Chapter 18 Just at This Moment

Just as Fang Senyan was burning with anxiety, Da Si Shu (Great Fourth Uncle), who was being supported, struggled slightly. He laboriously raised his head and looked at Fang Senyan with a haggard expression. Fang Senyan looked at this man, who was not his father in name but in reality, at the white hair plastered to his forehead, at his bloody hands, at his warm and caring eyes. In that instant, his eyes grew hot, and tears welled up, but he closed his eyes and hoarsely shouted:

"Get on the Fu Yuan!"

Da Si Shu understood the hardship of this "son" and said in a weak voice:

"Listen to A'Yan, get on the Fu Yuan."

Although his voice was small, his words were resolute and left no room for doubt! San Zai and Gao Qiang wanted to speak, but they were forced back by Fang Senyan's fierce and incomparably stern gaze! The group then walked towards the Fu Yuan.

After such a twist, Hua Shanfei became suspicious. He narrowed his triangular eyes, his face as ugly as the bottom of a pot, and his eyes flickered as he sized up Xi Di in the car. Seeing this, Fang Senyan's heart suddenly jumped, and he immediately shouted loudly:

"That's right, Hua Shanfei, return the ambergris you snatched from us!"

Hua Shanfei "buying" more than ten kilograms of ambergris for a hundred yuan was indeed no different from robbery. Hearing Fang Senyan's shout, he felt more at ease, because there were not many people in this world who valued money over life. If Xi Di had died, Fang Senyan would only want to leave as soon as possible, so how could he care about money? Hua Shanfei looked at Fang Senyan, casually took the bag containing the ambergris from a nearby thug, tossed it in his hand, and said with a fake smile:

"You want this thing? Sure! But let me talk to Xi Di first."

Fang Senyan sternly said without hesitation:

"Okay, no problem. Xi Di, talk!"

At this time, Fang Senyan was standing outside the van, while Xi Di was lying on the passenger seat, with a distance of one or two meters between them. They could see Xi Di's right hand trembling with difficulty, as if trying to support himself, but in the end, he was unable to do so, and his whole body slumped back into the seat, seemingly unconscious again.

Previously, Hua Shanfei had suspected that Fang Senyan, who was sitting in the driver's seat, was playing tricks, but now that the two were two or three meters apart and separated by the van door, he no longer had any doubts. He smiled coldly and let Da Si Shu and the others board the ship and leave.

What Hua Shanfei didn't know was that Fang Senyan had anticipated this situation. On the way here, he had tied two thin ropes to Xi Di's corpse's hands and feet in advance. Now, with the torrential rain, Hua Shanfei and the others seven or eight meters away, and the van's interior lights quite dim, Fang Senyan was able to use his foot to hook the ropes from outside the car, moving Xi Di's body like a puppet without anyone noticing. Of course, the main reason they were able to get away with it this time was that Hua Shanfei had never expected Xi Di to die in the first place. Even if the corpse's movements were stiff, he subconsciously attributed it to his serious injuries.

The people on the Fu Xing looked very miserable, their faces bruised and swollen, quite embarrassed, but apart from Da Si Shu, they were only suffering from flesh wounds. They had all been making a living at sea since they were teenagers, and now, in order to escape, they quickly started the Fu Xing, a motorized sailboat, which shook and chugged as it disappeared into the wind and waves.

After the Fu Xing left the harbor, Fang Senyan felt a little relieved, but he stared unblinkingly at the people around Hua Shanfei. It wasn't until ten minutes later that Hua Shanfei said with a fake smile:

"Alright, I've released the people and returned the things to you. You should release my man now, right?"

Fang Senyan's mouth twitched, and he took a deep breath and said:

"You guys back away first."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a chilling sensation all over his body, especially on his back, which felt as cold as if someone had pressed a piece of ice against his skin. Fang Senyan's pupils suddenly contracted, and he immediately fell forward. At this moment, an ear-piercing gunshot rang out, sending sparks flying from the hood of the nearby van! It turned out that one of Hua Shanfei's men, carrying a homemade firearm, had circled around to the side and taken a shot at Fang Senyan by surprise, but Fang Senyan had miraculously dodged it.

Fang Senyan fell heavily into the mud, and his abdomen throbbed with pain as the wound was violently stretched. The muddy water on the ground was cold and had an indescribable fishy taste in his mouth. Fang Senyan scrambled in the mud, frantically dodging behind a shed, gasping for breath. Then, clutching his abdomen, he staggered towards his own shed.

In fact, from the moment he decided to stay, Fang Senyan had been mentally prepared to be unable to escape. But even ants cling to life, and he felt that the gunshot wound in his abdomen was not as serious as he had imagined, so he struggled to survive. Although Fang Senyan was running like a desperate dog, a look of extreme pleasure appeared in his heart whenever he thought of Hua Shanfei's expression when he saw Xi Di's corpse, so he ran even faster.

