【Strike Lotus】Silent City

3. Temptation

"I heard that the boss brought back a beautiful woman. Is it the one that Azak carried?" Sitting in the car, Mintel's noisy voice sounded from the back seat. He was responsible for the retreat during the food robbery operation. After receiving the news from Xie Mie Tianlai, he immediately formed a team to respond. As soon as he received the news from Xie Mie Tianlai, the team members started their heavy vehicles and left Mahai Town without staying for a moment.As soon as they left, the government's heavy army searched to Qianwan, and the timing of the two sides was not bad.

Mintel could only vaguely see Xi Mietianlai carrying a man of similar stature on his back, with his face down, Mintel could not see his face clearly, and Azak was following behind Xi Mietianlai, his There was also a petite woman on his shoulders, obviously a woman, but he couldn't see her face clearly either.

"It looks good." Melenta joked back.

"Yo~" whistled, and Mintel said seriously, "I really want to change jobs with Azak."

"Unfortunately it's a man."

"Male? That's definitely not from Ellis." Men in Ellis are generally tall and tall, but there may be exceptions, Mintel tilted his head and thought. "It's not easy to be so short. You are severely malnourished? Hmm, is it because of this that you become a minion of traitors?"

"Pfft~~" Couldn't help it, Melenta held her belly and laughed. "Mintelley, you are always so funny."

"Okay, Xiaomai, don't tease him anymore." Merenta's team member, Gorsky, a bomb-making expert in the blasting team, put one hand on his friend, shook his head and sighed: "What Xiaomai said was not carried by Azak. That person is the one behind the boss."

"What?" Upon hearing that, Mintel was even more surprised. "What did that girl eat to grow up? She's about the same size as the boss."

"Puhaha~~" He laughed again, and Melenta leaned her head on Gorski's shoulder, laughing so hard that she couldn't speak.

"Mintelly, you are really..." Rolling his eyes, Gorski spread his hands and was speechless.

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After playing around in the car, Mintel finally saw the true face of the legendary prisoner.

After getting off the car, they placed the two captives in different places, and Bu Lianhua was locked in a special cage with only a stone bed inside.

"Wow, the skin is so good." Mintel began to comment on the unconscious Yiyi Lianhua at close range. "The hair is also very soft, tsk tsk, the eyelashes are really long..."

"Enough, Mintel, you sound like a perverted old man."

"What are you talking about!" Responding unwillingly, Mintel scratched his head and said, "Who is as beautiful as a spy chief? His nails are neatly manicured... Is he really a spy?"

"You have to ask Azak or the boss," Shrugged, Melenta leaned against the corner of the cage, he was in charge of guarding the prisoner, and told Xi Mie Tianlai when he woke up. "Actually, I don't think he looks like him either. Look, which spy would carry a handkerchief?" No matter how he looked, this guy seemed to come from a good and good family environment. How could he get involved with that woman?

"Wheat, I didn't expect you to look rough, but your observations are quite delicate." Teased unceremoniously, Mintel continued to ask: "Boss, are they still interrogating that woman? It's been so long."

"Oh, the situation seems to be a bit derailed. I just saw Ge running around and rushed to find Momma. Maybe the injury is too serious and they can't handle it." Momma is the only remaining medical staff in Abel City. She used to work in the metropolis A few years later she was a nurse, and when the war broke out, she moved back to her hometown. Her husband died in the massacre of the village in Abel City five years ago. In the past few years, she has been working as a wounded nurse in Abel City. Their militia team In three days, he was hit twice and his skin was bruised and his body was injured. Laimu's mother took good care of him.

"That's it, I'll go and have a look." Unable to restrain his instinct to join in the fun, Mintel jumped up, rushed out of the cage and turned to the interrogation room on the other side to see what happened. It was actually just an abandoned barn.

Shaking his head and sighing softly, Melenta threw away the cigarette butt, stomped on the spark with his foot, a little loneliness appeared on his wild face.While forming self-governing militia groups seems to be the only way they can help themselves, they all know that the future of Abel City is not in their hands.

Even though they have strong strength and a high degree of unity, they are still too small compared to the government army with complete systems and abundant resources. They can only barely protect Abel City from being unreasonably oppressed , but could not really revitalize Abel City.

Of course, they can also abandon Abel City and seek development in a big city. It will definitely be dozens of times better than the current situation, but no one is willing to abandon this root.If you forget your roots, you will not be proud even if you become famous.Although they don't allow themselves to lose their roots, they don't think so about other brothers. Among them, only Azak has received a complete education, so they all encourage Azak to go to the city to broaden his horizons; Although he can't read a few words, his head is very smart and flexible, and he is very aggressive and courageous in doing things. Such a person has the ability to survive no matter where he goes, and he has a good chance of making a name for himself. But I want to return, Melinta I also know that no one will leave Abel City.

