Rotting Land: Survive

Chapter 760 - 745: Visitors on a Snowy Night (Part 4)

"Regarding what happened just now, I, Liu Fugui, feel obliged to apologize and explain to all of you present. In fact, I wasn’t entirely certain before that Yao Ruyi was the one who saved me during the shootout. The reason I made such a mistaken judgment was mainly because I was contacted by them after escaping the scene. Though I had my doubts about their true intentions, but through their accurate responses to my intentionally probing questions, I relaxed my guard against them. Especially after I saw in the surveillance that they really came alone, I became more convinced that they were the ones who saved me. For this, I deeply apologize, for my carelessness and blind assumptions, almost endangered you, Captain Xu..."

"Sigh!" Old Xu raised a hand, interrupting Liu Fugui: "Mr. Liu, please, let’s leave those words unsaid. In Xu Renjie’s words, you saved my life when I was in trouble. Without you, Old Xu might have ended up drinking with King Yama in the afterlife. I just hope you don’t misunderstand; the reason I sought confirmation from you about why Yao Ruyi and her partner wanted to kill you was not because I doubted any involvement between you and them, nor did I think you were deceiving us. It’s just that this matter is critically important, and I needed to clarify their intentions to prevent any further actions from them."

"Yes, Mr. Liu, to err is human; who hasn’t misjudged at times? What happened just now was something neither of us anticipated. We can only blame the opposing side for being so disgraceful, hiding their true intentions well. And Old Xu is right, as we inquire of you, Mr. Liu, please don’t take it to heart." Old Lin’s tone really reflected his potential to be a guidance counselor.

Liu Fugui smiled calmly: "Captain Xu, Old Lin, what are you saying? This matter started because of me, and almost dragged the villa into distress. Now you apologize to me, it truly embarrasses me, Liu Fugui!"

"Haha, well, let’s put this aside for now! Mr. Liu, how’s your leg?" Old Xu didn’t want to linger on such meaningless topics and shifted to inquire about Liu Fugui’s leg.

The latter’s leg was merely a pretense for acting, not really injured. But since Old Xu mentioned it, he could only feign a slight pain and gently touched his leg, saying, "It’s nothing serious, probably twisted something tightly when I fell earlier, but it’s fine, it’ll feel better in a while."

"Sigh, that won’t do; this could be serious. Shen Lian, go upstairs and call Zhang Zhicai down to take a look at Mr. Liu’s leg and maybe apply some ointment."

"Alright!" Shen Lian left without a word, rushing upstairs.

"Old Lin, truly there’s no need for everyone to worry about me," Liu Fugui said with a troubled yet sincere expression.

"Haha, Mr. Liu, we’re not unnecessarily worrying over you. The villa might face a major battle at any time now, and every person here is essential. So if you recover sooner, it means we’ll have an added advantage in combat; you must understand that by accepting treatment, it’s not just for yourself, but for us all."

"Hahahaha!" Liu Fugui laughed heartily, leaning back: "Really, Liu’s quite adept at working on thoughts. The way you put it, I have no argument. Alright, as you say, I’ll obediently receive treatment."

"That’s how it should be!"

"Dad!" Liu Yunpeng jumped downstairs hurriedly, shouting anxiously: "Are you alright, Dad!"

Seeing the anxious face of Liu Yunpeng running towards him, Liu Fugui said with a smile: "Dad is sitting perfectly fine here, how could anything be wrong."

"No, dad. I heard them say upstairs someone’s coming outside, and you along with Captain Xu were outside, then there were two gunshots. I was so worried something happened to you. Wanted to come down, but the folks upstairs wouldn’t let me. Are you alright; hurt anywhere? Don’t lie to your son!" Liu Yunpeng was quite skeptical of Liu Fugui’s words, worrying he might be hiding an injury to avoid causing anxiety, so he began searching on Liu Fugui’s body.

His searching gave Liu Fugui another perfect chance to act; Liu Fugui wouldn’t let it slip by. When Liu Yunpeng touched his right leg, he exaggeratedly shouted: "Ouch!"

At the same time, his face contorted urgently and appropriately; anyone watching wouldn’t doubt his right leg was critically injured.

Naive Liu Yunpeng thought his rashness had hurt his father’s wound, promptly apologized: "Dad, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you were injured here. Did I hurt you severely? Was it a bullet wound? Let me see!"

Such a naive inquiry about his injury from his son immensely satisfied Liu Fugui deep down; he felt his act was quite successful. So he continued embellishing: "Yunpeng, Dad is honestly fine, just twisted his foot. Captain Xu has already called a doctor for Dad. You don’t need to worry about Dad."

"Old Xu, recent events have passed safely without any real harm. As for timing, it’s probably around dinner time, let me ask Wei Yang to prepare the meal, and once Zhang checks Mr. Liu’s foot, we’ll have our meal."

"Alright, Old Lin, I’ll go with you. Today Wei must work hard to make extra dishes to welcome Mr. Liu and others!"

Liu Fugui felt rather embarrassed making others do this for him and Yunpeng, and he quickly said graciously: "Oh Captain Xu, Mr. Liu, truly no need to concern yourselves with us. In times like this, getting supplies isn’t easy, a simple meal to fill the stomach is all right."

Old Lin mysteriously leaned close to Liu Fugui’s ear, whispering: "Mr. Liu, our Old Xu usually manages the food with an iron grip. Today we’re lucky to feast at your expense; you can’t let us miss a chance to treat our stomachs."

Liu Fugui replied somewhat speechlessly: "Haha, alright, Father Lin! I concede. Fine, whatever you plan today, I’ll go along; how’s that!"

The car, in this snowy weather, pushing forward with expansive power is extremely risky.

But Yao Ruyi and her team couldn’t afford to care much—her driver floored the pedal relentlessly despite feeling like the car was crawling like a turtle, unable to speed up.

The vehicle left the villa about five minutes ago; Yao Ruyi and her team focused solely on fleeing, fearing the pursuit would catch up from behind.

Perhaps during the driving, besides their own vehicle’s engine noise, no other movements were heard nearby.

"Hey, stop the damn car!" the feeble voice from the backseat appeared: "Why are we running? Take a damn look yourself: is anyone chasing from behind!"

Yao Ruyi rolled down the window and peeked back twice, each time the blizzard wind blew her back within seconds.

But it seemed there was really no pursuit behind, which allowed them to ease their tense mood slightly.

"I ask you, Yao Ruyi, what exactly happened just now that you started shooting? Did Mr. Liu not come?"

"He came, but there was someone beside him holding him hostage."

"Hostage? Are you sure? And then you started shooting just like that?"

Yao Ruyi nodded somewhat embarrassedly: "Yes, the snow was heavy at that time, I was worried there might be an ambush behind them, so I just..."

"Damn it, what ambush? Can’t you freaking think? Someone was with him, so you just started shooting? Stop asking what we came for this time, freaking hell are we here for?" (To be Continued. If you enjoyed this work, please vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com); your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)