"You little punk, stop! I'll chop you to death!"

"Siu la ba (a Cantonese profanity), run again and I'll kill your whole family!"

"......"

After all, Fang Senyan had a gunshot wound in his abdomen, and the speed at which he ran while clutching his stomach was inevitably affected. Seeing that the fierce professional thugs behind him were already shouting and splashing through the mud, Fang Senyan stopped, turned around, pulled out the Type 54 pistol he had snatched from Xi Di, aimed, and fired!

To be honest, Fang Senyan's marksmanship was actually terrible. Although he had been a sailor for six or seven years, traveling north and south, his knowledge of guns was limited to knowing how to open the safety and pull the trigger to fire the bullet without accidentally injuring himself. As for accuracy... it was indeed not flattering. But at this time, those extremely ferocious thugs were at most seven or eight meters away, and three or four of them were charging straight up side by side.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that not only could he shoot someone, but he could also spit and hit a burly man.

"Bang, bang," the gunshots rang out, and the faint blue smoke quickly disappeared in the torrential rain, followed by miserable screams. Two thugs who were usually accustomed to bullying others immediately rolled into the mud, wailing. The injuries of these two were not serious. One was shot through the thigh, and the other was unlucky enough to have his cheek shot through, which were only flesh wounds, but they looked quite serious.

Especially the unlucky guy who was shot in the cheek, his face was covered in blood, and several of his teeth were knocked out. Blood gushed out of his mouth, and his screams were more miserable than the sound of a pig being slaughtered. The people next to him didn't even dare to look, and even listening to it made them retreat.

These two shots undoubtedly added a lot of worries to the pursuers behind, who dared not chase too closely. The reward given by Hua Shanfei was very tempting, but they had to have a life to take it, right? The kid in front of them was also a ruthless desperado who would stab Hei Gui Dong's (Black Ghost Dong) son, Xi Di, without hesitation. It wouldn't be worth it to be dragged down by him. Anyway, he was injured and would bleed to death if he kept running!

Since the pursuers had this idea, Fang Senyan also got a chance to catch his breath. He looked at the Type 54 pistol with only two bullets left and gave a helpless wry smile. Then he put it back in his waist and continued to stagger forward. He had been very clear from the beginning that in such bad weather, even if one person drove the van away, it would be a death sentence. The only muddy dirt road in Siqiao Town was enough to cause the car to break down seven or eight times along the way. Only the motorcycle behind San Zai's shed was his only chance of survival! Although cars could not drive on the sand road next to the beach, riding a motorcycle was more than enough. As long as he drove five kilometers, he could get on the national highway 703 leading to Fangchenggang. At that time, the sky would be the limit!

"The key, where's the key?" Fang Senyan slammed open the door of San Zai's shed. He felt dizzy and gasped for breath. After finding the key under San Zai's pillow, he pushed the motorcycle out from under the shed behind the back door and climbed on it in a scramble.

The thugs who were chasing behind looked at each other in dismay. Two of Hua Shanfei's loyal followers tried to rush up to intercept him, but Fang Senyan fired two shots without saying a word, and these two guys hurriedly shrank back into the corner of the house even though they weren't hit.

It could be said that the heavens were helping Fang Senyan. The guns in Hua Shanfei's hands were all homemade and of course did not have the waterproof function of regular firearms. Otherwise, they would have already been firing back with gunpowder smoke. At this time, seeing Fang Senyan getting on the motorcycle and about to escape, they couldn't help but have the idea of slackening off. But at this moment, a person stumbled over, shouting hoarsely, his voice filled with crying:

"Xi Di ge (brother) was killed by this little punk! The boss said that anyone who catches him will get five hundred thousand! If he escapes and we can't explain it to Dong Ye (Master Dong), we can all wait to collect corpses for our whole families!"

Hei Gui Dong's fierce reputation in this area was enough to make children stop crying at night. This guy dared to fight with the Vietnamese border guards when he was smuggling last year. Although more than 30 of his men died, a Vietnamese border guard patrol boat was also sunk. Xi Di's death here was already worrying, and if they couldn't hand over the murderer, Hei Gui Dong might really vent his anger on all of their families, not to mention the five hundred thousand reward given by Hua Shanfei as an enticement.

Hearing the shout, the thugs' faces changed. Although Fang Senyan had already started the motorcycle and was driving out of Siqiao Town, these thugs began to chase desperately as if they had been injected with stimulants. Many of them jumped on nearby bicycles, and some simply raised their knives and cursed as they ran after him, as if they wouldn't give up until they chased him to the ends of the earth.

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