Chapter 20: Pursuit (Part 2)
Liang Xi said: "Stop the car."
Baker stopped the car and asked, "What's going on?"
Liang Xi said: "Wang Shuang's vehicle arrived at the intersection one minute earlier than us. If he ran at full speed, he would have covered about 600 meters. Considering his physical condition, the night, and the possibility of injury from jumping out of the vehicle, he should have run within 400 meters. He definitely would not run towards the East Extension Road, nor towards the South Extension Road. The most likely direction is southeast. Turn on the high beam to the east."
Baker turned the car around. He didn't quite understand: "You said he was running southeast, but you shot the light to the east?"
Liang Xi explained: "Because we have already driven more than 300 meters south."
Under the illumination of the car lights, Wang Shuang was not found, but there was a building in the east. Liang Xi took out his mobile phone, turned off the flight mode, opened the navigation and said, "Brother...Le Gallery, go 300 meters ahead and there is a road leading there."
Baker glanced: "Gross Gallery. Are you really a translator?" Driving.
Liang Xi spread his hands and changed the subject: "Do we need to notify the captain?"
Baker: "I believe you, but I can't let everyone believe you, a little brat. Besides, the intercom is still broken."
"Tsk!" Liang Xi looked at the navigation on his phone. "There are two roads to the gallery. One is the road we are taking now, and the other is the road to the art gallery and the city. In my opinion , if Wang Shuang jumps out of the car at the intersection, he must find a safe place as far away from the road as possible. If he runs three or four hundred meters southeast, he will definitely see the gallery. The best option is to enter the gallery to temporarily avoid the police search, and then find a way to escape."
Baker asked, "Why is there a lonely gallery in a suburban location?"
Liang Xi said: "The artist's thinking is not within the scope of the variables considered by the detective."
Baker: "Are you really a detective?"
Liang Xi replied: "The Rose Detective Agency."
Baker was a little surprised: "Old John?"
Liang Xi: “Yeah.”
Baker was silent for a few seconds: "He was a good man." Obviously he knew about John's death.
Liang Xi pointed and said, "We're just going to drive over like this?"
"Should we fly over there?" Baker parked the car in front of the gallery, turned off the lights, and observed the gallery from inside the police car. Baker said, "Most police car doors are bulletproof. The glass of our car can withstand attacks from 5.56mm bullets. We will be safe if we don't get out of the car."
Liang Xi lowered the car window a little, listened for a while, and said, "It seems..."
"like?"
"There seems to be no sound."
"You're going to kill me." Baker pulled out his gun, carefully pushed the door open and got out of the car, quickly stepped forward a few steps, and approached the gallery door. Then he waved: Come over here.
Liang Xi shook his head: I won't go. This is not a question of being afraid of death or not. If something happens, I can drive over to pick up Baker.
Baker waved his hand persistently and raised his fist to indicate that he was safe. Liang Xi then reluctantly got out of the car and walked to the other side of the door in small steps.
Baker: If you are wrong, I am in big trouble.
Liang Xi didn't understand, so he stretched out his hand and pressed the door handle, looked at Baker, and gently pushed the gap open. Liang Xi stretched out his left palm, and punched his right hand on his palm, pointing to the second floor.
Baker spoken: You want to go to the second floor and beat me up?
Liang Xi: There are criminals on the second floor.
Baker Spoken: The invasion is yours.
Liang Xi's sign language: The floor is clean, there is no broken glass around, and the door lock is not damaged, which means the door was opened from the inside out. The door is not locked, which means the guest has not left. There is no light in the living room or corridor, which means the guest is the criminal.
Baker Oral: That’s a long sentence. Do you think I can understand it?
Liang’s sign language, left index finger placed on the throat: there is a hostage above.
Baker signed back and touched his neck with his left index finger: Stealth-cutting?
Liang Xi nodded and gave a thumbs up: We are in sync and there is no barrier in communication.
