Chapter 640: Had Not Returned At Midnight
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Now that Qing Qing was leaving, Mrs. Zhou personally sent her back to her home. It was also for her to get to know where Qing Qing stayed. If she was worried about Qing Qing in the future, she could still come over to take a look.
“If you have any difficulties, just come and tell me. I don’t have much ability, but I will definitely help you if I can.”
Qing Qing nodded gratefully. “I understand. Thank you, Aunt.”
There was no one at home. Qing Qing’s father might have gone out to gamble. At first, Mrs. Zhou wanted to say a few words to him, but there was no one at home. Thus, she could only give up.
Qing Qing only closed the courtyard gate after Mrs. Zhou had walked far away.
The moment the courtyard door was closed, a mocking voice rang out from behind her. “You seem to be quite reluctant. Why? Do you really want to be someone’s daughter-in-law?”
Qing Qing came back to her senses, and her expression clouded over totally. “Why are you here? Aren’t you afraid of being seen?”
Lu Yi gave a scornful sneer. “What’s there for me to be afraid of? There’s no one in the city right now. Those people are digging and plowing. Who would notice me?
“It’s good that you’re here. I’ve already figured out the whole situation here in the past half a month. We’re ready to take action in the next two days.”
Qing Qing didn’t say anything.
Lu Yi continued, “Hong Liu is also ready. Don’t ruin our plans when it’s time to take action.”
Qing Qing frowned. “What are you guys planning to do? Does Master know that you guys are going to take action? If you two act on your own and ruin Master’s plans, he will definitely not let us off easily.”
“Don’t worry. We don’t have to do anything at all. I guarantee that nothing will go wrong.”
“Tell me your plan first.”
The two of them leaned close and whispered for a while.
Qing Qing’s expression turned grave after listening. “Are you sure we won’t be discovered?”
Lu Yi smiled confidently. “Absolutely sure. Just do as I say.”
Qing Qing said nothing more.
As the two of them were talking, there was a commotion outside the gate. Lu Yi and Qing Qing exchanged a look and turned around to hide.
The courtyard door was pushed open, and a thin man with badly drooping eye corners walked in.
When he saw Qing Qing standing in the courtyard, he was taken aback for a moment. Then, his expression changed and he came up and slapped her face. “Bitch, how dare you run away and hide? I’ll beat you to death!”
The man grabbed Qing Qing’s hair and wanted to continue hitting her. Qing Qing’s eyes darkened. She did not appear to make any movement, but the man was thrown to the ground viciously and his head hit the ground heavily.
In an instant, blood flowed all over the ground.
Qing Qing looked at the person on the ground. She lifted him up from the ground like a torn sack and dragged him into the room. Then, she came out and cleaned up the blood on the ground as if nothing had happened.
As night fell, the city was silent.
A figure ran out of the brothel in a panic, calling for help in a shrill voice.
“Help, help…Who can help me?”
Zhou Xing happened to be patrolling at night. When he heard the noise, he quickly rushed towards the source of the sound.
He ran to that particular main street and saw a woman running away in a panic. There were people chasing her in the rear.
“Miss, what’s happened to you?” Zhou Xing ran up to her and asked.
The woman choked back her sobs as she replied fearfully, “I was captured by them. They made me receive guests. I was scared and escaped from there. Young Master, please save me. Please save me.”
When Zhou Xing heard that it was trouble from the brothel again, he frowned and shielded the woman behind him. In the blink of an eye, he saw the people from the brothel in hot pursuit.
“Stop right there, whatever it is you guys are doing.”
When the henchmen saw the words “Peace-keeping Bureau” on Zhou Xing’s clothes, they could only stop.
“She stole our stuff. We want to catch her and bring her back.”
Zhou Xing frowned and asked, “What did she steal? What evidence do you guys have? If you have anything to say, come back with me to the Peace-keeping Bureau and talk.”
The henchmen exchanged glances. The item in the woman’s hands must not be made known to the public. If they went to the Peace-keeping Bureau, wouldn’t the matter be exposed?
Those few henchmen quickly checked their surroundings. After making sure that there was no one around, they suddenly attacked Zhou Xing.
As long as Zhou Xing was dead, no one would know what happened tonight.
Zhou Xing didn’t expect these henchmen to be so bold. If the news spread that they had attacked him, the entire brothel would be severely punished. Moreover, they were doing this after Long Ba had been taught a painful lesson by Su Ying. Weren’t they afraid at all?
Zhou Xing knew martial arts, but it was difficult for him to fight against multiple opponents all by himself. Although the henchmen didn’t gain much advantage from their numbers, Zhou Xing wasn’t able to break free from them for a while.
The woman who was shielded by him took out a hidden weapon from her sleeve when she saw the few of them fighting. She sent the weapon flying towards Zhou Xing’s heart.
Zhou Xing happened to dodge an incoming fist in front of him and the weapon missed the position of his heart. The hidden weapon pierced his shoulder and made him fall to his knees in pain.
The moment Zhou Xing went down on his knees, the henchmen saw an opportunity to attack. They rushed forward and beat him up furiously. After Zhou Xing spat out a large mouthful of blood, his head lolled to one side and his entire body collapsed to the ground without any signs of life.
“Enough. He’s dead.” When he saw that Zhou Xing was not moving, one henchman called out to everyone to stop.
One of the henchmen went forward to check Zhou Xing’s breath and confirmed that he was not breathing.
“Quick. Dispose of the corpse. We can’t let anyone discover any clues.”
As the henchman talked, they eyed the woman greedily.
The woman turned around and tried to flee, but it was too late. The henchmen swiftly dashed forward and caught her.
Two other henchmen took the opportunity to deal with Zhou Xing’s body.
In the blink of an eye, the street returned to calm as if nothing had happened.
Just as Meng Zi was about to enter his house, he saw Mrs. Zhou standing outside the door and craning her neck to look somewhere. Meng Zi thought for a while and went forward to ask, “Sister Zhou, what are you looking at so late at night?”
Mrs. Zhou said, “It’s you, Brother Meng. I’m waiting for Xing’er. He said that he would come back early today, but I haven’t seen him yet at this hour. I was worried and came out to take a look.”
“There might be some matter at the Peace-keeping Bureau that’s holding him back. Don’t worry. Wait a little longer. If he’s not back later, I’ll help you check with the Peace-keeping Bureau.”
“Then I must thank you, Brother Meng.”
Meng Zi was tired after a busy day, so he turned around and returned home.
He had just finished eating when he heard a knock on the door.
“Coming. Who is it?”
“It’s me, Brother Meng.”
Meng Zi opened the door and saw Mrs. Zhou standing outside with a worried expression.
Mrs. Zhou looked troubled as she said, “Brother Meng, Xing’er hasn’t come back yet. I don’t know why my heart has been beating so frantically today. Can… can I borrow your ox cart to go out and take a look?”
How could Meng Zi let Mrs. Zhou go out alone in the middle of the night?
“Don’t worry, Sister Zhou. I’ll prepare the cart now and go over to take a look. Things over there are more complicated. Sometimes, there might be some unexpected things that need to be dealt with. Don’t let your imagination run wild.”
Tian Niu heard the commotion and emerged from the house. She said comfortingly, “That’s right, Sister Zhou. Don’t worry. Wait here at my place. Just let Meng Zi go check with them.”
Mrs. Zhou thanked her profusely and watched Meng Zi leave..
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