Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 193 Li Meng Arrives
Inside the Friendship Gold Shop!
The distance between Chen Shu and the thug was only two meters!

The assailant pulled the female hostage to his side, exposing most of his own body. He looked confused and anxious.

The right hand holding the knife could no longer bear the weight and slowly dropped down, the tip of the knife also tilting downwards.

The air inside the store seemed to freeze; a conflict was imminent!
Chen Shu held his breath, leaned forward, and prepared to sprint.

"Dangdang!"

A loud bang came from the store entrance.

Both of their attention was drawn to it.

A young policeman in a neat uniform, wearing frameless glasses, rushed into the store, brandishing a pistol. He stood in the center of the entrance hall and shouted, "I'm a policeman! Hands up!"

As he spoke, he pointed the muzzle of his pistol directly at the assailant.

Several police officers rushed in through the door behind him and stood behind him, pointing their guns at the assailant.

Their posture was extremely intimidating.

Li Meng, you son of a bitch! I must have owed you something in my past life. Upon reading this, Chen Shu couldn't help but curse inwardly.

The person who led the team into the store was Li Meng, the deputy captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Zhengming District Public Security Bureau, a rising star, and a recipient of two second-class merit awards.

One of his second-class merits was for the Lamborghini kidnapping case in Dongzhou City. As the leader of the raid team, he broke his leg while arresting the kidnappers and was awarded merit for his injury.
One of his second-class merits was for the murder case at Yangyi Reservoir in Dongzhou City. As the leader of the raiding team, he rushed back and forth between two provinces within two days and was commended for his journey.

Li Meng didn't even glance at Chen Shu standing next to the thug, and continued shouting, "Put down the cleaver! Or I'll shoot!"

The criminal stared wide-eyed, bloodshot eyes, his large dark circles strikingly prominent. He glanced at the menacing police officers who rushed in, guns pointed at him, then turned to look at the smiling officer standing beside him, offering to help him catch the bad guy.

He suddenly realized what was happening, quickly pulled back behind the female hostage, grabbed her by the neck, and dragged her to the corner of the wall, peeking out half his head. He shouted angrily, "I knew you were in cahoots with them! You all came to kill me! You all came to kill me!"

With his left arm bent and choking the woman's neck, he brandished a kitchen knife in his right hand: "Come on! Who's afraid of who! I'll kill you all!"

"I'll kill you all!"

"I'll kill you all!"

"I'll kill you all!"

"I'll kill you all!"

The drug took effect, and the assailant began shouting repeatedly again.

His eyes were bloodshot, and he haphazardly slashed at the kitchen knife without any strategy, nearly slicing the female hostage several times by accident.

As the number of police officers increased and the thugs behind her became increasingly frenzied, the female hostage saw the cleaver slicing past her face repeatedly, up and down, left and right, and it was possible that it would come down on her directly next time.

The assailant's breath was all over the back of her neck; it was so cold.

She, a weak woman with no strength to even kill a chicken, finally broke down completely.

"Whoa! Help!"

"Help!"

"Help me! Please help me!"

"Help me, sob sob."

A strong smell of urine filled the air.

Li Meng was stunned. Like Chen Shu, who graduated and started working around the same time, he had no experience in rescuing hostages at such a crime scene.

He took a step forward with his pistol in hand, and the thug became even more frantic.
One more step, one more madness.

Seeing that the cleaver in his hand was almost touching the female hostage's nose several times, Li Meng finally dared not make any more rash moves.

At this point, he didn't even utter any threats. As an experienced criminal investigator, he could tell that the other party was a person involved in drug use who had overdosed on drugs and was experiencing hallucinations.

Once such a person descends into madness, no one can predict their next move. The knife in their hand might be aimed at their own head the next second, but it could also fall on a hostage!
Time passed second by second. Even though Li Meng stopped moving, the thug's eyes grew increasingly red, and his breathing became louder and heavier.

He panicked.

He is still young and has a bright future ahead of him.

In a daze, it seemed as if the female hostage had already fallen into a pool of blood.

He can't bear this responsibility!
"You guys get out."

A sound reached Li Meng's ears, but he assumed it was just an auditory hallucination born from his extreme anxiety. He swallowed hard and stood there, continuing his futile efforts.

"Li Meng, take your men and retreat first. Leave this to me."

This time, he was sure he heard it.

At this moment, Li Meng, who was covered in cold sweat and had icy hands and feet, seemed to hear heavenly music, and didn't bother to greet or respond to the source of the sound.

He immediately lifted his foot and quickly backed away.

He walked away without looking back until his back was pressed against the glass door. He dared not gamble his career on this dejected wretch; if this wretch went mad, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The jewelry store, now empty except for three people, fell silent once more.

The woman's sobs gradually subsided.

The thug's breathing gradually subsided, and he leaned against the wall. The kitchen knife he had been holding fell limply to the side and slammed against the wall with a loud thud.

Chen Shu knew that the other party was now discouraged, so he should press his advantage.

He deliberately took a few steps forward and said, "I've chased them away, but they'll come back in a bit. You have to run away with me right away."

The assailant straightened up, peeked out from behind the female hostage, and glanced nervously at the shop entrance: "Don't lie to me."

Chen Shu took another step forward, coaxing him like a child: "Why would I lie to you? Didn't I chase away those bad cops up ahead?"

The assailant pulled his head back behind the female hostage, leaving only his cloudy eyes staring at her.

Chen Shu waited patiently.

"Okay, which way do we go?" a muttered voice came from behind the female hostage.

Chen Shu lowered his voice: "I'm telling you, this place will be full of (expensive) in a moment! They'll climb up the walls from the ceiling to behind us, and then jump onto our backs! Do you understand? Those (expensive) will jump onto your back!"

"what!"

The assailant shoved the female hostage forward, and she was thrown against the broken countertop. Small, sharp shards of glass mercilessly grazed her exposed skin.

Visible red blood flowed out.

Chen Shu glanced at the pitiful female hostage, his heart heavy.

Composing himself, he continued to tempt her, "Those (expensive) things love to jump on people's backs, so I'll stand behind you to protect your back!"

The assailant nodded in agreement without hesitation, then grabbed the woman's hair and dragged her out.

Chen Shu felt a sense of relief, knowing that the matter was settled. He only needed to wait for the other party to expose his back so that he could capture him in one fell swoop!
"what!"

The female hostage screamed again, and seeing the thug glaring at her with red eyes, she said tremblingly, "My arm is stuck."

The assailant followed the other person's gaze and saw that the woman's right wrist was indeed stuck in the iron display rack under the broken countertop due to her sudden fall.

Without thinking twice, he picked up the kitchen knife and chopped down hard on the part that was stuck!
"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

(End of this chapter)