Chapter 4: The Rookie Policewoman

  Zhao Tiezhu retreated back into the classroom, his ferocious face revealing a hint of lingering fear, with cold sweat densely covering his forehead.

  He cautiously looked out the window to assess the situation outside, seeing that the police had not approached and the sniper could no longer lock onto him, before letting out a ragged breath and relaxing.

  "So this guy is also afraid of death."

  Feeling the killer's body behind him, Qin Lang's heart became increasingly calm. A cowardly killer was much easier to deal with than a desperate fugitive.

  "Damn it, these damn cops actually want me to die, I'm going to live on." Zhao Tiezhu muttered to himself for a few moments, then suddenly slapped Qin Lang's head with his knife, "You little brat, squat down for me. If you dare to move, I'll bleed you dry right away."

  Qin Lang's heart was delighted, the other party was willing to release their control over him, which was a good thing for him.

  So he nodded immediately, and after the other person let go of his arm, he didn't resist at all and obediently squatted down.

  If Zhao Tiezhu observed carefully at this time, he would find that Qin Lang, who had been in a semi-suffocating state all along, did not take big breaths after his neck was freed, but instead maintained an unchanged breathing rhythm, with slight expansion and contraction of the abdomen.

  Unfortunately, Zhao Tiezhu couldn't see this point. Qin Lang's obedience appeared as cowardice and timidity in his eyes, while the contraction of Qin Lang's abdomen was seen as trembling with fear.

  A weak and timid high school student is hardly a threat to anyone, so why would Zhao Tiezhu worry?

  He carried a blood-stained knife, pacing back and forth anxiously, occasionally approaching the window to take a peek outside, then muttering curses, sometimes at the police, sometimes at Mei Yu Yan.

  "Brother Tiezhu, I really didn't have any intention of harming you. Let's just say I'm begging you, please spare that student, or else, I'll take his place and become your hostage!" Suddenly, Mei Yuxian's voice came from outside the window, amplified by a megaphone.

  "Fart, stinky cunt, you and those cops are not good things. Let me tell you, whoever dares to approach this classroom, I'll kill them right away." Zhao Tiezhu cursed loudly, then burst into a sinister laugh: "Stinky cunt, since you want to save this student so much, fine, I'll give you an opportunity now. Let your adulterous husband come over, as long as he's willing to come and be a hostage, I'll let this student go."

  "Adulterer?"

  Far away from hearing Zhao Tiezhu's words, everyone's eyes on the scene fell on Qian Dabing.

  "Me?" Qian Dabing, who had been stuck on the scene and never left, was suddenly frightened, subconsciously retreating a few steps. Picking up girls is okay, but picking up adult goods can be deadly at any time, that's just not worth it. Besides, he hasn't even gotten along with Mei Yuxuan yet.

  Mei Yu Yan's eyes caught a glimpse of Qian Da Bing's movement, and she revealed a hint of disdain. She said loudly: "Tie Zhu Ge, what do you want me to do to make you believe me?"

  "I've said it before, let that scoundrel come over and I'll let this student go." Zhao Tiezhu's tone was extremely tough.

  The team leader walked over and patted Mei Yu Yan's shoulder, "Teacher Mei, Zhao Tiezhu is now emotionally agitated. Your advice may not be of much significance."

  As he spoke, he glanced again at Qian Dabing, who had already quietly slipped into the crowd and quickly disappeared. He snorted disdainfully and said, "As for exchanging people, it's also not feasible. Our goal is to make the hijacker give up the idea of holding hostages, and exchanging hostages is not a solution to the problem."

  Mei Yu's face darkened, and she smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect things to develop to this point either. If I can save that student, I'll do whatever it takes."

  "What's wrong, don't you dare come over?" After a while, no response was heard, and Zhao Tiezhu coldly shouted.

  "Alright, I'll do it!" Captain Gao took the megaphone from Mei Yuanyan and said: "Brother Tiezhu, please don't harm the hostages. If you have any demands, just state them, and we will satisfy them if possible."

  "What kind of nonsense are you asking? I won't believe you cops, don't think you can cheat me!" Zhao Tiezhu yelled loudly in the classroom.

  At this time, a melodious bell sound spread out from all sides of the school.

  Upon hearing this sound, Qin Lang, who had been squatting on the ground all along, was slightly stunned for a moment before realizing that it was the school bell ringing.

  He glanced at the clock on the classroom wall and, as expected, it showed 11:30, which was exactly the time for dismissal.

  "This should be meal time." Qin Lang pondered for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "Actually, you should make some demands."

  Zhao Tiezhu, who was leaning against the window, suddenly turned his head around and glared at Qin Lang menacingly: "You'd better take care of your own life first, or else I'll cut out your tongue."

  Qin Lang didn't take Zhao Tiezhu's threat seriously and said calmly, "Your purpose in holding me hostage is nothing more than to confront the police. If that's the case, why not take the opportunity to make some demands that are beneficial to yourself? The simplest thing is food. If you want to maintain your energy, you need food first. Otherwise, before the police even move, you'll faint from hunger."

  When saying these words, Qin Lang used some small skills in voice, with a moderate speed and a certain rhythm.

  This rhythm gives people a kind of convincing feeling and can comfort emotions.

  Zhao Tiezhu indeed listened and even ignored Qin Lang's contradictory behavior, muttering to himself: "Right, not eating is not an option, I'll have these police send me some food."

  His stomach responded with a rumbling noise and let out a low growl.

  Sat on the train for over ten hours, arrived at school early in the morning to see Mei Yu Yan, he hadn't eaten much either, his stomach was already hungry, but because of his excited emotions, he ignored this point.

