Encounter at 13 Inn (Part 2)

  "Dong dong dong" Liu Yuanyi knocked on the door of room 207 under the urging of Zhao Yun and others, while the others hid on both sides of the door.

  "Who?" A man's voice came faintly from inside.

  "I'm the maid, here to change your sheets." Liu Yuanyu said with a burst of courage, subconsciously grabbing onto Zhao Yun's arm and then hiding behind him.

  The moment the door was opened by someone inside, Zhao Yun let out a loud roar and bravely rushed forward, his left hand twisting the right hand of the burly man Shi Genfa, while his right hand grasped the handcuffs to put on Shi's left hand.

  Shi Genfa shouted loudly: "Run quickly! The police are coming!" while throwing a heavy punch at Zhao Yun's face.

  Zhao Yun dodged too late, and suddenly his eyes were filled with golden stars, and a bruise appeared on his cheek. The slender Wei army pulled out an electric baton, accompanied by segments of dazzling rectangular electricity, and the baton emitted a deafening "da-da-da" sound. It was seen that Wei army pressed the electric baton against Shi Genfa's waist, and Shi Genfa let out a miserable cry, his whole body convulsing as he fell to the ground unconscious. At the same time, Tu Dabin saw that things were not going well, and in a panic, he fled towards the window. He grabbed his travel bag, pushed open the aluminum alloy window, and jumped onto the windowsill.

  "Don't run! If you run again, I'll shoot!" Zhao Yun pulled out his handgun and fired a shot at the ceiling. The deafening gunshot stunned Tu Dabin, who froze in place. Zhao Yun held his gun up with his right hand, pointing it at Tu Dabin, and shouted sternly: "Put your hands up! Put your hands behind your head! Squat down!" Tu Dabin raised his hands but didn't come down; instead, he looked out the window. At that moment, Fang Yinghua's voice came from outside the window: "Don't move! If you move again, I'll shoot!" Tu Dabin saw several black gun barrels pointed at him and, in despair, lowered his head and surrendered.

  "He dares to hit me! I'll kick you to death!" Zhao Yun touched the dark bruise on his cheek, gritted his teeth and kicked several times at the waist of the burly man Shi Genfa who was lying on the ground. Then he said to Wei Jun, Ling Zhi and Ren Jun who were handcuffing the two suspects: "Take these two away!"

  "We haven't broken any laws, what right do you have to arrest us?" Tu Dabin struggled and loudly questioned Zhao Yun.

  "We suspect that you two are the suspects in the Xingzi County 12.3 robbery and murder case, this is a wanted notice from the Xingzi County Public Security Bureau with your photos and ID copies on it. Come with us to the police station!"

  "We didn't kill anyone, you must be mistaken." Tu Dabin continued to argue.

  "You can speak, but what you say will be recorded by us." Zhao Yun said, pulling open the two travel bags at the head of the bed, taking out two machetes, and also taking out the jewelry and cash from the bag to take a look, then putting them back in the bag. "Hmph, there are machetes in the bag, you're not simple! The public security from Xingzi County will arrive soon."

  At this time, Liu Yuanni and the landlady walked into the guest room with trepidation.

  "You stinky little girl, you tricked my brother into opening the door! Just wait and see how I'll deal with you!" Tu Dabin saw Liu Wanyi come in, his anger flaring up to three feet high, struggling to pounce on Liu Wanyi to beat her.

  "Ah——, save me!" Liu Yuanyu saw this and shrieked, hiding behind Zhao Yun.

  "What nonsense! Looking for death!" Zhao Yun was furious, and with a punch to Tu Da's face, he instantly beat him until his mouth cornered out fresh blood.

  "Be honest! Go!" Ren Jun, with his broad shoulders, grabbed Zhao Yun's arm and collar, and together with Wei Jun, pushed him out of the room. At this time, Fang Yinghua and Peng Fei, who had dark skin, rushed into the room. Peng Fei helped Shi Genfa, who was handcuffed by Wei Jun, but still clear-headed though his whole body felt numb and weak, to get up and go downstairs with Zhao Yun.

  "Call the director and tell him we've apprehended two suspects. Take away their luggage, and for now, no one else is allowed in this room. We need to see what else they have hidden here."

  "Yes, Deputy Director Zhao! — Boss's wife, take me to make a phone call." Fang Yinghua followed the boss's wife downstairs to make a phone call.

  "Thank you, after we hand over these two suspects to Xingzi County Public Security Bureau, I will come to this hotel to reward you."

  Liu Wanyi smiled tenderly at Zhao Yun and then went downstairs.

  The next day, four police officers from Xingzi County Public Security Bureau arrived in Bao'an County in two police cars to escort the two suspects back to Xingzi County for interrogation. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Yun, wearing a police uniform and driving a police car, stopped at the entrance of the Baoshi Hotel, where he met Liu Yuanyi walking out of the hotel with a smile on her face, waving at him. Fang Yinghua also got out of the car together with them. Tang Pengfei, Wei Jun, and Ren Jun came out of another police car behind them.

  "Wan Er, are you free now to go with us to Huo Hong Jiu Jia for a celebratory dinner?"

  "I'll go home and tell my parents first."

  "No need to say. I'll drive you home." Zhao Yun said, "Boss lady, Wan'er is asking for a leave from you, and it's going to be tough on you tonight."

  "It's okay, you take her out for dinner."

  "Let's go, beauty." Zhao Yun grabbed Liu Yuanyi's wrist and pulled the still slightly hesitant her into the police car.

