The night view of Victoria Harbour always exudes a kind of gorgeous and otherworldly beauty. Vincent stood in front of the floor - to - ceiling window of his hotel room, sipping red wine while admiring the colorful lights in the distance.
After taking the last sip of his wine, he saw a disheveled woman in the glass reflection.
"Back?" Vincent put down his glass. "You're more eager than Old Chen Jiu. It shows you value that woman a great deal. And it seems you've been through a tough battle."
"I won." Li Yishan tidied up her messy curly hair.
"What about that man?"
"A dead man can't come back to life." Li Yishan stared directly at Vincent without any hesitation. "I've said it before. This is a trap."
"That's good." Vincent smiled. "Can you handle the rest on your own?"
"Yes. It was my own mistake in the first place." Li Yishan nodded. "I'll make sure everything is perfect."
Vincent picked up the red - wine bottle from the ice bucket and poured himself another glass. "I hope so. I'll never tolerate a second betrayal." There was an inexplicable undercurrent in his silver pupils. Li Yishan swallowed hard and then turned to leave the room.
After leaving the hotel, Li Yishan turned off all her communication devices and threw them directly into the trash can. Then she got into a brand - new car. Sitting in the driver's seat, she took out a first - aid kit. Although her left shoulder, which had been shot, had received simple treatment and the bullet had been removed, it still caused her great inconvenience in moving.
I'll surely get even for this!
After changing the dressing and bandage, Li Yishan drove the new car towards a far - off and unknown place.
At the dock, inside a yacht, Ethan rushed over. Seeing Gu Bei pacing restlessly, he said, "I can't be away for too long. Tell me the current situation."
"Xie Bingxia was taken away by Li Yishan!" Gu Bei was far from calm. All he heard from the earpiece at that time was Xie Bingxia's scream. He had no idea what Li Yishan had done to her.
Ethan sorted out the information in his hand. "Indeed. Old Chen Jiu just went to Kowloon City but came back empty - handed. It seems there are people planted by Li Yishan among his subordinates."
"You have to help me find out where Xie Bingxia is!"
"The key figure now is Vincent."
Gu Bei's eyes turned cold. He threatened, "She's the most important person to me. If I can't confirm her safety, I won't cooperate with you anymore."
Ethan compromised and sighed. "Alright, I'll make arrangements. You just wait here for the result."
Gu Bei punched the wall. His eyebrows were tightly knitted. "No delay. I want the result within two hours."
Ethan quickly made arrangements. However, from night until early the next morning, there was not a single clue. Li Yishan and Xie Bingxia seemed to have vanished into thin air.
When receiving Ethan's report call, Gu Bei slapped the table. "It's impossible! She was injured and had someone with her. She must have left some traces!"
"Maybe her target isn't just Miss Xie." Ethan analyzed. "Is Miss Xie a bait?"
Hearing Ethan's words, Gu Bei felt as if he had been hit by something. He slumped onto the sofa. He grabbed his hair, forcing himself to recall what could be a clue.
In Gu Bei's past memories, Li Yishan was a capable and polite person. They got to know each other because they had studied in the same school since childhood with Xia Jingwei. But she transferred to their class in the third grade of primary school. Before that, she didn't live in this city.
Hong Kong... That's right! Li Yishan once said that she moved from Hong Kong to the Chinese mainland. So there must be her hometown here!
"Ethan, I want to go to Tai O on Lantau Island." Gu Bei said.
"I'll send a few colleagues to support you. I'll keep an eye on Vincent for now."
"Okay." Gu Bei hung up the phone. Without delay, he tucked the prepared gun into his waist. After a simple disguise, instead of driving, he took public transportation and tried to blend in with the crowd. He didn't want to be targeted by Vincent's people before rescuing Xie Bingxia.
Tai O is by the sea. It used to be a small fishing village. Now, with the development of tourism, it has become a popular tourist destination. The part near the sea still retains the old - style house structures, which is quite a feature.