  Zhao Tiezhu rubbed his belly, and suddenly seemed to think of something. His face changed color as he shook his head and said: "No way, these police are not trustworthy, they will definitely poison me by putting toxins in the food."

  "Don't worry about this at all, not just you're hungry, I'm also hungry. So the food brought by the police, I can try it first, no problem then you eat." Qin Lang made a reasonable suggestion.

  "That makes sense." Zhao Tiezhu nodded in agreement, and immediately ran to the window and shouted out: "You guys first send some food in for me, remember, don't try any tricks on me, I'll let the hostages eat first."

  Qin Lang saw this and let out a slight sigh of relief.

  He reminded Zhao Tiezhu in order to buy time for himself.

  Although Huan Yuan breathing method does not have any special requirements for the practitioner himself, it requires a process. Qin Lang must ensure that during this process, he will not be harmed by Zhao Tiezhu.

  The police acted quickly and in less than twenty minutes, a young girl wearing a school cafeteria uniform appeared at the classroom door with a bag of lunchboxes.

  "Big brother, I've come to deliver your meal, can I come in?"

  Zhao Tiezhu looked through the window to confirm that no one else was following, then nodded and said: "Come in."

  As soon as he entered, he saw Zhao Tiezhu, who was carrying a knife and had bloodstains on his clothes, with a ferocious expression. The girl seemed to be startled and subconsciously took a step back, holding up the bag in her hand, "Big brother, this is the meal prepared for you by the school cafeteria, I am a cafeteria staff member, the police asked me to deliver it to you, don't harm me, there's a reason for everything."

  As she said this, the girl's eyes were quietly scanning the situation in the classroom, which was completely inconsistent with her flustered tone.

  Seeing the hostage student crouching on the ground, trembling with fear, the girl couldn't help but frown slightly, revealing a look of displeasure.

  However, the girl did not know that while she was sizing up Qin Lang, Qin Lang was also secretly observing her.

  He found that although the other party tried to cover up, the temperament emitted from their body was extremely similar to that of the police outside. Of course, if it were just this, Qin Lang couldn't determine the other party's identity. But coincidentally, Qin Lang saw a corner of an olive green shirt collar being deliberately covered up inside the girl's cafeteria staff uniform, which was clearly a police uniform.

  "This is a policeman."

  It can be concluded that Qin Lang was somewhat annoyed. These police officers were helpless in the face of a madman, and now they even sent a stupid female cop who didn't know how to change clothes thoroughly. Once discovered by Zhao Tiezhu, she would immediately expose her identity and provoke him.

  Isn't this playing with his life?

  Qin Lang cursed those damn cops to death in his heart.

  "What's the delay? Hurry up and bring it over." Zhao Tiezhu's stomach growled even louder as he sniffed the aroma wafting out of the lunchbox, and he urged impatiently.

  "Yes, yes, big brother, I'll get it for you right away." The girl nodded hastily and moved towards Zhao Tiezhu with a quivering face, stuttering: "B-big brother, y-you mustn't hurt me."

  When she was only two meters away from Zhao Tiezhu, she slightly bent her waist, pretending to put the bag on the ground, but her hand quietly reached into the highest lunch box inside.

  Just then, a gust of wind suddenly sounded, accompanied by Zhao Tiezhu's angry curses: "Stinky bitch, I can tell at a glance that you're a cop, and you still dare to pretend with me. You cops want to kill me by all means, watch me not chop you to death."

  Wow!

  Zhao Tiezhu was thoroughly enraged, completely losing his rationality, and didn't understand the concept of cherishing or sparing others. This knife actually chopped directly towards the opponent's head.

  The girl's whole body shook, and she suddenly shrunk her neck, avoiding the fate of being beheaded, but a few strands of black hair were cut off by the sharp blade and fell down.

  This was no less than brushing past the god of death.

  The girl was obviously facing such a scene for the first time, her face pale, breathing rapidly, and her body trembling non-stop. The skills of empty-handed knife grabbing she had learned before seemed to have been forgotten, and she only knew how to frantically search for the lunch box with her hands.

  When her fingers touched the gun hidden in the rice bucket, her panicked heart finally calmed down a bit, and she hastily raised the gun, aiming at Zhao Tiezhu.

  Crack crack!

  The trigger was pulled, but the gun unexpectedly did not fire.

  "Damn it, I forgot to release the brake." The girl didn't have time to scold herself for being careless and hastily went to release the brake.

  The black hole of the gun barrel made Zhao Tiezhu gasp, his expression changed greatly. But the gun didn't fire, which gave him a feeling of escaping death. And this feeling also triggered the nature of his mental illness, since it was a matter of life and death, he wouldn't give the opponent another chance to shoot again.

  With his bloodshot eyes wide open, Zhao Tiezhu swung his knife wildly and hacked away, "I'll hack you to death, you stinky bitch! I'm going to dismember you!"

  The blade was heading straight for the policewoman's wrist, and it was too late to open the safety catch. She could only dodge, but in the end she was still cut by the blade, and the bright red blood and her pale wrist formed a stark contrast.

  The girl screamed in agony, her hand unconsciously loosening its grip, the gun fell to the ground, and she retreated several steps backward.

  When she came back to her senses, Zhao Tiezhu had already picked up the gun at some point. This time, the dark muzzle turned around and was aimed at her.

  "You stinky cunt, I used to be a militiaman, guns are not unfamiliar to me. You want to kill me? I'll send you on your way first."

  The girl's mind went blank, scared and closed her eyes tightly, like a frightened bird.

  "Swap me and I won't kill her." Just then, Qin Lang suddenly spoke up in a relaxed tone that was vastly at odds with the tense atmosphere.

  Zhao Tiezhu and the girl were both stunned at the same time.