NOVPUBChapter 314: Chapter 314 Fainting from Fright
Chapter 314 -314 Fainting from Fright
The two men looked like they were hunched over and being beaten.
Shuisheng landed a stick on someone’s back, and the stick immediately snapped into two pieces with a crack.
Shuisheng was stunned.
This firewood stick was thicker than his own arm, and though he had used a lot of force, it shouldn’t have broken the stick with one strike.
If the stick was broken, how was the person? He immediately looked down.
He saw the young man, whose stick he had broken, straighten his back, stretch lazily, and dust off the flour and dirt from his body, “Big brother, you must not have eaten, right? That strike felt like you were just tickling me?”
The other one burst out laughing.
Shuisheng realized something was wrong; even if he wasn’t smart, he could tell that it wasn’t a matter of not being able to break the stick or the stick breaking—it must be that this person had some skill.
He was just about to shout at the top of his lungs.
As quick as lightning, a large hand firmly grasped his throat.
The strength of the fingers clamped down on his windpipe, making it nearly impossible to breathe, let alone yell.
The young man who had been laughing just then had somehow gotten in front of him, and it was his hand that was choking Shuisheng.
“Don’t scream, or I’ll twist your neck off.”
The young man picked up a firewood stick from nearby, and Shuisheng saw that under the force, five holes immediately appeared in it.
He Weng smelled a strong scent of urine! He couldn’t help but cover his nose and saw that Shuisheng’s crotch was already soaked, and there were clear wet marks on the ground.
These bastards usually bullied them so arrogantly, as if they wished they could kill them, and now just from that, they were pissing their pants—not very man-like at all.
Shuisheng’s eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
The young man holding him had a gloomy face, threw him to the side, and asked He Weng, “Do you have any rope here? Get a couple of ropes to tie him up and stuff something in his mouth.”
He Weng thought for a moment, “We have some in the storeroom where we kept the grain and vegetables earlier; I’ll go get it for you.”
Old Hu was shivering with fear; He Weng saw him and reassured him, “Old Hu, don’t be afraid. These people are good people, they’re here to rescue us. Let’s just do what they tell us, and there won’t be any trouble,” Old Hu nodded.
An Zhiyuan glanced outside. Many thugs were patrolling near the mine shaft, but there weren’t many people at the main gate.
The trucks they had encountered on the road had not yet been sent to deliver their loads, which had also drawn away some personnel.
Now was the best opportunity.
“Fire the flare gun; it doesn’t matter whether we tie him up or not. Let’s make a dash for the main gate. Once there, knock down the people there first, then fire the signal gun. Open the main gate so the others can come in smoothly. I calculated the distance; from the mine shaft to the main gate, it’ll take one minute even if running. That means we have to finish the fight within one minute before their reinforcements arrive.”
An Zhiyuan had not missed a thing; this was exactly what they were doing.
The two comrades immediately saluted.
“Yes, Captain!”
Three people had already found weapons and were heading out when they ran into He Weng.
“What are you all going to do?”
He Weng held a rope in his hand.
“We are going to call everyone inside. You take that old man and hide in the storeroom, lock the main door, stay inside, and wait until it’s calm outside before you come out,” An Zhiyuan instructed He Weng.
He Weng shook his head, “The three of you definitely won’t make it. You better fire the flare gun quickly. We’ll hide in the kitchen and wait until your people flood in, then we can all go out together. Wouldn’t that be much safer?” He Weng didn’t understand why they wanted to do it this way.
An Zhiyuan shook his head, “Look, if that main door is securely locked from the inside, and the perimeter wall is high covered with barbed wire and electrified fences. If our people were to climb over directly from the outside, it would cause casualties. I want to guarantee the safety of my comrades to the greatest extent. So we’re going to open the door from the inside to accommodate them. And your task is just to hide away safely and wait for the final rescue.”
Ordinary people couldn’t understand why they wouldn’t use a foolproof method and instead opted for such a radical approach.
He Weng looked at the electrified fences and barbed wire, then suddenly realized, grabbing a fire stick, “I’ll go with you guys, an extra person means more strength.”
An Zhiyuan waved his hand, “Your frame isn’t suitable, keeping yourself and the old man safe is most important. Ensuring your safety is, in fact, the greatest assurance for our mission.” His unspoken implication was that he wasn’t up to it.
He Weng looked at himself. In his life, he had never gotten into a fight, let alone a verbal argument. If he really had to fight now, he probably wouldn’t be able to win.
He guessed that going would only cause trouble for others, they would have to protect him, they might as well hide themselves, let the People’s Liberation Army handle it cleanly, maybe then they would suffer fewer casualties.
“Well then, take care of yourselves!” He Weng said excitedly, finally seeing the day of his release.
An Zhiyuan led his people out.
He Weng hastily rushed into the storeroom with old Hu, then locked the door from the inside after hearing the sound of a flare gun.
He Weng crouched at the storeroom window, looking outside to check the situation.
“Xiaohe, do you know these people?”
“I don’t know these three, I only recognize one, the one who was talking to me earlier, I guess I’ve met him before.”
“You’ve only seen someone once and they come to rescue you? Can these people be trusted?”
Old Hu was worried! Over the years, he hadn’t thought about leaving, but even when leaders from above came to inspect, they never had a chance to appeal. He was old. He still wanted to live properly.
“Don’t worry, they are professionals at this, and there are backup people outside as well. It’s not just the three of them, so rest assured. It’s done!” He Weng suddenly remembered that jerk Shuisheng was still lying in the kitchen room. When he woke up, he wouldn’t cause any trouble for the people outside, would he?
“What’s wrong?”
“Shuisheng is still lying outside. I need to go out, bring him inside.”
As he said this, He Weng was about to open the storeroom door.
Old Hu stopped He Weng with one hand, “You foolish boy, what use is going out now? Look, outside is already a mess. Just stay here quietly, lest you end up being seen as part of them.”
He Weng could only stay with old Hu, peering from the window.
Because the distance was too far, and the glass windows blurred everything, he could only vaguely see a wide melee, unable to discern who was who.
He silently prayed that nothing would happen to An Zhiyuan; surely Bai Xiao had located An Zhiyuan to rescue him. He absolutely didn’t want anyone to get hurt because of his rescue.
