Chapter Ch65.2 - I’ve got this Undercover Agent’s back (4)
Chapter 65.2: I’ve got this Undercover Agent’s back (4)
The night was dark.
Gu Pingming leaned back against the sofa on the corner of the bar, playing with the tall glass in his hand. His gaze fell on the noisy crowd in the dim light.
To be fair, he didn’t really like this kind of chaotic and disorderly place. But those people insisted on only meeting in this kind of crowded and fishy place. Since he had to prove his identity, he could only follow the news coming from there and arrived at this bar early.
“Is Boss Gu feeling better?”
It didn’t take long before a several figures came over and sat down in front of him.
The gentleman at the head of the group leaned forward and took a seat. He greeted him in a friendly manner. Gu Pingming’s eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness. He raised his gaze slightly, and called out his name, “Han Rong.”
“I’m honored that you remember me.”
With a smile on his face, Han Rong ordered two glasses of whiskey on the rocks. He looked at him, unabashedly sizing him up. “So it seems that Boss Gu became quite thinner compared to before. Recently, I heard that you have abandoned the life of an outlaw….”
He narrowed his eyes and would have said more, but his chest and stomach had been pushed with one end of the cane under the table. Gu Pingming tapped it twice to make him move an inch.
Gu Pingming picked up his drink and shook it twice. “Thank you for your concern. Continue.”
Han Rong instinctively wanted to back away. But sensing some disdain flowing out of the other’s eyes, he sat up straight again, annoyed, his arm tensing. “Boss Gu isn’t some new greenhorn. You know our rules. Give me a clear answer: who the hell are you?”
“I know you suspect me, and I know your people have been checking me out – abandoning this outlaw’s life is simply a matter of me getting sick of working and not wanting to do it anymore. I’m leaving you something to trouble yourselves over. I’m just cherishing my life.”
Gu Pingming withdrew his cane, took a sip of his whiskey and looked up at him. “I want to live my life in peace. If someone wants to mess with me, I won’t go easy on him. You’d better get this into your heads.”
“If you really just wanted to live in peace, no one would stop you. But we did hear a different story. Apparently, you’ve been getting pretty close to the police lately – either that or you’ve always been close ……”
Han Rong sneered, a sinister and ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. He suddenly threw the glass on the ground. A few people behind him immediately stood up. “What do you say – if you fight with us here, will anyone come to help you?”
Quickly going over the jurisdiction of this bar in his mind, Gu Pingming’s heart sank. His gaze swept over the crowd who were eyeing the area around him, silently gripping his cane.
This bar was very close to the rehab center, which happened to be in the district that Liang Xia was in charge of.
In a public brawl, it would have been perfectly normal to have a cop to break up the situation. But if that cop knew him, it would raise suspicion anyway.
The bar was briefly silent. Following the sound of the smashing glass, a lot of people looked in their direction. Seeing the arrogant posture of the two sides, they hastily averted their eyes. Some hurriedly paid the bill to leave, some still stood far away to watch the fun.
There was no one to rescue him and Gu Pingming couldn’t afford to take the risk. He’ll just have to make this a quick fight. He was already bracing himself to stand up when a figure suddenly separated from the crowd and walked over quickly.
“Who dares!”
Han Rong was here today on orders to test Gu Pingming and find a way to completely expose him. He was eager to distinguish himself, wishing to prove that there was something wrong with the other party’s identity. His eyes lit up as he saw someone rushing over. He couldn’t wait to speak out harshly.
Gu Pingming looked over as well. When he saw who was coming, his eyes suddenly glazed over, flashing with some startled surprise.
Lu Baiyu was dressed in light casual wear, his right hand in the pocket of his hoodie. His eyes were on the glass of whiskey on the table, some disapproval evident in his gaze. His left hand placed two capsules in front of him.
Without his white uniform, the young doctor had less of the strict detachment given by his profession. With the band of his hoodie draped over his chest, in his simple jeans, white sneakers and black-framed glasses, he looked almost like a student who hadn’t graduated yet.
Speechless, Gu Pingming opened his mouth, not knowing if he felt guilty or astonished. He lowered his voice to call him. “Bai Yu ……”
“I’m his doctor. The patient had two medications added today before bedtime. As he wasn’t in his room, I came out to look for him.”
Lu Baiyu covered his hand and pressed it lightly twice. Looking up at the few people in front of him, he spoke meticulously, his eyes falling on Han Rong at the head of the group.
“You can visit the hospital tomorrow if you need anything. It’s open to the public from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. You can get in without a visitor pass.”
Lu Baiyu recited this passage so smoothly and calmly. It was as if he had repeated it many times to many people.
No one had expected such a change. The originally tense atmosphere abruptly froze.
