Hu Jia was also going to the wilderness for training? Lü Qingqing had to admit, this surprised her greatly.
"Are you going as a training assistant?"
"No, a medic."
A medic? Lü Qingqing was surprised again. She hadn't expected Hu Jia to have this skill.
However, she was quickly brought back to reality by Hu Jia's words. "I only know some basic wilderness first aid, such as bandaging and bone setting. These are courses you will all learn later."
Indeed, no one in the world was perfect.
He was good-looking, had unique ways of solving cases, could cook, and knew how to make girls happy. If he also possessed remarkable medical skills, then there would truly be no man in the world who could compare to him.
After dinner, Hu Jia specifically discussed many precautions for wilderness training with Lü Qingqing, from how to conserve energy to how to save oneself in danger, from finding food in the wild to surviving in the wild, from communicating with teammates using secret signals to using hand gestures, he was very detailed.
"I'm going for training, not to die." Lü Qingqing chuckled. Wasn't this man being overly cautious?
"It's always better to be careful. Even if you've made complete preparations, a heavy rain might disrupt all your plans," Hu Jia said.
Lü Qingqing agreed. Although she didn't think she would be that unlucky, knowledge was something you gained and kept for yourself; no one could take it away.
The next day was Friday. There was supposed to be a physical fitness test, but it was canceled because of the upcoming wilderness training.
Lü Qingqing left home early. The cancellation of the physical fitness test did not mean the morning exercise would be canceled.
Chongqing was full of mountains, and the Jialing River and the Yangtze River converged here, with water vapor rising and unable to dissipate. This gave Chongqing another name: the Fog City.
The fog was so thick that if a person was within two meters of you and didn't speak, you wouldn't even be able to tell if it was a man or a woman.
Walking through the alleyways, Lü Qingqing's pace was much slower due to the limited visibility.
Gradually, more and more citizens began to stir in the surroundings. Although not many, faint sounds could always be heard.
This scene was very eerie. People who had never lived in Chongqing might never be able to experience it.
It was that you clearly knew that people were active around you, but you couldn't see them.
You could only locate them by sound.
The sound of doors opening, the clatter of pots and pans, a child's cry, the sound of things falling, all were present.
The strong atmosphere of everyday life made Lü Qingqing feel a sense of beauty.
The footsteps behind her also quickened. Ahead was a flight of stairs, and Lü Qingqing planned to let that person pass first.
Under the thick fog, the figure of the person gradually appeared. It was a man wearing a hat.
Lü Qingqing frowned slightly. She felt something was not quite right.
Generally, people who went out so early were ordinary citizens struggling to make a living. However, the person in front of her clearly did not fit this category.
Lü Qingqing's whole body tensed, her hands clenched into fists. The threat of the blood dagger instantly resurfaced in her mind. She stood by the wall, quietly watching the man walk past her.
The man's hat was pulled down low, and only the part below his nose was visible.
One step, two steps, the man walked closer and closer.
Lü Qingqing was also ready to fight at any moment.
The fog was thick, and the man seemed to walk past her without even looking directly at Lü Qingqing.
It seemed she was being too nervous. Lü Qingqing gave a self-deprecating smile and relaxed her tense body.
Lü Qingqing followed behind him, not far behind, about five or six steps apart.
On both sides of this flight of stairs were guesthouses, with narrow passages occasionally between houses.
In the stillness, only their footsteps could be heard.
Suddenly, the man walking in front turned around. Even through the thick white fog, Lü Qingqing saw the gleam of a dagger in his hand.
Lü Qingqing stepped back with her left foot, descending two steps and lowering her body to dodge the dagger's attack.
At that moment, another man rushed out from a narrow passage beside them.
After just one glance, Lü Qingqing recognized him: Chen Xi!
"Damn it!" Lü Qingqing cursed inwardly. The reason was that the other party was holding a gun.
And Lü Qingqing's situation was different from that day. She was a police officer then, but now she was a student at the training institute and was not authorized to carry a gun.
"Run. Dodge. Fight back." Chen Xi aimed his gun at Lü Qingqing, pressing forward step by step.
This puzzled Lü Qingqing a bit, as Chen Xi's expression was filled with hatred, as if she had killed his father.
"I don't understand why you want to kill me. Is it just because I disrupted your child trafficking?" Lü Qingqing deliberately framed her pursuit of Hu Jia as child trafficking, transforming their police-criminal relationship into an accidental one.
"Pah! You're still pretending." Chen Xi's eyes showed a cold glint. "Child trafficking? You knew I was following Hu Jia, didn't you?"
Seeing that her pretense had been exposed, Lü Qingqing was too lazy to play along anymore. "Why were you following him?"
"Second Brother, don't waste your time talking to this kind of person," the man in the hat stopped Chen Xi and Lü Qingqing from continuing their conversation. "I'll ask you, where is Master Lian?"
Master Lian? Who was Master Lian?
Lü Qingqing was truly confused this time.
"The person you captured," Chen Xi thought Lü Qingqing was pretending.
Lü Qingqing finally realized. So, this was all a misunderstanding!
"I don't know any Master Lian, and I haven't captured anyone."
Naturally, Lü Qingqing's words were not accepted by the other party. "Hmph, I think you won't shed tears until you see the coffin. We'll have to trouble you to come with us. You'll be free when Hu Jia brings the person for an exchange." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Lü Qingqing was extremely speechless. An exchange? She didn't even know who Master Lian was.
...
News of Lü Qingqing's disappearance soon spread. The first to receive the news was Yu Yue.
The other party clamored on the phone, demanding that Hu Jia bring someone for an exchange.
"Bring who? You or me?" Li Yang was also confused by the nonsensical words.
"Do you have three or four legs? If anyone's going to be brought, it's me. I'm a beauty, after all," Yu Yue said.
"Alright, the Boss is already annoyed enough, and you two are still adding fuel to the fire," Luo Wenwu said, looking displeased at the two.
Yu Yue stuck out her tongue. "Boss, who exactly do they want you to bring?"
"I don't know." Hu Jia was flipping through his memo, trying to find an answer.
But after a long time, he couldn't figure out who the other party wanted him to bring.
If Chen Xi and the other man knew about this situation, they would probably be so angry they'd spit blood.
Because they assumed Hu Jia would know who to bring, but they didn't realize that Hu Jia had no idea who was who.
Finally, it was Lü Qingqing who reminded them, "Um, do you want me to teach you how to communicate with Hu Jia?"
Oddball!
An oddball with strong psychological resilience!
This was Chen Xi's evaluation of Lü Qingqing. She was tied up here, yet she still had the energy to give them a lesson.
"You also know that Hu Jia's memory has been eaten by dogs. You just say 'bring someone,' but bring who? How would he know?"
Lü Qingqing remained calm and composed. "Say Master Lian's full name, his home address, his identity, and preferably describe his appearance and reveal his age."
Lü Qingqing thought for a moment and added, "If you don't explain it clearly, even if he wanted to go and capture someone for you right now, he wouldn't be able to identify the right person."
Capture someone for me, my ass...
Chen Xi finally realized that he had been tricked by Lü Qingqing.
However, given his experience of tracking Hu Jia for many days, he also knew that the man's memory was somewhat unreliable.
"How about we call him again?"
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