Not far away is Provincial Highway 507. Large trucks pulling coal mines often pass by, and huge whistles sound from time to time.
This house has only one room and no yard. Not far from the door is an abandoned pond. The water inside is pitch black, with no fish at all. It has a strong fishy smell that can be smelled from a long distance away.
The door of this house is made of wood. It has been deformed due to being in disrepair for many years, and the door cannot be closed tightly. When the wind blows, the door makes a loud noise.
The paint on the door is mottled, black, and full of holes. There used to be a piece of glass above the door, but it had been broken long ago. Now it is nailed on top with a very worn white plastic sheet.
There are four windows on the wall to the right of the door. They also have no glass. They are all sealed with white plastic sheets used to fasten greenhouses. There are many large and small holes in them.
Upon entering the room, it was very dark inside. A large wooden bed was placed in the corner with a few yellowed old newspapers spread on it.
Huang Zhe's fat body lay on it, with a look of exhaustion and pain on his face, and a soft "ouch" sound coming out of his mouth.
Huang Zhe is in his thirties or forties, with a big head, a fat body, and a short stature. He has a string of Buddhist beads hanging on his chest. He accidentally sprained his right foot when he ran away. Now his right foot and neck are so swollen that he can hardly move.
Don't dare to move.
Huang Zhe's face was haggard, his lips were chapped and a little white, and his eyes were staring at the only light from the window.
He was used to sleeping on soft mattresses, but this wooden bed made his back uncomfortable. He tried to turn over, but accidentally touched his right foot, which made him cry in pain.
"Ah! It really hurts to step on the horse! I have suffered so much from stepping on the horse. When will the higher ups come to pick me up? I have suffered enough from stepping on the horse."
Huang Zhe gasped in pain, sweat broke out on his head, and he kept cursing in a low voice.
"Creak!" There was a very slight sound, and the door was opened a small crack. Huang Zhe was so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth, pulled out his pistol, and looked at the door warily.
"Boss, it's me! Octopus!"
Before anyone arrived, a hoarse voice floated over first.
As soon as he finished speaking, a thin man walked in quietly. The light in the room was too dark. The octopus slowly reached forward with his feet, stretched his hands forward, and slowly touched the wooden bed and stopped.
Come down.
"Why did it take you so long to poop? We haven't eaten for two days, and you still have something to poop out?"
Huang Zhe sat up slowly, holding a gun in his hand, pointing at the octopus with the faint light, and said suspiciously.
Huang Zhe carefully recalled what happened in the past two days. He always felt that it was not that simple that the stronghold was taken away by the police. Someone must have been a mole to do this.
Huang Zhe's first suspicion was Octopus, even though it was him who helped him and escaped from the police siege.
If his feet were not injured, he would have run away by himself long ago. Now that he has only Octopus by his side, he still needs to rely on him to take care of him, so he should bear with it for now.
"Hehehe, boss, you don't know, even though I'm thin, my intestines are very good. I poop every day, even if I don't eat anything."
Octopus was in his mid-twenties, thin, with sunken eye sockets and messy hair. He smiled at Huang Zhe who was on the bed. After speaking, he slowly sat down on the edge of the wooden bed and gave a big slap.
yawn.
They have been hiding here for two days. During this period, Huang Zhe and Liu Mingkun contacted each other once and have been waiting here without knowing what is going on outside.
The two of them hadn't eaten or drank since yesterday, and they didn't dare to go out. They were both a little swollen from hunger. It was better to be hungry, but they were too thirsty and unbearable.
"Boss, the people above won't ignore us and come to pick us up, right?"
Octopus yawned again, turned around, looked at Huang Zhe on the bed, licked his chapped lips, and asked in a hoarse voice.
Now he couldn't contact his upline, and he didn't know if he could fish out Huang Zhe's boss. He didn't know for sure, so he asked tentatively.
"No, they will definitely come. Didn't I tell you? If we wait two more days, they will come to pick us up."
Huang Zhe slowly put away the pistol, leaned his back against the wall, looked at the faint light coming from the window, carefully rubbed his right ankle with his hand, and said firmly.
"Boss, we can't wait to die here. If they arrive late, we will starve to death first. How about I sneak out to see the situation and buy some food and drink on the way."
The octopus rolled its eyes, lay on the edge of the wooden bed, and said in a pleading tone.
"You can't go out! If you go out, you can't tell what to do if the police are called, and I can't protect you.
Just stay with me honestly, life or death depends on our fate."
Huang Zhe quickly stopped and said that he did not dare to let the octopus out at this time. If he secretly reported to the police, not only would he not be able to escape, but he would also involve the company, and he would be dead.
Huang Zhe took out his mobile phone from his pocket and turned it on gently. He and Liu Mingkun agreed to turn it on every half hour. The phone showed that there was still one bar of battery left. He checked the messages and found no new messages.
He sighed softly and turned off his phone again to save power and prevent him from being located by the police.
In a small two-story building diagonally opposite, seven or eight hundred meters away from this shabby house, there were several people standing, both men and women.
A small lamp was turned on in the room, and thick curtains were drawn on the windows, making the room very dark.
One of the men stood by the window, opened the curtains a small gap, and was observing the movement there with a high-power night vision telescope.
The few remaining people were staring at a map hanging on the wall and discussing in a low voice.
Sun Xiaojia was wearing a black sportswear, her long hair was tied up, her expression was a little nervous, and her big eyes were staring at the signal receiver on the table.
There is a red dot flashing continuously in the signal display, which is the signal of the tracker placed on the octopus.
Octopus is Sun Xiaojia's informant.
Sun Xiaojia had been transferred to the anti-narcotics team of the police force. While following Huang Zhe's case, she happened to find Octopus hanging around Huang Zhe.
Octopus is Sun Xiaojia's junior high school classmate and deskmate. Years have passed, and the innocent feelings are still there, but I didn't expect to meet in this way.
Sun Xiaojia did not want to see such a tragic ending for Octopus, so she applied to her superiors, hoping to develop Octopus into an informant and make up for her mistakes.
After a comprehensive and careful analysis, the superiors felt that they could fight for it. Just a few days ago, Sun Xiaojia secretly contacted Octopus.
At the beginning, Octopus was very repulsive, but the relationship was the purest when they were young, and they both trusted each other very much.
After Sun Xiaojia analyzed the pros and cons, Octopus finally agreed to become a police informant and found Huang Zhe's informant.