Chapter 67: Retrieving Bullets

  "What ledger? What ledger! Do you know or not, you're injured! You're bleeding, if you don't hurry to the hospital for treatment, your life will be in danger..."

  Su Lin was furious upon hearing this and loudly scolded Han Xiao Xiao.

  To know, Han Xiao was shot and wounded, right on her thigh, with a huge hole, fresh blood gushing out.

  "No! That account book is extremely important, it's a record of the Dragon and Tiger Gang's illegal transactions. This time I finally found out where the account book was hidden, but unfortunately, I was discovered right away. If I don't go get the account book this time, there won't be another chance to take down the Dragon and Tiger Gang."

  Han Xixi's attitude was very resolute, and obtaining the largest secret ledger of the Dragon Tiger Gang was her ultimate goal for infiltrating the gang as an undercover agent this time. This opportunity only came once, and if she lost it, wanting to mix back into the inner workings of the Dragon Tiger Gang would be even harder than ascending to heaven.

  "What's an account book? Is it so important, more important than your life?"

  Su Lin was also stunned, holding Han Xiao Xiao and running towards the exit, "No matter what, first get you out of here before talking."

  "Sulin, go back! Go through the passage on the right... The account book is there, which records the evidence of the collusion between the Dragon and Tiger Gang and many officials in the city. No matter what, I must get it!"

  Being held in a princess carry by Su Lin, Han Xiang couldn't help but struggle and try to make Su Lin put her down.

  "If you move again, I'll leave you here and see how you get the account book by yourself!"

  Su Lin was annoyed, Han Xiao's random movements made it impossible for him to hold on, and especially the two full mounds on Han Xiao's chest, which kept pressing against Su Lin's body as they swayed, making it even harder for Su Lin to focus.

  "My task is to get it, this has nothing to do with you, just go and put me down, I...I'll go get the account book by myself..."

  Han Xixi struggled to break free from Su Lin's arms, covering her thigh with one hand and limping back, but she didn't take two steps before the pain made her fall to the ground.

  "Oh dear! You're really impossible, okay okay... get the account book then! Is it in that passageway on the right? I'll go get it for you..."

  Su Lin was also helpless, he couldn't just sit and watch Han Xiao die, could he? The gunshot had just gone off, and the Dragon Tiger Gang's minions were already chasing after them, they had to hurry.

  "Come on... I'll take you to get the account book!"

  Once again, Su Lin tightly hugged Han Xixi and quickened his pace, instantly darting into the passageway on the right. As Han Xixi was held so tightly by Su Lin, although her leg wound throbbed with severe pain, she felt an unprecedented sense of security in her heart.

  "What's going on? He's just an ordinary high school student, why do I get this feeling. Why can he be so reckless for me, taking such a huge risk?"

  In Su Lin's arms, Han Xiao Xiao looked at Su Lin with a very gentle gaze, which even she herself did not notice. Especially if the people who knew her, the detectives, were to see this expression now, they would definitely think it was one of the world's top ten miracles. The famous Iron Lady of the detective team actually had a soft side? This was too unbelievable! What kind of person could make the Iron Lady Han Xiao Xiao reveal her gentle feminine side?

  "Where is the account book? In this house, with just a few desks, where can the account book be hidden?"

  Holding Xixi, they ran along the corridor for a few minutes, making several turns. Following Xixi's instructions, Lin arrived at a small conference room inside the corridor. At this moment, Lin was already panting slightly, and the pursuers behind were about to catch up. Lin roughly estimated that there were at least six or seven armed thugs.

  "The account book is in the drawer of the desk in the middle, you flip through it, there should be a password box..."

  Han Xixi had lost too much blood, her voice was already pale and weak, the ground was covered with her bloodstains all the way, Su Lin didn't have time to cover up this trace either, fearing that those little rascals would follow the bloodstains and catch up soon.

  "Safe! Safe......where are you......"

  Su Lin now wished he had three heads and six arms, one hand holding Han Xixi, the other constantly opening drawers to find the password box.

  One by one drawer opened, finally, Su Lin saw a delicate silver safe.

  "Found it, Han Xiaoxiao, take a look quickly, is this the safe box..."

  Su Lin was sweating all over, finally found this password box, the task is completed, and he has plenty of time left to escape without any problem.

  "It's... it's just it..."

  Han Xiao nodded weakly, and Su Lin's heart was delighted. He stretched out his hand to take out the password box, but unfortunately found that the entire password box was actually fixed to the desk.

  "What's wrong? Can't get the safe box out!"

  Just at this time, the sound of the little rascals searching had already been transmitted from outside the conference room. The situation was extremely urgent. Su Lin must take the account book immediately and then escape with Han Xiao Xiao.

  "Enter... password... 43896... take the account book and leave..."