Baker pushed open the door, walked in slowly with a gun, walked to the stairs, looked back to see Liang Xi hadn't followed him, waved his hand and continued walking.
Liang Xi wanted to curse, but he followed. The two of them went upstairs quietly, and halfway up the stairs, they heard the sound of porcelain colliding from the room on the left side of the stairs.
There must be a problem. Baker stopped and turned around to make a walkie-talkie gesture, now he could call for reinforcements. Liang Xi pointed in the direction of the car: The walkie-talkie is in the car.
Baker gave a middle finger: You understand?
Liang Xi spread his hands and pointed in the direction of the car: Should I go get it?
Baker waved his hand: Forget it.
The two walked carefully to the door of the left room, one in front and one behind. Liang Xiben followed Baker, and Baker grabbed Liang Xi and pulled him to the other side of the room. Liang Xi stretched out his hands, indicating that he was empty-handed and not suitable to face the criminals head-on.
Baker had no choice but to pull out his spare pistol, turn off the safety and hand it to Liang Xi, using the gesture of leaning back as if he had been shot to indicate that the bullet was loaded.
Liang Xi signed: I don't want weapons.
Baker reached out, took Liang Xi's index finger off the trigger and looked at him carefully. Liang Xi nodded helplessly. He knew that one should not put one's finger on the trigger when the gun was not firing. Don't underestimate Liang Xi. Liang Xi had done a formal target shooting in college and fired seven bullets.
Baker gestured: I'll kick the door, you go in.
Liang Xi shook his head and gestured: Kick the door and go in.
Baker gestured: You kick the door and I'll go in.
Liang Xi pointed at his legs and shook his head: I can't kick them open.
Baker was speechless and was about to rush in to fight, but Liang Xi reached out and turned the doorknob, and the door opened. The two looked at each other, and Baker made a pushing gesture, pointing at himself and then at the door: You push the door, I'll go in first.
Liang Xi understood, stretched out three fingers, and counted down: 3, 2... The two felt something was wrong. After looking at each other, they carefully exchanged positions. Pushing the door in this position could open up a large space.
Liang Xi stretched out three fingers again: 3, 2, 1, and pushed the door.
Baker squatted and walked into the room with a cat-like step. Liang Xi waited for a moment, Baker stretched out his hand and hooked his finger, and Liang Xi entered the room. This was a small hall. Turning left, a not-so-bright light was projected into the hall. Faintly, someone could be heard crying after being gagged.
This time Baker did not hesitate and took a few steps to the wall. Liang Xi followed Baker and leaned against the wall. Baker turned around and pushed down Liang Xi's gun that was against his butt.
Taking a deep breath, Baker took a step forward and turned left. He saw a woman in her forties sitting on the ground against the wall five meters away, with her hands and mouth tied with tape. Further in, about twelve meters away from Baker, Wang Shuang was holding a pistol in one hand and a cell phone in the other, pressing the button.
Baker slowly approached, but he didn't expect the hostage to notice them and made a whining sound.
Wang Shuang looked back and saw Baker, who took the initiative and shot Wang Shuang in the chest. Wang Shuang took a step back and staggered.
Baker held the gun with both hands and fired continuously. Although he was wearing a bulletproof vest, the impact of the bullets not only made Wang Shuang unable to raise his gun, but also knocked the gun off his handgun and fell to the ground. Baker quickly stepped forward and kicked the gun away, put away the gun and pulled out the handcuffs behind him. Unexpectedly, Wang Shuang pretended to be dead and stabbed Baker with a dagger. Baker barely dodged and fell to the side.
Liang Xi fired at the ceiling: "If you move again, I'll kill you."
Wang Shuang didn't know the depth of the situation, so he didn't dare to move, and raised his hand to let go of the dagger. Then everyone heard a creaking sound, and looked up at the crystal chandelier that Liang Xi had hit, and then looked at the hostage under the crystal chandelier.
