Chapter 61 (1/2)
ISOL Chapter 38
Translator: KongoIsamu
Editor: KongoIsmau
Su Xiao Pei froze
Her heart was beating uncontrollably, her whole body started to sweat profusely
She could feel the sharp blade at her back, the person behind her was putting more pressure on it. She could feel her waist tingling, if there was more pressure, the blade would've plunge into her kidney.
”Miss.” Su Xiao Pei's brain was blank, but she managed to say something, ”I am not alone.”
There was someone outside the door waiting for her. This person wouldn't be able to escape even if she kills her. If the person outside waited for her for a long time, they would start getting suspicious and come in to investigate. In other words, no matter the case, she would be killed.
The meaning of Su Xiao Pei's words was very obvious. The person behind her did not respond, but she felt the blade pus.h.i.+ng deeper into her skin. Su Xiao Pei felt the pain, she couldn't help but move forward.
”Miss, let's settle this calmly, let's talk it out instead of using violence.” Su Xiao Pei said with a low voice. The blade at her waist did not push in again, she just wanted to scare her, but she still did not know how to do it. However, Su Xiao Pei did not dare to relax, the only reason why the person behind her hesitated was because her escape route had been ruined by her unexpected arrival. The person behind her did not know whether she should kill all the people in this room and run or use one of them as a hostage to get out of here. It is only a matter of time before she would take their lives.
One of the ideas Su Xiao Pei had discussed with Ran Fei Ze and Head Constable Qin was that if this matter was really related with Chang Jun, and Sima Wan Ru was not the murderer, that means that Sima Wan Ru would be the next target.
Therefore, Su Xiao Pei wanted to meet Sima Wan Ru as soon as possible. She wanted to observe Sima Wan Ru current situation and use this to see through her heart, to judge if she was truly the murderer. If she wasn't, then they would be able to cooperate with each other. It was just that they did not expect to be late, rather, they weren't late, but they had met with the murderer's sword.
”Miss…” Su Xiao Pei thought about what to say, but she noticed that Sima Wan Ru had been blinking at her.
She had been held hostage, why does she keep blinking her eyes?
”Miss, I do not know martial arts.” Su Xiao Pei said, ”I do not know who you are, I did not hear your voice, therefore, I would not be able to find you. How about this, you let me go, I will ask every single person outside to leave, thus, you will be able to quietly leave this place. I will also not find you, what do you think? I had never been to the Sima residence, and I have never seen Miss Sima Wan Ru before, no matter what happens, I do not know anything, how about this?”
Sima Wan Ru was staring at her, her words were selfish, but Su Xiao Pei did not care about her.
There was still not respond from the person behind Su Xiao Pei, feeling only a sharp blade firmly against her, it had not relaxed one bit.
”Miss, you let me in, you thought that I was a servant, if you did not answer the door, you fear that the servant would start to feel something is wrong and report it others, therefore you would not be able to leave quietly. But now, you are embarra.s.sed, you let the wrong person in. I am a poor official. I am dressed in poor clothes; my brothers are waiting outside the door. If you kill me, my brothers would start to find something is wrong, then, how would you leave? I treasure my life, if you let me go, I would pretend as if I did not see you. I do not know who you are. I will take my colleague and leave, saying that there was only a servant inside cleaning the room, and Miss Sima was not around, how about it? Once we are gone. You can do anything you want and escape quietly. No one would know that you've been here. Even…” Su Xiao Pei paused, ”Even if Miss Sima had died, it would've just be another unsolved case.”
Sima Wan Ru fiercely glared at Su Xiao Pei, but Su Xiao Pei still ignored her. Her voice was s.h.i.+vering, she panicked, ”Do you want to fight with the people outside and take the risk? Do you think that you have the chance? It is one thing to run away, anybody outside could see your face and the pursuit of the government would cause you more trouble and danger. If you are seeking money, it would be a big mistake to kill an official.”
