Reborn in 1993, Dark Sea

"Xiao Hai!"

Zhou Meng was the first to rush to An Xiaohai's side, pulling him into a tight embrace. An Xiaohai seized the opportunity to grab Zhou Meng's collar tightly, shouting, "Zhou... don't worry about me... keep an eye on things... anyone who tries to escape in the chaos... will be one of them!"

An Xiaohai's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very frightening.

"Don't worry, none of them will escape!" Zhou Meng felt as if his heart was being squeezed tightly, and it hurt terribly.

"Tell him... the second shot... the second shot is very likely from him... pfft..." Before An Xiaohai could finish his sentence, he spat a mouthful of blood all over Zhou Meng's neck and face, and then fainted.

"Xiao Hai!" Zhou Meng roared, scooping up An Xiao Hai and rushing towards his jeep. "Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Has the ambulance arrived yet?!"

"Reporting to the team leader, the ambulance is on standby, but the road is too narrow for it to get in!"

"Get out of the way!" Zhou Meng grabbed An Xiaohai and rushed into his car. The jeep started immediately and sped toward the gate of the First Prison.

Watching the jeep speed away, Zhou Zhengguo clutched his chest, his face contorted in pain, unable to utter a single word.

The scene was a bit chaotic.

Cao Yingying acted decisively, snatching a megaphone from a police officer: "Everyone, listen to my orders! No disorderly conduct! Criminal Investigation Team! Escort the Secretary to the hospital immediately!"

Anti-drug teams one and two, spread out immediately and find the gunman!

Other officers should secure the scene, cordon off the warehouse, and be wary of any remaining criminals hiding inside; if resistance is encountered, do not report it, shoot and kill on the spot! At the same time, take a headcount of our personnel, and report any missing persons immediately, quickly!

With a leader in place, the police officers on the scene immediately took action according to Cao Yingying's orders, and the armed police officers who remained at the scene also spontaneously joined in.

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The entrance to the First Prison appeared chaotic.

Police cars and ambulances lined up one after another, blocking the road at the entrance of the First Prison. The flashing police lights made the whole street look hazy.

Curious crowds packed the sidewalks on both sides of the street, craning their necks to look inside. If it weren't for a large number of police officers and armed police officers desperately maintaining order, it would probably have been in complete chaos long ago.

Four ambulances were parked in the open space near the gate. Medical staff would run around from time to time to carry various equipment and instruments to the ambulances. The bloodstains on their snow-white coats were particularly shocking.

Cao Yingying's face was stern as she continuously issued orders, directing the actions of the police officers on site.

Liu Yusheng was being treated, An Xiaohai was being treated, and Zhou Zhengguo finally collapsed. Although he was not in mortal danger, he terrified everyone.

Mayor Li Hong rushed over, surrounded by a group of officials.

"What's going on?! What are you doing?! How could you let the Party Secretary participate in such a dangerous arrest operation?! Have you all gone mad?!"

As soon as Li Hong arrived at the scene, she immediately pointed at Cao Yingying and questioned her loudly.

"Mayor Li, now is not the time to assign blame. Please take all your officials and leave immediately. Don't cause us any more trouble!"

"You..." Li Hong was so angry that his nose was crooked. He didn't expect that Cao Yingying, who usually seemed quiet, would be so tough on him at this moment.

"Stop talking, Mayor Li! Please prioritize! Secretary Liu is only seriously injured, not dead yet. The doctors are doing their best to save him. Your outburst here won't do you any good!"

"The scene is so chaotic, the situation so complicated, you shouldn't be here. You should be in the city taking charge. If something happens to you, Deepsea City will truly be in chaos!"

"You! You..." Although Li Hong was furious, he quickly calmed down. He glared at Cao Yingying and pointed at her twice before finally leaving with the officials who had rushed over upon hearing the news.

Cao Yingying remained calm and continued to direct operations at the scene, drawing admiring glances from the surrounding police officers.

Inside the ambulance, An Xiaohai had already woken up. The doctor was stitching up his wounds, and An Xiaohai gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Outside the ambulance, Zhou Meng carefully examined the bullet that had hit An Xiaohai's shoulder with tweezers before punching the ambulance compartment.

"These weren't our bullets! Someone else fired shots at the scene. I knew it! How could Qi Guoliang fire two shots?!"

Zhou Meng scanned the surrounding crowd, his eyes practically spitting fire.

At this moment, a black Mercedes-Benz silently glided over and stopped not far away. Xu Congzhou, who was wrapped up tightly, got out of the car and jogged over to Zhou Meng's side.

"Old Zhou, how's it going?"

"An accident has occurred. A second gunman has appeared at the scene. Xiao Hai has been shot in the shoulder, and it's quite serious. He's being treated now, and the next step of the plan may not be able to proceed."

"What?! How is this possible? Didn't you clear the area? What were 073 doing?!" Xu Congzhou was shocked.

"We can't blame them. Time was too tight and the area was too big. They couldn't take care of everyone. Judging from Xiao Hai's injuries, the second sniper must have fired from a very far distance. There's still no news from 073. They've probably gone after that person."

"May I go see him?"

"Go ahead, but don't take too long; there are too many people around here."

"Understood!" Xu Congzhou rushed into an ambulance, but he quickly rushed out again and got into another ambulance.

Damn it, I got on the wrong bus!

