"ha?"
Zhuang Youjie was shocked, but he wouldn't be so willing to sacrifice his life for justice, right?
If you get caught, the worst thing you can do is get beaten up. If you jump off a building, you might really have to confess.
But Liang Yuanque's expression was very resolute, just like the loyal and brave man in the painting book who would rather live in pieces than live in ruins. Zhuang Youjie felt that if he objected, he would be like a traitor who is greedy for life and afraid of death.
It turns out that when you are a detective, do you have to be prepared to sacrifice at any time?
Knowing that they could not escape, the two groups slowly moved forward, as if they were playing with the beasts that were about to kill their prey.
Zhuang Youjie was sweating profusely on both his forehead and back. He prayed in his heart that what Liang Yuanque had just said was an angry word, and he would definitely find another way.
But he thought wrong. When the young man in front was only three steps away from them, Liang Yuanque suddenly exerted his strength, turned over and rode on the corridor railing.
Before Zhuang Youjie could react, he had already jumped.
In the sky, only his loud words were left,
"Jump quickly!"
Damn it! Young Master Zhuang cursed wildly in his mind, with mucus coming out of his nose.
The people approaching from behind obviously didn't expect Liang Yuanque to be so generous, and were stunned for a moment.
While they were stunned, Zhuang Youjie gritted his teeth and shouted, "Who is not a righteous man anymore!"
While shouting, he pushed the railing hard and jumped headfirst down without adjusting his posture.
He closed his eyes tightly when he jumped down, and only heard Liang Yuanque yelling below,
"Damn it, why are you lying head down?"
Zhuang Youjie suddenly became frightened and thought to himself, isn’t this the way to jump?
When he felt nervous, his courage disappeared, and he couldn't help but open his eyes.
Few people should have experienced the feeling of jumping off a building with his eyes open. He clearly felt that he was falling very fast, and his scalp was about to touch the ground.
But then, his upper body was supported by Liang Yuanque.
If Liang Yuanque had been a little later, he would have ended up with his brain bursting in a foreign country.
It was the first time in his life that Zhuang Youjie was so close to death. He opened his mouth in shock, but his throat was extremely dry and he could not say anything.
But the current situation did not give him any time to calm down. The people upstairs looked down and found that they were not dead, so they came downstairs with a huff.
Liang Yuanque dragged Zhuang Youjie up, and the latter discovered that his ankle was sprained at the moment of falling.
"You are really..." Liang Yuanque commented helplessly.
"What should we do?" Zhuang Youjie himself was very anxious, "Do we still have time to run out?"
Liang Yuanque supported him and ducked into a particularly dark path, "Let's hide first."
This path is similar to a back alley, no one passes by, and only the windows of nearby wooden buildings can be seen, without doors.
Liang Yuanque helped Zhuang Youjie, who had difficulty moving, to find the unlit wooden building he had just discovered.
Judging from his observations before jumping to the roof, this wooden building was uninhabited.
The building's windows were crumbling, and the broken cracks revealed a smell of dust and moldy wood.
This shows that the owner of this building did not happen to be home tonight, but that it has been abandoned for a long time.
The windows on the first floor of the wooden building did not open high and there were no locks on the wooden windows. Liang Yuanque carefully pushed open the window and let Zhuang Youjie climb in first.
Zhuang Youjie felt his ankle, and there was a sharp pain when he applied a little force, which had no effect at all.
"It's broken," he whispered to Liang Yuanque, "I can't climb up."
Liang Yuanque had no choice but to squat down and said, "Come on, step on me."
Zhuang Youjie was shocked, "That's so embarrassing."
"You can't get up!" Liang Yuanque glared at him.
"Up, up, up." Zhuang Youjie didn't dare to refute anymore.
He first stepped on Liang Yuanque's shoulder with his uninjured foot, and then carefully lifted the injured foot up.
Liang Yuanque was afraid that he would lose his footing, so he grabbed his calf, then slowly stood up and brought him to the window.
As mentioned before, the window was not opened high. With Liang Yuanque's help, he easily reached the window sill, held on with both hands and climbed in.
After sending him in, Liang Yuanque also jumped into the room while holding on to the window sill.
What Zhuang Youjie didn't expect was that Liang Yuanque, who was always agile, fell to the ground immediately after jumping in. It looked like the sole of his foot slipped.
"Hey, isn't it?" He limped over and realized that he had misunderstood.
Liang Yuanque did not slip. He was lying on the ground and arching his body, covering his mouth with both hands.
Through the faint moonlight coming in through the window, Zhuang Youjie saw that his face was flushed.
He was restraining himself from coughing, because once he coughed as violently as if the earth was shaking, it would definitely attract pursuers.
Zhuang Youjie saw him in so much pain, but he didn't know how to give him some comfort. He could only reach out and gently stroke his back. Of course, the effect was minimal.
After a while, he saw dark liquid oozing out from between Liang Yuanque's fingers.
Finally, Liang Yuanque endured the coughing fit, let go of his hand, and took two greedy breaths.
Both of his hands were covered in blood, and his lips were smeared with blood. He looked horrifying.
Zhuang Youjie searched all his pockets and finally found a handkerchief and handed it to him tremblingly, "Are you okay?"
Liang Yuanque was speechless for a moment, breathing with his mouth wide open and nodding.
He took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth in confusion, "How are your feet?"
Hearing this, Zhuang Youjie touched his ankle and said, "It's swollen."
"It seems we have to go out first," Liang Yuanque said while adjusting his breathing. "Your injury needs treatment."
Zhuang Youjie thought to himself, does it look like yours needs more treatment?
He thought for a moment, "But, after we go out, it will be difficult to come in again, right?"
This is indeed a problem. Their identity has been exposed, and it is not that easy to sneak in again.
Shouldn't this case be investigated?
Zhuang Youjie thought to himself that if it were him and things developed to this point, he would definitely choose to run away and never come back again.
No matter how much money the client promised, the case would not be accepted.
Thinking of money, he couldn't help but persuade Liang Yuanque, "Otherwise we won't handle this case. If you are short of money, I can sponsor you some first."
Liang Yuanque did not answer him directly, but took a deep breath and stood up.
"Come here, let's go upstairs and take a look."
"Hey, no!" He had already stood up and went upstairs. Zhuang Youjie had no choice but to limp one leg and follow him.
In fact, they had faintly smelled a stench since they first entered this wooden building. After walking up the stairs, the stench became more intense.
It was obvious that the smell was coming from the second floor.
There was only one room on the second floor. The door was closed but unlocked. After opening the door, it was dark inside.
From the outside, it looks like there are windows on the second floor, but inside, the windows are boarded up.
The smelly person in the room on the second floor could hardly stay. Zhuang Youjie covered his mouth and nose, "What the hell? Is there old shit buried in here?"
"This smell is corpse stench." Liang Yuanque said lightly and took out a flashlight from his backpack.
The moment the flashlights turned on, they saw at the same time that there were large areas of blood stains everywhere in the entire room!
