Chapter 44#

Chapter 44: Intimate Contact

The orange lights flashed continuously in his eyes. Gu Chenzhou reflexively squinted. His forward momentum stopped abruptly, and with a push of his left hand, he rolled over the hood of the car.

As the car lights turned from the front to the side, the dazzling light dimmed a lot. Gu Chenzhou shook his head slightly, trying to dispel the shadows that appeared in his vision due to the strong light—this wasn’t very effective, but Gu Chenzhou still quickly saw clearly the car that was driving over: a white car of a familiar model, and the exact same license plate. He Hailou was really afraid that others wouldn’t know it was his car.

But He Hailou appearing here so coincidentally…

The question in Gu Chenzhou’s mind was quickly answered. The white Porsche drove right in front of him without slowing down at all, heading straight for the group of people!

“Holy shit!” This wasn’t Gu Chenzhou’s voice. The group of people holding sticks and machetes, who had been like mutes until now, finally couldn’t help but speak up one after another, quickly scattering in all directions.

The white Porsche drove to the same position as Gu Chenzhou’s car and suddenly skidded severely. Even with a car in between, Gu Chenzhou could see a spark appear under the tires of the other car.

It was iron nails. Gu Chenzhou’s gaze swept across the ground. There were hundreds of these long iron nails scattered on this small stretch of road, densely packed with sharp points facing up. Not to mention one more car, even if a few more cars came, their tires would be punctured.

Such a sudden vibration must have affected He Hailou in the driver’s seat. But He Hailou, sitting in the driver’s seat, didn’t care at all. He had absolutely no intention of stepping on the brakes, and even turned the steering wheel in the direction the car was tilting, just to chase and hit a person a few steps in front of his car.

Gu Chenzhou ran quickly from behind the car towards He Hailou. As he made this move, the crowd that had just scattered gathered towards the center again from the surroundings.

He Hailou, who was driving, glanced out the window and finally didn’t step on the gas anymore. He let the car move forward by inertia, while he quickly climbed from the driver’s seat to the passenger seat, pulled something out from under the passenger seat, and kicked the door open!

At this moment, Gu Chenzhou rushed up just in time. He Hailou held his head with both hands and jumped out directly. Before he rolled a few times on the ground, he was pulled up forcefully by Gu Chenzhou bending over: “Go.”

Gu Chenzhou was concise, and at the same time glanced at what He Hailou was holding—it was a baseball bat, even worse than the knife in his hand. Obviously, even He Hailou wouldn’t carry a gun with him.

“Where to?” He Hailou still had the leisure to ask, but before the end of his sentence came out, it was covered by a huge crash that suddenly rang out: the white Porsche crashed heavily into the earthen wall on the side of the road. The person He Hailou was chasing just now seemed to have been hit too, falling not far from the car and not standing up for a while.

One of the remaining few people ran towards the person who fell on the ground, while the others tacitly chased Gu Chenzhou and He Hailou together. Gu Chenzhou pulled He Hailou and ran towards the side of the road where there was no earthen wall—this was almost at Tianxiang Mountain. Although the road up the mountain was built, there were still large patches of vegetation at the foot of the mountain that hadn’t been cleared. Plus, because it was night, walking inside was safer than running along this empty main road.

The real foot of the mountain was about two meters lower than the highway. The two ran to the roadside in a few steps. Gu Chenzhou let go, supported himself on the road surface with one hand, and jumped down. In the extremely short process of jumping down, he not only heard the wind in his ears but also the wind above his head. It seemed that someone had swung something hard at the position where he was just now.

Just a little bit. Gu Chenzhou breathed a sigh of relief. When he landed, he rolled forward and threw himself into the grass to hide his body. At the same time, he looked at He Hailou who was standing next to him and had jumped down with him.

He Hailou’s movements were similar to Gu Chenzhou’s, but when he landed, he staggered slightly, causing his forward roll to look more like he lost his balance and fell forward.

Gu Chenzhou grabbed the person with sharp eyes and quick hands. Before he had time to speak, he squeezed hard.

A soft hiss sounded in the dim grass, but no one spoke. The two lowered their bodies and moved quickly through the grass. But after only a few steps, they heard someone shouting behind them: “Here!”

In the darkness, Gu Chenzhou glanced to his side and met He Hailou’s gaze.

The black and white eyes were much clearer than the blurred outlines in the dark place full of weeds. Their gazes touched and retracted instantly. At the same time, they turned around and pounced towards the rear!

“Ugh—” The person who just made a sound was knocked to the ground. He seemed to have swung something, but Gu Chenzhou didn’t notice. His heart was beating fast, and he even felt a stifling sensation in his chest, but his mind became more focused and concentrated, understanding what he had to do more clearly than at any other moment—

He didn’t make any superfluous movements. He aimed the knife in his hand at the opponent’s chest and stabbed down!

“Ah!” A short scream rang out in the grass. There was no need to hide now. Gu Chenzhou pulled He Hailou, who was still squatting on the ground, and ran quickly towards the woods dozens of steps away.

One hundred meters.

Eighty meters.

Sixty meters.

Forty meters, thirty meters, twenty meters, ten meters—

Gu Chenzhou heard the chasing sounds of the people behind him, heard the whistling of the wind passing by his ears, and heard the violently tense gasping sound from his chest like pulling a bellows—

For the distance of one hundred meters, he didn’t think about anything. He only remembered to firmly grasp the thing in his hands, use all the strength he could muster, and pounce towards the small woods shrouded in darkness with scattered trees!

Almost in the blink of an eye, the grass receded, and the trees became denser. In the darkness, someone’s foot twisted, and the two people holding each other’s palms firmly fell to the ground like gourds, and because of the slope in front of them, they rolled all the way down to the bottom of the slope.