Four or five minutes later, Xu Congzhou got out of An Xiaohai's ambulance and ran to Zhou Meng's side, whispering, "Old Zhou, Xiaohai means that the plan will proceed as scheduled."

"What?!" Zhou Meng looked at Xu Congzhou in disbelief. "Did I hear that right? He's already like this, and you're still going to continue?"

"Sigh..." Xu Congzhou sighed, "That's what I said too, but he just insisted. What could I do? He said we had to keep going, otherwise everything would be in vain."

After Xu Congzhou finished speaking, he lowered his head, and Zhou Meng also gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

"Have you asked the doctor? What did the doctor say?" After a long while, Zhou Meng finally asked in a low voice.

"The doctor said the bullet hit his right lung, but fortunately it was blocked by a jade pendant he was wearing on his chest, which reduced the force a bit, so it wasn't too serious, but he couldn't do strenuous exercise."

If you engage in strenuous exercise, the wound could rupture and cause internal bleeding, which would be dangerous.

"Have you told him all of this?"

"He's conscious, he's been listening. Lao Zhou, what should we do? Should we agree to his request? I'm a bit undecided."

Zhou Meng sighed and slowly closed his eyes: "Agree to him. If we don't, he will hate us. Agree to him!"

However, we need to buy him some time. One hour, we'll hold on for another hour, and then we'll move on to the next step of the plan.

"Okay," Xu Congzhou nodded vigorously.

"Remember to keep the doctors under control."

"Don't worry, this doctor is one of ours."

"..."

"I'm going now. I need to report to our director immediately." After saying that, Xu Congzhou jogged to his Mercedes, which turned around and quickly disappeared into the traffic.

An hour later, none of the police cars or ambulances at the scene had left, while most of the onlookers had dispersed. It was mainly because everyone had been standing on tiptoe and craning their necks for more than an hour, but they hadn't seen anything!

Just then, three unmarked cars with flashing police lights slowly drove up. After the cars stopped, a group of people in plainclothes got out, and the leader walked straight up to Cao Yingying.

"Hello, are you the person in charge here?"

"Yes," Cao Yingying nodded.

"Very good, we are from the Haidong Provincial Bureau of the State Security Department. We need to take away the suspect who shot Secretary Liu immediately. Here is the document, please check it!" The man took out a document from his bag, unfolded it, and handed it to Cao Yingying.

Cao Yingying took the document, read it carefully, and consulted Zhou Meng, who was not far away, before nodding.

The leader waved his hand, and his men immediately surrounded An Xiaohai's ambulance with weapons in hand.

"The suspect is now in our custody. Everyone in the car except the doctor, get out immediately, quick!" the leader shouted, brandishing a pistol.

Seeing that Cao Yingying didn't say anything, the people in the ambulance quickly left the ambulance.

The leader waved his hand again, and two plainclothes officers immediately climbed into the front of the car, while another man began to close the door.

"Wait!" Zhou Meng suddenly stood up: "We arrested the person, you can take him away, but this suspect is also very important to our case."

We, the armed police, must send someone to accompany him in the vehicle; he must remain within our sight at all times, otherwise there's no room for discussion!

The leader was slightly taken aback, but after thinking about it, he agreed.

"He is very important to us, and we must send someone to accompany him!" At this moment, Zhou Zhengguo, clutching his chest, got out of the ambulance with the help of Wang Tiejun.

The man in the lead seemed to know Zhou Zhengguo and agreed without much thought.

Just as Zhou Zhengguo was about to call for help, Liu Cong and Xia Jing rushed to his side.

"Director Zhou, I request to carry out this mission!" Liu Cong said loudly. Zhou Zhengguo noticed that Liu Cong's eyes were very red.

"Director Zhou, I want to go too!" Xia Qing's tears welled up in her eyes, making Zhou Zhengguo sigh inwardly.

"Xia, this is too dangerous! Extremely dangerous!"

"Director Zhou, I'm not afraid, please let me go, I beg you!"

"Well... alright!" Zhou Zhengguo nodded with his eyes closed, then turned to the leader: "Is it alright for two of us to go?"

The leader looked at Zhou Zhengguo, then at Liu Cong and Xia Jing, frowned and thought for a moment before finally agreeing: "Just the three of them, no more."

"Alright, you can go ahead!"

As soon as Zhou Zhengguo finished speaking, Xia Qing rushed towards the ambulance, with Liu Cong following closely behind.

"Xiao Luo!" Zhou Meng shouted. His bodyguard, Xiao Luo, immediately grabbed a submachine gun from the car and followed Xia Qing and Liu Cong into the ambulance.

The ambulance carrying An Xiaohai slowly drove away under the escort of security personnel. Zhou Zhengguo took two quick steps in the direction the ambulance had left, but ultimately staggered and stood still.

Zhou Meng stepped forward slowly, supporting Zhou Zhengguo as he let out a soft sigh.

"Sigh..." Zhou Zhengguo sighed deeply, "I should have come down sooner, I should have gone to see that child one more time... How could I have become so useless at this crucial moment?..."

"Director Zhou, don't blame yourself. Who would have thought it would be Tong Dapeng... Forget it, don't be sad. I believe we will see this child again."

"I hope so! I hope... I hope he's safe!" Zhou Zhengguo closed his eyes, and two streams of tears finally rolled down his cheeks.