Han Rong’s eyes flashed with anger and exasperation. He couldn’t help but go forward and pull his collar. Gritting his teeth, he coldly said, “If you know what’s good for you, get out of my way. You don’t have any business here! Be careful, we may slip and chop you off too-”
He was only halfway through his threat. But before his hand could even touch the other man’s clothing, the cane in Gu Pingming’s hand had passed over Lu Baiyu and was pointed at his Adam’s apple.
Lu Baiyu took a scalpel out of his pocket and slammed it on the tabletop with a bang.
Han Rong’s throat hitched and he shut up.
“If you have anything to say, say it after he’s been discharged. For now, the rehab center is fully responsible for any accidents that happen to the patient.”
Lu Baiyu raised his head, his gaze flat. Sweeping over the few people who had just been acting all fierce and tough, he paused briefly before adding, “You should have heard that as a doctor, I have the means to stab seventeen to eighteen holes in your body. And it would only be judged as a minor injury ……”
Lu Baiyu paused and added, “There’s no hospital nearby, only a rehabilitation center. But our facilities may not be able to treat it.”
This saying was extremely widespread. Han Rong’s gaze jumped on the sharp scalpel, feeling chills down his back for no reason.
One little doctor was naturally not enough. But there was also Gu Pingming.
Although he had been heavily injured, this man was still able fight off three people. Even now, his skills were not to be underestimated. If these two were to join forces, even if Gu Pingming only had to deal with the remaining ones, he might be slashed seventeen or eighteen times by this doctor, who suddenly appeared in front of him.
He was here today to test the waters, not to have a showdown. Since it’s hard to tell what will happen if he causes a disturbance and attracts the police, there was no point in staying any longer.
Narrowing his eyes as he was stung by the glint of the sharp open blade of the scalpel, Han Rong glanced at it and grudgingly left without asking for trouble. He muttered vaguely about a later date, and hurriedly left the bar with his men.
A potential crisis was suddenly averted. Gu Pingming still couldn’t figure out how Lu Baiyu could appear in such a place. He was about to open his mouth to ask but Lu Baiyu grabbed his wrist, picked up the scalpel and led the man outside.
A short distance away, he saw a police patrol car on the street.
Liang Xia was there, in his police uniform. He didn’t greet him or even sent a slight glance towards him. He was fully concentrated on tugging at the guy who had just come out of the bar to send him to the traffic cop for a drunk-driving check.
Gu Pingming had walked forward some distance but he still couldn’t help having some fear at how badly things could have turned out.
He had been so close. Once a real fight breaks out, the police force would inevitably be drawn over. With Liang Xia’s experience and thinking, it wouldn’t occur to him to pretend not to know him. Once he shouts his name in front of everyone, those people will suspect that he had a close relationship with the police.
Lu Baiyu tugged him forward. He kept his head down all the way, carefully distinguishing the uneven surface of the road through the dim moonlight, leading him to carefully avoid it.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Gu Pingming’s heart moved and he couldn’t help but speak. “Baiyu, can you really-”
“I can’t.”
As if guessing what he was going to ask, the young doctor shook his head with unusual honesty and smiled up at him. “I lied to them.”
The ones circulating on the internet were baseless rumors. A doctor’s combat power wasn’t really that strong. But it can be useful to scare people away, so might as well toughen one’s scalp and talk big once in a while.
Gu Pingming was speechless for a while and then laughed in spite of himself. He couldn’t help but raise his hand to ruffle his short hair. “Thank you.”
Lu Baiyu shook his head, his grip on his hand subconsciously tightened. He tried to speak, but his steps suddenly stopped.
He had climbed over of the wall to get out. He didn’t pay attention to the fact that it was now too late. The front door of the rehab center was already firmly locked, and the door to the building where his hospital room was located was already dark, it was as good as completely locked.
As they say, when opportunity comes knocking…
He was able to climb the window back on his own. But whether it was climbing into his room on the fourth floor or the office on the thirteenth floor, it would be a little too difficult for Lu Baiyu.
Gu Pingming’s Adam’s apple moved and he looked down at the little doctor beside him. Only after a bit of a reverie did he cross his heart and speak in a low voice. “It’s so late. We can’t go back now ……”
“Host, I’ve built the house, right by the center! It’s less than five hundred meters away!”
Knowing that the target would use this trick again, the system learned from its mistake and promptly spoke in Lu Deng’s mind, “The host can go home to sleep! No need to get a room!”
Lu Deng was dumbfounded and smiled shallowly back at it. “Thank you, that’s really helpful.”
The system sang cheerfully, projecting the map to him. With a quick glance, Lu Deng managed to memorize the way. He looked up at Gu Pingming and held his arm that was holding his cane.
“My house is right by the center, less than 500 meters away. There’s no need to get a room. Let’s just go home and sleep.”