The footsteps chasing closely behind suddenly became distant.

This was a thicket at the bottom of the slope. The two lay at the bottom of the thicket, maintaining an overlapping posture. The places on their bodies hit by stones and trees hurt as if they were broken. For a moment, they both felt like their bodies were falling apart and couldn’t get up at all.

Gu Chenzhou seemed to have hit his head on a small stone when rolling down. Even now lying down, there was still a buzzing sound in his mind. He closed his eyes and tried to move his hand—no problem; he asked himself a simple question in his mind and answered it—still no problem.

Not serious. He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to try to get up, but found that the back of his left hand suddenly felt a little numb and itchy, as if something was moving on it…

What is it? Snake, spider, earthworm, or some other small animal?

While thinking, Gu Chenzhou quickly wiped the back of his hand—it was nothing. His movements stopped, he lay back expressionlessly, and his tensed shoulders and back relaxed again unknowingly.

It was one of He Hailou’s hands.

“What are you doing?” In the thicket, Gu Chenzhou asked in a whisper.

“Looking for you.” The other party answered in the same whisper.

They leaned together, shoulder to shoulder, leg to leg, body pressing body. He Hailou’s lips were close to Gu Chenzhou’s ear. He spoke softly, his warm breath gently spraying on Gu Chenzhou’s ear.

“I’m right under you.” Gu Chenzhou said lightly.

He Hailou’s laughter was very small, but the vibration of his chest was obvious. The two were close together, and the vibration of He Hailou’s chest was transmitted to Gu Chenzhou, as if his own chest was vibrating lightly.

“Didn’t I not see you?” He Hailou answered this sentence.

Then both of them suddenly fell silent—not too far away, the sound of shoes stepping on leaves, and the slight trembling of the ground, all came one by one.

Indistinct conversation came from outside into the thicket.

“Here… searched…?”

“Too many bushes… shine the light…”

After a few sentences, a faint light suddenly swept over.

Gu Chenzhou squinted slightly, slowly held his breath, and quietly gripped the cold handle of the knife with his left hand facing outward. He Hailou, who was pressing on him, didn’t speak anymore either, and also lightened his breathing, but one hand still couldn’t settle down, touching his palm, arm, or waist from time to time.

Gu Chenzhou didn’t pay too much attention to this. Borrowing the light that flashed by outside from time to time, he looked at the place where he was temporarily staying: this was a plant with very lush leaves but he couldn’t name it. The branches and leaves grew around, covering the roots almost in a spherical shape. The part below it, close to the soil, was piled with dead branches and roots. Even in the daytime, if one didn’t pay attention, one would probably miss the people hiding here.

The footsteps outside were getting closer, and the light was becoming more and more obvious. He Hailou’s hand had already touched his cheek.

Gu Chenzhou quickly raised his hand to brush away the hand that the other party touched. He paused, then reached out to hold the other party’s palm.

He Hailou lying on him seemed to move a little, but very slightly. Then his head dropped down, resting against Gu Chenzhou’s neck, quiet and no longer making a fuss.

A rustling sound suddenly came from not far away. The light shining towards Gu Chenzhou suddenly went away. After a few breaths, two or three light footsteps followed and left quickly.

Gu Chenzhou counted silently for three minutes in his heart, took out his mobile phone from his pocket, opened an app, and saw several green dots on it.

“My people are here.” Gu Chenzhou whispered to He Hailou.

“Mhm.” He Hailou responded vaguely and didn’t move.

Gu Chenzhou prepared to free his free right hand, but the other party immediately gripped it back hard. He had to drop the military knife in his left hand, hug the neck of the person on him, change direction, block the bushes behind him with his shoulders and back, raise his hand to protect He Hailou’s head, and drag the person out of the thicket.

The noise and lights were all in the distance, and there were no signs of people within dozens of meters around. Gu Chenzhou found the military knife from the bushes, ignored the spider that had crawled onto his jacket at some point, shook it off directly on the ground, and asked He Hailou:

“Can you stand up?”

He Hailou thought very seriously for a moment, then slowly propped himself up: “I’ll try…” He suddenly tilted his head, his lips printed on Gu Chenzhou’s lips, and at the same time revealed his teeth and bit lightly—

Gu Chenzhou suddenly pulled out his hand, placed it under He Hailou’s armpit and dragged him up, letting He Hailou’s extended teeth bite directly onto his own lip. This bite drew blood. He Hailou felt both pain and regret, and sighed very clearly.

Gu Chenzhou ignored the other party completely. He took out his phone and made a call: “Get an ambulance here. If it’s not here in fifteen minutes, you don’t need to work anymore.”

After speaking, he hung up directly, and then glanced at He Hailou who was still leaning on him: “If it weren’t for the hole already in your head, I would give you another one right now.”

After saying this, Gu Chenzhou put He Hailou’s arm on his shoulder and helped him walk out.

This time He Hailou was obedient and didn’t cause trouble.

The two walked out for a distance. Before they completely climbed up the steep slope they rolled down, shadowy figures appeared in the distance.

He Hailou squinted for a good while before saying: “People are here?”

“Mhm,” Gu Chenzhou responded, “How is your eyesight? Can’t see anything at all?”

“There are black patches.” He Hailou didn’t care much, turned his head and seized the time to ask Gu Chenzhou, “You really won’t consider my proposal?”

“What?” Gu Chenzhou definitely said it out of habit—and regretted it right after!

And He Hailou always had the ability to make people regret even more: “Consensual sex, rape, S&M, I really think any of them would be quite interesting.”