  Han Xixi supported herself, and she had already extracted the password from Yan Hu, the second brother of the Dragon and Tiger Gang.

  "Now that I have the password, it's easy... 438... 96... Okay, it's open..."

  Quickly entering the password, with a click, Su Lin opened the safe deposit box. As expected, inside the safe deposit box was the ledger of the Dragon and Tiger Society. Su Lin picked up the ledger, flipped through it briefly, and indeed found records of every major transaction and bribery by the Dragon and Tiger Society.

  "There's also specific amounts involved in bribing Municipal Party Secretary Liu Jianguo, especially his son Liu Yuanfeng is deeply implicated too... Great, with this ledger, I'm sure we can take down the Liu family..."

  Su Lin was overjoyed, this was an unexpected surprise. As long as the contents of this account book were exposed, the Liu family father and son would absolutely not be able to stand in Jian'an City again, the transactions recorded on this account book were simply too huge. The backstage supporter of the Dragon and Tiger Gang was indeed the Liu family father and son, it's not an exaggeration at all.

  "Evidence is solid! That's great, Xiaojie, with this ledger, we can take down the underworld forces and corrupt officials in Jian'an City once and for all..."

  Smiling and turning around, Su Lin had always directly called Han Xixi by her name before, but this time she affectionately called her "Xixi Jie". Indeed, Su Lin's impression of Han Xixi had completely changed at this moment. She was no longer the little rich girl who made herself disgusted, but a good policewoman who endured humiliation and served the people.

  "Xiao Xiao Jie, Xiao Xiao Jie, what's wrong with you?"

  As he turned his head and looked at Han Xiaoxiao in his arms, Su Lin only then discovered that Han Xiaoxiao had fainted.

  "It's no good, she must have lost too much blood... We have to get her to the hospital right away to stop the bleeding..."

  All the way here, no hemostatic measures have been taken, and even the bullets have not been removed. Han Xiao's persistence so far is already a great willpower.

  The account book evidence is now in hand, and it's imperative to send Xixi away for medical treatment immediately. Su Lin made up her mind, tucked the account book into his own bosom, hid it well, then carried Xixi and rushed out of the door.

  "Hurry...hurry......they've been found, over here, come quickly..."

  "Get them..."

  "Come on..."

  Su Lin had just appeared when he was discovered by a group of hoodlums who were searching everywhere.

  "Time out..."

  When there was no escape, Su Lin had to pause time temporarily, quickly hide, and then resume time when he reached a safe place.

  "What happened to him?"

  "Run over here, over here... Quick, come over..."

  "Surround them, surround them...... seal off all exits......"

  But there were too many hoodlums, and the passage of this underground base was narrow. Su Lin was holding the precarious Han Xiaoxiao, and the time that could be paused was being consumed by Su Lin second by second. However, in reality, he was being chased by the hoodlums and getting farther and farther away from the exit.

  "No! We can't go on like this. If we keep going at this rate, we'll be dead for sure once time runs out."

  After circling around for a while, Su Lin had lost his direction and was dizzy in this underground base, consuming more than 300 seconds, but still couldn't find the way out.

  "This underground base has so many small paths and rooms, I'm getting dizzy. I'm completely unfamiliar with this terrain, and now I've been surrounded and trapped even deeper. No way, only Xiaoxiao knows the layout of this place, I have to wake her up, only she can guide me out of here..."

  There was no way, Su Lin couldn't waste time like a headless fly anymore. He took aim at an empty slot, paused the time, dodged the little rascals chasing him, and hugged Han Xiaoxiao before quickly entering a storage room.

  "Xiao Xiao Jie, Xiao Xiao Jie, wake up..."

  Su Lin gently patted Han Xiaoxiao's face, which finally made Han Xiaoxiao slightly sober up.

  "Sū... Lín, where are we?"

  Han Xiao's eyes were a bit dazed, and her head seemed even more confused, unable to distinguish the situation.

  "Xiao Xiao Jie, we've already got the account book in our hands. But now we're trapped in this underground base of the Longhu Bang. I don't know the way out and have been circling around underground for a while, so when we go out later you must guide me or else... The thugs from the Longhu Bang are all looking for us outside, it's very dangerous, so... you must hold on later and guide me..."

  Su Lin briefly explained the current situation, but Han Xiao was now wincing in pain as she slowly came to. She furrowed her brow and covered the gunshot wound on her thigh, making a determined expression towards Su Lin: "Su Lin, I really can't hold on for much longer like this. The only solution is for you to help me remove the bullet and bandage my wound first. Otherwise, if we continue like this, I'll really go into shock from excessive blood loss."

  It's not the first time she's been shot so badly, and Han Xiang had dealt with such situations before, so she was still calm and quickly thought of a solution. However, when Su Lin heard Han Xiang's plan, he was shocked: "What? You want me to take out the bullet for you? I...I'm not a doctor..."