Follow the army to the island, the rebellious male protagonist was led by me to counterattack

Chapter 114 Bald Guy

Shi Xia saw the gate was locked from afar and did not approach it.

She walked past as if nothing had happened, twirling the key that tied the rope in her hand, humming a tuneless little tune.

With a clatter, the key fell to the ground, and Shi Xia bent down to pick it up.

As she bent down, she noticed that several people around her were acting strangely with their body language; this was the place where they were monitoring the bald man.

Shi Xia picked up the key, continued humming the tune, and kept walking.

The people around them continued walking around as if nothing had happened.

After Shi Xia left the surveillance area, she was about to find one of Baldy's henchmen when she was stopped by someone.

"Liao San'er?"

"You still remember me."

Liao San'er nodded as a greeting, then whispered to Shi Xia, "Don't go looking for Baldy's underlings; his men are being monitored."

Shi Xia neither said she believed nor disbelieved, but simply looked at Liao San'er and asked, "Why are you telling me?"

“I owe you one. I was dishonest about the bamboo pole incident last time.”

Do you know where Baldy is?

Liao San'er nodded.

“Even if I don’t tell you, you’ll find out soon enough: he was taken away and locked up last night.” Liao San’er pointed to a place and said, “The same place as mine.”

Shi Xia frowned. It was there again.

"Okay, I accept the favor you've repaid. We're even now."

After Shi Xia left, Liao San'er should have felt relieved, but she still felt a little regretful.

With a sigh, Liao San'er turned and left.

Regret is useless.

Meanwhile, Shi Xia wasn't just wandering around aimlessly. After circling the place where Baldy was being held a few times, she found the person who had helped Baldy send a message to Liao San'er inside last time.

After wandering around for a while and figuring out roughly what time the other party got off work, Shi Xia went to find Grandpa Xu first and asked him to go home.

"By the way, if you see the little eagle when you get back, tell it to come find me on land."

Grandpa Xu gave a blank "Ah," as if to send a message to the eagle.
"Just do as I say, you don't need to worry about anything else."

“Alright…” Old Master Xu turned to leave, then turned back.

"I know how to prepare medicine, do you want some for self-defense?"

Shi Xia blinked, then said righteously, "Next time."

Grandpa Xu looked at Shi Xia speechlessly, thinking, "I thought you didn't want it!"

Grandpa Xu didn't ask why, and left with his medicine bag.

Shi Xia stayed behind and waited until the other person got off work, then cornered him in the alley.

"Have mercy, my lord! I have elderly parents and young children to support... please don't hit my face!"

Shi Xia tore open the sack covering the other person and handed him a hard stone.

"Let's see if it's true, so we don't lose our threat later."

The other party finally saw that the person who had put the sack on him was a little girl. She looked familiar, but he couldn't remember her.

However, a little girl with a mental problem gave him a lot of courage.

"Oh dear—my little sister is lonely—waaaaaaah!"

A single, decisive kick solved his habit of slurring his words at its root.

The man was bent over, his face flushed, and the unspeakable pain made him point at Shi Xia tremblingly.

"you---"

"Stop talking about you, stop talking about me. Look carefully, this is a stone." As she said this, Shi Xia threw the stone at the man's feet.

"Ao'er—"

The man wanted to cover his groin and hug his feet at the same time, and for a moment he wished he had three heads and six arms.

"It's a real stone!"

Under the man's angry gaze, Shi Xia stomped on the stone, shattering it. The man's angry gaze vanished without a trace, replaced by clarity and respect.

"What are your orders, heroine? I will go through fire and water, even at the cost of my life!"

Shi Xia chuckled.

"As the saying goes, a moment of patience brings peace, and taking a step back is a cowardly act. Being cowardly is better than dying, right?"

“If you weren’t so glib, I wouldn’t be able to give you a political education lesson.”

Shi Xia kept talking, and the man listened with a smile, not daring to disobey.

"I'm asking you, what's the deal with Baldy?"

The man was slightly surprised, but under pressure from the product's enthusiast, he racked his brains and told them everything he knew.

In summary, the bald guy was used as a pawn by those in power to kill someone else.

He had helped too many people, and some people wanted to cause trouble for their rivals, so they started with Baldy, trying to get him to sell some information.

As a result, the bald guy stood his ground and didn't say a word.

Shi Xia understood Baldy's thoughts. He knew too much. If he opened his mouth, now only one family wanted him dead, but once he spoke, many families would want him dead.

The bald guy's story made Shi Xia realize that many things don't need to wait "ten years"; they can start now.

"I want to see Baldy Brother..."

“That won’t do; he’s being kept very close guard.”

"You don't need to worry about that. Just tell me the layout inside, the guards, and the shift change times. Remember, don't try anything funny. I know where you live."

Shi Xia twirled the dagger in her hand, and suddenly the tip pierced the man's front pocket, and Shi Xia took the man's work ID.

"If I go in and the guards change shifts at slightly different times, your work ID will end up in places it shouldn't be... like your boss's wife's bed."

The man was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat in the blink of an eye.

That's a ruthless move!
Too bad!
"I'll start writing now, and I'll definitely write it well."

The man told Shi Xia all the information without hiding anything, and Shi Xia nodded after remembering it.

"Let's go."

"My work ID?"

"No rush, I'll return it to you after I've finished my business."

The man was heartbroken and limped back home. He then had to fabricate a story about falling into a ditch. He was so anxious that he didn't dare to sleep all night.

As for Shi Xia, she naturally took action.

As expected, the little eagle flew over to find her, becoming an outside helper on lookout duty, and no one could spot him.

When Shi Xia sneaked into the backyard, she discovered that she had overestimated the other party's so-called defense.

After a few injections of pufferfish paralysis drug, Shi Xia found Bald Guy's cell without any hindrance.

The bald guy hadn't slept at all. After seeing a masked man in black appear, he gave a sad smile.

"If I had known I was going to die today, I should have had a good drink yesterday."

Baldy clearly thought Shi Xia was a murderer who wanted to silence her.

"I won't drink anymore. Tell me who's after you, and why?"

The bald guy recognized Shi Xia's voice immediately, but he didn't make a fuss and call out her name.

"Alright, alright! If I get out of here, I'll definitely treat you to a drink!"

Baldy Brother wasted no time and said, "Someone wants to target Qu Jia and wants me to testify that Qu Jia is capitalist, petty-bourgeois, feudal and superstitious... those are the crimes."

Qu family?

"Isn't it just the Qu family who retrieve corpses?" Shi Xia looked at the bald man and asked directly.

What's your backup plan?

The bald man's eyes lit up. He really did have a backup plan, but he was arrested in such a hurry that he hadn't made proper arrangements.

Baldy made a quick decision; he decided to trust Shi Xia.

“There is something on the shore of West Port. Go and take it and give it to the Qu family.”