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Chapter 41 Help Me Remove the Bullets (Please read and vote on Monday)
Although the gunshot wound to his back wasn't very deep, it was still throbbing. This commotion would soon cause a stir in Tianjin, and the city would inevitably be placed under martial law, with even the foreign concessions not spared.

This time, the person who died was the highest-ranking Japanese official stationed in Tianjin.

However, he still had things to do and couldn't leave.

A former warlord also died on the spot, but of course, this had nothing to do with Chen Zhan.

The chivalrous woman Shi Jianqiao seeks revenge for her father.

Chen Zhan never expected to encounter this kind of thing. He had probably heard about it in his previous life, but he didn't know the specifics.

However, the other party also indirectly helped Chen Zhan and his companion by disrupting Itagaki Ichiro's plans and prematurely exposing the hidden gunman.

Otherwise, if Chen Zhan were to make a move, with a dozen guns firing simultaneously from the shadows, they would most likely be in trouble.

It's truly an incredible coincidence!

Those who act in accordance with justice will surely be aided by Heaven!
Passing through the alley, I grabbed a piece of clothing that was drying in the sun and put it on.
First, you need to find a place to remove the bullet from your back. The bullet is embedded very deep in the flesh, and it's difficult to remove without tools.

Chen Zhan quickly turned out of the British concession and headed straight for Nanshi. He had lost his monk's hat in the fight earlier.

Luckily, I had a dozen or so dollars left in my pocket, enough to get by.

After leaving the British concession, I walked along the Haihe River for three kilometers, turned onto Heping Road, crossed Hebei Road, and arrived at the lawless Nanshi.

Nanshi remained unchanged, with numerous low, dilapidated bungalows and simple shacks. The streets were narrow, the roads were unsanitary, littered with garbage, and sewage flowed freely.

There are many people, and the place is very diverse.

People from all walks of life, including storytellers, crosstalk performers, street singers, magicians, shadow puppeteers, fortune tellers, and physiognomists.

Most of them are petty thieves, swindlers, and con artists.

He put on a cotton hat, and the other party actually asked him for twenty copper coins.

But seeing Chen Zhan crush the stone used to weigh down the cloth, he quickly replaced it with five copper coins.

Chen Zhan was also in a mess at this moment. After a fierce battle, burning and demolishing buildings, he was disheveled, his hair was messy, and his face was covered in sand and ash.

It's normal that the stall owner only recognized the skill level, not the person.

Having a hat made things much easier. We wandered through the streets and alleys. Nanshi wasn't very big to begin with, and we quickly found the person we were looking for at the entrance of an alley.

The fox was standing in front of a large stove, with only half its head showing, loudly calling out: "Crispy rice crust with vegetables, tofu pudding, cornbread, one copper coin, one copper coin won't hurt, delicious cornbread cornbread!"

Behind him was a boy, a little taller than him, not much older than him, maybe thirteen or fourteen at most.

They were busy with the next tasks; the crispy rice crust with tofu pudding and other dishes were already prepared, but the steamed buns had to be made fresh, otherwise they wouldn't taste good if they got cold.

Chen Zhan stepped forward, lowered his hat brim so that only his mouth was visible, and sprinkled ten copper coins in front of the fire fox, saying, "One tofu pudding and nine steamed buns."

A smile bloomed on the little fox's face, but she didn't recognize Chen Zhan. She said happily, "Hey, please wait a moment, please have a seat."

He sat down on a small stool to the side and used another wooden stool as a table.

It's really rudimentary.

However, this is very common in the southern part of the city; some people even sit on the curb to eat, which is nothing unusual for the lower class.

Not long after, Fire Fox brought a broken porcelain plate piled high with cornbread buns and presented it to Chen Zhan.

Chen Zhan didn't look up to call him, and started eating on his own. In no time, he finished nine steamed buns and a bowl of tofu pudding. There were no other diners, and no one noticed how much he ate.

He got up, took a few steps, and threw a copper coin, which landed in front of the fire fox with a "ding".

Fire Fox looked up and met Chen Zhan's gaze as he turned the corner of the alley.

