile: "I knew I couldn't escape. Since I'm going to die sooner or later, I might as well take you, the culprit, with me. That way, when I get down there, I won't be afraid of running into my good brother."

(End of this chapter)