Sima Wan Ru was still glaring at her, Su Xiao Pei understood what Sima Wan Ru was conveying, but she had to act stupid to find a way to survive.
Su Xiao Pei stopped for a while, the person behind her did not move, the blade was still very stable, and it was still at her waist on her back. Su Xiao Pei paused for a while and lowered her voice, continue speaking, ”If you kill me, the truth is out, your ident.i.ty is expose and there would be endless trouble. You could let me go and I will help you by leaving with every single person outside, give you a way to escape. You can choose your choice.”
”Do you think I am a fool?” The person behind Su Xiao Pei finally opened his mouth, but it was a male voice instead of a female.
Su Xiao Pei's heart trembled and finally knew what Sima Wan Ru's blinking meant. The person behind her was not a female but a male. The voice that spoke 'come in', was the voice that mimic to sound like a female, that was the why the voice sounded so soft and low.
At this time, the man squeeze his larynx to change his voice, ”Let you go? So that you can shout and call for help? Do you think I am stupid?”
”Of course not, if I did, what if you come back to seek revenge, what am I going to do? I do not want to die.” Su Xiao Pei's voice was full of horror.
”Go, let your colleagues leave.” The man took Su Xiao Pei's shoulder and turned her around and pushed her towards the door.
He pinched Su Xiao Pei's shoulder till she was in pain, the blade was still pressed against her waist, the pressure was slightly more. Su Xiao Pei still had cold sweat but she dares not screamed out. The man lowered his voice in Su Xiao Pei's ears, ”Say that you want to stay here.”
”If I let him go, you will not kill me?” Su Xiao Pei tried to negotiate.
”Let him go and die immediately, you can choose either one.” This type of question, he was able to answer quickly.
Su Xiao Pei also wanted to reply back 'do you think I am a fool?' but she knew where she was stupid, therefore, she had to seize the opportunity,
”If I let him go, don't kill me.” She replied quickly.
”Do not show your face, don't expose anything, let him go normally. If you make him suspicious, I will kill you.”
”Ok, ok. I will do it.” Su Xiao Pei was very obedient. The man led her to the door using the dagger.
Su Xiao Pei opened the door, leaving only a small gap and shouted, ”Ah Ze.”
Her heart was jumping, was he able to understand her hints?
Ran Fei Ze quickly came out from the corner of the yard and asked, ”What?”
”You can go back first, Miss Sima wants to talk to me, I do not know when it will end, you do not have to wait.”
”In that case, I will leave first.” Ran Fei Ze did not ask much, but said, ”Brothers are still waiting for me to drink wine, I will not pick you up, you will have to go back by yourself.”
”Ok.” Su Xiao Pei thinks he understood her hints.
”Since you won't be attending, I will buy the roast chicken that they asked you to buy, how many was it?”
”One.” Su Xiao Pei replied, feeling the knife that was behind her more prominent, ”Alright, there's nothing else, best for you to quickly leave.” She closed the door, a big hand stretched out from behind her, and bolted the door.
The man peek through the hole in the door to ensure that Ran Fei Ze had left, while doing so, the dagger in his hands was still pointing at Su Xiao Pei.
Everything was quiet outside, he calmed down and using the dagger, guided Su Xiao Pei to the bedside.
”Sit.”. He said.
Su Xiao Pei quickly turned and sat down. This causes her to see a man wearing a black outfit with a black cloth on his head, covering most of his face.
She was taken aback, not expecting the guy to be so prepared. He was not afraid of them recognizing him; therefore, they may have a chance of surviving this ordeal.
”Don't kill me, I don't know you, I wont shout and move. I beg you to let me go.” Su Xiao Pei plead.
The man did not say anything, and suddenly hit Su Xiao Pei a few times. SU Xiao Pei only felt pain and numbness, after that, she couldn't move anymore.
Was this acupuncture? Su Xiao Pei panicked; she does not know how Ran Fei Ze was going to save them.