His eyes widened in shock, and he quickly covered his mouth.

Chen Zhan pointed to the alley and disappeared around the corner.

The fire fox immediately understood and said to his companions behind him, "Liangzi, I have some urgent business at home, I have to go for a while."

Before Liangzi could answer, Fire Fox quickly rubbed his hands together and ran towards the alley.

The alley wound its way through the alley, and Fire Fox finally saw Chen Zhan at the end.

"Mr. Chen, why are you still in Tianjin?"

He had worked as a newspaper vendor and was well-informed, so he knew that Chen Zhan was wanted. Since he hadn't been caught, he had probably escaped from the city.

"Don't want to see me? I'm worth 1,500 silver dollars; take me and you'll be rich for life," Chen Zhan said with a faint smile.

"Master Chen, please don't joke around. You saved me and even treated me to mutton. Besides, how could that little fox have such abilities?"

"Don't call me Master Chen, it doesn't feel right."

"Then shall I call you Brother Chen?" Fire Fox's face lit up with joy; he was also happy that Chen Zhan was alright.

"Sure, is there a quiet place? Can you do me a favor?" Chen Zhan yawned, looking tired, and the yawning aggravated the wound on his back.

The fire fox pondered for a moment, then its eyes lit up and it said, "Yes, big brother, come with me."

Chen Zhan nodded: "You go first, I'll follow you from a distance. My current identity is in a lot of trouble."

If it were before, it would be fine; at most, Fire Fox was just a small-time hoodlum who had met Chen Zhan.

Now, if he is found to have done what he did or been in contact with anyone, it will be a disaster.

The little fox is currently safe, but it's not advisable for it to stay in Tianjin any longer. Nobody knows what the Japanese might do if they go crazy.

The fire fox nodded and ran forward quickly, leaving Chen Zhan trailing far behind.

The further they walked, the fewer people they encountered.

Tianjin is a large city. Nanshi is a no-man's-land, but it is still quite prosperous. Two kilometers outside Nanshi, there are scattered shantytowns, most of which are abandoned and deserted.

In a secluded corner, the little fox lifted the weeds covering the hole with its hands, revealing a dark cave entrance.

Seeing that no one was around, Chen Zhan walked forward and immediately noticed that there were still objects below the black hole.

"A cellar? You dug it?"

"Hehe, I don't have that ability. I just discovered the abandoned cellar by chance a year ago. Since no one came looking for it, I cleaned it up a bit and stored some things there."

The little fox smiled broadly, waiting for Chen Zhan's praise.

"Not bad, a good place."

"I'll go down first, please wait a moment, brother."

As the little fox spoke, it slid down the edge of the earthen slope.

Chen Zhan followed and jumped in, just in time to see him packing things up. The cellar wasn't small, about a dozen square meters in total, but it was filled with all sorts of random things.

"Oh dear, big brother, why did you come down here? My place is so dirty," the little fox said embarrassedly.

"No need to pack up, do you have a knife and fire?" Who cares about these things at this point? Chen Zhan's lips twitched, and his back ached even more.

"Yes, yes." The little fox rummaged around and found a small knife and a candle, then took out matches from his pocket.

"Light the candles."

As Chen Zhan spoke, he took off the thin shirt that had been taken from him.

His body was immediately covered in wounds.

A long knife wound on his back, three bullet holes, the blood had stopped flowing, the black bloodstains on his back had dried, and there was a charred bullet mark on his waist, making him look extremely gruesome.

The little fox had just lit the candle when it saw Chen Zhan's expression and was so frightened that it dropped the match on the ground.

Chen Zhan stepped on it and extinguished it, thus preventing a major disaster.

The little fox seemed to wake from a dream, looking at Chen Zhan's back in disbelief, because Chen Zhan's condition did not resemble that of someone who was seriously injured.

Chen Zhan didn't care and kept burning the knife over the candle.

"Don't be nervous, it's alright. Help me take the bullet out."

"what?!"

The little fox exclaimed in surprise, pointing at itself incredulously, "Huh? Me???"

(End of this chapter)