Gu Bei got off the bus and walked along the narrow path towards the village. He showed Li Yishan's photo to several local people, but they all shook their heads, saying they didn't know her or had never seen her.
The more he investigated, the more disappointed Gu Bei became. This was his only clue so far. He clenched his phone and murmured, "Bingxia, where on earth are you..."
"I've seen that girl." An uncle holding a wine bottle by the roadside suddenly struck up a conversation with Gu Bei. "The pretty girl in your phone."
"Is it her?" Gu Bei quickly showed him the photo.
The uncle leaned closer to the phone screen and stared at it for a long time. "Yes, it's her. I saw her early this morning buying a boat from Uncle Chen by the sea."
"Buying a boat?" Gu Bei was shocked! Did Li Yishan plan to run away on her own?
"Yes, a speedboat." The uncle took a big swig from the wine bottle. "She didn't pay with cash but with gold bars! Gold bars! That's why I took a few more looks. Yeah, that's right!" As he said that, he let out a belch.
Gu Bei was speechless. He wondered if he could trust this drunkard's words. But he had provided so many details. It was hard to make them all up.
"May I ask where Uncle Chen's house is?"
"His house is quite close to the dock." The uncle pointed the way for Gu Bei and then staggered away.
Gu Bei didn't dare to waste any time. He found Uncle Chen's house before sunset. When he showed Uncle Chen Li Yishan's photo, Uncle Chen quickly shook his head and denied, "I haven't seen her. I haven't!"
"Gold bars!" Gu Bei suddenly blurted out. "I'll give you twice as much!"
Uncle Chen's eyes immediately lit up. He asked, "Really?" Seeing Gu Bei nod, he then stretched out his hand. "Give it to me."
"I didn't bring it with me."
"Get out of here! Are you kidding me?" Uncle Chen got angry and turned to leave. Gu Bei had no choice but to take out his gun and press it against Uncle Chen's waist. "Don't force me to use this."
Uncle Chen was so scared that he didn't dare to move. He pleaded, "I'll give you whatever you want. Please don't kill me!"
"Tell me, where is this woman?"
"I'm not sure. After she gave me the gold bars, she walked in that direction." Uncle Chen pointed.
Gu Bei let him go and gave him a push, then rushed towards the direction he had pointed. But as he walked, he felt something was wrong. The small paths in the fishing village were so intricate that those with a poor sense of direction could easily get lost. Sure enough, he accidentally walked into a dead - end.
He had to start over. As Gu Bei was trying to recall the path he had just taken, he heard a series of rapid footsteps approaching. It was Uncle Chen, leading several young men from the village, armed with fish spears, iron bars and other intimidating weapons.
Uncle Chen shouted at Gu Bei, "This outsider has a gun!"
"Beat him up!" "Beat him up!"
"Wait!" Gu Bei knew the saying that a strong dragon can't suppress a local snake. He knew he couldn't deal with these villagers if they got wild. So he thought it would be better to calm them down first. "Please listen to my explanation."
"Beat him up!" Uncle Chen took the lead and rushed up with his fish spear.
Gu Bei had no choice but to catch the fish spear with his bare hands and then kicked a young man in the abdomen. The men who had dealt with the sea all year round were not easy to handle. They had well - built muscles and were not afraid of being beaten. Gu Bei's punches and kicks on them were like hitting stones.
The best policy is to run! Gu Bei finally managed to break through the crowd, but a man jumped on him and pressed him to the ground. Without saying a word, the man started groping around on him. Gu Bei immediately understood that the man was trying to grab his gun!
That was unacceptable! Gu Bei did a backflip, kicked the man on the shoulder and then rolled to the left.
On the left, near the estuary, there was a not - very - wide river. There were fishermen's houses of different heights along the river, and there were some small boats like speedboats parked sporadically. Without thinking, Gu Bei dived into the river. Taking advantage of the dim lights as night fell, he swam towards the estuary.
When he swam close to the estuary, Gu Bei popped his head out of the water to take a breath. Just then, he saw a relatively large speedboat parked not far away. Standing on the bow was - Li Yishan!