This is their choice. Although fate restricts everyone, they still have the choice space to dominate their own life, just like the white-haired man lying on the stone bed must also carry out under the framework of his own destiny. self choice.Whether it's being a spy, or being involved in a storm for no reason, it's the same.

Melenta smiled, shaking off the sudden sadness, if Mintel saw it, there would be another fuss, that kid probably thought that everyone should be "happy and carefree" like him.

Just thinking about Mintel, people rushed in from the outside. "Wheat wheat."

"What's wrong?"

"Do you know heart massage? Or CPR?"

"A little bit...I'm not sure, is the situation serious? Where's Mama?"

"I don't know where Muma has gone. The girl's face was pale and she was sweating all the time. She seemed to be having difficulty breathing, and the place where she was shot was bleeding profusely..."

"So you need a heart massage?" Melenta asked suspiciously.

"How would I know? Anyway, if there is a method that can be saved, I will try one." A dead horse is a living horse doctor, and now this is the only way to do it.

"Well, it's troublesome if she dies." Nodding her head, Melenta pushed Mintel out of the cage, and when she turned around to lock the door, Lianhua's weak voice echoed faintly.

"Wait...let me...go, I can...save her."

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Bu Lianhua got up and shook his neck, the man struck really hard, he still has tinnitus, but luckily it didn't cause other effects.

"There's no time for you to hesitate, I'm a doctor, let me out quickly, maybe it's too late."

One step at a time, Lianhua bumped to the prison door, looking straight at Merianta calmly.

The clear and deep eyes impressed Melenta deeply, and his voice was fearless and firm, which sounded comfortable and irresistible.

"Don't act rashly." Signaling Mintel to draw his gun, Merenta opened the cell door.

"Where is the person?" Bu Lianhua didn't pay much attention to the people watching behind him and the gun in his hand. Rescuing people was like fighting a fire, and there was no delay for a second.

"Follow me." Chao Mint nodded vigorously, Merienta led the way, and Mint pressed behind to supervise, beware of Lianhua escaping on the way.

The three of them moved quickly towards the abandoned barn, and when the door opened, Lianhua looked dumbfounded.

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A group of big men surrounded a girl who was soaked in blood. Some stood beside her in a daze at a loss, while others walked around trying to help but couldn't get in.

The only two "useful" men present, one with dark skin and healthy luster, his face is solemn, but his hands are busy changing the hemostatic cloth in an orderly manner; It was very beautiful, he was pressing the bleeding wound with his palm, and from time to time he stretched out his hand to detect the woman's pulse to check her condition.

"Merenta, why is he here?" Xi Mietian looked at the three people who entered the barn, his tone was not very friendly but not to the point of reprimand.This woman's breath is too weak, and I'm afraid she won't be able to hold on to Muma's arrival.

Unfortunately, no other important information could be found from her mouth.

Before Merianta had time to answer Xi Mie Tianlai, Bu Lianhua had already begun to direct: "Go fetch water, the more the better; look for any sharp thin tubes, and disinfect them with alcohol after you find them; You, don't stand here in a daze, go find a clean blanket and keep the injured warm if necessary."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering whether they should follow the prisoner's instructions, but their footsteps moved slowly involuntarily.

"Do as he said." Xi Mie Tianlai's cold and hard voice dispelled everyone's doubts. They sped up their movements and cleared a smooth path for people to enter and exit smoothly.

"She has a pneumothorax." Bu Lianhua squatted beside Xi Mie Tianlai, observed the woman carefully and came to a conclusion, and continued: "Don't leave yet, keep pressing her wound, and you too, keep changing the hemostatic cloth .”

After giving the order, Bu Lianhua no longer looked at the two of them, but concentrated on dealing with the injured.Although the wound caused by the bullet was bleeding, it was not fatal. The most urgent treatment was her sudden pneumothorax caused by physical loss and emotional instability.

"Have you found the thin tube?"

"At this."

After receiving the thin tube, Lianhua tore open the woman's blouse, groped her ribs, then pierced the sharp end of the thin tube into her body, pierced her chest wall, and slowly released the air accumulated in her chest cavity, then bent down Do artificial respiration for her.

"Proceed to treat the gunshot wound." After pulling the first aid kit, Lianhua searched for the medical equipment needed. Fortunately, the treatment of the gunshot wound did not require too sophisticated instruments. He stopped the blood flow with a hemostat, disinfected the wound, and then opened it Flesh, bomb removal, suturing, and finally dressing.

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After successfully rescuing the woman, Yibu Lianhua relaxed, wiped off the sweat on her forehead, and showed a relieved smile.