  Two police cars stopped in front of the newly opened Honghuajiu restaurant, and everyone got out of the car and walked into the restaurant. The neon sign above the door emitted a flashing colorful light. The clean and spotless ceramic tiles on the ground were particularly beautiful under the colorful lights shining from the small lamps on the ceiling. When Liu Wan'er walked into a private room on the second floor with a thumping heart, she found that a large round table in the room had already been set with drinks, beer, a pot of tea, several bags of sunflower seeds, and over ten sets of bowls and chopsticks. Everyone sat down. Zhao Yun pulled Liu Wan'er to sit beside him, and on his right side was Fang Yinghua.

  Zhao Yun took a deep drag on his cigarette, then exhaled rings of smoke upwards. He raised his wine cup to Liu Wantong: "Today's dinner is to thank you, Wantong. If it weren't for your help yesterday in tricking those two guys into opening the door, we might not have caught them, and could've even gotten hurt. So on behalf of everyone, I'd like to express our gratitude to you. Come, let me toast you! You drink the Sprite in your cup, and I'll finish this beer."

  Liu Wantong smiled and said, "Thank you, Deputy Director Zhao!" Then she lowered her head shyly and slowly drank the glass of Sprite.

  At this time, three young people with cigarettes in their mouths and flashy clothes walked in from outside. The leader was a bald man in his thirties, with a red face and a tattoo of a green dragon on his arm, embracing the slender waist of a modern woman, followed by two followers with long hair.

  "What a coincidence! We've met our Deputy Director Zhao here, nice to meet you!" Baldy nodded and shook hands with Zhao Yun.

  "Big Mao, where have you been making a fortune these days?" Zhao Yun stretched out his hand to shake hands with him, indicating that he should sit between him and Fang Yinghua.

  "In Hongyun Real Estate, eating mixed rice. Deputy Director Zhao had a stroke of luck today, and hooked up with such a beautiful Lin sister, congratulations!" Da Mao opened his big mouth, revealing two large buck teeth, and nodded to Zhao Yun.

  "Big fur, you're still talking like this without any reserve, don't talk nonsense!" Zhao Yun smiled and showed a row of neat white teeth, patted the shoulder of the person sitting next to him, and gestured towards Liu Yuanyu who was lowering her head in shyness, "This is beauty Liu Yuanyu, she's a service staff at Bao Shi Travel Inn. She made great contributions when we caught two robbers yesterday, I'm treating her to dinner as a thank you."

  "Oh, I see. Forgive me for being too talkative! Please don't mind me, Deputy Director Zhao and Sister Liu!" As he spoke, Da Mao turned to the others and praised Zhao Yun, "Director Zhao is truly a hero in the police force! Every time he cracks a case and captures suspects, he's always at the forefront, fearless and brave, just like Zhao Yun, one of the five tiger generals under Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms! I admire him so much that I'm willing to prostrate myself before him. Here, I'd like to toast Deputy Director Zhao with a cup, wishing you great success and all the best!" Da Mao stood up and poured a full cup of white wine for Zhao Yun, then poured another full cup for himself and downed it in one gulp. "My life is owed to Brother Zhao, if he needs me in the future, just give me an order." Da Mao patted his chest loudly, "Little Li, pour some more wine for Director Zhao, I'd like to toast him again."

  After Xiao Li toasted, Da Mao said: "Deputy Director Zhao, Jin Dawei, the boss of Hongyun Real Estate, is still waiting for us downstairs. Let's take our leave and meet again!" After finishing, he nodded to Zhao Yun apologetically and led three people away.

  "Director Zhao, Big Ma is indeed a man of his word. Two years ago, you arrived just in time and stopped the Green Dragon Gang and the Fire Dragon Gang from clashing, saving him from being cut down by Abao, the leader of the Fire Dragon Gang. However, this got you on bad terms with Abao. But then you pleaded with the judge to reduce their sentence, so I think Abao won't hold it against you, will he?" Wei Jun asked, puffing on a cigarette.

  "It shouldn't be. Last month I borrowed a case to visit him in the city prison, and he didn't hold any grudges against me." Zhao Yun spat out a few more smoke rings.

  At this time, Fang Yinghua frowned and covered her mouth with Liu Yuanyu: "You men are drinking and smoking, making this room smoky and poisonous, harming me and Liu Yuanyu to inhale toxic air."

  At this time, Zhao Yun saw Liu Yuanei covering her mouth and coughing, apologetically leading the way to extinguish the cigarette butts: "Extinguish all cigarette butts! We forgot that you two female comrades don't smoke. Each of you please toast a glass to Liu Yuanei. After dinner, everyone will return home to rest, tomorrow we still need to investigate the 11.8 theft case..."

  Wei Jun, Fang Yinghua and others present all toasted Liu Yuanyi one after another, making Liu Yuanyi a bit overwhelmed. An hour later, everyone was full of wine and food, and Liu Yuanyi got up to go home. Zhao Yun saw it and held Liu Yuanyi's hand, saying: "I'll send you home."

  At this time Fang Yinghua and Wei Jun returned to the cashier's desk to settle the bill. Everyone got up and walked out of the room, went downstairs. Wei Jun drove, Ren Jun and Tang Pengfei got on the police car.

  "Liu Wantong, where does your family live?"

  Shengli Road Shengguan Alley.

  "Then I'll accompany you home, let's get in the car."

  "Do you have to see her home? Why don't you just get on Weijun's car instead?"

  "It doesn't matter, let Fang Yinghua go to my house then." Liu Yuanyu held onto her peer Fang Yinghua's arm. Fang Yinghua opened the car door for Liu Yuanyu and let her get into the police car.