Xi Mie Tianlai quietly watched him administer first aid from beginning to end, without making a sound, and after the woman's injuries stabilized, he raised eyebrows at Merian Tower, and Lianhua was brought back into the cage in one step.

Then Xi Mietian dismissed all the team members and asked them to take a good rest and store up their energy for the night's celebration, while he and Azak stayed to clean up the aftermath.

"Looking at his skills, he should be a doctor." Halfway through packing, Azak suddenly said.

"It doesn't clear him up, we can't take any chances."

"Actually, you must have seen that this woman is trying to kill him." After so many years of friendship, he couldn't hide it from him. "Even if it's only for a moment, you lost your mind the moment you saw him, right?"

Even though he was seen through, Xi Mie Tianlai had no intention of hiding it from his friends. "It's familiar... He gives me such an inexplicable feeling." When he caught a glimpse of his face in front of the ticket gate, his heart seemed to be tightly bound by some unknown force, which made him almost out of breath.

"You put it this way... I think the two of you have a bit of alike." The more they looked like it, Azak shuddered for no reason, amused by his whimsy.

"You mean maybe he's my long-lost brother?"

"Why not?"

"Yeah, why not." After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other, both of them smiled slightly, and said with great interest, "There are not many people who dare to make fun of me."

Although the members of the team are all childhood playmates, an organization needs a clear form of discipline. This is the insistence of old Maude, and a tacit understanding has been formed over time.Melenta and the others would occasionally joke with him, but most of the time they kept their limits and would not go too far.

Returning to Xi Mie Tianlai angrily, as if he did not comment on his speech, Azak re-said: "If he is really just a doctor, what are you going to do? Let him go? But he is probably already know what we've done."

After pondering for a moment, Xi Mietian replied: "I'm more worried that he is not just a doctor." Throwing away the blood-stained gloves and white cloth, he continued: "I will leave the rest to you."

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When Xi Mie Tianlai came to the cage, Bu Lianhua was sitting on the stone slab, as if waiting for him.

He raised his eyebrows secretly, and found that the other party's calm and thoughtful appearance could provoke his emotions.With all his thoughts in his mind, he asked a question, his tone flat as if he was performing a routine.

"name."

"One step lotus flower."

"you are a doctor?"

"Yes, a member of the Transnational Physicians Organization."

"Why did you go to the National Performance Hall?"

"...Because I want to buy a ticket to watch the circus performance," Speaking of this, Bu Lianhua's blue-haired friend's beautiful face suddenly appeared in his mind, and some sweat broke out on his forehead, thinking that he didn't seem to have contacted Cang and the others... ...what a mess. "You probably won't believe it, but it's true."

He was obviously distracted just now, Xi Mie Tianlai squinted his eyes and thought to himself, he felt that the person in front of him was very interesting, distracted at this moment?He suppressed the excitement in his heart, and continued to ask, "Aren't you afraid?"

He was leaning against a shaded place in the corner of the cell where the sunlight could not reach, and this angle was just right for him to see the expression on Yibu Lianhua's face, which was not based on being pampered or ignorant of the world's affairs.

"What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that you will abuse me?" He answered easily, with a smile at the end of his eyes. "Do you know?"

"I will save that woman because she is still useful," Xi Mie Tianlai reminded coldly. "It's not that I can't bear to let her die."

"I understand that very well," nodded, and Lianhua said lightly, "If you don't get the information you want, you will kill her."

"Or I should let her go back and inform, and wait for the army to destroy Abel City."

"She's scared," Bu Lianhua put her hands together, recalling how she felt when she rescued a woman. "Even though she was nearly unconscious, she held on to me and breathed hard as I inserted the thin tube into her chest."

Listening to Bu Lianhua's statement, Xi Mie Tianlai remained silent, waiting for the next sentence.

"She doesn't want to die, even though she knows that living may be more painful than dying, she still wants to live."

"Are you pleading for her? Don't forget you almost died by her knife."

"That's... self-preservation." After speaking, Yibu Lianhua frowned slightly, even he himself was surprised that he would break out such a statement, but under a certain definition, it can barely be regarded as...self-preservation. "Maybe she has something to hide."

"Ha..." Laughing, Xi Mie Tianlai's mood suddenly turned cheerful. Azak often said that he was a weirdo, but this person in front of him was much more calm than him.

"What I'm trying to say is that she, like you all, knows the pain of being alive."

The pain of being alive... Xi Mie Tianlai closed his eyes, with an indescribable smile faintly drawn at the corner of his mouth. "What about you? Do you understand?"

After finishing speaking, he opened the prison door, Xi Mie Tianlai faced the sun and looked back at the lotus flower, his face against the light was flickering, just like his unpredictable thoughts.